US12171142B2
A light emitting device includes a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, and at least one emission layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The at least one emission layer includes a polycyclic compound represented by Formula 1, thereby exhibiting long service life characteristics.
US12171139B2
A compound having a metal coordination complex structure, where the compound is capable of functioning as a phosphorescent emitter in an organic light emitting device at room temperature is disclosed. The compound has a first ligand coordinated to a metal. The free-state of the first ligand has a first triplet energy T1 of EL at 77K, while the compound has a first triplet energy T1 of E at 77K, and the difference in energy (ΔE) between E and EL is ≤250 meV. The compound has a triplet emission spectrum with a FWHM value of no more than 45 nm. Organic light emitting devices, consumer products, and formulations containing the compounds are also disclosed.
US12171136B2
Disclosed are a solar cell cutting and passivation integrated processing method and a solar cell prepared using the method. The solar cell includes a substrate (1), a front electrode layer (2), a light absorption layer (3) and a back electrode layer (4) from bottom to top. Before laser structured cutting is performed for the back electrode layer (4), a protective layer (5) is disposed on a surface of the back electrode layer (4), and then laser structured cutting is performed for the back electrode layer (4), or the back electrode layer (4) and the light absorption layer (3) simultaneously through the protective layer (5) to obtain a corresponding structured trench (P3) while the protective layer (5) is kept from being cut by laser, and a material of the protective layer (5) is partially molten due to a localized high temperature generated by the laser processing in a laser structured cutting process and infiltrates into an underlying corresponding structured trench (P3). In this method, at the time of performing laser cutting processing, passivation is performed for newly-processed trench at the same time, reducing production costs, saving processing time. Further, the trench edges after cutting are repaired to improve the morphology of the processed trench, improving the stability of the cell and extending the service life of the cell.
US12171127B2
A multicolor light-emitting element that utilizes fluorescence and phosphorescence and is advantageous for practical application is provided. The light-emitting element has a stacked-layer structure of a first light-emitting layer containing a host material and a fluorescent substance and a second light-emitting layer containing two kinds of organic compounds and a substance that can convert triplet excitation energy into luminescence. Note that light emitted from the first light-emitting layer has an emission peak on the shorter wavelength side than light emitted from the second light-emitting layer.
US12171120B2
An organic light emitting display (OLED) device includes an organic light emitting diode having an anode and a cathode. The organic light emitting diode is configured to receive a reference voltage. A control transistor includes a first control electrode and a first semiconductor active layer. The control transistor is configured to receive a control signal. A driving transistor includes a second control electrode that is electrically connected to the control transistor, an input electrode that is configured to receive a power voltage, an output electrode that is electrically connected to the anode of the organic light emitting diode, and a second semiconductor active layer that includes a different material from that of the first semiconductor active layer. A shielding electrode is disposed on the second semiconductor active layer, overlapping the driving transistor, and configured to receive the power voltage.
US12171118B2
A display device includes a circular display area and a non-display area surrounding the circular display area. The display device may further include a load matcher disposed adjacent to an edge of the circular display area in the circular display area, a pixel disposed in the circular display area, spaced apart from the non-display area by the load matcher, and connected to the load matcher, and a repair pixel disposed adjacent to the edge of the circular display area in the non-display area, and connected to the pixel.
US12171115B2
A display device includes: a display element layer including an emission area and a non-emission area around the emission area; a first conductive layer on the non-emission area; a first insulating layer on the non-emission area to cover the first conductive layer, the first insulating layer having an opening part overlapping the emission area in a plan view; a second conductive layer on the first insulating layer; and a reflection pattern spaced apart from the second conductive layer and on the first insulating layer.
US12171098B2
A three-dimensional (3D) memory device includes a stack structure and a channel structure. The stack structure includes interleaved conductive layers and dielectric layers. The channel structure extends through the stack structure along a first direction. The channel structure includes a semiconductor channel, and a memory film over the semiconductor channel. The memory film includes a tunneling layer over the semiconductor channel, a storage layer over the tunneling layer, and a blocking layer over the storage layer. The blocking layer and the storage layer are separated by the dielectric layers into a plurality of sections.
US12171090B2
Uniform layouts for SRAM and register file bit cells are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a six transistor (6T) static random access memory (SRAM) bit cell on a substrate. The 6T SRAM bit cell includes first and second active regions parallel along a first direction of the substrate. First, second, third and fourth gate lines are over the first and second active regions, the first, second, third and fourth gate lines parallel along a second direction of the substrate, the second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
US12171089B2
A light-source apparatus includes a light-source chip, a case, first and second electrically-conductive parts, a substrate, an electromagnetic shield plate, an electrically-conductive layer and an electrically-conductive unit. The light-source chip is received in the case. Each of the first and second electrically-conductive parts is a part of the case. The case is mounted to the substrate. The electromagnetic shield plate covers at least part of the substrate. The electrically-conductive layer is formed on the substrate and electrically connected with both the second electrically-conductive part and the electromagnetic shield plate. The electrically-conductive unit is provided to electrically connect the first electrically-conductive part and the electromagnetic shield plate.
US12171077B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) is provided. The electronic device includes a display including a first area and a second area, a first housing supporting the first area, a second housing supporting the second area, a hinge structure connecting the first housing and the second housing to be foldable about a folding axis and allowing the first area and the second area to change between a first state of forming substantially the same plane and a second state of facing each other, a first bracket connecting the first housing and the hinge structure and having a first opening penetrating through a surface thereof, a second bracket connecting the second housing and the hinge structure and having a second opening penetrating through a surface thereof, and a FPCB extending from the first space to the second space across the hinge structure in an extending direction.
US12171076B2
An electronic device including a flexible display is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing slidably coupled to a side surface of the first housing, a flexible display including a first area on the first housing and a second area extending from the first area, a gear structure arranged in the first housing, and an installation member rotatably coupled to the first housing and separated from or mounted on at least a part of a human body, wherein the flexible display can be rotated and rolled according to the rotation of the gear structure while the first area is exposed to the outside, such that at least a part of the second area may be exposed to the outside.
US12171074B2
A display device includes a main body including a display module for outputting an image, a bending module located at a center of a rear surface of the main body, a pair of links respectively extending in left and right directions, wherein one end of the link is coupled to the bending module, and link brackets respectively located at left and right ends of the main body, wherein the other end of each link is connected to each link bracket, the bending module changes an angle of the pair of links, and, when the bending module is driven, the other end of the link slides horizontally with respect to the link bracket. The display device is able to switch a state of the display module into a flat state or a bent state, so that a user is able to use the display device in a desired shape.
US12171066B2
A device for removing or repositioning defective and erroneously placed electronic components from circuit boards includes a vacuum suction nozzle, a laser beam and a temperature sensor. The vacuum nozzle has an adaptor tip at which suction is generated. The adaptor tip is larger than the defective or erroneously positioned electronic component. The laser beam is emitted out of the suction opening towards the electronic component on the circuit board. The temperature sensor measures the temperature of the electronic component based on infrared radiation emitted from around the electronic component. A method for removing or repositioning the defective or erroneously placed electronic component from the circuit board positions the adaptor tip over the electronic component and directs the laser beam through the suction opening and onto the electronic component so as to heat and detach the electronic component, which is then removed or repositioned and remounted on the circuit board.
US12171054B2
An extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light source includes a providing device for providing a target material, a pulsed laser source for emitting a pulsed laser beam, and a beam guidance device for supplying the pulsed laser beam from the pulsed laser source into a radiation generation chamber and for focused irradiation of the target material with the pulsed laser beam. The target material is configured to emit EUV radiation on account of the irradiation. The beam guidance device includes a beam positioning device comprising four mirrors as two mirror pairs for positioning the pulsed laser beam. Each of the four mirrors is rotatable about exactly one axis of rotation. The axes of rotation of the two mirrors of a first mirror pair are aligned along a first spatial direction. The axes of rotation of the two mirrors of a second mirror pair are aligned along a second spatial direction.
US12171049B2
An aerosol-generating system including a cartridge is provided, the cartridge including a liquid storage portion including a housing configured to hold a liquid aerosol-forming substrate, the housing having an opening; and a heater assembly including at least one heater element fixed to the housing and extending across an opening of the housing, wherein a width of the at least one heater element of the heater assembly is smaller than a width of the opening of the housing. The heater element may be spaced from a periphery of the opening, leading to more efficient heating and aerosol production.
US12171043B2
An electronic device may use information about the location of nearby devices to make sharing with those devices more intuitive for a user. When two devices are pointed towards one another, each device may automatically present the option to share information with the other device. When a user wishes to share information with one or more devices in a group of users, an array of icons representing the nearby users may be positioned on the display according to the locations of the nearby users so that the sharing user can easily select which user he or she wishes to share with. A sharing user may broadcast a signal and nearby users may elect to receive the signal by pointing their devices towards the sharing user. A user of two devices may share information between the two devices and may use one device to manipulate the information on the other device.
US12171033B1
A system and method for using a mobile device to capture the proper execution of a series of one or more tasks with pre-assigned constraints that are associated with a specific set of assets is disclosed herein. The assets have certain known physical attributes and characteristics and are configured in a known manner. The assets are preferably vehicles such as trucks.
US12171031B2
Various embodiments of symmetric transmit opportunity (TXOP) truncation (STT) systems and methods are disclosed. One method embodiment, among others, comprises receiving a frame that truncates a TXOP around a first station, and responsive to receiving the frame, sending a second frame that truncates the TXOP around a second station. Others system and method embodiments are disclosed.
US12171030B2
Proposed in the present specification is a method for transmitting and receiving urgent information in a wireless communication system supporting machine type communication, and a device for same. Specifically, a method performed by a terminal may include the steps of: receiving information including a Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) threshold value from a base station; determining a Coverage Enhancement (CE) mode on the basis of the RSRP threshold value and an RSRP measurement value; determining a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) resource on the basis of the CE mode; and transmitting a PRACH preamble to the base station on the basis of the PRACH resource.
US12171029B2
The present disclosure provides a method and device in a node for wireless communications. A first node transmits a first sequence and a first radio signal, the first sequence is associated with the first radio signal; and receives a second radio signal; the first radio signal is used to carry a target identifier; the second radio signal comprises a first information block, the first information block comprises a first field and a second field, the second field is used to determine a first value, and the first value is a non-negative integer; the first field and a value interval to which the first value belongs are used to determine whether the second radio signal comprises a second information block. Through the re-analyzing of the existing signalings, the present disclosure avoids extra signaling overhead, realizes contention resolution of 2-step RACH, and supports flexible switching between 2-step RACH and 4-step RACH.
US12171026B1
A communication device associated with a physical access point (AP) receives a physical layer (PHY) data unit having a PHY preamble, which includes a basic service set (BSS) color identifier. The communication device performs a clear channel assessment (CCA) procedure to determine whether the communication device can perform a spatial reuse transmission during reception of the PHY data unit, including: determining whether the BSS color identifier is a color value corresponding to all of multiple virtual APs implemented by the physical AP, and selectively determining whether the communication device can perform the spatial reuse transmission during reception of the PHY data unit as a function of the determination of whether the BSS color identifier is the color value corresponding to all of the multiple virtual APs implemented by the physical AP.
US12171025B2
A terminal includes a control unit configured to perform LBT (Listen before talk) in a frequency band above a predetermined frequency, and a transmission unit configured to transmit a signal based on a result of the LBT, wherein the control unit performs the LBT with a mechanism different from LBT performed in a frequency band below the predetermined frequency.
US12171015B2
Various aspects pertaining to apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable medium are described herein. Some aspects pertain to wireless communication between various apparatuses, such as an access point (AP) and a station (STA). The AP may have a radio, and the STA may have a first radio and a second radio. The radios may have various power states. Some aspects pertain to negotiation of various communication parameters. Some aspects pertain to communication of a packet and execution of various related operations. Some aspects pertain to certain uplink (UL) and/or downlink (DL) communications. Some aspects pertain to termination or teardown of the negotiated parameters. The written description and appended drawings provide detailed descriptions regarding these and many other aspects.
US12171011B2
A method and apparatus for reconfiguration of sidelink configuration and sidelink resource allocation in a wireless communication system is provided. Upon leaving a connected state and entering a new state, while in the new state, a first wireless device configured to operate in a wireless communication system keeps performing sidelink transmission to a second wireless device based on a first sidelink configuration received via dedicated signaling, receives, from a network via broadcast signaling, a second sidelink configuration, and performs the sidelink transmission to the second wireless device based on the second sidelink configuration.
US12171003B2
Systems, apparatus, user equipment (UE), evolved node B (eNB), computer readable media, and methods are described for scheduling of multiple uplink transmissions in unlicensed spectrum. One embodiment involves receiving, at an eNB, a first uplink scheduling request from a UE, scheduling a plurality of uplink subframes on the unlicensed channel in response to the first uplink scheduling request, and initiating transmission of a first subframe to the first UE in response to the scheduling of the plurality of uplink subframes, wherein the first subframe comprises one or more downlink control indicators (DCIs) allocating the plurality of uplink subframes to the first UE.
US12170999B2
A PSFCH sending method and an apparatus are provided, and relate to V2X, an intelligent vehicle, autonomous driving, an intelligent connected vehicle, and the like. The method may include: a first terminal apparatus receives first sidelink data from a second terminal apparatus, and determines, based on a transmission resource of the first sidelink data, a feedback resource used to send SFCI. The transmission resource of the first sidelink data and the feedback resource include N resource elements, and N is a positive integer. When X resource elements are required for sending first feedback information, and X is less than N, the first terminal apparatus sends at least one piece of SFCI to the second terminal apparatus on the feedback resource through at least one PSFCH. The SFCI includes the first feedback information, and the first feedback information indicates whether the first terminal apparatus correctly receives the first sidelink data.
US12170997B2
The present disclosure discloses a feedback method for semi-static transmission, a terminal device, a network device, a chip, a computer-readable storage medium, a computer program product and a computer program. The method includes: determining a first HARQ-ACK codebook, where the first HARQ-ACK codebook includes a second HARQ-ACK codebook and/or a third HARQ-ACK codebook that are combined, and a downlink transmission occasion window corresponding to the second HARQ-ACK codebook is independent from a downlink transmission occasion window corresponding to the third HARQ-ACK codebook; and sending the first HARQ-ACK codebook.
US12170976B2
Disclosed is a method for generating information indicative of objects in a geographical area, the method includes: receiving a request; determining a number of positioning services for inquiring the data in accordance with the data in the request; generating a request for information; modifying the received information from the determined number of positioning services by filtering out privacy related information in relation to objects in the geographical area; and generating a response to the requesting entity. Also disclosed is an apparatus, a system, and a computer program product.
US12170969B2
In accordance with various embodiments, an electron beam evaporator can comprise the following: a tubular target; an electron beam gun for producing at least one vapor source on a removal surface of the tubular target by means of an electron beam; wherein the removal surface is a ring-shaped axial end surface or a surface of the tubular target that extends conically or in a curved fashion from the free end edge.
US12170968B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for power headroom report generation. One method includes aggregating multiple serving cells. The method includes determining that a power headroom report is triggered. The method includes receiving, at a first time after the power headroom report is triggered, a first uplink grant that allocates resources for a new transmission on a serving cell of the multiple serving cells. The method includes determining a power headroom value for each serving cell of the multiple serving cells being activated based on information received prior to and including the first time. The method includes generating a power headroom report medium access control control element including at least the power headroom value for each serving cell of the multiple serving cells being activated.
US12170953B2
A method for controlling application access to network slicing service at a User Equipment (UE). The method includes: issuing an activation request for establishing network connectivity service for an application executing at the UE, the activation request including an application identifier of the application; determining a network slice for the application based on the activation request; performing a verification of the determined network slice, in accordance with network slicing operator policies; and upon successful verification of the determined network slice, creating a binding between the application identifier and the determined network slice.
US12170949B2
This communication device comprises: a control unit that sets information relating to multiband and/or multichannel communication in an extended field of a beacon signal; and a communication unit that transmits the beacon signal.
US12170948B2
The present disclosure relates to an access point, a method, a medium, and a computer program product for the access point. An access point is configured to perform at least the following processing: in response to an association request received from a user station, checking a first access control list set by a user to determine whether the user station is set by the user as a user station that is to be refused access to the access point; in response to determination that the user station is set by the user as a user station that is to be refused access to the access point, determining whether a push button configuration mode of a wireless protection setup of the access point is activated and verifying whether the association request is related to the push button configuration mode; and in response to determination that the push button configuration mode of the access point is activated and the association request of the user station is related to the push button configuration mode, sending an association response to the user station to complete a network configuration process of the user station.
US12170943B2
Embodiments of this application disclose a method for reporting CSI of a multi-hop path and a related apparatus. The method includes: The multi-hop path includes a first device, a second device, and a third device, where the first device is a source device, and the second device is a target device. The first device obtains a first CSI report of a target transmission path. The first CSI report indicates the target transmission path. According to embodiments of this application, so that a comprehensive channel state of the multi-hop path can be obtained from a data sending device, namely, the source device, by reporting first CSI.
US12170930B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining a Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) and a Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) for a plurality of carriers at a user equipment (UE) device, the plurality of carriers transmitted by a source group of cells including a source primary cell (PCell) and one or more source secondary cells (SCells) associated with the source PCell, and initiating a handover of communication with the UE device from the source group of cells to a target group of cells, wherein the target group of cells includes a target PCell and one or more target SCells, wherein the initiating the handover is responsive to the RSRP exceeding a predetermined RSRP threshold and the SNR exceeding a predetermined SNR threshold. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US12170925B2
The invention relates to network nodes for handling non-fulfilment of QoS requirements in wireless communication systems. A first network node obtains QoS requirements associated with a PDU session of a client device application. When the QoS requirements will not be met in a core network, the first network node transmits a first QoS notification to a second network node, wherein the first QoS notification indicates that the one or more QoS requirements will not be met in the core network. When the QoS requirements will not be met in a radio access network, the first network node transmits a second QoS notification to a master node, wherein the second QoS notification indicates that the one or more QoS requirements will not be met in the radio access network. Furthermore, the invention also relates to corresponding methods and computer program.
US12170924B2
Batched network coding (BNC) is a low-complexity solution to network transmission in multi-hop networks with packet loss that divides data to be transmitted into multiple packets and pads the data when necessary. However, an inappropriate choice of packet size leads to a significant overhead. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems, methods, and apparatuses that overcome the shortcomings of traditional BNC solutions by dynamically deciding a packet size through optimization of the overhead. As a result, embodiments of the present disclosure boost throughput of systems leveraging BNC transmission techniques by providing file-specific and dynamically determined optimizations. The disclosed techniques for performing dynamic optimization of transmissions also reduce computational complexity, enabling use case deployments in which nodes having reduced computational resources and power requirements are utilized while maintaining improved performance of the network (e.g., in terms of throughput, etc.).
US12170922B2
The present specification provides an error detection method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: determining whether a minimum slot offset from a base station has been detected, wherein the minimum slot offset is a slot offset associated with an expectation that the terminal should receive a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) on the basis of at least one slot offset having a value equal to or greater than that of the minimum slot offset; detecting an error relating to detection of the minimum slot offset; and performing a fallback operation on the basis of the error detection.
US12170912B2
Excessive signaling by devices against a radio access network (RAN) can be detected and mitigated. A security management component (SMC) can determine whether a total number of control signals received by a base station from devices satisfies a threshold total number of control signals indicative of excessive signaling. If so, SMC can identify a device associated with the base station based on analyzing communication conditions associated with the device. SMC can determine whether to classify the device as an excessive signaling device based on whether the number of control signals received from the device by the base station satisfies a threshold number of control signals indicative of excessive signaling. If so, SMC can determine the device is an excessive signaling device. In response, SMC can perform or facilitate performing a mitigation action to mitigate excessive signaling or can generate statistics relating to the excessive signaling.
US12170910B2
A cross reality system enables any of multiple devices to efficiently and accurately access previously stored maps and render virtual content specified in relation to those maps. Both stored maps and tracking maps used by portable devices may have wireless fingerprints associated with them. The portable devices may maintain wireless fingerprints based on wireless scans performed repetitively, based on one or more trigger conditions, as the devices move around the physical world. The wireless information obtained from these scans may be used to create or update wireless fingerprints associated with locations in a tracking map on the devices. One or more of these wireless fingerprints may be used when a previously stored map is to be selected based on its coverage of an area in which the portable device is operating. Maintaining wireless fingerprints in this way provides a reliable and low latency mechanism for performing map-related operations.
US12170904B2
The described technology is generally directed towards an automated security hangar for private cellular networks. In response to detecting that a user equipment is departing a geographic area served by a private cellular network, the user equipment can encrypt its data and send it to a private cellular network server. The server can receive and securely store the encrypted data, and the server can provide a code to the user equipment. The user equipment can store the code, disconnect from the private cellular network, and depart the geographic area. When the user equipment returns to the geographic area and reconnects to the private cellular network, the user equipment can present the code to the server. The server can validate the code, the user equipment, and/or the operator of the user equipment, and the server can return the encrypted data to the user equipment.
US12170903B2
Methods and apparatuses are described herein for paring an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a UAV-controller (UAV-C). For example, a UAV having a UAV wireless transmit/receive unit (UAV WTRU) may transmit, to an access and mobility management function (AMF), a non-access stratum (NAS) request message that includes a paring request indication and a UAV-controller (UAV-C) identification (UAV-C ID). The UAV-C ID may be carried in a paring request to an unmanned aerial system (UAS) service supplier (USS)/UAS traffic management (UTM) for paring authorization of the UAV with a UAV-C associated with the UAV-C ID. The UAV may receive, from the AMF, a NAS response message that includes an unmanned aerial system (UAS) identification (UAS ID) indicating that the UAV is paired with the UAV-C, wherein the UAS ID is assigned by the USS/UTM.
US12170897B2
Networking systems and methods here include utilizing an exchange service in communication with a network service, the network service being in communication with a first network and a second network, the exchange service configured to, receive a formation request to form a consortium of networks among the first network and second network, send provision information to a first AP in the first network regarding the second network and a second AP in the second network regarding the first network.
US12170896B2
A mobile device is configured for use with selected mobile services and performs operations including receiving a request to use a given selected mobile service (SMS) which facilitates virtualization of an application program, first identifying and retrieving mobile application data (MAD) associated with the SMS from a first data store and receiving the SMS. A server provides the SMS to the mobile device and the SMS provides at least one feature of the application program to a first user. The MAD facilitates providing of the SMS on the mobile device and the SMS facilitates providing of features of the application program without having the mobile device download and execute the application program. The operations may include communicatively coupling the mobile device with a wireless component (WC) which communicatively couples the mobile device with the server and first authenticating, with the WC, a subscriber identity module (SIM) for the mobile device.
US12170868B2
The wireless headset includes a main control module. The main control module includes a rigid-flexible circuit board, a first substrate, a first support member, and a plurality of chips. The rigid-flexible circuit board includes a rigid board portion and a first flexible board portion and a second flexible board portion that are connected to the rigid board portion. The rigid board portion is located in the earbud portion. The first flexible board portion is located in the earbud portion and has one end connected to the rigid board portion. One end of the second flexible board portion is connected to the rigid board portion and the other end thereof extends to the ear handle portion. A plurality of layers of components are stacked on the rigid board portion of the wireless headset, so that component integration degree is high.
US12170867B2
An earbud is configured to detect its location (e.g., in-ear and out-of-ear) based on an acoustical signature with and without user-specific customization. The earbud location may be indicated to a host, e.g., to determine playback. Location determinations are based on features extracted from acoustical samples taken by the earbud compared to features extracted from out-of-ear acoustical samples and non-user-specific and/or user-specific in-ear samples. A non-user-specific machine learning (ML) model trained on features extracted from non-user-specific in-ear and out-of-ear samples may be an initial/default locator. The non-user-specific model may be customized for specific users. A user-specific in-model may be created by training the non-user-specific model on features extracted from user-specific in-ear samples collected when the earbud is located in-ear for a specific user. The user-specific ML model may be selected to classify a location of the earbud for one or more associated hosts.
US12170865B2
A showerhead assembly includes a waterway assembly and a wireless speaker configured to be removably coupled to the waterway assembly. The waterway assembly includes a back plate and a face plate coupled to the back plate. The back plate includes an inlet. The face plate is coupled to the back plate and defines a plurality of outlets. The face plate also defines a through-hole that extends through the waterway assembly. The wireless speaker is configured to be disposed within the through-hole when coupled to the waterway assembly.
US12170856B2
An image sensor includes a pixel array that includes a first pixel group located in a first row and including a first select transistor and a first floating diffusion region, a second pixel group located in a second row and including a second select transistor and a second floating diffusion region, and a column line connected to both the first pixel group and the second pixel group. While charges generated by a photoelectric conversion element of the first pixel group are transferred to the first floating diffusion region, the first select transistor is turned off, the second select transistor is turned on, and a first voltage is applied to the column line through the second select transistor. A photoelectric conversion element of the second pixel group generates charges prior to the photoelectric conversion element of the first pixel group, so as to be transferred to the second floating diffusion region.
US12170850B2
Systems and methods for shadow detection and reduction during document capture are disclosed herein. Temporary images of hardcopy documents are analyzed to determine the presence of a shadow or hotspot that obscures information of the hardcopy document. In response to detecting the shadow or hotspot, a controllable light source is used to illuminate the hardcopy document at predicted and/or predetermined intensities to minimize or eliminate the shadow on the hardcopy document. A permanent image of the hardcopy document illuminated by the controllable light source at the intensity that minimizes or eliminates the shadow is then stored. In this way, information of the hardcopy document (such as text, color, layout, spacing etc.) is increased in the permanent image and a need for post-processing the permanent image is reduced or eliminated.
US12170849B2
Embodiments described herein provide for a method and system for the inspection of fluids for defects. A plurality of containers with fluids disposed therein are inspected for defects in an inspection system. A timing sequence is used to control the timing of light pulses directed to the fluid residing in the plurality of containers. A high-resolution camera is utilized to obtain images of the fluid disposed in the plurality of containers. An illumination time of pulses of light in the inspection zone is less than an exposure time of each frame of a plurality of frames of the high-resolution camera. As such, the inspection system and method of utilizing the inspection system allows for high-resolution images of the fluid to be captured without smearing of the defects in the captured images.
US12170840B2
An image capture system provides automated prompts for aiding a user in capturing images for use in 3D model creation. While a user is preparing to capture an image, the system provides visual indications that indicate whether a quality-based condition is satisfied. Based on the visual indications, a user can determine whether an image, if captured, would likely be suitable for use in creating a 3D model. Determining if the quality-based condition is satisfied may include monitoring output generated by one or more sensors and comparing the output against a threshold value. Additionally, the system may analyze the visual content or metadata associated with an image to determine if the quality-based condition is satisfied and request user input to further identify certain image features that were identified by the system.
US12170834B2
The present disclosure generally relates to displaying visual effects in image data. In some examples, visual effects include an avatar displayed on a user's face. In some examples, visual effects include stickers applied to image data. In some examples, visual effects include screen effects. In some examples, visual effects are modified based on depth data in the image data.
US12170833B2
A display device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire moving image data acquired by adding information of a cutout area of a moving image set on the basis of a face direction of a user capturing the moving image to the moving image; a display control unit configured to display a frame representing the cutout area when the moving image data is reproduced; an acceptance unit configured to accept an operation for the frame for correcting the cutout area; a correction unit configured to add correction information of the cutout area corrected by the operation to the moving image data; and a generation unit configured to generate a cutout moving image from the moving image on the basis of the information of the cutout area and the correction information.
US12170826B2
Systems and methods for reducing distractions from nearby devices when content susceptible to interruption is being consumed. Content susceptible to interruption is determined, and when this content is consumed on one device, nearby devices are identified and their output characteristics are modified. For example, output volume of nearby devices may be reduced, or the volume of the first device may be increased. This process is repeated with different devices as they each output content determined to be susceptible to interruption. Consumers are thus presented with fewer distractions from surrounding devices while they are consuming content that is susceptible to interruption.
US12170817B2
Examples described herein relate to determining an actual, updated goal of a user based on emotional response data captured while an initial goal is visualized or otherwise perceived by the user, including determining an initial goal of a user, displaying an initial video depicting the initial goal, tracking, with an emotion-tracking device, emotions of the user while the video is displayed by the output circuit by determining emotional response data captured by the emotion-tracking device, updating the initial goal based on the emotional response data to determine an updated goal, and displaying the updated goal.
US12170809B2
A transmitting apparatus including circuitry configured to generate caption data corresponding to content data and having elements defined in Extensible Markup Language (XML), and output the content data and the generated caption data to a reproducing device.
US12170808B2
Systems and methods are provided for generating a notification in response to identifying a user in a capture of an event. A link between a user and an event is generated and a capture of the event is received at a first computing device. The user in the capture of the event is identified at the computing device and based on the link. A notification is generated based on identifying the user. The notification is transmitted to a second computing device.
US12170806B2
Systems and methods for providing media content to supplement an exhibit from an image of an audience for the exhibit include an image capture device proximate the exhibit that captures an image of the audience that includes the faces of audience members. A facial recognition process is used to identify each audience member, and certain audience characteristics are determined from the captured image. Stored information about the identified audience members and/or the audience characteristic information are used to determine the media content to provide to a playback device for playback while the exhibit is viewed by the audience.
US12170803B2
The present technology pertains to managing a sample of a media item using a non-fungible token (NFT) and an associated smart contract. The present technology includes identifying a portion of the media item as a sample, and creating an NFT referencing assignment of a right associated with the sample of the media item. The NFT has an associated smart contract defining a condition upon satisfaction of which the right associated with the sample will be assigned. The present technology may also include identifying market data of the media item, where the market data includes at least one of a list price and historical sales volume for the media item, and identifying charts data, critical review scores, and social media interaction with the media items. The market data can be used to determine a spot price for the sample of the media item.
US12170801B2
In a cloud gaming system or other remote video streaming system, a client device and a server coordinate to introduce an adjustable delay in the frame start timing in the frame rendering pipeline at the server to reducing vertical synchronization (VSYNC) presentation latency, and thus reduce overall frame latency. In implementations, the coordination between the client device and the server includes the client device observing the current VSYNC presentation latencies in recently processed video frames reporting this observed VSYNC presentation latency to the server. The server uses this feedback to determine a frame start delay that is then used to introduce a frame start shift for an upcoming frame and subsequent frames, thereby shifting the server rendering and encoding pipeline back so that the resulting video frames are made available to present at the client device closer to their respective VSYNC signal assertions.
US12170799B2
A system and method for managing communication. The system and method applying to but not limited to settop boxes (STBs) and other devices used to interface services. The management including any number of features and processes associated with achieving Quality of Service (QoS) across different domains and according to network limitations associated with the same.
US12170796B2
An embodiment of the invention simplifies management of the “video lifecycle”. An embodiment includes one of more modules that streamline the video publishing process by abstracting technical steps such as video publishing, updating video, unpublishing video, retrieval or statistics concerning video, authorization to process video, validation of video, video metadata processing, video transcoding, and/or video transmission. Other embodiments are described herein.
US12170780B2
The disclosure provides a sample adaptive offset (SAO) encoder. The SAO encoder includes a statistics collection (SC) block and a rate distortion optimization (RDO) block coupled to the SC block. The SC block receives a set of deblocked pixels and a set of original pixels. The SC block categorizes each deblocked pixel of the set of deblocked pixels in at least one of a plurality of band and edge categories. The SC block estimates an error in each category as difference between a deblocked pixel of the set of deblocked pixels and corresponding original pixel of the set of original pixels. The RDO block determines a set of candidate offsets associated with each category and selects a candidate offset with a minimum RD cost. The minimum RD cost is used by a SAO type block and a decision block to generate final offsets for the SAO encoder.
US12170775B2
An image coding device that suppresses degradation of subjective image quality while improving the coding efficiency of residual coefficients of two chroma components. The image coding device that codes image data constituted by one luma component and two chroma components, comprises quantizing unit that performs an orthogonal transform on each of components of a block obtained by dividing an image to be coded, and quantizes transform coefficients of each of the components obtained from the orthogonal transform; and coding unit that codes residual coefficients obtained by the quantizing unit, wherein when coding the transform coefficients of the orthogonal transform of the two chroma components in an integrated manner, the coding unit quantizes transform coefficients of the orthogonal transform obtained from the integration using a predetermined quantization matrix, and codes residual coefficients obtained from the quantizing.
US12170770B2
An image decoding apparatus comprises a decoder which decodes data indicating a plurality of values corresponding to a part of a quantization matrix; a generator which derives the plurality of values from the data and generates the matrix; and an inverse quantizing unit which performs the inverse quantizing on an object block using the matrix, wherein, if width or height of the matrix is larger than or equal to a predetermined size, the generating unit generates the matrix by associating a first value among the plurality of values with a first element corresponding to DC component in the matrix, associating a second value with a second element adjacent to the first element, and, for the elements other than the first and second elements, associating each of one or more values with a plurality of elements of the matrix.
US12170768B2
The disclosure relates to table maintenance for HMVP candidate storage. A method for processing video, including: determining, during a conversion between a first block of visual media data and a corresponding coded representation of the visual media data, the first block being coded with geometry partition mode; determining, based on at least one table storing history based motion vector prediction (HMVP) candidates which include motion information based on previously coded blocks, motion information of at least one sub-portion of the first block; performing the conversion of the first block using the determined motion information.
US12170747B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for performing operations for providing an augmented reality unboxing experience. The operations include retrieving an augmented reality element comprising a virtual box that is in a closed state. The operations include obtaining triggers associated with the virtual box, the triggers configured to change the virtual box from the closed state to an open state. The operations include displaying the virtual box. The operations include receiving input associated with the virtual box. The operations include determining that the received input corresponds to the one or more triggers associated with the virtual box. The operations include modifying the virtual box from being displayed in the closed state to being displayed in the open state.
US12170743B2
A contact center server receives an input from a customer device as part of a conversation. The contact center server (CCS) identifies at least one of: one or more intents, one or more entities, or one or more entity values from the input. The CCS detects one or more escalation conditions based on the input and pauses the conversation based on the detected one or more escalation conditions. The CCS outputs a conversation transcript and the identified one or more intents, the one or more entities, or the one or more entity values to an agent device. The CCS receives agent-identified-information or agent-modified-information from the agent device. Subsequently, the CCS resumes the conversation by providing a response to the input based on the received agent-identified-information or the agent-modified-information.
US12170741B2
Audio qualities of a call and of a call recording are identified and compared to authenticate the call recording as a true representation of the call. A call is enabled between two or more participants, and the call is recorded to generate a call recording. The call recording is authenticated based on a match between audio watermarks included within the call and audio watermarks included within the call recording. An indication of the authentication is then output, such as for further processing or display.
US12170738B2
Various methods for implementing cryptographic systems can reduce the likelihood of security vulnerabilities. A cryptographic system can utilize a combination of cryptographic processes to securely construct immutable ledgers and/or blockchains. These cryptographic systems can be referred to as composite cryptographic systems. A device can be configured to add a block to a distributed ledger maintained by a composite cryptographic system. The device can include a network interface, memory, and a processor. The processor can be configured to obtain a first proof using a first cryptographic system, obtain a second proof using a second cryptographic system; and broadcast a block to securely add the block to a distributed ledger. The block can be capable of being validated by using the first cryptographic system to generate the first proof and by using the second cryptographic system to generate the second proof.
US12170737B2
The present disclosure is directed to a block processing method, apparatus, and non-transitory computer medium. The method includes obtaining a time interval stored in a root block of a target blockchain based on generation of a block. The method further includes determining a subchain as a target subchain, the subchain meeting a target condition from a first target quantity of subchains connected to the root block when a transaction occurrence time of a transaction included in the block being within the time interval. The method also includes adding the block to the target subchain of the target blockchain when a consensus is reached on the block.
US12170734B2
Systems and methods for off-chain verification of cryptographic transactions are disclosed. The system receives a first transaction from a first blockchain, wherein the first transaction is associated with a first address of a first user device and receives a notification of an analysis of a whitelist status for the first transaction. The system performs a first off-chain check on the first transaction to determine validity of the first transaction and if the first off-chain check fails, determines whether a second off-chain check is required. If the second off-chain check is required the system performs the second off-chain check and if the second off-chain check fails, determines whether a supervised check is required. If the supervised check is required, the system sends transaction parameters of the first transaction to a second user device and submits transaction details to the first blockchain if an approval is received from the supervisor user device.
US12170729B2
A method and a system of providing a quantum random number based on a quantum entropy source. The method includes generating a quantum random number and providing the quantum random number to a device. The generating of the quantum random number based on the quantum entropy source includes determining, by a management unit, whether quantum random numbers stored in a storage are insufficient; generating a quantum random number based on the quantum entropy source using a quantum random number generator provided in a production unit in response to a determination that the quantum random numbers are insufficient; verifying, by a verification unit, the generated quantum random number based on NIST SP800-90B and SP800-22; and in response to quality of the generated quantum number satisfying a criterion, storing the verified quantum random number in the storage.
US12170727B2
Provided in embodiments of the present application are a a key generation and terminal provisioning method, an apparatus, and a device thereof. The method for generating a key includes: sending, by an enrollee, a first request message to a configurator, the first request message comprising a first identifier, and the first identifier used to instruct the configurator to perform a network reconfiguration operation; receiving, by the enrollee, a first message sent by the configurator and including first key information; generating, by the enrollee, a session key according to the first key information; sending, by the enrollee, a second message to the configurator, the second message comprising second key information, thus allowing the configurator to generate the session key according to the second key information. In a process of an enrollee and a configurator performing provisioning for the first time, key information of each other is exchanged to generate a session key required for subsequent network reconfiguration performed on the enrollee, so that when the network reconfiguration is performed on the enrollee, it is unnecessary to perform an authentication process again, thereby improving the network configuration efficiency.
US12170719B2
An electronic device includes a memory storing data from an external source, an application processing unit (APU) transmitting a secret key and public key generation command, an isolated execution environment (IEE) generating a secret key in response to the secret key generation command, generating a public key based on the secret key in response to the public key generation command, and storing the secret key, and a non-volatile memory performing write and read operations depending on a request of the APU. When the data are stored in the memory, the APU transmits a public key request to the IEE and in response the IEE transfers the public key to the APU through a mailbox protocol. The APU generates a ciphertext by performing homomorphic encryption on the data based on an encryption key in the public key, and classifies and stores the public key and the ciphertext in the non-volatile memory.
US12170715B2
A system and method for dynamically delivering content includes a user device having a processor in communication with a capture device and a terminal having a data processor in communication with a display, memory device, and user interface, wherein the terminal is configured to dynamically generate a signal. The user device is configured to interact with the terminal and the capture device is configured to capture the signal and translate the signal to an action. The action includes generating content at the user device and/or downloading or accessing content to the user device.
US12170714B2
An example method of beacon probing in a computing system includes: sending, by cross-host beacon probing (CHBP) software executing in a first host of the computing system, a first beacon probe from a first network interface controller (NIC) of the first host to NICs on a same layer 2 domain as the first NIC, the NICs including a second NIC of the first host and cross-host NICs of at least one host other than the first host; receiving, at the CHBP software through the first NIC, acknowledgements (ACKs) to the first beacon probe from the cross-host NICs; and determining, in response to the first beacon probe, connectivity statuses of the first NIC and the second NIC by the CHBP software based on the ACKs and on whether the second NIC receives the first beacon probe.
US12170713B2
Systems, devices and methods for adaptive compression of stored information includes a memory management computing device programmed to monitor a size of a plurality of data structures stored in a data repository. The computing device compares the size of each of a plurality of data structures to a predetermined threshold. When a size of an uncompressed data structure meets the threshold, the memory management computing device calculates a value of a first compression parameter based on a value of a first parameter and a value of a second parameter of each data element of the uncompressed data structure, calculates a value of a second compression parameter based the value of the first parameter of each data element of the uncompressed data structure, generates a compressed data structure based on the value of the first compression parameter and the second compression parameter; and replaces, in the data repository, the uncompressed data structure with the compressed data structure.
US12170707B1
Systems for providing multi-access edge computing and content delivery. At least one cloud platform in network communication with at least one edge and at least one server node are provided. The at least one cloud platform includes a domain name system (DNS) service, an edge DNS service, at least one cloud platform application programming interface (API), at least one router, a cloud platform database, and a node database. The at least one cloud platform is operable to receive a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request from the at least one edge device. The at least one server node is operable to create at least one network and deliver network services to the at least one edge device. The at least one server node is registered in a cloud platform global registry, associated with the at least one cloud platform, using an HTTP POST request to a global service address.
US12170694B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media for data sharing. In example embodiments, a method for data sharing is provided. The method comprises, in response to receiving a first request to share data of a user from a data sharing agent, creating a data sharing smart contract for the user. The method further comprises publishing the data sharing smart contract to one or more data consumers. The method further comprises, in response to receiving a second request to access the data from a data consumer, generating, by executing the data sharing smart contract, an indication that the data consumer is authorized to access the data. In addition, the method further comprises sending the indication to the data consumer. In this way, end users are enabled to manage and share their personal data by themselves.
US12170684B2
Various embodiments of a system and methods for reasoning about enterprise-related external cyber threats using a rule-leaning approach are disclosed.
US12170680B2
A method, a system, and an article are provided for identification of security-related activities based on usage of a plurality of independent cloud-based, hosted application platforms. An example method includes: receiving, from the application platforms, activity data and state data for a plurality of users of the application platforms; generating one or more predictive models configured to detect deviations from normal user behavior across the application platforms; providing, as input to the one or more predictive models, the activity data and the state data for at least one of the users; receiving, from the one or more predictive models, an indication that an activity of the at least one of the users deviates from the normal user behavior; and facilitating a remedial action to address the indicated deviation.
US12170679B2
A set of metadata associated with a plurality of samples is received. The samples are clustered. For members of a first cluster, a set of similarities shared among at least a portion of the members of the first cluster is determined. A cluster member is identified within the first cluster, and in response, additional analysis is caused to be performed on the outlier cluster member.
US12170677B2
A method and system for determining a risk of a cybersecurity event related to a user. Initial user-related data associated with user interactions are collected, comprising user-device, user-network and user-resource interaction data. A unique user profile is determined and defines the digital identity of the user based on the initial user-related data. A first risk processing engine collects, in real time and repeatedly, a real-time user-related data associated with real-time user interactions and detects an anomaly in user's behavior based on the collected real-time user-related data and the digital identity of the user. A second risk processing engine collects complementary data associated with the user (dark web or digital exposure data) to determine a risk profile of the user, and determines the risk of the cybersecurity event based on the anomaly in the user's behavior and the complementary data, in real-time over a complete period of use of resources.
US12170668B2
Embodiments herein may relate to a technique for identification and verification of compliance with one or more pre-defined security policy sets for a network. Specifically, embodiments may include generation of an access control graph (ACG) that relates to the network. One or more paths of the ACG may be identified, and then compared against the pre-defined security policy sets. Other embodiments may be described or claimed.
US12170665B2
A client identification method, an apparatus, a storage medium and a network device. The method includes: acquiring, when any client is associated with a network device, a MAC address of the client; searching and matching the MAC address from a user information table, which includes MAC addresses of all clients that have ever been associated with the network device and characteristic information corresponding to each of the MAC addresses; marking the client as successfully identified when the matching of the MAC address is successful; and marking the client as to be detected when the matching of the MAC address is failed, acquiring the characteristic information of the client from a data packet sent by the client, searching and matching the characteristic information of the client from the user information table, and identifying the client according to the matching result.
US12170663B2
A device may receive and store credentials identifying security levels of users for access to functionalities of an on-premises device, and may receive a credential of a user and a request to access a functionality of the on-premises device. The device may determine whether a security level of the credential matches a first security level of the credentials, and may reject the request when the security level fails to match the first security level. The device may determine, when the security level matches the first security level, whether a computing resource of the on-premises device matches a computing resource of the first security level, and may provide the user with access to the computing resource when the computing resource matches the computing resource of the first security level. The device may reject the request when the computing resource fails to match the computing resource of the first security level.
US12170659B1
A multi-factor authentication technique can use multiple smart devices to determine whether a person is authenticated by minimizing the extent to which the person is expected to interact with his or her smart devices. In an example multi-factor authentication method comprises performing a first determination, that a first mobile device is located within a wireless range of a device, obtaining a unique identifier from the first mobile device, sending, to a server, the unique identifier, receiving, from the server, information that indicates a first authentication technique and a second authentication technique, performing a second determination that the person is authenticated by successfully performing the first authentication technique with the first mobile device and by successfully performing the second authentication technique with the second mobile device, and performing a final authentication operation in response to performing the second determination.
US12170657B2
Dynamic security queries are generated based on historical records for purposes of knowledge-based authentication. The dynamic nature of the queries and answers means that once generated, the queries and the answers are exclusively stored in temporary memory (i.e., Random Access Memory (RAM) or the like). As such, the queries and answers are permanently erased from RAM after they have been presented to the user or, at a maximum, are erased from RAM once the computing session is terminated. Moreover, since the queries/answers are determined from dynamic user-specific datasets compiled at the time of authentication, the present invention is able to generate knowledge-based queries that are not capable of identification by other parties from any level of personal record searching.
US12170645B2
A device comprises processing circuitry configured to identify a telemetry packet indicating telemetry data for a plurality of packets output by a network device of a plurality of network devices and select a source identifier for the network device from a plurality of source identifiers. The processing circuitry is further configured to modify the telemetry packet to further indicate the selected source identifier and output the modified telemetry packet.
US12170621B2
Methods and systems for determining traffic information for devices along one or more routes are described. A content server may send a message to a plurality of devices along a route. The message may comprise an indication requesting each of the devices to send, to the content server, status information regarding the respective device. Intermediary devices may receive the message, respond with the requested information, and forward the message through the route. The message may comprise a stateless messaging protocol message such as an ICMP or UDP packet.
US12170620B2
A policy determination apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention includes an evaluation unit and a policy determination unit. The evaluation unit evaluates candidates of routing destinations to which a routing control apparatus routes requests, based on time-series data of types of metrics and priorities assigned to the types of metrics to generate routing destination evaluation data, where the types of metrics is generated based on monitoring data relating to the states of facilities on a network and are associated with the candidates. The policy determination unit determines a policy that the routing control apparatus uses for control of the routing destinations after the routing destination evaluation data is generated.
US12170618B2
This application provides a packet sending method. The method includes: receiving, by a first network device, a data packet, and encapsulating the data packet to obtain a first packet, where the first packet includes an IPv6 header, a bit index explicit replication BIER header, and the data packet, and some bits of a source IPv6 address field in the IPv6 header include identification information of a first tenant; and sending, by the first network device, the first packet to a second network device, where the identification information of the first tenant is used by the second network device to determine to send the data packet to an interface, corresponding to the first tenant, of the second network device.
US12170614B2
Techniques are described herein for service chaining in fabric networks such that hardware resources can be preserved without service nodes needing additional capabilities. The techniques may include storing a first configuration associated with a first VRF instance of a service forwarding node that is connected to a first service of a service chain sequence. The first configuration may indicate an identifier and a type associated with a second service of the service chain sequence where traffic is to be sent after the first service. Additionally, the techniques may also include storing a second configuration associated with a second VRF instance of the service forwarding node that is connected to the second service. The second configuration may indicate that the second service is a last service of the service chain sequence. When traffic is received at the service forwarding node, the service forwarding node can determine whether the traffic is pre-service traffic or post-service traffic.
US12170610B2
Systems and methods use zoning configuration to construct border gateway protocol (BGP) route maps. The constructed route maps may then be used to selectively advertise routes between BGP peer devices without having to advertise all available routes to all entities or subsystems in a network. Advantageously, this significantly reduces potential security risks to the network and improves scalability of services in non-volatile memory express over Fabric and other systems.
US12170597B2
A system implements a cloud-based digital platform allows developers to build new applications/services and then deploy to cloud platforms among continuous deployment, A/B test, blue/green deployment, and canary deployment. The system configures a service mesh on top of a cluster of computers. The system initializes a new service via templates that include common libraries, security scan pipeline, monitoring as code pipeline, and code coverage management for internal policy compliances, as well automated cloud resources request and provisioning. One or more proxy services, that extract data from the data sources using filters, can be executed. The system may use machine learning based models that are trained using the data extracted by the proxy service. The system allows automatic provisioning, computation orchestration, storage requests, and artificial intelligence insight feedback, as well as automated self-services to navigate complex systems and reduce on-boarding times of the platform.
US12170578B2
To optimize audio quality of playback with other audio in calls established using an audio-visual conferencing service, at least two audio profiles for one or more audio playback devices connectable to the apparatus are maintained for the audio-visual conferencing service. The at least two audio profiles comprise a first audio profile for at least transmitting audio of a first quality for playback and a second audio profile for at least transmitting audio of a second quality for playback. It is allowed to change an active audio profile during a call established using the audio-visual conferencing service by switching the active audio profile between at least the first audio profile and the second audio profile. The received audio in the call is delivered to the audio playback device according to the active audio profile.
US12170576B2
Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for transmitting and receiving data channels in a communication system. An operation method of a terminal in a communication system may comprise receiving, from a base station, resource allocation information of a plurality of physical uplink shared channels (PUSCHs) used for repetitive transmission of a same transport block (TB); identifying a position of each of the plurality of PUSCHs in a time domain based on the resource allocation information; and repeatedly transmitting the same TB to the base station at the position of each of the plurality of PUSCHs. Therefore, performance of the communication system can be improved.
US12170571B2
An embodiment of the present disclosure contemplates a data sending and receiving method and apparatus. A first FEC unit of a sending device sends, by using a first channel, a first data stream on which first FEC encoding has been performed; a second FEC unit of the sending device sends, by using a second channel, a second data stream on which second FEC encoding has been performed; and the sending device performs interleaving on the first data stream and the second data stream, to obtain an output data stream, and sends the output data stream to a receiving device.
US12170569B1
Adaptive modulation coding schemes improve spectral efficiency of telecommunication networks by implementing MCSs specific to each of a plurality of end devices in operable communication with a hub. For example, the MCSs may be specific to a channel, a wavelength, a distance, or capabilities of an end device. The MCSs are selected to include the highest modulation format and highest forward error correction coding rate that can be applied to a telecommunication signal without surpassing a signal parameter threshold.
US12170552B2
This application discloses a precoding matrix determining method and an apparatus. The method includes: A terminal device receives first precoding indication information from a network device; and the terminal device determines, from a first codebook set, a first precoding matrix indicated by the first precoding indication information, where the first codebook set includes the first precoding matrix, a second precoding matrix, and a third precoding matrix, an element at a first position in the first precoding matrix is equal to a value of exponentiation with a first value as an exponent and a natural constant as a base.
US12170547B2
Quality of communication between a terminal and an external communication device in response to control of the terminal is predicted by acquiring surrounding environment information or/and terminal information of the terminal, and the terminal is controlled to improve the communication quality, avoid fatal communication quality degradation, or satisfy a control condition of the terminal for the communication quality, thereby realizing control that satisfies a predefined required condition related to communication.
US12170546B2
The present disclosure is directed to 3-D visualization of wireless signal propagation representing wireless signal strength and interference in 3-D space. The present technology can identify a plurality of access points (APs) in the 3-D space, determine a wireless signal strength for each of the plurality of APs, and determine an interference with the wireless signal strength of each of the plurality of APs, wherein the interference is caused by a neighboring AP of the plurality of APs in the 3-D space. The present technology can further present a 3-D visualization of a wireless signal propagation pattern representing the wireless signal strength from each of the plurality of APs in the 3-D space and the interference from the neighboring AP.
US12170531B2
Provided is a memory system comprising an error correction code (ECC) decoder configured to receive data from a memory. The ECC decoder includes a syndrome generator configured to calculate at least one of syndrome vector and an erasure value, the calculation being devoid of erasure location information and an error-location polynomial generator configured to determine error location and error/erasure value polynomials responsive to syndrome and erasure calculation values output from the syndrome generator. An error value generator confirms error values at one or more known error locations based upon the determined error/erasure value polynomials, and an error location generator search for an error evaluation value to confirm the known error locations based upon the determined error location polynomials. Outputs of the error value generator and the error location generator are combined to produce corrected data.
US12170529B1
Devices, methods and computer programs for accelerating low-density parity-check (LDPC) decoding via scheduling are disclosed. At least some of the example embodiments described herein may allow reducing cost and improving power efficiency beyond that of semiconductor processor scaling currently used in accelerating LDPC decoding.
US12170527B2
Circuitry is disclosed herein that dynamically (temperature-invariant and voltage-invariant) adjusts the Ron of switches in a resistive Nyquist-rate digital to analog converter (DAC) to thereby reduce DAC nonlinearity errors and improve INL results of greater than 16b. Consistent with the present disclosure, the DAC includes an R-2R ladder in which each bit corresponds to a switch. A control circuit is provided for generating signals applied to the gate of the switch to cause the on-resistances of the switch to be a particular value, such that the on-resistance of the switch plus the sum of two resistors, one having the resistance R, and the other having a resistance R′ is equivalent to the resistance of the 2R-size resistors or twice the resistance of the R-sized resistors in the ladder.
US12170522B2
In described examples, an electronic circuit for determining a phase difference between a first clock signal and a second clock signal includes a timer circuit, circuitry for generating a selectively delayed transition of the second clock signal, and phase determination circuitry. The timer circuit produces an elapsed time between a transition of the first clock signal and the selectively delayed transition of the second clock signal. The circuitry for generating the selectively delayed transition of the second clock signal generates the selectively delayed transition in response to a random selection of a respective output from a plurality of second clock signal delay stages. The phase determination circuitry provides the phase difference in response to the elapsed time and the random selection of a respective output from a plurality of second clock signal delay stages.
US12170514B2
A resonator is provided that includes a base; at least three vibrating arms that include a piezoelectric film, an upper electrode, and a lower electrode; a frame; and a holding arm. Each vibrating arm includes an arm portion and a tip portion. The holding arm includes a holding side arm that extends parallel to the outer vibrating arm. A release width between the tip portion of the outer vibrating arm and the frame is larger than a release width between the holding side arm and the frame or a release width between the arm portion of the outer vibrating arm and the holding side arm.
US12170512B2
An embodiment of passive phase shifter comprises a ground shield, a pair of ground walls electrically connected to the ground shield having a first height above the ground shield; and a signal line positioned between the ground walls and electrically isolated from the ground shield. The signal line may comprise an intermediate signal line separated a second height above the ground shield; a top signal line separated from the intermediate signal line at a third height above the ground shield and electrically connected to the intermediate signal line by one or more conductive vias; and a plurality of blocks positioned between and electrically isolated from the intermediate signal line and the top signal line.
US12170510B2
A method and system for a headset with programmable modes, where the headset comprises a beamforming microphone: sensing an ambient sound level near the headset, and configuring the headset in one of a plurality of modes by configuring a beam pattern of the beamforming microphone based on at least the sensed ambient noise level. A user of the headset may configure the headset in the one of the plurality of modes or it may be automatically configured. The beamforming microphone may comprise an array of sound sensing elements. The headset may be configured in a quiet mode when the sensed ambient sound level is below that of a desired sound source and may be configured with a wide beam pattern. The headset may be configured in a loud mode when the sensed ambient sound level is above that of a desired sound source.
US12170509B2
A sample and hold circuit providing rail-to rail equivalent output is described. The circuit includes a sample and hold amplifier containing two separate sets of sampling capacitors, one set is coupled to a PMOS transistor differential stage and the other set is coupled to an NMOS transistor differential stage. The differential stages drive a current mirror based push-pull output differential stage to provide an output signal with ranges equivalent to a rail-to rail output signal swing.
US12170484B2
A Cockcroft-Walton (CW) switching voltage converter is disclosed. This CW switching converter includes a set of capacitors; an inductor coupled between an input voltage source and the set of capacitors; a set of switches; and an N-phase control module coupled to the set of switches. In some embodiments, each switch is controlled by the N-phase control module which is configured to sequentially and periodically effectuate a set of N voltage-conversion phases in a sequence of switching cycles. Note that each switching cycle effectuates a voltage conversion through the set of N voltage-conversion phases, wherein N is the conversion ratio of the CW switching voltage converter. Moreover, the N-phase control module is configured to effectuate a phase transition from a current phase to a subsequent phase when a zero-current switching (ZCS) condition on a given switch is met.
US12170482B2
A control circuit for a switching converter, where: in a first operation state, the control circuit controls a switching period of the switching converter to remain unchanged, controls a turn-on time of a power transistor in the switching converter to be not less than a minimum turn-on time in each switching period, and controls a turn-off time of the power transistor to be not less than a minimum turn-off time; in a second operation state, the control circuit controls the turn-on time of the power transistor to be the minimum turn-on time in each switching period, and adjusts the switching period to further reduce a duty cycle; and in a third operation state, the control circuit controls the turn-off time of the power transistor to be the minimum turn-off time in each switching period, and adjusts the switching period to further increase the duty cycle.
US12170479B2
A power management system includes a direct current-direct current DC-DC conversion circuit, a first control circuit, a charging circuit, an input port, and an output port. The input port is configured to receive an input voltage. The output port is configured to supply an output voltage to a load. The DC-DC conversion circuit is configured to charge the output port from the input port, to adjust the output voltage. The first control circuit is configured to: obtain a second feedback voltage of the output voltage from the output port, generate a first control signal based on the second feedback voltage and a second reference signal, and supply the first control signal to the charging circuit. The charging circuit charges the output port from the input port based on the first control signal, to supplementally adjust the output voltage.
US12170475B2
According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a rotor assembly includes a rotor core having a through-hole disposed at a central portion thereof along an axial direction of the rotor core, and a rotor shaft that passes through the through-hole and coupled to the rotor core, the rotor shaft includes a shaft body having a hollow portion in an interior thereof, a cooling fluid hole part including a plurality of cooling holes passing through the shaft body to discharge a cooling fluid introduced through the hollow portion to an outside of the shaft body and arranged to be spaced apart from each other along an axial direction of the shaft body, and a support flange protruding radially on an outer surface of the shaft body to restrain axial movement of the rotor core and having a passage communication hole.
US12170469B2
An electric drive (20) comprising an electric machine (10) is specified. The electric machine (10) comprises a stator (21) and a rotor (22) mounted so as to be movable with respect to the stator (21), wherein the stator (21) comprises at least two first conductor sections (23) and at least two second conductor sections (24), the stator (21) comprises at least one first short-circuiting means (25) and at least one second short-circuiting means (26), the first conductor sections (23) are electrically connected to the first short-circuiting means (25), the second conductor sections (24) are electrically connected to the second short-circuiting means (26), and the first conductor sections (23) and the second conductor sections (24) are each designed to be supplied with a separate electric phase. Moreover, a supply system (46) for the electric drive (20) and a method of operating the electric drive (20) are specified.
US12170466B1
Systems and methods to form concentrated motor windings may include bending wires into a U-shape, inserting the wires onto a stator pole, bending ends of the wires around the stator pole, and welding respective pairs of the ends of the bent wires. In some example embodiments, the U-shape may include a twist along a central portion thereof. In other example embodiments, a twist may be introduced along the respective pairs of bent ends of the wires that are then welded. In addition, the wires may be stacked and laterally inserted onto the stator pole. Further, the wire bending, twisting, insertion, welding, and other forming processes may be performed by automated or robotic machinery or equipment.
US12170447B2
An electronic includes: a housing including a first plate, a second plate, and a side member; a display; a conductive coil parallel to the second plate and disposed between the display and the second plate; a wireless charging circuitry electrically connected to the conductive coil; and a processor operatively connected with the display and the wireless charging circuitry. The wireless charging circuitry receives a signal for wirelessly transferring power to an external electronic device from the processor, receives information about the external electronic device, receives a power control signal from the external electronic device via the conductive coil, applies a charging current of a first frequency to the conductive coil based at least in part on a request signal, increases a frequency of the charging current, compares the increased frequency with a first value, and adjusts a duty cycle of the charging current.
US12170443B2
Establishing communication and power sharing links between components of a distributed energy system
Disclosed herein is a method and system for sharing power or energy across various power supply and control modules. More specifically, disclosed herein are systems and methods for distributing energy. As explained herein, the method discloses receiving, at a microgrid, data from a plurality of data sources. The data is then analyzed to forecast power needs associated with the microgrid. Using the data, the microgrid may determine whether and when to share power with the requesting module.
US12170440B2
A semiconductor integrated circuit includes an input terminal, a semiconductor circuit, and a surge protection circuit connected between the input terminal and the semiconductor circuit. The surge protection circuit includes a first clamping circuit, a second clamping circuit, and a first inductor. The first clamping circuit includes first and second diodes connected in series. The second clamping circuit includes third and fourth diodes connected in series. The first inductor is connected between a first node and a second node. The first node is between the first diode and the second diode and connected to the input terminal. The second node is between the third diode and the fourth diode and connected to the semiconductor circuit.
US12170438B2
A conduit body includes a sidewall defining an internal chamber and at least two ports providing access to the internal chamber, and a cover connectable to the sidewall to enclose the internal chamber. The sidewall defines a first surface section adjacent one of the at least two ports, a second surface section adjacent another of the at least two ports, and a radiused transition section connecting the first surface section and the second surface section and configured for reducing frictional drag of a cable pulled though the internal chamber. The first surface section is spaced apart from the second surface section to increase a volume of the internal chamber.
US12170436B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device on a semiconductor substrate, wherein the semiconductor device is adapted to provide target lasing properties, the method includes creating, a mask layer over the semiconductor substrate, the mask layer having at least one opening to expose a region of the semiconductor substrate, etching using a first etching process the exposed region, utilizing inductively coupled plasma with preselected first set of parameters to obtain a baseline mesa profile, the baseline mesa profile having a baseline mesa angle, re-etching using a second etching process the etched region, utilizing inductively coupled plasma with preselected second set of parameters, to alter the baseline mesa profile to obtain a requisite mesa profile having a requisite mesa angle defined by the target lasing properties and the requisite mesa angle being different from the baseline mesa angle, removing the mask layer and defining a p-n junction for the semiconductor substrate.
US12170434B2
According to an aspect of an embodiment, operations may include obtaining a respective target temperature for each respective segment of multiple segments of a Highly Non-Linear optical Fiber (HNLF). Each respective target temperature may be based on a respective Zero-Dispersion Wavelength (ZDW) distribution of its corresponding segment and may be based on a target ZDW of the HNLF. The operations may also include adjusting a respective temperature of each respective segment that may be based on the respective target temperature of each respective segment such that each respective segment has a respective ZDW that is within a threshold of the target ZDW.
US12170432B2
A crimping tool with a housing, a motor, a switch connected to the motor for activating the motor, a pump driven by the motor, a piston driven by the pump, an indenter operably connected to the piston, and a tool head connected to the housing, wherein a workpiece can be disposed between the tool head and the indenter. A current sensor is connected to the motor for sensing current flowing through the motor. A processor receives current data from the current sensor, the processor analyzing the current data to determine completion of a crimping operation and/or an error condition. A display connected to the processor can indicate completion of a crimping operation and/or an error condition.
US12170427B2
A board-to-board connector for wireless communication devices connects first and second circuit boards. The circuit board connector includes: a radio frequency coaxial cable; and a first interface and a second interface respectively connected to two opposing ends of the radio frequency coaxial cable, wherein each of the first interface and the second interface includes a housing, the housing includes a hollow main body part and a flange part located at a first end of the main body part, the main body part receives one end of the radio frequency coaxial cable at a second end opposite to the first end, the flange part is provided with one or more protruding portions, a protruding portion of the first interface is configured to connect the first interface to the first circuit board, and a protruding portion of the second interface is configured to connect the second interface to the second circuit board.
US12170421B2
A plug storage base and a plug kit. The plug storage base is configured to store at least two detachable plugs. The plug storage base comprises a connecting body and at least two storage structures disposed on the connecting body, wherein each of the storage structures comprises a mounting recess provided in the connecting body; the mounting recess is arranged in a run-through manner in an extension direction thereof; the mounting recess is configured to store a plugging structure; and a recess wall of the mounting recess is provided with a first slip connection structure for slip connection with the plugging structure of the detachable plug. The plug storage base can store at least two detachable plugs, and achieve fitting and slip connection with the detachable plugs by means of the first slip connection structures, so as to prevent the loss of multiple detachable plugs when being placed separately.
US12170420B2
The application deals with a male or female connector for automotive applications with at least one signal contact having an elongated male pin or a female signal contact portion; wherein a section of the signal contact is covered by a molded part that is manufactured by overmolding the section of the signal contact. The application further deals with a method for producing a male or female connector for automotive applications; including the steps of providing at least one signal contact having an elongated pin or a female signal contact portion; and overmolding a section of the at least one signal contact.
US12170417B2
It is aimed to provide a connector capable of ensuring connection reliability with a circuit board. A connector includes a housing and a terminal fitting to be disposed in the housing. The terminal fitting includes a terminal connecting portion to be connected to a mating terminal fitting, a board connecting portion to be connected to a circuit board and a shaft portion located between the terminal connecting portion and the board connecting portion. The housing includes a supporting portion for rotatably supporting the terminal fitting by being engaged with the shaft portion. The terminal fitting has a center of gravity on a side closer to the board connecting portion than the shaft portion.
US12170401B2
Systems and methods are described to create radio daisy chains for convenient and aesthetically pleasing high-density radio deployments.
US12170392B2
A modular device for generating hydrogen gas from a hydrogen liquid carrier may include a housing; an inlet for receiving the hydrogen liquid carrier; and at least one cartridge arranged within the housing. The cartridge may include at least one catalyst configured to cause a release of hydrogen gas when exposed to the hydrogen liquid carrier. The modular device may include a gas outlet for expelling the hydrogen gas released in the modular device and a liquid outlet for expelling spent hydrogen liquid carrier.
US12170391B2
The invention relates to a valve (10) for regulating oxygen in a fuel cell system (11), comprising: —a valve housing (12), which has a valve seat (13) and a through-opening (14) in the valve seat (13); —a valve shaft (15), which has a valve disk (16) formed thereon for closing the through-opening (14) in the valve seat (13) in a closed state of the valve (10) and for releasing the through-opening (14) in a released state of the valve (10); and—a moving means (17) for linearly moving the valve disk (16) between an opening position in an open state, in which open state the valve disk (16) is spaced apart from the valve seat (13), and a closing position in the closed state, in which closed state the valve disk (16) is positioned on the valve seat (13), and for rotationally moving the valve shaft (15) in order to pivot the valve disk (16) between the opening position and a releasing position in the released state, in which released state at least part of the valve disk (16) is spaced farther apart from the valve seat (13) than in the opening position. The invention also relates to a fuel cell system (11) comprising at least one valve (10) according to the invention.
US12170377B2
A foil-like functional material (1) providing a predefined function and may be used for targeted physical, chemical, physicochemical, biological, technical and technological purposes, and in which is arranged a support medium (2), which comprises a total support volume, has a cross-sectional extent (7) of ≤100 μm, like a matrix, and is formed from linear support elements (3a) and node-like support elements (3b), which form the substance components of the support medium (2) and pass through the total support volume to form a strip-like extent with interconnected partial volumes (5), situated therein and spanned by support elements (3) close by. The support elements (3) are sheathed with a first functional substance (4) which provides a first function. The remaining volume of the total support volume is filled with one second functional substance (6) which differs from the first function.
US12170363B2
A positive active material including a first particle and a second particle. The first particle has a chemical formula of LieCog M1-gO2-i, and the second particle has a chemical formula of LifCohN1-hO2-j. M is at least two selected from the group of Ni, Mn, Al, Mg, Ti, La, Y and Zr. N is at least one selected from a group of Ni, Mn, Al, Mg, Ti, La, Y and Zr, and 0.8≤e≤1.2, 0
US12170362B2
A negative electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte with a negative electrode mixture layer that includes a first layer and a second layer. The first layer is formed on the negative electrode current collector and includes a negative electrode active material and a first binding agent. The negative electrode active material in the first layer includes a carbon material A and a Si-containing compound. The first binding agent includes polyacrylic acid or a salt thereof. The second layer is formed on the first layer and includes a negative electrode active material and a second binding agent. The negative electrode active material in the second layer includes a carbon material B. The carbon material B has a tap density higher than a tap density of the carbon material A. A packing density of the second layer is lower than a packing density of the first layer.
US12170350B2
Disclosed are a lithium secondary battery including: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; an electrolyte; and a separator including a separator substrate and a ceramic layer formed on one surface or both surfaces of the separator substrate. Particularly, the ceramic layer may include a first ceramic particle including an epoxide group and a second ceramic particle including an amine group, and the first ceramic particle may be chemically bonded to the second ceramic particle.
US12170347B2
An embodiment of the disclosure provides an electronic device including multiple units. Each unit in the units includes multiple primary bonding regions and at least one reserved bonding region. Each reserved bonding region is connected to the primary bonding regions. The number of the at least one reserved bonding region is less than the number of primary bonding regions.
US12170342B2
In an embodiment an optoelectronic semiconductor component includes a first semiconductor layer of an n-conductivity type, the first semiconductor layer being of AlxGa1-xN composition, with 0.3≤x≤0.95, a second semiconductor layer of a p-conductivity type, an active zone between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, the active zone including a quantum well structure and an intermediate layer between the first semiconductor layer and the active zone, wherein the intermediate layer includes a semiconductor material of AlyGa1-yN composition, with x*1.05≤y≤1, and wherein the intermediate layer is located directly adjacent to the active zone.
US12170331B2
A titanium precursor is used to selectively form a titanium silicide (TiSix) layer in a semiconductor device. A plasma-based deposition operation is performed in which the titanium precursor is provided into an opening, and a reactant gas and a plasma are used to cause silicon to diffuse to a top surface of a transistor structure. The diffusion of silicon results in the formation of a silicon-rich surface of the transistor structure, which increases the selectivity of the titanium silicide formation relative to other materials of the semiconductor device. The titanium precursor reacts with the silicon-rich surface to form the titanium silicide layer. The selective titanium silicide layer formation results in the formation of a titanium silicon nitride (TiSixNy) on the sidewalls in the opening, which enables a conductive structure such as a metal source/drain contact to be formed in the opening without the addition of another barrier layer.
US12170326B2
A semiconductor device includes a buried power rail (BPR) over a substrate and a semiconductor structure over the BPR. The semiconductor structure is tube-shaped and extends along a vertical direction. The semiconductor structure includes a first source/drain (S/D) region over the BPR, a gate region over the first S/D region, and a second S/D region over the gate region. The semiconductor device includes a first S/D interconnect structure extending from the BPR and further into the semiconductor structure such that a top portion of the first S/D interconnect structure is surrounded by the first S/D region. The semiconductor device includes a gate structure that includes (i) a gate oxide formed along an inner surface of the gate region and (ii) a gate electrode formed along sidewalls of the gate oxide in the gate region. The semiconductor device includes a second S/D interconnect structure positioned over the second S/D region.
US12170325B2
In method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, a source/drain epitaxial layer is formed, one or more dielectric layers are formed over the source/drain epitaxial layer, an opening is formed in the one or more dielectric layers to expose the source/drain epitaxial layer, a first silicide layer is formed on the exposed source/drain epitaxial layer, a second silicide layer different from the first silicide layer is formed on the first silicide layer, and a source/drain contact is formed over the second silicide layer.
US12170322B2
Nanosheet transistor devices are provided. A nanosheet transistor device includes a transistor stack that includes a lower nanosheet transistor having a first nanosheet width and a lower gate width. The transistor stack also includes an upper nanosheet transistor that is on the lower nanosheet transistor and that has a second nanosheet width and an upper gate width that are different from the first nanosheet width and the lower gate width, respectively. Related methods of forming a nanosheet transistor device are also provided.
US12170314B2
A semiconductor device including a FET includes an isolation insulating layer disposed in a trench of the substrate, a gate dielectric layer disposed over a channel region of the substrate, a gate electrode disposed over the gate dielectric layer, a source and a drain disposed adjacent to the channel region, and an embedded insulating layer disposed below the source, the drain and the gate electrode and both ends of the embedded insulating layer are connected to the isolation insulating layer.
US12170310B2
In some examples, an integrated circuit includes an isolation layer disposed on or over a semiconductor substrate. The integrated circuit also includes a first conductive plate located over the isolation layer and a composite dielectric layer located over the first conductive plate. The composite dielectric layer includes a first sublayer comprising a first chemical composition; a second sublayer comprising a second different chemical composition; and a third sublayer comprising a third chemical composition substantially similar to the first chemical composition. The integrated circuit further includes a second conductive plate located directly on the composite dielectric layer above the first conductive plate.
US12170305B2
The present disclosure discloses a flat panel detector, a driving method, a driving device and a flat panel detection device. The flat panel detector includes: a base substrate, and a plurality of detection units located on the base substrate; each of the detection units includes a photodiode and a detection transistor; the flat panel detector further includes: a compensation semiconductor material layer including a plurality of compensation structures mutually spaced; each detection transistor is correspondingly provided with a compensation structure, and the compensation structure is located between a gate and a gate insulating layer of the corresponding detection transistor.
US12170300B2
A device may include a multispectral filter array disposed on the substrate. The multispectral filter array may include a first metal mirror disposed on the substrate. The multispectral filter may include a spacer disposed on the first metal mirror. The spacer may include a set of layers. The spacer may include a second metal mirror disposed on the spacer. The second metal mirror may be aligned with two or more sensor elements of a set of sensor elements.
US12170290B2
In a transistor substrate of a display device, a plurality of signal lines to which any one of drive signals of a gate signal and a video signal is supplied include a plurality of first signal lines to which the drive signal is supplied. The first signal line is connected to a driving driver, and is formed in an edge region positioned between an end portion of a substrate and a pixel region and in the pixel region. The first signal line is formed to pass through a first wiring formed in a first layer from a second wiring formed in a second layer in the edge region.
US12170289B2
A display device includes a pixel component including scan lines, data lines, and pixels electrically connected to the scan lines and the data lines, and defining pixel columns and pixel rows, a data driver disposed on a side of the pixel component, and a scan driver disposed on the side of the pixel component. The pixel component includes sub-scan lines, and dummy lines. Each scan line may be electrically connected to the sub-scan lines by contacts. The contacts are divided into contact groups having a same arrangement. The pixel component is divided into pixel blocks corresponding to the contact groups. Each pixel block includes first and second area divided by contact group. The first area is closer to the scan driver than the second area. The pixel component further includes supplementary power lines spaced apart from the respective sub-scan lines.
US12170278B2
A semiconductor device comprising first and second unit cells, the first unit cell comprising a first fin pattern extending in a first direction, a first gate pattern extending in a second direction, and a first contact disposed on a side of the first gate pattern contacting the first fin pattern, the second unit cell comprising a second fin pattern extending in the first direction, a second gate pattern extending in the second direction, and a second contact disposed on a side of the second gate pattern contacting the second fin pattern, wherein the first and second gate patterns are spaced apart and lie on a first straight line extending in the second direction, the first and second contacts are spaced apart and lie on a second straight line extending in the second direction, and a first middle contact is disposed on and connects the first and second contacts.
US12170277B2
An integrated circuit includes a driver cell and at least one transmission cell. The driver cell includes a first active area and a second active area, and a first conductive line coupled to the first active area and the second active area on a back side of the integrated circuit. The at least one transmission cell having a second cell height includes a third active area and a fourth active area, a second conductive line coupled to the third active area and the fourth active area on the back side of the integrated circuit, and a conductor coupled to the third active area and the fourth active area. The integrated circuit further includes a third conductive line coupled between the first conductive line and the second conductive line on the back side to transmit a signal between the driver cell and the at least one transmission cell.
US12170274B2
An embodiment a structure including a first semiconductor device bonded to a first side of a first redistribution structure by first conductive connectors, the first semiconductor device comprising a first plurality of passive elements formed on a first substrate, the first redistribution structure comprising a plurality of dielectric layers with metallization patterns therein, the metallization patterns of the first redistribution structure being electrically coupled to the first plurality of passive elements, a second semiconductor device bonded to a second side of the first redistribution structure by second conductive connectors, the second side of the first redistribution structure being opposite the first side of the first redistribution structure, the second semiconductor device comprising a second plurality of passive elements formed on a second substrate, the metallization patterns of the first redistribution structure being electrically coupled to the second plurality of passive elements.
US12170272B2
A display device and a method of fabricating a display device. The display device includes a substrate including an emission area and a subarea adjacent to the emission area, a bank disposed in the emission area of the substrate, a height difference compensation pattern disposed in the subarea of the substrate, a first electrode and a second electrode that are disposed on the bank, the first electrode and the second electrode being spaced apart from each other, and a light-emitting element disposed in the emission area, between the first electrode and the second electrode.
US12170267B2
A structure includes core substrates attached to a first side of a redistribution structure, wherein the redistribution structure includes first conductive features and first dielectric layers, wherein each core substrate includes conductive pillars, wherein the conductive pillars of the core substrates physically and electrically contact first conductive features; an encapsulant extending over the first side of the redistribution structure, wherein the encapsulant extends along sidewalls of each core substrate; and an integrated device package connected to a second side of the redistribution structure.
US12170266B2
A semiconductor package includes a chip stack comprising semiconductor chips vertically stacked on a substrate in a first direction perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate, pillars between the substrate and the chip stack, an adhesive layer on a bottom surface of a lowermost semiconductor chip of the semiconductor chips, a first lower protective layer between the adhesive layer and the pillars, a second lower protective layer between the first lower protective layer and the adhesive layer, and a mold layer covering the chip stack and filling a space between the pillars. A thickness of the second lower protective layer in the first direction is greater than a thickness of the adhesive layer in the first direction.
US12170260B2
Provided is a semiconductor package including: a pad substrate on which a semiconductor chip is installed; a solder formed on the pad substrate having a length same as or longer than a side of the semiconductor chip; and an intagliated groove formed on the pad substrate having a length longer than at least the side of the semiconductor chip and filled with at least a certain amount of melted solder, wherein the solder having a thickness of at least 1 μm or above is filled in the intagliated groove to have a length of at least 3 μm or above and an intermetallic compound layer is formed on a certain area included in an inner wall of the intagliated groove. Accordingly, movement of the semiconductor chip may be restricted so that the quality of following processes may be improved, and electrical and mechanical combination between the solder and the pad substrate may be stabled.
US12170259B2
A semiconductor package that include first and second semiconductor chips bonded together, wherein the first semiconductor chip includes a first semiconductor substrate, a first semiconductor element layer and a first wiring structure sequentially stacked on a first surface of the first semiconductor substrate, first connecting pads and first test pads on the first wiring structure, and first front-side bonding pads, which are connected to the first connecting pads, wherein the second semiconductor chip includes a second semiconductor substrate, a second semiconductor element layer and a second wiring structure sequentially stacked on a third surface of the second semiconductor substrate, and first back-side bonding pads bonded to the first front-side bonding pads on the fourth surface of the second semiconductor substrate, and wherein the first test pads are not electrically connected to the second semiconductor chip.
US12170253B2
Metal-free frame designs for silicon bridges for semiconductor packages and the resulting silicon bridges and semiconductor packages are described. In an example, a semiconductor structure includes a substrate having an insulating layer disposed thereon, the substrate having a perimeter. A metallization structure is disposed on the insulating layer, the metallization structure including conductive routing disposed in a dielectric material stack. A first metal guard ring is disposed in the dielectric material stack and surrounds the conductive routing. A second metal guard ring is disposed in the dielectric material stack and surrounds the first metal guard ring. A metal-free region of the dielectric material stack surrounds the second metal guard ring. The metal-free region is disposed adjacent to the second metal guard ring and adjacent to the perimeter of the substrate.
US12170241B2
The present disclosure is directed to a method for forming metal insulator metal decoupling capacitors with scalable capacitance. The method can include forming a first redistribution layer with metal lines on a portion of a polymer layer, depositing a photoresist layer on the first redistribution layer, and etching the photoresist layer to form spaced apart first and second TIV openings in the photoresist layer, where the first TIV opening is wider than the second TIV opening. The method can further include depositing a metal in the first and second TIV openings to form respective first and second TIV structures in contact with the metal line, removing the photoresist layer, forming a high-k dielectric on a top surface of the first and second TIV structures, and depositing a metal layer on the high-k dielectric layer to form respective first and second capacitors.
US12170235B2
A semiconductor structure according to the present disclosure includes a circuit region disposed over a substrate and a seal ring region disposed over the substrate and completely surrounding the circuit region. The circuit region includes first fins, second fins, n-type epitaxial structures over the first fins, and p-type epitaxial structures over the second fins. The seal ring region includes fin rings extending completely around the circuit region, epitaxial rings disposed over and extending parallel to the fin rings. All of the epitaxial rings over all of the fin rings in the seal ring region are p-type epitaxial rings.
US12170234B2
A semiconductor device includes a first wafer and a second wafer. The semiconductor device includes a seal ring structure comprising a first metal structure in a body of the first wafer, a second metal structure in the body of the first wafer, a third metal structure in a body of the second wafer, and a metal bonding structure including a first set of metal elements coupling the first metal structure and the third metal structure through an interface between the first wafer and the second wafer, and a second set of metal elements coupling the second metal structure and the third metal structure through the interface between the first wafer and the second wafer.
US12170221B2
The present inventive concept relates to a substrate processing apparatus including a supporting part for supporting a substrate; a disk supporting a plurality of the supporting parts; a lid disposed on the disk; and a first protrusion portion coupled to the disk to protrude in an upward direction from the disk to the lid in a center region disposed inward from the supporting parts and a gap region disposed between the supporting parts.
US12170217B2
A substrate processing apparatus includes: a stage including an electrostatic chuck configured to attract a substrate; a heater configured to heat the stage; a heating drive part configured to supply power to the heater so that a temperature of the stage becomes a target value; and a detector configured to detect an abnormality in attraction of the substrate by the electrostatic chuck, wherein the detector is further configured to detect the abnormality based on fluctuation of the power supplied to the heater, the fluctuation being generated by the attraction of the substrate by the electrostatic chuck.
US12170216B2
According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a transfer device has a first holding part configured to contact an edge part of a substrate when holding the substrate, and a second holding part formed with an elastic member and configured to contact only a back surface of the substrate when holding the substrate.
US12170207B2
Stacked semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same are provided. Contact pads are formed on a die. A passivation layer is blanket deposited over the contact pads. The passivation layer is subsequently patterned to form first openings, the first openings exposing the contact pads. A buffer layer is blanket deposited over the passivation layer and the contact pads. The buffer layer is subsequently patterned to form second openings, the second opening exposing a first set of the contact pads. First conductive pillars are formed in the second openings. Conductive lines are formed over the buffer layer simultaneously with the first conductive pillars, ends of the conductive lines terminating with the first conductive pillars. An external connector structure is formed over the first conductive pillars and the conductive lines, the first conductive pillars electrically coupling the contact pads to the external connector structure.
US12170203B2
An integrated circuit includes a first nanostructure transistor having a first gate electrode and a second nanostructure transistor having a second gate electrode. A dielectric isolation structure is between the first and second gate electrodes. A gate connection metal is on a portion of the top surface of the first gate electrode and on a portion of a top surface of the second gate electrode. The gate connection metal is patterned to expose other portions of the top surfaces of the first and second gate electrodes adjacent to the dielectric isolation structure. A conductive via contacts the exposed portion of the top surface of the second gate electrode.
US12170199B2
The present disclosure is generally related to semiconductor devices, and more particularly to a dielectric material formed in semiconductor devices. The present disclosure provides methods for forming a dielectric material layer by a cyclic spin-on coating process. In an embodiment, a method of forming a dielectric material on a substrate includes spin-coating a first portion of a dielectric material on a substrate, curing the first portion of the dielectric material on the substrate, spin-coating a second portion of the dielectric material on the substrate, and thermal annealing the dielectric material to form an annealed dielectric material on the substrate.
US12170197B2
Methods for selective deposition, and structures thereof, are provided. Material is selectively deposited on a first surface of a substrate relative to a second surface of a different material composition. A passivation layer is selectively formed from vapor phase reactants on the first surface while leaving the second surface without the passivation layer. A layer of interest is selectively deposited from vapor phase reactants on the second surface relative to the passivation layer. The first surface can be metallic while the second surface is dielectric, or the second surface is dielectric while the second surface is metallic. Accordingly, material, such as a dielectric, can be selectively deposited on either metallic or dielectric surfaces relative to the other type of surface using techniques described herein. Techniques and resultant structures are also disclosed for control of positioning and shape of layer edges relative to boundaries between underlying disparate materials.
US12170196B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to methods and systems for cleaning a surface of a substrate. In an embodiment, a method of processing a substrate is provided. The method includes introducing a substrate to a processing volume of a processing chamber by positioning the substrate on a substrate support. The method further includes flowing a first process gas into the processing volume, the first process gas comprising HF, flowing a second process gas into the processing volume, the second process gas comprising pyridine, pyrrole, aniline, or a combination thereof, and exposing the substrate to the first process gas and the second process gas to remove oxide from the substrate under oxide removal conditions. In another embodiment, a system is provided that includes a processing chamber to process a substrate, and a controller to cause a processing method to be performed in the processing chamber.
US12170187B2
A system includes: gas supply flow paths for supplying independently a main gas to a processing chamber; a flow rate control valve disposed in each gas supply flow path; an additive-gas flow path connected to the flow rate control valve; a valve for addition disposed in the additive-gas flow path; and a controller for controlling the flow rate control valve and the valve for addition to execute controls of: calculating flow rates of the main gas and an additive gas to be mixed with the main gas; calculating a total of the flow rates; calculating an internal pressure of each gas supply flow path with the total flow rate, and first and second relationships between previously acquired gas flow rates and gas pressures of the main gas and the additive gas, respectively; calculating an internal pressure ratio; and proportionally controlling openings of flow rate control valves based on the ratio.
US12170186B2
Methods and apparatus for substrate processing are described. In some embodiments a showerhead assembly includes a heated showerhead having a heater and a gas diffusion plate coupled to the heater, the gas diffusion plate having a plurality of channels extending through the gas diffusion plate; an ion filter spaced from the heated showerhead, the ion filter having a first side facing the heated showerhead and a second side opposite the first side, the ion filter having a plurality of channels extending through the ion filter; a heat transfer ring in contact between the heated showerhead and the ion filter, the heat transfer ring being thermally conductive and electrically insulative, the heat transfer ring comprised of a plurality of elements spaced from one another along an interface between the heated showerhead and the ion filter; and a remote plasma region defined between the heated showerhead and the ion filter.
US12170178B2
A dual conductor Thomson coil actuator for use in opening the separable contacts of a circuit interrupter comprises two nested conductors wound to form a single coil, rather than the traditional design comprising one single conductor wound to form a coil of the same size. Each of the two conductors can be excited by half the capacitance that would be used to excite the traditional single conductor coil, using the same voltage as the single conductor coil. When the same total capacitor-stored energy that would be used to excite the single conductor coil is instead used to excite the dual conductor coil, the initial pulse of aggregate current through the dual conductor coil is greater than the initial pulse of current through the single conductor coil, resulting in a faster initial opening distance of the separable contacts during an opening stroke.
US12170177B2
An isolation ground switch has a housing having a front housing portion and a back housing portion defining a housing cavity therebetween. A conductive switch plate is positioned in the housing cavity and rotatable between a closed position and an open position. A plurality of termination studs are mounted to the front housing portion, each termination stud having a conductive projection extending into the housing cavity. The conductive projection of each termination stud engages the switch plate when the switch plate rotates to the closed position, and when the switch plate rotates to the open position, the switch plate does not contact the termination studs and is conductively isolated.
US12170154B2
A device for producing electricity. The device includes a substrate having spaced apart first and second surfaces and doped a first dopant type, first semiconductor material layers disposed atop the first substrate surface and doped the first dopant type, and second semiconductor material layers disposed atop the first semiconductor material layers and doped a second dopant type. A first contact is in electrical contact with the second substrate surface or in electrical contact with one of the first semiconductor material layers. A beta particle source emits beta particles that penetrate into the semiconductor material layers; the beta particle source is proximate the uppermost layer of the second plurality of semiconductor material layers. A second contact is in electrical contact with one of the second plurality of semiconductor material layers. In one embodiment, bi-polar contacts (the first and second contacts) are co-located on each major face of the device.
US12170153B2
An infusion system may include a radioisotope generator that generates a radioactive eluate via elution, a beta detector, a gamma detector, and a controller. The beta detector and the gamma detector may be positioned to measure beta emissions and gamma emissions, respectively, emitted from the radioactive eluate. In some examples, the controller is configured to calibrate the infusion system using the gamma detector. For example, the controller may generate a radioactive eluate and measure the activity of the radioactive eluate using both the beta detector and the gamma detector. The high accuracy of the activity measured by the gamma detector may be used to calibrate the infusion system. In subsequent use, the infusion system calibrated using the gamma detector may adjust measurements made to monitor and/or control patient infusion procedures.
US12170149B2
A method and apparatus for constructing a drug knowledge graph are provided. The method may include: identifying entities in a drug text; replacing medical key entities among the entities with character strings that conform to a preset rule, to obtain a replaced text; restoring the character strings in a word segmentation result, determined based on the replaced text, to the medical key entities replaced by the character strings; forming a linear entity relationship between the entities based on the entities; and generating a drug knowledge graph according to a parsing result obtained by syntactically parsing the linear entity relationship.
US12170148B2
Various aspects of the subject technology relate to systems, methods, and machine-readable media for a learning platform that employs machine learning to identify patterns that describe meaningful subgroups of patients associated with a particular disease, distinct characteristics of each subgroup, and implications of belonging to a specific subgroup in terms of developing into a more severe disease state for patient journey mapping. The system may include a mapping server that includes a medical-event embedding engine that embeds electronic health records into vectors, a clustering engine that identifies clusters of patients with similar patient journeys by operating on the output of the medical-event embedding engine, and a cluster profiling engine that identifies distinguishing medical events for each identified cluster by operating on the output of the clustering engine.
US12170147B1
Systems, methods, and computer program products for predicting and detecting the onset of retinal diseases are provided. A method of detecting glaucoma includes: pre-training at least one neural network model of a plurality of neural network models based on a small data classifier; training the plurality of neural network models based on a plurality of indications of glaucoma based on retinal data including at least two of a peripapillary atrophy value, a disc hemorrhage value, and a blood vessel structure analysis value; simultaneously generating a risk score associated with each of the plurality of indications based on the trained plurality of neural network models; combining the risk score associated with each of the plurality of indications based on a classification model to produce a likelihood of glaucoma; and determining whether glaucoma is present based on the likelihood of glaucoma.
US12170145B2
A system which includes an apparatus for generating radio frequency scanning data which includes a transmitter for transmitting radio waves below the skin surface of a person and a two-dimensional array of receive antennas for receiving the radio waves, including a reflected portion of the transmitted radio waves that is reflected from a blood vessel of the person. The wave signal is compared to known standard waveforms, and similar waveforms are input into a machine learning algorithm to determine one or more health parameters of the person. The system then notifies the person and/or health professionals of the person's health status. The health parameters can be used to trigger other software and hardware modules such as another measurement device, a medication scheduler or alert, medical recommendations, guidance software, a virtual assistant, or any other hardware and/or software which may help the patient or health professionals.
US12170141B2
A method for evaluating efficacy of a therapeutic intervention includes obtaining, from each of paired liver biopsy samples of a subject comprising a first sample prior to the therapeutic intervention and a second sample after the therapeutic intervention, a first set of image data indicative of a first histopathological feature and a second set of image data indicative of a second histopathological feature. For each of the first and second samples, the second histopathological feature is quantified, the first and second sets of image data are overlapped based on a common reference frame, and the first histopathological feature present in an overlapping area of the first and second sets of image data is quantified. The method also includes determining the efficacy of the therapeutic intervention based on a comparison of the quantified second histopathological feature between the first and second samples and/or a comparison of the quantified first histopathological feature in the overlapping area between the first and second samples. The first and second pathological features include features selected from the group consisting of fibrosis, inflammation, ballooning and steatosis.
US12170137B2
A system configured to be coupled with a participant of an activity. The system comprises: a participant activity monitoring unit configured for monitoring a performance of the activity by the participant; an activity information module configured for storing performance information corresponding to the activity; and a participant performance correlator configured for delivering comparative performance data based on the monitored performance of the activity by the participant and the stored performance information.
US12170135B2
Methods and systems for evaluating a query perturbation, in a cell based assay representing a test state, are provided. Control data points having dimensions representing measurements of different features across control cell aliquots are obtained. Test data points having dimensions representing measurements of different features across test cell aliquots are obtained. A composite test vector is computed between measures of central tendency across the control data points and measures of central tendency across the test data points. Query perturbation data points having dimensions representing measurements of different features across perturbation cell aliquots are obtained. A composite query perturbation vector is computed between measures of central tendency across the control data points and measures of central tendency across the plurality of query perturbation data points.
US12170131B2
A system for prediction of clinical trial participation. The system includes: a processor of a participation probability node; a memory on which are stored machine-readable instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: receive a clinical trial (CT) request from a user device, parse the CT request to derive at least one CT parameter, query a patients' database based on the at least one CT parameter to store a set of potential CT participants, collect social media activity-related data for each of the potential CT participants from the set, generate a plurality of feature vectors based on the social media activity-related data of the potential CT participants, and provide the feature vectors to the machine learning module for generating a predictive model indicating a participation probability index for each of the potential CT participants.
US12170119B2
Provided herein may be a memory device and a method of operating the same. The memory device may include a plurality of memory cells coupled between a common source line and a bit line, a peripheral circuit configured to perform a plurality of program loops, each including a program voltage application operation of applying a program voltage to a selected memory cell and a verify operation of verifying a program state of the selected memory cell, and a control logic configured to control, at the program voltage application operation, the peripheral circuit to apply a precharge voltage to the common source line and change at least one of a magnitude of the precharge voltage and a time during which the precharge voltage is applied, depending on a magnitude of the program voltage.
US12170117B2
An apparatus that includes a set of memory components of a memory sub-system is provided. The set of memory components include a first memory block comprising first units of linearly arranged memory cells and a second memory block comprising second units of linearly arranged memory cells. The set of memory components include a slit portion dividing the first and second memory blocks. The slit portion includes a capacitor in which a first metal portion of the capacitor is adjacent to the first units of linearly arranged memory cells and a second metal portion of the capacitor is adjacent to the second units of linearly arranged memory cells.
US12170115B2
Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems include erasing a portion of memory from a garbage pool in response to detecting an idle period. A request to write data to the memory is received and it is determined that a charge gain threshold has not been satisfied for the erased portion of memory. The data is written to the erased portion of memory in response to determining the charge gain threshold has not been satisfied.
US12170112B2
A storage device may input a program command requesting to program target data into the memory, input the target data into a memory, and input the program confirmation command into the memory after inputting the program command and the target data into the memory. In this case, the program confirmation command may include information about a cell type of memory cells to be programmed with target data among a plurality of memory cells.
US12170109B2
The present disclosure relates to a memory circuit comprising: a transistor layer; a plurality of first memory elements positioned in a first level above the transistor layer; and a plurality of filament switching resistive memory elements positioned in a second level higher than the first level.
US12170104B2
A storage element includes a layer structure including a storage layer having a direction of magnetization which changes according to information, a magnetization fixed layer having a fixed direction of magnetization, and an intermediate layer disposed therebetween, which intermediate layer contains a nonmagnetic material. The magnetization fixed layer has at least two ferromagnetic layers having a direction of magnetization tilted from a direction perpendicular to a film surface, which are laminated and magnetically coupled interposing a coupling layer therebetween. This configuration may effectively prevent divergence of magnetization reversal time due to directions of magnetization of the storage layer and the magnetization fixed layer being substantially parallel or antiparallel, reduce write errors, and enable writing operation in a short time.
US12170101B2
According to one embodiment, a magnetic head includes a first magnetic pole, a second magnetic pole, and a magnetic element provided between the first and the second magnetic poles. The magnetic element includes first to fifth magnetic layers, and first to sixth non-magnetic layers. The fifth magnetic layer includes a first element and at least one of Fe, Co or Ni. The first element includes at least one selected from the group consisting of Cr, V, Mn, Ti, N and Sc. The fifth non-magnetic layer includes at least one selected from the group consisting of Ru, Ir, Ta, Rh, Pd, Pt and W. The sixth non-magnetic layer includes at least one selected from the group consisting of Cu, Au, Cr, Al, V and Ag.
US12170093B2
An audio decoder decodes a bit stream of encoded audio data, which bit stream represents a sequence of audio sample values and includes a plurality of frames, wherein each frame includes associated encoded audio sample values. The audio decoder includes a determiner configured to determine whether a frame of the encoded audio data is a special frame including encoded audio sample values associated with the special frame and additional information, wherein the additional information include encoded audio sample values of a number of frames preceding the special frame, wherein the encoded audio sample values of the preceding frames are encoded using the same codec configuration as the special frame, wherein the number of preceding frames is sufficient to initialize the decoder to be in a position to decode the audio sample values associated with the special frame if the special frame is the first frame upon start-up of the decoder.
US12170090B2
An electronic device comprising circuitry configured to analyze the results of a stereo or multi-channel source separation to determine one or more time-varying parameters, and to create spatially dynamic audio objects based on the one or more time-varying parameters.
US12170084B2
The present disclosure relates to a control device and a system including the same. The control device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: an external device interface configured to transmit and receive signals to and from a display device; a user input interface configured to receive a user input; an audio output unit including a speaker; and a controller configured to: when a first voice input is received through the user input interface in a standby mode, check a first command corresponding to the first voice input; transmit a signal for activating a function of the display device to the display device through the external device interface when the first command is a command related to image output; and output a response to the first command through the audio output unit when the first command is not the command related to image output.
US12170082B1
An improved method for transcribing/redacting VOIP calls on the fly produces redacted transcripts/audio, in real time, without producing any non-volatile storage footprint for unredacted call audio or transcripts.
US12170081B1
A speech brain-computer interface neural decoding system based on Chinese language, a method for controlling the speech brain-computer interface neural decoding system, and a method for implementing the speech brain-computer interface neural decoding system are disclosed. The speech brain-computer interface neural decoding system includes an electroencephalography (EEG) data acquisition module, a significance feature screening and verification module, a speech imagery EEG data decoding module, and an understandable speech synthesis module. The speech brain-computer interface neural decoding system integrates EEG data collection, EEG feature extraction, EEG feature screening, EEG signal decoding for reconstructing speech spectrum information and understandable speech synthesis. After obtaining reconstructed spectrogram features, a Pearson correlation analysis may be performed with original spectrogram features, with a correlation generally being ≥80%. The decoding performance of the speech brain-computer interface neural decoding system is superior to traditional decoding models, effectively improving communication between patients with speech disorders and the outside world.
US12170075B2
Techniques are disclosed relating to automatically generating new music content based on image representations of audio files. A music generation system includes a music generation subsystem and a music classification subsystem. The music generation subsystem may generate output music content according to music parameters that define policy for generating music. The classification subsystem may be used to classify whether music is generated by the music generation subsystem or is professionally produced music content. The music generation subsystem may implement an algorithm that is reinforced by prediction output from the music classification subsystem. Reinforcement may include tuning the music parameters to generate more human-like music content.
US12170074B2
The present disclosure provides a color correction method, including: in response to original color data of a pixel, converting the original color data into original color coordinates in an original color space; mapping the original color coordinates to a sampling point space to obtain a mapped point corresponding to the original color coordinates in the sampling point space, and determining, according to mapped coordinates of the mapped point, a plurality of reference point coordinates corresponding to the mapped coordinates; obtaining reference point addresses of the reference point coordinates, and simultaneously reading color data of the reference point coordinates according to the reference point addresses; and obtaining corrected color data of the pixel through an interpolation algorithm according to the color data of the reference point coordinates. The present disclosure further provides a Field Programmable Gate Array, a chip and a display device.
US12170073B2
The invention comprises a system of client-server visualization with hybrid data processing, having a server digital data processor, that allows for server side rendering and processing image data, and client digital data processors simultaneously connected to the server, which receives messages from the clients, creates rendered images of data sets or other data processing results and sends those rendered images and results to the clients for display or further processing. Performing certain image rendering operations on either the server or the client according to which is better suited for the tasks requested by the user at any point in time, and possibly adjusting this division of work dynamically, improves rendering speed and application responsiveness on the clients.
US12170067B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are related to a gate driving circuit and a display device, by a boot capacitor controlling a voltage level of a Q node at a timing that the gate driving circuit outputs a gate signal of a turn-on level and a pump capacitor controlling the voltage level of the Q node in a period that the gate signal of the turn-on level is output, a level of the gate signal can be maintained stably even in the case that the gate signal of the turn-on level is output in a long time.
US12170060B2
There is provided a pixel driving circuit and method and a display panel. The pixel driving circuit includes a driving circuit, a control circuit, a voltage stabilization circuit, and a first storage circuit. The driving circuit is configured to provide a driving current to a third node according to a signal from a first node. The control circuit is configured to create conduction between second and fourth nodes in response to a signal from a first enable signal terminal, and create conduction between the first power supply terminal and the fourth node in response to the signal from the first enable signal terminal. The voltage stabilization circuit configured to transmit a signal from the reference voltage terminal to the fourth node in response to a signal from the second enable signal terminal. The first storage circuit configured to store electric charges of the first and fourth nodes.
US12170054B2
A display device includes a compensation value determiner which generates final compensation values for an input image, a timing controller which receives input grayscales of the input image and generate output grayscales by applying the final compensation values to the input grayscales, and a pixel unit which displays an output image corresponding to the output grayscales using pixels. The compensation value determiner determines weights based on display frequencies, display brightnesses, and the input grayscales, the compensation value determiner determines compensation values based on the display frequencies and positions of the pixels, and the compensation value determiner generates the final compensation values by applying the weights to the compensation values.
US12170045B2
Embodiments of this application provide an always-on-display method and an electronic device. The method includes: displaying, by an electronic device, an always-on-display screen, where the always-on-display screen includes a first image of a first display object; in response to detecting by the electronic device that an external object satisfies a first preset condition, displaying, by the electronic device, a second image of a second display object, where the second image is different from the first image. In the embodiments of this application, the always-on-display screen displayed by the electronic device can change according to the external object. When the external object satisfies a preset condition, a corresponding image or motion video is displayed, so that the always-on-display screen can be flexibly displayed.
US12170043B2
An electronic device includes a memory configured to store computer-executable instructions, a processor configured to execute the computer-executable instructions by accessing the memory, and a communicator configured to receive luminance information comprising a maximum luminance and a luminance setting value from at least one target device among one or more external devices identified by the electronic device. The processor is configured to determine a luminance value of the at least one target device, based on the luminance information received from the at least one target device. The processor is further configured to determine a luminance value of an AR image associated with the at least one target device, based on the luminance value of the at least one target device.
US12170035B2
A display module includes a flexible display panel and a bearing structure. The flexible display panel includes a display part and a fan-out part coupled to the display part. The bearing structure includes a first bearing film and a first supporting structure. The first bearing film is at a non-light-emitting side of the flexible display panel, covers the display part and the fan-out part, and is configured to bear the flexible display panel. The first supporting structure is at a side of the first bearing film away from the flexible display panel. An orthographic projection of the first supporting structure on the flexible display panel is within an area where the fan-out part is located and at one end away from the display part, and the first supporting structure supports a portion of the fan-out part of the flexible display panel and a portion of the first bearing film.
US12170033B1
A wristband and label form. The form comprises a first portion having a plurality of releasable labels die cut therein and a second portion having a wristband formed of a single ply. The wristband is releasably secured to the second portion and has a first panel and a second panel. The first panel has a printable area comprising printable coating. The printable area is accessible through the void and is configured to receive indicia from a printer through the void while the wristband is releasably secured to the second portion. Upon removal of the wristband from the second portion, the second panel is foldable over the first panel to laminate the printable area.
US12170029B2
A camera with a field of view toward an external environment of an aircraft is disposed within an aircraft door such that an evacuation slide deployment path is within the field of view of the camera. A display device is disposed within an interior of the aircraft. A processor is operatively coupled to the camera and to the display device. The processor analyzes image data captured by the camera to identify a region within the captured image data that corresponds to the evacuation slide deployment path, determine whether the evacuation slide deployment path will generate a failed deployment outcome, and produce a warning associated with the evacuation slide deployment path in response to determining that the evacuation slide deployment path will generate the failed deployment outcome.
US12170027B2
An aircraft mission calculation system is configured to calculate an environmental benefit index. The system includes an aircraft trajectory calculation engine, able to calculate at least one potential mission trajectory between a geographic point of origin and a geographic point of destination. The aircraft trajectory calculation engine comprises an environmental benefit index calculation module, able to activate the calculation engine. The environmental benefit index calculation module is able to determine an environmental benefit index (GI) of the potential trajectory from the first amount of carbon dioxide (Q1(TR1)) produced on a first reference trajectory defining a fastest mission, the second amount of carbon dioxide produced on a second reference trajectory (Q2(TR2)), defining a mission minimizing the amount of carbon dioxide produced, and the potential amount of carbon dioxide produced on the potential trajectory.
US12170022B2
A driving assistance apparatus including an approach detection part detecting an approach of a railway vehicle along a travel path from a diagonally backward of a subject vehicle to the subject vehicle without using a road-to-vehicle communication, a notification part notifying a driver of information and a microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform estimating a traveling direction of the subject vehicle at an intersection, and controlling the notification part so as to notify the driver of the approach of the railway vehicle when the traveling direction crossing the travel path is estimated and the approach of the railway vehicle to the subject vehicle is detected by the approach detection part.
US12170018B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are presented herein for providing lower level physical-layer gateway functionalities and upper-level application functionalities; a system designed with flexible configurations in order to support a wide range of connected applications. The system includes a processor that executes machine instructions to perform operations. The operations comprise: receiving sensor data from a sensor device located in a building; converting the sensor data from a raw state to a physical measurement; and activating an abatement device situated in the building as a function of the physical measurement.
US12170016B2
Example implementations include aspects for controlling a security system monitoring an environment, comprising collecting sensor data from a plurality of sensors located in the environment, and determining whether a plurality of characteristics of a security event are present in the environment. A determination for each characteristic includes a confidence score indicative of a likelihood that the characteristic is present. The aspects further include identifying, from a plurality of pre-determined environment states, a state of the environment based on a current time and an event schedule of the environment, and generating a combined score that is a function of each respective confidence score and a plurality of weights, wherein each weight corresponds to a respective characteristic and has a value based on the state of the environment. The implementations further include determining that the combined score is greater than a threshold score, and generating an alert indicative of the security event.
US12170013B2
An electronic tag can be secured to a body of a person. The electronic tag has an antenna which transmits or receives an electromagnetic signal. An inductive proximity sensor determines a proximity of a metallic object to the electronic tag, based on electromagnetic coupling between the inductive proximity sensor and the metallic object. The inductive proximity sensor determines, based on the proximity being below a proximity threshold, that a metallic object is attenuating the electromagnetic signal transmitted or received by the antenna.
US12170012B2
A container content monitoring system includes at least one container content monitoring device including a housing, a weight sensor configured to detect a weight of an object, a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the object, a transmitter, and a controller operatively connected to the temperature sensor, the weight sensor, and the transceiver. The transmitter may be configured to communicate with a cloud server remote from the container content monitoring device. The container content monitoring system further includes a router device configured to communicate with the at least one container content monitoring device, a cloud server remote from the at least one container content monitoring device, and a first user device configured to communicate with the cloud server.
US12170004B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for dynamically generating wager delays for live betting are disclosed. During a live contest, a wager delay may be enacted on any wagers placed. The wager delay may be dynamic such that the time of the wager delay changes throughout the contest. The wager delay may be determined based on a state of the contest, such as whether the contest is in a live state or is in a break state. When the contest is in the break state, the wager delay may be lowered or disabled until the contest returns to the live state. The wager delay may be applicable to only users determined to be wagering on the contest while also in-attendance at the contest.
US12169998B2
To provide a technology related to a gaming table with an antenna detection range defined more appropriately. The gaming table includes a plurality of antennas, a placement board, and a control unit. Each of the plurality of antennas is provided at such a position that a detection range is located above a placement surface of the placement board. Each of the plurality of antennas is provided such that a portion of a first antenna overlaps a portion of a second antenna. The control unit exerts control to identify a tip on the placement board and not to identify the same tip repeatedly.
US12169990B2
A gate apparatus includes a determination unit, a fingerprint authentication unit, and a gate control unit. The determination unit determines a nationality of an examination target user. The fingerprint authentication unit obtains a fingerprint of the examination target user if the nationality of the examination target user is a first country and performs fingerprint authentication using the obtained fingerprint. The gate control unit controls a gate to allow the examination target user of the first nationality to pass through if the fingerprint authentication of the examination target user is successful.
US12169988B2
A modular control apparatus for a vehicle comprises: a base block mounted on the vehicle to provide an interface with apparatuses within the vehicle; and an upgrade block detachably mounted on the base block. The base block detects whether or not the upgrade block is valid. The upgrade block includes a checking circuit for physically detecting whether or not the upgrade block is a valid upgrade block. The upgrade block periodically transmits a checking message indicating whether or not the upgrade block is the valid upgrade block.
US12169982B2
A collation system of the present invention includes an imaging means for acquiring a captured image of a pre-passage side area with respect to a gate, a collation means for performing a collation process between a previously registered target and a target in the captured image, and a determination means for determining propriety of passage of the target with respect to the gate, on the basis of a result of the collation process. The collation means initiates the collation process on the basis of a condition, set to each area of the captured image, for the target located in the area.
US12169981B2
A collation system of the present invention includes an imaging means for acquiring a captured image of a pre-passage side area with respect to a gate, a collation means for performing a collation process between a previously registered target and a target in the captured image, and a determination means for determining propriety of passage of the target with respect to the gate, on the basis of a result of the collation process. The collation means initiates the collation process on the basis of a condition, set to each area of the captured image, for the target located in the area.
US12169980B2
There is provided an information processing system including an acquisition means for acquiring a feature point extracted from a biometric image including a pattern of a living body, a setting means for setting a first reference point and a second reference point corresponding to different positions of the biometric image, and a calculation means for calculating first position information indicating a relative position of the first reference point with respect to the feature point and second position information indicating a relative position of the second reference point with respect to the feature point.
US12169979B2
A fingerprint-on-display collection method and an electronic device are provided. In the method, a first interface and a screen brightness related parameter are obtained, where the screen brightness related parameter is a parameter that affects screen brightness in the electronic device, and the first interface is an interface displayed on a screen when fingerprint collection is performed; first exposure time is calculated based on the first interface and the screen brightness related parameter; and fingerprint collection is performed based on the first exposure time to obtain a first fingerprint image. This application can improve an adjustment speed of exposure time, thereby improving a speed at which the electronic device collects a correctly exposed fingerprint image, and improving user experience.
US12169970B2
A system monitors moveable objects using sensor data captured using one or more sensor mounted on a location of the moveable object. The system uses a machine learning based model to predict a risk score indicating a degree of risk associated with the moveable object. The system determines the action to be taken to mitigate the risk based on the risk score. The system transmits information describing the moveable object based on the sensor data to a remote monitoring system. The system may determine the amount of information transmitted, the rate at which information is transmitted, and the type of information displayed based on the risk score. The system performs dignity preserving transformations of the sensor data before transmitting or storing the data.
US12169962B2
Digital image segmentation is provided. The method comprises training a neural network for image segmentation with a labeled training dataset from a first domain, wherein a subset of nodes in the neural net are dropped out during training. The neural network receives image data from a second, different domain. A vector of N values that sum to 1 is calculated for each image element, wherein each value represents an image segmentation class. A label is assigned to each image element according to the class with the highest value in the vector. Multiple inferences are performed with active dropout layers for each image element, and an uncertainty value is generated for each image element. Uncertainty is resolved according to expected characteristics. The label of any image element with an uncertainty above a threshold is replaced with a new label corresponding to a segmentation class based on domain knowledge.
US12169960B2
The verification unit 53A is configured to determine a matched section which is included in raw material data Dr and edited data De in common by performing verification of raw material feature quantity Fr that is feature quantity of the raw material data and editing feature quantity Fe that is feature quantity of the edited data De, the raw material data including at least one of video data or audio data. The labeling unit 54A is configured to generate, as label data DL corresponding to the raw material data Dr, information which defines the matched section as an important section and defines a section other than the matched section as a non-important section.
US12169956B2
An image recognition method includes a feature amount extracting step of generating, from an input image, a base feature map group including a plurality of base feature maps; an inferring step of deriving a plurality of inference results using each of a plurality of machine-learned inference devices for a plurality of inference inputs based on the base feature map group; and an integrating step of integrating the plurality of inference results by a specific manner to derive a final inference result, where each of the plurality of inference inputs has some or all base feature maps of the plurality of base feature maps, and each of the plurality of inference inputs has the some or all base feature maps that are different in part or whole from the some or all base feature maps of another inference input in the plurality of inference inputs.
US12169955B2
An image acquisition unit 110 acquires a plurality of images. The plurality of images include an object to be inferred. An image cut-out unit 120 cuts out an object region including the object from each of the plurality of images acquired by the image acquisition unit 110. An importance generation unit 130 generates importance information by processing the object region cut out by the image cut-out unit 120. The importance information indicates the importance of the object region when an object inference model is generated, and is generated for each object region, that is, for each image acquired by the image acquisition unit 110. A learning data generation unit 140 stores a plurality of object regions cut out by the image cut-out unit 120 and a plurality of pieces of importance information generated by the importance generation unit 130 in a learning data storage unit 150 as at least a part of the learning data.
US12169954B2
Method and computing device for inferring via a neural network environmental data of an area of a building based on visible and thermal images of the area. A predictive model generated by a neural network training engine is stored by the computing device. The computing device determines a visible image of an area based on data received from at least one visible imaging camera. The computing device determines a thermal image of the area based on data received from at least one thermal imaging device. The computing device executes a neural network inference engine, using the predictive model for inferring environmental data based on the visible image and the thermal image. The inferred environmental data comprise geometric characteristic(s) of the area, an occupancy of the area, a human activity in the area, temperature value(s) for the area, and luminosity value(s) for the area.
US12169948B2
A processor for an endoscope according to an aspect is characterized by including: a controller executing program code to perform: acquiring, by the controller, an endoscopic image captured using first system information; discriminating a part of a subject using a first learning model that outputs a discrimination result of discriminating the part of the subject in a case in which the acquired endoscopic image is input; acquiring, by the controller, a setting image associated with the discrimination result output by the first learning model; and outputting second system information using a second learning model that outputs the second system information in a case in which the acquired setting image and the part of the subject are input.
US12169938B2
Embodiments of this specification provide methods and apparatuses for processing images, devices, and storage media. A method includes: obtaining an image for processing; generating a first mask image corresponding to the image based on a machine-learning model and determining whether the image has a foreground object; in response to determining that the image has the foreground object, setting pixels corresponding to the foreground object to a first grayscale value range, and setting pixels corresponding to non-foreground objects in the first mask image to a second grayscale value range; determining an outline corresponding to the foreground object in the image according to a grayscale value range difference between the first grayscale value range of the foreground object and the second grayscale value range of the non-foreground objects in the first mask image; and sending, to a client device for display, the image with the determined outline for interaction by a user.
US12169933B2
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for quantifying severity of infectious disease based on a vision transformer using a chest X-ray (CXR) image. Here, a method of quantifying severity of infectious disease based on a vision transformer includes receiving an input CXR image; extracting a feature map from the received input CXR image using a pretrained neural network; classifying a lesion in the input CXR image using the vision transformer based on the extracted feature map; and quantifying severity of the input CXR image based on the extracted feature map and the classified lesion.
US12169924B2
An automatic inspection process for detecting visible defects on a manufactured item, the process including a set up mode in which images of same-type defect free items, but not images of same-type defected items, are obtained, and an inspection mode in which images of both same-type defect free items and same-type defected items, are obtained and defects are detected, where images of the same-type defect free items are analyzed and based on the analysis the process switches to the inspection mode.
US12169919B2
A vessel image, which maps a vessel structure, and a device image, which maps a device, are created. A processor, depending on the device image and the vessel image, creates an overlaying image. At least one filter algorithm is applied to the device image, creating a filtered device image. The overlaying image is created by overlaying of the vessel image with the filtered device image.
US12169912B2
An image processor receives first image data representing an image. The first image data comprising a plurality of color values corresponding to a plurality of pixels in the image. The image processor determines, using a trained machine learning model, second image data based on the first image data. The second image data comprises surface spectral reflection values corresponding to the plurality of pixels in the image, where the surface spectral reflection values are distributed across a plurality of wavelengths of visible light in the image. The image processor then performs at least one image processing operation with respect to the image using the second image data.
US12169908B2
One embodiment provides a method comprising acquiring 3D content comprising a 3D object in 3D space. The 3D object has object information indicative of a location of the 3D object in the 3D space. The method further comprises projecting the 3D object to a 2D object in 2D space based on the object information. The 2D object has one or more 2D vertices indicative of a location of the 2D object in the 2D space. The method further comprises determining one or more latent variables in the 2D space based on the object information and the one or more 2D vertices, and generating a 2D feature database including the one or more latent variables.
US12169904B2
Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for displaying augmented reality content. The program and method provide for receiving, from a first application running on a device, a request to switch to a second application on the device, the request identifying augmented reality content to display with image data captured by a camera of the device; providing, in response to receiving the request, for switching from the first application to the second application; providing for the second application to activate the camera to capture the image data; and providing for the second application to display the image data captured by the camera with the augmented reality content.
US12169903B2
Cell-based augmented reality (AR) content positioning systems may include a reference grid of cells, each of which includes a 32-bit intracellular coordinate system based on a respective reference point of the cell. Cell topology is selected such that the intracellular coordinate systems may utilize single-precision floating point numbers while retaining the ability to define content positions with, e.g., millimeter-level precision. Accordingly, rendering of AR content may be performed at a high precision using 32-bit devices and methods.
US12169898B1
Techniques are disclosed relating to object and mesh shaders executed by a graphics processor. In some embodiments, a device includes buffer circuitry and shader circuitry configured to execute graphics programs. Control circuitry may: generate object shader work and mesh shader work for the shader circuitry, receive output information generated by a mesh shader that indicates a number of vertices and primitives to be output by the mesh shader, allocate, based on the output information and after execution of at least a portion of the mesh shader, a region of the buffer circuitry for storage of the vertices to be output by the mesh shader, and store the vertices output by the mesh shader in the allocated region. Disclosed techniques may advantageously provide efficient use of limited buffer resources.
US12169891B2
There is a method of computing a stylized, animatable representation of a subject from a family of stylized animatable representations. The method comprises: accessing a realistic representation of the subject; computing a mesh mapping using a model that was formed using a data set of training examples which pair realistic representations of other subjects with instances of the family. The method also comprises applying the mesh mapping to the realistic representation of the subject to produce a target mesh; and selecting the stylized animatable representation from the family, by assessing closeness of the target mesh with instances of the family.
US12169884B2
An image processing apparatus that generates a three-dimensional image as a subtraction image from a first medical image and a second medical image which are three-dimensional images obtained by imaging a subject, the image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire the first medical image and the second medical image, a determination unit configured to determine a resolution of the subtraction image, and, a subtraction image generation unit configured to generate the subtraction image having the resolution determined by the determination unit, wherein the determination unit determines a resolution of at least one axial direction among three axial directions configuring the resolution of the subtraction image, based on a resolution of the first medical image and a predetermined first resolution.
US12169883B2
Accelerated filtered back projection for computed tomography image reconstruction. In an embodiment, a filtered back projection is performed on a sinogram. The back projection may comprise transitioning the sinogram to a linogram using linear interpolation, and performing an inverse Fast Hough Transform on the linogram to produce a reconstructed CT image. Filtering in the filtered back projection may use an infinite impulse response (IIR) filter.
US12169881B2
An augmented reality interventional system which provides contextual overlays (116) to assist or guide a user (101) or enhance the performance of the interventional procedure by the user that uses an interactive medical device (102) to perform the interventional procedure. The system includes a graphic processing module (110) that is configured to generate at least one contextual overlay on an augmented reality display device system (106). The contextual overlays may identify a component (104) or control of the interactive medical device. The contextual overlays may also identify steps of a procedure to be performed by the user and provide instructions for performance of the procedure. The contextual overlays may also identify a specific region of the environment to assist or guide the user or enhance the performance of the interventional procedure by identifying paths or protocols to reduce radiation exposure.
US12169876B2
A processor for optimizing partial writes to compressed blocks is configured to identify that a write request targets less than an entirety of a compressed block of pixel data, identify, based on a compression key, a compressed segment of the compressed block of pixel data that includes a target of the write request, and decompress, responsive to the write request, only the identified compressed segment of the compressed block of pixel data.
US12169869B2
In some embodiments, a method includes storing data associated with fungible assets in a distributed ledger database. The method includes dividing fungible tokens into a first set of groups of fungible tokens based on the data and sending, via the distributed ledger-based network and based on an asymmetric cryptography key pair, each group of fungible tokens from the first set of groups of fungible tokens to a communication device from the first set of communication devices to cause the second plurality of communication devices to send, to a designated recipient communication device, non-fungible tokens for each group of fungible tokens from the second set of groups of fungible tokens. The first set of groups of fungible tokens is divided into a second set of groups of fungible tokens and received at a second set of communication devices.
US12169860B1
A special programs computer, which executes the program on a non-transitory computer readable medium, stores one or more programs and the graphical user interface on a computing device with a touch screen display, a memory, at least one camera configured to input information about an item and one or more processors to execute one or more programs stored in the memory. The touch screen device is operatively connected to one or more database servers via a wired or wireless network. Unlike traditional registries, the special computer systems herein allow for sharing individual selected items (at the item level) off a list with one or more selected individuals and also prevents the gift receiver from being notified that the gifted item has been purchased for them until a later date while simultaneously preventing display of the item to other users after its purchased.
US12169856B2
An effective stock keeping unit (SKU) management system encodes catalog data into an embedding per catalog item. An embedding space is created by encoding catalog item data into an embedding per catalog item. The embedding is created by generating an index, where a number of rows represents a number of catalog items and a number of columns represents a number of fields associated with each catalog item. The index is then denormalized using customer groups and transformed by compressing the number of columns, to create the embedding space. In some configuration, a machine learning model is trained using catalog data. In the embedding space, item similarity is encoded by clustering catalog SKUs into groups in the embedding space, by placing similarly related items close to each other in the embedding space. Catalog items are then searched for in the embedding, with the closest clusters searched for a particular catalog item.
US12169851B2
A system is provided for providing action inducers to target consumer entities. The system accesses transactions relating to actions involving a consumer entity and a provider entity. The system generates training data based on the transactions. The training data includes a feature vector for each consumer entity that includes values for features derived from the transactions involving that consumer entity and a provider entity. Each feature vector is labeled with an outcome that indicates whether a previously provided action inducer induced the consumer entity to take an action. The system trains a classifier based on the training data, generates a target feature vector for a target consumer entity, applies the classifier to the target feature vector to generate a predicted outcome for the target action inducer, and when the predicted outcome satisfies an inducement criterion, provides the target action inducer to the target consumer entity.
US12169847B2
Methods, computer-readable media, systems, and/or apparatuses are provided for providing offer and insight generation functions. User input requesting an offer or insight may be received and an image of a photographic identification of a user may be requested. The image of the photographic identification may be captured and stored. A self-captured image of the user may be captured (e.g., via an image capture device of the computing device) and compared to an image of a user from the photographic identification. Responsive to determining that the images match, displaying an instruction to capture a vehicle identification number. The vehicle identification number may be captured. Data, including location data, may be extracted and an archive including the extracted data may be generated and the data may be transmitted to an entity computing system for processing. The entity computing system may evaluate the data and generate one or more insights and/or outputs.
US12169845B2
The disclosed exemplary embodiments include computer-implemented processes that assess initiated data exchanges in real-time based on structured messaging data. In some examples, an apparatus may receive a message associated with an exchange of data involving a first counterparty and a second counterparty and characterizing a real-time payment requested from the second counterparty by the first counterparty. The apparatus may determine a first identifier of the first counterparty based on elements of the message data disposed within corresponding message fields, and transmit notification data to a device operable by the second counterparty, which may present portions of the notification data within a digital interface. The apparatus may receive review data indicative of a review associated with the data exchange from the device, and store the first identifier and the review data in a data repository.
US12169840B2
Methods and systems for providing a refund amount to a customer account for a payment transaction that occurred using a real-time payment network. In an embodiment, a supplemental payment services computer receives a refund request including a transaction reference and a token concerning a payment transaction between a merchant and a customer, determines that the payment transaction was effected in a real-time payment network, determines an issuer financial institution (FI) computer of an issuer FI maintaining a customer account represented by the token, transmits the refund request to the issuer FI computer, receives a favorable authorization response and transmits the authorization response to an acquirer FI computer associated with the merchant. The supplemental payment services computer also transmits a payment card network funds transfer credit message directing the issuer FI to credit the refund amount to the customer account and transmits a payment card network funds transfer debit message directing the acquirer FI to debit the refund amount from an account of the merchant to the acquirer FI computer. Next, the refund amount from the acquirer FI computer to the issuer FI computer is settled via a payment card account network settlement system computer.
US12169836B2
Described herein is a network apparatus with secure element and related systems, methods, and apparatuses. A described method includes receiving a request to perform a transaction. The method also includes obtaining confirmation that a network address associated with the request corresponds to a registered physical address. The method further includes obtaining account data and conducting a transaction using the account data.
US12169833B2
Various aspects of the disclosure relate to automated compliance verification systems for authenticating and verifying compliance associated with electronic transactions. A compliance verification platform may be an intermediary between an application for managing and/or recording transactions and a transaction processing platform for processing a transaction. Based on successful compliance verification and authentication, the compliance verification platform may send notifications to the transaction processing platform to process a transaction requested via the application.
US12169832B2
Methods and apparatuses for interactive ordering of dental appliances. These methods generally include coordination of a dental appliance laboratory coordinating in the pre-approval process for financing the dental appliances, a financing server, and a dental practitioner (e.g., dentist, orthodontist, etc.).
US12169831B1
A system and methods include a negative certificate authority for distributed management of negative certificates. An authorization restriction is associated with an untrusted user. A negative certificate generated for the untrusted user includes a public key associated with the untrusted user and an authorization restriction. The authorization restriction includes at least one global restriction, which is applicable to each consortium member that subscribes to the negative certificate. The authorization restriction includes at least one local restriction, which allows individual consortium members to further define their own locally applicable restrictions using the negative certificate authority. The negative certificate is accessible to each member of the consortium to enforce the authorization restriction against a transaction request. A secure contributor record including a unique cryptographically generated address is generated for each contributor. In some embodiments, the transaction request is a blockchain-based value exchange transaction, such as a payment transaction using fiat or math-based currency.
US12169830B2
Some examples of the present disclosure relate to generating artificially intelligent entities represented on a blockchain using a non-fungible token (NFT). In one such example, a system can generate an NFT on a blockchain. The NFT can represent an artificially intelligent entity. The system can also generate a personality dataset on the blockchain, the personality dataset describing personality characteristics of the artificially intelligent entity. The system can then correlate the NFT to the personality dataset, thereby assigning the personality characteristics to the artificially intelligent entity. Once generated, the artificially intelligent entity may reside in a virtual ecosystem in which it can perform tasks and learn over time.
US12169827B2
A node is provided that is configured to interact with one or more other nodes to implement a distributed authentication protocol. The node is configured to receive data that is indicative of use of a physical asset, generate a usage fee to be assigned to one or more owners of the physical asset in dependence on the use data and record that usage fee in a data corpus authenticated by the distributed authentication protocol.
US12169826B2
A method includes initiating, by a first user computing device, a zero click digital asset-based payment with a merchant computing entity. The method further includes obtaining, by the merchant computing entity, at least a portion of user computing device real-time payment information from the first user computing device and sending merchant computing entity real-time payment information and the at least the portion of user computing device real-time payment information to a digital asset payment computing entity. The method further includes sending, by the digital asset payment computing entity, a push notification to a second user computing device requesting authorization. The method further includes authorizing, by the second user computing device, the zero click digital asset-based payment via the push notification. The method further includes locking an amount of network digital asset to back the zero click digital asset-based payment and providing a confirmation to the merchant computing entity.
US12169823B1
Systems and methods for fault tolerant digital payments are disclosed. The system comprises a computing system that can automatically determine if payments should be processed using a digital payment processing system, or using a blockchain. When the system detects that communication with the digital payment processing system has been interrupted, the system may facilitate transactions through the blockchain. In particular, the system may receive private keys from mobile devices of customers, which can be used to make payments on the blockchain.
US12169821B2
The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for facilitating micropayments between distributed, independent consumers and content creators. A computer-implemented method is disclosed related to enabling tips between at least one content consumer and at least one content creator, comprising: receiving, at a web application from a user interface, an intent to tip; sending, via the web application, a payment initiation based on the intent to tip to a processing service; generating, at the processing service, a payment event based on the payment initiation, wherein the payment event comprises payment data; and updating, at the processing service, at least one wallet based on the payment data.
US12169818B2
An electronic price label system and a method for an electronic price label system include a product database in which products are listed. A new price of a product is sent to an electronic price label linked to the product. The received new price of a product is stored by the electronic price label. The electronic price label changes the displayed price to the received new price in response to receiving a price activation signal from the electronic price label system, e.g. from base station of the electronic price label system.
US12169817B1
A system for managing a financial account in a low cash mode. The system may include a memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform operations. The operations may include providing an interface; providing a notification to a user when a balance in the first account is deemed to be in low cash mode; presenting, when the first account balance is deemed to be in low cash mode, an option for a transfer request; receiving, a selection of the option for the transfer request to connect the first account with a second account; transferring funds from the second account to the first account; notifying the user that funds have been transferred from the second account to the first account; and further notifying the user that the balance in the first account is greater than the threshold value.
US12169816B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to systems for processing transactions between two entities. A transaction control platform may determine attributes associated with different transfer channels between the two entities. Based on the determined attributes, the transaction control platform may determine a transfer channel to be used for transmitting a message corresponding to the transaction. The transaction control platform may use machine learning algorithms to identify an optimal transfer channel that meets particular desired factors.
US12169808B2
A method for predictive product quality assessment comprises receiving initialization product assessment data for a plurality of products. The initialization product assessment data comprises, for each product, one or more events, and for each of the one or more events, an amount of remediation time, a reassessment status, and a recurring event status. The initialization product assessment data is used to initialize a product readiness model to determine a product readiness score based upon run-time product assessment data. The run-time product assessment data comprises, for a selected product, one or more run-time events. For each of the one or more run-time events, a run-time reassessment status and a run-time recurring event status are obtained. A total run-time remediation time, the run-time reassessment status and the run-time recurring event status are input into the product readiness model. The product readiness model is utilized to determine and output the product readiness score.
US12169807B2
A system with access to regularly updated information regarding an entity can generate information regarding the performance of that entity. For example, values of various key performance indicators (KPIs) can be determined. One or more of the values can be compared to a corresponding threshold or range. Based on the results of the comparisons, an alert can be generated and sent to a user associated with the entity, a user interface (UI) that presents information to the user about the entity can include information regarding the KPIs, or both. The system may have access to data regarding a number of similar entities. Using the data for the similar entities, one or more benchmarks for the KPIs of the entity can be determined. The KPIs can be compared to the benchmarks and the results shown in a UI, an alert, or both.
US12169800B2
A system includes a model database configured to contain model items representing capital project components. Each model item has at least one model item code. The system includes a schedule database configured to contain schedule items representing a portion of a construction schedule. Each schedule item has at least one schedule item code. The system additionally includes a cost database configured to contain cost items representing a cost for the portion of the construction schedule and/or the capital project components. Each cost item has at least one cost item code. A rules engine is configured to receive a rule for mapping model items, schedule items, and cost items. The rule includes a code sequence related to the model item, the schedule item, and the cost item. A mapping engine communicates with the model, schedule, and cost databases to map model, schedule, and cost based on the rules.
US12169796B2
The method may comprise receiving historical data (e.g., mineralogy data, irrigation data, raffinate data, heat data, lift height data, geographic data on ore placement and/or blower data); training a predictive model using the historical data to create a trained predictive model; adding future assumption data to the trained predictive model; running the forecast engine for a plurality of parameters to obtain forecast data for a mining production target; comparing the forecast data for the mining production target to the actual data for the mining production target; determining deviations between the forecast data and the actual data, based on the comparing; and changing each of the plurality of parameters from the forecast data to the actual data to determine a contribution to the deviations for each of the plurality of parameters.
US12169794B1
Disclosed are techniques for using machine learning models to more reliably predict likelihoods of application failure. A model is trained to identify and display events that may cause high severity application failures. Logistic regression may be used to fit the model such that application features are mapped to a high severity event flag. Significant features of applications that relate to the high severity flag may be selected using stepwise regression. The identified applications may be displayed on a graphical user interface for review and reprioritization. Information may be ranked and displayed according to multiple different ranking criteria, such as one ranking generated by a first model, and another determined by one or more users. The multiple ranking criteria may be used to inform steps taken, and/or to retrain or tune the parameters of the model for subsequent predictions or classifications.
US12169792B2
In a first device, a local classification and a local classification confidence score corresponding to an event input are computed. At the first device in response to a broadcast request, a remote classification and a remote classification confidence score corresponding to the event input are received, the remote classification and the remote classification confidence score being computed at a second device. At the first device, a consensus classification including the most frequent classification from a set of all received remote classifications and the local classification is formed, provided the number of classifications including the most frequent classification exceeds a threshold. In response to a consensus classification confidence score corresponding to the consensus classification exceeding a confidence threshold, a local classification model is updated. Based on the local classification and the consensus classification, the event input is assigned to a classification.
US12169787B1
Methods, computer-readable media, software, and apparatuses may assist in assessing proportional fault in an automobile accident involving an automobile having one or more autonomous features. An expected behavior of an autonomous feature is compared to an observed outcome of an accident and a fault proportion between a human driver and the autonomous feature may be determined, based on the comparison.
US12169782B2
A processor determines losses of samples within an input volume that is provided to a neural network during a first epoch, groups the samples into subsets based on losses, and assigns the subsets to operands in the neural network that represent the samples at different precisions. Each subset is associated with a different precision. The processor then processes the subsets in the neural network at the different precisions during the first epoch. In some cases, the samples in the subsets are used in a forward pass and a backward pass through the neural network. A memory configured to store information representing the samples in the subsets at the different precisions. In some cases, the processor stores information representing model parameters of the neural network in the memory at the different precisions of the subsets of the corresponding samples.
US12169774B2
Methods and apparatus for pre-processing first data for use with a trained machine learning model. In some embodiments, the method may comprise accessing the first data, wherein the first data has a first precision; generating, based on at least a first portion of the first data, second data having a second precision lower than the first precision; and providing the second data as input to the trained machine learning model to generate model output.
US12169769B2
Systems and methods for performing a quantization of artificial neural networks (ANNs) are provided. An example method may include receiving a description of an ANN and sets of inputs to neurons of the ANN, the description including sets of weights of the inputs, the weights being of a first data type, determining a first interval of the first data type to be mapped to a second interval of a second data type; performing computations of sums of products of the weights and the inputs to obtain a set of sum results, wherein the computations are performed using at least one number within the second interval, the number being a result of mapping of a number of the first interval to a number of the second interval, determining a measure of saturations in sum results, and adjusting, based on the measure of saturations, one of the first and second intervals.
US12169764B2
Implementations set forth herein relate to an automated assistant that can adapt to circumstances in which a user may invoke an automated assistant with an intention of interacting with the automated assistant via a non-default interface. For example, in some instances, a user may invoke an automated assistant by selecting a selectable GUI element. In response, the automated assistant can determine that, in the current context, spoken utterances may not be suitable for providing to the automated assistant. Based on this determination, the automated assistant can cause a keyboard interface to be rendered and/or initialized for receiving typed inputs from the user. Should the user subsequently change contexts, the automated assistant can determine that voice input is now suitable for user input and initialize an audio interface in response to the user providing an invocation input in the subsequent context.
US12169762B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus for parallel decoding for quantum error correction codes. In one aspect, a classical computer system is configured to implement a decoding process on measurement data received from a quantum computing system to determine errors in a quantum computation. The classical computing system implements a main thread, multiple worker threads, and a data structure common to each worker thread. The data structure stores data of a dynamic system of disjoint clusters of nodes of a detector graph for the decoding process, where the data includes compressed logical flip information of child nodes in each cluster of nodes. During execution of the decoding process, the multiple worker threads are configured to, in parallel: obtain clusters of nodes and modify the clusters of nodes, where, for each modification, the worker thread updates data in the data structure that corresponds to the cluster under an atomicity primitive.
US12169759B2
The first layer includes a first gate electrode array disposed in the first direction to control the qubits of the qubit string, and a second gate electrode array disposed in the first direction to control the inter-qubit interaction of the interaction string. The second layer includes a third gate electrode array disposed in the second direction, and a fourth gate electrode array disposed in the second direction adjacently to the third gate electrode array. The third and the fourth gate electrode arrays control a part of the multiple qubits, and a part of the multiple inter-qubit interactions, respectively.
US12169744B2
An object of the present disclosure is to implement, at a low cost, highly accurate color calibration in a printing apparatus that performs printing using fluorescent ink. One embodiment of the present invention is an image processing apparatus that includes: a processing unit configured to perform processing relating to color calibration in a printing apparatus that prints an image on a printing medium using fluorescent printing material; and an execution unit configured to perform calibration processing of the printing apparatus based on a measured value that is obtained by measuring a patch chart for obtaining information on an amount of application of the fluorescent printing material in the printing apparatus, wherein a patch included in the patch chart is printed with the fluorescent printing material and subtractive color mixture printing material and at least one dot of the subtractive color mixture printing material covers a dot of the fluorescent printing material.
US12169738B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for allocating computing resources. In one aspect, a method includes receiving intent data specifying one or more computing services to be hosted by a computing network, requested characteristics of computing resources for use in hosting the computing service, and a priority value for each requested characteristic. A budget constraint is identified for each computing service. Available resources data is identified that specifies a set of available computing resources. A resource allocation problem for allocating computing resources for the one or more computing resources is generated based on the intent data, each budget constraint, and the available resources data. At least a portion of the set of computing resources is allocated for the one or more computing services based on results of evaluating the resource allocation problem to meet a particular resource allocation objective.
US12169736B2
Techniques are provided for microservices management and orchestration. A chart package is selectively retrieved from a chart repository based upon the chart package corresponding to a set of services to host within a cluster and dependencies amongst the set of services. A set of container images may be retrieved from a container repository based upon the set of container images corresponding to the set of services. A cluster may be created within a computing environment. The set of services may be deployed as resources of the computing environment within the cluster and the dependencies may be configured using the chart package and the set of container images.
US12169735B2
An electronic device includes: a memory configured to a program; and one or more processors configured to execute the program stored in the memory. The one or more processors are connected to a first circuit and a second circuit, the first circuit being configured to execute a first operation cyclically and output an interrupt signal corresponding to the first operation, the second circuit being configured to execute a second operation in response to an operation instruction. In response to receiving the interrupt signal, the one or more processors output the operation instruction to the second circuit such that the second operation is not executed in a period in which the first operation affects the second operation.
US12169725B2
A method and system for providing access to virtual desktops may include receiving an input indicating hovering of a pointer over an icon in a toolbar, identifying one or more existing virtual desktops, determining a state for each of the one or more existing virtual desktops by identifying one or more instances of any applications that are currently running in each of the one or more existing virtual desktops and determining a running state for each of the one or more instances, and displaying a preview of each of the one or more existing virtual desktops in response to the hovering of the pointer over the icon. The preview may include displaying the running state for one of the one or more instances for each existing virtual desktop.
US12169724B2
A system provides a design interface for designing and implementing graphical user interfaces that users can access through web browsers. Depending on the configuration of the graphical user interfaces, the users may be able to monitor and control industrial processes by interacting with components that correspond to the industrial processes as displayed in user interfaces at client devices. The design interface includes functionality for selecting preprogrammed components, or for generating new components for display. The design interface further allows designers to associate data values received from a variety of sources with properties of the components in the user interfaces. In particular, properties associated with a component of an interface are stored in property tree structures, making dynamic changes to the components possible. Data bindings between subtrees representing components and sets of data from industrial and other sources allows for designs that scale with the availability of the data.
US12169722B2
An information processing apparatus comprising a verification unit configured to verify, among a plurality of divided parts of software to be started up, a part of software to be started up next and setting data relating to startup of the part of software to be started next.
US12169717B2
A minimization method for minimizing the size of a file is provided, the minimization method including preparing an absolute value length that is equal to or larger than the largest data length among the data lengths of the data of a plurally of coordinates, and a plurality of relative value lengths equal to or less than the absolute value length, and identifying a relative value length causing minimization of the size among a plurality of relative value lengths.
US12169713B2
A computer-implemented method for an improved management of artifact information is provided, particularly for facilitating finding a searched artifact information item in a plurality of artifact documents. The method includes receiving a user's input corresponding to searching a searched artifact information item; determining a document identifier of the artifact document; determining a closest lower snapshot preceding or corresponding to the revision of interest; determining a searched snapshot by appending to the closest lower snapshot; determining the respective document identifier of the respective artifact document including a latest version of the respective searched artifact information item at the revision of interest by intersecting the determined respective document identifier of the respective artifact document with the determined searched snapshot; and displaying information relating to the searched artifact information item at the revision of interest using the respective artifact document corresponding to the determined respective document identifier to the user.
US12169711B2
A method, system, and non-transitory processor-readable medium for optimizing lifecycle rule computer processing including: selecting a set of lifecycle rules to apply to interactions, finding a set of interactions satisfying criteria associated with the lifecycle rule; calculating an associated rule occupancy score based on the number of executed interactions associated with the rule, and executing the rule based on the rule occupancy score associated with the rule.
US12169710B2
Disclosed embodiments relate to automatically providing updates to at least one vehicle. Operations may include receiving, at a server remote from the at least one vehicle, Electronic Control Unit (ECU) activity data from the at least one vehicle, the ECU activity data corresponding to actual operation of the ECU in the at least one vehicle; determining, at the server and based on the ECU activity data, a software vulnerability affecting the at least one vehicle, the software vulnerability being determined based on a deviation between the received ECU activity data and expected ECU activity data; identifying, at the server, an ECU software update based on the determined software vulnerability; and sending, from the server, a delta file configured to update software on the ECU with a software update corresponding to the identified ECU software update.
US12169706B2
A method, system and non-transitory computer readable instructions for application patching comprising, concatenating compressed data or uncompressed data or a mixture of compressed and uncompressed data into a continuous data set into a continuous data set and dividing the continuous data set into variable sized data chunks. Compressing each of the variable sized data chunks and dividing each of the variable sized data chunks into fixed size data blocks. Encrypting the fixed size data blocks to generate encrypted fixed size data blocks and storing the encrypted fixed sized data blocks or sending the encrypted fixed size data blocks over a network.
US12169699B2
Systems and methods provide techniques for more effective and efficient predictive monitoring of a software application framework. In response, embodiments of the present invention provide methods, apparatuses, systems, computing devices, and/or the like that are configured to enable effective and efficient predictive monitoring of a software application framework using incident signatures for the software application that are generated by using a natural language processing machine learning framework, a structured data processing machine learning model, a feature combination machine learning model, and a clustering machine learning model.
US12169689B2
A crime type inference system based on text data, may include: a keywords dictionary construction unit configured to receive crime source data, and generate a crime type keywords dictionary by extracting crime keywords; a data set construction unit configured to generate a dataset for crime type learning by using the crime source data and the keywords dictionary; a crime type prediction model training unit configured to generate a crime type prediction model by using the dataset, and train the crime type prediction model; and a crime type inference unit configured to infer a crime type by using new crime data.
US12169685B2
Described and claimed is a computer-implemented method of preparing a training dataset for a natural language processing, NLP, or natural language understanding, NLU, machine learning algorithm from an original text dataset, the method comprising the steps of selecting one or more sentences from the original text dataset as selected sentences, determining for each selected sentence one or more grammatical elements of the selected sentence that can be negated as negatable elements, determining for one or more negatable words in each negatable element one or more antonyms, based on each determined antonym creating a negated sentence by replacing the respective negatable element in the selected sentence for which the negatable element was determined with the determined antonym, and adding the negated sentences to the training dataset. Further, a computer-implemented method of training a word embedding or an NLP or NLU machine learning algorithm, a system and a computer program product are described and claimed.
US12169684B2
A system and method for facilitating the provision of accessible files over a communications network includes a web server for polling an entity to determine whether a files for a particular company have been published, downloading said plurality files, identifying inaccessible XML-based files, and remediating them using a predefined accessible template, thereby generating accessible files, identifying a non-XML-based inaccessible files and remediating them using a rules engine, thereby generating accessible files, and generating and publishing a web page that is publicly available over the communications network, wherein the web page includes a separate link to each particular file of the accessible files, wherein said web page is located on a web site of the particular company.
US12169683B2
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with associated with automatic two-way generation and synchronization of notebook and pipeline are described. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes: identifying a difference between pipeline and notebook representations of application logic, wherein the difference is one of (i) a notebook paragraph without a corresponding pipeline node and (ii) a pipeline node without a corresponding notebook paragraph; synchronizing the pipeline representation and notebook representation by, for the notebook paragraph that does not have a corresponding pipeline node, automatically generating a new pipeline node in the pipeline representation, and for the pipeline node that does not have a corresponding notebook paragraph, automatically generating a new notebook paragraph in the notebook representation; and updating either a pipeline user interface to show the new pipeline node or a notebook user interface to show the new notebook paragraph.
US12169678B2
Disclosed is an operating method of an electronic device for manufacture of a semiconductor device. The operating method includes receiving a layout image of the semiconductor device, generating an intermediate image by generating assist features based on main features of the layout image, evaluating a process result by performing simulation based on the intermediate image, and correcting the intermediate image by correcting shapes of the main features and/or the assist features of the intermediate image based on the process result.
US12169677B2
A genetic algorithm is utilized to generate routing candidates to which a reinforcement learning model is applied to correct the design rule constraint violations incrementally. A design rule checker provides feedback on the violations to the reinforcement learning model and the model learns how to fix the violations. A layout device placer based upon a simulated annealing method may also be utilized.
US12169674B2
This application discloses a computing system implementing a mask synthesis system to generate synthetic image clips of design shapes and corresponding mask data for the synthetic image clips. The mask data can describe lithographic masks capable of being used to fabricate the design shapes on an integrated circuit. The mask synthesis system can utilize the synthetic image clips of the design shapes and the corresponding mask data to train a machine-learning system to determine pixelated output masks from portions of the layout design. The mask synthesis system can identify one or more pixelated output masks for portions of a layout design describing an electronic system using the trained machine-learning. The mask synthesis system can synthesize a mask layout design for the electronic system based, at least in part, on the layout design describing the electronic system and the one or more pixelated output masks for the layout design.
US12169664B2
A covert sports communication system has a transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit coded audio track selection signals. The system includes a receiver that may be worn within headgear. The receiver includes stored audio tracks and is configured to receive coded audio track selection signals from the transmitter, decode the audio track selection signals, and play at least one stored audio track in accordance with the decoded audio track selection signals. The audio tracks may include audio instructions to a participant of a sporting event.
US12169653B2
A first acquisition section that acquires first information unique to the liquid discharge head and second information related to the liquid discharge device is included. A determination section that determines whether or not correspondence relationship between the first information and the second information is stored in the server in advance is included in the server. A second transmission section that transmits third information related to a determination result of the determination section from the server is included. A second reception section that receives the third information is included. A first notification section that makes, based on the third information, a first notification to outside is included.
US12169644B2
A memory system includes a nonvolatile memory, a controller configured to control the nonvolatile memory, a connector that is capable of electrically connecting the controller and a host, a first rigid substrate on which the nonvolatile memory and the controller are mounted, a second rigid substrate on which the connector is mounted, and a flexible substrate that is flexible and electrically connects the first rigid substrate and the second rigid substrate, wherein a thickness of the first rigid substrate is less than a thickness of the second rigid substrate.
US12169629B2
A method can include identifying one or more candidate memory blocks that are available for garbage collection, determining a respective erase depth level for each candidate memory block based on one or more block characteristics of the candidate memory block, erasing the candidate memory blocks, wherein each of the candidate memory blocks is erased in accordance with the respective erase depth level determined for the candidate memory block, receiving a request to write data subsequent to erasing the candidate memory blocks, and, responsive to receiving the request to write data, selecting a first memory block from the erased candidate memory blocks in accordance with the respective erase depth level of each of the erased candidate memory blocks. The block characteristics of the candidate memory block can include a program erase count and/or a temperature of the candidate memory block.
US12169625B2
Systems and methods for initiating an interactive tutorial session within a first executing application via an interaction within a second executing application are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving an indication of a selection of a graphical user interface (GUI) element within a first executing application to receive direction as to performing a function associated with a second executing application; selecting, by the second executing application, an interactive tutorial session based on a parameter associated with the GUI element; and triggering, by the second executing application, an instance of the interactive tutorial session within a user interface of the second executing application.
US12169620B2
A method, apparatus and system for video display and a camera are disclosed. The camera includes one wide-field lens assembly and a wide-field sensor corresponding to the wide-field lens assembly; at least one narrow-field lens assembly and narrow-field sensor corresponding to the narrow-field lens assembly, wherein an angle of view of the wide-field lens assembly is greater than an angle of view of the narrow-field lens assembly, and for a same target, a definition of the wide-field sensor is smaller than that of the narrow-field sensor; and a processor configured for performing human body analysis on the wide-field image and performing face analysis, head and shoulder analysis or human body analysis on at least one frame of narrow-field image. The methods, apparatuses and systems can reduce the workload of installing and adjusting the cameras during monitoring, the performance requirements for the server, and monitoring costs.
US12169612B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are related to a touch display device, as implementing a portion of a touch link line by using a metal disposed on a layer different from a layer where a data link line is disposed and disposing a color filter layer between the touch link line and the data link line, a plurality of link lines can be disposed effectively and a parasitic capacitance between the touch link line and the data link line can be reduced. Furthermore, as blocking a light of specific wavelength band by the color filter layer, a light-leakage due to an abnormal driving of a display according to a driving of the touch link line on an area where the touch link line is disposed can be prevented or at least reduced.
US12169608B2
In general, in one aspect, one or more embodiments relate to an input device that includes a proximity sensing panel including sensor electrodes, and a proximity sensing circuit. The proximity sensing circuit configured to receive an indication of a transition from a first image refresh rate to a second image refresh rate, wherein the first image refresh rate is greater than a beacon signal rate and the second image refresh rate is equal to or lower than the beacon signal rate. The proximity sensing panel is also configured to align transmitting a beacon signal on the proximity sensing panel to a non-refresh period corresponding to the second refresh rate.
US12169600B2
Systems and methods for gesture-based control are provided. In some embodiments, a system may include a wearable device configured to be worn on a person's wrist. The wearable device may include a plurality of biopotential channels, a location sensor, and a processor. The system may be configured to generate a data stream based on the outputs from the biopotential channels and/or the location sensor. The system may be configured to enter a first state in which the output from the location sensor is processed according to a first set of logical rules. The system may be configured to classify a gesture, and, based on the gesture classification, transition to a second state in which the output from the location sensor is processed according to a second set of logical rules that is different than the first set of logical rules.
US12169595B2
There is described a method performed by a computing device having first and second touch-sensitive user interfaces. According to this method, when a user input is applied to one of the first and second user interfaces, the computing device detects the user input and determines a force applied by the user input and a type of the user input. The computing device then determines whether to perform a function such as whether to display a virtual trackpad or a virtual keyboard, based on the force, the type of the user input, and a determination whether the user input is applied to a selected one of the first and second user interfaces.
US12169581B2
Techniques for secure sharing of stage data include generating a listing in a first data exchange of a data provider. The listing includes stage data stored in a stage of the data provider and metadata associated with the stage data. A secure view of the listing is configured in a second data exchange based on posting the listing from the first data exchange to the second data exchange. The stage data is retrieved in response to a request from a client device to view the stage data received in the second data exchange. A security function is applied to the stage data to generate modified stage data. The modified stage data is stored at a second location in the stage. The metadata is updated to reference the second location in the stage.
US12169575B2
A method includes: receiving, by a computing device, user input to move content from an augmented reality (AR) interface to a virtual reality (VR) interface; obtaining, by the computing device, security levels of users in a VR environment associated with the VR interface; determining, by the computing device and based on the security levels, which of the users in the VR environment is permitted to see the content; and changing, by the computing device, at least one of the AR interface to the VR interface based on the determining.
US12169572B2
A learning with errors (LWE) instance management method according to an embodiment may include obtaining, from one or more user devices among a plurality of user devices, one or more learning with errors (LWE) instances and one or more extended LWE instances including reuse tags associated with the LWE instances, storing the one or more extended LWE instances, receiving, from a first device among the plurality of user devices, a request for an LWE instance produced by a second device among the plurality of user devices, and identifying, based on a reuse tag included in each of the one or more extended LWE instances, a target extended LWE instance including an LWE instance produced by the second device among the one or more extended LWE instances, and providing the LWE instance included in the target extended LWE instance to the first device.
US12169568B2
Systems and methods provide vulnerability proofing procedures for booting of an IHS (Information Handling System). A request to boot the IHS is detected. One or more boot configurations are determined that include configurations for operation of one or more of the hardware components of the IHS. One or more catalogs are accessed that specify known vulnerabilities of hardware components. The boot configurations are used to identify any hardware component configurations that have known vulnerabilities that are listed in the catalogs. If known vulnerabilities are identified in the boot configuration, further booting of the IHS may be disabled until the boot configuration is modified to include no configurations with vulnerabilities identified in the catalogs.
US12169562B2
The present invention relates to a method for avoiding side-channel attacks by providing variable amount of computation using permutation puzzles. The side-channel attacks depend on the implementation of the encryption algorithms rather than their execution. The method provided in the present invention protects an already existing encryption system or any arbitrary electronic device from side channel attacks by providing a random amount of execution time, random amount of power consumption and/or random electromagnetic emissions for different iterations of the corresponding operation.
US12169561B2
A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for operating an endpoint agent at an endpoint device. Certain embodiments include a computer-implemented method for operating an endpoint agent at an endpoint device, including: operating the endpoint agent to selectively subscribe to events corresponding to activities occurring at an endpoint platform; processing events received from a message bus by the endpoint agent, where the events processed by the endpoint agent are events to which the endpoint agent has subscribed; and communicating, to a service, information corresponding to the events processed by the endpoint agent. Other embodiments of this aspect of the invention may include corresponding stand-alone and/or network computer systems, apparatus, and computer programs recorded on one or more computer storage devices, each configured to perform one or more of these actions.
US12169554B2
A method for automatically reregistering a clone virtual machine with a cloud security monitoring service is provided. The method generally includes detecting a connection between a cloud agent running in a virtual machine on a host and a hypervisor module on the host. In response to detecting the connection, the cloud agent queries the hypervisor module for one or more first identifiers of the virtual machine. The method generally includes checking a database, by the cloud agent, for one or more second identifiers stored in the database matching the one or more first identifiers received from the hypervisor module and, based on finding no second identifiers stored in the database matching the one or more first identifiers, sending a request to the cloud security monitoring service to register the virtual machine with the cloud security monitoring service.
US12169538B2
A method by one or more computing devices to detect anomalous accesses to a system. The method includes generating a technical maturity profile of a system user based on analyzing historical commands submitted by the system user to the system and determining whether an access by the system user to the system is anomalous based on determining technical maturity attributes of a command submitted by the system user to perform the access and comparing the technical maturity attributes of the command to the technical maturity profile of the system user.
US12169513B2
A system for enhancing large language models (LLMs) including an input component to receive an input text and split the input text into tokens, a batch processing component including one or more LLMs fine-tuned based on an aggregation of input data and that generate outputs responsive to receiving a token, a ranking component to score the LLM outputs and rank the tokens responsive to their respective scores, a clustering component to select a subset of highest-ranked tokens and consolidate the subset into refined context token batches, a control component to provide the refined context token batches for further training of the LLMs, and a query component to receive input queries, generate derived queries responsive to the input queries, transmit the derived queries to the batch processing component, receive responses from the batch processing component responsive to the derived queries, score and/or rank the responses, and transmit one or more responses.
US12169499B1
A system generates a user interface that enables a user to generate a data summarization statement for a data processing package. Via one or more user interactions with the user interface, the system may receive one or more parameters for the summarization statement. Using the parameters, the system may generate a summarization statement for execution by a data service, an action model display object, a statement action model display object, and/or a filter token object for display in the user interface.
US12169491B1
Dynamic plan interpretation may be implemented to perform queries. A query is received at a database system. A plan to perform the query is generated. For at least a portion of the plan to perform the query, a domain-specific language may be applied to interpret and execute the portion of the plan to perform the query using one or more previously compiled executors instead of generating and compiling code to execute the portion of the plan. Returning a result of the query according to the execution of the plan.
US12169486B2
A data platform including an error handling framework for loading of input data. The data platform generates input data columns based on an input file and generates result data columns based on the input data columns and evaluating expressions. The data platform detects projection errors during the generating of the result data columns and stores result error indicators in error indicator arrays of the result data columns based on the projection errors. The data platform generates filtered result data columns based on the result data columns and the result error indicator arrays of the result data columns and stores the filtered result data columns in a database of the data platform.
US12169483B2
Techniques are provided for on-demand creation and/or utilization of containers and/or serverless threads for hosting data connector components. The data connector components can be used to perform integrity checking, anomaly detection, and file system metadata analysis associated with objects stored within an object store. The data connector components may be configured to execute machine learning functionality to perform operations and tasks. The data connector components can perform full scans or incremental scans. The data connector components may be stateless, and thus may be offlined, upgraded, onlined, and/or have tasks transferred between data connector components. Results of operations performed by the data connector components upon base objects may be stored within sibling objects.
US12169477B2
A method and system for deduplication caching using an unreliable edge resource include acquiring a total storage capacity of all edge servers, searching for candidate cache files by a similarity-based hierarchical clustering (SHC) method, and acquiring file clusters of all the candidate cache files after clustering, where the candidate cache files each include a deduplicated data chunk, and based on the file clusters and an reliability of all of the edge servers, selecting, by a heuristic algorithm, a file cluster from the file clusters to cache to the edge server until a size of cached content reaches the total storage capacity. The present disclosure makes a trade-off between file availability and space efficiency, thereby effectively improving the cache hit rate in the limited edge caching space.
US12169474B2
Disclosed are various approaches for using drag-and-drop to open local files remotely. In one approach, a client device renders a user interface including a first indicium corresponding to a local file of the client device and a second indicium corresponding to a remotely executed application. A drag-and-drop action of the first indicium relative to the second indicium is detected. Responsive to the drag-and-drop action, the remotely executed application opens a copy of the local file.
US12169472B2
Techniques are provided for coordinating snapshot operations across multiple file systems. A notification may be received that a snapshot of data stored across a persistent memory file system and a storage file system is to be generated. Forwarding, of modify operations from a persistent memory tier to a file system tier for execution through the storage file system, may be enabled. Framing may be initiated to notify the storage file system of blocks within the persistent memory file system that comprise more up-to-date data than corresponding blocks within the storage file system. In response to the framing completing, a consistency point operation is performed to create the snapshot and to create a snapshot image as part of the snapshot.
US12169470B2
Computer systems and processes configured to collect empirical data from a plurality of observations of a person, and to analyze the data to identify a particular state of the person characterized by at least a particular property selected from the group consisting of types of behaviors, types of actions, types of activities, and/or types of emotions. The computer system facilitates transmission of a digital message, the content of which may be determined in response to the instance of the one particular state identified. The content of some digital messages may include experiments performed by the computer system on the person, to test the validity of the state-identification-process. The state-identification-process can then be updated with the observed responses of the person to the experiments, and with the results of the experiments. These experiments and the updating of the state-identification-process might be performed by the computer system to autonomously refine the state-identification-process for that person. The refinement of the state-identification-process is accomplished without a third-party, human reviewer correcting errors.
US12169467B2
The present disclosure provides a data distribution device, a computing system and a data distribution method. The data distribution device comprises: a plurality of interfaces at least comprising a first interface, a second interface and a third interface, wherein the first interface is configured for receiving first data comprising sensor data, the second interface is configured for outputting the first data, and the third interface is configured for communicating with a first computing unit; and a data transmission unit configured for providing the sensor data from the first interface to the second interface and providing a subset of the sensor data meeting a predetermined condition to the third interface. According to the above technical solution, efficiency and flexibility of data processing can be improved by utilizing the plurality of interfaces and the data transmission unit of the data distribution device.
US12169460B2
Embodiments are directed to improving remote traffic performance on cluster-aware processors. An embodiment of a system includes at least one processor package comprising a plurality of processor ports and a plurality of system agents; and a memory device to store platform initialization firmware to cause the processing system to: determine first locations of the plurality of processor ports in the at least one processor package; determine second locations of the plurality of system agents in the at least one processor package; associate each of the processor ports with a set of the plurality of system agents based on the determined first and second locations; and program the plurality of system agents with the associated processor port for the respective system agent.
US12169456B2
A cache system that includes a reverse cache and a main cache is disclosed. The reverse cache is configured to identify candidates for insertion into a main cache. The reverse cache stores entries such as fingerprints and index values, which are representations of or that identify data. When the entry has been accessed multiple times or is a candidate for promotion based on operation of the reverse cache, data corresponding to the entry is promoted to the main cache. The main cache is configured to evict entries using recency, frequency, and time-adjustments. The main cache and the reverse cache may be similarly configured with a recent list, a frequent list, and/or ghost lists, but operate differently.
US12169452B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for testing a software application. An exemplary method includes storing a control file identifying a test case for testing a software application. A first expected result may be extracted from a device storing expected results of the software application, the first expected result being identified by the control file. A first actual result may be extracted from a device storing actual results output by the software application, the first actual result being identified by the control file. The first expected result may be compared with the first actual result to determine whether the first actual result matches the first expected result. A result file indicating whether the test case passed or failed is generated, and the test case has passed when the first actual result matches the first expected result. The result file may be stored in a storage device.
US12169451B1
One or more embodiments relate to a method for refining usability testing through the systematic collection and analysis of user click paths within an online interface. By tracking and filtering these click paths based on one or both of publicly observable attributes and non-publicly observable attributes, obtained in part through user responses to screening questions, the method generates distinct, aggregated click paths. These paths are then subjected to in-depth analysis that yields insights and metrics regarding user behavior and usability. Some embodiments further extend to the presentation of an interactive representation of these paths within a testing interface that allows researchers to explore and extract actionable findings.
US12169450B1
A system and method may generate a test process a workflow operated by software by, using definitions of a workflow relating to software data processing and user interface (UI) elements, produce test case flows and UI element details, UI element details including UI actions and control types; map steps in test case flows to steps describing UI element details; and for each mapping produce a test script, Test case flows may include series of entries, each including a step, steps describing workflow sub-tasks and each step corresponding to UI actions. Each test script may include a series of UI actions, the UI actions including UI verify and input operations. UI actions may describe interactions with a UI element. UI actions may include validations (e.g. checking if the output or the result of a step matches what is expected, and producing a report) of a UI element.
US12169446B2
A method, a detection circuit and an electronic device for detecting timing sequence of serializer are provided. The method for detecting a timing sequence of a serializer includes: sampling serial data to obtain first sampled serial data and second sampled serial data, wherein the serial data is obtained by parallel-serial conversion of parallel data used for detection by the serializer, and the first sampled serial data and the second sampled serial data respectively include values corresponding to different data bits of the serial data; performing logical operation between on the first sampled serial data and the second sampled serial data to obtain a first result signal; and performing timing sequence detection on the first result signal, wherein the timing sequence detection is used for detecting whether the timing sequence correctness of the serializer is correct.
US12169437B1
In various embodiments, a process for providing a cloud service provider request retry framework includes obtaining a request retry indicator that is associated with a cloud service provider, wherein the request retry indicator indicates a retry criterion that is based on a number of allowable discovery requests within a period of time. The process includes providing a discovery request to the cloud service provider; receiving an error response based on the discovery request, wherein the error response indicates the discovery request is unsuccessful based at least on the discovery request not satisfying the retry criterion; and determining a wait time based at least on the error response and the request retry indicator. The process includes retrying the discovery request according to the wait time.
US12169426B2
Provided are an active heat dissipation apparatus for a terminal, a terminal, and an active heat dissipation method for a terminal, including: the heat source collection modules distributed at various positions of the terminal collect heat data at the various positions of the terminal; a calculation and simulation module inputs the heat data collected at the various positions to a preset simulation model to determine a heat dissipation solution; and a control module controls a heat dissipation module to dissipate heat for corresponding positions of the terminal according to the heat dissipation solution.
US12169425B2
Disclosed are a rotating mechanism, a support apparatus, and an electronic device. The rotating mechanism includes a base, a first door panel, a first connector, and a first swing arm. The first door panel is hinged to the base, the first connector is hinged to the first door panel. The base is further configured to connect a second housing. The first door panel is provided with a first guide sliding slot; and the first connector is provided with a second guide sliding slot. One end of the first swing arm is hinged to the base, the other end of the first swing arm is provided with a first sliding member, and the first sliding member is slidably connected inside the first guide sliding slot and the second guide sliding slot.
US12169419B2
A clock generating circuit includes an oscillator, a clock counter, a finite state machine, and a non-volatile memory. The oscillator outputs an oscillator clock signal having a period based on a trim value. The clock counter counts the oscillator clock signal for a reference time. The finite state machine obtains the count value of the counted oscillator clock signal from the clock counter, and in a test mode, compares the count value with a target count value and changes the trim value based on the comparison result and determines a final trim value based on the changed trim value. The non-volatile memory stores the final trim value that is determined.
US12169417B2
A power management integrated circuit including: a first regulator configured to provide a first output signal to a component; a second regulator configured to provide a second output signal to the component; a third regulator configured to provide a third output signal to the component; a power tracker configured to track first, second and third output signals, aggregate an offset voltage with a selection signal, and generate a reference voltage, wherein the selection signal corresponds to one of the first, second and third output signals; and a sub-regulator configured to generate an input voltage corresponding to the reference voltage and provide the generated input voltage to the first, second and third regulators.
US12169412B2
Systems and methods for re-purposing autonomous vehicle for package transportation are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed comprising receiving a request from an autonomous vehicle; identifying, responsive to the request, a nearby package stored within a delivery structure; transmitting routing instructions to the autonomous vehicle, the routing instructions including a location of the delivery structure; detecting a presence of the autonomous vehicle; instructing the delivery structure to deposit the nearby package into the autonomous vehicle; calculating a waypoint for delivery of the nearby package; and transmitting transport routing instructions to the autonomous vehicle, the transport routing instructions including the waypoint.
US12169410B2
A robot includes a driver; a camera; and a processor configured to: during an interaction session in which a first user identified in an image obtained through the camera is set as an interaction subject, perform an operation corresponding to a user command received from the first user, and determine whether interruption by a second user identified in an image obtained through the camera occurs, and based on determining that the interruption by the second user occurred, control the driver such that the robot performs a feedback motion for the interruption.
US12169409B2
A mobile irrigation system including a number of spans, a number of mobile irrigation towers supporting the spans, and a control system. The control system includes a position switch configured to be triggered and transmit a trigger signal and a controller configured to receive the trigger signal from the position switch. Upon receiving the trigger signal, the controller is configured to determine whether a current position of the mobile irrigation system equates to an auto-reverse position. If the current position equates to the auto-reverse position, the controller is configured to transmit a reverse direction signal to a drive motor of one of the mobile irrigation towers to reverse direction so that the drive motor reverses direction.
US12169390B2
An electrostatic charge image developer containing: a toner containing a toner particle and an external additive; and a carrier containing a magnetic particle and a resin layer covering the magnetic particle, in which the toner particle has a surface property index value of 2.0 or more and 2.8 or less; and the carrier has a surface having a ratio B/A of a surface area B to a planar view area A of 1.020 or more and 1.100 or less, the planar view area A and the surface area B being obtained by three-dimensional analysis of the surface of the carrier.
US12169378B2
A fixing device includes an endless fixing belt, a heating roller that heats the fixing belt, a steering roller, and a pressurization rotating member. The steering roller is controlled to swing to move the fixing belt to a prescribed position. The pressurization rotating member pressurizes and forms a fixing nip portion with the fixing belt. When a recording material bearing unfixed toner is nipped and conveyed to the fixing nip portion, an unfixed toner image is fixed to the recording material. A single inclination operation that inclines the steering roller results in an inclination angle that is smaller when a recording material having a length greater than a predetermined length in a recording material conveying direction is conveyed to the fixing nip portion than when a recording material having a length less than or equal to the predetermined length in the conveying direction is conveyed to the fixing nip portion.
US12169365B2
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that records a data computer-readable storage medium that records a data structure for storing data controlling an operation of an overlay measurement device that measures an error between a first overlay mark and a second overlay mark formed on different layers of a wafer. The data include information of a recipe that is input to allow the overlay measurement device to measure characteristics of a wafer through a manager program installed in a user terminal, and unique information of the overlay measurement device.
US12169360B2
A resist composition comprising an ammonium salt and fluorine-containing polymer comprising repeat units AU having ammonium salt structure of a carboxylic acid having an iodized or brominated aromatic ring and repeat units FU-1 having a trifluoromethylalcohol group and/or repeat units FU-2 having a fluorinated hydrocarbyl group offers a high sensitivity and is unsusceptible to nano-bridging, pattern collapse or residue formation, independent of whether it is of positive or negative tone.
US12169359B2
A method and apparatus for the etching of variable depth features in a substrate is described. Movement of the substrate relative to an etchant (e.g. into or out of the etchant) during the etching process is utilised to provide a varying etch time, and hence depth, across the substrate, and in various examples this is enabled without requiring a varying mask.
US12169357B2
A method includes placing a photomask having a contamination on a surface thereof in a plasma processing chamber. The contaminated photomask is plasma processed in the plasma processing chamber to remove the contamination from the surface. The plasma includes oxygen plasma or hydrogen plasma.
US12169352B2
A computing device with a closable lid and camera on the lid has a reflector arranged to use the camera while the lid of the computing device is closed.
US12169347B2
A semiconductor Mach-Zehnder optical modulator includes input-side lead-out lines, phase modulation electrode lines, and electrodes that apply modulation signals propagating through the phase modulation electrode lines to waveguides, respectively. The semiconductor Mach-Zehnder optical modulator further includes a conductive layer between a substrate and the waveguides, a plurality of first wiring layers connected to the conductive layer, and a second wiring layer that connects an electrode pad and the plurality of first wiring layers.
US12169344B2
A pixel unit includes: a first insulating layer; a first pixel electrode located on a first side of the first insulating layer and including a plurality of first electrode strips; a common electrode located on the first side of the first insulating layer and including a plurality of second electrode strips, the second electrode strips and the first electrode strips being sequentially and alternately arranged in a first direction, and slits each being disposed between a second electrode strip in the second electrode strips and a first electrode strip in the first electrode strips that are adjacent to each other; and a second pixel electrode located on a second side of the first insulating layer. The second side of the first insulating to layer is opposite to the first side of the first insulating layer. The second pixel electrode is overlapped with at least a region where the slits are located.
US12169332B2
A color filter substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display panel are provided. The color filter substrate includes a color filter layer. The color filter layer includes a plurality of color resist units distributed on a base substrate, and an intersection area is defined between two adjacent color resist units. The color filter layer can be directly used as an electrode on the color filter substrate. That is, when manufacturing the color filter substrate, a step of manufacturing a conductive film layer can be omitted, thereby improving production efficiency of the color filter substrate, and meanwhile reducing production cost of the color filter substrate.
US12169331B2
A display device includes first and second common electrodes arranged in a first direction and separated from each other, a signal line located between the first and second common electrodes and extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, a pixel electrode electrically connected to the signal line and overlapping the first common electrode, a first metal line located between the first and second common electrodes and extending in the second direction, and a third common electrode arranged and extending in the second direction and separated from the first common electrode, overlapping the signal line. The first metal line is applied a predetermined voltage from plural connection portions, and includes arranged in the second direction a first line portion adjacent and electrically connected to the first common electrode and a second line portion, separated from the first line portion, and adjacent and electrically connected to the third common electrode.
US12169318B2
A telecommunications equipment frame including a base, and two vertical uprights, and a top member; the upright members defining an upper equipment zone and a lower cable tray zone. One or more front trays are in the lower cable tray zone, and openings are provided through the frame to one or more rear trays. The equipment zone defined by the two uprights is open without cable management structure for receiving telecommunications equipment. At least one slack storage zone adjacent to the central zone includes a plurality of cable management devices for storing cable slack.
US12169312B2
A semiconductor package includes a printed wiring board, a logic IC mounted on the printed wiring board, a connector mounted on the printed wiring board, an optical element that is accommodated inside the printed wiring board and converts an optical signal to an electrical signal and/or the electrical signal to the optical signal, an optical waveguide formed between the optical element inside the printed wiring board and the connector on the printed wiring board such that the optical waveguide optically connects the optical element and the connector, and an electrical path formed between the optical element and the logic IC such that the electrical path connects the logic IC and the optical element and that a length of the electrical path is 1 mm or less.
US12169308B2
A method of using a coupling system includes aligning an optical fiber with a cavity in a chip, wherein aligning the optical fiber comprises orienting the fiber within an angle ranging from about 88-degrees to about 92-degrees with respect to a top surface of the chip. The method further includes emitting an optical signal from the optical fiber. The method further includes redirecting the optical signal into a waveguide using a grating positioned on an opposite side of the cavity from the optical fiber.
US12169302B1
A bending-resistant low-crosstalk photonic orbital angular momentum (OAM) optical fiber waveguide. An optical fiber sequentially comprises, from the center to the outside, a first core layer (1), a second core layer (2), a first cladding layer (3), a second cladding layer (4), and a third cladding layer (5), wherein the third cladding layer (5) is the thickest, the first core layer (1) is the second thickest, and the first cladding layer (3) is the thinnest; the refractive index of the first cladding layer (3) is the lowest, the refractive index of the second cladding layer (4) is the second lowest, and the refractive index of the second core layer (2) is the highest. The waveguide structure can effectively regulate the output of different OAM modes, and an effective refractive index difference between modes is greater than 2×10−4, the modes are easy to separate, and multiplexing and demultiplexing are facilitated.
US12169295B2
A micro-layered structure for use in an optical projection system is configured to reflect incident light as multiple closely aligned reflections. A first semi-reflective transparent layer of the structure has a first index of refraction, a first front surface and a first rear surface. A second semi-reflective transparent layer of the structure has a second index of refraction different from the first index of refraction, a second front surface and a second rear surface. The second front surface abuts the first rear surface of the first semi-reflective transparent layer. Portions of the incident light are respectively reflected by the first front surface, first rear surface, second front surface and second rear surface as first, second, third and fourth reflections which collectively form a projection of the image perceived by a user of the optical projection system.
US12169291B2
A stereoscopic image display device including: a display panel including pixels; a lens array disposed on the display panel, wherein the lens array includes a lens layer which includes an optically anisotropic material, and a planarization layer which covers the lens layer and includes an optically isotropic polymer; and a light shielding pattern disposed on the lens array, and overlapping a boundary between lenses of the lens array.
US12169287B2
A light emitting module includes: a light source; and an optical member configured to control a distribution of light emitted from the light source. The optical member comprises an incident face on which the light from the light source is incident, and an output face through which the light incident on the incident face exits. In a plan view: the optical member is shaped to have a long axis and a short axis orthogonal to the long axis, and a central axis of the optical member passes through a center of the light source, a center of the incident face, and a center of the output face, while being orthogonal to a long axis direction parallel to the long axis and a short axis direction parallel to the short axis.
US12169284B2
An image display apparatus according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes: an output section that outputs projection light along a predetermined axis; an irradiated member to be irradiated with the projection light; and a first optical member that is disposed downstream of the irradiated member on a light path of the projection light, and reflects or diffuses a portion of the projection light that has transmitted through the irradiated member.
US12169280B2
An optical display system and an electronics apparatus are disclosed. The optical display system comprises: a display unit, which generate a first image light and a second image light, wherein the first image light is in a first polarization state and the second image light is in a second polarization state and the first image light and the second image light are generated by a same display panel; a resolution enhancement optic unit, which enhances the resolution of the first image light with respect to the second image light; and a magnifying optic unit, which magnify the first and second image lights from the resolution enhancement optic unit.
US12169276B2
A Head-Mounted Display system together with associated techniques for performing accurate and automatic inside-out positional, user body and environment tracking for virtual or mixed reality are disclosed. The system uses computer vision methods and data fusion from multiple sensors to achieve real-time tracking. High frame rate and low latency is achieved by performing part of the processing on the HMD itself.
US12169273B2
A varifocal ocular lens is disclosed. The varifocal ocular lens is based on a pancake lens having a polarization-folded optical path formed by two reflectors, e.g. one polarization-selective reflector and one partial reflector. By placing at least one of the reflectors onto a flexible deformable membrane, the shape e.g. radius of curvature and/or cylindricity of the reflector(s) may be dynamically changed to vary focal length and/or astigmatism of the ocular lens. Viewer's visual prescription and eye vergence may be dynamically and/or statically accommodated by the varifocal lens.
US12169269B2
An adapter that can connect to an objective has a receiving area for receiving the objective. The adapter has holding structures which extend essentially in a plane directed transversely to the objective axis of the objective and which are designed to engage corresponding structural elements of an adapter receptacle while the adapter is being inserted into the adapter receptacle, thereby preventing the adapter from already moving in the direction of the objective axis while the adapter is being inserted into the adapter receptacle. A device for holding an adapter, can include an adapter receptacle for receiving the adapter and an adapter and also for moving an optical element into the objective axis. An adjusting device can include the adapter and the adapter receptacle.
US12169263B2
A system can include a sensor assembly and a wellhead flange sized to receive the sensor assembly. The system can also include a seal that can be positioned between the sensor assembly and the wellhead flange for sealing the wellhead flange from an external environment. The system can also include an inner coil that can be positioned within the sensor assembly. The inner coil may be able to communicate wirelessly with an outer coil that can be positioned around the sensor assembly for transmitting data and power with respect to the wellhead flange. The system can also include a sensor positionable in a through bore of the wellhead flange. The sensor can be coupled with the inner coil for transmitting and receiving data and power with respect to the wellhead flange.
US12169256B2
A vehicle sensor calibration system can detect an SDV on a turntable surrounded by a plurality of fiducial targets, and rotate the turntable using a control mechanism to provide the sensor system of the SDV with a sensor view of the plurality of fiducial targets. The vehicle sensor calibration system can receive, over a communication link with the SDV, a data log corresponding to the sensor view from the sensor system of the SDV recorded as the SDV rotates on the turntable. Thereafter, the vehicle sensor calibration system can analyze the sensor data to determine a set of calibration parameters to calibrate the sensor system of the SDV.
US12169254B2
A Lidar system is provided. The Lidar system comprise: a light source configured to emit a multi-pulse sequence to measure a distance between the Lidar system and a location in a three-dimensional environment, and the multi-pulse sequence comprises multiple pulses having a temporal profile; a photosensitive detector configured to detect light pulses from the three-dimensional environment; and one or more processors configured to: determine a coding scheme comprising the temporal profile, wherein the coding scheme is determined dynamically based on one or more real-time conditions including an environment condition, a condition of the Lidar system or a signal environment condition; and calculate the distance based on a time of flight of a sequence of detected light pulses, wherein the time of flight is determined by determining a match between the sequence of detected light pulses and the temporal profile.
US12169253B2
The present application provides a lidar receiving apparatus, a lidar system, a laser ranging method, a laser ranging controller, and a computer readable storage medium. The lidar receiving apparatus includes: a photodetector, which is configured to receive a reflected laser signal and to convert the reflected laser signal into a current signal when a bias voltage of the photodetector is greater than a breakdown voltage of the same; a ranging circuit, which is connected with the photodetector and configured to calculate distance data according to the current signal; and a power control circuit, which is connected with the photodetector and configured to control the bias voltage applied to the photodetector according to a predefined rule.
US12169251B2
A method, apparatus, and system for detecting presence of an object of low radar cross section RCS (250) in an environment (200) are provided. Radar detection at one or more radar frequencies greater than 2 GHz is used to determine a steady state response profile (300) of the environment (200). The steady state response profile (300) comprises at least one indication of one or more reflected signals (202) from an object of high RCS in the environment (200). Radar detection at the one or more radar frequencies is then used to determine a test response profile (600) of the environment (200). The test response profile (600) is compared with the steady state response profile (300) to determine a presence of a, object of low RCS (250) in the environment by identifying at least partial absence of at least one of the reflected signals (202) in the test response profile (600).
US12169245B2
Disclosed are a device, computer program and method, for determining a range to a target, the device comprising a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, a pressure sensor, a temperature sensor, a controller; wherein the method comprises determining the device's geographic location based on coordinates from the GPS receiver and the device's elevation based on pressure and temperature data from the sensors; obtaining a location and elevation of a landmark based on GPS coordinates from a database; determining a distance between the device and the landmark using GPS coordinates; applying a slope compensation based on the difference in elevation between the device's elevation and the landmark; and converting the distance to a signal perceptible to a user.
US12169244B2
The influence of multipath on the positioning calculation based on positioning signals transmitted from satellites is reduced. A self-position is estimated using a positioning calculation result based on a positioning signal transmitted from a satellite. Movement of a mobile body is controlled on the basis of the estimated self-position. A multipath reduction action signal is output when the mobile body is in a multipath environment. The mobile body is controlled so as to take a multipath reduction action when the mobile body is in a predetermined movement state and the multipath reduction action signal is output.
US12169242B2
The present invention relates to an FMCW-LiDAR distance measurement apparatus in which a light source, in particular a laser, generates a frequency modulated transmission light beam as a transmission signal having a predetermined frequency deviation and transmits said frequency modulated transmission light beam into a measurement zone; a light receiver receives light reflected by objects in the measurement zone as a reception signal; a mixer mixes at least a portion of the transmission signal with the reception signal and with an oscillator frequency to generate a mixed signal; and the oscillator frequency is adapted to a desired measurement zone to achieve a high measurement accuracy in the desired measurement zone.
US12169238B2
A system comprises a computer having a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to access sensor data of a sensor of a vehicle while an adaptive cruise control feature of the vehicle is active, detect, based on the sensor data, an object located along a path of travel of the vehicle, determine that the object is a moveable object based on a radar return of a radar reflector of the object, and responsive to the determination that the object is the moveable object, adjust, by the adaptive cruise control feature, the speed of the vehicle.
US12169221B2
The present disclosure relates to an adaptive body biasing or voltage regulation circuit for a circuit region, comprising: a first delay module configured to delay a local clock signal to generate first and second output signals delayed by first and second delays; a multiplexer configured to select one of the first and second output signals; a first slack monitor circuit configured to generate a first detection signal indicating when a slack time of the first and second output signals is less than a first threshold; a voltage generation circuit configured to generate a supply voltage for the circuit region, or at least one biasing voltage for biasing wells of transistors in the circuit region, using a further control loop comprising a process, voltage and/or temperature sensor; and a control circuit configured to adjust a gain of the further control loop based on the first detection signal.
US12169216B2
A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor element having an element main surface and first and second electrodes arranged on the element main surface; a first lead mounting the semiconductor element thereon; a second lead electrically connected to the first electrode; a third lead electrically connected to the second electrode; first connecting portions bonded to the first electrode and the second lead; and a sealing resin covering the semiconductor element, wherein the sealing resin includes a resin main surface facing the same side as the element main surface and a resin side surface connected to the resin main surface, the second lead includes a portion exposed from the sealing resin, the third lead includes a portion exposed from the sealing resin, and the exposed portion of the second lead includes a portion located on a side of the resin main surface with respect to the exposed portion of the third lead.
US12169215B2
A method of detecting a fault in a power distribution system includes placing a signal on the system at a frequency F1 and then detecting a change in the signal due to a change in the impedence of the system as a result of a fault wherein the change is one of a change in phase, a change in signal tone, or a change in voltage level at the load. In one embodiment, band reject filters can be used to diminish the signal at the load or source. In another embodiment, the power source can be a periodic pulsed power source and the signal can be placed on the system during an idle phase of the periodic pulsed power.
US12169212B2
Proposed are a probe head for testing, through a probe, a pattern formed on a wafer, and a probe card having the same. More particularly, proposed are a probe head in which formation of a guide hole into which a probe is inserted and insertion of the probe therein are facilitated, and a probe card having the same.
US12169211B2
A vertical probe pin that includes: an elastic beam part which is disposed between a lower contact portion in contact with a device to be tested and an upper contact point spaced apart at a predetermined distance from the lower contact point and in contact with a test device. The vertical probe pin is composed of a pair of elastic beams having a predetermined gap in order to be elastically deformed by an external force; and a separation prevention protrusion part provided with separation prevention protrusions protruding from at least one of the pair of elastic beams in order to prevent the elastic beam part from being separated through an upper guide hole.
US12169203B2
Methods for detecting and/or discriminating between post-translational modification variants of an antibody of interest in a sample. The methods including: contacting a sample comprising one or more antibodies of interest with a protease to digest the sample into antibody fragments; separating antibody fragments by molecular weight and/or charge in one or more capillaries using capillary electrophoresis; eluting separated antibody fragments from the one or more capillaries; and determining the mass of the eluted antibody fragments by mass spec analysis, thereby detecting and/or discriminating between post-translational modification variants of the antibody of interest.
US12169200B2
The invention provides a lateral flow device and methods for the detection of antibodies to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in a sample of bodily fluid of an animal or human. The test methods include contacting the sample with a conjugate comprising a recombinant SARS-CoV-2 spike protein antigen that has been conjugated to a detection agent, wherein an antigen-antibody complex is formed between the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein antigen conjugate and SARS-CoV-2 antibodies present in the sample; capturing the formed antigen-antibody complex with an Fc-binding molecule; and detecting the captured complex.
US12169187B2
The present invention relates to a method of performing subsurface imaging of embedded structures in a substrate underneath a substrate surface, the method comprising the steps of applying, using a signal application actuator, an acoustic input signal to the substrate, detecting, using a vibration sensor, a return signal from the substrate and analyzing the return signal for obtaining information on the embedded structures, for enabling imaging thereof wherein the step of applying the acoustic input signal comprises applying a discontinuous signal of an acoustic signal component to the substrate, the acoustic signal component having a frequency above 1 gigahertz, such that the return signal includes a scattered fraction of the discontinuous signal scattered from the embedded structures. The invention further relates to a system.
US12169169B2
A method of controlling a viscosity of fuel in a fuel control system with a vibratory meter is provided. The method includes providing the fuel to the vibratory meter, measuring a property of the fuel with the vibratory meter, and generating a signal based on the measured property of the fuel. The method also includes providing the signal to a temperature control unit configured to control the temperature of the fuel provided to the vibratory meter.
US12169168B2
The present application provides a hazardous gas detection system to determine hazardous gas concentrations and/or temperatures within a flow of exhaust air in an exhaust duct of a gas turbine compartment. The hazardous gas detection system may include one or more sensors positioned within or in communication with the exhaust duct and a static mixer positioned upstream of the one or more sensors to promote mixing of the flow of exhaust air.
US12169155B2
A method and system for monitoring an exhaust gas sensor coupled in an engine exhaust is provided. In one example, the method determines an estimate of an exhaust gas oxygen sensor time constant according to a comparison of air/fuel ratios and a system time constant.
US12169143B2
A light detection device of the present invention includes: a wiring board; a first support part disposed on a mounting surface of the wiring board; a Fabry-Perot interference filter having a first mirror part and a second mirror part between which a distance is variable and having an outer edge portion disposed in a first support region of the first support part; a light detector disposed on the mounting surface to face the first mirror part and the second mirror part on one side of the first support part; and a temperature detector disposed on the mounting surface, wherein the temperature detector is disposed on the mounting surface such that at least a part of the temperature detector overlaps a part of the Fabry-Perot interference filter when seen in a first direction perpendicular to the mounting surface and such that at least a part of the temperature detector overlaps a part of the first support part when seen in a second direction in which the first support part and the light detector are aligned with each other, and wherein a first distance between the temperature detector and the first support part in the second direction is smaller than a first width of the first support region in the second direction.
US12169138B2
A measuring system for measuring a mass flow rate, a density, a temperature and/or a flow rate. The measuring system includes a main conduit which leads from a supply unit to a consumer, a measuring unit, a computing unit, and an outlet pressure controller. The measuring unit has a first Coriolis meter arranged in the main conduit, a second Coriolis meter arranged in series with the first Coriolis meter in the main conduit, a bypass conduit via which the second Coriolis meter is bypassable, and a valve which opens depending on a pressure arranged in the bypass conduit. The second Coriolis meter has a smaller maximum flow rate than the first Coriolis meter. The computing unit is connected to each of the first Coriolis meter and the second Coriolis meter. The outlet pressure controller is arranged in the main conduit downstream of the measuring unit.
US12169129B2
A route provision apparatus for providing a route to a vehicle including a transceiver; a sensor interface configured to receive sensing information from one or more sensors; and a processor configured to identify a lane of the vehicle, estimate, using map information received from a navigation system and not from the server based on a communication state with the server satisfying a preset condition, an optimal route for the vehicle in lane units, generate autonomous driving visibility information by fusing the sensing information with the optimal route, and fuse dynamic information related to a movable object with the autonomous driving visibility information to update the optimal path based on the dynamic information, and wherein the sensing information is fused with the map information to generate a Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) map.
US12169124B2
The present disclosure provides an OCT imaging system to reduce or eliminate frequency-domain aliasing artifacts. The frequency is shifted using a carrier frequency to define a sampling range substantially centered on the carrier frequency. An image of the sample is generated from a displayed imaging range that consists of a subset of the frequencies within the sampling range. Furthermore, the system may be configured to determine the carrier frequency such that a Nyquist frequency corresponding to the shifted frequency is extended beyond either an upper or a lower bound of an OCT quality envelope corresponding to the first portion of light. Additionally, the carrier frequency may be determined such that a lower bound of the OCT quality envelope is greater or less than a zero-frequency DC limit.
US12169121B2
A system and method for providing feedback on a quality of a 3D scan is provided. The system includes a coordinate scanner configured to optically measure and determine a plurality of three-dimensional coordinates to a plurality of locations on at least one surface in the environment, the coordinate scanner being configured to move through the environment while acquiring the plurality of three-dimensional coordinates. A display having a graphical user interface. One or more processors are provided that are configured to determine a quality attribute of a process of measuring the plurality of three-dimensional coordinates based at least in part on the movement of the coordinate scanner in the environment and display a graphical quality indicator on the graphical user interface based at least in part on the quality attribute, the quality indicator is a graphical element having at least one movable element.
US12169117B2
A system and method that uses one or more jet engines to remove unmanned aircraft from restricted airspace. Generally, the force created by a jet engine can be used to remove drones or other unwanted objects from the restricted airspace. Once the system determines the presence of an unauthorized aircraft or object within the restricted airspace, the jet engine(s) can be activated and used to pull the drone or flying object towards the jet engine though the force created by the intake of the jet engine(s), or to expel the drone or object from the restricted area through the force created by the exhaust of the jet engine(s).
US12169113B2
A selector assembly incorporated into the frame of an airsoft handgun that is operable to configure the airsoft gun in a semi-automatic or full-automatic firing mode. The selector assembly is operable to adjust the position of a disconnector and a sear such that the engagement surfaces of the disconnector and sear are configured to interact with the hammer and firing assembly such that one or multiple rounds are propelled down the barrel for each trigger engagement.
US12169109B2
A system and method for attaching a muzzle attachment to a firearm. The muzzle attachment has an attachment body that is defined by an inner surface having a bore along the central axis of the muzzle attachment. The attachment body may include a threaded portion extending a length along the inner surface configured to engage a threaded portion of the firearm. The attachment body includes a lock that is configurable from a retracted configuration to an extended configuration. In the extended configuration, the lock is configured to securely engage a recess of the firearm. By threading the muzzle attachment onto the firearm and engaging the lock with the recess, the muzzle attachment system resists removal of the muzzle attachment from the firearm. The muzzle attachment may include vents. The muzzle attachment system preferably is indexed relative to the firearm for proper operation of the muzzle attachment during engagement of the lock.
US12169101B2
A system and a method for heating source fluid, comprising: a turbine-electric generator transport comprising: an inlet plenum and an exhaust collector; a turbine connected to the inlet plenum and the exhaust collector; and an electric-generator coupled to the turbine; an exhaust heat recovery transport comprising: a combustion air connection coupled to the inlet plenum; an exhaust air connection coupled to the exhaust collector; a heat transfer assembly coupled to the exhaust air connection; and a fluid system coupled to the heat transfer assembly; an inlet and exhaust transport comprising: an air inlet filter housing coupled to the combustion air connection; and an exhaust stack coupled to the exhaust air connection.
US12169085B2
An HVAC system is disclosed, comprising: (a) a compressor, (b) a source heat exchanger for exchanging heat with a source fluid, (c) a first load heat exchanger operable for heating/cooling air in a space, (d) a second load heat exchanger for heating water, (e) first and second reversing valves, (f) first and second 3-way valves, (f) a bi-directional electronic expansion valve, (g) a first bi-directional valve, and (h) a second bi-directional valve to modulate exchange of heat in the first load heat exchanger when operating as an evaporator and to control flashing of the refrigerant entering the source heat exchanger when operating as an evaporator, (h) a source pump for circulating the source fluid through the first load heat exchanger, (i) a water pump for circulating water through the second load heat exchanger, and (j) a controller to control operation of the foregoing.
US12169066B2
An illumination device includes multiple light-emitting elements operatively arranged to emit light during operation, and a transparent elongate optical element including one or more cavities. The optical element is arranged to receive light from the light-emitting elements. The one or more cavities are arranged along an extension of the optical element.
US12169060B1
An example apparatus, an automotive lighting system, and an automotive lighting apparatus for driving a lighting element in an automotive lighting system are provided. The example apparatus includes a lighting element and a lighting element driver electrically connected to the lighting element and a serial communication bus. The lighting element driver includes a flexible circuit board, a serial communication interface configured to receive a serial communication message related to the lighting element, a power supply interface electrically connected to a power source, and a lighting element driver processor mounted on and electrically connected to the flexible circuit board. The lighting element driver transmits power from the power supply interface to the lighting element based at least in part on the serial communication message.
US12169058B2
A light-emitting module includes a first terminal, a second terminal, a first light source, a second light source, and a third light source. The first light source is connected between the first terminal and the second terminal. The second light source and the third light source are connected between the first terminal and the second terminal, in anti-parallel with the first light source. The first, second, and third light sources are aligned in a first direction along a light-emitting surface, with the first light source between the second light source and the third light source.
US12169057B2
The present disclosure relates to a battery powered light. The light includes a removable battery pack and a base portion which receives the battery pack. A light section is operably connected to the base section. The light section includes a light generator which produces light. The light further includes a mount. The mount is movable so that the mount can attach to a variety of surfaces including at least a flat surface and a curved surface.
US12169051B2
A light module for a headlight of a motor vehicle, the light module having: a circuit board having at least one illuminating device for emitting light, wherein the circuit board has a longitudinal extent along a Y-axis, a width extent, extending perpendicular to the longitudinal extent, along an X-axis, and a vertical extent, extending perpendicular to the longitudinal extent and the width extent, along a Z-axis; a reflector; and a heat sink on which the circuit board is fastened. The heat sink is fastened to the reflector via a first fastener in such a manner that the first fastener secures a first referencing structure and/or a second referencing structure of the reflector against the circuit board such that the at least one illuminating device is located in a reference position in the direction of the Y-axis and in the direction of the X-axis relative to the reflector.
US12169049B2
A support element for a lamp module adapted to precisely accommodate at least one part of the lamp module that comprises an alignment member of the part, wherein the support element comprises at least one alignment member of the element, wherein the alignment member of the part forms, with the alignment member of the element, a pair of specially shaped complementary alignment members adapted to define the relative position of the support element and the given part by tightly fitting a protrusion on one member of the pair into a gap on the other member of the same pair. Furthermore, the object of the invention is a lamp module comprising the support element and a method of lamp module assembly on such a support element.
US12169047B2
A natural gas system includes a process suction conduit, a compressor package configured to receive a flow of natural gas from the process suction conduit and to increase a pressure of the flow of natural gas whereby the flow of natural gas is discharged from the compressor package as a pressurized flow of natural gas, a process discharge conduit connected downstream of the compressor package, and an emissions management module coupled to the compressor package and configured to capture emissions from the compressor package, wherein the emissions management module includes a vapor recovery unit configured to circulate the captured emissions from the VRU along an emissions discharge conduit coupled to the VRU to at least one of the process suction conduit, a fuel gas system of the natural gas system, and a hydrocarbon processing component of the natural gas system that is separate from the compressor package.
US12169044B2
Disclosed in the present invention is a water circulation pipeline, comprising: an interface pipeline, the interface pipeline comprising a first pipeline and a second pipeline, one of the first pipeline and the second pipeline being provided with water inlets, and the other being provided with a water outlet, the water inlets and the water outlet being used for being connected to a water pool body, the second pipeline being nested in the first pipeline; and a pipeline body having a third pipeline, a first port of the third pipeline being in communication with the first pipeline, and a second port of the third pipeline being in communication with the second pipeline. The present invention can reduce the volumes of the water circulation pipeline and a control box. Also disclosed in the present invention are a control box and a massage water pool.
US12169034B2
The invention discloses a method of controlling a transmembrane pressure (TMP) in a crossflow filtration apparatus, comprising the steps of: a) providing a crossflow filtration apparatus comprising a pump (21) fluidically connected via a retentate compartment (33) of a crossflow filter (32) and a length of flexible tubing to a regulator valve (1; 101) acting on the flexible tubing, wherein the regulator valve is a high precision pinch valve. The apparatus further comprises a first pressure transducer (22) adapted to measure a pressure between the retentate compartment and the regulator valve, a second pressure transducer (39) adapted to measure a pressure between the pump and the retentate compartment and a third pressure transducer (40) adapted to measure a pressure at a permeate outlet (36) of the crossflow filter, and a control unit (23) electrically or electromagnetically connected to said regulator valve, the first, second and third pressure transducers and optionally to the pump; b) pumping a liquid with the pump via the second pressure transducer, through the retentate compartment via the length of flexible tubing, the first pressure transducer and the regulator valve; c) controlling the regulator valve with the control unit, such that a TMP calculated by formula (I) TMP=(Pinlet+Poutlet)/2−Pperm corresponds to a predetermined TMP value or to an interval between two predetermined TMP values, wherein Pinlet is a pressure reading from the second pressure transducer, Poutlet is a pressure reading from the first pressure transducer and Pperm is a pressure reading from the third pressure transducer.
US12169027B2
A device for controlling pressures of a flow medium in a component in which the device is formed at least by the component and at least one valve; the valve has an axially oriented valve axis and is seated, at least in part, in the component and has at least one opening. The opening leads into an annular gap which at least partly surrounds the valve, and the annular gap is formed between the valve and the component. The annular gap is sealed by at least one seal.
US12169016B1
A drive assembly for a motor vehicle drivetrain includes a differential configured for driving a first output shaft and a second output shaft about a center axis and for allowing the first output shaft and the second output shaft to rotate about the center axis at different speeds. The differential includes a first side gear on a first side of the differential configured for being drivingly connected to the first output shaft; a second side gear on a second side of the differential configured for being drivingly connected to the second output shaft; a differential housing enclosing the first and second side gears; support pins non-rotatably fixed to the differential housing; and spider gears rotatably mounted on the support pins and positioned between the first side gear and the second side gear. Each of the spider gears intermeshes with both the first side gear and the second side gear to transmit power from the support pins to the first side gear and the second side gear. The drive assembly further includes a hollow drive shaft for driving the differential. The differential housing is configured for transmitting power from hollow drive shaft to the support pins. The hollow drive shaft is partially nested radially within the differential housing to direct oil from inside of the hollow drive shaft into the differential housing.
US12169013B2
A head unit system for controlling motion of an object includes a secondary object sensor, shear thickening fluid (STF), and a chamber configured to contain a portion of the STF. The chamber further includes a front channel and a back channel. The head unit system further includes a piston housed at least partially radially within the piston compartment and separating the back channel and the front channel. The piston includes a first piston bypass and a second piston bypasses to control flow of the STF between opposite sides of the piston. The chamber further includes a set of fluid manipulation emitters to control the flow of the STF to cause selection of one of a variety of shear rates for the STF within the chamber.
US12169004B2
A motor assembly, control system and associated method monitor the rotational engagement of an input shaft associated with a motor with an output shaft configured to controllably position a control surface. In this regard, a control system includes a motor assembly and an associated controller. The motor assembly includes a motor configured to rotate an input shaft and a first encoder configured to determine a rotational position of the input shaft. The motor assembly also includes an output shaft, such as a capstan, and a second encoder configured to determine a rotational position of the output shaft. The output shaft is rotatably coupled to the input shaft associated with the motor via a clutch. The controller is configured to identify slippage of the clutch based upon information provided by the first and second encoders regarding the rotational positions of the input shaft and the output shaft, respectively.
US12169002B2
A composite shaft with an end fitting mounted on an interface region on at least one end of said shaft, and a preload structure arranged to provide a biasing force to bias the composite shaft against the end fitting; wherein the preload structure is in an interference fit with the composite shaft. The preload structure is applied to the composite shaft in a subsequent operation to the mounting of the end fitting to the shaft.
US12169001B2
A sensor bearing unit includes a bearing, which has a first ring and a second ring, both rings being centered on an axis, and an impulse ring. The impulse ring includes a target holder, a target mounted on the target holder, and a sleeve secured to the first ring of the bearing. The sleeve is provided with an axial portion having at least one radial protrusion and a collar extending at least partially radially. The target holder is mounted radially around the axial portion of the sleeve and axially between the first ring of the bearing and the collar of the sleeve. The at least one radial protrusion of the sleeve axial portion extends into a complementary recess provided on the target holder.
US12168998B1
A steering assembly including a serration connection for an automotive vehicle comprising a steering wheel comprising at least one wheel bearing having at least one connection part presenting gear teeth and gear teeth gaps and a steering column comprising a column bearing having at least one connection part presenting gear teeth and gear teeth gaps; the respective gear teeth and gear teeth gaps of the wheel bearing and of the column bearing being intended to cooperate together to connect in transmission the steering wheel and the steering column; and wherein at least one tooth gap of the wheel bearing is at least partially filled with a removable filling material; the corresponding area of the column bearing, respectively, facing the at least partially filled tooth gap, comprises at least one recess, and such arrangement is the initial position of the wheel bearing.
US12168968B2
Various examples of simultaneous ocean wave and current energy harvesting are described, using a hybrid ocean energy converter and a mechanical transfer system therefor. In one example, a hybrid ocean energy converter includes a two-body point absorber comprising a first body and a second body. The two-body point absorber can be configured to transfer a linear relative motion between the first body and the second body to bi-directional rotation of a first input shaft. A turbine can be configured rotate a second input shaft. The converter further includes a hybrid power takeoff including a mechanical transfer system configured to mechanically couple the first input shaft, the second input shaft, an output shaft, and an output shaft.
US12168967B2
A power take-off device for use in a wave energy converter unit having a buoy includes a power take-off hull connectable to a mooring device, and connected to or connectable to the buoy, preferably by a link rope, and a power extracting device adapted to extract power as the buoy moves with the waves, by applying up to a predetermined maximum control force. A two-stage end-stop cushioning system comprises a first stage end-stop cushioning device having a first fluid cylinder adapted to apply an additional deceleration force on the device above the maximum control force, and a second stage end-stop cushioning device adapted to be extended like a spring in an end-stop operation after the first stage has been activated and when the power take-off force is higher than the above the maximum control force, to hold the buoy submerged through the crest of a large wave.
US12168958B2
A method of operating a gas turbine engine having a combustor having a combustion chamber and a plurality of fuel spray nozzles configured to inject fuel into the combustion chamber. The fuel spray nozzles have a first subset of fuel spray nozzles and a second subset of fuel spray nozzles. The combustor is operable in a condition in which the first subset of fuel spray nozzles are supplied with more fuel than the second subset of fuel spray nozzles. A ratio of the number of fuel spray nozzles in the first subset of fuel spray nozzles to the number of fuel spray nozzles in the second subset of fuel spray nozzles is in the range of 1:2 to 1:5. The method includes providing a fuel to the plurality of fuel spray nozzles having a calorific value of at least 43.5 MJ/kg. A gas turbine engine can be for an aircraft.
US12168956B2
A turbofan engine is provided. The turbofan engine includes a fan comprising a plurality of fan blades; a turbomachine operably coupled to the fan for driving the fan, the turbomachine comprising a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section in serial flow order and together defining a core air flowpath; a nacelle surrounding and at least partially enclosing the fan; an inlet pre-swirl feature located upstream of the plurality of fan blades, the inlet pre-swirl feature attached to or integrated into the nacelle; and a means for reducing ice buildup or ice formation on the inlet pre-swirl feature, the means in communication with the inlet pre-swirl feature.
US12168950B2
A current feed-through for an electrically heatable catalytic converter, wherein the catalytic converter has in the interior thereof at least one electrical conductor, which is electrically contactable by the current feed-through, having a central electrically conductive element, which is guided from the interior of the catalytic converter through the outer housing wall thereof, having an electrical insulation layer, which surrounds the electrically conductive element on its radial outer face, and having a metallic sleeve, in which the electrically conductive element and the electrical insulation layer is received, wherein at the current feed-through or directly adjacently to the current feed-through there is arranged a device for reducing the heat conduction from the interior of the catalytic converter along the current feed-through to a contact face arranged outside the catalytic converter.
US12168943B2
An energy storage system converts variable renewable electricity (VRE) to continuous heat at over 1000° C. Intermittent electrical energy heats a solid medium. Heat from the solid medium is delivered continuously on demand. An array of bricks incorporating internal radiation cavities is directly heated by thermal radiation. The cavities facilitate rapid, uniform heating via reradiation. Heat delivery via flowing gas establishes a thermocline which maintains high outlet temperature throughout discharge. Gas flows through structured pathways within the array, delivering heat which may be used for processes including calcination, hydrogen electrolysis, steam generation, and thermal power generation and cogeneration. Groups of thermal storage arrays may be controlled and operated at high temperatures without thermal runaway via deep-discharge sequencing. Forecast-based control enables continuous, year-round heat supply using current and advance information of weather and VRE availability. High-voltage DC power conversion and distribution circuitry improves the efficiency of VRE power transfer into the system.
US12168940B1
A turbomachine comprises a primary rotor part and a secondary rotor part mounted to the primary rotor part for joint rotation therewith. The primary part and secondary parts have a tight fit between a radially inner diameter surface of the secondary part and a radially outer diameter surface of the primary part. The primary part has a radial stop operable to limit centrifugal growth of the secondary part when a maximum operating speed of the primary rotor is exceeded. The radial stop includes a radially inner surface facing an associated radially outer surface of the secondary part. When an operating speed of the primary part is inferior to the maximum operating speed, the radial stop of the primary part and the associated radially outer surface of the secondary part are spaced by a radial gap sized to close when the maximum operating speed is exceeded.
US12168934B2
Proposed is a turbine vane platform sealing assembly in which compressed air is prevented from leaking to a turbine vane to improve power generation efficiency. The turbine vane platform sealing assembly includes a first sealing member inserted into a first groove formed in a turbine vane platform in a first direction, the first sealing member extending in the first direction, a second sealing member inserted into a second groove formed in a second direction intersecting the first direction of the turbine vane platform, with an end part of the second sealing member being in contact with an upper surface of the first sealing member, and the third sealing member having a portion formed by extending in the first direction and a remaining portion formed by bending in the second direction at a bend line at which the first sealing member and the second sealing member contact.
US12168928B2
An optical system employs a method for measuring an acoustic signal in a wellbore. The optical system includes an optical interrogator and an optical fiber. The optical fiber has a plurality of nominal sites uniformly spaced apart along a longitudinal axis of the optical fiber. A plurality of gratings are formed in the optical fiber. Each of the plurality of gratings is associated with a nominal site and is separated from its associated nominal site by an offset distance. The offset distance is selected to reduce a destructive interference between reflections from the plurality of gratings. The optical interrogator transmits a light pulse into the optical fiber to measure the acoustic signal via a reflection of the light pulse from at least one of the plurality of gratings.
US12168927B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an apparatus, a system, and a method for detecting and indicating the operational position of a valve of wellsite equipment. The apparatus comprises a mount portion and a housing portion. The mount is operatively coupled to a non-moving part of the valve and the housing portion is configured to receive a sensor therewithin. The sensor is configured to detect the position of a moving part of the valve and to provide an output signal indicative of the position of the moving part of the valve. The position of the moving part of the valve is indicative of the operational position of the valve. The system comprises one or more such apparatus for detecting and indicating the operational position of one or more valves on a wellsite or well pad.
US12168908B2
A flow control module includes an inlet hub, a flow meter, a choke, and an outlet hub. The inlet hub is coupled to a first flow passage having a first flow bore. The flow meter is associated with the first flow bore and positioned for top-down fluid flow. The choke is disposed in a second flow passage having a second flow bore. The second flow passage is coupled to a distal end of the first flow passage. The outlet hub is coupled to a distal end of the second flow passage and faces in a different direction from the inlet hub.
US12168903B2
A hinge structure is provided. The hinge structure includes a fixed structure including a first guide rail and a second guide rail, a center of an arc of the first guide rail is a first axis of rotation parallel to an axial direction and a center of an arc of the second guide rail is a second axis of rotation parallel to the axial direction, a first rotary structure including a first guide portion accommodated in the first guide rail and a first helical groove extending around and along the first axis of rotation, a second rotary structure including a second guide portion accommodated in the second guide rail and a second helical groove extending around and along the second axis of rotation, and a sliding structure including a first guide protrusion accommodated in the first helical groove and a second guide protrusion accommodated in the second helical groove.
US12168902B1
A window assembly includes a support and a window frame having a first frame portion pivotally connected to a second frame portion. The second frame portion is connected to the support for movement with respect to the support. A window is connected to the first frame portion of the window frame. The window is movable between a closed position and an open position by pivoting of the window and the first frame portion of the window frame with respect to the second frame portion of the window frame and by relative sliding motion of the second frame portion of the window frame along the support.
US12168900B2
The present invention relates to a feedback mechanism for a biological safety cabinet comprising a glass window and a cover plate in front of the glass window, the feedback mechanism comprises a monitor control component comprising a roller element being fixedly disposed with respect to the cover plate and comprising a rollable roller, and a contact component being fixedly disposed relative to the glass window so that the contact component can move relative to the roller with movement of the glass window, the contact component comprising a recess for receiving the roller, wherein the contact component moves with the glass window to a position corresponding to the roller when the glass window moves relative to the cover plate, such that the roller rolls into the recess, allowing the feedback mechanism to generate tactile feedback.
US12168896B2
A back door assembly includes a door; a pair of hinges that rotatably couple the door to a frame of the vehicle, the pair of hinges define an axis of rotation about which the door is rotatable; and a pair of latching mechanisms configured to secure the door to the frame, the pair of latching mechanisms are spaced apart from the pair of hinges in a vehicle vertical direction when the door is in a closed position, the pair of latching mechanisms are aligned with the pair of hinges in the vehicle vertical direction when the door is in the closed position such that an axis extending through the pair of latching mechanisms is substantially parallel to the axis of rotation of the pair of hinges.
US12168894B2
A latch assembly for a hood of a vehicle including a first plate including an elongated slot extending in a horizontal direction (H), a second plate, a first member being mechanically connected to the second plate, the first member extending in a vertical direction (V) through the elongated slot, slidably connecting the first plate to the second plate, at least one deformable element, in a retracted position of the latch assembly, securing the first plate to the second plate in the horizontal direction (H), and the at least one deformable element being arranged to deform upon impact in the horizontal direction (H) allowing the first plate to slide relative to the second plate in the horizontal direction (H) to an extended position. The present disclosure further relates to a hood elevation system for a vehicle and a method for manufacturing a latch assembly for a hood of a vehicle.
US12168886B2
A segmented/modular cooling tower fan cylinder having basic segments, a motor segment and an access segment, assembled to form an hourglass shaped cooling tower fan cylinder to protect fan blades, reduce sound and vibration, and enhance performance. The segments are preferably molded fiberglass composite structures having integrally molded vertical and horizontal ribs and a horizontal rib stiffener which connects horizontal ribs of adjacent segments. A top ring stiffener is provided at the junction of each two adjacent segments in the top ring flange. Lifter bars may be provided inside a central vertical rib of the segment to secure cables or straps to hoist an assembled fan cylinder into its final location or to secure a safety harness for workers servicing equipment in the interior space defined by the fan cylinder.
US12168880B2
Implementations of the of the present stripping corner may include a first forward surface, a second forward surface, hingedly connected to the first forward surface, a first rearward surface, hingedly connected to the first forward surface, a second rearward surface hingedly connected to the second forward surface, and an extender coupling the first rearward surface to the second rearward surface. The extender may be configured to receive an input torque about a first axis and may be configured to provide an output force along a second axis. The first axis may be substantially perpendicular to the second axis.
US12168873B2
Some embodiments relate to asphalt shingle waste coatings in roofing shingles of roofing systems. A roofing system comprises a plurality of roofing shingles. The plurality of roofing shingles, when installed on a roof substrate, comprises exposed surfaces and unexposed surfaces. The plurality of roofing shingles comprises asphalt shingle waste coatings on or only on at least one of the unexposed surfaces. The plurality of roofing shingles comprises asphalt coatings on or only on at least one of the exposed surfaces.
US12168868B2
A valley clip for a valley truss to deck panel connection of a roof system is disclosed. The valley clip includes a base and a tab. The base includes a plate shape. The base is adapted to fasten to one or more ribs of the deck panel. The tab includes an end connected to the base. The tab is adapted to rotate relative to the base into a vertical position for fastening to a side of a bottom chord of the valley truss.
US12168862B2
A faucet mounting assembly for a faucet includes a conical nut and a receiving clip. The conical nut is coupled to a nozzle. The receiving clip is coupled to an inner surface of the faucet and is configured to receive the conical nut within. The receiving clip includes a substantially annular base, one or more tabs and a slot. The one or more tabs including fixed ends fixed to the substantially annular base and free ends opposite the fixed ends and bounded by the slot. The one or more tabs are configured to flex radially between a non-flexed position and a flexed position. The one or more tabs flex into the flexed position when the conical nut is repositioned in and out of engagement with the receiving clip and return to the non-flexed position when the conical nut is seated within the receiving clip.
US12168844B2
Provided in the present invention is an apparatus for treating clothing comprising: a cabinet in which a clothing accommodation space for accommodating clothing is formed; a housing detachably coupled to an inner wall of the clothing accommodation space and provided with a purifying space communicating with the clothing accommodation space; a photocatalyst containing a photocatalytic material and provided inside the housing; and a light source assembly, provided inside the housing, for irradiating light including UV rays by penetrating through the purifying space.
US12168842B2
Aqueous cellulosic binder comprising modified cellulose (carboxymethylcellulose and/or sodium carboxymethylcellulose), water, and optionally binder modifier (crosslinking agent and/or wet strength agent); with a weight ratio of water modified cellulose of 99.9:0.1 to 1,000:500, with a weight ratio of binder modifier:modified cellulose of 1:2 to 1:1,000; wherein crosslinking agent comprises carboxylic acid having two or more carboxyl groups; and wherein wet strength agent comprises a reactive functional group (halide, chloride, fluoride, hydroxyl). A method of making aqueous cellulosic binder comprising contacting modified cellulose with water to form modified cellulose solution; and optionally contacting modified cellulose solution with binder modifier to form aqueous cellulosic binder. A nonwoven fabric comprising fiber web (85-99.9 wt. %); and cured cellulosic binder (0.1-15 wt. %). An article formed from the nonwoven fabric. A method of making nonwoven fabric comprising forming fiber web; contacting web with aqueous cellulosic binder to form binder impregnated fiber web; and curing to form the nonwoven fabric.
US12168839B2
A III-V-, IV-IV- or II-VI-compound single crystal comprising III-, IV- or II-precipitates and/or unstoichiometrical III-V-, IV-VI-, or II-VI-inclusions, wherein concentration of the respective precipitates and/or inclusions is no more than 1×104 cm−3.
US12168835B2
An example aluminum member consisting of a mother material containing aluminum or an aluminum alloy, and an anodic oxide film on the surface of the mother material, in which the arithmetical mean roughness Ra, the mean length of roughness curve elements RSm, and the Hunter whiteness of the aluminum member, measured from the surface side of the anodic oxide film, are 0.1 μm or more, 10 μm or less, and 60 to 90, respectively.
US12168831B2
In this disclosure, a process of recycling acid, base and the salt reagents required in the Li recovery process is introduced. A membrane electrolysis cell which incorporates an oxygen depolarized cathode is implemented to generate the required chemicals onsite. The system can utilize a portion of the salar brine or other lithium-containing brine or solid waste to generate hydrochloric or sulfuric acid, sodium hydroxide and carbonate salts. Simultaneous generation of acid and base allows for taking advantage of both chemicals during the conventional Li recovery from brines and mineral rocks. The desalinated water can also be used for the washing steps on the recovery process or returned into the evaporation ponds. The method also can be used for the direct conversion of lithium salts to the high value LiOH product. The method does not produce any solid effluent which makes it easy-to-adopt for use in existing industrial Li recovery plants.
US12168827B2
The present disclosure provides methods of applying a filtering coating to a substrate, comprising: depositing a solution on a surface of a substrate, wherein the solution comprises an organic solvent with nanorods dispersed within the solvent. Evaporation of the solution is allowed and/or controlled to increase a volume fraction of the nanorods in the solution as a function of the evaporation. Thus, an aligned deposit of the nanorods is provided as a function of the evaporation, wherein the aligned deposit of nanorods includes at least thousands of the nanorods with at least a majority of the nanorods aligned relative to a length of the nanorods.
US12168819B2
A magnetocaloric material comprising a La—Fe—Si based alloy composition that is compositionally modified to include a small but effective amount of at least one of Al, Ga, and In to improve mechanical stability of the alloy (substantially reduce alloy brittleness), improve thermal conductivity, and preserve comparable or provide improved magnetocaloric effects. The alloy composition may be further modified by inclusion of at least one of Co, Mn, Cr, and V as well as interstitial hydrogen.
US12168815B2
A system and method for handling slag in a slag pit includes an equilibrium or balance crane equipped with a quick connect coupling. A drop-ball fixture and drop-ball reduces the size of the slag, as needed, then the boom assembly of the crane releases the drop-ball fixture and engages an excavating tool, such as a clamshell bucket, a bucket, or a grapple. An elevated control station provides an operator with improved line-of-sight visibility.
US12168809B2
A hot-rolled steel sheet for a non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to one aspect of the present invention contains, by mass %, C: 0.0050% or less, Si: 0.5% or more and 3.5% or less, Mn: 0.1% or more and 1.5% or less, Al: 0.1% or more and 1.5% or less, Cu: 0.01% or more and 0.10% or less, Sn: 0.01% or more and 0.20% or less, and a remainder including Fe and impurities, in which the hot-rolled steel sheet has a Cu concentration peak value of 0.12% or more in a range from a surface thereof to a depth of 10 μm.
US12168807B2
A multi-target nucleic acid detection kit for human papillomavirus (HPV) typing includes a recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) primer set, an enzyme and a buffer system for Cas12a-crRNA, and a reporter molecule that displays a signal. In the detection method, a multi-channel microfluidic chip is used as a carrier, and RPA primers are designed for corresponding regions of different HPV subtypes to allow isothermal amplification. A crRNA set is designed for amplicons of different subtypes. The crRNA recognizes an HPV target in a sample, and then activates the CRISPR-Cas12a and cuts a reporter group to release a signal, thereby achieving accurate detection on HPV subtypes. The detection method shows a high sensitivity, a low cost, and easy operations, and is expected to be widely used in the screening of HPV infection.
US12168804B2
Novel means that enables detection of the monocytogenes bacterium alone distinctly from other bacteria belonging to the genus Listeria with sufficiently high accuracy is disclosed. The present inventors intensively analyzed the genome of the monocytogenes bacterium to identify two genes (the lmo0084 gene and the lmo2736 gene) as target regions with which the monocytogenes bacterium can be specifically detected distinctly from other bacteria belonging to the genus Listeria utilizing a nucleic acid amplification method. By a further intensive study of the base sequences of these two genes, primer setting regions for highly accurate, specific detection of the monocytogenes bacterium alone were identified, and preferred particular examples of PCR primer sets, LAMP primer sets, and real-time PCR primer-probe sets were established.
US12168801B1
Systems and methods for identifying and using hybrid/capture probes are provided. cDNA sequences from poly-adenylated mRNA are obtained. Each cDNA sequence in a first subset maps to a gene in a plurality of genes. Each cDNA sequence in a second subset maps to a reference genome portion not represented by the plurality of genes. Each gene has a corresponding plurality of transcripts. The cDNA sequences are exposed to at least 2×103 nucleic acid baits between K1 and K2 residues long, forming nucleic acid bait—sequence read complexes. Each nucleic acid bait that hybridizes to a cDNA sequence mapping to a gene selectively hybridizes to a first subset or another subset of transcripts corresponding to the gene. Each transcript of each gene is hybridizable to a nucleic acid bait in the at least 2×103 nucleic acid baits. The nucleic acid bait—sequence read complexes are captured and analyzed.
US12168793B2
A method for enzymatically preparing a n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid diacylglycerol using oil rich in n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid as raw material to prepare diacylglycerol oil with selective enzymatic hydrolysis. Before the enzymatic reaction, the raw materials are homogenized to improve the catalytic efficiency of lipase in the hydrolysis and achieve the purpose of reducing the reaction time and the addition amount of lipase. As a result, the cost of industrial diacylglycerol preparation is reduced, ultimately reducing the cost of industrial diacylglycerol preparation. Therefore, the present invention provides an effective, mild and low-cost enzymatic method for preparing diacylglycerol rich in n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, which has a promising potential for industrial application.
US12168791B2
The present invention relates to a method for modifying the glycosylation profile of a recombinant glycoprotein produced in cell culture comprising culturing eukaryotic cells expressing the recombinant glycoprotein in a cell culture medium, wherein the cell culture medium is supplemented with fucose, manganese, and taurine, wherein the glycosylation profile of the produced recombinant glycoprotein is modified to better resemble the glycosylation profile of a reference glycoprotein than when cultured without said supplementation.
US12168779B2
A method and related apparatus for confirming whether a kill laser successfully destroys an undesired population of cells includes introducing fluorescent dye into cells, exciting the cells with a detection laser or a light emitting diode to cause the cell to fluoresce for a first time, measuring the amount of fluorescence in the cells with a detector capable of emitting a detection pulse, classifying the cells via embedded processing as undesired or desired cells based on the amount of fluorescence, firing a kill beam with a kill laser at any undesired cells, measuring the amount of fluorescence in the cells a second time to determine whether a fluorescent event was generated from the kill beam striking the cells, and providing feedback to an operator of the kill laser as to whether any fluorescent events were generated from the kill beam striking the cells.
US12168772B2
The invention provides methods of transforming photosynthetic organisms, such as green algae. The methods involve methylating one or more DNA fragments of a DNA construct and transforming the one or more fragments into the photosynthetic organism. The DNA fragments can be the product of a DNA amplification procedure, such as PCR or a PCR-like procedure. In one embodiment the one or more fragments of DNA that comprise a DNA construct are dam methylated prior to being transformed into the photosynthetic organism.
US12168768B2
The present invention is directed to a yeast strain, or strains, secreting a full suite, or any subset of that full suite, of enzymes to hydrolyze corn starch, corn fiber, lignocellulose, (including enzymes that hydrolyze linkages in cellulose, hemicellulose, and between lignin and carbohydrates) and to utilize pentose sugars (xylose and arabinose). The invention is also directed to the set of proteins that are well expressed in yeast for each category of enzymatic activity. The resulting strain, or strains can be used to hydrolyze starch and cellulose simultaneously. The resulting strain, or strains can be also metabolically engineered to produce less glycerol and uptake acetate. The resulting strain, or strains can also be used to produce ethanol from granular starch without liquefaction. The resulting strain, or strains, can be further used to reduce the amount of external enzyme needed to hydrolyze a biomass feedstock during an Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation (SSF) process, or to increase the yield of ethanol during SSF at current saccharolytic enzyme loadings. In addition, multiple enzymes of the present invention can be co-expressed in cells of the invention to provide synergistic digestive action on biomass feedstock. In some aspects, host cells expressing different heterologous saccharolytic enzymes can also be co-cultured together and used to produce ethanol from biomass feedstock.
US12168761B2
A sample is introduced from a bioreactor to a chamber included in a manifold. The chamber includes at least a first probe. The at least the first probe is coupled to a controller. One or more measurements are performed on the sample while the sample is located in the chamber for a measurement period. The sample is returned from the chamber to the bioreactor after the one or more measurements of the sample have been performed.
US12168758B1
A zinc coordination organoselenium polymer may be a catalyst. The zinc coordination polymer may be a catalyst for biodiesel fuel. A method of forming biodiesel from waster oil may include using the zinc coordination polymer. The waste oil may be selected from a group consisting of vegetable oil and animal fats.
US12168753B2
A system and method for hydraulic fracturing a subterranean formation with fracturing fluid to generate fractures, and intermittently adjusting a characteristic of the fracturing fluid conveying proppant to form pillars of proppant in the fractures.
US12168752B2
The present invention discloses a novel high-temperature visual acid etching test device and method; the test device includes a visual rock slab holder, an acid solution storage tank I, an acid solution storage tank II, a heating apparatus, a high-pressure water pump, a low-pressure acid pump, a back-pressure valve, an acid valve A, an acid valve B, an acid valve C, an acid valve D, an acid valve E, an acid valve F, a water valve G, a water valve H, a water valve I, a water valve J, and a water valve K; both the acid solution storage tank I and the acid solution storage tank II are provided with a piston therein, where the acid solution storage tank is divided into upper and lower independent parts by the piston. According to the present invention, the flowing process of an acid solution in a fracture can be directly observed to accurately characterize the distribution of the acid solution in the fracture, which facilitates a study on an acid etching mechanism. According to the present invention, an acid solution injection system is separated from a water injection system, so that only water is injected into the system through a high-pressure pump, effectively solving safety problems of acid solution pumping. In the test process of the present invention, a totally-enclosed acid solution system can ensure that the acid solution does not overflow at high temperature and high pressure, thus greatly increasing the safety of the test.
US12168741B2
The present invention relates to a urethane prepolymer having an isocyanate group, a viscosity at 100° C. of 30 to 600 dPa·s, and a thermal softening temperature after moisture curing of 75 to 155° C.
US12168732B2
A light emitting element ink and a method of manufacturing a display device are provided. The light emitting element ink includes a light emitting element solvent, a light emitting element dispersed in the light emitting element solvent, the light emitting element including a plurality of semiconductor layers and an insulating film surrounding outer surfaces of the semiconductor layers, a thickener dispersed in the light emitting element solvent, wherein a compound of the thickener includes a functional group capable of forming a hydrogen bond together with a compound of the light emitting element solvent or another compound of the thickener and the compound of the thickener is represented by Chemical Formula 1.
US12168725B2
Foam composites and methods of preparation thereof are discussed. For example, the foam composite may include a polymeric material and a particulate filler, wherein the compressive strength of the foam composite is equal to or greater than 20 psi, the density is 4 pcf to 40 pcf, and wherein the thermal conductivity is equal to or less than 0.050 W/n K, the particulate filler may include fly ash. e.g., in an amount of about of 45% to about 75% by weight with respect to the total weight of the foam composite. The foam composite may be prepared from a mixture of a polyol, an isocyanate, the particulate filler, and a liquid blowing agent having a boiling point equal to or greater than 25° C. or 30° C.
US12168719B2
The present invention relates to a thermosensitive hydrogel composition, which while comprising an amino acid ester, polyethylene glycol, and a functional group for the introduction of a functional moiety at an end thereof at a predetermined ratio, comprises a polyphosphazene-based polymer having a controlled length and a content of polyethylene glycol contained therein, in which a reversible sol-gel transition character is altered; a medical polymer hydrogel comprising the polyphosphazene-based polymer; or an ink composition for 3D printing.
US12168715B2
The present invention describes a process of manufacturing biodegradable PET chips, comprising the steps of providing a purified terephthalic acid (PTA) in a predetermined quantity in a slurry tank; providing virgin monoethylene glycol (MEG) in a predetermined quantity in the slurry tank; transferring the combination of the slurry tank to an esterification reactor for esterification of the combination in the reactor at above 250° C. temperature which releases monomers; transferring the monomers from the esterification reactor to a polymerisation reactor; providing poly-catalysts such as, but not limited, to Ti-based catalyst, sb2O3 or any other suitable catalysts or combination thereof into the polymerisation reactor; and polymerization of the monomers in the polymerisation reactor at above 280° C. temperature, wherein an enzyme based composition is provided either at PTA/MEG stage or poly-catalyst stage or at other stages or combination thereof.
US12168713B2
The present disclosure relates to materials for photoinitiated cationic ring-opening polymerization (ROP). The present disclosure also relates to uses of the materials, e.g., in 3D printing.
US12168712B2
A thermoplastic polyurethane having a glass transition temperature of the soft phase of not more than −25° C. measured using DMA and a heating rate of 2K/min at 1 Hz under torsion based on DIN EN ISO 6721: 2016; maximum G″ can be obtained by a process at least including the reaction of a polyol composition including a polypropylene glycol, wherein the proportion of the secondary terminal OH groups based on the total number of terminal OH groups of the polypropylene glycol is in the range of more than 90%, with a polyisocyanate to obtain a polyol composition including a prepolymer and the reaction of the polyol composition including the prepolymer with a polyisocyanate composition including at least one polyisocyanate and at least one chain extender having a molecular weight <500 g/mol. The thermoplastic polyurethane may be used for producing injection molded products, extruded products, films, profiles and shaped articles.
US12168711B2
A process for producing a water-emulsifiable polyisocyanate formulation, in which, in a first process step, (A) a dispersion-active reaction product (E) is prepared from at least one diisocyanate selected from the group of hexamethylene 1,6-diisocyanate, pentamethylene 1,5-diisocyanate, 4,4′-di(isocyanatocyclohexyl)methane, 1-isocyanato-3,3,5-trimethyl-5-(isocyanatomethyl)cyclohexane, tolylene 2,4- and 2,6-diisocyanate, tetramethylxylylene diisocyanate, p-xylylene diisocyanate, 2,4′- and 4,4′-diisocyanatodiphenylmethane, with at least one mono- or polyhydric polyalkylene ether alcohol having 2 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkylene groups that comprises a polymer chain having at least 8 ethylene oxide units, and the resultant reaction product (E), in a second process step, (B) is mixed with at least one (cyclo)aliphatic polyisocyanate having an average NCO functionality of 2.2 to 5.0, preferably of 2.5 to 4.0, wherein step (B) is performed in the presence of an allophanatization catalyst and the conditions are chosen such that (E) and the polyisocyanate form allophanate groups, characterized in that the allophanatization catalyst is at least one salt consisting of a metal cation and at least one dithiophosphate anion.
US12168705B2
Disclosed herein are a modified high cis polydiene polymer, processes for preparing the modified high cis polydiene polymer, and tire rubber compositions containing the modified high cis polydiene polymer. The processes make use of a functionalizing compound of formula I or formula II and a coupling agent to prepare the modified high cis polydiene polymer from a quantity of conjugated diene monomer polymerized using a lanthanide-based catalyst system. The modified high cis polydiene polymer includes at least one polymer chain having a residue from the functionalizing compound and a residue from the coupling agent and can be utilized in tire rubber compositions in combination with other ingredients such as fillers.
US12168698B2
The invention relates to antibodies, and antigen-binding fragments thereof, that specifically bind TFPI and inhibit an activity thereof. Such antibodies and fragments are useful for treating bleeding disorders and shortening clotting time.
US12168697B2
As a result of producing ACE910 variants in which various sites of the constant regions were modified, the inventors discovered bispecific antibodies having FVIII mimetic activity higher than that of ACE910. The inventors also identified mutation positions that elevate the FVIII mimetic activity and discovered methods for elevating the FVIII mimetic activity by using the mutations.
US12168696B2
Provided herein are compositions, methods, and uses involving anti-Mucin-16 (MUC16) agents that immunospecifically bind an epitope of Mucin-16 (MUC16). Also provided herein are uses and methods for managing, treating, or preventing disorders, such as cancer and diseases associated with positive MUC16 expression.
US12168694B2
Isolated anti-human CD45RC antibodies or binding fragments thereof, nucleic acids and expression vector encoding the same, compositions including the same, and uses thereof as medicaments, including for the prevention and/or treatment of CD45RChigh-related diseases (including autoimmune diseases, undesired immune responses, monogenic diseases, and lymphoma or cancer), in particular for use in preventing and/or treating graft-versus-host disease (GVHD).
US12168691B2
The present disclosure provides a bispecific antibody comprising an IgG linked to an scFv, wherein the VII domain of the IgG is linked to the VH domain of the scFv, the bispecific antibody binding a human vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) family protein and an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) family protein. Further embodiments provide pharmaceutical compositions comprising the bispecific antibody of the embodiments and aspects thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Further embodiments provide various methods of treating cancer in a subject comprising administering a bispecific antibody of the embodiments and aspects thereof to the subject. A further embodiment provides a kit comprising the bispecific antibody.
US12168685B2
Isolated or recombinant EphA5 or GRP78 targeting antibodies are provided. In some cases, antibodies of the embodiments can be used for the detection, diagnosis and/or therapeutic treatment of human diseases, such as cancer. A method of rapidly identifying antibodies or antibody fragments for the treatment of cancer using a combination of in vitro and in vivo methodologies is also provided.
US12168679B2
The present disclosure relates generally to modified bacteria, such as E. coli, with modification in the expression of at least one gene encoding a type I and/or type II toxin-antitoxin (TA) system protein and/or at least one gene encoding a structural protein that modulates ribosomes and methods of using the disclosed bacteria for producing a biological compound of interest. The modifications of the bacteria result in enhanced bioproduction.
US12168677B2
The disclosure relates to therapeutic proteins and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said proteins, which have utility in treating various human diseases. In particular aspects, the disclosed therapeutic proteins are useful for treating human gastrointestinal inflammatory diseases and gastrointestinal conditions associated with decreased epithelial cell barrier function or integrity. Further, the disclosed therapeutic proteins are useful for treating human inflammatory bowel disease, including inter alia, Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.
US12168673B2
Prodrugs of nicotinic acid which include ribosyl groups are provided. The compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof may be used to treat or prevent to treat or prevent a variety of medical disorders, which are characterized by mitochondrial dysfunction such as, for example, metabolic disorders, cardiovascular disorders, cerebrovascular disorders, liver disorders, kidney disorders or muscle disorders.
US12168671B2
Provided are phosphonopyrazole-based phosphohistidine analogs that are useful as haptens for the preparation of immunogens, immunogens that include these haptens linked to carrier molecules, antibodies thereto and uses of these antibodies, haptens, immunogens and phosphohistidine analogs.
US12168658B2
Provided are compounds, compositions and methods for inhibiting fascin activity or treating a condition or disorder mediated by fascin activity in a subject in need thereof.
US12168652B2
Disclosed herein are carborane derivatives of Formula I or Formula V, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for use as neuromuscular blocking agents. The carborane is substituted with two cationic functional groups selected from amines that form ammonium cations, ethers and/or alcohols that form oxonium cations, sulfides and/or thiols that form sulfonium cations, and phosphanes and/or phosphines that form phosphonium cations.
US12168641B2
The present invention refers to a method for the production of haloalkane sulfonic acid, in which SO3 and an haloalkane are contacted with each other in the presence of a solvent, said solvent does constitute a superacid and the combination of said solvent with one or more of the reactants also gives rise to a superacid.
US12168639B2
The present invention includes DNP derivatives that are useful for preventing or treating a metabolic disease or disorder in a subject in need thereof. In certain embodiments, the subject is further administered at least one additional therapeutic agent.
US12168632B2
Embodiments of disclosure may provide a method for forming an aluminum-containing nitride ceramic matrix composite, comprising heating a green body, an aluminum-containing composition, ammonia and a mineralizer composition in a sealable container to a temperature between about 400 degrees Celsius and about 800 degrees Celsius and a pressure between about 10 MPa and about 1000 MPa, to form an aluminum-containing nitride ceramic matrix composite characterized by a phosphor-to-aluminum nitride (AlN) ratio, by volume, between about 1% and about 99%, by a porosity between about 1% and about 50%, and by a thermal conductivity between about 1 watt per meter-Kelvin and about 320 watts per meter-Kelvin. The green body comprises a phosphor powder comprising at least one phosphor composition, wherein the phosphor powder particles are characterized by a D50 diameter between about 100 nanometers and about 500 micrometers, and the green body has a porosity between about 10% and about 80%. The aluminum-containing composition has a purity, on a metals basis, between about 90% and about 99.9999%. The fraction of free volume within the sealable container contains between about 10% and about 95% of liquid ammonia prior to heating the green body, the aluminum-containing composition, ammonia and the mineralizer composition in the sealable container.
US12168631B2
A method for manufacturing a part from a first ceramic or from carbon, consolidated by a second ceramic, having a determined geometry, that involves carrying out the following sequence of steps: a) manufacturing a preform made from an organic polymer; b) impregnating the preform made from an organic polymer with a resin that is a precursor of the first ceramic or a resin that is a precursor of carbon; c) crosslinking and/or polymerising, then pyrolysing the resin that is a precursor of the first ceramic or the resin that is a precursor of carbon; to obtain a part made from a first ceramic or from carbon having the same geometry as the part to be manufactured; e) depositing the second ceramic on the part made from a first ceramic or from carbon by means of a chemical vapour deposition or CVD process or a chemical vapour infiltration or CVI process.
US12168626B2
The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass having a sheet shape, having a compressive stress layer on a glass surface, having a compressive stress value on the glass surface of 800 MPa or more, having a sheet thickness (t) of 100 μm or more, having a depth of the compressive stress layer (DOL) of (t×0.1) μm or more, and satisfying: CSB>CSA>0, where DB is a depth in a range of 10 μm or more and not more than DOL from the glass surface, at which a compressive stress value is maximum; CSB is the compressive stress value at the depth DB; DΛ is a depth in a range of equal to or less than DB from the glass surface, at which a compressive stress value is minimum; and CSA is the compressive stress value at the depth DA.
US12168610B2
The present invention provides a system and method to mineralize CO2 into peridotite rocks in a controlled and efficient manner removing carbon permanently from the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide sequestration into peridotite rocks happens naturally by means of natural weathering. However, this process is so slow and might take thousands of years to transform considerable amount of CO2 into carbonate rocks. The present invention, however, shortens the time of mineralization considerably in a controlled and quantifiable manner. This is typically done by injecting CO2 into peridotite rock formation and creating an efficient reaction pathways and conditions for the mineralization reaction to happen and therefore store CO2 by conversion into magnesite (MgCO3) and calcite (CaCO3).
US12168605B2
At least some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a semiconductor device package. The semiconductor device package includes a substrate with a first groove and a semiconductor device. The first groove has a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion, and the second portion is between the first portion and the third portion. The semiconductor device includes a membrane and is disposed on the second portion of the first groove. The semiconductor device has a first surface adjacent to the substrate and opposite to the membrane. The membrane is exposed by the first surface.
US12168604B2
A micro-nano incremental mechanical surface treatment method, comprising the following steps: using a modification tool having a designable end to contact a surface of a substrate material, rotating the modification tool in a local region and compressing the material surface, presetting processing parameters by means of 3D modeling software, and after the tool has processed the entire surface, enabling the tool to move downwards to the indented surface compressed previously. The process continues until the surface material is compressed to a pre-defined thickness, thereby achieving the goals of grain refinement and surface performance improvement. By means of the present method, a workpiece having a complex shape can be flexibly and designably surface modified. The method has the advantages of high bonding strength, no pollution, and low cost.
US12168602B2
A method for manufacturing an electroacoustic transducer includes a frame; an element movable with respect to the frame, the movable element including a membrane and a structure for rigidifying the membrane; a first transmission arm, the movable element being coupled to an end of the first transmission arm; wherein the trimming of the membrane and the trimming of the rigidification structure are decorrelated in a region around an intersection between the position of the first transmission arm and the periphery of the rigidification structure.
US12168596B2
Simultaneously oppositely rotating sheaves, or a chain fall, has a two sheaves upon a hexagonal axle. The first sheave receives a first line clockwise and the second sheave receives a second line counterclockwise. Upon turning the axle, the sheaves handle the lines oppositely. A signal unit regulates power delivered from a power unit to at least one motor. The power unit is preferably a battery or alternatively another source. The motor turns a gearbox that engages the axle cooperating with the sheaves. The chain fall includes an anti-two block per line. Preferably, a pulley has two outer plates and two inner plates on stubs with the first line in the center and the two second lines between an inner plate and an outer plate. A first plate and a spaced away second plate contain the components of the invention in compact form for usage by a crane.
US12168592B2
Methods and systems for determining elevator car locations are provided. Aspects includes operating, by a processor, a sensor to obtain tag data from a tag within a range of the sensor, wherein the tag is affixed to at least one landing of a plurality of landings in a hoistway of a building, wherein the sensor is affixed to a moving component of an elevator car operating in the hoistway of the building and analyzing the tag data to determine a position of the elevator car in the hoistway of the building.
US12168590B2
An apparatus includes a housing, a rotatable spool disposed within the housing, a belt at least partially wound onto the spool, a motorized retraction mechanism disposed within the housing, coupled to the spool, and configured cause rotation of the spool in a first direction for winding the belt onto the spool, and a tensioning mechanism disposed within the housing, coupled to the spool, and configured to prevent over-rotation of the spool in a second direction opposite the first direction while the belt is being dispensed from the spool.
US12168587B2
A folding apparatus for a continuous web for production of absorbent hygiene articles and intended to be folded into a “V” or “U” shape in first and second longitudinal portions along a folding line parallel to a feeding line. A folding section includes a contact unit extending along the feeding line and defining the folding line. First and second guides are positioned on opposite sides of the contact unit and respectively have first and second sliding surfaces. The first and second sliding surfaces extend in a helical fashion along the feeding line, each having a respective infeed section, where the web is not folded, and a respective outfeed section, positioned downstream of the respective infeed section according to a web feeding direction, where the web is folded in two and has the first portion and the second portion set at an angle to each other.
US12168585B2
According to an embodiment, a paper feed device includes: a tray that has a support surface on which a sheet is placed and is capable of entering a first state and a second state. The first state is a state for placing the sheet on the support surface. The second state is a state for taking out the sheet from the support surface toward a downstream side in a conveying direction and for putting the sheet in an inclined posture heading upward on the downstream side in the conveying direction than an upstream side in the conveying direction.
US12168584B2
A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a controller controlling a driver to cause a guide to start rotation in a state in which a trailing end in a sheet conveyance direction of a preceding sheet conveyed by a roller pair having a first roller and a second roller such that the trailing end of the preceding sheet is moved from the position above a first guide to a position between a second guide and a sheet support by the rotation of the guide and that a succeeding sheet conveyed by the roller pair subsequently to the preceding sheet passes the position above the first guide after the rotation of the guide. The first roller is rotated by a driving force supplied from a driving source, and the guide rotates about a rotation axis of the first roller while rotating relatively to the first roller.
US12168581B2
An apparatus for moving containers may include a stacking system for forming several overlapping layers of containers and a feeding line for feeding the containers to the stacking system. The stacking system may include a first pick-up head for picking up a group of the containers from the feeding line to form one of the layers. The first pick-up head may include one or more suction nozzles for sucking the group of containers and lateral compression sides which laterally retain the group of containers.
US12168580B2
A carrier device and a placement machine, where the carrier device includes a body and a positioner. A positioning sucker mechanism is disposed on the body, and a sliding sucker mechanism is slidably disposed on the body, where the sliding sucker mechanism includes a sucker group, a positioning block connected to one end of the sucker group, and a first suction piece provided on the positioning block. The positioner is arranged on one side of the body and adjacent to the positioning block, and includes a driver and a clamping assembly connected to the driver, where the clamping assembly is provided with a second suction piece mutually attracted to the first suction piece.
US12168579B2
Various embodiments are directed to a tote stop assembly configured for a conveyor assembly and methods of operating the same. In various embodiments, the tote stop assembly comprises a cam assembly comprising a cam element secured relative to an outer surface of a drive roller, the drive roller being configured to cause motor-driven rotation of the cam element about a central axis of the drive roller; and a tote stop component comprising a cam follower configured for physical engagement with the cam element such that the motor-driven rotation of the cam element causes vertical movement of the tote stop component between raised and lowered positions; the tote stop assembly being configurable in an actuated configuration to selectively obstruct an object from moving along a conveyor path based on an operation of the drive roller, the actuated configuration being defined by the tote stop component being arranged in the raised position.
US12168553B2
An opening device for a sealed package containing pourable product defines an axis and includes a frame fittable about a pierceable portion of the package and defining a pour opening coaxial with axis; a cap coaxially fitted onto the frame to close the pour opening; a tubular cutter engaging the pour opening coaxially with axis and movable relative to the frame to cut the pierceable portion; and a cutter protruding from one axial end of the cutter and cooperable with the pierceable portion to unseal the package; the cutter including at least one tooth having first and second cutting faces extending transversally to axis; the tooth also including one third cutting face between the first and second cutting faces and extending transversally to the first and second cutting faces; a first edge between the third and first cutting faces; and a second edge between the third and second cutting faces.
US12168543B2
The invention herein provides a bottle for carrying a fluid or a semifluid, the bottle including: a mouth, a top section, a body, a bottom section, and a base each located sequentially on a y-axis; the body of the bottle comprising a plurality of planar walls, each wall having the same height and width and located perpendicular to the plane of the base on an x-axis, and a cross section of the body being a polygon selected from: triangle, quadrilateral, pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon, nonagon, decagon, and dodecagon; and a closure having a cross section of a circle or a polygon, and the closure reversibly attachable to the mouth to close the bottle and removable from the mouth to open the bottle. Further, the invention describes methods to obtain purified water using a filtration and purification device.
US12168541B2
A vacuum station comprising a main housing and a pair of arms extending from the main housing. The arms are configured to hold a roller. The main housing has a front face and a rear face, with the front face having a recess therein. An air path extends from the front face to the rear face. The vacuum station also includes a removable plate having a plurality of suction holes therethrough located within the recess in the front face of the main housing. The removable plate is removably connected to the main housing by magnets. A sheet of labels can be held to the removable plate by a suction force through the air path in the main housing and the suction holes in the removable plate.
US12168531B2
A rocket landing stabilization system can include one or more upright support structures such as posts, columns, or walls, from which one or more stabilizing elements can be supported. The stabilizing elements can be used to stabilize a rocket as it lands at a landing site. The rocket landing stabilization system can also include a cradle, funnel, or cone to catch or otherwise support a rocket as it lands at the landing site. The rocket landing stabilization system can be located on land or at sea.
US12168530B2
According to some embodiments, a spacecraft includes an electronics housing having a sun-facing side. The spacecraft further includes a peel-and-stick thermal control material coupled to the sun-facing side of the electronics housing. The peel-and-stick thermal control material includes a non-metallic optical interface coating, a carrier film, and an adhesive.
US12168526B2
An aircraft assist system described herein includes an aircraft coupling counterpart attached to a strut of a landing gear of an aircraft, and an assist vehicle. The assist vehicle includes a frame, ground-engaging wheels mounted to the frame, a power source for driving one or more of the ground-engaging wheels, and a vehicle coupling counterpart for engagement with the aircraft coupling counterpart. The aircraft coupling counterpart and the vehicle coupling counterpart define a swivel connection for transferring a propulsive force from the takeoff assist vehicle to the aircraft. The aircraft coupling counterpart is disengageable from the vehicle coupling counterpart by upward movement of the aircraft coupling counterpart relative to the vehicle coupling counterpart.
US12168522B2
An auxiliary power unit system of an aircraft includes an auxiliary power unit (APU), a cooling unit for the APU including a heat exchanger, an air inlet in communication with the APU and/or with the cooling unit, an air inlet door unit located at the air inlet, a first duct configured to draw air into the APU and having an entrance in communication with the air inlet, a second duct having an entrance in communication with the air inlet, the heat exchanger being at least partially located within the second duct, an air turbine located within the second duct downstream of the heat exchanger, and an electrical generator coupled to the air turbine.
US12168520B2
A system (11) for balancing at least one parameter to be balanced of an electric motor of a propulsion system (1), in particular of an aircraft, includes at least two electric motors (3, 4) and a propulsion member (2) driven in rotation by said electric motors. The balancing system is configured to calculate a correction of the speed setpoint (Corr_Cons_VI, Corr_Cons_V2) as a function of a correction factor (F1, F2) of the speed setpoint depending on a parameter (P1, P2) of the associated electric motor that is intended to be balanced and on a speed setpoint (Cons_VH) of the propulsion member (2).
US12168519B2
A hybrid-electric aircraft system is provided and includes first and second hybrid-electric engines, each of which includes an electric motor to drive operations thereof, and a supplemental power unit (SPU). The SPU is configured as a thermal engine paired with a generator and is configured to generate electrical power. The first and second hybrid-electric engines are operable normally and off, respectively, with electrical power generated by the SPU being diverted to the electric motor of the second hybrid-electric engine.
US12168502B2
Various aspects include a robot and method of using the robot, which includes a chassis and a forward propulsion auger. The chassis may include a forward section a rear section; and a maneuvering gimbal. The forward propulsion auger may be positioned on a leading end of the forward section and coupled to a first drive motor. The forward propulsion auger may include at least one fluid nozzle configured to eject a fluid therefrom.
US12168499B2
An offshore floating structure is provided including a floater with positive buoyancy and a keel with negative buoyancy, as well as active and passive suspenders connecting nodes of the keel and the floater with each other. When the keel at the offshore site is lowered by making the active suspenders longer, the passive suspenders, which have a fixed length and are held taut, causes the keel to rotate about the vertical during lowering.
US12168498B2
This invention relates a removable seat for watercraft 10 of the type having a hull or underside 13 and a deck 14, and wherein the deck is connected to the hull by side portions or rails 15, and said deck includes retaining means in the form of one or more recesses 20 formed in or attached to the deck. The seat includes a seat base 112 and a backrest 111, and anchoring means 130 connected to structural means supporting said backrest, said anchoring means extending generally away from a lower portion of said backrest and a rear portion of said seat base, and wherein said anchoring means is locatable within a respective one of the retaining means 20. The seat is retained in an operative attitude by first releasable securing means connected to an upper part of said backrest and connectable to a location on the deck or the rails generally forward of the seat, and second releasable securing means connected to an upper portion of said backrest and connectable to a location on the deck or the rails generally rearward of said seat.
US12168493B2
A method for manufacturing a locking arm of a carrier connecting rod includes four steps to press a metal sheet via a first stamping die and a second stamping die to form the metal sheet to include a front section, a bent middle section and a rear section. A stopper is formed to the front section, and a recessed area is formed to one side of the bent middle section. A positioning hole is defined through a center of the recessed area. A guide surface is formed to the bent middle section opposite to the recessed area. The locking arm is pivotably connected to the extendable tube of the carrier connecting rod, and the protrusion of the spring member in the extendable tube is guided by the guide surface to be retractably engaged with the positioning hole. The locking arm is manufactured at low cost and has better structural strength.
US12168485B2
In a steering control device configured to control a steering system where a steering torque required for steering a steering wheel is changed using a motor torque, a processing circuit includes a first calculation situation where a calculational hysteresis component for adding a first hysteresis characteristic to a torque component is calculated and a second calculation situation where the calculational hysteresis component for adding a second hysteresis characteristic to the torque component is calculated. In the second calculation situation after change from the first calculation situation, the processing circuit calculates a value corresponding to an origin in the second hysteresis characteristic at a time when the calculational hysteresis component enabling a value of the calculational hysteresis component at a timing of the change from the first calculation situation to be maintained is calculated, and calculates the calculational hysteresis component using the calculated value as the origin.
US12168473B2
The present disclosure relates to a control system for controlling generation of a steering wheel overlay signal to control a trajectory of a host vehicle. The control system includes one or more controllers. The control system is configured to determine a principal axis of a lane of travel. A target trajectory is determined for the host vehicle in dependence on the determined principal axis. The steering wheel overlay signal is generated, including an intra-lane steering signal for aligning the trajectory of the host vehicle with the target trajectory. The intra-lane steering signal is removed when the trajectory is at least substantially aligned with the target trajectory. The present disclosure also relates to a vehicle; and a method of controlling generation of a steering wheel overlay signal.
US12168469B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a spindle for a recreational vehicle, such as a snowmobile, an all-terrain vehicle (ATV), or a side-by-side vehicle. The spindle includes a spine, optionally a front fin that extends from a front surface of the spine, and optionally a rear fin that extends from a back surface of the spine.
