US11991186B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, devices and computer readable storage medium for tracing an attack source in a service function chain overlay network. In example embodiments, a request for tracing an attack source of an attacking data is sent at the attack tracer to a first service function chain domain of a plurality of service function chain domains through which the attacking data flow passes subsequently. The request includes flow characteristics of the attacking data flow. Then, the attack tracer receives a first set of results of flow matching based on the flow characteristics from the first service function chain domain. The attack tracer identifies the attack source in the plurality of service function chain domains at least in part based on the first set of results. In this way, the attack source may be traced efficiently in the service function chain overlay network.
US11991184B2
A method of dynamically adjusting access privileges of system identities. A set of access logs associated with a system are analyzed in order to generate a restricted access policy for an over privileged system identity. An initial access policy of the system identity is replaced with the restricted access policy and a continuous monitoring and access management (CMAM) service is initiated. Access logs are collected for a monitoring time window and an access denied error can be extracted from the access logs. The access denied error can be compared to an ignore list and/or the access denied error can be added to the ignore list. Authorization checks can be performed to determine if the action associated with the access denied error is authorized. If the action is authorized, the access policy is adjusted to allow for performance of the action.
US11991172B2
A double anti-phish, personalized, security token for use with electronic communications is provided. The security token may be embedded in each electronic communication transmitted from an entity to a recipient. A first part of the token may be embedded in a body of the communication. A second part of the token may be embedded in a header of the communication. The second part of the security token may validate that the electronic communication is indeed from the entity. Upon validation, the second part may instruct the first part to display a validation symbol. Upon failure to validate, the second part may instruct the first part to display an alert symbol. The recipient receiving the electronic communication may use the first part of the validation symbol as a visual aid to determine a level of confidence of whether the electronic communication has been validated as being transmitted by the entity.
US11991170B2
Disclosed are various embodiments providing user authentication through registered device communications. An authentication request is received from a client device. A user is authenticated for access to a user account based at least in part on the client device providing the authentication token. The authentication token is generated by the client device or by one or more other computing devices and sent to the client device. The client device encrypts the authentication token based at least in part on a user authenticating factor and stores the encrypted authentication token on the client device.
US11991167B2
A method and system for creating and transmitting a rich one-time password (ROTP) message are provided. The ROTP message comprises a one-time password and a brand identity, and optionally a button to confirm a transaction, and a button to report a potential fraud. The method employs a rich one-time password application (ROTPA) to create and transmit the ROTP message to a user device using rich data messaging platforms, such as Rich Communication Services (RCS), WhatsApp, iMessage, Viber, etc. The user conveys the confirmation of the transaction by selecting the “confirm” button, or by responding with “Confirm”. The transaction confirmation helps authenticate a user transaction and/or a user login. The user conveys the potentially fraudulent activity to the ROTPA by selecting the “report fraud” button, or by responding with “Report Fraud”.
US11991149B2
A system and method for configuring a web application firewall (WAF) is provided. The method includes continuously receiving requests related to a first WAF, each request indicative of network traffic directed to a web application protected by the WAF; enriching each received request by associating each event with information from an enrichment source; periodically analyzing the enriched requests; generating at least one network traffic rule based on periodically generated analysis; and configuring at least a second WAF to perform the network traffic rule.
US11991143B2
A mobile cellular network (MCN) communication system can provide an independent mobile cellular network to devices within a covered area. In addition, the MCN communication system can communicate with other MCN communication systems using a wireless standard that is similar to the wireless standard used to communicate with user equipment within the covered area. In some instances, the MCN communication system can be registered as a user equipment of another MCN communication system and/or have another MCN communication system registered with it as a user equipment.
US11991122B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive information indicating a first slot format, wherein the information indicates one or more symbols associated with a full duplex (FD) format. The UE may perform communication based on a second slot format until a time period after the reception of the information indicating the first slot format, wherein the second slot format is prior to the first slot format. The UE may perform at least one of half duplex (HD) communication or FD communication in accordance with the first slot format after the time period has elapsed. Numerous other aspects are described.
US11991121B2
Provided by the present disclosure are an electronic device and method used for wireless communication, and a computer-readable storage medium, the electronic device comprising: a processing circuit that is configured to: acquire from a base station information that is allocated by the base station for a user equipment (UE) and that is used for a beam management sounding reference signal (SRS) resource set; and, according to a pre-determined rule, determine an antenna panel of a UE corresponding to the SRS resource set indicated by the information, wherein the pre-determined rule limits the mapping between SRS resource sets used for beam management and antenna panels of UEs.
US11991107B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable medium are provided for utilizing a hybrid of ultra-wideband (UWB) and narrowband (NB) signaling to provide more efficient operating range and operating efficiency. For example, a first device may schedule transmission of a packet via a narrowband signal to a second device. The first device may then transmit the packet, whereby the packet conveys synchronization data that is used by the second device to schedule reception of a plurality of fragments, respectively, via an ultra-wideband (UWB) signal. The first device may then schedule and transmit the plurality of segments to the second device via the ultra-wideband signals, each fragment being time-spaced from other fragments of the plurality of fragments by at least a predefined time interval.
US11991106B2
Methods, systems, and devices for sounding reference signal (SRS) resource indicator (SRI) association for configured grant (CG) based transmission and reception point (TRP) physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission are described. In some examples, a user equipment (UE) may receive first control signaling indicating a first and second sounding reference signal (SRS) resource set associated with a first and second set of power control parameter, respectively. The UE may receive second control signaling indicating a CG configuration, the first and second power control parameters for transmissions in the CG configuration. In some examples, the UE may determine a configuration status for one or more fields the first control signaling, the second control signaling, or both. The UE may select an SRS resource set based on the configuration status and may transmit one or more CG uplink transmissions with the CG configuration using the selected SRS resource set.
US11991104B2
Aspects of the present disclosure can be implemented in a method for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE). The method generally includes receiving PTRSs. The method generally includes receiving configuration information associated with a plurality of configurations of the PTRSs. The method generally includes determining which one of the PTRSs to process based on the configuration information. The method generally includes processing the determined PTRS.
US11991096B2
In an example, a node in a network includes four ports coupled to respective nodes via respective links. A first port and a third port are coupled to respective nodes via respective near links and a second port and a fourth port are coupled to respective nodes via respective skip links. The node further includes at least one processor configured to send a first message in a first direction via the second port, and the first message includes a first destination address that corresponds to the second side of the node. The at least one processor is further configured to send a second message in a second direction via the fourth port, and the second message includes a second destination address that corresponds to the first side of the node.
US11991091B2
This disclosure provides a network resource pre-allocation method, device, system, and medium, wherein the method includes: an NWDAF acquiring historical record information of a user accessing a service, and generating user service preference prediction and suggestion information according to the historical record information; and the NWDAF sending the user service preference prediction and suggestion information to a network function (NF) so that the NF pre-allocates a network resource according to the user service preference prediction and suggestion information.
US11991090B2
A method of orchestrating one or more radio resources among various services executing within a container. The method includes obtaining, by an orchestration engine executing on a network device, a request, from a first service of a plurality of services, for use of a physical/hardware resource that connects a container running on the network device to a network. The request from the first service has a particular priority. The plurality of services execute within the container. The method further includes determining whether to connect the first service to the network via the physical/hardware resource based on the priority and an availability status of the physical/hardware resource and establishing, at a kernel level, a connection between the first service and the physical/hardware resource based on the determining.
US11991088B2
A method for congestion management on a computer network including: receiving a packet from a traffic flow; determining at least one attribute associated with the packet; determining a priority level for the packet based on the at least one attribute; determining a queue depth for a queue in a data plane path of the packet; determining whether to send or drop the packet based on the priority level and the queue depth. A system for congestion management including: an incoming packet handler configured to receive a packet; an application detector configured to determine at least one attribute associated with the packet; a policy module configured to determine a priority level for the packet based on the at least one attribute; an enhanced weighted random early detection module configured to determine a queue depth and whether to send or drop the packet based on the priority level and the queue depth.
US11991083B2
An improved autonegotiation approach includes determining that a negotiated rate between a first network device and a second network device exceeds data transfer capacity over a network path downstream of the second network device. In response, a configuration message is generated and transmitted to the first network device. When received by the first network device, the configuration message causes the first network device to limit data transfer between the first network device and the second network device to no more than the downstream data transfer capacity.
US11991080B2
A method for packet filtering in a network switch includes: utilizing an access control list circuit to filter received packets, wherein the access control list circuit compares header information of the received packets with an access control list to filter the received packets, where the access control list has at least one entry, and rule information in the entry includes only a portion of an IP address; and utilizing a routing circuit to further filter packets that pass the access control list circuit, wherein the routing circuit compares header information of the packets that pass the access control list circuit with a routing table to filter the packets, wherein the routing table has at least one entry, and rule information in the entry includes an entire IP address.
US11991077B2
In general, techniques are described for deploying a logically-related group of one or more containers (“pod”) that supports the Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) to support fast path packet communication on a data channel between a virtual router and the pod. In an example, a computing device comprises a virtual router comprising processing circuitry and configured to implement, in a computing infrastructure that includes the computing device, a virtual network to enable communications among virtual network endpoints connected via the virtual network. The computing devices comprises a pod comprising a containerized application, wherein the virtual router and the pod are configured to create a Unix domain socket using a file system resource that is accessible by the pod and by the virtual router and is not accessible by any other pods deployed to the computing device.
US11991076B1
According to certain embodiments, a router comprises one or more processors and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media. The one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media comprise instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause one or more components of the router to perform operations comprising determining an occurrence of one or more network events associated with a multicast service, generating route exchange information associated with the multicast service locally by the router based on the one or more network events, and using the route exchange information locally to configure the router.
US11991074B2
Disclosed is a mechanism for implementing link state flooding reduction (LSFR) in an Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) network. The mechanism includes receiving data indicating connectivity of a plurality of nodes in the network. A flooding topology is built based on the connectivity. This includes selecting one of the nodes as a root node, and building a tree of links connecting the root node to the nodes in the network. The flooding topology is stored in a memory. The flooding topology may not be to the remaining nodes in the network. Link state messages may then be flooded over the flooding topology.
US11991068B2
A multichassis link aggregation method includes receiving, by a first network device, n pieces of second information of n second network devices. The first network device and the n second network devices are in a multichassis link aggregation group (MC-LAG), n is an integer greater than or equal to 1, the n pieces of second information include n second port keys, and the n pieces of second information are in one-to-one correspondence with the n second port keys. The method also includes determining, by the first network device, a third port key based on a first port key of the first network device and the n second port keys. The third port key is an MC-LAG configuration parameter of the first network device.
US11991057B2
A route viewing system includes a computing system that receives information associated with one or more routes through a network, and identifies the routes that are associated with at least one illicit user computer used by an illicit user. The computing system then obtains a source location of a source address of the routes and a destination location of a destination address of the routes, and displays the routes on a geographical display at the source location of the source address and the destination location of the destination address of each of the routes.
US11991056B1
Systems, methods, and apparatuses disclosed herein can receive an inquiry from a subscriber of a service that describes a symptom of an impairment within the service provider network that is being experienced by the subscriber which is causing the service to not perform as expected. These systems, methods, and apparatuses can identify a symptom indicator from among multiple symptom indicators that corresponds, or most closely corresponds, to the symptom that is described by the subscriber. Thereafter, these systems, methods, and apparatuses can identify a remediation action from among multiple remediation actions that corresponds to the symptom indicator. In some situations, these systems, methods, and apparatuses can perform the remediation action to diagnose and/or to remedy the impairment within the service provider network.
US11991051B2
Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for providing mobile device management (MDM) functionalities are presented. In some embodiments, a pseudo device representative of a physical end user device may be established within a cloud computing environment. The pseudo device may be provisioned for use with MDM service providers and configured to receive commands from the MDM service providers on behalf of the physical end user device. In some embodiments, multiple pseudo devices each representative of a physical end user device may be established within a cloud computing environment. A first pseudo device may be provisioned for use with a first MDM service provider and configured to receive commands from the first MDM service provider on behalf of the physical end user device. A second pseudo device may be provisioned for use with a second MDM service provider and configured to receive commands from the second MDM service provider.
US11991045B1
Systems and methods are provided for managing network configurations. In aspects, fixed wireless access-capable devices can be identified by a network manager to aggregate network connections. This may be utilized to manage congestion at a network node such that multiple direct connections with the network node are aggregated into fewer direct connections with the network node, using a fixed wireless access-capable device as an intermediary.
US11991044B2
A system for data transmission between a client device, a server device and a plurality of automation devices, wherein the server device includes a descriptive representation of each of the plurality of automation devices, wherein the server device includes a server instance, which server instance is configured to load one of the descriptive representations based on a hostname identifying one of the plurality of automation devices, and wherein the server instance is configured to transmit data from the automation device to a client application on the client device based on the loaded descriptive representation of the automation device.
US11991042B2
Techniques are presented to stitch existing virtual private networks (VPNs), such as MPLS based VPNs, with virtual private clouds (VPCs) in public cloud data centers. The stitching architecture can be realized by configuring a virtual routing application (VRA) in the VPCs and configuring virtual routing applications and a virtual routing application controller in the existing VPN. For VPCs in public clouds that do not have a VRA, traffic can be default routed to VPCs with a VRA.
US11991038B2
In a failure location identification apparatus according to one embodiment, a facility information management unit records therein facility information including positional information of a physical resource, an external factor information management unit records therein external factor information concerning an external factor that possibly becomes a factor that causes a failure in the physical resource, the external factor information including positional information of the external factor, and a facility influence definition management unit records therein information concerning a possible influence of the external factor on the physical resource. A facility influence determination process unit identifies a failure occurrence location at which the failure is estimated to occur in the physical resource, from the facility information that is recorded in the facility information management unit and has positional information corresponding to the positional information of the external factor information, and outputs failure location information including information indicating the identified failure occurrence location, when it is determined that the external factor information recorded in the external factor information management unit influences the physical resource, on a basis of the information recorded in the facility influence definition management unit.
US11991037B2
A device may receive alarm data identifying alarms associated with an occurrence of an event, and may identify, from the alarm data, a set of alarms that include false positives. The device may perform feature engineering on the set of alarms to extract features from a feature store and may train a model with the features to generate a trained model. The device may process the alarm data, with the trained model, to determine rules for reducing a quantity of future alarms that include the false positives, and may identify, from the rules for reducing the quantity of future alarms, a set of rules that satisfy a threshold for reducing the quantity of future alarms. The device may perform one or more actions based on the set of rules.
US11991033B2
A user equipment (910) is provided for use in a cellular network. The user equipment includes a transceiver (1010), a processor (1020), and a memory (1030). The user equipment (910) is configured to determine, for a data transmission, a mapping form a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) to a PNT-RS. A DMRS resulting signal is generated from a subset of DMRS for a first resource element in a subcarrier. The DMRS resulting signal is copied from the first resource element to a second resource element assigned to the PNT-RS in the subcarrier. The data transmission is transmitted using the DMRS resulting signal and the PNT-RS.
US11991025B2
Examples described herein include setting an equalizer tap setting and gain setting in a serializer/deserializer (SerDes). In some examples, determining an equalizer setting and gain setting occurs by causing a mean-square error cost scheme tracking to lock to an offset from a minimum of a cost of the mean-square error cost scheme without pausing error cost tracking. In some examples, the mean-square error cost scheme comprises a least mean square (LMS) scheme. In some examples, determining an equalizer setting comprises: applying increases or decreases to an equalizer setting, and an increase to an equalizer setting can be a different amount than an amount of decrease to an equalizer setting.
US11991023B2
A path construction method and related devices are disclosed. The method may include: advertising, by a second PE node, a first VPN route to a first PE node through an MP-BGP signaling channel, such that the first PE node is able to determine a label forwarding path to a first VPN Prefix based on a first transmission path descriptor (TPD) carried in the first VPN route received; where the first TPD is configured to identify the label forwarding path for a first VPN message to reach a BGP next hop.
US11991017B2
To provide an automatic report creation system which can automatically create reports for various different uses. This automatic report creation system included a voice recognition unit 3, a clock unit 7 and a term dictionary 9, wherein the voice recognition unit 3 recognizes the input of a pre-stored start term, the clock unit 7 calculates the start time on the basis of the time when the voice recognition unit 3 recognized input of the start term, the voice recognition unit 3 recognizes that a pre-stored end term has been inputted, the clock unit 7 calculates the end time on the basis of the time when the voice recognition unit recognized input of the end term, the voice recognition unit 3 stores speech from the start time to the end time as recorded speech, analyzes the recorded speech.
US11991014B1
Consistent with an embodiment of the present disclosure, a server arrangement provides a web-accessible virtual-meeting interface through which participant identifying information and meeting time information is passed for setting up and establishing a primary meeting. In addition to the primary meeting, various selectable options are provided for one or more participants, including merged audio from the established audio connections to the participants, establishing a secondary meeting and/or automatically moving or reverting connections from/to the primary meeting.
US11990997B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for mapping coding indices associated with a rateless coding scheme to respective sets of communication resources over which a transmitting device may perform transmissions of portions of a message corresponding to each of the coding indices. In some aspects, for example, different coding indices may correspond to different cumulative portions of the message and the transmitting device may transmit a first cumulative portion of the message corresponding to a first coding index over a first set of communication resources to which the first coding index is mapped. The transmitting device may signal an indication of such a resource mapping scheme to a receiving device and the receiving device may attempt to decode transmissions of one or more cumulative portions of the message using the indicated resource mapping scheme.
US11990996B2
Disclosed herein are techniques to provide forward error correction for a high-speed interconnect symbol stream, such as, DisplayPort. The symbol stream may be split into FEC blocks and parity bits generated for each of the FEC blocks. The parity bits may be interleaved, encoded, and transmitted over an interconnect along with the symbol stream to provide forward error correction for the symbol stream.
US11990993B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. For example, a method for wireless communications at a wireless device may include determining a rate matching configuration for a first channel (e.g., an uplink channel) associated with a second channel (e.g., a downlink channel). A wireless device may determine rate matching resources of an uplink channel based on the rate matching configuration. The wireless device may determine rate matching resources of a downlink channel based on the rate matching configuration. The wireless device may transmit a first message on the uplink channel or the downlink channel, respectively, where the transmitted channel includes the rate matching resources. The wireless device may receive a reference signal on one or more resources of the downlink channel or the uplink channel, respectively, where the one or more resources of the respective channel correspond to the rate matching resources on the transmitted channel.
US11990983B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems of hub communication with a satellite network or a terrestrial network are disclosed. One method includes detecting presence of the satellite network, detecting, by the hub, presence of a terrestrial network, selecting to connect to one of the satellite network or the terrestrial network based on a priority ruleset, estimating a propagation delay between the hub and a base station of the satellite network when the satellite network is selected, adjusting a timing offset between transmit and receive radio frames at the hub based on whether the satellite network or the terrestrial network is selected, and based at least on the propagation delay, and communicating with the base station of the satellite network or a base station of the terrestrial network.
US11990977B1
Embodiments of this application provide a beam training method and an apparatus, to improve beam training performance. The method includes: The first apparatus determines a quasi co-location assumption of a first reference signal, and receives, based on the quasi co-location assumption of the first reference signal, the first reference signal sent by a second apparatus. The quasi co-location assumption meets at least either of the following conditions: A plurality of periodic instances of the first reference signal at an interval of N periodicities have a same quasi co-location assumption, where N is an integer greater than 0; and first reference signals that have different indexes and that are in a same resource set have different quasi co-location assumptions.
US11990973B2
There is provided mechanisms for beam management. A method is performed by a radio transceiver device. The method comprises obtaining an angle spread value for signal paths towards a second radio transceiver device. The method comprises performing a beam management procedure for selecting which directional beam to use for communication with the second radio transceiver device by transmitting or receiving reference signals in a candidate set of directional beams. Which directional beams to include in the candidate set of directional beams is dependent on the angle spread value by the angle spread value determining sparsity of the directional beams in the candidate set of directional beams.
US11990971B2
A system may include an access network comprising at least two base stations configured to communicate with a wireless communication device via dynamically steerable or formable beams, a resource manager disposed at a location accessible via the access network or at the wireless communication device, and an experience tester configured to determine a qualitative assessment of capabilities of the access network relative to different categories of services or applications for the wireless communication device via a first beam formed or selected to serve the communication device. The resource manager may be configured to initiate a handover based on both location-based criteria and user experience based criteria. The user experience based criteria may be associated with the qualitative assessment.
US11990958B2
Apparatus and methods are provided for port selection codebook configuration. A user equipment (UE) may decode a channel state information (CSI) report configuration (CSI-ReportConfig) from a base station. The CSI-ReportConfig indicates up to L CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) ports for selection by the UE out of P CSI-RS ports configured for measuring and reporting CSI. The UE determines selected CSI-RS ports out of the P CSI-RS ports. The selected CSI-RS ports include the L CSI-RS ports or less. The UE generates a port selection matrix W1 corresponding to the selected CSI-RS ports. The UE also generates an indication of the port selection matrix W1 to the base station. The CSI-ReportConfig may further configure the UE to select a subset of frequency basis. The UE determines a selected subset of frequency basis and generates a frequency basis selection matrix Wf corresponding to the selected subset of frequency basis.
US11990951B2
A method for implementing fault diagnosis by means of a spread spectrum carrier includes the following steps: designing incident signal parameters, selecting a spread spectrum sequence for fault detection, determining a center frequency and a sequence length of a spread spectrum code, and segmenting and transforming a power carrier source signal; using the fault detection spread spectrum sequence as a carrier spread spectrum code, and performing spread spectrum modulation on the transformed power carrier source signal to generate an SSPLCR sequence; coupling the SSPLCR sequence to a cable to be tested, and when the cable works normally without failure, transmitting the SSPLCR signal to the receiving terminal via the cable; when the cable fails, reflecting the SSPLCR signal back to the transmitting terminal.
US11990947B2
The invention relates to a communications device for non-electric communication between fluidically interconnected devices, the communications device being designed to be mounted in a position in a fluidic overall system formed by the fluidically interconnected devices and to receive and/or emit non-electric signals, in particular in the form of pressure or sound signals, the non-electric signals being transmitted via a line that fluidically interconnects the devices. The invention further relates to a method for non-electric communication between fluidically interconnected devices, the non-electric communication taking place preferably by means of pressure and/or sound signals via at least one line that fluidically interconnects the devices.
US11990938B2
Improving the signal to noise ratio in an optical link involves either reducing the noise or increasing the RF power coupled into the optical link by lowing the voltage, Vπ, required to induce a phase change of π of the optical beam passing through the optical modulator. The present disclosure relates to methods and architectures for increasing the optical power through a link through providing one or more laser sources, additional modulators or photodiode receivers and dividing the optical power through these components so that none are overloaded.
US11990935B2
An apparatus comprises a support structure and one or more first optical components on the support structure that communicatively couple with a first endpoint. The one or more first optical components are configured to output and receive optical signals that travel over a free space medium to establish a secure link between the first endpoint and a second endpoint.
US11990927B2
Disclosed in the present application are a method for improving performance of a low-intermediate frequency receiver, a storage medium, and a receiver. The method comprises: selecting a local oscillator signal from a preset local oscillator frequency set as an initial local oscillator signal to perform frequency mixing processing on an input signal, so as to obtain a low-intermediate frequency signal comprising a low-intermediate frequency useful signal and a low-intermediate frequency interference signal; determining whether an energy ratio of the low-intermediate frequency interference signal to the low-intermediate frequency useful signal is greater than a first preset ratio; and if the energy ratio is greater than the first preset ratio, selecting another local oscillator frequency from the preset local oscillator frequency set as the current local oscillator signal to process the input signal. In this way, the present application can improve the adjacent channel selectivity of a low-intermediate frequency receiver.
US11990921B2
Devices, systems and methods for list decoding of polarization-adjusted convolutional (PAC) codes are described. One example method for improving error correction in a decoder for data in a communication channel includes receiving a noisy codeword, the codeword having been generated using a polarization-adjusted convolutional (PAC) code and provided to the communication channel prior to reception by the decoder, and performing PAC list decoding on the noisy codeword, wherein an encoding operation of the PAC code comprises a convolutional precoding operation that generates one or more dynamically frozen bits, and wherein the PAC list decoding comprises extending, based on the one or more dynamically frozen bits, at least two paths of a plurality of paths in the PAC list decoding differently and independently.
US11990917B2
The present invention relates to an incremental analog to digital converter incorporating noise shaping and residual error quantization. In one embodiment, a circuit includes an incremental analog to digital converter, comprising a loop filter that filters an analog input signal in response to receiving a reset signal, resulting in a filtered analog input signal, and a successive approximation register (SAR) quantizer, coupled with the filtered analog input signal, that converts the filtered analog input signal to an intermediate digitized output of a first resolution based on a reference voltage, wherein the SAR quantizer comprises a feedback loop that shapes quantization noise generated by the SAR quantizer as a result of converting the filtered analog input signal; and a digital filter, coupled with the intermediate digitized output, that generates a digitized output signal of a second resolution, greater than the first resolution, by digitally filtering the intermediate digitized output.
US11990914B2
In described examples, a first clock generator generates an output clock signal in response to an input reference signal and in response to a feedback signal that is generated in response to the output clock signal. A code generator generates a code in response to the input reference signal. A loss detector generates an indication of a loss of the input reference signal in response to the feedback signal and at least two codes generated by the code generator.
US11990908B1
In a high resolution temperature sensor, first and second MEMS resonators generate respective first and second clock signals and a locked-loop reference clock generator generates a reference clock signal having a frequency that is phase-locked to at least one of the first and second clock signals. A frequency-ratio engine within the MEMS temperature sensor oversamples at least one of the first and second clock signals with the reference clock signal to generate a ratio of the frequencies of the first and second clock signals.
US11990907B2
One or more devices, systems, and/or methods are provided. In an example of the techniques presented herein, an oscillator comprises a voltage controlled oscillator configured to generate an output clock based on a drive signal, a frequency to voltage converter having a time constant and configured to generate a feedback voltage having a decay cycle based on the time constant and a frequency based on a frequency of the output clock, and an integrator configured to generate the drive signal based on an integration of the feedback voltage and a reference voltage.
US11990898B2
In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, an isolated drive (e.g., for a generator controller) includes a gate driver configured to operatively connect to a switch to drive the switch between a first state and a second state, a transformer configured to power the gate driver and provide an ON/OFF signal to the gate driver, an input line configured to connect a first side of the transformer to the gate driver, and a floating return line configured to connect a second side of the transformer directly to a source terminal of the switch such that parasitic currents from the transformer and/or drive circuit bypasses the gate driver and flows to the floating return line.
US11990892B2
An acoustic wave device with a bent section is disclosed. The acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric layer and an interdigital transducer electrode on the piezoelectric layer. The bent section is arranged to create a curvature in a waveguide of the acoustic wave device to suppress a transverse spurious mode of the acoustic wave device.
US11990885B2
A method for manufacturing an acoustic device includes providing a substrate, providing a bottom electrode over the substrate, providing a sacrificial layer on the bottom electrode, patterning the bottom electrode and the sacrificial layer, polishing the sacrificial layer such that a portion of the sacrificial layer remains on the bottom electrode, and removing the remaining portion of the sacrificial layer via a cleaning process such that a surface roughness of the bottom electrode is maintained. By performing the polishing such that a portion of the sacrificial layer remains on the bottom electrode and subsequently removing that portion of the sacrificial layer via a cleaning process that maintains the surface roughness of the bottom electrode, the subsequent growth of a piezoelectric layer on the bottom electrode can be substantially improved.
US11990874B2
Systems, methods and apparatus for practical realization of an integrated circuit comprising a stack of transistors operating as an RF amplifier are described. As stack height is increased, capacitance values of gate capacitors used to provide a desired distribution of an RF voltage at the output of the amplifier across the stack may decrease to values approaching parasitic/stray capacitance values present in the integrated circuit which may render the practical realization of the integrated circuit difficult. Coupling of an RF gate voltage at the gate of one transistor of the stack to a gate of a different transistor of the stack can allow for an increase in the capacitance value of the gate capacitor of the different transistor for obtaining an RF voltage at the gate of the different transistor according to the desired distribution.
US11990869B2
A circuit device includes an oscillation circuit configured to oscillate a resonator to thereby generate an oscillation signal, a waveform shaping circuit to which the oscillation signal is input, and which is configured to output a clock signal obtained by performing waveform shaping on the oscillation signal, a first duty adjustment circuit configured to perform a duty adjustment of the clock signal, and an output buffer circuit configured to output a first output clock signal and a second output clock signal to an outside based on the clock signal. The output buffer circuit includes a second duty adjustment circuit configured to perform a duty adjustment of the second output clock signal.
US11990866B2
A photovoltaic device having a perovskite PV cell having reduced aging. The internal temperature of the perovskite PV cell, or a measure thereof, is determined using a measurement of an electrical parameter. In the case that it is detected that the corresponding measured value exceeds a threshold value, i.e., that the internal temperature is too high, the operating conditions of the perovskite PV cell are adjusted to the effect that the internal temperature reduces again. This can be achieved, for example, by an input resistance of power electronics of the perovskite PV cell being adjusted such that lower ohmic losses occur, as a result of the correspondingly altered electric currents.
US11990859B2
The present invention relates to a mounting device (MD) for a photovoltaic (PV) module, a connecting element (CE) for a mounting device (MD), a mounting structure (MS) comprising a mounting device (MD) and a photovoltaic (PV) module, an array of mounting structures (MS) comprising two or more mounting structures (MS), a polypropylene copolymer composition for a mounting device (MD) of a photovoltaic (PV) module as well as a polypropylene homopolymer composition for a connecting element (CE) for a mounting device (MD).
US11990858B2
A method and a circuit arrangement for damping stepper motor resonances during operation of a stepper motor (M), in particular in the medium und high speed range, is described, wherein the coils (A; B) of the stepper motor (M) are each connected into a bridge circuit (Br1; Br2) comprising semiconductor switches (Sw1, . . . Sw4), in order to impress into the coils (A; B) a predetermined target coil current (ISollA; ISollB). The resonance damping is essentially achieved by activating a passive FD-phase in the zero crossing of the target coil current (ISollA; ISollB), during which all 10 semiconductor switches (Sw1, . . . Sw4) are opened or switched blocking, in order to thereby feed a coil current flowing in the related motor coil (A; B) back into the supply voltage source either via inverse or body diodes and/or via diodes (D1, . . . D4) connected in parallel to the semiconductor switches (Sw1, . . . Sw4) in the reverse direction between the positive supply voltage (+VM) and ground potential.
US11990848B1
A power converter provides a low-voltage output using a full-bridge fault-tolerant rectification circuit. The output circuit uses controlled switches as rectifiers. A fault detection circuit monitors circuit conditions. Upon detection of a fault, the switches are disabled decoupling the power converter from the system. A common-source dual MOSFET device includes a plurality of elements arranged in alternating patterns on a semiconductor die. A common-source dual synchronous rectifier includes control circuitry powered from the drain to source voltage of the complementary switch. A DC-to-DC transformer converts power from an input source to a load using a fixed voltage transformation ratio. A clamp phase may be used to reduce power losses in the converter at light loads, control the effective output resistance of the converter, effectively regulate the voltage transformation ratio, provide narrow band output regulation, and control the rate of change of output voltage for example during start up. One or more of the transformer windings may be clamped. The converter may use the sine amplitude converter topology. The converter may use common-source dual MOSFET devices and fault detection. The density of point of load power conversion may be increased and the associated power dissipation reduced by removing the input driver circuitry from the point of load where it is not necessary. An output circuit may be located at the point of load providing fault tolerant rectification of the AC power from the secondary winding of a power transformer which may be located nearby the output circuit. The resonant voltage and current waveforms on the primary side of the transformer are readily communicated via an AC bus between the driver circuit and the primary winding of the power transformer. The driver circuit may drive a plurality of transformer-output circuit pairs. The transformer and output circuit may be combined in a single module at the point of load. Alternatively, the output circuit may be integrated into point of load circuitry such as a processor core. The transformer may be deployed near the output circuit.
US11990827B2
A multi-rail power converter assembly includes first and second interleaved power converters configured to output first and second rail currents. A control driver circuit includes first and second control outputs configured to output first and second control signals configured to control power conversion in the first and second power converters to generate the first and second rail currents. A first PWM generator receives a compensator control signal and generates the first control signal based on the compensator control signal. A second PWM generator receives a first modified compensator control signal and generates the second control signal based on the first modified compensator control signal. The control driver circuit is configured to generate the first modified compensator control signal based on an average of the first rail current and the second rail current.
US11990823B2
Some embodiments provide irrigation generator systems that include a main conduit comprising an inlet conduit and an outlet conduit; a flow control system positioned within the main conduit; a generator conduit comprising a generator inlet conduit and a generator outlet conduit, wherein the generator inlet conduit is fluidly coupled with the main conduit upstream of the flow control system, the generator outlet conduit is fluidly coupled with the main conduit downstream of the flow control system; and a generator comprising a rotor assembly cooperated with generator conduit to be physically activated by a flow of fluid through the generator conduit causing rotation of the rotor assembly and generates electrical power. The flow control system transitions between a closed state to the open state in response to a water pressure exceeding a pressure threshold.
US11990812B2
A routing structure of a conductive wire includes: a body portion; a guide portion fixed to the body portion and including a protruding portion protruding to an outside of the body portion; a conductive wire hooked on the protruding portion of the guide portion; and a first insulating portion disposed between the body portion and the guide portion and insulating the body portion and the guide portion.
US11990803B2
A coil with a distributed winding formed from hairpins that each have two straight-line conductor portions arranged in different slots of a coil body. Contact regions shaped in circumferential direction adjoin the conductor portions at one axial end and are connected at the other axial end through a turning region. The contact regions have at the end remote of the coil body a connection portion that are aligned in radially extending rows. The contact regions of a layer are shaped in the same circumferential direction. A portion of the contact regions of an outer layer is deformed in radial direction to form an additional, and these contact regions are shaped in a circumferential direction opposite to the contact regions of the outer layer.
US11990796B2
The present invention provides a rotor, a motor using the rotor and an electronic device capable of effectively utilizing magnetic flux generated from a magnet. The rotor includes a rotor core including an annular portion and a plurality of magnetic pole pieces radially extending from the annular portion via a pair of joint portions, a plurality of first magnets disposed between the neighboring magnetic pole pieces in a circumferential direction, and a plurality of second magnets disposed between the pair of joint portions, in which each of the first magnets contacts side surfaces of two neighboring magnetic pole pieces in the circumferential direction and each of the second magnets contacts inner surfaces of the magnetic pole pieces in a radial direction.
US11990793B2
A vernier permanent magnet motor with a stator having coded auxiliary teeth which belongs to the technical field of permanent magnet motors. The motor includes a stator and a rotor that are coaxially sleeved, and an air gap is formed between the stator and the rotor. Coded auxiliary tooth structures are provided on a side surface in the stator close to the air gap, and first permanent magnets are provided on part of the coded auxiliary tooth structures. A plurality of pairs of second permanent magnets and ferromagnets are arranged around a side surface in the rotor close to the air gap. The first permanent magnets and the ferromagnets generate a first magnetic field, the second permanent magnets and the coded auxiliary tooth structures generate a second magnetic field, and the magnetic fields are superimposed to form working magnetic fields.
US11990792B2
A stator includes a main yoke having a cylindrical shape with a bottom, an auxiliary yoke having a band shape arranged on an outer or inner circumferential wall surface of this main yoke, and a field magnet arranged inside the main yoke. The auxiliary yoke is arranged along a circumferential direction on the outer or inner circumferential wall surface of the main yoke. One end of the auxiliary yoke has at least one protrusion, and another end of the auxiliary yoke has at least one recess facing and engaging in a circumferential direction with the protrusion either on the inner or outer circumferential wall surface of the main yoke.
US11990788B2
Systems and methods for charging electric vehicles utilizing Graphical User Interface (GUI) elements.
US11990775B2
An apparatus includes a first authentication unit that performs an authentication process for determining whether an external apparatus is a predetermined external apparatus, a second authentication unit that performs an authentication process for determining whether a battery connected to the external apparatus is a predetermined battery, and a control unit that permits the battery to be discharged but restricts the battery from being charged regardless of whether the battery is the predetermined battery, in a case where the external apparatus is not authenticated as the predetermined external apparatus.
US11990770B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for receiving wireless power using a wireless power receiver client architecture are disclosed. A simplified wireless power receiver apparatus includes an energy storage device and a radio frequency (RF) transceiver including an antenna. Energy harvester circuitry is coupled to the energy storage device and the RF transceiver, and control circuitry is coupled to the energy storage device, the RF transceiver, and the energy harvester. The control circuitry causes the RF transceiver to: establish a connection with a wireless power transmitter (WPT), transmit a beacon signal to the WPT, and receive a wireless power signal from the WPT. The control circuitry causes the energy harvester to deliver at least a portion of energy of the wireless power signal to the energy storage device for storage therein. In some embodiments, a single antenna is utilized both for transmitting the beacon signal and for receiving the wireless power signal.
US11990767B2
A wireless communication device includes a battery, a power management integrated circuit (PMIC), a near field communication (NFC) integrated circuit connected to the battery and to the PMIC, and an internal device connected to the NFC integrated circuit and configured to support an NFC operation, wherein the NFC integrated circuit includes a power supply path control circuit configured to cut off a first power supply path from the PMIC to the internal device when the NFC integrated circuit is in an on-state or an operating state and to form a second power supply path from the battery to the internal device to supply power to the internal device based on existence or non-existence of a first supply voltage provided from the PMIC.
US11990766B2
An apparatus includes a first coil, a second coil having a first side facing a first side of the first coil, a first radial array of magnetic material bodies disposed on a second side of the first coil, and a second radial array of magnetic material bodies disposed on a second side of the second coil such that respective magnetic material bodies of the second radial array overlap respective magnetic material bodies of the first radial array. The apparatus may be included in a wireless power transfer system.
US11990755B2
A method for detecting power oscillation in an electric power grid, wherein the method comprises: integrating a filtered signal on a first interval, the filtered signal being associated with the electric power grid; based on the integration of the filtered signal on the first interval, determining a positive half-period area of the filtered signal and a negative half-period area of the filtered signal, one of the positive half-period area and negative half-period area being immediately subsequent to the other one; and determining that a power oscillation in the electric power grid is detected if the following two conditions are met: a sum of the positive half-period area of the filtered signal and the negative half-period area of the filtered signal is below a first threshold; and the absolute value of one of the positive half-period area and negative half-period area is above a second threshold.
US11990745B2
A surge protective device includes an overvoltage protection circuit and a control module coupled to the overvoltage protection circuit that is configured to monitor at least one performance characteristic of the overvoltage protection circuit and is further configured to communicate the at least one performance characteristic to a destination external to the surge protective device.
US11990739B2
A wiring member with a fixing member includes a flat wiring member, and a fixing member. The fixing member includes an attachment part and a fixing part. The attachment part includes an annular part and an annular shape maintaining part. The annular part is capable of changing a state between an annular state and a non-annular state. The annular shape maintaining part is provided at one end portion of the annular part, fastens another end portion of the annular part, and maintains the annular part in the annular state. In a state in which the annular part is in the annular state and the attachment part is attached to the flat wiring member, a part of the flat wiring member to which the attachment part is attached is in a spread state.
US11990735B1
A junction box includes a housing that includes sidewalls and a bottom attached to the sidewalls. An exterior side of the bottom is configured to be mounted to a roof of a structure. The junction box includes a flashing attached to the housing and extending horizontally from the housing. The flashing is formed with the housing. The junction box includes a lid configured to be mounted a top edge of the sidewalls of the housing, where the top edge of the sidewalls is distal to the bottom, and one or more fasteners configured to retain the lid in proximity to the to the housing. The one or more fasteners are each inserted vertically though a hole in a top of the lid into the housing.
US11990727B2
It is difficult to flatten the gain profile of an optical amplifier without increasing the power consumption, the cost, and the size of the optical amplifier; therefore, a monitoring apparatus for optical amplifier according to an exemplary aspect of the invention includes an optical filtering means for receiving a monitor light beam of the optical amplifier and transmitting a filtered monitor light beam with a set range of wavelength band; a photoelectric conversion means for converting the filtered monitor light beam into a monitoring signal; and a spectrum information generating means for generating spectrum information based on the monitoring signal, the spectrum information including information on a spectrum profile of output of the optical amplifier.
US11990711B2
A power plug for coupling an electrical appliance to an electrical power supply, comprising: a current sensor, configured to measure current supplied through the plug to the electrical appliance; a voltage sensor, configured to measure voltage supplied through the plug to the electrical appliance; a processor configured to determine power consumption data from data relating to the current and voltage measurements made by the current and voltage sensors and monitor the performance of the electrical appliance using the power consumption data; and a transmitter, configured to transmit information relating to the performance of the electrical appliance.
US11990710B2
An electrical connector includes a receptacle connector having a tongue member with a surface extending between first and second tongue ends and having a shoulder extending from the surface adjacent to the second tongue end. The shoulder has a cross-sectional area within a receptacle opening size limit. The receptacle connector further includes a set of electrical contacts each extending through the shoulder between first and second contact ends on opposite sides of the shoulder. The electrical contacts at the first contact end are attached to the tongue surface at the first tongue end. The electrical contacts at the second contact end extend beyond the second tongue end. The receptacle connector further includes an electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding bracket covering at least a portion of the set of electrical contacts between the first contact end and the shoulder. The disclosure further includes a method of making the electrical connector.
US11990708B2
An electrical connector includes: an insulating body defining a mating space; and a terminal module assembled to the insulating body and having a circuit board and plural mating terminals mounted on the circuit board, wherein: each of the mating terminals has a contact portion extending obliquely backward, a bending portion bent backward from a front end of the contact portion, a connecting portion extending rearward from a rear end of the bending portion, and a mounting portion vertically extending from a rear end of the connecting portion for mounting on the circuit board; and a front end of the circuit board extends forward into the mating space.
US11990707B2
It is aimed to enable a peak value reduction of connection resistance without hindering a connecting operation. A first housing includes an initial position holding portion for holding a movable housing at an initial position and a connection position holding portion for holding the movable housing at a connection position. A facing interval between the movable housing at the initial position and the second housing is narrower than that between a housing body and the second housing, and a facing interval between the movable housing at the connection position and the second housing is equal to that between the housing body and the second housing. The second housing is provided with a holding releasing portion for releasing holding by the initial position holding portion when the movable housing reaches a position just before a proper connection position in a connection process to the first housing.
US11990703B2
An insulating housing and an electrical connector including the insulating housing are provided. The electrical connector, for transmitting power and signal with a mating electrical connector, comprises a body portion, a plurality of power terminals, a power mating portion, at least one signal terminal, and a signal mating portion. The power mating portion has a plurality of column bodies extending from a front surface thereof and accommodating the plurality of power terminals therein. The signal mating portion is connected with the body portion and located over one side of the power mating portion and accommodating at least one signal terminal.
US11990662B2
A high-frequency terminator includes a dielectric substrate, a metal layer provided on a back surface of the dielectric substrate, a transmission line provided on a front surface of the dielectric substrate, a resistor provided on the front surface of the dielectric substrate and connected to the transmission line, and a conductor electrically connecting the resistor and the metal layer. The dielectric substrate includes a first substrate part having a first thickness in a direction from the back surface toward the front surface, and a second substrate part having a second thickness in the direction that is less than the first thickness. The transmission line extends from the first substrate part to the second substrate part and is connected to the resistor on the second substrate part. The conductor electrically connects the metal layer and the resistor at the second substrate part.
US11990654B2
A fuel cell system includes a hydrogen tank to store hydrogen, a fuel cell to receive hydrogen gas from the hydrogen tank to generate electricity, a temperature controller to adjust a temperature inside the hydrogen tank, and a control unit to control the temperature controller based on the amount of hydrogen remaining in the hydrogen tank, the control unit being configured to increase the temperature inside the hydrogen tank when the amount of the remaining hydrogen is equal to or less than a first predetermined value.
US11990641B2
Disclosed herein is a separator for electrochemical devices, configured to guarantee electrical insulation between a positive electrode and a negative electrode, wherein the separator includes no polyolefin substrate, and includes inorganic particles, a binder for coupling between the inorganic particles, and a crosslinking agent.
US11990637B2
A secondary battery cell includes: a case in which an electrode assembly is accommodated; a cap plate assembly coupled to at least one side of the case; and a venting unit including a base coupled to one surface of the case and a notch portion formed on the base, and the notch portion includes: a first notch portion extending in a first direction, parallel to a longitudinal direction of the base; a second notch portion extending in a second direction, perpendicular to the first direction, from both ends of the first notch portion, respectively; and a third notch portion extending in the first direction from both ends of the second notch portion, respectively.
US11990636B2
A power supply device includes battery stack having a plurality of battery cells and extended in one direction, and insulating cover part covering one surface of battery assembly extended in one direction. Cover part includes, in the extending direction, a plurality of fixtures for fixing to the upper surface side of battery assembly, and cover part includes metal core material.
US11990634B1
A battery pack mounting structure of a vehicle includes: a frame side member of a chassis frame provided so that an upper end portion thereof is located at a position spaced downward by a predetermined reference downward distance from a step height set in consideration of ease of boarding of passengers; a battery case provided so that a battery accommodated in the battery case overlaps the frame side member in a horizontal direction thereof; a case side portion forming a side surface of the battery case, coupled to a lower side of the frame side member, and including a lower end portion aligned with a lowest ground height of the vehicle; and a case lower plate forming the battery case while supporting a lower side of the battery and disposed at a position spaced upwards from the lowest ground height.
US11990630B1
The present disclosure provides an external cladding film, an energy storage device and electrical equipment. The energy storage device includes an external cladding film and a housing. The external cladding film includes two side film sections each having a first cut groove and a second cut groove. The first cut groove and the second cut groove both penetrate through the side film section. A bottom surface of the first cut groove and a bottom surface of the second cut groove are both spaced from inner edges of the side film sections. Each side film section has a first oblique crease and a second oblique crease. A first free end of the first oblique crease intersects with a side surface of the first cut groove. A distance between the first free end and the bottom surface of the first cut groove is greater than 0.
US11990622B2
The purpose of the present disclosure is to provide a non-aqueous secondary battery that is able to suppress a decrease in charge-discharge cycle characteristics. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery that is a mode of the present disclosure comprises a negative electrode having a negative electrode active material layer, wherein the negative electrode active material layer contains a negative electrode active material that contains graphite particles, and an SBR component selected from at least one of a styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber and a modified product thereof, the internal porosity of the graphite particles is 1% to 5%, the porosity due to voids between particles of the negative electrode active material layer is 10% to 20%, and the content of the SBR component is 1.5 mass % to 3 mass % with respect to the mass of the negative electrode active material.
US11990620B2
A vanadium sodium phosphate positive electrode material, a sodium ion battery, and a preparation method therefor and application thereof. The preparation method of the vanadium sodium phosphate positive electrode material comprises the following steps: (1) reacting an aqueous solution containing a vanadium source with a phosphorus source, a reducing agent, a sodium source, and a carbon source, the reaction comprising first performing a reaction of an aqueous solution of the vanadium source and the phosphorus source, and then perform a reaction with the reducing agent, or first performing a reaction of the aqueous solution of the vanadium source with the reducing agent and then performing a reaction with the phosphorus source; (2) drying and calcining the reaction liquid obtained in step (1). The vanadium sodium phosphate positive electrode material has a high dispersibility, and has stable circulation performance when used in a battery.
US11990612B2
A protected zinc electrode, rechargeable cell, and methods of fabricating and operating the protected zinc electrode are provided. The protected zinc electrode includes a zinc electrode including an electrode active material including bulk zinc metal. The protected zinc electrode also includes a protective structure in physical continuity with the bulk zinc metal. The protective structure includes one or more layers. Each layer includes a solid-electrolyte component forming a continuous Zn2+ ion-conducting network throughout the layer.
US11990609B2
Provided herein are battery cells comprising artificial solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) layers used as protective coatings on electrodes. The SEI layers are produced by liquid-phase deposition (LDP). The battery cell may comprise an anode, a cathode, an electrolyte disposed between the anode and the cathode, a polymer separator disposed between the anode and the cathode, and a casing containing the anode, the cathode, the electrolyte, and the polymer separator, wherein at least one or the anode or cathode comprises an SEI layer produced by an LDP method.
US11990605B2
A lithium secondary battery comprises a cathode formed from a cathode active material including a first cathode active material particle and a second cathode active material particle, an anode and a separator interposed between the cathode and the anode. The first cathode active material particle includes a lithium metal oxide including a continuous concentration gradient in at least one region between a central portion and a surface portion. The second cathode active material particle includes a constant concentration composition.
US11990599B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a dry film (3), wherein a dry powder mixture is processed into the dry film (3) by a rolling device comprising a first roller (2a) and a second roller (2b). The first roller (2a) has a higher circumferential rotational speed than the second roller (2b), and the dry film (3) is placed on the first roller (2a).
US11990597B2
A battery thermal management system for an air vehicle includes a liquid heat exchange circuit, an air heat exchange circuit, and a liquid-air heat exchanger. The liquid-air heat exchanger is positioned on the liquid heat exchange circuit and the air heat exchange circuit to exchange heat therebetween. The system includes a coolant pump fluidically connected to the liquid heat exchange circuit, a flow restrictor positioned in the liquid heat exchange circuit, and a battery in thermal communication with the liquid heat exchange circuit. A method for controlling a thermal management system for an air vehicle includes sensing a temperature of a battery with a temperature sensor, varying a flow area of a flow path through a liquid heat exchange circuit with the flow restrictor if the temperature is below a pre-determined threshold, and operating a pump to provide heating to the battery if the temperature is below the pre-determined threshold.
US11990596B2
A battery unit includes at least one battery module, a cooling device configured to deliver a cooling gas configured to cool the battery module to the battery module, and a junction board mounted with a wiring component configured to electrically connect the battery module and an external device and allow a charging power and/or a discharging power of the battery module to flow. The junction board is disposed above the cooling device at a position where at least a part of the junction board overlaps the cooling device when viewed from an upper-lower direction.
US11990595B2
Systems and methods are provided for a high efficiency cold plate system. A high efficiency cold plate system may include an interior surface. A heat source may be configured adjacent to a lower portion of the interior surface. The interior surface may enclose an interior region. The interior surface may also include members extending across the interior surface. The members may be separated by an orifice. The members and interior surface may defined an inlet region and an outlet region. The inlet and outlet regions may be fluidly joined by an orifice separating the members extending across the interior surface. The members may be angled relative to a lower portion of the interior surface. Angling the members may allow the system to constrain and direct fluid flowing through the system to achieve efficient cooling.
US11990594B2
A barrier structure, a battery module including the barrier structure, and a method of assembling the battery module are provided. The barrier structure includes a plurality of first sidewalls oriented in a first direction, and a plurality of second sidewalls oriented in a second direction. The plurality of first sidewalls interlock with the plurality of second sidewalls to form a grid structure comprising a plurality of cells, each having an open-ended top and an open-ended bottom and configured to be arranged around a cylindrical section of at least one of a plurality of battery cells. The battery module includes a plurality of cylindrical battery cells arranged in a predetermined pattern and a barrier structure for separating the battery cells.
US11990593B2
In at least one embodiment, provided is a battery pack for a vehicle including a thin firebox for enclosing batteries and containing thermal runaway gases, thermal insulation surrounding the firebox, and a vent hole extending through the firebox and the thermal insulation to an exterior of the vehicle with vent hole plug and a pressure relief frangible vent cover at least partially covering the vent hole plug to retain it within the vent hole.
US11990585B2
Electrolyte formulations for energy storage devices are disclosed. The energy storage device comprises a first electrode and a second electrode, where one or both of the first electrode and the second electrode is a Si-based electrode, a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, and an electrolyte composition. Electrolyte formulations as described herein are electrolyte compositions comprising two or more components such as solvents, co-solvents, salts and/or additives. In some embodiments, three or more, four or more, five or more, six or more, seven or more, or eight or more components are included in the electrolyte composition.
US11990580B2
An apparatus for manufacturing a battery cell by stacking a negative electrode, a separator, and a positive electrode includes, a loading unit of loading the negative electrode, separator, and positive electrode, a negative electrode stacking unit disposed adjacent to the loading unit, and configured to cut a negative electrode material unwound from a negative electrode roll to a preset length and stack the cut negative electrode material on the loading unit, a separator stacking unit disposed adjacent to the loading unit, and configured to cut a separator material unwound from a separator roll to a preset length and to stack the cut separator material on the loading unit, and a positive electrode stacking unit disposed adjacent to the stacking unit, and configured to cut a positive electrode material unwound from a positive electrode roll to a preset length and stack the cut positive electrode material on the loading unit.
US11990579B2
A display device includes a substrate and pixels. The substrate includes: a display area including pixel areas, each including a first area and a second area; and a non-display area enclosing at least one side of the display area. The pixels are disposed on the pixel areas, each pixel including light emitting elements. Each pixel further includes: a pixel circuit part disposed on the first area and including at least one transistor and at least one capacitor; and a display element part disposed on the second area and including an emission area to emit light. Each of the pixel circuit part and the display element part has a multi-layer structure including one or more conductive layers and one or more insulating layers. At least one layer of the pixel circuit part and at least one layer of the display element part are disposed in a same layer.
US11990574B2
In an embodiment, a method for producing optoelectronic semiconductor devices includes applying a temporal spacer to protect a light-exit face of an optoelectronic semiconductor chip by applying a photoresist onto a first carrier, subsequently developing the photoresist in places thereby forming the temporal spacer and subsequently mounting the optoelectronic semiconductor chip onto a side of the temporal spacer facing away from the first carrier, forming a reflector in a lateral direction directly around the optoelectronic semiconductor chip and around the temporal spacer, subsequently removing the temporal spacer so that the reflector extends beyond the light-exit face and applying an optical element onto the reflector so that a gap exists between the light-exit face and a light-entrance face of the optical element.
US11990571B2
A light emitting device includes a light emitting element having an emission peak wavelength in a range of 380 nm to 420 nm and a fluorescent member including at least one fluorescent material that is excited by light from the light emitting element for light emission, wherein a mixture of light from the light emitting element and light from the fluorescent material has a correlated color temperature in a range of 2000 K to 7500 K as measured according to JIS Z8725, and the light emitting device has a spectral distribution in which, when the integral value over a wavelength range of 380 nm to 780 nm is normalized to 100%, the proportion of an integral value over a wavelength range of 380 nm to 420 nm is 15% or more, and the ratio a as defined by the expression (1) is 0.9 or more and 1.6 or less.
US11990570B2
A white light emitting device is provided. The white light emitting device includes a blue light emitting diode configured to emit blue light having a peak wavelength in a first range of 440 nm to 455 nm; a first wavelength conversion material, based on being excited by the blue light, emits first light having a peak wavelength in a second range of 535 nm to 550 nm and a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of 60 nm or less; and a second wavelength conversion material, based on being excited by the blue light, emits second light having a peak wavelength in a third range of 620 nm to 660 nm, wherein a melanopic photopic ratio of white light emitted from the white light emitting device is 0.65 or less, and a color rendering index (CRI) of the white light is 80 or more.
US11990564B2
A semiconductor light-emitting element according to the present invention includes an n-type semiconductor layer, an active layer, a p-type semiconductor layer, and a p-electrode. The n-type semiconductor layer has a composition of AlGaN or AlInGaN. The active layer is formed on the n-type semiconductor layer. The active layer contains an AlGaN semiconductor or an AlInGaN semiconductor. The p-type semiconductor layer is formed on the active layer. The p-type semiconductor layer has a composition of AlN, AlGaN, or AlInGaN. The p-electrode is formed on the p-type semiconductor layer. The p-type semiconductor layer includes a contact layer formed on the p-electrode. The contact layer includes an AlGaN layer or an AlInGaN layer in which a band gap decreases toward an interface with the p-electrode. The contact layer includes a tunneling contact layer in contact with the p-electrode. The tunneling contact layer is connected to the p-electrode by a tunnel junction.
US11990558B2
A method for producing a transferable array of light emitting devices includes forming a plurality of light emitting devices on a temporary substrate, forming at least one supporting member that is directly connected to a release layer of at least one of the light emitting devices, connecting a supporting substrate only with the at least one supporting member so that the at least one supporting member extends from the release layer of the at least one of the light emitting devices to the supporting substrate and so that the light emitting devices are spaced apart from the supporting substrate, and removing the temporary substrate. The transferable array produced by the method is also disclosed.
US11990555B2
The present disclosure provide a solar cell, including: a substrate, an interface passivation layer covering a rear surface of the substrate, and an electrode disposed at a side of the interface passivation layer facing away from the substrate, the interface passivation layer including a first interface passivation sub-layer corresponding to a portion of the interface passivation layer between adjacent electrodes and a second interface passivation sub-layer corresponding to a portion of the interface passivation layer where disposed between the substrate and the electrode; a field passivation layer, at least partially disposed between the interface passivation layer and the electrode; and a conductive enhancement layer, at least partially disposed at a side of the first interface passivation sub-layer away from the substrate to enable carriers in the first interface passivation sub-layer to flow to the electrode, where a resistivity of the conductive enhancement layer is smaller than a resistivity of the field passivation layer.
US11990553B2
A merged PiN Schottky (MPS) diode includes a substrate, a first epitaxial layer of a first conductivity type, doped regions of a second conductivity type, a second epitaxial layer of the first conductivity type, and a Schottky metal layer. The first epitaxial layer is disposed on the first surface of the substrate. The doped regions are disposed in a surface of the first epitaxial layer, wherein the doped regions consist of first portions and second portions, the first portions are electrically floating, and the second portions are electrically connected to a top metal. The second epitaxial layer is disposed on the surface of the first epitaxial layer, wherein trenches are formed in the second epitaxial layer to expose the second portions of the doped regions. The Schottky metal layer is conformally deposited on the second epitaxial layer and the exposed second portions of the doped regions.
US11990549B2
A semiconductor device includes an active region extending from a substrate in a vertical direction, source/drain regions spaced apart from each other on the active region, a fin structure between the source/drain regions on the active region, the fin structure including a lower semiconductor region on the active region, a stack structure having alternating first and second semiconductor layers on the lower semiconductor region, a side surface of at least one of the first semiconductor layers being recessed, and a semiconductor capping layer on the stack structure, an isolation layer covering a side surface of the active region, a gate structure overlapping the fin structure and covering upper and side surfaces of the fin structure, the semiconductor capping layer being between the gate structure and each of the lower semiconductor region and stack structure, and contact plugs electrically connected to the source/drain regions.
US11990545B2
A method for making a semiconductor device includes forming a ROX layer on a substrate and a patterned silicon oxynitride layer on the patterned ROX layer; conformally forming a dielectric oxide layer to cover the substrate, the patterned silicon oxynitride layer, and the patterned ROX layer; and fully oxidizing the patterned silicon oxynitride layer to form a fully oxidized gate oxide layer on the substrate.
US11990541B2
Apparatus and circuits with dual polarization transistors and methods of fabricating the same are disclosed. In one example, a semiconductor structure is disclosed. The semiconductor structure includes: a substrate; an active layer that is formed over the substrate and comprises a first active portion having a first thickness and a second active portion having a second thickness; a first transistor comprising a first source region, a first drain region, and a first gate structure formed over the first active portion and between the first source region and the first drain region; and a second transistor comprising a second source region, a second drain region, and a second gate structure formed over the second active portion and between the second source region and the second drain region, wherein the first thickness is different from the second thickness.
US11990530B2
Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same include forming a stack of alternating first and second sacrificial layers. The first sacrificial layers are recessed relative to the second sacrificial layers. Replacement channel layers are grown from sidewalls of the first sacrificial layers. A first source/drain region is grown from the replacement channel layer. The recessed first sacrificial layers are etched away. A second source/drain region is grown from the replacement channel layer. The second sacrificial layers are etched away. A gate stack is formed between and around the replacement channel layers.
US11990503B2
Provided is a method of fabricating a capacitor. The method of fabricating a capacitor may include forming a first electrode, forming a dielectric layer on the first electrode, forming a second electrode on the dielectric layer, and applying, between the first electrode and the second electrode, a voltage outside an operating voltage range applied during operation or a current outside an operating current range applied during operation.
US11990493B2
An image sensor device is provided. The image sensor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a front surface, a back surface opposite to the front surface, and a light-sensing region close to the front surface. The image sensor device includes an insulating layer covering the back surface and extending into the semiconductor substrate. The protection layer has a first refractive index, and the first refractive index is less than a second refractive index of the semiconductor substrate and greater than a third refractive index of the insulating layer, and the protection layer conformally and continuously covers the back surface and extends into the semiconductor substrate. The image sensor device includes a reflective structure surrounded by insulating layer in the semiconductor substrate.
US11990488B2
A grid structure in a pixel array may be at least partially angled or tapered toward a top surface of the grid structure such that the width of the grid structure approaches a near-zero width near the top surface of the grid structure. This permits the spacing between color filter regions in between the grid structure to approach a near-zero spacing near the top surfaces of the color filter regions. The tight spacing of color filter regions provided by the angled or tapered grid structure provides a greater surface area and volume for incident light collection in the color filter regions. Moreover, the width of the grid structure may increase at least partially toward a bottom surface of the grid structure such that the wider dimension of the grid structure near the bottom surface of the grid structure provides optical crosstalk protection for the pixel sensors in the pixel array.
US11990485B2
A photoelectric conversion device in the present disclosure includes a first trench extending inside a semiconductor substrate from a first face of the semiconductor substrate between a first photoelectric conversion portion and a second photoelectric conversion portion arranged in a first pixel and a second trench extending from a second face of the semiconductor substrate between the first pixel and a second pixel, and the end on the second face side of the first isolation portion is located closer to the second face side than the end on the first face side of the second isolation portion.
US11990482B2
An array substrate and an electronic device are disclosed. The electronic device includes a display panel including an array substrate. The array substrate includes a first insulating layer provided with a plurality of first via holes, a second insulating layer provided with a plurality of second via holes, and a second electrode layer includes a second electrode. An orthographic projection of at least one of the second via hole or the second electrode on the substrate is staggered from an orthographic projection of the first via hole on the substrate, so that a short between the first electrode and the second electrode can be prevented.
US11990476B2
Semiconductor nanowire devices having (111)-plane channel sidewalls and methods of fabricating semiconductor nanowire devices having (111)-plane channel sidewalls are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a first semiconductor device including a plurality of vertically stacked nanowires disposed above a substrate, each of the nanowires comprising a discrete channel region having <111> lateral sidewalls along a <110> carrier transport direction. The integrated circuit structure also includes a second semiconductor device including a semiconductor fin disposed above the substrate, the semiconductor fin having a channel region with a top and side surfaces, the channel region having <111> lateral sidewalls along a <110> carrier transport direction.
US11990475B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, an N-well area formed in the substrate, a first P-channel metal oxide semiconductor (PMOS) transistor having active regions formed in the N-well area, and a first N-channel metal oxide semiconductor (NMOS) transistor having active regions formed in the substrate. The first NMOS transistor includes a first N-type active region overlapping each of the substrate and the N-well area, when viewed from above a plane parallel to a top surface of the substrate.
US11990469B2
A trimmable resistor circuit and a method for operating the trimmable resistor circuit are provided. The trimmable resistor circuit includes first sources/drains and first gate structures alternatively arranged in a first row, second sources/drains and second gate structures alternatively arranged in a second row, third sources/drains and third gate structures alternatively arranged in a third row, first resistors disposed between the first row and the second row, and second resistors disposed between the second row and the third row. In the method for operating the trimmable resistor circuit, the first gate structures in the first row and the third gate structures in the third row are turned on. Then, the second gate structures in the second row are turned on/off according to a predetermined resistance value.
US11990466B2
The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to improved turn-on voltage of high voltage electrostatic discharge device and methods of manufacture. The structure comprises a high voltage NPN with polysilicon material on an isolation structure located at a base region, the polysilicon material extending to at least one of a collector and emitter of a bipolar junction transistor (BJT), and the polysilicon material completely covering the base region of the BJT.
US11990464B2
Provided is a semiconductor integrated circuit device including a plurality of columns of IO cells and having a configuration capable of reducing wiring delays without causing an increase in the area. The semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a first IO cell column group including an IO cell column closest to a periphery of a chip, and a second IO cell column group including an IO cell column adjacent to the first IO cell column group at the side closer to the core region. At least one of the first IO cell column group or the second IO cell column group includes two or more IO cell columns, and the two or more IO cell columns are aligned in the second direction such that the lower power supply voltage regions face each other or the higher power supply voltage regions face each other.
US11990457B2
A display device includes a substrate, a plurality of pixels arrayed on the substrate, an inorganic light-emitting element provided to each of the pixels, an anode electrode electrically coupled to the inorganic light-emitting element, a transistor provided on a first surface of the substrate, and coupling wiring that couples the anode electrode and the transistor. The anode electrode protrudes from an inside to an outside of the inorganic light-emitting element in planar view from a normal direction of the substrate.
US11990448B2
Disclosed herein are microelectronic assemblies including direct bonding, as well as related structures and techniques. For example, in some embodiments, a microelectronic assembly may include a first microelectronic component and a second microelectronic component coupled to the first microelectronic component by a direct bonding region, wherein the direct bonding region includes a first subregion and a second subregion, and the first subregion has a greater metal density than the second subregion. In some embodiments, a microelectronic assembly may include a first microelectronic component and a second microelectronic component coupled to the first microelectronic component by a direct bonding region, wherein the direct bonding region includes a first metal contact and a second metal contact, the first metal contact has a larger area than the second metal contact, and the first metal contact is electrically coupled to a power/ground plane of the first microelectronic component.
US11990447B2
A first alignment resin (4) is formed in an annular shape on an electrode (3) of an insulating substrate (1). First plate solder (5) having a thickness thinner than that of the first alignment resin (4) is arranged on the electrode (3) on an inner side of the annular shape of the first alignment resin (4). A semiconductor chip (6) is arranged on the first plate solder (5). The first plate solder (5) is made to melt to bond a lower surface of the semiconductor chip (6) to the electrode (3).
US11990441B2
A semiconductor package comprising a package substrate that has a recessed portion on a top surface thereof, a lower semiconductor chip in the recessed portion of the package substrate, an upper semiconductor chip on the lower semiconductor chip and the package substrate and having a width greater than that of the lower semiconductor chip, a plurality of first bumps directly between the package substrate and the upper semiconductor chip, and a plurality of second bumps directly between the lower semiconductor chip and the upper semiconductor chip. A pitch of the second bumps is less than that of the first bumps.
US11990438B2
A component includes a plurality of electrical connections on a process side opposed to a back side of the component. Each electrical connection includes an electrically conductive multi-layer connection post protruding from the process side. A printed structure includes a destination substrate and one or more components. The destination substrate has two or more electrical contacts and each connection post is in contact with, extends into, or extends through an electrical contact of the destination substrate to electrically connect the electrical contacts to the connection posts. The connection posts or electrical contacts are deformed. Two or more connection posts can be electrically connected to a common electrical contact.
US11990437B2
In an embodiment, a method for forming a solder bump includes preparing a transfer mold having a solder pillar extending from a mold substrate and through a first photoresist layer and having a shape partially defined by a second photoresist layer that is removed prior to transfer of the solder. In an embodiment, the mold substrate is flexible. In an embodiment, the transfer mold is flexible. In an embodiment, the method includes providing a device substrate having a wettable pad. In an embodiment, the method includes placing the transfer mold and the device substrate into aligned contact such that the solder pillar is in contact with the wettable pad. In an embodiment, the method includes forming a metallic bond between the solder pillar and the wettable pad. In an embodiment, the method includes removing the mold substrate and first photoresist layer.
US11990435B2
A fingerprint sensor device and a method of making a fingerprint sensor device. As non-limiting examples, various aspects of this disclosure provide various fingerprint sensor devices, and methods of manufacturing thereof, that comprise a sensing area on a bottom side of a die without top side electrodes that senses fingerprints from the top side, and/or that comprise a sensor die directly electrically connected to conductive elements of a plate through which fingerprints are sensed.
US11990431B2
The present disclosure discloses a semiconductor structure having an insulating layer disposed on a wafer active surface of a semiconductor wafer for covering the wafer active surface. The insulating layer may be a protective layer in some embodiments and a cover layer in other embodiments. The insulating layer has via openings to expose contact pads for leading out electrical connections. In particular, the via openings are formed by a multi-step etching process (such as a two-step etching process) without damaging the contact pads. The two-step etching process includes a first laser etching process using normal pulse (P) and normal energy to form partial via openings in the cover layer. The second etching process includes either a laser etching process using low P and low E or a plasma etching process. The second etching process avoids damaging the contact pads.
US11990424B2
A semiconductor package has a substrate, a first component disposed over the substrate, an encapsulant deposited over the first component, and a second component disposed over the substrate outside the encapsulant. A metal mask is disposed over the second component. A shielding layer is formed over the semiconductor package. The metal mask after forming the shielding layer. The shielding layer is optionally formed on a contact pad of the substrate while a conic area above the contact pad that extends 40 degrees from vertical remains free of the encapsulant and metal mask while forming the shielding layer. Surfaces of the metal mask and encapsulant oriented toward the contact pad can be sloped. The metal mask can be disposed and removed using a pick-and-place machine.
US11990416B2
A semiconductor device includes a gate structure disposed in a first dielectric layer, a conductive segment disposed in the first dielectric layer and separated from the gate structure, a second dielectric layer disposed over the first dielectric layer, a first contact penetrating the second dielectric layer and electrically connected to the gate structure, a second contact penetrating the second dielectric layer and electrically connected to the conductive segment, and a silicon nitride-based layer surrounding at least one of the first and second contacts and connected between the second dielectric layer and the at least one of the first and second contacts. A method for making the semiconductor device is also provided.
US11990411B2
In one example, a semiconductor device comprises a redistribution layer (RDL) substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein the RDL substrate comprises a filler-free dielectric material, an electronic device on the top surface of the RDL substrate, an electrical interconnect on the bottom surface of the RDL substrate and electrically coupled to the electronic device, a first protective material contacting a side surface of the electronic device and the top surface of the RDL substrate, and a second protective material contacting a side surface of the electrical interconnect and the bottom surface of the RDL substrate. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.
US11990410B2
A technique relates to an integrated circuit (IC). The IC includes a conductive line formed on a conductive via, the conductive line being formed though a dielectric material. The IC includes an etch stop layer having one or more extended portions intervening between one or more edge portions of the conductive line and the conductive via, the one or more edge portions being at a periphery of the conductive line and the conductive via, the etch stop layer including a higher dielectric breakdown than the dielectric material. The one or more extended portions of the etch stop layer cause the conductive line to be formed with a bottom part having a reduced dimension than an upper part of the conductive line.
US11990409B2
Provided is a semiconductor device including a front-end-of-line (FEOL) structure and a back-end-of-line (BEOL) structure connected to the FEOL structure, wherein the FEOL structure includes at least one source/drain region and at least one gate structure, and the BEOL structure includes: a plurality of 1st fine metal lines arranged in a row with a same pitch, each of the plurality of 1st fine metal lines having a same width; and at least one 1st wide metal line formed at a side of the plurality of 1st fine metal lines, the 1st wide metal line having a width greater than the width of the 1st fine metal line, and wherein each of the plurality of 1st fine metal lines includes a material different from a material included in the 1st wide metal line.
US11990401B2
A device structure according to the present disclosure includes a passivation layer, a first conductor plate layer disposed on the passivation layer, a second conductor plate layer disposed over the first conductor layer, a third conductor plate layer disposed over the second conductor layer, and a fourth conductor plate layer disposed over the third conductor layer. The second conductor plate layer encloses the first conductor plate layer and the fourth conductor plate layer encloses the third conductor plate layer. The device structure, when used in a back-end-of-line passive device, reduces leakage and breakdown due to corner discharge effect.
US11990400B2
Some embodiments relate to a method for forming an integrated chip, the method includes forming a first conductive wire and a second conductive wire over a substrate. A dielectric structure is formed laterally between the first conductive wire and the second conductive wire. The dielectric structure comprises a first dielectric liner, a dielectric layer disposed between opposing sidewalls of the first dielectric liner, and a void between an upper surface of the first dielectric liner and a lower surface of the dielectric layer. A dielectric capping layer is formed along an upper surface of the dielectric structure. Sidewalls of the dielectric capping layer are aligned with sidewalls of the dielectric structure.
US11990399B2
An electronic device includes a substrate having a surface, functional metallic traces on a first portion of the surface that are electrically connected to carry current in the electronic device and have a first density, and dummy metallic traces on a second portion of the surface that are electrically isolated from the functional metallic traces and have a second density that is within at least 50% of the first density.
US11990390B2
A semiconductor structure is provided, including: a substrate and a dielectric layer arranged on the substrate; a conductive plug, wherein a first part of the conductive plug is arranged in the substrate, and a second part of the conductive plug is arranged in the dielectric layer; and an isolation ring structure at least surrounding the second part of the conductive plug.
US11990388B2
In one aspect, a pump-motor assembly is provided outside of and adjacent to a storage container that stores a back-up energy storage unit. The pump-motor assembly includes a pump-motor that maintains a minimum pressure of a liquid coolant in a liquid coolant system that cools the back-up energy storage unit, and a housing that is completely enclosed, the housing containing the pump-motor, and having a removable access panel on one side thereof the enclosed structure, and an opening on another side thereof to the storage container.
US11990382B2
A microelectronic assembly having a first side and a second side opposite therefrom is disclosed. The microelectronic assembly may include a microelectronic element having a first face, a second face opposite the first face, a plurality of sidewalls each extending between the first and second faces, and a plurality of element contacts. The microelectronic assembly may also include an encapsulation adjacent the sidewalls of the microelectronic element. The microelectronic assembly may include electrically conductive connector elements each having a first end, a second end remote from the first end, and an edge surface extending between the first and second ends, wherein one of the first end or the second end of each connector element is adjacent the first side of the package. The microelectronic assembly may include a redistribution structure having terminals, the redistribution structure adjacent the second side of the package, the terminals being electrically coupled with the connector elements.
US11990381B2
In an embodiment, a device includes: a package component including: integrated circuit dies; an encapsulant around the integrated circuit dies; a redistribution structure over the encapsulant and the integrated circuit dies, the redistribution structure being electrically coupled to the integrated circuit dies; sockets over the redistribution structure, the sockets being electrically coupled to the redistribution structure; and a support ring over the redistribution structure and surrounding the sockets, the support ring being disposed along outermost edges of the redistribution structure, the support ring at least partially laterally overlapping the redistribution structure.
US11990378B2
An embodiment method includes: forming fins extending from a semiconductor substrate; depositing an inter-layer dielectric (ILD) layer on the fins; forming masking layers on the ILD layer; forming a cut mask on the masking layers, the cut mask including a first dielectric material, the cut mask having first openings exposing the masking layers, each of the first openings surrounded on all sides by the first dielectric material; forming a line mask on the cut mask and in the first openings, the line mask having slot openings, the slot openings exposing portions of the cut mask and portions of the masking layers, the slot openings being strips extending perpendicular to the fins; patterning the masking layers by etching the portions of the masking layers exposed by the first openings and the slot openings; and etching contact openings in the ILD layer using the patterned masking layers as an etching mask.
US11990374B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method of forming sidewall spacers by filling a trench between a hybrid fin and a semiconductor fin structure. The sidewall spacer includes two fin sidewall spacer portions connected by a gate sidewall spacer portion. The fin sidewall spacer portion has a substantially uniform profile to provide uniform protection for vertically stacked channel layers and eliminate any gaps and leaks between inner spacers and sidewall spacers.
US11990363B2
A wafer support pin lifting device includes a support plate, a slide block and a lifting pole. The support plate is for supporting multiple support pins. The slide block is slidably connected to an inner wall of a cavity so that the slide block slides relative to the cavity. The lifting pole has a first end, a second end and a third end. The first end is connected to the support plate, the second end is pivotally connected to the slide block, and the third end is connected to an actuator. With the pivotal connection between the second end of the lifting pole and the slide block, the lifting pole approaching the high position causes the support plate to be approximately horizontal, and the lifting pole approaching the low position causes the support plate to be tilted.
US11990360B2
Various embodiments include an apparatus to retrofit into an electrostatic chuck (ESC) of an existing plasma-based processing system. The apparatus includes a tube adapter portion having a dielectric coating formed on an inner surface of the tube adapter portion to prevent arcing between high voltage electrodes within the tube adapter portion and a main body of the tube adapter portion during an operation of the plasma-based processing system, a number of insulative tubes with the high voltage electrodes to be enclosed therein, and an enlarged gap portion of the tube adapter portion proximate outboard ones of the plurality of insulative tubes to prevent arcing. Other methods of forming the ESC, and related devices, apparatuses, and systems are disclosed.
US11990347B2
Described herein is a technique capable of forming a film whose characteristics are uniform by discharging a residual component from a plurality of grooves before supplying a process gas. According to one aspect thereof, there is provided a substrate processing apparatus including: (a) loading a substrate on which a plurality of grooves are provided into a process chamber, wherein a residue is adhered to the plurality of the grooves; (b) desorbing the residue from the plurality of the grooves by heating the substrate; and (c) discharging the residue from the plurality of the grooves to a process space of the process chamber after (b) is performed by heating a surface of the substrate to a temperature higher than a temperature of the substrate in (b).
US11990343B2
A method of manufacturing an electrode structure for a device, such as a GaN or AlGaN device is described. In one example, the method includes providing a substrate (212) of GaN or AlGaN with a surface region of the GaN or AlGaN exposed through an opening (216) in a layer of silicon nitride (214) formed on the substrate. The method further includes depositing layers of W (222), in one example, or Ni (220) and W (222), in another example, on the substrate and the layer of silicon nitride using reactive evaporation and photoresist layers (230) having an undercut profile for liftoff. The method further includes removing the photoresist layers having the undercut profile, and depositing layers of WN (224) and Al over the underlying layers of W or Ni and W by sputtering.
US11990340B2
Embodiments provide a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same. The method includes: providing a layer to be etched; forming a patterned first mask layer on the layer to be etched; and forming a patterned second mask layer formed on the layer to be etched, where the second mask layer and the first mask layer jointly define an opening, which exposes the layer to be etched; and etching the layer to be etched using the first mask layer and the second mask layer as masks, thus forming a pattern to be etched. The above-described method of manufacturing the semiconductor device allows the feature size of the first mask layer and the second mask layer to be relatively larger while keeping the device feature size the same, makes it possible to further reduce the feature size of the device.
US11990339B2
A semiconductor device and method of manufacture are provided. After a patterning of a middle layer, the middle layer is removed. In order to reduce or prevent damage to other underlying layers exposed by the patterning of the middle layer and intervening layers, an inhibitor is included within an etching process in order to inhibit the amount of material removed from the underlying layers.
US11990338B2
In embodiments, an optoelectronic device comprises a substrate formed of magnesium oxide, and a multi-region stack epitaxially deposited upon the substrate. The multi-region stack may comprise a non-polar crystalline material structure along a growth direction, or may comprise a crystal polarity having an oxygen-polar crystal structure or a metal-polar crystal structure along the growth direction. In some cases, at least one region of the multi-region stack is a bulk semiconductor material comprising Mg(x)Zn(1-x)O. In some cases, at least one region of the multi-region stack is a superlattice comprising MgO and Mg(x)Zn(1-x)O.
US11990331B2
A method for forming a silicon dioxide film and a method for forming a metal gate are provided. The method for forming a silicon dioxide film includes: forming a silicon dioxide layer on a semiconductor substrate, performing a nitrogen treatment to the silicon dioxide layer to convert the silicon dioxide layer of partial thickness into a mixed layer of silicon nitride and silicon oxynitride; and removing the mixed layer to form a silicon dioxide film on the semiconductor substrate.
US11990329B2
The ion trap comprises a multipole electrode assembly, a first confining electrode, and a second confining electrode. The multipole electrode assembly is configured to confine ions of the first polarity to an ion channel extending in an axial direction of the multipole electrode assembly. The first confining electrode is provided adjacent to the multipole electrode assembly and extends in the axial direction of the multipole electrode assembly. The second confining electrode is provided adjacent to the multipole electrode assembly and extends in the axial direction of the multipole electrode assembly aligned with the first confining electrode. The first and second confining electrodes are spaced apart in the axial direction in order to define an ion confining region of the ion channel between the first and second confining electrodes. The first and second confining electrodes are configured to receive a DC potential of the first polarity to further confine ions within the ion channel in the ion confining region.
US11990326B2
In a mass spectrometer including ion optical elements for transporting ions or controlling their behavior by electric fields, a device state determiner (41, 52) determines whether or not the mass spectrometer is in a normal state based on an ion intensity signal acquired by analyzing a predetermined sample. If the mass spectrometer is in an abnormal state, a charge-up determiner (42, 53) determines whether or not charge-up is present in the ion optical elements based on a change in ion intensity signal in an analysis on the predetermined sample observed when the voltages applied to the ion optical elements are changed according to a predetermined sequence. If charge-up is present, the charge-up determiner determines which ion optical element is likely to have the charge-up. A notifier (8, 61) notifies a user of the results of the determination by the device state determiner and the charge-up determiner.
US11990324B2
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for a plasma processing system. A method comprises receiving a reference signal defining target values for a parameter that is controlled at an output within the plasma processing system, obtaining a measure of the parameter that is controlled at the output, and calculating a delay between the target values of the setpoint signal and corresponding actual parameter values achieved at the output. The method also comprises providing, based upon the delay, a time-shifted amplitude error indicative of an error between the target values and the actual parameter values and adjusting at least one actuator, based upon the delay and the time-shifted amplitude error, in advance of when an actual parameter value is desired at an actuator output of the at least one actuator while maintaining the output within a threshold range.
US11990322B2
The present disclosure relates to a ceramic susceptor. The ceramic susceptor of the present disclosure may include: an insulating plate in which a RF electrode is disposed; a shaft connected to the insulating plate at one end and comprising a separator at a remaining end; a connection mount having an upper portion connected to the remaining end of the shaft; a first rod and a second rod connected to the RF electrode and penetrating the separator to extend into the connection mount; and a connection member disposed in the connection mount and connecting the first rod and the second rod extending into the connection mount to a draw-in rod, wherein the connection member may include an elastic member configured to absorb a difference in deformation due to heat among the first rod, the second rod, and the draw-in rod.
US11990316B2
A plasma-processing apparatus includes a processing container, a stage provided within the processing container, an upper electrode provided above a front surface of the stage, with a space within the processing container interposed therebetween, a waveguide configured to introduce radio-frequency waves in a VHF/UHF band into the space, and a conductive part extending between the outer peripheral portion of the stage and a side wall of the processing container. The stage includes a metal layer. Its outer peripheral portion includes a part of the metal layer. The waveguide includes an end portion from which radio-frequency waves are emitted. The end portion is disposed to face the space. The side wall is grounded. The conductive part is electrically connected to the metal layer and the side wall while extending from the outer peripheral portion toward the side wall so that the radio-frequency waves are introduced into the space.
US11990314B2
Sample preparation system and method which enable electron microscope observation of a sample slice with simple structure and process are provided. The sample preparation system includes at least one of a plasma treatment apparatus and a sputtering apparatus, as well as a slice collecting apparatus. The plasma treatment apparatus is configured to feed a resin tape in a plasma irradiation area to irradiate the resin tape with plasma, thereby continuously hydrophilizing the resin tape. The sputtering apparatus is configured to feed the resin tape in a sputtering area to continuously perform sputtering on the resin tape, thereby imparting conductivity to the resin tape. The slice collecting apparatus is configured to serially collect slices cut out from a sample onto the resin tape having been subjected to plasma treatment or sputtering.
US11990307B2
An electron gun includes: a cathode, which has a cathode holder and a cathode body; and a Wehnelt cylinder. The cathode holder receives the cathode body and the Wehnelt cylinder is suitable for bundling free electrons, which can escape from the cathode body toward the Wehnelt cylinder, to form an electron beam. The Wehnelt cylinder is interlockingly arranged, at least in some parts along a first inner surface facing the cathode holder, on an outer surface of the cathode holder and at least partly extends around the cathode holder.
US11990280B2
A capacitor component includes a body, including a dielectric layer and an internal electrode layer, and an external electrode disposed on the body and connected to the internal electrode layer. A region, containing nickel (Ni) and carbon (C), is present between the internal electrode layer and the dielectric layer.
US11990279B2
A capacitor component includes a body, including a dielectric layer and an internal electrode layer, and an external electrode disposed on one surface of the body. The external electrode includes a conductive base and a glass disposed in the conductive base, and the glass includes 0.01 wt % or more to 5.8 wt % or less of nitrogen (N) based on a total weight of the glass.
US11990269B2
An inductor device includes a first inductor, a second inductor, and at least one switch circuit. The second inductor is arranged to enclose the first inductor, and use a topmost layer metal to resist external interference for the first inductor. The at least one switch circuit is coupled to the second inductor, and is arranged to receive at least one control voltage, wherein the at least one control voltage is arranged to adjust conduction degree of the at least one switch circuit.
US11990268B2
A transformer comprising a core and winding wound around a winding axis extending along a limb of the core, said winding terminating in an axial end surface extending in a direction perpendicular to said winding axis, said transformer comprising a ring comprising magnetic material, said ring being located outside said winding and adjacent to said axial end surface. The ring comprises a set of magnetic metal components, such as magnetic metal sheets, said magnetic metal components being distributed about the winding axis and electrically insulated from each other. The core comprises a yoke, said yoke extending radially across the ring, at one or more crossing locations, from a radial inside of the ring to a radial outside of the ring. The cross-sectional height of the ring varies about the winding axis such that magnetic metal components at the crossing locations have lower height along the winding axis than magnetic metal components further away from the crossing locations.
US11990258B2
An over-current protection device includes first and second electrode layers and a PTC material layer laminated therebetween. The PTC material layer includes a polymer matrix, a conductive filler, and a titanium-containing dielectric filler. The polymer matrix has a fluoropolymer. The titanium-containing dielectric filler has a compound represented by a general formula of MTiO3, wherein the M represents transition metal or alkaline earth metal. The total volume of the PTC material layer is calculated as 100%, and the titanium-containing dielectric filler accounts to for 5-15% by volume of the PTC material layer.
US11990256B2
A flexible wiring member capable of electrically connecting desired points separated in a length direction. The flexible wiring member includes conductor holding layers that are formed in a state of being stacked in a thickness direction and being electrically insulated from one another; power supply line conductors that have a wide width and are respectively disposed in both of a first conductor holding layer and a second conductor holding layer adjacent to each other in the thickness direction; and communication line conductors that have a width smaller than that of the power supply line conductors and are disposed in one of the first conductor holding layer and the second conductor holding layer, in which the conductor holding layers are formed by an insulating resin, and directly cover the power supply line conductors and the communication line conductors.
US11990255B2
A wiring member includes a sheet member including a first layer and a second layer, a first wire-like transmission member, and a second wire-like transmission member. A constituent material of the first layer and a constituent material of the second layer are different from each other. A material of a surface of the first wire-like transmission member and a material of a surface of the second wire-like transmission member are different from each other. The first wire-like transmission member is welded to the constituent material of the first layer, and the second wire-like transmission member is welded to the constituent material of the second layer.
US11990254B2
A cable distributor for individual cables that are shielded by an electrically conductive shield. The cable distributor has an electrically insulating outer housing, which receives a connection piece at which at least two individual cables are connected to each another. The shields of the connected individual cables are connected to each other by means of an electrically conductive shield housing, as a result of which a continuous shielding of the current-carrying parts of the cable distributor is achieved. A method for producing such a cable distributor is also proposed.
US11990253B2
An insulating resin composition includes at least a base resin, and an antioxidant. The base resin includes a polyolefin resin modified with a polar group-containing molecule and an unmodified polyolefin resin. The polar group-containing molecule is at least one selected from an unsaturated dicarboxylic acid, an unsaturated dicarboxylic acid anhydride, and an unsaturated dicarboxylic acid anhydride derivative. The base resin has a sea-island structure including a first phase having the unmodified polyolefin resin and a second phase provided in the first phase and having the modified polyolefin resin. The second phase has an average diameter of 2 μm or less.
US11990252B2
A combination of materials and processing parameters have been developed for hermetic seals for electrical feedthroughs in high performance applications. A glass-ceramic forms a hermetic seal between a stainless steel shell and a platinum-nickel-based (Pt—Ni) pin alloy for electrical feedthroughs. The glass-ceramic is processed to develop a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) slightly higher than the pin alloy but lower than the stainless steel. The seal system employing the new processing conditions and Pt—Ni-based pin alloy alleviates several problems encountered in previous seal systems and improves the hermetic connector performance.
US11990244B2
A system to provide a risk relationship transaction automation tool via a back-end application computer server of an enterprise. The system may include a risk relationship data store that contains electronic records representing transactions associated with requested resource allocations between the enterprise and a plurality of entities. The server may receive an indication of a selected requested resource allocation transaction and retrieve, from the risk relationship data store, the electronic record associated with the selected requested resource allocation transaction. The server may then execute a medical code decision model. According to some embodiments, the system may also support a graphical interactive user interface display via a distributed communication network, the interactive user interface display providing resource allocation transaction data.
US11990238B2
Techniques for data analysis and user guidance are provided for determining and providing one or more treatments to a user based on where the user is or will be in their menstrual cycle. In certain embodiments, a method of personalizing diabetes treatment based on information relating to a menstrual cycle of a user is provided. The method includes measuring, using a glucose monitoring system, blood glucose measurements of the user. The method further includes receiving information relating to the menstrual cycle of the user. The method further includes determining a treatment for the user to achieve a target blood glucose during a sub-phase or phase of the menstrual cycle of the user based on at least one of historical data associated with the user and historical data associated with a stratified group of users.
US11990228B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for of assessing stain titer levels. An exemplary method includes generating a set of field of views for the image or the region of the image, selecting field of views from the set of field of views that meet predefined criteria, creating a series of patches within each of the selected field of views, retaining patches from the series of patches that meet predefined criteria indicative of a presence of the stain for which the titer is to be estimated, deriving stain color features and stain intensity features pertaining to the stain from the retained patches, estimating a titer score for each of the retained patches based on the stain color features and the stain intensity features, and calculating a weighted average score for the titer of the stain based on the estimated titer score for each of the retained patches.
US11990217B2
Disclosed are systems, methods and devices for providing healthcare coverage matching and verification. In some aspects, a method includes receiving, from a frontend graphical user interface (GUI), a healthcare coverage application comprising client demographics that include at least two of the following: a last name, a first name, a birthdate, an identification number, an address and a request type associated with a client, using a parallel matching and verification architecture to determine, based on a first set of criteria, a matching database record from an eligibility database that corresponds to the healthcare coverage application, and communicate with a healthcare provider using electronic data interchange transactions, identify, based on a second set of criteria, a medical policy that corresponds to the matching database record, and verify the medical policy, and transmitting, to the frontend GUI, the medical policy to allow reception of the medical policy by the client.
US11990210B2
The embodiments disclose a method including planning a combining sequence of the atoms and compounds with carbon atoms to achieve sequentially predetermined covalent and ion bonding molecular structures, using magnetic fields of force to align atoms and molecules to uniformly orient the atoms and molecules polar alignments when sequentially combining with the carbon atoms, confirming the final carbon combined compound molecular structure conforms to the planned sequential molecular structure using an apparatus, and creating a beverage using the final carbon combined compound molecules to fortify the beverage nutritional content including fulvic acid.
US11990206B2
A genomic data analyzer may be configured to detect and characterize, with a variant calling module, genomic variant scenarios in sequencing reads from an enriched patient genomic sample comprising a combination of a first repeat pattern and a second repeat pattern, such as repeats of homopolymer (single nucleotide) and/or heteropolymer (multiple nucleotide) basic motifs. The variant calling module may estimate the probability distribution of the length of the first repeat pattern and the probability distribution of the length of the second repeat pattern by comparing the distribution of the repeat pattern length measurements in patient data to the distribution of the repeat pattern length measurements in control data, in order to remove biases possibly induced by the next generation sequencing laboratory setup both in control and patient data. The variant calling module may further measure, read by read, the joint probability distribution for the first and the second repeat patterns lengths, and compare it with the expected joint probability distribution for various genomic variant scenarios for the patient, each variant scenario being characterized by a first length of the first repeat pattern and a second length of the second repeat pattern, to select the most likely patient genomic variant scenario as the scenario for which the measured joint probability distribution best matches the expected joint probability distribution.
US11990181B2
A low-power static random access memory (SRAM) is set forth which includes a cache memory function without requiring a special bit cell, and which realizes robust read and write operation without any write assist circuit at 16 nm or below FinFET technology. The SRAM comprises a half-Vdd precharge 6T SRAM cell array for robust operation at low supply voltage at 16 nm or below, and with cacheable dynamic flip-flop based differential amplifier referred to as a main amplifier (MA). Prior art 6T SRAM cell arrays use Vdd or Vdd-Vth precharge schemes, and have separate read and write amplifiers. The SRAM set forth uses one main amplifier only, which is connected to the bit line (BL) through a transmission gate. The main amplifiers functions as a read amplifier, write amplifier, and a cache memory.
US11990169B2
In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit includes an operative memory device coupled to a bit-line. The operative memory device is configured to store a data state. A regulating access apparatus is coupled between the operative MTJ device and a first word-line. The regulating access apparatus includes one or more regulating MTJ devices that are configured to control a current provided to the operative memory device. The one or more regulating MTJ devices respectively include a free layer, a dielectric barrier layer on the free layer, and a pinned layer separated from the free layer by the dielectric barrier layer. The pinned layer covers a center of a surface of the dielectric barrier layer that faces the pinned layer.
US11990164B1
The present disclosure is generally related to a tape drive comprising a tape head assembly. The tape head assembly comprises a spring adaptor, the spring adaptor comprising a first hole, a second hole, and a spring member disposed between the first hole and the second hole, a beam disposed within the first hole of the spring adaptor, a first module disposed on the beam, the first module comprising a first plurality of write transducers and a first plurality of read transducers, a second module disposed on the beam adjacent to the first module, the second module comprising a second plurality of write transducers and a second plurality of read transducers, and an actuator disposed in the first hole. The actuator is controllable to move the beam in a direction transverse to a media movement direction. The spring adaptor stabilizes the beam while the beam is being actuated.
US11990158B2
In one aspect, an example method includes (i) receiving a first group of video content items; (ii) identifying from among the first group of video content items, a second group of video content items having a threshold extent of similarity with each other; (iii) determining a quality score for each video content item of the second group; (iv) identifying from among the second group of video content items, a third group of video content items each having a quality score that exceeds a quality score threshold; and (v) based on the identifying of the third group, transmitting at least a portion of at least one video content item of the identified third group to a digital video-effect (DVE) system, wherein the system is configured for using the at least the portion of the at least one video content item of the identified third group to generate a video content item.
US11990153B2
According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk drive includes a notch filter, a parameter storage unit and a computation unit, when the sampling period changes from a first sampling period to a second sampling period, the computation unit computes a damping ratio parameter related to the damping ratio in a second set of parameters at the second sampling period, based on a first absolute value at a first angular frequency of a first transfer function computed from a first set of parameters at the first sampling period and a second absolute value at the first angular frequency of a second transfer function computed from the first set of parameters at the second sampling period, and the notch filter is set with the second set of parameters at the second sampling period is computed.
US11990150B2
A method and a device for audio repair and a readable storage medium are provided. The method includes the following. Multiple audio frames are sequentially inputted into a cache module, where the cache module is sequentially composed of multiple processing units, and a processing unit located at a center of the multiple processing units is a center processing unit (201). At least one audio frame contained in the center processing unit is assigned as a target frame (202). A noise point presented as a short-term high-energy pulse in the target frame is detected according to audio characteristics of the multiple audio frames in the cache module (203). The target frame is repaired to remove the noise point in the target frame (204).
US11990145B2
A method performed by an encoder. The method comprises determining envelope representation residual coefficients as first compressed envelope representation coefficients subtracted from the input envelope representation coefficients. The method comprises transforming the envelope representation residual coefficients into a warped domain so as to obtain transformed envelope representation residual coefficients. The method comprises applying, at least one of a plurality of gain-shape coding schemes on the transformed envelope representation residual coefficients in order to achieve gain-shape coded envelope representation residual coefficients, where the plurality of gain-shape coding schemes have mutually different trade-offs in one or more of gain resolution and shape resolution for one or more of the transformed envelope representation residual coefficients. The method comprises transmitting, over a communication channel to a decoder, a representation of the first compressed envelope representation coefficients, the gain-shape coded envelope representation residual coefficients, and information on the at least one applied gain-shape coding scheme.
US11990144B2
Non-voice data is embedded in a voice bit stream that includes frames of voice bits by selecting a frame of voice bits to carry the non-voice data, placing non-voice identifier bits in a first portion of the voice bits in the selected frame, and placing the non-voice data in a second portion of the voice bits in the selected frame. The non-voice identifier bits are employed to reduce a perceived effect of the non-voice data on audible speech produced from the voice bit stream.
US11990139B1
An artificial intelligence system that conducts dialogs with one or more participants to achieve an educational outcome, such as teaching material with a Socratic question-and-answer method, reviewing material to reinforce ideas or to prepare a participant for future tests or events, or evaluating a participant's knowledge or communication skills. The system may use an artificial intelligence engine that can understand and generate natural language, such as a large-language model like ChatGPT. Text-to-speech and speech-to-text converters may be coupled to the AI engine to enable the system to communicate directly with participants using spoken language. The system may provide an interface for entry of contextual information for a dialog, such as background information on topics for discussion. It may provide an interface for moderation of a dialog, for example by a teacher, lawyer, thesis advisor, etc. System may evaluate the performance of the participants at the end of a dialog.
US11990133B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for an automated calling system are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving audio data of an utterance spoken by a user who is having a telephone conversation with a bot. The actions further include determining a context of the telephone conversation. The actions further include determining a user intent of a first previous portion of the telephone conversation spoken by the user and a bot intent of a second previous portion of the telephone conversation outputted by a speech synthesizer of the bot. The actions further include, based on the audio data of the utterance, the context of the telephone conversation, the user intent, and the bot intent, generating synthesized speech of a reply by the bot to the utterance. The actions further include, providing, for output, the synthesized speech.
US11990126B2
A method is implemented to move media content display between two media output devices. A server system determines in a voice message recorded by an electronic device a media transfer request that includes a user voice command to transfer media content to a destination media output device and a user voice designation of the destination media output device. The server system then obtains from a source cast device instant media play information including information of a media play application, the media content that is being played, and a temporal position. The server system further identifies a destination cast device associated in a user domain coupled to the destination media output device, and sends to the destination cast device a media play request including the instant media play information, thereby enabling the destination cast device to execute the media play application for playing the media content from the temporal location.
US11990119B1
An interactive system may be implemented in part by an audio device located within a user environment, which may accept speech commands from a user and may also interact with the user by means of generated speech. In order to improve performance of the interactive system, a user may use a separate device, such as a personal computer or mobile device, to access a graphical user interface that lists details of historical speech interactions. The graphical user interface may be configured to allow the user to provide feedback and/or corrections regarding the details of specific interactions.
US11990111B2
A noise measuring device is provided. The noise measuring device includes a soundproof box, a sound receiving device, a holding device, and a driving device. The sound receiving device is disposed in the soundproof box. The holding device is disposed in the soundproof box and configured to hold a testing object. The driving device is connected with the soundproof box and configure to drive the soundproof box to rotate.
US11990109B2
A holder system for a drum includes a body, holding structure within the body defining an adjustable opening, a fastener threadedly received in the body and engageable with the holding structure, a holding rod received in the opening such as to be able to be moved linearly and to rotate with respect to the body. Clamping structure has a portion disposed within the body and is associated with the holding structure. A shaft is received by the clamping structure such that the shaft can rotate about an axis thereof and rotate with respect to the body. When the fastener moved to engage the holding structure, the opening reduces in size and thus causes the holding structure to prevent any movement of the holding rod and, substantially simultaneously, a portion of the holding structure engages a part of the clamping structure causing the clamping structure to prevent any movement of the shaft.
US11990107B2
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to, in response to dividing an area of a display surface of a deformable display into multiple areas with a folded portion located as a boundary between the multiple areas as a result of deformation of the deformable display, decide layout of multiple images to be displayed in the area of the display surface. The layout is decided on a basis of information regarding each of the multiple images.
US11990091B2
A display apparatus includes a display panel, a gate driver, a data driver and an emission driver. The display panel includes a pixel. The gate driver provides a gate signal to the pixel. The data driver provides a data voltage to the pixel. The emission driver provides an emission signal to the pixel. The pixel includes a light emitting element, a driving switching element which applies a driving current to the light emitting element, a storage capacitor connected to a control electrode of the driving switching element and a bias capacitor including a first electrode connected to the storage capacitor and a second electrode which receives a bias gate signal. A waveform of the bias gate signal varies based on an off ratio representing a ratio of an off period of the emission signal in a frame period.
US11990089B2
A display substrate and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes a base substrate, and a shift register unit, a first clock signal line, and a second clock signal line that are provided on the base substrate. The shift register unit includes an input circuit, an output circuit, a first control circuit, a second control circuit, and an output control circuit, and the second control circuit includes a first noise reduction transistor and a second noise reduction transistor; and the input circuit includes an input transistor, the input transistor and the first noise reduction transistor are sequentially arranged in the first direction, and an imaginary line of a channel region of the first noise reduction transistor extending in the second direction does not intersect with an imaginary line of an active layer of the input transistor extending in the second direction.
US11990080B2
An electronic device includes: a display panel, a display driving circuit, and at least one processor operatively connected to the display driving circuit. The at least one processor may be configured to: determine a resolution of each of a plurality of applications, and generate a frame image including regions corresponding to execution screens of the plurality of applications and determined resolutions of the plurality of applications, based at least partially on the resolutions of the plurality of applications and/or information on a display region corresponding to the execution screens of the plurality of applications on the display panel, and transmit, to the display driving circuit, the frame image and coordinate information of each of the regions included in the frame image. The display driving circuit up-scales at least a portion, which has resolution lower than resolution of the display panel, of the regions included in the frame image, based on the frame image and the coordinate information of each of the regions, such that the frame image has resolution corresponding to the resolution of the display panel and control the display panel to display the execution screen of each of the plurality of applications, based on the up-scaled frame image.
US11990079B2
A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of first pixels disposed in a first display area and a plurality of second pixels disposed in a second display area adjacent to the first display area, a gate driver disposed in the second display area of the display panel to overlap a portion of the second pixels and driving the first and second pixels, a controller receiving image data and converting the image data to image signals, and a data driver converting the image signals to data signals and outputting the data signals to the first and second pixels. The controller compensates for effective data corresponding to the second pixels and reflects the compensated effective data to the image signals.
US11990075B2
A drive control method and a related device for a display panel that has different display areas are provided. Time-divided drive control is performed on pixel scan circuits corresponding to the different display areas, so that in a scenario in which some display areas do not need to display an image, a pixel scan circuit may be left idle for some time, to reduce power consumption required by the pixel scan circuits for scanning pixels in this time period. In addition, in the embodiments of this application, time-divided drive control is further performed on touch scan circuits and fingerprint scan circuits corresponding to the different display areas, independent power supplying is further used for pixels in the different display areas, and some functions of a display driver are enabled in a time-divided manner.
US11990074B2
A display driving method and a display device. The display driving method includes: scanning a plurality of subpixels arranged in an N×M array one row by one row or multiple rows by multiple rows to turn on each row of scanned subpixels, so that two adjacent rows of sub-pixels are simultaneously in an on-state for a duration greater than or equal to twice a unit scanning time, the unit scanning time is a time required to scan one row of sub-pixels, wherein N and M are both integers greater than 1; applying data signals to at least two rows of sub-pixels that are simultaneously in the on-state, such that at least a portion of rows of sub-pixels are applied with data signals for a duration greater than the unit scanning time.
US11990072B2
An electronic device includes a circuit board, a first level shift IC and a second level shift IC. The first level shift IC and the second level shift IC are disposed on the circuit board. The first level shift IC and the second level shift IC each include a plurality of clock signal output pins and a common pin, and each clock signal output pin outputs a clock signal, wherein the common pin of the first level shift IC is electrically connected to the common pin of the second level shift IC through a conductive wire on the circuit board.
US11990066B2
A heads-up display system for a vehicle includes a display area on a surface of the vehicle and an optical projection unit for projecting graphic elements to the display area. An electronic control unit is operatively connected for computer communication to the optical projection unit. The electronic control unit determines a perspective view of a real road scene from a user while the user views the real road scene through the display area based on a ride height of the vehicle and an eyepoint of the user. The electronic control unit identifies road features that are visible to the user in the perspective view of the real road scene and adjusts a virtual image having inclined content based on the road features so that the inclined content substantially matches the perspective of the real road scene. Further, the electronic control unit controls the optical projection unit to project the virtual image to the display area.
US11990056B2
A method for migrating course content may include extracting, from a source system, a first portion of a course data at the source system via an application programming interface (API) associated with the source system such as a public application programming interface and/or a private application programming interface. A second portion of the course data may be extracted from the source system by screen scraping. The course data may be transformed and at least a portion of the transformed course data is transferred to the target system while student data associated with the course data is archived. The source system and the target system may be a same or different one of a learning management system, a student information system, a customer relationship management system, an enterprise resource planning system, a financial aid management system, and a human resource management system. Related systems and computer program products are also provided.
US11990047B2
A method for optimizing a stream of at least two aircraft forming at least one aircraft pair, wherein each aircraft enters a predefined environment, in particular an airspace, via an individual or common entry waypoint and wherein the aircraft approach a common predefined merging waypoint, the method comprising receiving an estimated entry time for each aircraft at the at least one entry waypoint, receiving a target time for each aircraft to arrive at the merging waypoint, wherein said target time comprises a delay to be absorbed before reaching said merging waypoint, receiving routing information for each aircraft comprising waypoints for routing said aircraft from the entry waypoint to the merging waypoint, wherein the waypoints comprise at least one dedicated waypoint defining a desired minimum time based separation for each pair of aircraft, and determining optimized target arrival times, in particular target overflight times, at the one or more dedicated waypoints for the at least two aircraft utilizing an optimization model considering the estimated entry time, the target time for each aircraft to arrive at the merging waypoint and the desired minimum time based separation, wherein the optimized target arrival times are determined such that the delay to be absorbed for each aircraft is shared between route segments defined by said dedicated waypoints. According to the invention, it is proposed that the optimization model utilizes the desired minimum time based separation as a soft constraint.
US11990044B2
Disclosed is an intelligent collision avoidance method for a swarm of unmanned surface vehicles based on deep reinforcement learning; firstly, a theoretical framework of autonomous learning collision avoidance of a swarm of unmanned surface vehicles based on deep reinforcement learning is proposed, and the LSTM neural network memory ability is integrated to realize the continuity of collision avoidance actions; then, according to the USV environment in the framework, the characterization method is obtained, and the USV collision avoidance reward and punishment function is proposed to evaluate the collision avoidance effect; finally, an intelligent collision avoidance training system for a swarm of unmanned surface vehicles is formed. The simulation and verification of this disclosure show that the USV trained in this disclosure can navigate safely in the collision avoidance environment with a swarm of unmanned surface vehicles and realize intelligent collision avoidance.
US11990042B2
Presented are intelligent electronic footwear and apparel with controller-automated features, methods for making/operating such footwear and apparel, and control systems for executing automated features of such footwear and apparel. A method for automating a collaborative operation between an intelligent electronic shoe (IES) and an intelligent transportation management (ITM) system includes receiving, via a detection tag attached to the IES shoe structure, a prompt signal from a transmitter-detector module communicatively connected to a traffic system controller of the ITM system. In reaction to the received prompt signal, the detection tag transmits a response signal to the transmitter-detector module. The traffic system controller uses the response signal to determine a location of the IES's user, and the current operating state of a traffic signal proximate the user's location. The traffic system controller transmits a command signal to the traffic signal to switch from the current operating state to a new operating state.
US11990040B2
A computer-implemented method for alerting passenger vehicles of approaching emergency vehicles is implemented by an alert management computing device. The method includes receiving an emergency vehicle alert request message from an emergency vehicle transmitter, receiving passenger vehicle location data from a plurality of passenger vehicle user computing devices located in a plurality of passenger vehicles, wherein the passenger vehicle location data includes a present passenger vehicle location and a present passenger vehicle trajectory, identifying an alert zone for the emergency vehicle based on the present emergency vehicle location and the present emergency vehicle trajectory, identifying a vehicle zone for each of the plurality of passenger vehicles, identifying a subset of the passenger vehicles within the alert zone by comparing each vehicle zone to the alert zone, and transmitting a warning to the subset of passenger vehicles via the passenger vehicle user computing devices.
US11990034B2
This invention provides a system-oriented and fully-controlled connected automated vehicle highway system for various levels of connected and automated vehicles and highways. The system comprises one or more of: 1) a hierarchical traffic control network of Traffic Control Centers (TCC's), local traffic controller units (TCUs), 2) A RSU (Road Side Unit) network (with integrated functionalities of vehicle sensors, I2V communication to deliver control instructions), 3) OBU (On-Board Unit with sensor and V2I communication units) network embedded in connected and automated vehicles, and 4) wireless communication and security system with local and global connectivity. This system provides a safer, more reliable and more cost-effective solution by redistributing vehicle driving tasks to the hierarchical traffic control network and RSU network.
US11990032B2
An approach is provided for verifying reported ramp closures. The approach involves, for example, processing a ramp closure report to determine reported ramp link(s) associated with the ramp closure report. The approach also involves constructing a ramp network comprising the reported ramp link(s) and other ramp link(s) connected to the reported ramp link(s). The approach further involves collecting probe data collected from one or more sensors of one or more vehicles traveling within the ramp network. The approach further involves identifying one or more driving patterns based on one or more vehicle paths determined from the probe data. The approach further involves performing a verification of a closure status of the reported ramp link(s) based on the one or more driving patterns. The approach further involves providing the verification of the closure status as an output.
US11990028B2
A system including a lighting controller and a radio adapter. The lighting controller includes a smart port and is configured to control at least one lighting fixture. The radio adapter is communicatively coupled to the lighting controller via the smart port. The radio adapter is configured to establish a wireless communication link between the lighting controller and an external device, communicatively couple the external device to the lighting controller via the smart port, and provide a master clock timing signal to the lighting controller via the smart port.
US11990017B2
Apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer program products for flame detection are provided. An example of a flame detection apparatus includes an infrared sensor to generate infrared sensor data and a thermal camera to capture one or more thermal images and generate thermal image data. The flame detection includes detecting if a flame is present in an environment based on the infrared sensor data and the thermal image data, including determining if one or more false alarms are present. The flame detection may also be based one or more spectral features or thermal features.
US11990012B2
In aspects of object contextual control based on UWB radios, a system includes ultra-wideband (UWB) radios associated with respective devices in an environment. The system can include camera devices that capture motions in the environment. Alternatively or in addition, the system can include a mobile wireless device moved in the environment to generate motions detected by sensors of the mobile wireless device. A motion controller can determine a motion indication to interact with a device in the environment based on a location of the device as determined by a position of the UWB radio associated with the device. The motion controller can then initiate a control communication to the device to control the device based on the motion indication to interact with the device.
US11990004B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for associating a player identifier with a stored value account. The stored value account can holds funds that are accessible through the player's use of a stored value payment vehicle. The stored value payment vehicle can be a reloadable stored value payment vehicle or a non-reloadable stored value payment vehicle. Information associated with transactions using the stored value payment vehicle can be used for player relationship purposes.
US11989999B2
Systems and methods for controlling access to wireless gaming devices and networks are provided. example, access is controlled through one or more levels of security check, such as a hard security check instead of or in addition to a soft security check. In a hard security check, the user employs an apparatus such as a card or other physical token that can be used to access the wireless gaming device. Such an apparatus may communicate information that identifies the user to the device or may simply be used to produce a signal without which the device is locked to users.
US11989997B2
A method and system to integrate system-based content and game content. A system includes an electronic display manager configured to generate, in response to receiving user input, a video stream of system-based content. The system also includes an electronic game controller communicatively coupled to the electronic display manager via an external-system interface. The electronic game controller is configured to execute instructions that cause the system to perform operations to receive the video stream via the external-system interface, generate a video signal of game content for a wagering game, scale the video stream according to one or more scale values that relate a size of the system-based content to a size of the game content, and mix the video stream and the video signal into a composite image for presentation via a display device communicatively coupled to the electronic game controller.
US11989993B2
Disclosed is a banknote accumulating device, including a storage chamber and a limiting mechanism arranged above the storage chamber; the storage chamber includes an inlet for inputting banknotes; the limiting mechanism includes a reset member, a driving mechanism and multiple limiting members which can move independently of each other; the reset member is configured to enable each of limiting members to have a tendency to move to a first position; the driving mechanism is configured to selectively drive one of the multiple limiting members to move from a first position to a second position, so that the limiting part of the limiting member reaches in the moving path of the banknotes in the storage chamber; the distances between the positions of the limiting parts of multiple limiting members in the moving path and the inlet are different. Further disclosed are a limiting mechanism and a cash recycling and handling device.
US11989987B2
A method for operating a lock. A wireless command is received from a trusted device in a proximity range of the lock to enable a proximity mode. The proximity range is selectable by a user of the trusted device via an application. The proximity mode is enabled, and while enabled, a command is received to activate or deactivate the lock. The lock is activated or deactivated in response to the received activating or deactivating command.
US11989974B2
Systems for detecting when a person exhibits a smile with therapeutic benefits including a facial expression detection device and a system processor. The facial expression detection device is configured to acquire facial expression data. The system processor is in data communication with the facial expression detection device and is configured to execute stored computer executable system instructions. The computer executable system instructions include the steps of receiving facial expression parameter data establishing target facial expression criteria, receiving current facial expression data from the facial expression detection device, comparing the current facial expression data to the target facial expression criteria of the facial expression parameter data, and identifying whether the current facial expression data satisfies the target facial expression criteria. The target facial expression criteria define a smile with therapeutic benefits.
US11989971B2
Techniques are disclosed for capturing facial appearance properties. In some examples, a facial capture system includes light source(s) that produce linearly polarized light, at least one camera that is cross-polarized with respect to the polarization of light produced by the light source(s), and at least one other camera that is not cross-polarized with respect to the polarization of the light produced by the light source(s). Images captured by the cross-polarized camera(s) are used to determine facial appearance properties other than specular intensity, such as diffuse albedo, while images captured by the camera(s) that are not cross-polarized are used to determine facial appearance properties including specular intensity. In addition, a coarse-to-fine optimization procedure is disclosed for determining appearance and detailed geometry maps based on images captured by the cross-polarized camera(s) and the camera(s) that are not cross-polarized.
US11989970B2
A method of controlling a mobile work machine includes receiving an image of spectral response at an area of terrain corresponding to a path of the mobile work machine, generating an image distance metric based on a distance between the spectral response and a base spectral response model corresponding to the terrain, comparing the image distance metric to a distance threshold, and controlling a controllable subsystem of the mobile work machine based on the comparison.
US11989966B2
A method for forming semiconductor devices includes providing a substrate with a conductive pad formed thereon; forming a transparent structure over the substrate, wherein the transparent structure includes a plurality of collimating pillars adjacent to the conductive pad; forming a light-shielding structure over the plurality of collimating pillars and the conductive pad; performing a cutting process to remove one or more materials directly above the conductive pad, while leaving remaining material to cover the conductive pad, wherein the material includes a portion of the light-shielding structure; and performing an etching process to remove the remaining material to expose the conductive pad.
US11989965B2
A cross-correlation system includes control circuitry that obtains first sensor data of a first user from a radio detection and ranging system. A first portable device carried by the first user is detected based on the first sensor data of the first user. Second sensor data is obtained from the first portable device based on the detection of the first portable device of the first user. The first sensor data and the second sensor data are cross-correlated to obtain cross-correlated information of the first user. A first gesture specific to the first user is recognized based on the cross-correlated information. A first controllable device is identified from a plurality of controllable devices and a first action that is to be executed at the identified first controllable device, based on the first gesture. The identified first controllable device is controlled to execute the first action based on the first gesture.
US11989961B2
A machine learning system may automatically produce classifier algorithms and configuration parameters by selecting them into a set of predetermined unitary algorithms and associated parametrization values. Multiple digital representations of input object items may be produced by varying the position and orientation of the object to be classified and/or of the sensor to capture a digital representation of the object, and/or by varying a physical environment parameter which changes the digital representation capture of the object by the sensor. A robot arm or a conveyor may vary the object and/or the sensor positions and orientations. The machine learning system may employ generic programming to facilitate the production of classifiers suitable for the classification of multiple digital representations of input object items. The machine learning system may automatically generate reference template signals as configuration parameters for the unitary algorithms to facilitate the production of classifiers suitable for the classification of multiple digital representations of input object items.
US11989960B2
A method for selecting a final model for detecting cells of interest in image datasets includes dividing a curated image dataset into a training set, a validation set, and a testing set where each image in the curated image dataset has been labeled as positive or negative for a cell of interest. The method trains each model of an ensemble of neural networks using the training and validation sets. Next, each model of the ensemble is tested using the testing set and the predictions of the ensemble are combined. The combined prediction is compared to the label and the method determines whether the combined prediction satisfies a pre-determined level of detection (LOD). If so, the method outputs the ensemble as a final ensemble. If not, the method modifies a hyperparameter of at least one of the models of the ensemble until the combined prediction satisfies the pre-determined LOD.
US11989955B2
A tolling system is operable to reduce the number of manual reviews of a toll point images needed to process toll fee charges by separately reporting from both toll points and mobile device in vehicles running a tolling application program the lane and crossing time when traversing a toll point. A tolling service can match records produced by the toll points with records providing by the mobile device when the toll point cannot immediately determine the identity of the toll customer passing through the toll point.
US11989948B1
Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to perform non-maximum suppression (NMS) with a bit-reduced radix sort to remove redundant bounding boxes are described. In at least one embodiment, one or more circuits perform i) a bit-reduced radix sort operation to sort a list of confidence scores associated with a set of bounding boxes corresponding to one or more objects within one or more digital images and ii) a non-maximum suppression (NMS) operation on the sorted list to remove one or more redundant bounding boxes from the set.
US11989946B2
Provided is a signal information providing device comprising: an information acquisition unit that acquires first sensor data from a sensor that can detect a vehicle present in a display direction of the lamp; a determination unit that determines on the basis of the first sensor data whether there is a following vehicle, behind the vehicle captured by the sensor, that is unable to visually recognize the display status of the lamp due to the presence of the preceding vehicle; and an information providing unit that, when it is determined that there is the following vehicle that is unable to visually recognize the display status of the lamp, can transmit signal information informing the following vehicle of the display status of the lamp.
US11989941B2
Embodiments described a method of video-text pre-learning to effectively learn cross-modal representations from sparse video frames and text. Specifically, an align and prompt framework provides a video and language pre-training framework that encodes the frames and text independently using a transformer-based video encoder and a text encoder. A multi-modal encoder is then employed to capture cross-modal interaction between a plurality of video frames and a plurality of texts. The pre-training includes a prompting entity modeling that enables the model to capture fine-grained region-entity alignment.
US11989930B2
A UI for a HMD system includes a HMD configured to be worn by a surgeon. A tracker is configured to track head gestures by the surgeon. A footswitch is configured to detect foot motion inputs by the surgeon. A computer couples to the HMD, the tracker, and the footswitch. A user interface includes the HMD, tracker, and footswitch. The use interface is configured to: provide to the computer the head gesture in association with the foot motion input, and display an image relating to a surgical procedure on the HMD. The computer is configured to: apply the head gesture received in association with the foot motion input to perform a first action on the HMD system when the HMD system is in a first system mode, and perform a second action on the HMD system when the HMD system is in a second system mode.
US11989917B2
The present invention discloses a line stripe mismatch detection and three-dimensional reconstruction method and device. The method includes: acquiring a first image of line stripes collected by a first camera and a second image of line stripes collected by a second camera, where the first image at least includes: a first line stripe and a second line stripe; the second image at least includes: a third line stripe and a fourth line stripe, the first line stripe is adjacent to the second line stripe, and the third line stripe is adjacent to the fourth line stripe; matching the first line stripe with the third line stripe, determining a first test distance between the first line stripe and the third line stripe, matching the second line stripe with the fourth line stripe, and determining a second test distance between the second line stripe and the fourth line stripe; and determining whether the line stripes are mismatched according to the first test distance and the second test distance. The present invention solves the technical problem of incapability of detecting whether the line stripes are mismatched.
US11989908B2
A visual positioning method and a mobile machine using the same are provided. The method includes: extracting a plurality of corner feature points corresponding to a current image; determining whether a distance between each pair of the plurality of corner feature points is less than a first preset threshold; if yes, determining whether a grayscale value of each of the plurality of corner feature points with the distance less than the first preset threshold is within a second preset threshold range; if yes, obtaining cluster set(s) of the corner feature points; screening a plurality of valid feature points from the cluster set(s); determining a positioning reliability based on a ratio of amount of the valid feature points to an amount of the plurality of corner feature points; and if the positioning reliability is within a preset range, performing a visual positioning based on the positioning reliability.
US11989907B2
To provide a cloud observation device capable of reducing calculation cost and predicting sunshine probability by a simple method. A cloud observation device includes an image acquisition module which acquires an image in which a camera photographs the sky, a cloud extraction module which extracts clouds in the image, a sun position determination module which determines a sun position in the image, a sunshine probability calculation area setting module which sets a sunshine probability calculation area having the sun position as a base point in the image, and a sunshine probability calculation module which calculates a sunshine probability after a predetermined time has elapsed based on the sunshine probability calculation area and the extracted clouds.
US11989906B2
An object recognition system, comprising at least one processor configured to: input an input image to a learning model for recognizing a first object acquire first information about a position that is a basis for recognition by the learning model having the input image input thereto; acquire second information about a position of a moving body, or a foreground, that is included in the input image; and acquire position information about a position of the first object included in the input image, based on the first information and the second information.
US11989895B2
During capture of a three dimensional mesh of an environment, a combination of user inputs and machine learning is used to place annotations within the three dimensional mesh environment interactively. When the full mesh is assembled, the annotations are used to detect which portions of the three-dimensional mesh make up the features of interest. Additional features can be derived from these results, such as a 2D image of a floor plan.
US11989883B2
The present application discloses a system and a device for functional connectivity matrix processing based on feature selection using a filtering method, which comprises the following steps: acquiring a preprocessed resting state brain functional magnetic resonance image of a subject; extracting time series; calculating a Pearson correlation coefficient to obtain a Pearson correlation coefficient matrix; vectorizing the Pearson correlation coefficient matrix; calculating quantitative correlation indices using a filtering method, and selecting a quantitative correlation index based on a preset threshold; performing weighting processing a selected functional connectivity feature by using the corresponding quantitative correlation index with high correlation with a disease diagnosis result to obtain a functional connectivity matrix; and obtaining a prediction result from the functional connectivity matrix.
US11989875B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for efficiently and economically manufacturing molded polymer products such as those that require a two-shot, two-material injection molding process, with complex geometries and incorporate metal components such as inserts. The systems and methods include compact manufacturing cells and processes of operating such manufacturing cells. The manufacturing cells include a single injection molding machine with two molds arranged to simultaneously operate both molds. The manufacturing cell is arranged to be fully automated so that it is operative without the need for intervention or management from dedicated personnel. Such automation includes the automated sorting and placement of metal inserts into the injection molding machine, the automated removal of the product after the first molding stage and second molding stage, the automated inspection of every finished product, the automated sorting of conforming and rejected products, and the automated packaging of finished product for shipment to end user.
US11989851B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for performing operations comprising: receiving first and second images depicting an anatomy of a subject; applying a trained machine learning model to a first data set associated with the first image and a second data set associated with the second image to estimate a biomechanically accurate DVF representing a mapping of pixels or voxels from the first image to the second image, the machine learning model trained to establish a relationship between a plurality of pairs of data sets associated with images of a patient anatomy and respective biomechanically accurate DVF representations of pixel or voxel mapping between the plurality of pairs of data sets; applying the estimated biomechanically accurate DVF to deform a dose from a previous treatment session.
US11989844B2
In one embodiment, a method includes rendering, for a VR display device and based on a field of view of a user in a real-world environment, a first output image of a VR environment comprising a virtual boundary corresponding to a real-world environment; determining a pose of one or more real-world objects in the real-world environment relative to the user; and rendering, for the VR display device, a second output image comprising the VR environment comprising one or more outline rendered views of the one or more real-world objects, wherein a pose of the one or more outline rendered views of the one or more real-world objects relative to the user corresponds to the pose of the one or more real-world objects.
US11989841B2
An operation system for industrial machinery comprises: an information acquisition unit which acquires machine identification information corresponding to an industrial machine; a machine identification unit which identifies the industrial machine on the basis of the acquired machine identification information; a model projection unit which projects a model corresponding to the identified industrial machine into a virtual space; a distance/direction calculation unit which calculates the distance and direction, of a user observing the model, with respect to the projected model; a gesture observation unit which observes the gesture of the user as an instruction from the user to the identified industrial machine; an instruction determination unit which determines whether or not a user can give an instruction; and an operation instruction unit which operates the identified industrial machine on the basis of the observed gesture of the user, when the determination result is positive.
US11989832B2
A method for constructing a three-dimensional representation of an internal surface of a conduit comprises obtaining a plurality of images of the internal surface of the conduit, for example from a camera mounted on an inspection tool, constructing, from the plurality of images, a composite image of the internal surface, providing a shape model of the internal surface, constructing, using the shape model, a three-dimensional mesh of the internal surface, and constructing a three-dimensional representation of the internal surface by assigning a pixel value from the composite image to a corresponding node of the mesh. The three-dimensional representation may be derived from two or more sets of images obtained under different image acquisition conditions, such as different camera angles, lighting conditions or spectral sensitivities.
US11989831B1
A method for a graphical user interface (GUI) of a computer system is provided. The method comprises displaying within a first portion the GUI, an electro-anatomical map of the heart, said electro-anatomical map comprising a plurality of measurement points within the heart for which data was collected; displaying a plurality of markers, each representing a respective one of said measurement points spatially in relation to the geometry of the heart within said first portion; determining, by a processor, user-selection of a particular measurement point within the heart through selection of its associated marker; responsive to said user-selection of the particular measurement point, retrieving at least one metric associated with said measurement point; and displaying in a second portion of the GUI, each retrieved metric associated with a particular measurement point within the heart.
US11989815B2
Cluster of acceleration engines to accelerate intersections. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a set of graphics cores to execute a first set of instructions of a primary graphics thread; a scalar cluster comprising a plurality of scalar execution engines; and a communication fabric interconnecting the set of graphics cores and the scalar cluster; the set of graphics cores to offload execution of a second set of instructions associated with ray traversal and/or intersection operations to the scalar cluster; the scalar cluster comprising a plurality of local memories, each local memory associated with one of the scalar execution engines, wherein each local memory is to store a portion of a hierarchical acceleration data structure required by an associated scalar execution engine to execute one or more of the second set of instructions; the plurality of scalar execution engines to store results of the execution of the second set of instructions in a memory accessible by the set of graphics cores; wherein the set of graphics cores are to process the results within the primary graphics thread.
US11989814B2
Embodiments of this application provide an image processing method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method includes: acquiring a first sequence of images and motion vector data corresponding to each frame of image in the first sequence of images; generating, based on the motion vector data, the first sequence of images, and a slowdown multiple, an insertion image that correspondences to the slowdown multiple, a quantity of insertion images corresponding to the slowdown multiple; inserting the insertion image into a play sequence of the first sequence of images to obtain a second sequence of images; and playing the second sequence of images.
US11989809B2
A system and method for presentation of computer vision (e.g., augmented reality, virtual reality) using user data and a user code is disclosed. A client device can detect an image feature (e.g., scannable code) in one or more images. The image feature is determined to be linked to a user account. User data from the user account can then be used to generate one or more augmented reality display elements that can be anchored to the image feature in the one or more images.
US11989794B2
The present invention is directed to a system and method for document extraction and synthesis. Specifically, a system and method for extracting portions of a document to be changed and automatedly synthesizing the changes to the extracted portion of the document to conform to the language and structure required for the final document. The present invention allows a user to modify an existing set of laws and automatedly transform the changes into a final document that complies with the specified language and format requirements for that final document. For example, a bill drafter can select a provision of existing law to modify and the system will transform the changes to the existing law into a bill to be presented before the lawmaking body that complies with all of the precise language and formatting requirements of bills to be presented. The present invention could be a stand-alone system or could be incorporated into current document drafting systems that are capable of supporting the functionality of the present application.
US11989792B2
A method includes acquiring, based on a restaurant ID, menu information indicating dishes provided by a restaurant corresponding to the restaurant ID from a second server related to the restaurant via a network, transmitting identification information stored in an information terminal to a first server, acquiring, from a first server, allergy information related to a user based on the identification information, generating, based on the menu information and the allergy information, a personalized menu arranged for the user according to the allergy information, displaying the personalized menu on a second operation screen for accepting an order of a dish in the restaurant, the second operation screen being displayed on a display of the information terminal of the user, and transmitting ordered-dish information representing the dish selected from the personalized menu to the second server.
US11989789B2
Systems and methods are provided for use in locating one or more merchant terminals. One example method generally includes accessing, by a computing device, interaction data for at least one interaction between a merchant and a user at a merchant terminal, where the interaction data includes a temporal indicator. In addition, the method includes receiving, by the computing device, location data associated with the at least one interaction and matching the interaction to the location data, based on the temporal indicator in the interaction data. The method then includes, in response to matching the interaction data to the location data, identifying, by the computing device, a location indicated by the location data as an actual location of the merchant terminal.
US11989784B1
Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, and machine readable mediums which provide for customized alerts for a user. Alerts may be described by a set of alert parameters. Alert parameters include the type of alerts, the frequency of alerts, and the content of the alerts. While the alert parameters may initially be set based upon the users explicitly entered preferences, the system may monitor one or more indicators to dynamically adjust one or more of the alert parameters. As the indicators allow the automated portfolio management system to respond to the needs of a user, these alerts may increase the personalization of automated portfolio management systems.
US11989782B1
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.
US11989781B2
Systems and methods for blending a plurality of swaps may include determining a fixed rate for use in blending a plurality of swaps, each of the plurality of swaps having matching economics and a different associated fixed rate. A computing device may determine a first remnant swap and a second remnant swap to blend the plurality of swaps using the determined fixed rates. This may reduce the gross notional and/or the total clearing line items associated with the original swaps. In some cases, the computing device may determine one single swap for blending the plurality of swaps.
US11989775B2
A computer-implemented method includes providing certified financial data indicating financial risk about an individual. The method includes electronically collecting financial account data about the individual from at least one financial source. The method includes transforming the financial account data into a desired format. The method includes validating the financial account data by applying an algorithm engine to the financial account data to identify exceptions, wherein the exceptions indicate incorrect data or financial risk. The method includes marking the exceptions as valid exceptions when output of the algorithm engine validates the exceptions. The method includes confirming the exceptions by collecting additional data and applying the algorithm engine to the additional data.
US11989771B2
Method and apparatus are disclosed for collective electronic commerce and distribution of items, such as fungible items/goods and non-fungible items/goods. A system manages a universal ecommerce shopping cart to facilitate creating an itinerary for a group across multiple vendor websites/applications. The systems manages inventory to interface with multiple vendors, manages groups, and/or manages the assignment of fungible items (e.g., products) and non-fungible items (e.g., tickets, access to hotel rooms, etc.) that were selected for being purchased at different times.
US11989769B2
Disclosed is a system and method for receiving, at a user device, data from a near-field-communication tag on an object, initiating, based on the data, a browser on the user device, navigating, based on the data and via the browser, to a site and transmitting authorized payment data or other task to the site based on payment data retrieved from either the user device or a network entity. The data can be communicated from the browser to the site through an application programming interface. Any task can be performed as well such as opening a door, starting a car, or renting a parking space.
US11989767B2
Systems and methods for recommending a size of disposable article to be worn by a subject are provided. An image of the subject is analyzed to determine the subject's fit parameters. The fit parameters are applied to sizing models of various disposable articles.
US11989766B2
Systems and methods for color coordination for scanned products are provided. A kiosk has an input device, a display device, and an optical code reader and has access to a product/color database. The kiosk is configured to receive an identification code scanned by the optical code reader, determine a product sample associated with the identification code, determine at least one coordinating color for the flooring product based on the product/color database, display a simulated environment including a sample room having at least one selectable surface, display on the display device the at least one coordinating color, receive with the input device a selected color, receive with the input device a selected surface from the sample room, and display on the display device the simulated environment showing the sample room with the product sample and with the selected color on the selected surface of the sample room.
US11989764B1
A product or article of manufacture using a method of attaching a digitally printed attaching member to a material so that it can be customized with at least one add-on feature. The method uses 3D printing to produce attaching members with advanced features, providing unique customization capabilities. The method allows products to change their appearance or functionality and offers a new business model that uses the advantages of digital printing technology to enable advanced do it yourself customization of products. The method discloses how to integrate digital images with physical products.
US11989743B2
Disclosed are a method and a system for processing public sentiment data, computer storage medium and an electronic device. The system includes: a network data integration platform configured to audit and analyze collected network public sentiment to acquire a sensitivity level of the network public sentiment, and send the network public sentiment and the sensitivity level of the network public sentiment to a big data cluster; the big data cluster configured to send the filtered network public sentiment to a business data integration platform; the business data integration platform configured to screen enterprise public sentiment from the filtered network public sentiment, and store an association relationship among the enterprise public sentiment, an acquired user account level and a sensitivity level of the enterprise public sentiment to a database server; and a data exhibition platform configured to exhibit the enterprise public sentiment with the target sensitivity level to an authenticated user.
US11989741B2
The invention relates to a campaign management system comprising a process structure and a plurality of participant records associated with participants, such as persons or tangible objects; wherein the campaign management system is computer-implemented and configured to process said participant records according to said process structure; and wherein two or more of said participant records are simultaneously associated with the same participant.
US11989737B2
A method for determining the authenticity of an item, the method comprising: receiving, by an item, a seed; storing the seed in a block of non-volatile memory in the supply item follower component; calculating, by the item follower component, an output of a cryptographic function with the input based on the seed and storing the output in the block of non-volatile memory; iteratively calculating, by the item, the outputs of the cryptographic function wherein for each iteration the input for the cryptographic function is based on the seed and all previous outputs, and for each iteration storing the output in the block of non-volatile memory; and determining the authenticity of the item based on a selected output of the cryptographic function of the item, the selected output being one of the outputs stored in the block of non-volatile memory.
US11989732B2
Disclosed is a method and system for detecting a fraudulent financial transaction including collecting, by processing circuitry, transaction details from a financial institution, classifying, by the processing circuitry, each of a plurality of users into a respective set of groups among a plurality of groups for each of a plurality of transaction action types, the plurality of users corresponding to the transaction details, and determining, by the processing circuitry, whether a first user among the plurality of users is in a risk group based on a first set of groups among the plurality of groups into which the first user is classified.
US11989726B2
A request to exchange of a first quantity of a first fungible digital token type stored within a smart contract instance recorded in a public trust ledger and owned by a first party within the public trust ledger may be received via a communication interface at a database system. The request may authenticate a first account in the database system. The first account may be linked with the first party within the public trust ledger. The smart contract instance may be executed to determine whether the requested exchange is permissible based on one or more transaction rules included within the smart contract instance. The database system may be updated to reflect a transaction recorded within the public trust ledger when it is determined that the requested exchange is permissible.
US11989725B2
The invention relates to a method of enabling conditional access to resource. The condition is the performance of a task. The task can be performed by one party or entity on behalf of another party or entity. The person, device or system controlling access to the resource creates a task that includes the broadcast of a transaction on the blockchain. In particular the transaction (part of the task) has a plurality of outputs, including a locking-output. Additional transactions or mechanism are created that enable access to the resource only when the task has been completed. Access to the resource is achieved by (i) the initial broadcast of the resource that makes it conditionally available and (ii) the subsequent broadcast of the transaction, which fulfils or satisfies the condition that enables access to the resource. Multi-signatures and a refund mechanism are used by the parties to lock access to the resource. These multi-signatures are spread between the stages and transactions. The initial deposit broadcast makes the resource available, but access is prohibited because it is locked by a first multi-signature and allocated to a refund mechanism. The task, and transaction to be broadcast, are created wherein the transaction has a locking-output secured by a second multi-signature and also allocated to the refund mechanism. Access to the resource, however, requires both multi-signatures of the refund mechanism to have been signed and the broadcast of the main transaction.
US11989722B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to event processing. A computing platform may prefetch, prior to receipt of a purchase request, a plurality of pay to addresses (associated with an omnibus account, used to route funds from the omnibus account to a merchant account, and not associated with a particular merchant account when prefetched). The computing platform may receive, from a client, a request to make a purchase from a merchant, and may associate the client and the merchant with one of the prefetched pay to addresses/notify the client of the prefetched pay to address. The computing platform may monitor the prefetched pay to address for receipt of a predefined amount of cryptocurrency associated with the purchase. Upon detecting receipt of the predefined amount of cryptocurrency, the computing platform may transfer funds corresponding to the purchase from the omnibus account to an account for the merchant.
US11989713B2
A method for use in a computing device, comprising: receiving, from a remote device, a request to record an asset transfer in a first blockchain system; authenticating the request by using an authentication mechanism that is independent of the first blockchain system and obtaining an authentication record indicating that the request has been authenticated successfully; and recording the asset transfer in the first blockchain system, the asset transfer being recorded by storing the authentication record and a record of the asset transfer in a first ledger of the first blockchain system, wherein recording the asset transfer includes associating an instance of the record of the asset transfer that is stored in the first ledger of the first blockchain system with an instance of the authentication record that is stored in the first ledger of the first blockchain system.
US11989711B2
A POS peripheral device includes a storing section configured to store setting information and a control section configured to control the storing section. When a first device is connected as an external device, the control section transmits, to the first device, information indicating that the POS peripheral device operates as a communication device. When a second device is connected as the external device, the control section transmits, to the second device, information indicating that the POS peripheral device operates as a storage that stores information in the storing section.
US11989709B2
The various implementations described herein include methods, systems, and devices for Augmented Reality (AR) based messaging. In one aspect, a method includes processing a user request to create and place an avatar (e.g., a virtual representation of a user) at a user-specified location. In another aspect, a system manages placement of avatars at various geo locations, allows users to interact with avatars, and manages avatar-avatar interactions with or without user controls. In yet another aspect, a device is provided allowing a user to create, manage, and view avatar-based tags. Additionally, various user interfaces are provided to support the user to create, manage, and view avatars.
US11989704B2
A sharded, permissioned, distributed ledger may reduce the amount of work and communication required by each participant, thus possibly avoiding scalability bottlenecks that may be inherent in previous distributed ledger implementations and possibly enabling the use of additional resources to translate to increased throughput. A sharded, permissioned, distributed ledger may be made up of multiple shards, each of which may also be a distributed ledger and which may operate in parallel. Participation within a sharded, permissioned, distributed ledger may be allowed only with permission of an authority. A sharded, permissioned, distributed ledger may include a plurality of nodes, each including a dispatcher configured to receive transaction requests from clients and to forward received requests to verifiers configured to append transactions to individual ones of the shards.
US11989700B2
The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a management method and a management Internet of Things system for a maintenance personnel of smart gas. The management method is implemented based on a smart gas safety management platform of a management Internet of Things system for maintenance personnel of smart gas. The method may include the following operations. Maintenance personnel information of at least one maintenance personnel may be obtained. The maintenance personnel information may include first positioning information of each of the at least one maintenance personnel. Second positioning information corresponding to at least one maintenance task may be obtained. A candidate maintenance task may be determined based on the first positioning information and the second positioning information. The candidate maintenance task may be sent to a user terminal of the maintenance personnel.
US11989689B2
A computer-based technology is provided to optimize a warehouse space, such as warehouse racks. The technology determines a storage duration of a pallet in a warehouse, and further determines an optimal storage location for the pallet in the warehouse. For example, the technology can determine how long an inbound pallet will stay in a warehouse, and locate an optimal area of the warehouse to store the pallet. Such an optimal pallet storage area is selected to reduce labor costs in transporting the pallet in, within, and out of the warehouse and further optimize the management of multiple pallets in the warehouse as a whole. In addition, the technology can consider the size of the pallet in determining the optimal storage location in the warehouse.
US11989679B2
A method for quantifying the professional development of a subject includes storing, on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, a base professional development score for a subject, receiving a submission pertaining to a professional development activity of the subject, approving the submission based on at least one professional development criteria, assigning a value to the approved submission, adjusting the base professional development score according to the approved submission value, comparing the adjusted professional development score to a threshold value, and determining that the subject has achieved a professional development goal when the adjusted professional development score is greater than the threshold value. A system for quantifying the professional development, a system for network-assisted recruitment, and a system for network-assisted learning are also described.
US11989672B2
The inventive platform and method enhance the efficiency of systems in the interactive conveyance industry for goods and services by providing for the filtering, selection and securing of conveyance services in accordance with one or more of client and representative preferences in substantially real time.
US11989669B2
The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for intelligently determining to assess (or not assess) a cancellation penalty and notifying a requestor device of such a penalty in response to either a requestor's selection to cancel a single transportation request for a requestor or a requestor's selection to cancel a shared-transportation request associated with multiple requestors. For example, the disclosed systems can generate conversion probabilities for a requestor reflecting if a cancellation penalty is assessed—and if the cancellation penalty is not assessed—for a cancellation of a transportation request for transport of a lone requestor. Based on the conversion probabilities, the disclosed systems customize a cancellation notice for a requestor device to either include or exclude the cancellation penalty. Additionally, or alternatively, in certain implementations, the disclosed systems generate a transportation efficiency metric for modifying a projected transportation route for a shared transportation to account for a cancellation of a shared-transportation request. Based on the transportation efficiency metric, the disclosed systems customize a cancellation notice for a requestor device to either include or exclude the cancellation penalty.
US11989664B2
A system and method for predicting remaining battery life for a portable information handling systems include determining power consumption for an OLED display based on an on pixel ratio (OPR) for each pixel. When a user starts a session of an application and a file, file metadata may be used to search a database storing OPR profiles, with each OPR profile including one or more time series associated with one or more instances of the application executing the file. For static files, a time series in an OPR profile may be used to predict power consumption and calculate battery life. For dynamic files, periodically measuring OPR data may be used to predict power consumption. For some dynamic files, historic OPR values and periodic measurements may be used to predict power consumption. The user may be provided with a list of files usable during the calculated battery life.
US11989662B2
Provided herein are systems and methods for an iterative approach to topic modeling and the use of web mapping technology to implement advanced spatial operators for interactive high-dimensional visualization and inference.
US11989656B2
Aspects of the invention include systems and methods to obtain meta features of a dataset for training in a deep learning application. A method includes selecting an initial search space that defines a type of deep learning architecture representation that specifies hyperparameters for two or more neural network architectures. The method also includes applying a search strategy to the initial search space. One of the two or more neural network architectures are selected based on a result of an evaluation according to the search strategy. A new search space is generated with new hyperparameters using an evolutionary algorithm and a mutation type that defines one or more changes in the hyperparameters specified by the initial search space, and, based on the mutation type, the new hyperparameters are applied to the one of the two or more neural networks or the search strategy is applied to the new search space.
US11989649B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for training a neural network used to generate a ranking score for a network input. One of the methods includes generating training data and training the neural network on the training data. The training data includes a plurality of training pairs. The generating comprising: obtaining data indicating that a plurality of training network inputs were displayed in a user interface according to a presentation order, obtaining data indicating that a first training network input of the plurality of training network inputs has a positive label, determining that a second training network input of the plurality of training network inputs (i) has a negative label and (ii) is higher than the first training network input in the presentation order, and generating a training pair that includes the first training network input and the second training network input.
US11989641B2
A brain machine interface (BMI) to control a device is provided. The BMI has a neural decoder, which is a neural to kinematic mapping function with neural signals as input to the neural decoder and kinematics to control the device as output of the neural decoder. The neural decoder is based on a continuous-time multiplicative recurrent neural network, which has been trained as a neural to kinematic mapping function. An advantage of the invention is the robustness of the decoder to perturbations in the neural data; its performance degrades less—or not at all in some circumstances—in comparison to the current state decoders. These perturbations make the current use of BMI in a clinical setting extremely challenging. This invention helps to ameliorate this problem. The robustness of the neural decoder does not come at the cost of some performance, in fact an improvement in performance is observed.
US11989636B1
A system and method for persuadable collaborative conversational AI. The invention introduces a system and method for “Decidrons”, which are units of machine learning that can be grouped together to provide collaborative widely extensible evolving modular polylogical groups. The present invention utilizes stages of cogitation, persuadability and theory of mind to improve and extend the collaborative conversational artificial intelligence (CCAI) disclosed in the parent patent application.
US11989635B2
An apparatus includes a processing resource configured to receive a feature vector of a data stream. The feature vector includes a set of feature values. The processing resource is further configured to calculate a set of feature labels based at least in part on the set of feature values to generate a label vector, provide the label vector to another processing resource, and receive a plurality of classifications corresponding to each feature label of the label vector from the other processing resource. The plurality of classifications are generated based at least in part on a respective range of feature values of the set of feature values. The processing resource is configured to then combine the plurality of classifications to generate a final classification of the data stream.
US11989628B2
Machine teaching in an embodiment can include receiving a user annotated concept for a given image in given context. The given image can be broken into parts and classified. Relationships can be determined associated with the parts. The created relationships can be stored along with the user annotated concept in a knowledge base. One or more similar images can be annotated using the parts and relationships. A second image associated the given context can be retrieved, decomposed into parts. The parts can be classified. Relationships can be determined associated with the second image's parts. Classifications and relationships associated with the second image's parts can be compared with classifications and relationships associated with the given image's parts. Based on comparing, the second image can be annotated with the user annotated concept for the given image.
US11989625B2
Disclosed are methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable mediums for detecting and avoiding loss of separation between vehicles. A first method may include training a vehicle interaction machine learning model to predict future vehicle interactions based on identified vehicle interactions and an identified risk of encounter between two or more selected vehicles. A second method may include obtaining real-time data associated with a vehicle-of-interest; evaluating the real-time data associated with the vehicle-of-interest to form encounter models; monitoring the encounter models with a model access function of the vehicle interaction machine learning model to detect real-time anomalies; and in response to detecting a real-time anomaly, transmitting an alert. A third method may include obtaining trajectory information; analyzing the trajectory information to determine whether a trajectory is a new trajectory type or whether the trajectory is a member of a new interaction; updating training data for the vehicle interaction machine learning model.
US11989622B2
A quantum register can be read out using under-resolved emissions mapping (e.g., imaging). Regions of the quantum register are illuminated concurrently, one array site per region at a time, typically until all sites of each region have been illuminated. A photodetector system then detects for each region whether or not an EMR emission (e.g., due to fluorescence) has occurred in response to illumination of a respective site in that region. The result of the photo detections is a series of emissions maps, e.g., images. The number of emissions maps in the series corresponds to a number of sites per region, while the number of pixels in each image corresponds to a number of regions. A readout result can be based on a time-multiplexed combination of these emissions maps. The emissions maps are under-resolved since the resolution corresponds to the region size rather than the sizes of individual array sites.
US11989618B2
A two-dimensional code processing method and a device. The method includes: obtaining, by a first electronic device, two-dimensional code information displayed by a second electronic device; obtaining first scenario information, where the first scenario information is scenario information related to the first electronic device; determining two-dimensional code data and second scenario information based on the two-dimensional code information, where the second scenario information is scenario information related to the second electronic device; and when determining that the first scenario information and the second scenario information meet a preset condition, performing, by the first electronic device, preset processing on the two-dimensional code data. The scenario information of the two electronic devices that need to perform two-dimensional code interaction is compared, and further, two-dimensional code verification is completed.
US11989607B2
Example embodiments of systems and methods for preventing chip fraud are provided. A chip fraud prevention system may comprise a device including a chip, wherein the chip is at least partially encompassed in a chip pocket. One or more connections may be communicatively coupled to one or more surfaces of the chip, and a capacitance member may be coupled to a surface of the chip. The capacitance member may comprise a known capacitance value and the chip may comprise a memory containing an applet, wherein the applet is configured to measure the capacitance value of the capacitance member.
US11989601B1
A printing system includes a printing device. The printing device includes a raster image processor (RIP) system that renders pages of a print job for printing. The RIP system processes pages of the print job in parallel. It also processes job is parallel. If an error occurs when processing a page using a standard RIP, then the RIP system activates a failover RIP. The failover RIP uses a different strategy for processing the page than a standard RIP. The failover RIP is configured to implement the strategy. A failover queue is used to store error pages to wait for processing by the failover queue. The processed page is outputted from the failover RIP to a front end of the RIP system.
US11989585B1
A transcoding service is described that is capable optimizing media transcoding jobs according to the licensing model associated with a particular transcoder being utilized. The service can receive a request to transcode the media content from a user and inspect an SLA to determine the parameters for the transcoding job, such as the time interval to complete the job or the price of performing the job. The service can then identify a licensing cost associated with transcoding the media content. For example, the licensing cost being based at least in part on a number of running instances of the transcoder. The transcoding service may apply a weight to the licensing cost when prioritizing the transcoding jobs. For example, the service may determine an optimal number of concurrently executing transcoder instances to utilize to reduce the licensing costs associated with the transcoding jobs.
US11989580B2
Embodiments described herein provide a system, method, and apparatus to accelerate reduce operations in a graphics processor. One embodiment provides an apparatus including one or more processors, the one or more processors including a first logic unit to perform a merged write, barrier, and read operation in response to a barrier synchronization request from a set of threads in a work group, synchronize the set of threads, and report a result of an operation specified in association with the barrier synchronization request.
US11989579B2
The present disclosure enables proxied device ownership for a secondary processing system by providing a chassis housing a plurality of devices, a secondary processing system, and a central processing system that includes an integrated switch device that is coupled to each of the plurality of devices and the secondary processing system. The central processing system enter a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) mode in which the central processing system provides a BIOS that is configured to execute instructions and, using the BIOS, receives a transaction that was generated by the secondary processing system and that is directed to a first device that is include in the plurality of devices, and executes the transaction on the first device.
US11989575B2
A method is provided comprising: retrieving a message that is designated for transmission via a first one of a plurality of communications hardware devices, the message being retrieved from a virtual device queue that is associated with the first communications hardware device, the message being generated by a first virtual machine, and the message being designated for transmission to a second virtual machine; selecting a second one of the plurality of communications hardware devices based on a characteristic of the message; and storing the message in a socket queue that is associated with the second communications hardware device, wherein storing the message in the socket queue that is associated with the second communications hardware device causes the message to be transmitted to the second virtual machine via the second communications hardware device rather than the first communications hardware device.
US11989563B2
Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for technology that detects a low battery condition in a computing system including an integrated graphics processor and a discrete graphics processor, wherein the low battery condition is detected during a pre-boot stage of the computing system. The technology may also disable a root port associated with the discrete graphics processor in response to the low battery condition, conduct an initialization of an integrated display while the root port is disabled, and enable the root port in response to a successful negotiation of increased power by a verified read write code of an embedded controller of the computing system.
US11989552B2
A method, system and product for automated quality assessment of a programming task. Programming activity of a developer is monitored to obtain measurements of a plurality of metrics in a plurality of time segments. Functional correctness of the program at a last time segment of the plurality of time segments is determined. Based on the measurements of each of the metrics in the plurality of time segments, a plurality of features are computed. The plurality of features are indicative of a behavior of the developer while programming. A prediction model is utilized to provide an automated assessment based on the values of the plurality of features.
US11989549B2
Methods, computer program products, and/or systems are provided that perform the following operations: identifying an application marker for a source application; mapping the application marker to a set of micro-patterns provided in a micro-pattern repository, wherein a micro-pattern defines a set of actions to be performed to modernize a source application component for a target platform; generating a set of potential modernization pathways for the source application, wherein a potential modernization pathway is based, at least in part, on an aggregation of one or more micro-patterns included in the set of micro-patterns mapped to the application marker; determining a recommended modernization pathway from the set of potential modernization pathways based, at least in part, on micro-pattern optimization; and providing the recommended modernization pathway for source application modernization execution, wherein the source application modernization execution includes executing each micro-pattern included in the recommended modernization pathway.
US11989548B2
A host computing device includes a host processor, host memory in electronic communication with the host processor, and an auxiliary service controller. The host computing device also includes a communication interface and a messaging interface between the host processor and the auxiliary service controller. A message handler is stored in the host memory. The message handler is executable by the host processor in response to detecting a messaging interface signal on the messaging interface. Execution of the message handler by the host processor causes a firmware update patch to be read from a shared memory region in the auxiliary service controller via the communication interface.
US11989544B2
A particular method includes storing a manifest file and a parameters file at a data store. The manifest file and the parameters file are associated with a software deployment package. An application associated with the software deployment package is published to a first remote computing device and to a second remote computing device. The method includes receiving first parameter values from the first remote computing device and receiving second parameter values from the second remote computing device. The first parameter values are stored in a first region of the data store that is specific to the first computing device. The second parameter values are stored in a second region of the data store that is specific to the second computing device.
US11989520B2
Systems and methods are provided for assessing morality of a user. A request comprising an input data is received over a communication network to assess the morality corresponding to the input data. Upon receiving the request, a first vector is generated through deployment of a predefined language model based on the input data. Then a set of common-sense characteristics are extracted from the input data by generating a corresponding second vector for each of the set of common-sense characteristics from the input data by deploying a common-sense model. Upon generation of the first vector and the second vectors, morality value is determined for the input data based on the first vector and the second vectors corresponding to the set of common-sense characteristics, the morality value indicates whether a context of the input data is morally correct.
US11989518B2
A normalized processing method of a named entity includes: obtaining first text data; recognizing a named entity from the first text data; determining whether a first standard named entity exists in a standard named entity database according to the named entity; determining the first standard named entity as a normalized representation of the named entity in response to determining that the first standard named entity exists in the standard named entity database; and obtaining a second standard named entity from the standard named entity database and determining an obtained second standard named entity as the normalized representation of the named entity in response to determining that the first standard named entity does not exist in the standard named entity database.
US11989516B2
The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for acquiring a pre-trained model, an electronic device and a storage medium, and relates to the field of artificial intelligence, such as the natural language processing field, the deep learning field, or the like. The method may include: adding, in a process of training a pre-trained model using training sentences, a learning objective corresponding to syntactic information for a self-attention module in the pre-trained model; and training the pre-trained model according to the defined learning objective. The solution of the present disclosure may improve a performance of the pre-trained model, and reduce consumption of computing resources, or the like.
US11989510B1
A method for rendering context based information on a user interface includes receiving a user request to extract the context based information from a database. The database includes a plurality of documents and the request includes at least one search criteria required to determine a context of the user request. The method includes generating a list of documents corresponding to the context of the user request and rendering on a viewing portion of the user interface the list of documents corresponding to the context of the user request.
US11989509B2
A system, method, and computer program product for implementing digital script modification is provided. The method includes generating image sequences associated with textual content of a digital story. Multiple contextual dimensions are identified within the textual content and a group of dimensions are selected. The image sequences in combination with the group of dimensions are expanding or contracted and image sequences are altered based on detected interactions with the group of dimensions. Dimensions are extracted from the group of dimensions during presentation of the digital story and a scriptwriter is enabled to modify the dimensions. The image sequences are modified and a hardware interface device is enabled to interact with various image sequences and alter the multiple contextual dimensions. The textual content of the digital story is dynamically altered.
US11989505B2
The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media that provides to a user a subset of digital design templates as recommendations based on a creative segment classification and template classifications. For instance, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems generate the creative segment classification for the user and determines geo-seasonal intent data. Furthermore, the disclosed system generates template classifications using a machine learning model based on geo-seasonality and creative intent. In doing so, the disclosed system identifies a subset of digital design templates based on the template classifications, geo-seasonal intent data, and the creative segment classification of the user.
US11989496B2
A method includes receiving an integrated circuit (IC) design layout including a layout block, where the layout block including first line patterns disposed along a first direction, extending lengths of the first line patterns, connecting portions of the first line patterns disposed within a distance less than a preset value, forming second line patterns disposed outside the layout block parallel to the first line patterns, forming mandrel bar patterns overlapping edges of the layout block, where the mandrel bar patterns oriented along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and outputting a pattern layout for mask fabricating, where the pattern layout includes the layout block, the first and second line patterns, and the mandrel bar patterns.
US11989491B2
A method and system provide the ability to generate models. A generative shelled base is created as a hollow computer-aided design (CAD) design. A t-spline mid-surface shell is created from the generative shelled base, which is then used to create a shell mesh model. A t-spline solid body is created from the generative shelled base, which is used to create an internal support structure that is converted into a shell CAD geometry, which is used to create a support structure mid-surface shell. The support structure mid-surface shell is combined with the shell mesh model into a generative mid-surface mesh that is used in a computer-aided engineering (CAE) crash simulation. The generated shelled base is combined with the shell CAD geometry into a generative shelled solid that is utilized in an additive build simulation.
US11989490B2
A platform for design of a lighting installation generally includes an automated search engine for retrieving and storing a plurality of lighting objects in a lighting object library and a lighting design environment providing a visual representation of a lighting space containing lighting space objects and lighting objects. The visual representation is based on properties of the lighting space objects and lighting objects obtained from the lighting object library. A plurality of aesthetic filters is configured to permit a designer in a design environment to adjust parameters of the plurality of lighting objects handled in the design environment to provide a desired collective lighting effect using the plurality of lighting objects.
US11989489B2
The present invention is a system, comprising: isolate at least one floor joist from a building model; process a first set of data associated with the characteristics of the floor joist members, wherein the characteristics are related to the profile and length; process a second set of data associated with the assembly of the floor joist; create an assembly process of the floor joist, wherein an assembly and disassembly of the floor joist is performed to determine at least one assembly process based on the order of connecting the floor joist members from a construction perspective; formulate a package of the floor joist, wherein the package is organized based on assembly process; adjust the orientation of the members within the package based on the shipping vessel limitations and the other bundles of the model which are contained within the shipping vessel; and generate a graphical representation of the package.
US11989484B2
An electronic device according to various embodiments of the disclosure comprises: a foldable housing, a flexible display, a communication circuit, a sensor module, a processor, and a memory. The memory can store instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to sense whether an event configured to display a user interface has occurred, identify an angle between a first housing and a second housing using the sensor module, determine, based on the identified angle, at least one area for displaying the user interface from among at least one edge area or folding area of the flexible display, and control the display to display the user interface in the determined at least one area.
US11989482B2
The present disclosure relates to a screen projection method. In the method, an electronic device displays M application interfaces on a display of the electronic device, where M is an integer greater than 1. The electronic device receives a first selection operation, and determines N application interfaces based on the first selection operation, where the first selection operation is performed on the electronic device to determine the N application interfaces from the M application interfaces, and N is a positive integer less than or equal to M. The electronic device sends first data to an external display device in response to the first selection operation, where the first data is used by the external display device to display the N application interfaces.
US11989479B2
An electronic device is provided that includes a first display unit including a first display; a second display unit including a second display disposed on a side of the first display and being rotatable with respect to the first display unit about a rotation axis extending in a front-rear direction such that an angle formed by the first and displays change; an angle and angular velocity acquisition unit that acquires the angle formed by the first and second displays and angular velocity of the angle; and a control unit that, when a user rotates the second display unit with respect to the first display unit, determines whether a horizontal direction of a video to be displayed on the first and second displays is made to match a vertical direction or a left-right direction based on the angle and the angular velocity acquired by the acquisition unit.
US11989477B2
An example of an apparatus to provide content to a user is provided. The apparatus includes a base to rest on a surface. The apparatus further includes an energy storage device disposed within the base. In addition, the apparatus includes a charging device to couple with a portable electronic device of a user. The charging device is to transfer energy stored in the energy storage device to the portable electronic device. Furthermore, the apparatus includes a screen mounted on the base. The screen is to provide content to the user to engage the user.
US11989473B1
An image processing device includes: an image data acquisition unit that acquires image data; a print condition acquisition unit that acquires a print condition including a type of a print medium on which an image is printed; a parameter acquisition unit that acquires a texture parameter indicating a texture of the print medium; a color conversion unit that performs color conversion corresponding to the print condition, on the image data; and a rendering unit that executes rendering, causing the image data on which the color conversion is performed, to correspond to at least one of a front face and a back face of a 3D object representing a shape of the print medium, and causing the texture parameter to correspond to the front face and the back face of the 3D object, and thus generates a rendered image representing the print medium with the image printed thereon.
US11989472B2
A display control device includes a display section and a display controller. The display controller controls the display section so as to cause the display section to display a first image (703a to 703f) and a second image. The first image (703a to 703f) is displayed in an upper layer for the second image. The first image (703a to 703f) represents a category item. The second image represents a setting item belonging to the category item. The display controller controls the display section so as to cause the display section to display a predetermined image (705) in the first image (703a to 703f) according to the setting item that has been entered.
US11989463B2
A system includes first and second image forming devices including first and second controllers respectively. The first controller generates a piece of shortcut information specifying an image formation process and a settings value for the image formation process both associated with a shortcut icon. The first controller displays the shortcut icon on the basis of the shortcut information. In response to receiving an operation on the shortcut icon, the first controller performs the image formation process specified in the shortcut information using the settings value specified in the shortcut information. The first controller copies the piece of shortcut information to the portable memory mounted on a first memory interface in the first image forming device. After the portable memory is mounted on a second memory interface in the second image forming device, second controller performs a shortcut process related to the copied piece of shortcut information.
US11989462B2
A printer driver communicates with a printer using a predetermined print protocol to obtain first attribute information related to printing from the printer. The print driver generates a print job conforming to the predetermined print protocol based on data received from an application and transmits the generated print job to the extension application (S606). The extension application obtains attribute information in a different form from the first attribute information (S611). The extension application displays a user interface (UI) for print settings based on at least the second attribute information (S613). The extension application generates a print job to be transmitted to the printer based on settings made via the UI and the print job received from the printer driver.
US11989455B2
A storage system includes a plurality of storage nodes 4 each having one or more storage devices. The storage node includes a CPU. The CPU is configured to select a priority path to be notified as a usable path to a higher-level apparatus among paths which allows access of a predetermined logical unit to which a storage area of the storage device is provided from the higher-level apparatus. The CPU is configured to send the priority path as a reply to an inquiry about a path to the predetermined logical unit from the higher-level apparatus.
US11989452B2
A read-disturb-based logical storage read temperature identification system includes a global read temperature identification subsystem coupled to at least one storage device. Each at least one storage device identifies read disturb information associated with rows provided by the at least one physical block in that storage device from at least one physical block in that storage device, and maps the read disturb information associated with the rows provided by the at least one physical block in that storage device to one or more logical storage elements included in a logical-to-physical storage element mapping for that storage device to generate a local logical storage element read temperature map. Each at least one storage device may then provide its local logical storage element read temperature map to the global read temperature identification subsystem.
US11989445B2
The disclosed embodiments relate to logging activities of memory devices and adjusting the operation of a controller based on the activities. In one embodiment, a method comprises monitoring, by a memory device, die temperatures and data sizes of commands issued to the memory device; determining, by the memory device, a target size for a buffer based on the die temperatures and data sizes; and adjusting, by the memory device, a current size of the buffer to meet the target size.
US11989442B2
A semiconductor integrated circuit has a reception circuit configured to receive a strobe signal of which a logic is intermittently switched in synchronization with a data signal, an output circuit configured to extract a low frequency component including at least a DC component of the strobe signal received by the reception circuit and to output a first signal, and a comparison circuit configured to compare a signal level of the first signal with a threshold level. The reception circuit is configured to change a boost amount of a high frequency component different from the low frequency component of the strobe signal based on a comparison result obtained by the comparison circuit.
US11989437B1
A primary storage array and a remote storage array each create compressibility heat maps and periodically exchange compressibility heat maps over a remote replication facility. The primary R1 storage array also forwards an Activity Based Compression (ABC) heat map describing extent IO activity to the remote storage array. The primary and remote storage arrays use the compressibility heat maps to update per-extent compressibility forecast models to forecast compressibility values for extents during an upcoming time interval. The storage arrays use both activity-based scores and forecast compressibility scores to select extents to be stored in compressed and uncompressed form. By considering both the activity-based scores as well as compressibility scores, it is possible to prioritize compression resources by selecting the most compressible extents with the lowest activity-based scores for compression, while selectively enabling extents with higher activity-based scores and high compressibility scores to also be selected for compression.
US11989431B2
A data storage device includes a memory device and a controller coupled to the memory device. The controller is configured to store data mappings in an uLayer, where the uLayer includes a plurality of mSet updates, and where the uLayer is organized into a sorted section and an unsorted section, sort one or more of the plurality of mSet updates of the uLayer, and provide, to a host device, data stored in the memory device corresponding to a most recent update of a data mapping by ignoring non-recent updates for a read command associated with an mSet group of the sorted section.
US11989429B1
Recommending changes to a storage system, including: identifying, using predicted characteristics of one or more workloads executing on the storage system, one or more configuration changes to the storage system that would improve the operation of the storage system; selecting, from the one or more configuration changes to the storage system that would improve the operation of the storage system, a preferred configuration change; and recommending the preferred configuration change.
US11989428B2
A data storage system for use in a high radiation environment includes an array of storage drives. Each storage drive includes a non-radiation-hardened drive controller, a non-radiation-hardened, non-volatile, storage medium, and a non-radiation-hardened volatile memory. The system includes a radiation-hardened storage controller coupled to the array. The radiation-hardened storage controller provides failure-resistant data redundancy among the storage drives of the array and provides host access to the array.
US11989425B2
A technique for controlling access to memory mapped control registers. The apparatus has processing circuitry for executing program code to perform data processing operations, and a set of memory mapped control registers for storing control information used to control operation of the processing circuitry. Further, a lockdown register used to store a lockdown value. The processing circuitry is arranged to execute store instructions to perform write operations to a memory address space. The processing circuitry is arranged to prevent a write operation being performed to change the control information in the memory mapped control registers. This significantly reduces the prospect of an attacker seeking to exploit a software vulnerability to change the control information in the memory mapped control registers.
US11989420B2
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of system-level memory test, and in particular, to a memory allocation method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: obtaining a plurality of memory segments corresponding to a to-be-processed task, and determining a plurality of operation cores in an operation platform that executes the to-be-processed task; determining a first-capacity memory segment and a second-capacity memory segment in the plurality of memory segments according to the plurality of operation cores, wherein a memory capacity of the second-capacity memory segment is larger than a memory capacity of the first-capacity memory segment; allocating each first-capacity memory segment one by one to the operation cores, and determining remaining memory capacities corresponding to the operation cores respectively; and allocating the second-capacity memory segment to the operation cores according to the remaining memory capacities, to obtain a memory allocation result.
US11989417B1
A main memory includes a first plurality of input/outputs (I/Os) configured to output data stored in the main memory in response to a read access request. A first portion of the first plurality of IOs provides user read data in response to the read access request and a second portion of the first plurality of IOs provides candidate replacement IOs. Repair circuitry is configured to selectively replace one or more IOs of the first portion of IOs using one or more of the candidate replacement IOs of the second portion of IOs to provide repaired read data in response to the read access request in accordance with repair mapping information corresponding to an access address of the read access request. A static random access memory (SRAM) stores repair mapping information, and a repair cache stores cached repair mapping information from the SRAM for address locations of the main memory.
US11989404B1
Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that provide extended reality (XR) environments that include virtual content anchored to particular times and/or within physical environments. In some implementations, an XR environment is provided based on virtual content items (e.g., representing memories or past events) that are anchored to both physical locations and particular times along a timeline. This may involve selecting and providing virtual content items (e.g., representing memories) based on user input that selects a particular time, e.g., day, time, date/time range, etc. The content can include real and/or virtual content representing objects and/or people and may be the user's own private memories, memories shared by friends, or selected public memories.
US11989399B2
A display method and an electronic device are provided and relate to the field of communications technologies. The method includes: receiving, by an electronic device, a first input from a user in a case that a first image in a first type of image is displayed; in response to the first input, displaying, by the electronic device, a second image in a second type of image, where a type of the first type of image is different from that of the second type of image; receiving, by the electronic device, a second input from the user; and in response to the second input, displaying a third image by the electronic device, where the third image is an image, adjacent to the second image, in the second type of image.
US11989395B1
An interface modification system includes one or more processors configured to provide, to one or more client devices, a graphical representation of a web application. The graphical representation has a first layer including one or more components of the web application and a second layer configured for secondary interactions with the one or more components. The one or more processors are configured to receive, via the second layer and from the one or more client devices, feedback associated with the one or more components. Additionally, the one or more processors are configured to generate an incident record including the feedback and store the incident record in an incident database.
US11989383B2
An application window display method and a terminal. The method includes displaying, by a terminal, a first GUI, where the first GUI includes a first application window, receiving, by the terminal, an input operation performed on the first application window, and displaying, by the terminal, a second GUI in response to the input operation, where the second GUI includes a soft keyboard at a fixed display location, and an area in the second GUI other than the soft keyboard includes the completely displayed first application window, and the display location of the soft keyboard in the second GUI partially or completely overlaps a display location of the first application window in the first GUI.
US11989382B2
A touch structure, a display panel and an electronic device. The touch structure includes: a plurality of touch sub-electrodes spaced apart from each other and a dummy electrode; the dummy electrode is embedded into at least one touch sub-electrode among the plurality of touch sub-electrodes, and is spaced apart from the touch sub-electrode where the dummy electrode is located, so as to be insulated from each other; the at least one touch sub-electrode includes a strip-shaped channel surrounding the dummy electrode and the channel, the strip-shaped channel penetrates through the dummy electrode, and two ends of the strip-shaped channel in an extension direction thereof are both connected to the main body portion.
US11989372B2
An information processing apparatus includes a display section; a touch sensor section which is arranged on a screen of the display section and detects touching of a manipulation medium on the screen; a denoising filter part which acquires first detected position data on the manipulation medium on the screen detected at predetermined detection intervals in response to touching of the manipulation medium on the screen, denoises the first detected position data on the basis of the first detected position data and thereby generates second detected position data; and an input processing part which acquires the second detected position data that the denoising filter part generates and makes the display section display a movement locus of the manipulation medium that the manipulation medium is moved on the screen in a state of touching on the screen on the basis of the second detected position data.
US11989366B2
An active pen and a touch controller are configured to use a frame F including a plurality of temporally separated time slots TS0 to TSm to transmit and receive signals with each other. Each of the active pen and the touch controller can transmit and detect a reference signal for synchronizing a frame position, which is a temporal position of the frame F, and upon detecting the reference signal acquires the frame position based on the reference signal and operates according to the acquired frame position. The active pen is configured to transmit, when changing a master of the synchronization, a reference change signal CH indicating that the active pen itself is the master of the synchronization.
US11989346B2
A fiber-optic sensor (1) is configured to detect curvature of an article (6). The sensor includes at least one light source (2), at least one optical fiber (4) and at least one receiver (3). The optical fiber (4) has at least one longitudinal portion (41, 42, 43) in which the refractive index for light at a predetermined wavelength is reduced with respect to the remaining longitudinal portions. A method for detecting curvature of an article such as a data glove (6) or an endoscope may utilize such a fiber-optic sensor.
US11989342B2
A virtual tourism client device, a virtual tourism server-side device, a system, and an image acquisition device are provided. The virtual tourism client device includes a detector and a head display, the detector being configured to detect a change of a viewing direction of a user in real time and generate viewing direction information of the user according to the change of the viewing direction, wherein the change of the viewing direction is a change of a current viewing direction of the user with respect to a reference viewing direction; and the head display being configured to obtain a part of video image data corresponding to the viewing direction information of the user from panoramic video image data with an image reference direction and play the part of the video image data.
US11989340B2
Systems, methods, apparatuses and devices for detecting facial expressions according to EMG signals for a virtual and/or augmented reality (VR/AR) environment, in combination with a system for simultaneous location and mapping (SLAM), are presented herein.
US11989339B2
A method of performing localization of a handheld device with respect to a wearable device includes capturing, by a first imaging device mounted to the handheld device, a fiducial image containing a number of fiducials affixed to the wearable device and capturing, by a second imaging device mounted to the handheld device, a world image containing one or more features surrounding the handheld device. The method also includes obtaining, by a sensor mounted to the handheld device, handheld data indicative of movement of the handheld device, determining the number of fiducials contained in the fiducial image, and updating a position and an orientation of the handheld device using at least one of the fiducial image or the world image and the handheld data.
US11989338B2
A technology is described for using a medical implement or a fluoroscopic image with reference to an image data set and a body of a person. A method may include detecting visual image data of a body of a patient and a medical implement. The optical codes on the body of the patient and on the medical implement may be identified. One operation is aligning the image data set with the body of the person using one or more optical codes on the body of the person and the fixed position of an image visible marker with respect to the optical code. A position of the medical implement with respect to the body of the person may be determined using one or more optical codes on the medical implement and the body of the person to reference the medical implement to the image data set and the body of the person.
US11989327B2
A method of providing an auto-encoder for anonymizing data associated with a population of entities is disclosed. The method includes providing a computer system with a memory storing specific computer-executable instructions for a neural network. The neural network includes an input layer of nodes; three or more layers of nodes; and an output layer of nodes to provide an encoded output vector. The second layer of nodes has more nodes than the first and third layers of nodes. The method also includes identifying a plurality of characteristics associated with the entities and preparing a plurality of input vectors that include a characteristic. The characteristics appear in the input vector as transformed numeric information from human recognizable text. The method includes training the neural network during a plurality of training cycles comprising: processing an input vector with the neural network to provide an encoded output vector; determining an output vector reconstruction error by calculating a function of the encoded output vector and the input vector; back-propagating the output vector reconstruction error back through the neural network; and recalibrating a weight to minimize the output vector reconstruction error. Additional neural networks are also disclosed. The outputs of the additional neural networks may be combined. Encoded output vectors may be compared to identify a common characteristic between two or more entities or to identify two or more entities with the common characteristic. An auto-encoder system for anonymizing data is also disclosed.
US11989326B2
A compute instance may be configured to extract a feature of a data instance accessed by the compute instance, generate an anonymized feature value for the feature of the data instance, include the anonymized feature value in a feature vector corresponding to the data instance, and transmit the feature vector to a server-based computing system.
US11989321B2
A multi-modal portal system provides a secure network environment for the management of user data. A variety of network devices interface with various sensing devices associated with a user to obtain sensory data or user data. The user data collected from the sensing devices can be communicated to the multi-modal portal system. The multi-modal portal system provides an access portal, analytics engine and data aggregator such that user data associated with the various sensing devices can be stored, accessed, modified, altered, etc. An audit trail is associated with the user data so that all transactions associated with the user data can be tracked. The user data can only be accessed, modified, altered, stored, etc. based on one or more profile configurations. Each user is associated with one or more profile configurations to ensure security and privacy of the user data.
US11989317B2
A system and a method are disclosed for receiving a request for a user to perform a plurality of activities with respect to a secure document, a given activity of the plurality activities being assigned based on a known parameter of the user. The system transmits the request to the user, and responsive to detecting an interaction with the request, determines that the known parameter has changed. The system responsively determines requirements for performing the plurality of activities based on a replacement parameter of the user, determines a replacement activity based on the requirements, and transmits a new request to the user, the new request replacing the given activity with the replacement activity.
US11989305B2
An information handling system includes a memory, a baseboard management controller (BMC), and a basic input/output system (BIOS). The memory stores a secure boot policy for a plurality of input/output (I/O) devices in the information handling system. The BMC performs a firmware update for a first I/O device of the I/O devices. In response to the firmware update being completed successfully, the BMC creates a system management task. During a next boot after the creation of the system management task, the BIOS detects the system management task. The BIOS calculates a new hash value for a firmware image of the firmware update. The BIOS replaces a previous hash value with the new hash value in the secure boot policy.
US11989297B2
Examples of the disclosure can provide an apparatus for detecting malware. The apparatus can comprise means for: selecting one or more tasks to be performed by a user device during charging of the user device; enabling a power trace to be obtained wherein the power trace provides an indication of the power consumed by the user device while the one or more tasks are being performed; and enabling the power trace to be analysed to provide an indication of the presence of malware.
US11989296B2
A program is executed in a first mode of operation in a controlled environment in accordance with normal operations without malicious behavior. An acceptable behavior model is generated based on a plurality of sequences of events that occur during the normal operation of the program. The acceptable behavior model is indicative of normal behavior of the program that occurs during the normal operation. Then the program is executed in a second mode of operation in an operational environment. An operational sequence of events (determined during the second mode of operation) is compared with the acceptable behavior model. When there is a match between the operational sequence of events and the acceptable behavior model, execution in the second mode of operation continues. When there is not a match between the operational sequence of events and the acceptable behavior model, execution in the second mode of operation is halted.
US11989294B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to detecting and preventing malicious browser extensions. A computing platform may send rule information to a master browser extension on a computing device including a set of rules defining reportable behavior associated with one or more other browser extensions. Subsequently, the computing platform may receive report information from the master browser extension on the computing device identifying an other browser extension of the one or more other browser extensions that exhibit the reportable behavior defined by at least one rule of the set of rules in the rule information. Based on receiving the report information, the computing platform may determine that the identified other browser extension is a malicious extension. Then, the computing platform may send one or more commands to the master browser extension on the computing device directing the master browser extension to disable or remove the identified other browser extension.
US11989289B2
A computer implemented method of remediating an increased vulnerability of a software system including a plurality of software components, the method including generating a vector representation of each software component derived from a neural network trained using training data defined from known vulnerabilities of the software components in the software system; aggregating the vector representations for the software component to an aggregate vector representation for a particular time; repeating the generating and the aggregating for a plurality of points in time to generate multiple generations of aggregate vector representations; comparing the multiple generations of aggregate vector representations to detect a change in an aggregate vector representation exceeding a maximum threshold degree of change as an indication of an increased vulnerability of the software system, responsive to which iteratively adjusting the software components in the software system and, at each iteration, regenerating an aggregate vector representation for the software system so adjusted to compare with the multiple generations of aggregate vector representations to identify a software component adjustment leading to a change in vector representation not exceeding the maximum threshold degree of change so as to reduce the vulnerability of the software system.
US11989287B2
A method comprises collecting parameters corresponding to processing by a first application programming interface of at least one application programming interface transaction, analyzing the parameters using one or more machine learning algorithms, and predicting, based at least in part on the analyzing, whether the at least one application programming interface transaction is anomalous. In the method, the first application programming interface is designated as being in an anomalous state responsive to predicting that the at least one application programming interface transaction is anomalous. One or more application programming interface requests for the first application programming interface are routed to a second application programming interface responsive to the anomalous state designation.
US11989282B2
A system may include a memory and a processor in communication with the memory. The processor may be configured to perform operations that include generating a key pair and encrypting a data credential with a public key to make a data credential secret. The operations may further include storing the data credential secret in a cluster on a host and deploying a workload on the cluster. The operations may also include establishing an empty bundle in the host and generating a pod trusted execution environment.
US11989275B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for a biometric authentication system. In one aspect, a method includes identifying a target user in proximity to a kiosk. Data for the target user is gathered from equipment on and in proximity to the kiosk. The gathered data is processed to generate a feature vector. The feature vector includes at least motion characteristics of the target user as the target user approaches the kiosk and touch input characteristics of the target user at the kiosk. A candidate user to compare to the target user is determined. Reference data for the candidate user is retrieved. The feature vector is compared to the reference data for the candidate user to determine a likelihood that the target user is the candidate user. A kiosk application is customized for the target user based on the determined likelihood.
US11989273B2
In general, embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatus, systems, computer program products, computing devices, computing entities, and/or the like for setting up biometric access for a legitimate user to a design. In accordance with various embodiments, a biometric template is received originating from the user and is inputted to a first secure sketch generator configured to use first transformation parameters comprising a hash function to generate a protected biometric template by hashing the biometric template. The protected biometric template is inputted to a second secure sketch generator configured to use second transformation parameters comprising a physical unclonable function serving as a fingerprint of the design to generate an original obfuscation key from the protected biometric template. The original obfuscation key is then used to obfuscate the design to generate an original bitstream, wherein the first and second transformation parameters and the original bitstream are stored on the design.
US11989272B2
A human-machine verification method and apparatus, a device and a storage medium, relating to the fields of Internet security technologies and computer vision technologies are disclosed. An implementation includes: receiving an identity verification request sent by a requester, and collecting an eyeball gaze point track on an identity verification page, the identity verification request including identity verification information; identifying whether the identity verification information is correct based on pre-stored user identity information; if the identity verification information is correct, performing classification based on the eyeball gaze point track on the identity verification page using a first classification model, and outputting a first probability value indicating whether the requester is a real person or a machine; and determining based on the first probability value that the requester is the real person or the machine, and outputting an identity verification result indicating that identity verification is passed or fails.
US11989271B2
An authentication system includes at least one processor configured to execute authentication based on pieces of first information registered in advance and pieces of second information associated with the first information, select, when a piece of the second information is to be assigned to a user, a plurality of candidates that are some of a plurality of registered pieces of the second information, and assign, as the user's piece of the second information, one of the plurality of candidates that is unassociated with pieces of the first information that are the same as or similar to a user's piece of the first information.
US11989270B2
A detection device includes an input unit configured to receive an operation of a user, and a sensor provided in the input unit and configured to detect biological information of the user when the user operates the input unit.
US11989268B2
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that identifies a user of an electronic device. During a training mode, the system uses an initial training data set, comprising sensor data from electronic devices associated with a set of initial users, to train a multilayer neural network model to authenticate the initial users. Next, the system uses an additional training data set, which includes sensor data from electronic devices associated with one or more new users, to update a portion of the weights in the trained model so that the updated model can be used to authenticate both the initial users and the one or more new users. During a subsequent mode, the system uses the updated model to authenticate a user of the electronic device based on sensor data contemporaneously received from the electronic device.
US11989265B2
The technology disclosed extracts intensities from sequencing images for base calling target clusters and attenuates spatial crosstalk from neighboring clusters. The technology disclosed accesses a particular section from a plurality of sections of an image output by a sensor, the particular section of the image including at least one pixel depicting intensity emission values from a target cluster and neighboring clusters located across the sensor, and convolves the particular section of the image with a corresponding convolution kernel in a plurality of convolution kernels, to generate a feature map comprising a plurality of feature values. The technology disclosed further assigns a corresponding feature value to the target cluster based on feature values in the plurality of feature values adjoining a center of the target cluster, and processes the corresponding feature value assigned to the target cluster, to base call the target cluster.
US11989259B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for a matrix multiply unit implemented as a systolic array of cells are disclosed. The matrix multiply unit may include cells arranged in columns of the systolic array. Two chains of weight shift registers per column of the systolic array are in the matrix multiply unit. Each weight shift register is connected to only one chain and each cell is connected to only one weight shift register. A weight matrix register per cell is configured to store a weight input received from a weight shift register. A multiply unit is coupled to the weight matrix register and configured to multiply the weight input of the weight matrix register with a vector data input in order to obtain a multiplication result.
US11989257B2
An apparatus includes a processor and a memory to store instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform threading of a first matrix along a first dimension of the first matrix and a second dimension of the matrix. The threading represents block sizes of the first matrix to assign to process threads of a multiplication algorithm to determine a third matrix that represents a product of the first matrix and a second matrix. The block sizes include a first block size along the first dimension and a second block size along the second dimension. The second matrix shares the second dimension with the first matrix. The instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to provide data to the multiplication algorithm, which represents the first block size and the second block size.
US11989256B2
A method is disclosed for solving the Lagrangian dual of a constrained binary quadratic programming problem. The method comprises obtaining a constrained quadratic binary programming problem; until a convergence is detected, iteratively, performing a Lagrangian relaxation of the constrained quadratic binary programming problem to provide an unconstrained quadratic binary programming problem, providing the unconstrained quadratic binary programming problem to a quantum annealer, obtaining from the quantum annealer at least one corresponding solution, using the at least one corresponding solution to generate a new approximation for the Lagrangian dual bound; and providing a corresponding solution to the Lagrangian dual of the constrained binary quadratic programming problem after convergence.
US11989254B2
A method, system, apparatus and product for semantic meaning association to components of digital content. The method comprising obtaining a digital content, which comprises multiple visually separated components. The method comprises analyzing at least a portion of the digital content to extract features associated with a component and automatically determining, based on the extracted features, a semantic meaning of the component. The automatic determination is performed without relying on manually inputted hints in the digital content. The method further comprises automatically and without user intervention, performing an action associated with the digital content, wherein the action is determined based on the semantic meaning.
US11989250B2
A method for sharing media between a first device and a second device may include: scanning a quick-response (QR) code with the first device; extracting, by the first device, a uniform resource locator (URL) encoded in the QR code; recording, by the first device, media; associating, by the first device, the URL with the media; communicating, from the first device to a server, the media and the URL; scanning, with a second device, the QR code; extracting, by the second device, the URL encoded in the QR code; communicating, from the second device to the server, the URL; receiving, by the second device, in response to communicating the URL to the server, the media from the server; and playing, by the second device, the media on at least one of a display and a speaker.
US11989245B2
Methods and systems for processing subjective queries are described. A query is received from a user. The method involves determining whether the query is subjective. In response to determining that the query is subjective, a plurality of people qualified to answer the query are identified. Moreover, a subset of the plurality of people who are available to answer the query are identified, and the query is transmitted to the subset of people available to answer the query. The received responses to the transmitted query from each of the people in the subset are then generated for display.
US11989239B2
A method and system for extracting from the scientific, technical and academic literature constructs and causal relationships between such constructs, searching said literature and visualizing its contents in the form of aggregated maps centered around constructs and relationships of interest, the maps including construct maps, relationship maps, model maps, and meta-analysis maps.
US11989238B1
A method for trusted node election. The method includes: identifying a database cluster implemented on a node subset of a plurality of nodes forming a data center; receiving node state from each node in the node subset; and electing, for the database cluster and from the node subset, a trusted node based on the node state from each node in the node subset and a database cluster type of the database cluster.
US11989234B1
An approach for rule engine, filtering, and rule management is described herein. A computing device can access a rule graph that represents rule sets and includes nodes connected by edges. The computing device can receive record data associated with a record and determine at least one of the rule sets that matches the record by at least traversing the rule graph using the record data. The computing device can generate rule information based on the at least one rule set and associate the rule information with the record.
US11989229B2
Coordinating processing of audio queries is provided. A system receives a query. The system provides the query to a first digital assistant component and a second digital assistant component for processing. The system receives a first response to the query from the first digital assistant component, and a second response to the query from the second digital assistant component. The first digital assistant component can be authorized to access a database the second digital assistant component is prohibited from accessing. The system determines, based on a ranking decision function, to select the second response to the query from the second digital assistant component. The system provides, responsive to the selection, the second response from the second digital assistant to a computing device.
US11989219B2
Techniques for disambiguating which profile, of multiple profiles, is to be used to respond to a user input are described. A device located in a communal space (e.g., a hotel room or suite of rooms, conference room, hospital room, etc.) may be associated with a device profile and a user profile of a user presently occupying the communal space. When the user inputs a command to the device (either by text or speech), a system associated with the device determines the profiles (e.g., a device profile and a user profile) associated with the device. The system determines one or more policies associated with the device. The one or more policies may correspond to rules for disambiguating which profile to use to execute with respect to the user input. Using the one or more policies, the system determines which profile is to be used, and causes a speechlet component to execute using information specific to the determined profile.
US11989218B1
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for automated population of responses into query fields of a form are discussed. The responses are based on data in a networked user data repository maintained by a first party, and the form is presented by a second party. A login request for access to data in the user data repository may be received from a remote computing device. If access to the data in the user data repository is authorized, descriptors for at least one of the query fields may be received, and based on the descriptors, it may be determined whether any responses to any query fields are contained in the user data repository. Query fields may be populated with responses obtained through the data repository. The user provides the second party with information that is made available to the first party without separately inputting the information into the form of the second party.
US11989217B1
Systems and methods for novel approaches and/or improvements to real-time data processing of unstructured data. In particular, the systems and methods describe real-time data processing of unstructured data without interstitial standardization. For example, the systems and methods describe real-time data processing of unstructured data in which both the input and the output to the data processing pipeline is unstructured data.
US11989216B2
In some embodiments, techniques are provided for conducting similarity-based searches using DNA. In some embodiments, sets of features that represent stored data sets are encoded in DNA sequences such that a hybridization yield between a molecule having a given stored DNA sequence and a molecule having a reverse complement of a DNA sequence that encodes a set of features that represent a query data set reflects an amount of similarity between the set of features that represent the query data set and the set of features encoded in the given stored DNA sequence. In some embodiments, machine learning techniques are used to determine the DNA sequence encoding. In some embodiments, machine learning techniques are used to predict hybridization yields between DNA molecules.
US11989215B2
A user query, such as a user query processed by the online game system, is provided as input into a trained machine learning model. The machine learning model predicts candidate languages of the user query and outputs language confidence scores for the candidate languages. The user query is also matched with stored query data associated with game information in individual language databases for the respective candidate languages. A match scores may be determined based on a certainty of the respective response matches. The match scores and the language confidence scores may be weighted to determine a weighted score. The weighted scores of the response matches are applied to decide which game information retrieved from the identified database is used in forming a response of search results to the user.
US11989212B2
Systems and methods for managing change requests are disclosed. A system for managing change requests may include a memory storing instructions and at least one processor configured to execute instructions to perform operations including: receiving, from a client device, a change request; routing the change request to a first similarity determination pipeline, based on the first classification, identifying an implementation device; and transmitting the change request to the implementation device. The first similarity determination pipeline may be configured to: extract at least one first request element from the change request; determine a first group of change requests based on the at least one first extracted request element; determine a first similarity metric between the change request and the first group of change requests; and determine a first classification of the change request based on the first similarity metric.
US11989207B2
Methods and systems are described herein for synchronizing communication records in computer networks. For example, the methods and systems may determine whether or not a first communication relates to a second and generate a recommendation that the communications relate to a single communication. In particular, the methods and systems described herein describe synchronizing communication records in computer networks based on detecting patterns in categories of metadata. For example, the methods and systems retrieve specific types of metadata and compare this metadata between communications in order to synchronize and/or deduplicate them.
US11989198B1
A method may include presenting a user interface on a display device of a computing device, the user interface including: a search query input element; a plurality of graph type options; a graph level selection element; and a graph presentation area; receiving a search query inputted into the search query input element, the search query identifying a concept object in an ontology; retrieving data associated with the concept object from a graph database based on selections made in the graph type options and the graph level selection element, the data including a set of result objects related to the concept object; and rendering a hierarchical graph in the graph presentation area, the hierarchical graph illustrating the set of result objects and the concept object as interactive nodes.
US11989197B2
An information processing apparatus acquires a plurality of lists including one or more rows from table data including a plurality of columns and a plurality of rows, based on a value of one column in the plurality of columns and extracts, based on a list including a predetermined search key among the acquired plurality of lists, a value corresponding to the search key. Thus, for example, even in a case where there is no character string on the right side of the search key, value information corresponding to the search key is extractable.
US11989177B1
Compiling optimized database statements including receiving, by a query compiler from a client computing system, a state specification of a graphical user interface in response to a user manipulating the graphical user interface on the client computing system, wherein the state specification is in a standard file format and describes modifications to a plurality of visual elements of the graphical user interface; compiling, by the query compiler, a database statement from the state specification such that a limit clause within the database statement is processed by a database before at least one join clause; and sending, by the query compiler, the optimized database statement to a database on a cloud-based data warehouse.
US11989169B2
Techniques for refactoring data in a database are disclosed. A database may initially store both relational and non-relational data. A request to access data from a first data element in the database may be received via a relational database API. Upon receiving the request, a determination is made as to whether the first data element has been refactored into relational and non-relational portions. If the first data element has not been refactored, a refactoring operation is carried out by storing relational portions of the first data element into a relational database and the non-relational portions of the first data element into a non-relational database. The refactoring is performed concurrent with providing data to a requesting computing system. Additionally, refactoring information is updated to indicate that the first data element has been refactored.
US11989166B2
Methods and systems are described herein for a decision layer of a multi-layer data platform. The decision layer may process application queries and serve the queries based on a dataset of previously generated and indexed data or, as a last resort, queries the blockchain node directly. Using indexed blockchain data to serve application queries reduces latency and downtime of traditional systems that direct queries to blockchain nodes immediately. Furthermore, the decision layer overcomes high latency and downtime issues associated with a pool of load-balanced nodes by reducing the number of direct queries to a blockchain. When applications rely on data directly queried from a blockchain, they are susceptible to limited availability, a problem that the decision layer mitigates with indexed and updated blockchain data.
US11989162B2
The present invention provides for a system and a method for improved representation of classical data on quantum systems. Input classical data is received and a feature set is created from the classical data. A functional transformation is performed on the created feature set to reduce high dimensional data associated with the feature set and a low dimensional feature space dataset is generated. A feature space transformation is performed on the low-dimensional feature space dataset to obtain a new feature space dataset with enhanced feature representation of the low-dimensional feature space dataset in a multi-dimensional space. The new feature space dataset results in optimal mapping of the input classical data into a quantum format. The new feature space dataset is sampled and batches of the sampled dataset are selected. The sampled dataset is mapped into an optimized quantum format for loading the sampled dataset into quantum states.
US11989159B2
A method of generating a hybrid snapshot includes receiving a request to generate a snapshot of a distributed file system and identifying a first storage resource of the distributed file system and a second storage resource of the distributed file system based on the request. The method further includes generating the snapshot of the distributed file system, the snapshot including a data-full snapshot of the first storage resource and a data-less snapshot of the second storage resource.
US11989151B2
A transceiver device, communication control device, and method for a user station of a serial bus system. The transceiver device includes a first terminal for receiving a transmission signal from a communication control device, a transmission module for transmitting the transmission signal onto a bus, a reception module for receiving the signal from the bus, the reception module configured to generate a digital reception signal from the signal received from the bus, a second terminal for sending the digital reception signal to the communication control device and for receiving an operating mode changeover signal from the communication control device, and a changeover feedback block for outputting feedback regarding a changeover of the operating mode that has taken place based on the operating mode changeover signal. The changeover feedback block is configured to output the feedback to the communication control device via the second terminal and in the digital reception signal.
US11989150B2
This disclosure relates to the technical field of automobiles and software and discloses an interface circuit and a method and apparatus for interface communication thereof. In the interface circuit, a micro-control unit has an output interface connected to a first conversion unit connected to a USB HOST interface and a USB SLAVE interface and a second conversion unit connected to an HDMI interface, and is configured to control the first conversion unit to be set in a HOST mode to communicate with the USB HOST interface when receiving a trigger signal from the USB HOST interface, the first conversion unit to be set in an SLAVE mode to communicate with the USB SLAVE interface when receiving a trigger signal from the USB SLAVE interface, and the second conversion unit to output the TMDS signal to communicate with the HDMI interface when receiving a trigger signal from the HDMI interface.
US11989146B2
A base module of a network assembly comprises a logic unit configured to be connected to a communication bus for providing communication between the logic unit and one or several extension modules, in particular one or several functional devices and/or communication modules, for function extension or function provision of the network assembly. A network assembly comprising the base module and methods for configuring an extension module of the network assembly are further provided.
US11989141B2
Apparatus and methods are disclosed, including memory devices and systems. Example memory devices, systems and methods include a stack of memory dies, a controller die, and a buffer. Example memory devices, systems and methods include one or more neuromorphic layers logically coupled between one or more dies in the stack of memory dies and a host interface of the controller die.
US11989139B2
Systems and methods are disclosed to implement an endpoint command invocation system (“ECIS”). In some embodiments, ECIS can quickly dispatch a command to a large number of endpoint components, where the endpoint components are online. ECIS can receive an invocation of a command, which can include the command recipients. In some embodiments, ECIS determines that some of the command recipients are online, while some of the command recipients are offline. ECIS determines connections to the online command recipients based on a connection map, which is updated whenever an endpoint component opens a connection to ask for a command. ECIS can deliver the command to the online command recipients using the connections. ECIS can also deliver the command to dispatch queues corresponding to the offline command recipients, where the dispatch queues store the command as a pending command that can be delivered to their respective command recipients whenever they come online.
US11989136B2
An information handling system and method for translating virtual addresses to real addresses including a processor for processing data; memory devices for storing the data; and a memory controller configured to control accesses to the memory devices, where the processor is configured, in response to a request to translate a first virtual address to a second physical address, to send from the processor to the memory controller a page directory base and a plurality of memory offsets. The memory controller is configured to: read from the memory devices a first level page directory table using the page directory base and a first level memory offset; combine the first level page directory table with a second level memory offset; and read from the memory devices a second level page directory table using the first level page directory table and the second level memory offset.
US11989135B2
Examples described herein relate to a computing system supporting custom page sized ranges for an application to map contiguous memory regions instead of many smaller sized pages. An application can request a custom range size. An operating system can allocate a contiguous physical memory region to a virtual address range by specifying a custom range sizes that are larger or smaller than the normal general page sizes. Virtual-to-physical address translation can occur using an address range circuitry and translation lookaside buffer in parallel. The address range circuitry can determine if a custom entry is available to use to identify a physical address translation for the virtual address. Physical address translation can be performed by transforming the virtual address in some examples.
US11989134B2
An apparatus comprising translation circuitry to perform a translation operation to generate a translated second memory address within a second memory address space as a translation of a first memory address within a first memory address space, in which the translation circuitry is configured to generate the translated second memory address in dependence upon translation information stored at one or more translation information addresses; permission circuitry to perform an operation to detect permission information to indicate, for a given second memory address, whether memory access is permitted to the given second memory address; and access circuitry to allow access to data stored at the given second memory address when the permission information indicates that memory access is permitted to the given second memory address.
US11989128B1
A node of the computing environment obtains an exclusive fetch request of a cache line shared by, at least, the node and a manager node of the computing environment. The exclusive fetch request includes a state indication regarding processing of the exclusive fetch request by the manager node. The node processes the exclusive fetch request, based on the state indication included with the exclusive fetch request regarding processing of the exclusive fetch request by the manager node.
US11989127B2
The present disclosure generally relates to improving space efficiency when storing logical to physical (L2P) entries. Rather than writing a physical block address (PBA) spanning multiple entries, the PBA is split between a first portion stored in the buffer with the remaining bits of the PBA added to the metadata buffer. The metadata buffer is sub-optimal due to the small size of the metadata relative to the entry and therefore, adding extra bits to the metadata buffer will make the metadata buffer more optimal. In this scheme, the alignment is preserved, the system becomes more optimal in terms of DRAM access, and the metadata buffer can be easily optimized and adapted.
US11989126B2
Systems, methods, and computer readable media for tracking memory deltas at a cache line granularity. The method includes receiving a base address for a physical memory region, receiving a list of empty log memory buffers associated with a delta logging session, and responsive to determining that a cache line associated with the physical memory region may be in a modified state, storing the modified cache line and metadata associated with the modified cache line in an active log memory buffer referenced by the list of empty log memory buffers. The method also includes determining that the active log memory buffer is full and appending a flag to the active log memory buffer, thereby marking the active log memory buffer as a full log memory buffer. The method also includes storing a list of full log memory buffers, wherein the list is visible to a host processor.
US11989124B2
Systems and methods for performing data protection operations including garbage collection operations and copy forward operations. For deduplicated data stored in a cloud-based storage or in a cloud tier that stores containers containing dead and live segments, the dead segments are deleted by copying live segments into new containers and then deleting the old containers. The copy forward is based on a recipe from a data protection system and is performed using a microservices that can be run as needed in the cloud.
US11989121B2
A method including: storing, in a memory, a test database, the test database including a plurality of test definitions, each test definition being associated with a respective base application feature and a respective destination application feature; detecting a request to generate a testing plan; generating the testing plan in response to the request, the testing plan being generated by using the test database, the testing plan identifying a sequence of at least some of the test definitions that are part of the test database; and outputting an indication of the testing plan for presentation to a user.
US11989109B2
Managing power consumption for computing cluster, including for each IHS of the computing cluster: executing I/O computing workloads at the IHS associated with movement of block storage data, stored at a disk array in communication with the IHS, between the disk array and the IHS; during execution of the I/O computing workloads, determining an I/O power usage of the IHS; calculating an accumulated I/O power consumption of the plurality of IHS based on a summation of the I/O power usage of each of the IHS; during movement of the block storage data, calculating a power consumption of the disk array; calculating, for each IHS, a power storage consumption of the IHS based on the I/O power usage of the IHS, the accumulated I/O power consumption, and the power consumption of the disk array; allocating additional workloads among the plurality of IHS based on the power storage consumption of each IHS.
US11989107B2
A system includes a memory device having a plurality of memory dies and at least a first spare memory die and a processing device coupled to the memory device. The processing device is to perform operations including: tracking a value of a write counter representing a number of write operations performed at the plurality of memory dies; activating the first spare memory die in response to detecting a failure of a first memory die of the plurality of memory dies; storing an offset value of the write counter in response to activating the first spare memory die; and commanding the memory device to modify die trim settings of the first spare memory die at predetermined check point values of the write counter that are offset from the offset value.
US11989094B2
A method for minimizing data transfer and storage utilization on cloud object storage systems is disclosed. In one embodiment, such a method replicates a file from a production system to a cloud object storage system. The method determines whether a number of hard links associated with the file is greater than one. In the event the number is greater than one, the method creates, on the cloud object storage system, a special object for the file and associates the file with the special object. Upon creating a hard link on the production system in association with the file, the method replicates the hard link from the production system to the cloud object storage system without replicating data associated with the file. A metadata reference to the special object is added to the hard link on the cloud object storage system. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed.
US11989088B2
Described apparatuses and methods relate to a read data path for a memory system. The memory system may include logic that receives data and associated metadata from a memory. The logic may perform a reliability check on the data using the associated metadata to determine if the data has an error. If the data is determined not to include an error, the data may be transmitted to a requestor. If the data is determined to include an error, however, a data recovery process may be initiated to recover the data. This may reduce a likelihood the memory system returns corrupted data to a requestor. The memory system may process a different read request at least partially in parallel with the data recovery process to increase throughput or reduce latency. In some cases, the data recovery process may involve one or more techniques related to redundant array of disks (RAID) technology.
US11989087B2
According to an embodiment, a tag reading apparatus acquires tag data of a wireless tag to be learned without transmission from the wireless tag to be learned. The tag reading apparatus extracts a data signal from a reception signal output from an antenna that has received a radio wave from the wireless tag to be learned. The tag reading apparatus learns the extracted data signal in association with correct answer data of the wireless tag to be learned.
US11989083B2
A method for determining at least one machine involved in an anomaly detected in a computing infrastructure comprising a plurality M of machines. This determination is performed by associating with each machine a state vector constructed using metrics and logs. Each vector is also associated with a time window. The monitoring of these vectors makes it possible to detect an anomaly that is then explained via an explanation method that makes it possible to assign an involvement indicator to each machine. The use of this indicator makes it possible to determine the machine most involved.
US11989077B2
A management circuit is coupled to multiple processor cores for performing current suppression. The management circuit includes a detection circuit and a throttle signal generator. The detection circuit is operative to receive an activity signal from each processor core, and estimate a total current consumed by the plurality of processor cores based on activity signals. The activity signal indicates a current index proportional to current consumption of the processor core in a given time period. The throttle signal generator is operative to assert or de-assert throttle signals to the processor cores, one processor core at a time, based on one or more metrics calculated from the total current.
US11989073B2
A network-isolated computer system executes a set of containers to perform local power system monitoring and optimization techniques (edge analytics) for a network-isolated facility or vehicle.
US11989072B2
The vector data path is divided into smaller vector lanes. A register such as a memory mapped control register stores a vector lane number (VLX) indicating the number of vector lanes to be powered. A decoder converts this VLX into a vector lane control word, each bit controlling the ON of OFF state of the corresponding vector lane. This number of contiguous least significant vector lanes are powered. In the preferred embodiment the stored data VLX indicates that 2VLX contiguous least significant vector lanes are to be powered. Thus the number of vector lanes powered is limited to an integral power of 2. This manner of coding produces a very compact controlling bit field while obtaining substantially all the power saving advantage of individually controlling the power of all vector lanes.
US11989069B2
Systems and methods for managing the distribution of electrical power are disclosed. The system can maintain a status of each account of a plurality of accounts. Each account can correspond to an electrical power generation device, an electrical power consumption device, and an electrical power transmission device. The system can generate a first record object in response to the generation of a unit of power. The system can identify a first path identifying a source device and a destination device to transmit the unit of power. The system can generate a control signal to route the unit of power from the source device to the destination device. The system can update an event tracker to indicate the routing of the unit of power. The system can generate a second record object corresponding to the destination device. The system can update a second account to include the second record object.
US11989068B2
Described aspects include a system for optimizing performance of a functional circuit unit, a method of optimizing performance of a functional circuit unit, and a computer program product. In one embodiment, the system may include a functional circuit unit having an associated cooling device and power converter, one or more sensors for the functional circuit unit, the one or more sensors including a power sensor and a temperature sensor, and a first machine learning model. The first machine learning model may be adapted to receive temperature data and power data from the one or more sensors, and to generate control signals for the cooling device and the power converter to optimize performance of the functional circuit unit.
US11989064B2
An electronic device including a detection sensor is disclosed. The electronic device may include: a housing structure including a first housing and a second housing movably coupled to the first housing in a moving direction, a flexible display supported by the first housing and the second housing, and having a size of a display area visible at a front surface of the housing structure configured to change based on relative movement by the second housing with respect to the first housing, a detection sensor including a first electrode and a second electrode disposed side by side, and a dielectric disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and configured to detect a change in the size of the display area, and a processor.
US11989047B2
A user input device may provide variable (e.g., adjustable and/or adaptive) feedback. Some embodiments can include a controllable magnetic system that can be configured to selectively resist rotation of a control stick about a first and second axis. The resistance applied by the magnetic system can be adjusted based on a user input, adjusted based on an input from a computer application, dynamically based on events occurring in an application (such as feedback from events in a gaming application), or a combination of these and other feedback controls. In at least one aspect, an input device includes a shaft configured to rotate about a first axis and a second axis, the shaft having a first end and a second end opposite the first end; a first magnet configured to emit a controllable magnetic field; and a second magnet interposed between the first magnet and the first end of the joystick.
US11989044B2
An energy harvesting device (CTH) installed in an electrical distribution system (EDS) for powering ancillary electrical devices (AD) used in the distribution system. The device includes a first voltage regulator circuit (CC) configured to produce a voltage matched to a power curve of a current transformer (CT) to which the device is electrically coupled. The device also includes a second and separate voltage regulator circuit (SVR) which continuously operates to maximize the amount of electrical energy recovered from the current transformer.
US11989041B2
In one embodiment, a method for decreasing a humidity level in an information handling system includes: receiving, by a sound field chamber, an incoming airflow, the incoming airflow having a humidity level corresponding to an amount of water vapor in the incoming airflow; identifying, by a humidity controller, the humidity level of the incoming airflow; determining, by the humidity controller, that the humidity level is greater than a threshold humidity level; and in response to determining that the humidity level is greater than the threshold humidity level: causing, by the humidity controller, a sound source of the information handling system to generate a sound field within the sound field chamber, the sound field comprised of sound waves, the sound waves causing an acoustic agglomeration of the water vapor, the acoustic agglomeration causing the humidity level to decrease.
US11989034B2
Various embodiments for systems and methods for decentralized multi-target tracking with multiple robots using a PHD filter are disclosed herein.
US11989033B2
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed for high-traffic density personalized transportation. An example system includes a transit carrier having a first movement system, first stacking couplers, first and second magnetic couplers, and a first location, a transit pod having a second movement system, second stacking couplers, and a second location, the second stacking couplers configured to couple to the first stacking couplers, and a controller to in response to obtaining a request to direct the transit carrier to move from the first location to the second location, invoke the transit pod to couple to the transit carrier by directing the transit pod to move on top of the transit carrier using the second movement system, and when the transit carrier is coupled to the transit pod, invoke the transit carrier to move the transit pod to a third location using the first movement system.
US11989032B2
Systems and methods for stabilizing the steering and throttle of a radio-controlled (RC) vehicle are described herein. More specifically, sensors and circuitry are configured to control the wheel speed and wheel direction of a RC vehicle based on rotational information. In operation, one or more sensors may be configured to receive angular rotational information associated with a rotation of the RC vehicle. The rotational information may define a rotation of the RC vehicle around one or more axes of the RC vehicle. The circuitry may be configured to receive the angular rotation information associated with the rotation of the RC vehicle from the one or more sensors, and control a wheel speed and/or a wheel direction of at least one wheel of the RC vehicle based at least in part on (i) command data received from a controller associated with the RC vehicle and (ii) the received angular rotation information.
US11989024B2
The disclosure relates to a method for operating an industrial truck operable in an at least partially automated manner, in which at least the following steps are carried out in an automated manner by the industrial truck: a) detecting that the industrial truck approaches a point at which it is to change its driving direction, b) checking at least one predefined direction change criterion for the intended driving direction change, and c) stopping the industrial truck if the at least one direction change criterion is not met.
US11989020B1
Systems and methods for training a machine learning (“ML”) model for use in controlling an autonomous vehicle (“AV”) are described herein. Implementations can obtain an initial state instance from driving of a vehicle, obtain ground truth label(s) for subsequent state instance(s) that each indicate a corresponding action of the vehicle for a corresponding time instance, perform, for a given time interval, a simulated episode, of locomotion of a simulated AV, generate, for each of a plurality of time instances of the given time interval, subsequent simulated state instance(s) that differ from the subsequent state instance(s), determine, using the ML model, and for each of the time instances, a predicted simulated action of the simulated AV based on the subsequent simulated operation instance(s), generate loss(es) based on the predicted simulated actions and the ground truth labels, and update the ML model based on the loss(es).
US11989019B1
An autonomous vehicle includes vehicle sensors that detect driving conditions and a communication interface communicatively coupled with a driving condition database via a communication network. The driving condition database stores vehicle sensor information indicative of first driving conditions and mobile device sensor information indicative of second driving conditions. Additionally, in response to a connection rating determination logic determining that a connection rating between the communication interface and the communication network below a threshold, a controller of the autonomous vehicle gathers, processes, and stores the vehicle sensor information and the mobile device sensor information for subsequent communication to the driving condition database and operates the autonomous vehicle based on the vehicle sensor information and the mobile device sensor information.
US11989013B2
An abnormality detection apparatus (200) includes storage means (210) for storing a learned self-encoder (211) including predetermined number of two or more of elements as input layers, extraction means (220) for extracting a target data group of a predetermined period including data pieces from time series data measured by one or more sensors, the number of the data pieces being the predetermined number, conversion means (230) for converting the target data group into multi-dimensional vector data including the predetermined number of elements, identifying means (240) for identifying a time period in which there may be a cause of an abnormality from the predetermined period based on a difference between output vector data having the predetermined number of elements obtained by inputting the multi-dimensional vector data to the self-encoder (211) and the multi-dimensional vector data, and output means (250) for outputting abnormality detection information including the identified time period.
US11989010B2
Anomalies are detected in sensory data originating from components used in industrial processes. The anomaly detection includes obtaining process and alarm/fault data from a component or group of components, learning typical frequency of abnormal operation or alarm/faults, comparing new data to the learned normal operation, and identifying the data as anomalous based on a threshold value which can be tuned. Automated and efficient alarm monitoring, detection and visualization are provided.
US11989008B2
This present disclosure provides a method for regulating a rated outlet pressure of a gate station compressor for smart gas, which is implemented based on an Internet of Things system for regulating a rated outlet pressure of a gate station compressor for smart gas. The method includes: obtaining user features of a downstream gas usage based on the smart gas object platform, the user features including at least a user type and at least one of downstream flow prediction values of a plurality of future moments, wherein the downstream flow prediction values are obtained by a downstream flow prediction model based on a historical downstream flow sequence; obtaining operation parameters of a compressor, the operation parameters including at least a rated outlet pressure set by the compressor; and determining a rated outlet pressure adjustment amount of the compressor based on the user features and the operation parameters.
US11989000B2
A building automation system (BAS) with microservice architecture. The system includes a server platform configured to perform various operations within the building automation system. The server platform includes a microservices platform configured to execute various processes within the BAS. The microservices platform includes a plurality of nodes where each node is configured to run one or more services as separate processes. The microservices platform further includes a message bus configured to control communication between processes and an orchestration network configured to control communication between the plurality of nodes. The server platform further includes a common data model (CDM) shared between the plurality of nodes where the CDM consists of metadata of the BAS. The server platform further includes a container orchestration platform configured to manage and control the plurality of nodes.
US11988997B2
An antenna of a smart watch is provided according to the present application, which includes a main antenna provided on a non-metallic casing of the smart watch and a coupling antenna located outside the main antenna and coupled with the main antenna. At least part of the main antenna is opposite to the coupling antenna, and the coupling antenna serves as a metal lug located at one side of the smart watch and is fixedly connected to the non-metallic casing. A smart watch is further provided according to the present application, which includes any of the above antennas.
US11988990B2
In an image-forming apparatus, a first sensor measures a first temperature and a relative humidity. A second sensor measures a second temperature. A controller is configured to perform: (a) calculating; (b) determining; and (c) executing. The (a) calculating calculates an internal temperature on the basis of the second temperature. The (a) calculating includes: when a target temperature of a heater is set to a printing temperature: (a-1) determining; and (a-2) correcting. The (a-2) correcting corrects, in response to determining in (a-1) that a temperature increase in the first temperature is greater than or equal to a first prescribed value and a humidity increase in an absolute humidity is greater than or equal to a second prescribed value, the internal temperature. The (c) executing executes, in response to determining in (b) that the internal temperature is greater than a threshold, a cool-down process to reduce a temperature inside a main casing.
US11988984B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image on a recording material, a controller configured to control the image forming unit, a sheet feeding tray configured to store a recording material to be supplied to the image forming unit, and a sheet feeding tray cover configured to cover an access point of the sheet feeding tray. The sheet feeding tray cover includes a user interface for inputting information into a controller unit or outputting information from the controller.
US11988983B2
A fixing member having a base layer and a surface layer, wherein the surface layer includes a tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether copolymer, and having at least one pore communicating with an opening on an outer surface thereof. A composition containing perfluoropolyether and a fluoropolymer is contained in at least a part of the at least one pore. The fluoropolymer has a particular repeating unit composed of perfluoropolyether, and at least one structure selected from the group consisting of a T unit of siloxane and a Q unit of siloxane.
US11988981B2
An endless belt includes a resin and conductive particles, in which a content of the conductive particles with respect to the endless belt is 5% by volume or more and 20% by volume or less in terms of a volume ratio, a Young's modulus of the endless belt is 3,000 MPa or more, and the number of times of bending endurance of the endless belt measured by an MIT test specified in JIS P8115:2001 is 10,000 or more.
US11988973B2
An image forming apparatus has a normal image formation mode and a wide color gamut image formation mode in which an amount of a developer per unit area of a developer image of at least a color that differs from a prescribed color among a plurality of colors is increased as compared to the normal image formation mode. Image data is generated such that an image portion formed in the prescribed color in an image formed on a recording material is formed solely by a developer image of the prescribed color in the normal image formation mode, but formed by superimposing a developer image of a color that differs from the prescribed color on a developer image of the prescribed color or formed solely by a developer image of a different color in place of a developer image of the prescribed color in the wide color gamut image formation mode.
US11988967B2
An apparatus for supplying a target material includes a reservoir system, a priming system, and a transport system that extends from the priming system to the reservoir system. The reservoir system includes a reservoir in fluid communication with a nozzle supply system. The priming system includes a priming chamber defining a primary cavity; and a removable carrier configured to be received in the primary cavity. The removable carrier defines a secondary cavity configured to receive a solid matter that includes the target material. The transport system is configured to provide a fluid flow path between the priming system and the reservoir system.
US11988957B2
An example of a flow cell includes a substrate; a first primer set attached to a first region on the substrate, the first primer set including an un-cleavable first primer and a cleavable second primer; and a second primer set attached to a second region on the substrate, the second primer set including a cleavable first primer and an un-cleavable second primer.
US11988951B2
Coaxial video push-cables are disclosed. One embodiment includes a central conductor and a multi-dielectric stack of multiple concentric tubular layers disposed around the central conductor having one or more structural layers and one or more impedance tuning layers where the thickness of materials of each layer are selected to provide a pre-defined elastic modulus and electromagnetic impedance, an electromagnetic shielding layer, and a jacket enclosing the shielding layer, multi-dielectric stack layers, and central conductor.
US11988950B2
A wavelength conversion device according to the present disclosure includes a wheel substrate, a phosphor layer formed on the wheel substrate, and a cooling fin unit disposed on the wheel substrate. The cooling fin unit has a base part to be bonded to the wheel substrate. A surface of the wheel substrate includes a first area corresponding to the phosphor layer, and a second area located closer to the central axis than the first area, the surface of the wheel substrate and a surface at the wheel substrate side of the base part are separated from each other to form a space between the wheel substrate and the base part, and a coupling part configured to thermally couple the surface of the wheel substrate and the surface at the wheel substrate side of the base part is disposed in at least the second area of the second surface.
US11988946B2
A method for controlling a gimbal, implemented by a gimbal controller. The gimbal includes a gimbal assembly connected to the gimbal controller, the gimbal assembly being configured to mount an imaging device and drive the imaging device to rotate to adjust an imaging direction of the imaging device. The method includes determining whether the gimbal has entered a preset mode; and controlling rotation of the gimbal assembly to stabilize the imaging direction of the imaging device at a first balance direction when the gimbal enters the preset mode, and controlling a movement of the gimbal assembly such that the imaging direction of the imaging device is within a first cone angle range with the first balance direction as an axis before the gimbal exiting the preset mode.
US11988942B2
A method according to embodiments of the invention includes, for a field of view comprising a plurality of portions, determining an amount of light for each portion. LEDs corresponding to each portion are selectively energized over a plurality of time periods, such that a sum of illumination generated by each LED during the plurality of time periods equals the determined amount of light. An image of the field of view is captured, for example by a camera.
US11988932B2
According to one embodiment, an imaging device includes a housing, an illumination device, an optical system that has at least one lens, a liquid crystal panel, and an imaging element that constitutes a camera together with the optical system. The incident light control area of the liquid crystal panel has a first region, a second region located so as to be shifted from the first region, and a third region other than the first region and the second region.
US11988928B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate includes a plurality of pixels and a plurality of color filters. The plurality of pixels include a first pixel and a second pixel that display an identical color. The second pixel is disposed in a diagonal direction relative to the first pixel. Each of a first color filter corresponding to the first pixel and a second color filter corresponding to the second pixel includes a first filter part formed at a position overlapping an opening of a pixel corresponding to the color filter in plan view, and a second filter part formed at a position overlapping a non-opening area of the pixel in plan view.
US11988916B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel that includes a display portion including pixels and a non-display portion including an opening, an illumination device, and a color separation element provided between the display panel and the illumination device. The color separation element includes a first element overlapping the pixel and a second element overlapping the opening, the first element separates illumination light from the illumination device into light of a plurality of colors and irradiates the pixel with the light, and the second element separates illumination light from the illumination device into light of a plurality of colors and irradiates the opening with the light.
US11988908B2
A nanocomposite particle and a magnetron display device are disclosed. The nanocomposite particle includes a magnetic core, and a first protection layer and a luminescent that sequentially cover the magnetic core. A length of the nanocomposite particle in a long axis direction is different from a length of the nanocomposite particle in a short axis direction.
US11988906B2
An optical phase-shifting device includes a ribbed waveguide portion on an insulating layer, the waveguide portion having a p-n or p-i-n junction extending in a longitudinal direction and having a height. A pair of slab portions are disposed adjacent the waveguide portion, one on each side of the ribbed waveguide portion and on the insulation layer. The slab portion have higher doping concentrations than the respective doping concentrations in the ribbed waveguide portion. At least a portion of each slab portion has a height increasing with distance from the waveguide portion, with the slab height being smaller than that of the waveguide portion at the junction between the waveguide portion and slab portion. A pair of contact portions are formed adjacent the respective slab portion and further away from the waveguide portion. A portion of each contact portion can also have a height varying with distance from the waveguide portion.
US11988895B2
An observation optical system includes, in order from a display panel side to an observation side, a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power, and a third lens having a positive refractive power, and an optical path brancher configured to branch an optical path, and disposed between a display panel and the first lens. An absolute value of a radius of curvature of a lens surface on the observation side of the first lens is smaller than that on the display panel side of the first lens. A predetermined condition is satisfied.
US11988893B2
A lens moving apparatus is disclosed. The lens moving apparatus includes a bobbin equipped with at least one lens, a coil and a driving magnet arranged opposite to each other for moving the bobbin in an optical axis direction of the lens through interaction therebetween, a first circuit board for supplying electric current required by the coil, and a cover can and a base coupled to, contacted to, supported at, fixed to, or temporarily fixed to each other for forming a space in which the bobbin, the driving magnet, and the first circuit board are received, wherein the cover can is connected to a second circuit board having an image sensor mounted thereon.
US11988892B2
Embodiments provide a lens moving apparatus including a bobbin including a first coil disposed on an outer circumferential surface thereof, a housing provided with first and second magnets for moving the bobbin by interaction with the first coil, upper and lower elastic members each coupled to both the bobbin and the housing, and a first position sensor for detecting a sum of intensities of magnetic fields of the first and second magnets, wherein the first position sensor is disposed in a space between the first magnet and the second magnet when the bobbin is disposed at an initial position.
US11988885B2
A terminal system assembly includes a base plate, a spool, an adapter module, and a spool locking washer. The base includes a spindle. The spool may be rotatingly coupled with the spindle of the base plate and to receive an input fiber cable. The adapter module may couple a fiber of the input fiber cable with a fiber of an output fiber cable. The spool locking washer may couple the adapter module with the spindle and may prevent rotation of the spool and the adapter module.
US11988881B2
A first portion of incoming light and a second portion of incoming light travel in opposite directions within a first optical waveguide. A ring resonator in-couples the first portion of incoming light and the second portion of incoming light from the first optical waveguide, such that the first portion of incoming light and the second portion of incoming light travel in opposite directions within the ring resonator. A second optical waveguide is disposed to in-couple the first portion of incoming light and the second portion of incoming light couple from the ring resonator, such that the first portion of incoming light and the second portion of incoming light travel in opposite directions within the second optical waveguide away from the ring resonator. One or more photodetector(s) are optically connected to receive the first portion of incoming light and the second portion of incoming light from the second optical waveguide.
US11988862B2
A liquid crystal panel and a method of fabricating the same are described. The liquid crystal panel has: a backlight module and an array substrate facing each other; and a first metal wire gate layer disposed between the backlight module and the array substrate, wherein the first metal wire gate layer is formed through a nano-imprinting step to have a thickness greater than zero and less than or equal to 0.1 mm, the first metal wire gate layer has a plurality of first metal wires, a distance between the plurality of first metal wires is greater than zero and less than 120 nm, and each of the plurality of first metal wires has a width greater than zero and less than 60 nm. The liquid crystal panel can reduce a thickness of the fabricated liquid crystal panel.
US11988857B2
An object is to provide an optical system capable of improving the brightness of a main image while eliminating a ghost image. In an optical system including: an image display device that emits an image; a linear polarizer through which light associated with the image passes; a first quarter wavelength plate which receives the light from the linear polarizer; a half mirror; a reflective polarizer; and a second quarter wavelength plate provided between the reflective polarizer and the half mirror, retardance of the first quarter wavelength plate and retardance of the second quarter wavelength plate are equal, and thus the object is achieved.
US11988856B2
A display medium including a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer, wherein: a part or an entirety of the first layer, a part or an entirety of the second layer, and a part or an entirety of the third layer are stacked in a thickness direction in this order; the first layer is a layer that is capable of reflecting circularly polarized light having a rotation direction D1 and allowing to pass therethrough circularly polarized light having a rotation direction D2, which is a direction opposite to the rotation direction D1; the second layer is a phase difference layer; and the third layer is a layer that is capable of reflecting circularly polarized light whose rotation direction is the rotation direction D1 and allowing to pass therethrough circularly polarized light whose rotation direction is the rotation direction D2.
US11988854B2
A holographic skew mirror has a reflective axis, or skew axis, that can be tilted with respect to its surface normal. Tilting the skew axis in two dimensions with respect to the surface normal expands the holographic skew mirror's possible field of view, e.g., to 60 or more. These additional angles can be accessed using an out-of-plane writing geometry with matched total internal grazing extension rotation (TIGER) prisms.
US11988851B2
Compact lens systems that may be used in small form factor cameras. The lens system may include a master lens with two or more lens elements arranged along an optical axis and having refractive power, and an optical actuator located on the object side of the master lens that may provide autofocus (AF) and/or optical image stabilization (OIS) functionality for the camera. An aperture stop for the camera may be included in the optical actuator, for example between a substrate and a flexible optical element of the optical actuator. Including the aperture stop in the optical actuator rather than in the lens stack may allow the optical actuator to be smaller in the X-Y dimensions (perpendicular to the optical (Z) axis) than it would be in a similar camera with the aperture stop located in the lens stack.
US11988847B2
An optical element driving mechanism is provided. The optical element driving mechanism includes a fixed portion, a first movable portion, a second movable portion, a first driving assembly, and a second driving assembly. The first movable portion is movable relative to the fixed portion. The second movable portion is used for holding an optical element having a main axis, and is movable relative to the first movable portion. The first driving assembly is used for driving the first movable portion to move in a first dimension relative to the fixed portion, and the second driving assembly is used for driving the second movable portion to move in a second dimension relative to the fixed portion. The first dimension and the second dimension are different.
US11988844B2
Metasurface elements, integrated systems incorporating such metasurface elements with light sources and/or detectors, and methods of the manufacture and operation of such optical arrangements and integrated systems are provided. Systems and methods for integrating transmissive metasurfaces with other semiconductor devices or additional metasurface elements, and more particularly to the integration of such metasurfaces with substrates, illumination sources and sensors are also provided. The metasurface elements provided may be used to shape output light from an illumination source or collect light reflected from a scene to form two unique patterns using the polarization of light. In such embodiments, shaped-emission and collection may be combined into a single co-designed probing and sensing optical system.
US11988837B2
Provided herein are examples of an impact resistant glass-waveguide configuration for a see-through head-worn computer display. In embodiments, the configuration includes vision correction and content density control through electrochromic and/or photochromic systems.
US11988834B2
An optical device includes: a lens including a first lens portion having a first curved surface with a first curvature and a second lens portion having a second curved surface corresponding to the first curved surface; a display device disposed on a first side surface of the lens; a convex lens disposed between the first side surface of the lens and the display device; and a reflector disposed on the first curved surface of the first lens portion of the lens, the reflector configured to reflect light of the display device refracted by the convex lens toward a user's eye.
US11988833B2
A system for deformation or bending correction in an Augmented Reality (AR) system. Sensors are positioned in a frame of a head-worn AR system to sense forces or pressure acting on the frame by temple pieces attached to the frame. The sensed forces or pressure are used in conjunction with a model of the frame to determine a corrected model of the frame. The corrected model is used to correct video data captured by the AR system and to correct a video virtual overlay that is provided to a user wearing the head-worn AR system.
US11988831B2
A method of displaying a rear-view image and a mobile device using the method are provided. The method includes: receiving the rear-view image; displaying a virtual dashboard through a display; and displaying the rear-view image on a default area of the virtual dashboard in response to receiving a signal associated with a direction indicator light, wherein the default area corresponds to the direction indicator light.
US11988827B2
A head mounted display with wide field of view (WFOV) is disclosed. A conventional small display is used in conjunction with a Beam Steering Mechanism (BSM) to dynamically steer the FOV of the displayed image at a very fast rate to provide an effectively WFOV for immersive visual experience. An electrically actuated switchable Steering Mechanism (SM) is provided within the display projection module that steers the projected image towards different portions of the lens at a fast rate. The steering can be either in one, two or three dimensions. The steering allows for the displayed image to be wider field of view (FOV) to the observer than conventionally projected images that are small fixed FOV. The SM is steered at a high rate so as to be indistinguishable to the human observer. The steering can be controlled in a gaze tracked dynamic, on-demand fashion so as to save power consumed by the display system.
US11988825B2
In one aspect, a light module is disclosed, which includes a housing providing a hollow chamber extending from a proximal end to a distal end, and a lens positioned in the hollow chamber, where the lens has a lens body comprising an input surface for receiving light from a light source and an output surface through which light exits the lens body, said lens further comprising a collar at least partially encircling said lens body. The light module further includes at least one shoulder on which the lens collar can be seated for positioning the lens within the housing. A light source, e.g., an LED, is coupled to the hollow chamber, e.g., at its proximal end, for providing light to the lens. In some embodiments, an optical window is disposed in the hollow chamber and is optically coupled to the output surface of the lens such that the light exiting the lens passes through the optical window before exiting the light module. In some embodiments, the shoulder can be formed as part of the housing. In other embodiments, the shoulder can be provided by a sleeve disposed in the module's housing.
US11988822B2
The present invention relates to a microscope of which visibility, controllability and operability can be improved. In the microscope, an optical path and optical path of an image forming system are set so as to be perpendicular to each other when viewed from the top. In other words, in this microscope, there exists an ocular optical system that guides light, which propagates the optical path to optical path of the image forming system, to a user. The optical path is formed in a direction perpendicular to a direction of the light from a sample emitted from the ocular optical system to the user. The present invention can be applied to an inverted microscope.
US11988821B2
A zoom lens consisting of, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens group that has a positive refractive power; a second lens group that has a negative refractive power; an intermediate lens group that consists of one or two lens groups; and a final lens group, wherein during zooming, the second lens group moves along an optical axis, and all distances between adjacent lens groups change.
US11988819B2
An optical device. The optical device includes a zonal objective array comprising an array of objectives. The optical device further includes a zonal fiber-optic inversion bundle. The zonal fiber-optic inversion bundle includes a plurality of sub-bundles, each sub-bundle having an input coupled to a corresponding objective in the zonal objective array. The optical device further includes a zonal eyepiece array comprising an array of eyepieces. Each of the eyepieces in the zonal eyepiece array is coupled to an output of a corresponding sub-bundle in the zonal fiber-optic inversion bundle.
US11988810B2
Implementations described herein generally relate to flexible display devices, and more specifically to flexible cover lens films. The flexible cover lens film has improved strength, elasticity, optical transmission, and anti-abrasion properties. The flexible cover lens film comprises a multi-layer hardcoat disposed on a substrate layer. The substrate layer has a thickness between 2 μm to 100 μm, and the multi-layer hardcoat has a thickness between 1 μm to 10 μm. The multi-layer hardcoat comprises a first layer deposited using a wet deposition process, a second layer deposited using a dry deposition process, and one or more adhesion promotion layers. In terms of optical properties, the multi-layer hardcoat has a total transmission greater than 88%, a haze of about 1% or less, and a yellowness index of b*<1. By combining wet and dry deposition processes to form the multi-layer hardcoat, the cover lens film is both flexible and strong with hardness between 4 H and 9 H.
US11988807B2
The present invention provides an optical member including an organic polymer. This optical member includes a surface A which has an area of 1 mm2 or more, and in which the flatness of a region having an area of 1 mm2, as measured by a non-contact type optical flatness meter, is 80 μm or less.
US11988792B2
A system and a method for a crowd surveillance device comprising a multi-sensor system connected to a processing device, wherein the processing device comprises an image fusion module for receiving images from the multi-sensor system, transforming and fusing images into a fused image; an image analytic module for extracting each individual target and identifying any conceal object on the individual target, an alert triggering module for triggering an alert in the event a conceal object on the individual target is identified.
US11988791B2
Embodiments herein use an acquisition vessel towing a plurality of receivers and a seismic source and a source vessel towing a seismic source to acquire seismic data corresponding to a subsurface below a bottom surface of a body of water. When activating the seismic source on the acquisition vessel, the plurality of receivers acquire survey data for a central coverage area underneath a swath defined by the plurality of receivers. However, when activating the seismic source on the source vessel, the plurality of receivers acquires survey data for a side coverage area. The embodiments herein control a separation distance between the acquisition and source vessels so that there is a gap between the central and side coverage areas resulting from activating the seismic sources towed by those vessels. This gap can reduce the cost and time required to perform the seismic survey.
US11988784B2
An example involves detecting, during a time period by a receiving device, an audio signal comprising a superposition of a plurality of audio signals transmitted by a plurality of respective playback devices. The example further comprises determining a time-frequency representation of the audio signal and obtaining data associating playback devices with respective reference audio signals, each reference audio signal having a predefined time-frequency representation. The example further comprises, based on the time-frequency representation of the audio signal and the data, determining that the audio signal comprises a superposition of a first audio signal transmitted by a first playback device and a second audio signal transmitted by a second playback device.
US11988776B2
The present disclosure relates to a driver circuit for an optical light emitter of a ranging device, the driver circuit comprising: an inductor having a first of its nodes coupled to a current driver; a first branch comprising a first switch coupled between the second node of the inductor and a first supply voltage rail; a second branch for conducting a current through the optical light emitter, the second branch being coupled between the second node of the inductor and the first supply voltage rail; and a current sensor configured to detect the current passing through the inductor and to provide a feedback signal to the current driver.
US11988765B2
Methods and systems for dynamically modifying a sampling operation of a sensor. The method includes obtaining a dynamically changing transmission characteristic based on an available channel bandwidth parameter. The dynamically changing transmission characteristic includes at least one of a sample rate, a time period, or a spectral bandwidth. The method further includes updating the sampling operation of the sensor based on the dynamically changing transmission characteristic. The method further includes measuring signal energy at a location of the sensor. The method further includes sampling the signal energy using the sampling operation to obtain sampled data. The method further includes providing the sampled data to a processing entity configured to analyze the data using a dynamically updated cross-ambiguity function.
US11988758B2
A system for controlling the speed of a vehicle. The system includes a satellite receiver configured to determine a satellite navigation-based speed of the vehicle and one or more speed sensors configured to determine a sensor-based speed of the vehicle. The system further includes a controller having one or more electronic processors and in communication with the satellite receiver and the one or more speed sensors. The controller is configured to receive a desired set speed from a user, determine an actual speed of the vehicle based on the satellite navigation-based speed and the sensor-based speed, and control the vehicle such that the actual speed of the vehicle is equal to the desired set speed.
US11988744B2
There is provided a sensor device, a sensor module, and methods for determining a position of a light source. The sensor device comprises a plurality of sensor units, each sensor unit having a respective sensor area. The sensor device also comprises a mask disposed above the plurality of sensor units and arranged such that incident light from the light source will illuminate different regions of the sensor area of each one of the sensor units depending on the position of the light source relative to the sensor device. The position of the light source may therefore be determined based on which regions of the sensor area of the sensor units are illuminated. Further, each sensor unit is arranged to be controlled by a respective unit controller to determine the position of the light source.
US11988742B2
Embodiments of the invention(s) cover a method and system in which the system monitors outputs of a set of subsystems associated with a flying vehicle, wherein the flying vehicle comprises a set of fixed-wing operation modes and a set of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) operation modes, and wherein the set of subsystems generate signals associated with an operational environment surrounding the flying vehicle; from said outputs of the set of subsystems, generating a risk assessment characterizing one or more potential hazards associated with the environment surrounding the flying vehicle; based upon the risk assessment, returning instructions for execution of a detect and avoid operation; and optionally, executing the detect and avoid operation.
US11988740B2
A system for drone radar includes an antenna array. The antenna array includes an arc configuration. A set of transmitter antennas and a set of receiver antennas are arranged in an arc along the arc configuration.
US11988735B2
Position information estimation in a distributed radio frequency (RF) communications system is provided. Embodiments disclosed herein facilitate high-precision estimations of positions, orientations, velocities, and acceleration of network nodes in a distributed RF network (e.g., including base stations and vehicles, such as aircraft or unmanned aerial systems (UASs)). Modern radio systems must adapt to limited spectral access by reducing spectrum demand and increasing operational efficiency. In this regard, an RF system is provided which simultaneously performs positioning and communications tasks. This system specifically addresses the issue of spectral congestion by employing an extremely efficient positioning strategy and using a joint waveform that simultaneously enables both tasks. This efficiency in turn supports more users in a given frequency allocation.
US11988723B2
An AC detection circuit, including a live wire input end and a neutral wire input end; a first diode and a second diode being both Zener diodes and with anodes connected to each other; a first resistor and a second resistor; a rectification module connected to the live wire input end and the neutral wire input end; a power supply for supplying power; a current mirror module with a current value at the first output end and a current value at the second output end having a fixed ratio; a unidirectional conduction module, configured to enable unidirectional conduction of the current from the current mirror module to the first diode; and a current comparison module, including an oscillator, a timer, a current comparator and a reference current source, and configured to compare the current value of the second output end of the current mirror module with a reference current value.
US11988720B2
A semiconductor device that detects deterioration of a secondary battery is provided. The semiconductor device includes a power gauge, an anomalous current detection circuit, and a control circuit. The power gauge includes a current divider circuit and an integrator circuit. The anomalous current detection circuit includes a first memory, a second memory, and a first comparator. The integrator circuit can convert a detection current detected at the current divider circuit into a detection voltage by integrating the detection current. The anomalous current detection circuit is supplied with the detection voltage, a first signal at a first time, and a second signal at a second time. The first signal can make the detection voltage at the first time be stored in the first memory and the second signal can make the detection voltage at the second time be stored in the second memory. The first comparator outputs a change from the detection voltage at the first time to the detection voltage at the second time as a first output signal to the control circuit.
US11988712B2
A multi-bit flip-flop includes a first flip-flop having a first output driver connected to a first output pin and arranged on a first row, a second flip-flop including a second output driver electrically connected to a second output pin and arranged on a second row, and an internal hold buffer connected to the first output driver on the first row and the second flip-flop on the second row.
US11988706B2
A voltage sensor system for determining an abnormal circuit condition in a multi-layer printed circuit board is disclosed. The printed circuit board has a plurality of layers. One of the layers includes a trace network and a sensor circuit. The sensor circuit includes the trace network and a sensing point. The sensor circuit is coupled between a voltage supply and a ground. A controller is coupled to the sensing point. The controller is operable to determine a voltage of the sensing point and compare the voltage to a threshold value to determine an abnormal circuit condition in the printed circuit board.
US11988704B2
The present application relates to a test circuit, comprising: M test units, each test unit having a first terminal and a second terminal, a first terminal of each test unit being connected to a power wire, a second terminal of each test unit being connected to a ground wire, M being a positive integer; each test unit comprises a TDDB test component, a switch, and a control circuit; the TDDB test component has a first equivalent resistance before being broken down, the TDDB test component has a second equivalent resistance after being broken down, and the first equivalent resistance is greater than the second equivalent resistance.
US11988700B1
An antenna calibration system and method utilizes both computer electromagnetic modeling and actual test fixture measurements for calibrating the antenna or multiple antennas in an array. Use of the test fixture measurements enables the calibration technique to account for design nuances or imperfections in each respective antenna to enable that particular antenna to be more accurately modeled for calibration without having to physically maneuver the platform to calibrate the antenna that is to be installed thereon. Use of computer electromagnetic modeling techniques then account for these design nuances or imperfections to provide improved modeling for calibrating the antenna on a platform prior to moving the platform with the antennas on the platform.
US11988698B2
A method of evaluating the accuracy of an electricity meter, the method comprising: a preliminary stage comprising a step of acquiring first measurements of a first electrical magnitude, and a step of detecting a period of stability; a test stage comprising a step of injecting a test current into a conductor of the electricity meter, and a step of acquiring at least one second measurement of the first electrical magnitude; an evaluation stage comprising a step of comparing the second measurement of the first electrical magnitude with the sum of a first stability value representative of the first electrical magnitude during the period of stability plus a predefined value corresponding to the expected increase in the first electrical magnitude due to injecting the test current, and a step of evaluating the accuracy of the meter from said comparison.
US11988683B2
A moving mechanism and a spray mechanism are controlled to spray a reagent from a nozzle to a sample plate while relatively moving the sample plate and the nozzle. The reagent is applied to an entire application area by moving a spray spot of the reagent sprayed from the nozzle, on the sample plate from a start point to an end point. At this time, the spray spot is moved in a sample placement area after a spray amount of the reagent from the nozzle and a moving speed of the spray spot become constant.
US11988680B2
In a device (4) for assisting in analytical operations for correctly arranging samples in a plurality of sample-placement portions and implementing multiple protocols in the correct order, a storage section (41) holds sample information and analysis parameters for each protocol as well as the order of implementation. A protocol-selection-input receiver (42) receives an input of the selection of a protocol. A sample-position displayer (43) displays, on a display unit (6), sample information in the selected protocol along with the positions of the sample-placement portions. A protocol-implementation-information collector (45) collects information concerning the state of implementation of the protocols. A determiner (46) determines whether a protocol which must be implemented earlier was already implemented, based on the state of implementation and order of implementation of the protocols. A batch-file creator (47) creates a batch file when it is confirmed that the protocol which must be implemented earlier was already implemented.
US11988674B2
The present invention is directed to non-invasive methods for performing selection of ova, otherwise referred to as oocytes, and/or embryos produced from fertilized oocytes. In an embodiment, performing the selection can include comparing the expression level of a gene in cumulus cell masses harvested from at least two oocytes or at least two embryos, the embryos formed by fertilizing the oocyte. In another embodiment, performing the selection can include comparing the expression level of a gene in a cumulus cell mass harvested from an oocyte or an embryo to a population value. By comparing the expression level of a gene (e.g., using either mRNA expression or protein expression) the embodiments and methods disclosed can provide advantages in selecting an egg for fertilization or an embryo for implantation, such as increasing the chances of successful fertilization and/or live birth. Aspects of this disclosure can provide methods for improving the outcome of in vitro fertilization (IVF) protocols through non-invasive genetic testing using a set of markers for determining or predicting the embryo ploidy status and live birth outcome.
US11988673B2
The present disclosure is directed to epitope-tagged antibodies, as well as methods of employing the epitope-tagged antibodies for detecting one or more targets in a biological sample, e.g. a tissue sample.
US11988662B2
Methods and sensors for the detection, identification, and quantification of one or more gas species, including volatile organic compounds, in a test sample are described. Methods employ gas sensors comprising a diffusion matrix present on the sensor surface. A gas analyte in a test sample diffuses through the matrix and is detected upon interaction of the analyte with the sensor. A response profile of a gas sensor to a gas analyte in the test sample is compared to a control gas sensor response profile determined in a similar manner for a known gas species. Comparisons of test sample and control sample sensor response profiles enable detection, identification, and quantification of a gas species analyte in a test sample.
US11988656B2
A liquid monitoring system includes a remote measurement device located at a location of the fire hydrant that is in contact with water provided by a water main. The remote measurement device has sensors that measure characteristics of the water and/or acoustic vibrations in the water and a communication interface that transmits measured information to a communication network device that may be located elsewhere on the fire hydrant. The communication network device communicates with a communication network.
US11988651B2
The present invention relates to a metabolome sampling and analysis method for analyzing metabolome during synthetic gas fermentation of a synthetic gas fermentation microorganisms, the method establishing an optimal condition for metabolome sampling and enabling a glucose culture and a synthetic gas culture of the synthetic gas fermentation microorganisms to be distinguished by using a selected metabolomic biomarker.
US11988650B2
A method to determine the weight percent of an “amorphous” fraction in an olefin-based polymer composition, comprising one or more olefin-based polymers; said method comprising the following steps: a) dissolving the olefin-based polymer composition in an organic solvent to form a polymer solution; b) injecting at least a portion of the polymer solution onto a support material, and wherein the support material has a Co-crystallization Index (CI) value from 0.70 to 1.20; c) cooling the support material at a rate greater than, or equal to, 0.2 C/min; d) increasing the temperature of the support material to elute the polymers of the olefin-based polymer composition; e) generating a chromatogram; f) determining the peak area of the first elution from its lower integration limit to its upper integration limit; g) calculating the “amorphous” fraction” based on the following Equation A below: wt % “amorphous” fraction=PAamorphous/PAtotal×100 (Eqn. A); wherein PAamorp=peak area of the first elution, and PAtotal #191=total peak area of the polymers of the olefin-based polymer composition.
US11988648B2
A liquid chromatograph includes: a feeding unit configured to feed a mobile phase prepared for an analysis; an analysis flow path provided with an analytical column for separating a sample and a detector for detecting sample components separated with the analytical column; a sample injection part configured to inject the sample into the analysis flow path; a measurement flow path provided separately from the analysis flow path and provided with a measuring instrument for measuring a preparation state of the mobile phase; and a status switching unit configured to selectively switch between an analysis state in which all of the mobile phase the from feeding unit flows through the analysis flow path and a measurement state in which at least a part of the mobile phase from the feeding unit flows through the measurement flow path.
US11988646B2
The present invention relates to a apparatus for determining at least one a bending strength of a substrate and peel strength of a joint between a structure and the substrate. The apparatus includes a fixture configured to support the structure and a plurality of support beams positioned on either sides of the fixture and configured to support the substrate. Further, the apparatus includes a plurality of load applying members, which are configured to apply load onto the substrate to deform the substrate relative to the plurality of support beams. Furthermore, the apparatus includes a sensor, which is configured to determine parameters such as axial load induced in the structure, peel stress in the joint between the substrate and the structure and bending moments on the substrate during application of load onto the substrate, to determine at least one of the bending strength and the peel strength.
US11988645B2
The present disclosure provides a dynamic true triaxial electromagnetic Hopkinson bar system, including a central cubic box, a horizontal cruciform support platform, and a central support platform, wherein the central cubic box is disposed in the center of the upper surface of the central support platform; the central cubic box and the horizontal cruciform support platform form an orthogonal coordinate system for precisely positioning and centering the dynamic true triaxial electromagnetic Hopkinson bar system; the confining-pressure loading systems, electromagnetic pulse generators, circular bulges, square bars, and self-lubricating square bar fixation and support frames in the directions X, Y, and Z are respectively symmetrically arranged by taking the central cubic box as a symmetric center; and the systems in the directions X, Y, and Z together construct the dynamic true triaxial electromagnetic Hopkinson bar system.
US11988643B2
A method for detecting a phase separation of a waterborne or solvent-borne or solvent-free coating composition includes providing the coating composition in a receptacle; providing a measurement instrument for receiving the receptacle, the measurement instrument including a measurement probe; controlling the measurement instrument to a) displace the measurement probe through the coating composition along a predefined measurement path with a predefined speed profile, the predefined measurement path extending along a length axis of the receptacle, b) acquire a force-displacement profile by measuring a force exercised on the measurement probe while the probe is being displaced along the predefined measurement path with the predefined speed profile; processing the force-displacement profile for detecting at least one phase separation of the coating composition; and outputting a detection result.
US11988637B2
A non-destructive testing device for detecting damage to a steel wire rope, including a bushing which limits a lower shell and an upper shell through a limiting groove. The lower shell is connected to the upper shell via an opening and closing structure. An air bag is wrapped around the bushing. A PCB is fixed on the upper shell or the lower shell. The PCB is connected to a guide wheel via an electrical connector. A magnetoresistive sensor array is arranged inside the air bag and is uniformly arranged in a circumferential direction of the bushing. A steel wire rope passes through the magnetoresistive sensor array. And when the steel wire rope moves, it drives the guide wheel to rotate and triggers the acquisition of a command. Guide wheel is set with a position coder which is used to calculate a relative position of movement of the steel wire rope. The PCB is connected to a single chip microcomputer via a peripheral interface. And the single chip microcomputer is used to calculate a differential signal of N adjacent magnetoresistive sensors and to determine whether the steel wire rope is damaged. The capability of this non-destructive testing device for detection of a broken wire, a narrowed diameter, and deep damage of the steel wire rope is improved.
US11988636B2
The method for particle analysis includes a first magnetic susceptibility measurement step S4 of measuring a volume magnetic susceptibility of each of first particles p1; an encapsulation treatment step S5 of performing an encapsulation treatment so that the first particles p1 encapsulate an encapsulation target component pt smaller than the first particles p1; a second magnetic susceptibility measurement step S8 of measuring a volume magnetic susceptibility of each of second particles p2 as an analysis target that are the first particles p1 after the encapsulation treatment; and a step S9 of analyzing whether or not the encapsulation target component pt is encapsulated in the second particles p2 based on a result of measurement in the first magnetic susceptibility measurement step S4 and a result of measurement in the second magnetic susceptibility measurement step S8.
US11988633B2
The present disclosure provides methods of improving the resolution of labeled glycans in capillary electrophoresis techniques using a gel as a sieving matrix, by incorporating polyamines in the gel.
US11988630B2
A system configured to detect defects in a first oxygen sensor is disclosed. The system includes an X-ray imaging device configured to capture a production X-ray image of the first oxygen sensor and an electronic processor configured to use a trained oxygen sensor defect detection model to identify a defect of the first oxygen sensor by producing a pseudo X-ray image by simulating a projection of a fan beam through CT data of a second oxygen sensor. The electronic processor is also configured to measure, via the trained oxygen sensor defect detection model, a fan-beam distortion in the production X-ray image; select, via the trained oxygen sensor defect detection model, the pseudo X-ray image based on the fan-beam distortion; perform a comparison, via the trained oxygen sensor defect detection model, of the production X-ray image to the pseudo X-ray image; and, classify, based on the comparison, the production X-ray image as representing an improperly assembled oxygen sensor.
US11988625B2
A capacitive biosensor is provided. The capacitive biosensor includes: a transistor, an interconnect structure on the transistor, and a passivation layer on the interconnect structure. The interconnect structure includes a first metal structure on the transistor, a second metal structure on the first metal structure, and a third metal structure on the second metal structure. The third metal structure includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a third conductive layer that are sequentially stacked. The passivation has an opening exposing a portion of the third metal structure. The capacitive biosensor further includes a sensing region on the interconnect structure. The sensing region includes a first sensing electrode and a second sensing electrode. The first sensing electrode is formed of the third conductive layer, and the second sensing electrode is disposed on the passivation layer.
US11988621B2
An apparatus for thermal interface material detection includes a heat dissipating device stack up that includes a heat dissipating device, a thermal interface material, a heat generating component, and a printed circuit board. The heat dissipating device is disposed on the thermal interface material, the thermal interface material is disposed on the heat generating component, and the heat generating component is disposed on the printed circuit board. A channel in a body of the heat dissipating device includes an embedded conductive probe, where a first end of the embedded conductive probe leads to a lower surface of the body of the heat dissipating device and a second end of the embedded conductive probe leads to an upper surface of the body of the heat dissipating device.
US11988618B2
Molecular structure of a crystal may be solved based on at least two diffraction tilt series acquired from a sample. The two diffraction tilt series include multiple diffraction patterns of at least one crystal of the sample acquired at different electron doses. In some examples, the two diffraction tilt series are acquired at different magnifications.
US11988616B2
A system and method can determine one or more CT scanner calibration parameters from a plurality of calibration object projections in a plurality of radiographs.
US11988615B2
An optical scanning system including a radiating source that outputs a light beam, a time varying beam reflector that reflects the light beam through a scan lens towards a transparent sample at an incident angle of plus or minus ten degrees from Brewster's angle, a focusing lens configured to be irradiated by light scattered from the transparent sample, and a detector that is irradiated by the light scattered from the transparent sample. The detector outputs a signal that indicates an intensity of light measured by the detector. None of the light scattered from the transparent sample is blocked. The light scattered from the transparent sample is scattered from the top surface of the transparent sample, the bottom surface of the transparent sample, or any location in between the top surface of the transparent sample and the bottom surface of the transparent sample.
US11988597B2
According to the present invention there is provided a cartridge (1) comprising a channel (1a) along which a sample fluid can flow; one or more elements (3, 4) which are configured to manipulate light in a predefined manner, and wherein said one or more elements (3, 4) are located in a predefined position relative to the channel (1a). There is further provided an assembly which comprises said cartridge (1) and an optical device (5) which can emit light; and a method of aligning the optical device (5) over the channel (1a) of the cartridge (1) using said one or more elements (3, 4) so that when the optical device (5) emits light it will be incident on any sample fluid provided in the channel (1).
US11988593B2
The present invention relates to interferometric detection of particles and optical detection of particles having size dimensions less than or equal to 100 nm. Systems and methods are provided exhibiting enhanced alignment and stability for interferometric detection of particles and/or optical detection of particles having size dimensions less than or equal to 100 nm. Systems and methods are provided that include compensation means for mitigating the impact of internal and external stimuli and changes in operating conditions that can degrade the sensitivity and reliability of particle detection via optical methods, including interferometric-based techniques and/or systems for optical detection of particles having size dimensions less than or equal to 100 nm.
US11988591B2
A modular optical particle counter sensor and apparatus are described that consolidates counting functionality on a single main counter board and has expandable functionality through connections to plug-in system boards. The modular optical particle sensor may be directly connected to a manifold with an integrated venturi for better controlling the flow rate of the air stream passing through the apparatus for sampling.
US11988587B2
The present invention relates to a rotary assembly (1), in particular for a rheological measurement apparatus, comprising: a stator (3), a rotor (2) that can rotate with respect to the stator (3), the rotor (2) being axially retained by an axial retaining means (4) preventing the movement of the rotor (2) along the axis of rotation (A) thereof, the axial retaining means (4) comprising a flexible rod suitable for being attached to a frame (5) and which allows a radial movement of the rotor (2), a magnetic bearing comprising a rotor element (6) made of magnetic material mounted on the rotor (2) and a stator element (7) made of magnetic material mounted on the stator (3), at least one of the rotor and stator elements made of magnetic material being a spherical magnet, wherein the rotary assembly (1) has a stable position in which the rotor (2) is aligned with the axis of rotation (A) thereof, and the elements made of magnetic material are facing each other along the axis of rotation (A) of the rotor and are separated from each other by a given distance (M), and wherein the elements made of magnetic material are configured to attract each other, so as to generate a return force which opposes the axial misalignment of said rotor (2). The invention also relates to a rheological measurement apparatus comprising at least one such rotary assembly (1).
US11988574B2
Embodiments described herein provide for light engines of a measurement system and methods of using the light engines. The measurement system includes a light engine operable to illuminate a first grating of an optical device. The light engine projects a pattern with a light from a light engine. The light engine projects a pattern to the first grating such that a metrology metric may be extracted from one or more images captured by a detector of the measurement system. The metrology metrics are extracted by processing the image. The metrology metrics determine if the optical device meets image quality standards.
US11988568B2
This disclosure relates generally to a sensor based wearable fabric design for identifying distortion in movements and quantifying range of motion. Accurate quantification of multi-axial range of motion involved in complex movements of human body parts is challenging. The disclosure discloses a system and method providing a wearable fabric comprising a plurality of honey-comb structure with a plurality of adjacently placed hexagon structures. An optical sensor unit is placed on each side of each hexagon structure comprised in the plurality of honey-comb structures. A deformation of the plurality of sides of hexagon structure is determined to generate signatures of movement patterns of one or more body parts of a subject. Further, a comparison of generated signatures with stored signatures of the movement patterns is performed to determine an error indicative of a distortion in the movement patterns. The system and method accurately quantify range of motion with increased measurement accuracy.
US11988567B2
A landing gear having a force-measuring element. The landing gear includes an outer tube, an inner tube movably mounted in the outer tube, and a transmission assembly having at least one spindle driven by a gear. The spindle is fed through a spindle opening in a spindle bearing plate which is in contact with the outer tube, and a spindle nut fastened to the inner tube is held on the spindle. The landing gear addresses the problem of providing a landing gear that allows a quantitative and reproducible measurement of the forces transmitted from the landing gear to the ground. The problem is solved in that the force-measuring element is mounted on a support component disposed in the force flow between the spindle and the outer tube.
