US11817603B2
A fuel cell system that raises temperature of fuel cells by supplying heated air to the fuel cells during starting up period. The fuel cell system includes a plurality of fuel cells, a fuel supply path connected parallelly to the fuel cells to provide fuel thereto, an air supply path connected serially to the fuel cells to provide air thereto, a heat exchanger arranged in the fuel supply path to heat air or fuel, an air heat exchanger arranged in the air supply path to heat air; and a connection path connecting a position of the air supply path upstream to the air heat exchanger with a position of the fuel supply path upstream to the heat exchanger. A first control valve is arranged in the air supply path for controlling the air flowing into to the air heat exchanger. A second control valve arranged in the connection path for controlling the air flowing into the heat exchanger. The fuel cell system controls opening degrees of the first and second control valves during the start-up period of the fuel cell system to supply heated air to the fuel cells through both the air supply path and the fuel supply path.
US11817595B2
Apparatuses and systems are disclosed for improved reliability in securing a removable battery pack. An example latch mechanism may include a flexible latch disposed on an outer housing of a removable battery pack, the flexible latch defining an inner surface facing the outer housing and an opposing outer surface, wherein a portion of the opposing outer surface of the flexible latch defines one or more locking tabs that are engageable with one or more engaging slots operatively positioned within a receiving battery enclosure, and wherein the flexible latch is deformable from a first open configuration to a second compressed configuration upon insertion into the battery enclosure.
US11817592B2
A battery holder is to be stored in a storage part of an electronic device and to be integrated with a casing of the electronic device. The battery holder includes a case in which a battery is to be stored, and an electric connection part provided in the case. The electric connection part is electrically connected to an electrode of a stored battery and is electrically connected to the power supply terminal, when the battery holder is stored in the storage part of the electronic device.
US11817591B2
A seal assembly for a battery cell includes a grommet having an opening having an inner surface. A nail has a nail head and a stem extending from the stem. The stem includes a first portion with a larger diameter and a second portion with a smaller diameter and the stem extends through the opening in the grommet. The stem and the grommet form a first interference fit at a distal end of the opening. A trap clearance is formed between the distal end of the opening and the nail head. The trap clearance defines a trap for a sealant. A sealant is disposed on the stem and is located at least partially in the trap.
US11817583B2
A negative electrode constituting a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, which is an example of an embodiment, comprises a negative-electrode mixture layer including a negative-electrode active material and a binder agent. The negative electrode includes, as the binder agent, at least a polymer constituted by a constituent unit A represented by formula (1), a constituent unit B represented by formula (2), and a constituent unit C represented by formula (3). The molar ratio (l/m) of the constituent unit A to the constituent unit B is from 0.2 to 1.8.
US11817576B2
In one implementation, an integrated processing tool for the deposition and processing of lithium metal in energy storage devices. The integrated processing tool may be a web tool. The integrated processing tool may comprises a reel-to-reel system for transporting a continuous sheet of material through the following chambers: a chamber for depositing a thin film of lithium metal on the continuous sheet of material and a chamber for depositing a protective film on the surface of the thin film of lithium metal. The chamber for depositing a thin film of lithium metal may include a PVD system, such as an electron-beam evaporator, a thin film transfer system, or a slot-die deposition system. The chamber for depositing a protective film on the lithium metal film may include a chamber for depositing an interleaf film or a chamber for depositing a lithium-ion conducting polymer on the lithium metal film.
US11817571B2
A method for producing an electrode sheet includes a first feeding process, a roll press process, and a second feeding process, which are performed in this order. At least one of a first tension per unit area obtained by dividing a tension applied to the electrode sheet in a longitudinal direction in the first feeding process by a cross-sectional area of the electrode sheet being fed in the first feeding process and a second tension per unit area obtained by dividing a tension applied to the electrode sheet in a longitudinal direction in the second feeding process by a cross-sectional area of the electrode sheet being fed in the second feeding process is 5.0 MPa or less.
US11817569B2
Methods for making solid-state laminate electrode assemblies include methods of forming a solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) by ion implanting nitrogen and/or phosphorous into the glass surface by ion implantation.
US11817567B2
In an aspect, a system for battery temperature management in an electric aircraft. In some embodiments, the system includes a plurality of battery cells, comprised of pouch cells. The system includes at least a sensor communicatively connected to a computing device. At least a sensor may be configured to detect temperature. A system also includes a plurality of temperature regulating elements disposed between the plurality of pouch cells. A temperature regulating elements are configured to maintain the temperature of the battery pack. The system also includes a computing device communicatively connected to the plurality of temperature regulating elements. A computing device is configured to determine a target temperature of the plurality of cells and direct the plurality of temperature regulating elements to modify a temperature of the plurality of battery cells as a function of the target temperature.
US11817563B2
Embodiments of this application provide a battery management system (BMS) wake-up method, a BMS wake-up apparatus, and a storage medium, and pertains to the field of battery safety technologies. In this application, before a BMS hibernates, a wake-up threshold corresponding to first sampling information is determined based on an obtained extremum of the first sampling information of a battery cell. After the BMS hibernates, a sampling chip collects second sampling information of the battery cell when the BMS is hibernating, and transmits a wake-up signal to the BMS when it is determined that the second sampling information of the battery cell reaches the wake-up threshold. In this way, the BMS can be woken up in a timely manner by the wake-up signal, and therefore the BMS can find battery safety problems in a timely manner.
US11817559B2
An apparatus for manufacturing a secondary battery includes: a recess induction part configured to allow a folding part folded in a battery case of a secondary battery to be recessed inward so as to provide a recess part when the battery case of the secondary battery is folded; a first guide, of which one side of one end is recessed to define a concave space, wherein, when the battery case of the secondary battery is folded, the one end is configured to be inserted into the battery case to push the folding part to an outside so that the recess induction part is configured to be inserted into the concave space; and a second guide configured to hold a sealing part of the battery case so as to fix the battery case.
US11817557B2
An electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an electrolyte includes a lithium salt having a concentration of 1.6 M to 5 M, an oligomer mixture which includes a first oligomer containing a unit represented by Formula 1 and a second oligomer containing a unit represented by Formula 2, and an organic solvent.
US11817550B2
Proposed is a method of synthesizing a solid-state electrolyte of Li3HalO formula for use in a lithium-ion battery. The method consists of uniformly mixing at least LiOH and LiHal in a stoichiometric quantities, heating the prepared mixture to a melting temperature and causing a reaction of formula (2LiOH+LiHal=Li3HalO+H2O) between the at least LiOH and LiHal in a process free of forming a perovskite structure and at a temperature, at which H2O that forms at the aforementioned reaction is converted into a bound form, whereby a reaction product is obtained. According to another modification of the method, prior to the stage of melting the mixture, a reinforcement mesh is immersed into the mixture, whereby after mixture is solidified, a solid-state electrolyte reinforced with the mixture embedded into its material is obtained.
US11817549B2
To provide an all-solid-state battery capable of extracting capacitance at lower pressure, despite a binder-less configuration free from an organic polymer compound binder and a method for manufacturing the same. An all-solid-state battery 10 includes a positive electrode layer 11 containing positive electrode active material particles and first solid electrolyte particles, a solid electrolyte layer 13 containing the first solid electrolyte particles, and a negative electrode layer 12 containing negative electrode active material particles and the first solid electrolyte particles, the positive electrode layer 11, the solid electrolyte layer 13, and the negative electrode layer 12 being bonded to one another, in which at least one layer of the positive electrode layer 11, the solid electrolyte layer 13, and the negative electrode layer 12 further contains a second solid electrolyte and the second solid electrolyte has crystallinity and is packed and arranged to fill gaps between the particles.
US11817541B2
A battery pack including a base substrate including first and second surfaces opposite to each other, an output terminal being on the first surface; and a battery cell on the second surface of the base substrate, the battery cell including an accommodation portion in which an electrode assembly is accommodated, and a terrace portion that seals the accommodation portion and which is bent toward the base substrate, an electrode tab connected to the electrode assembly being drawn out of the terrace portion and electrically connected to the output terminal.
US11817524B1
Refractive optical element designs are provided for high geometric optical efficiency over a wide range of incident angles. To minimize Fresnel reflection losses, the refractive optical element designs employ multiple encapsulant materials, differing in refractive index. Concentrator photovoltaic subassemblies are formed by embedding a high efficiency photovoltaic device within the refractive optical element, along with appropriate electrical contacts and heat sinks. Increased solar electric power output is obtained by employing a single-junction III-V material structure with light-trapping structures.
US11817519B2
A lower electrode of a PIN diode and a second protective layer covering the PIN diode are formed not using separate mask processes, but using the same mask process using the same mask, thereby reducing the number of mask processes and thus increasing process efficiency. Further, the lower electrode of the PIN diode is patterned and then the second protective film covering the PIN diode is patterned such that both the former patterning and the latter patterning are carried out using a single mask process, thereby reduce increase in defects due to foreign materials or stains.
US11817515B2
Disclosed are a photovoltaic module, an integrated photovoltaic/photo-thermal module and a manufacturing method thereof. The photovoltaic module includes: a front glass plate (1), a first back plate (4), an adhesive layer (3) located between the front glass plate and the first back plate, and cell sheets (5) located in the adhesive layer. At least a hollow layer (2) is included between the front glass plate and the adhesive layer. Since the photovoltaic module and the integrated photovoltaic/photo-thermal module include the hollow layer, making the integrated photovoltaic/photo-thermal module itself has a partial heat insulation function without the need to add a front glass blocking plate or a hollow heat insulation layer directly in front of the light-receiving surface of the module, thereby simplifying the structure and manufacturing process of the integrated photovoltaic/photo-thermal module.
US11817511B2
Disclosed is a positive electrode of a crystalline silicon solar cell with a break-proof grid function, comprising a positive electrode busbar (1), a positive electrode grid (2), and a break-proof grid structure (3). The break-proof grid structure (3) and the positive electrode grid (2) are integrally printed and formed. The break-proof grid structure (3) is an octagon with a hollow-out groove (4) provided on its rear side. The break-proof grid structure (3) includes a rectangular grid segment (31) located in the middle, and two isosceles trapezoidal grid segments (32) that are located at both sides of the rectangular grid segment (31) and are provided symmetrically with the rectangular grid segment (31) as a center. The rectangular grid segment (31) spans the positive electrode busbar (1), and the left and right ends of the rectangular grid segment (31) extend out of the positive electrode busbar (1). The extended grid segment is a rectangular extensional break-proof grid segment (311). Both ends of the isosceles trapezoidal grid segment (32) respectively are in contact with the extensional break-proof grid segment (311) and the positive electrode grid (2). The hollow-out groove (4) is located within the isosceles trapezoidal grid segment (32) or spans the extensional break-proof grid segment (311) and the isosceles trapezoidal grid segment (32). A break-proof grid design in the positive electrode employs the combination of the octagon and the hollow-out groove, and can effectively reduce the probability of grid breakage when the front-side electrode is printed.
US11817499B2
In certain embodiments, a semiconductor device includes a substrate having an n-doped well feature and an epitaxial silicon germanium fin formed over the n-doped well feature. The epitaxial silicon germanium fin has a lower part and an upper part. The lower part has a lower germanium content than the upper part. A channel is formed from the epitaxial silicon germanium fin. A gate is formed over the epitaxial silicon germanium fin. A doped source-drain is formed proximate the channel.
US11817493B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate having an upper surface on which are arranged first transistors each including a mesa structure formed of a semiconductor. A first bump having a shape elongated in one direction in plan view and connected to the first transistors is arranged at a position overlapping the first transistors in plan view. A second bump has a space with respect to the first bump in a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the first bump. A first metal pattern is arranged between the first and second bumps in plan view. When the upper surface of the substrate is taken as a height reference, a center of the first metal pattern in a thickness direction has a height higher than an upper surface of the mesa structure included in each of the first transistors and lower than a lower surface of the first bump.
US11817487B2
A semiconductor device of the present invention includes a gate electrode buried in a gate trench of a first conductivity-type semiconductor layer, a first conductivity-type source region, a second conductivity-type channel region, and a first conductivity-type drain region formed in the semiconductor layer, a second trench selectively formed in a source portion defined in a manner containing the source region in the surface of the semiconductor layer, a trench buried portion buried in the second trench, a second conductivity-type channel contact region selectively disposed at a position higher than that of a bottom portion of the second trench in the source portion, and electrically connected with the channel region, and a surface metal layer disposed on the source portion, and electrically connected to the source region and the channel contact region.
US11817483B2
A semiconductor device is provided, including: a substrate; and a first semiconductor layer including magnesium and Alx/Ga1−x1N (0≤x1<1), the first semiconductor layer including a first region, a second region, and a third region, the first region being between the substrate and the third region, the second region being between the first region and the third region, a first concentration of magnesium in the first region being greater than a third concentration of magnesium in the third region, a second concentration of magnesium in the second region decreasing along a first orientation, the first orientation being from the substrate toward the first semiconductor layer, and the first region not including carbon, or a concentration of carbon in the first region being less than the concentration of carbon in the third region.
US11817481B2
A method for controlling Schottky barrier height in a semiconductor device includes forming an alloy layer including at least a first element and a second element on a first surface of a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor substrate is a first element-based semiconductor substrate, and the first element and the second element are Group IV elements. A first thermal anneal of the alloy layer and the first element-based substrate is performed. The first thermal anneal causes the second element in the alloy layer to migrate towards a surface of the alloy layer. A Schottky contact layer is formed on the alloy layer after the first thermal anneal.
US11817472B2
The present disclosure is directed to anchor structures and methods for forming anchor structures such that planarization and wafer bonding can be uniform. Anchor structures can include anchor layers formed on a dielectric layer surface and anchor pads formed in the anchor layer and on the dielectric layer surface. The anchor layer material can be selected such that the planarization selectivity of the anchor layer, anchor pads, and the interconnection material can be substantially the same as one another. Anchor pads can provide uniform density of structures that have the same or similar material.
US11817470B2
The present disclosure, in some embodiments, relates to an integrated chip structure. The integrated chip structure includes a first plurality of interconnects within a first dielectric structure on a first substrate, and a second plurality of interconnects within a second dielectric structure on a second substrate. A bonding structure is arranged between the first dielectric structure and the second substrate. An inter-tier interconnect structure extends between the first plurality of interconnects and the second plurality of interconnects and through the second substrate. The inter-tier interconnect structure includes a first region having substantially vertical sidewalls extending through the second substrate and a second region surrounded by the bonding structure. The second region contacts a bottom of the first region and has tapered sidewalls.
US11817469B2
In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a method for forming an integrated chip (IC), including forming a plurality of image sensing elements including a first doping type within a substrate, performing a first removal process to form deep trenches within the substrate, the deep trenches separating the plurality of image sensing elements from one another, performing an epitaxial growth process to form an isolation epitaxial precursor including a first material within the deep trenches and to form a light absorbing layer including a second material different than the first material within the deep trenches and between sidewalls of the isolation epitaxial precursor, performing a dopant activation process on the light absorbing layer and the isolation epitaxial precursor to form a doped isolation layer including a second doping type opposite the first doping type, and filling remaining portions of the deep trenches with an isolation filler structure.
US11817466B2
A highly functional photoelectric conversion element is provided. The photoelectric conversion element includes: a first photoelectric converter that detects light in a first wavelength range and photoelectrically converts the light; a second photoelectric converter that detects light in a second wavelength range and photoelectrically converts the light to obtain distance information of a subject; and an optical filter that is disposed between the first photoelectric converter and the second photoelectric converter, and allows the light in the second wavelength range to pass therethrough more easily than the light in the first wavelength range. The first photoelectric converter includes a stacked structure and an electric charge accumulation electrode. The stacked structure includes a first electrode, a first photoelectric conversion layer, and a second electrode that are stacked in order, and the electric charge accumulation electrode is disposed to be separated from the first electrode and be opposed to the first photoelectric conversion layer with an insulating layer interposed therebetween.
US11817455B2
An SCR with a first semiconductor region and plural concentric semiconductor regions, each surrounding the first semiconductor region. The SCR also includes, surrounded by at least one concentric semiconductor region in the plurality of concentric semiconductor regions, an electrically non-contacted region of a semiconductor type and positioned to modulate a snapback voltage of the silicon controlled rectifier and an electrically-contacted region of the semiconductor type and positioned to provide a diodic response between the at least one concentric semiconductor region in the plurality of concentric semiconductor regions and the electrically-contacted region.
US11817453B2
A semiconductor device in which a circuit and a power storage element are efficiently placed is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first transistor, a second transistor, and an electric double-layer capacitor. The first transistor, the second transistor, and the electric double-layer capacitor are provided over one substrate. A band gap of a semiconductor constituting a channel region of the second transistor is wider than a band gap of a semiconductor constituting a channel region of the first transistor. The electric double-layer capacitor includes a solid electrolyte.
US11817449B2
Methods, systems and apparatus for memory devices with discharging circuits are provided. In one aspect, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, one or more discharging circuits arranged on the semiconductor substrate, one or more common source line (CSL) layers conductively coupled to the one or more discharging circuits, and a memory array having a three-dimensional (3D) array of memory cells arranged in a plurality of vertical channels on the one or more CSL layers. Each of the plurality of vertical channels includes a respective string of memory cells, and each of the one or more CSL layers is conductively coupled to corresponding strings of memory cells. Each of the one or more discharging circuits includes one or more transistors that are disabled by one or more corresponding conductive lines through the memory array.
US11817447B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a P-well region, a gate electrode on the substrate, and a first region and a second region formed in the substrate on opposite sides adjacent to the gate electrode, the first region includes a first N-well region in the substrate and a second N-well region, a first impurity region, a second impurity region in the first N-well region, the second region includes a third impurity region in the substrate and a fourth impurity region in the third impurity region, a doping concentration of the second N-well region is greater than a doping concentration of the first N-well region, and a doping concentration of the second impurity region is greater than a doping concentration of the second N-well region.
US11817439B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a main surface, a plurality of first wirings, each having a first embedded part embedded in the substrate and exposed from the main surface, and a mounted part which is in contact with the main surface and is connected to the first embedded part, a semiconductor element having an element rear surface and a plurality of electrodes bonded to the mounted parts, a plurality of second wirings, each having a second embedded part embedded in the substrate and exposed from the main surface and a columnar part protruding from the second embedded part in the thickness direction, and being located outward from the semiconductor element as viewed in the thickness direction; and a passive element located on the side facing the main surface in the thickness direction more than the semiconductor element, and electrically connected to the plurality of second wirings.
US11817433B2
An embodiment of present invention discloses a light-emitting device which includes a first light-emitting area, a second light-emitting area, and a third light-emitting area. The first light-emitting area emits a red light and includes a first light-emitting unit. The second light-emitting area emits a blue light and includes a second light-emitting unit. The third light-emitting area emits a green light and includes a third light-emitting unit. The first light-emitting area is larger than the second light-emitting area and larger than the third light-emitting area. Each of the first light-emitting unit, the second light-emitting unit, and the third light-emitting unit has a width of less than 100 μm and a length of less than 100 μm.
US11817432B2
A display device includes a base layer including a display area, a first pixel, a second pixel, and a third pixel disposed in the display area and including light-emitting elements disposed in light-emitting areas, a first light conversion layer, a second light conversion layer, and a third light conversion layer on the light-emitting areas of the first pixel, the second pixel, and the third pixel, respectively, a light blocking layer between the first, second and third light conversion layers, and having a height lower than the first, second, and third light conversion layers, the light blocking layer surrounding a portion of side surfaces of the first, second and third light conversion layers, and a first reflective layer disposed on the light blocking layer and surrounding the first, second and third light conversion layers.
US11817431B2
The invention describes a light emitting diode array module (30) comprising a plurality of light emitting diode structures (10a, 10b), wherein the light emitting diode structures (10a,10b) are arranged such that there is an optical cross talk between the light emitting diode structures (10a, 10b) during operation of the light emitting diode array module (30), wherein at least a first light emitting diode structure (10a) of the plurality of light emitting diode structures (10a, 10b) is characterized by a first color, and wherein at least a second light emitting diode structure (10b) of the plurality of light emitting diode structures (10a, 10b) is characterized by a second color different than the first color, wherein the first color, the second color and the optical cross talk between the light emitting diodes are arranged to provide a predefined light distribution in a reference plane (40) perpendicular to an optical axis (50) of the light emitting diode an-ay module (30). The invention further describes a lighting device comprising one or more LED array modules (30).
US11817426B2
Packages and methods of fabricating the same are provided. The package includes a first die, wherein the first die includes a plurality of through vias from a first surface of the first die toward a second surface of the first die; a second die disposed below the first die, wherein the second surface of the first die is bonded to the second die; an isolation layer disposed in the first die, wherein the plurality of through vias extend through the isolation layer; an encapsulation laterally surrounding the first die, wherein the encapsulation is laterally separated from the isolation layer; a buffer layer disposed over the first die, the isolation layer, and the encapsulation; and a plurality of conductive terminals disposed over the isolation layer, wherein the plurality of conductive terminals is electrically connected to corresponding ones of the plurality of through vias.
US11817423B2
Embodiments include a package substrate and semiconductor packages. A package substrate includes a first cavity in a top surface, first conductive pads on a first surface of the first cavity, a second cavity in a bottom surface, second conductive pads on a second surface of the second cavity, where the first surface is above the second surface, and a third cavity in the first and second cavities, where the third cavity vertically extends from the top surface to the bottom surface. The third cavity overlaps a first portion of the first cavity and a second portion of the second cavity. The package substrate may include conductive lines coupled to the first and second conductive pads, a first die in the first cavity, a second die in the second cavity, and interconnects in the third cavity that directly couple first die to the second die.
US11817408B2
A semiconductor device includes an interlayer insulating layer disposed on a substrate; a plurality of middle interconnections disposed in the interlayer insulating layer; a pad disposed on the interlayer insulating layer; an upper interconnection disposed on the interlayer insulating layer; a protective insulating layer covering an edge of the pad, the upper interconnection, and a horizontal gap between the pad and the upper interconnection, the protective insulating layer having an opening on the pad; and a bump disposed on the pad, the bump extending on the protective insulating layer and overlapping the upper interconnection from a top-down view. At least one of the plurality of middle interconnections from among middle interconnections vertically closest to the pad has a first vertical thickness, the pad has a second vertical thickness that is twice to 100 times the first vertical thickness, a length of the gap between the pad and the upper interconnection is 1 μm or more, and an upper surface of the protective insulating layer is planar.
US11817406B2
A semiconductor die (“die”) employing repurposed seed layer for forming additional signal paths to a back end-of-line (BEOL) structure of the die, and related integrated circuit (IC) packages and fabrication methods. A seed layer is repurposed that was disposed adjacent the BEOL interconnect structure to couple an under bump metallization (UBM) interconnect without a coupled interconnect bump thus forming an unraised interconnect bump, to a UBM interconnect that has a raised interconnect bump. To couple the unraised interconnect bump to the raised interconnect bump, the seed layer is selectively removed during fabrication to leave a portion of the seed layer repurposed that couples the UBM interconnect that does not have an interconnect bump to the UBM interconnect that has a raised interconnect bump. Additional routing paths can be provided between raised interconnect bumps to the BEOL interconnect structure through coupling of UBM interconnects to an unraised interconnect bump.
US11817404B2
An integrated circuit (IC) device includes a redistribution line over a substrate, wherein an entire sidewall of the redistribution line is curved. The IC device further includes a passivation layer over the redistribution line, wherein a distance from a bottommost surface of the passivation layer to the substrate is less than a distance from a bottommost surface of the redistribution line to the substrate. The IC device further includes a polymer layer over the passivation layer.
US11817397B2
A semiconductor device package and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device package are provided. The semiconductor device package includes a carrier, a sensor module, a connector, and a stress buffer structure. The sensor module is disposed on the carrier. The connector is connected to the carrier. The stress buffer structure connects the connector to the sensor module.
US11817394B2
The present invention discloses embodiments of a semiconductor chip with one or more bottom external (power or ground) connections, a front side power network layer, a device layer, and a grind side power network layer. The device layer has a plurality of devices. One or more of the devices has one or more device power connections and one or more device ground connections and the device layer has a front side and a back grind side. The front side power network layer has power, ground, signal, and other connections that connect to respective device power and device ground connections from/through the top front side layer. In like manner, power, ground, signal, and other connections connect to respective device power and device ground connections from/through the bottom of grind side power network layer. (Alternative, e.g., external conduit connections are disclosed.) Accordingly, one or more first device power connections is connected to one or more of the front side power network layer connections, one or more second device power connections is connected to one or more of grind side power network connections so the front side power network layer and the grind side power network layer provide the device layer with a dual power/ground feed/distribution from both the top/back and bottom/front of the device layer of the chip.
US11817385B2
An integrated circuit includes an inductor that includes a first set of conductive lines in a first metal layer, and is over a substrate, and a guard ring. The guard ring includes a first conductive line in a second metal layer, and extending in a first direction, a second conductive line extending in a second direction, and a first staggered line coupled between the first conductive line and the second conductive line. The first staggered line includes a second set of conductive lines in the second metal layer, and extends in the first direction, a third set of conductive lines in a third metal layer, and extends in the second direction, and a first set of vias coupling the second and third set of conductive lines together. All metal lines in the third metal layer that are part of the guard ring extend in the second direction.
US11817384B2
The present disclosure provides an interconnect structure and a method for forming an interconnect structure. The method for forming an interconnect structure includes forming a bottom metal line in a first interlayer dielectric layer, forming a second interlayer dielectric layer over the bottom metal line, exposing a top surface of the bottom metal line, increasing a total surface area of the exposed top surface of the bottom metal line, forming a conductive via over the bottom metal line, and forming a top metal line over the conductive via.
US11817374B2
A packaged electronic device has a package structure, first leads, second leads and a tie bar. The package structure has a first side, a second side, a third side, a fourth side, a fifth side and a sixth side, the second side spaced from the first side along a first direction, the fourth side spaced from the third side along an orthogonal second direction, and the sixth side spaced from the fifth side along an orthogonal third direction. The first leads extend outward in a first plane of the second and third directions from respective portions of the third side, the second leads extend outward in the first plane from respective portions of the fourth side, and the tie bar is exposed along the fifth side in a second plane of the second and third directions, the second plane between the first plane and the first side.
US11817367B2
A power module includes a heat sink, a power unit formed at least partially inside the heat sink and/or on the heat sink and comprising a semiconductor element and a substrate, and a device designed to enclose the power unit and to center a control unit with respect to the power unit. The device includes a frame designed to surround the substrate at least partially, a first projecting section designed to engage in a recess or an opening of the heat sink, and a second projecting section designed to engage in a recess or an opening or a notch of the control unit and to have an outline which when viewed in cross-section is at least essentially star-shaped with at least a first leg, a second leg and a third leg.
US11817362B2
The present disclosure provides an electronic apparatus including a first surface, a second surface, a third surface, a plurality of conductive elements, and an encapsulant. The second surface is nonparallel to the first surface. The third surface is distinct from the first surface and the second surface. The plurality of conductive elements are exposed from the second surface. The encapsulant covers the third surface and exposes the first surface and the second surface.
US11817358B2
A circuit module includes a first wiring substrate having a first main surface and a plurality of first components mounted on the first main surface. The plurality of first components includes a multilayer component formed as a single chip by being sealed using resin members. The multilayer component includes a second wiring substrate having a second main surface and a third main surface that face each other, a second component mounted on the second main surface, and a third component mounted on the third main surface.
US11817354B2
The present disclosure describes fabricating devices with tunable gate height and effective capacitance. A method includes forming a first metal gate stack in a dummy region of a semiconductor substrate, the first metal gate stack including a first work function metal (WFM) layer; forming a second metal gate stack in an active device region of the semiconductor substrate, the second metal gate stack including a second WFM layer different than the first WFM layer; and performing a CMP process using a slurry including charged abrasive nanoparticles. The charged abrasive nanoparticles include a first concentration in the active device region different from a second concentration in the dummy region causing different polish rates in the active device region and dummy region. After the performing of the CMP process, the first metal gate stack has a first height different from a second height of the second metal gate stack.
US11817351B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a through-hole penetrating through an alternating stack pattern and forming a gap-fill layer, wherein a sacrificial gap-fill layer of the gap-fill layer fills the through-hole. The method also includes forming a mask layer over the alternating stack pattern and over the gap-fill layer, wherein the mask layer includes a self-aligned opening overlapping the filled through-hole and overlapping a portion of an uppermost material layer of the alternating stack pattern adjacent to the filled through-hole. The method further includes forming a first contact hole through the alternating stack pattern by performing a single etch using both the mask layer and the portion of the uppermost material layer as etch barriers to remove, through the self-aligned opening, the sacrificial gap-fill layer filling the through-hole.
US11817350B2
A method of manufacturing an ECO base cell includes forming first and second active areas on opposite sides of, and having corresponding long axes arranged parallel to, a first axis of symmetry; forming non-overlapping first, second and third conductive structures having long axes in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and parallel to a second axis of symmetry, each of the first, second and third conductive structures to correspondingly overlap the first and second active areas, the first conductive structure being between the second and third conductive structures; removing material from central regions of the second and third conductive structures; and forming a fourth conductive structure being over the central regions of the second and third conductive structures and occupying an area which substantially overlaps a first segment of the first conductive structure and a first segment of one of the second and third conductive structures.
US11817343B2
Generally, examples are provided relating to filling gaps with a dielectric material, such as filling trenches between fins for Shallow Trench Isolations (STIs). In an embodiment, a first dielectric material is conformally deposited in a trench using an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process. After conformally depositing the first dielectric material, the first dielectric material is converted to a second dielectric material. In further examples, the first dielectric material can be conformally deposited in another trench, and a fill dielectric material can be flowed into the other trench and converted.
US11817342B2
A wafer access assembly, a wafer access device and a wafer carrier are provided. The wafer access device includes a base, a shaft, a plurality of couple plates, a plurality of arms, and a stretchable component. The base includes a groove. The shaft extends into the groove and is capable of sliding into the groove. The plurality of couple plates mounting on the shaft. Each of the plurality of couple plates includes a plate body and a through hole on the plate body for the shaft passing through. Each of the plurality of arms is extended from an end of each of the plurality of couple plates. The stretchable component includes a plurality of connecting side walls connecting adjacent couple plates together. The plurality of stretchable component are capable of changing a distance between adjacent couple plates.
US11817336B2
The present disclosure provides a system and method for determining condition of wafers during processing of the wafers. The system and method include detecting vibrations of a wafer transfer robot, generating signals based upon the vibrations, and processing the signals for determining a condition of the wafers held by the wafer transfer robot.
US11817318B2
A method for activating implanted dopants and repairing damage to dopant-implanted GaN to form n-type or p-type GaN. A GaN substrate is implanted with n- or p-type ions and is subjected to a high-temperature anneal to activate the implanted dopants and to produce planar n- or p-type doped areas within the GaN having an activated dopant concentration of about 1018-1022 cm−3. An initial annealing at a temperature at which the GaN is stable at a predetermined process temperature for a predetermined time can be conducted before the high-temperature anneal. A thermally stable cap can be applied to the GaN substrate to suppress nitrogen evolution from the GaN surface during the high-temperature annealing step. The high-temperature annealing can be conducted under N2 pressure to increase the stability of the GaN. The annealing can be conducted using laser annealing or rapid thermal annealing (RTA).
US11817317B2
Lithographic compositions for use as wet-removable silicon gap fill layers are provided. The method of using these compositions involves utilizing a silicon gap fill layer over topographic features on a substrate. The silicon gap fill layer can either be directly applied to the substrate, or it can be applied to any intermediate layer(s) that may be applied to the substrate. The preferred silicon gap fill layers are formed from spin-coatable, polymeric compositions with high silicon content, and these layers exhibit good gap fill and planarization performance and high oxygen etch resistance.
US11817303B2
Improved pulsed ion sources and pulsed converters are proposed for multi-pass time-of-flight mass spectrometer, either multi-reflecting (MR) or multi-turn (MT) TOF. A wedge electrostatic field (45) is arranged within a region of small ion energy for electronically controlled tilting of ion packets (54) time front. Tilt angle γ of time front (54) is strongly amplified by a post-acceleration in a flat field (48). Electrostatic deflector (30) downstream of the post-acceleration (48) allows denser folding of ion trajectories, whereas the injection mechanism allows for electronically adjustable mutual compensation of the time front tilt angle, i.e. γ=0 for ion packet in location (55), for curvature of ion packets, and for the angular energy dispersion. The arrangement helps bypassing accelerator (40) rims, adjusting ion packets inclination angles α2 and what is most important, compensating for mechanical misalignments of the optical components.
US11817293B2
Photoresist layers of semiconductor components including electric fields. The photoresist layer may include a body including a first portion disposed directly over a conductive layer of the semiconductor component. The body may also include a second portion integrally formed with and positioned over the first portion. The second portion may include a surface formed opposite the first portion. Additionally, the second portion may include a plurality of charged-particles implanted therein, where the plurality of charged-particles generating an electric field may extend through the first portion and the second portion of the body.
US11817284B1
A fuse holder includes a movable tab, a base, and a cover. A stud is affixed to the movable tab and secures a terminal of a bolt-down fuse. A second stud is affixed to the base and secures a second terminal of the bolt-down fuse. The base has a channel into which the movable tab is slidably inserted. The cover connects to the base and is located over the stud and the second stud.
US11817273B2
A capacitor element and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The method for manufacturing the capacitor element includes steps of: providing a metal foil having an oxide layer formed on an outer surface of the metal foil; forming a surrounding barrier layer surroundingly on the oxide layer with the surrounding barrier layer surroundingly formed on an outer surface of the oxide layer; forming a priming layer onto the oxide layer; immersing the priming layer into a chemical synthesis solution for undergoing a chemical synthesis reaction; drying the priming layer so as to form a repaired layer on the priming layer; forming a conductive polymer layer on the repaired layer; and forming a conductive paste layer on the conductive polymer layer with the conductive paste layer including a silver paste layer.
US11817272B2
In a metallized film 1, n electrode portions 20, which are metal deposition portions, are formed in parallel on one surface of a dielectric film 2 having a film width corresponding to n capacitor elements, n being an even number of 2 or more. Each electrode portion 20 is provided with a plurality of inclined margins 31 and 32, which are metal non-deposition portions extending at an angle with respect to a film width direction, at a regular interval in a film length direction. Across a center line Lc virtually extending in the film length direction at the center in the film width direction, the inclined margins 31 of the electrode portion 20 located on one side in the film width direction, and the inclined margins 32 of the electrode portion 20 located on the other side in the film width direction are inclined in opposite directions so as to be line-symmetric with respect to the center line Lc.
US11817271B2
A multilayer electronic component includes a silicon (Si) organic compound layer having a body cover portion disposed in a region in which an electrode layer and a conductive resin layer are not disposed, of external surfaces of a body, and an extending portion disposed to extend from the body cover portion between a conductive resin layer and a plating layer of an external electrode, and thus, may improve bending strength and moisture resistance reliability.
US11817270B2
A multilayer capacitor includes an element body, and a pair of side surfaces and a pair of main surfaces; and a pair of external electrodes. The element body includes an inner layer portion in which a plurality of internal electrodes and a plurality of dielectric layers are alternately stacked in a second direction where the pair of main surfaces face each other, and a pair of outer layer portions disposed outside the inner layer portion in the second direction. On at least one of the pair of end surfaces, the internal electrode of the inner layer portion protrudes outward in the first direction from the outer layer portion by a predetermined protrusion amount. A ratio of the protrusion amount to a dimension of the element body in the second direction ranges from 11,000 ppm to 16,000 ppm.
US11817255B2
An inductor element includes a core including a first core portion and a second core portion that are disposed to face each other in a first direction; and a conductor including a first mounting portion and a second mounting portion that are exposed from the core at a predetermined interval therebetween on one side of a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and a connecting portion which connects the first mounting portion and the second mounting portion and of which at least a part is interposed between the first core portion and the second core portion. The first mounting portion and the second mounting portion are disposed to overlap both of the first core portion and the second core portion as seen from the second direction.
US11817252B2
A multilayer coil component includes an element body, a coil disposed in the element body, and an external electrode disposed in the element body and electrically connected to the coil. The element body includes a principal surface that is a mounting surface, and an end surface positioned adjacent to the principal surface and extending in a direction crossing to the principal surface. The external electrode includes an underlying metal layer and a conductive resin layer. The underlying metal layer is formed on the principal surface and the end surface. The conductive resin layer is formed to cover the underlying metal layer. A thickness of the conductive resin layer at an end positioned above the principal surface of the underlying metal layer is equal to or greater than 50% of a maximum thickness of a portion positioned above the principal surface of the conductive resin layer.
US11817246B2
One object of the present invention is to provide a wire-wound coil component and a drum core that can be manufactured easily and less affected by an inter-wire capacitance. A coil component includes: a drum core having a winding core extending along a front-rear direction and a first flange provided on a front end of the winding core; a first conductor wire wound around the winding core of the drum core; and a second conductor wire wound on an outer side of the first conductor wire in a direction orthogonal to the front-rear direction, wherein turns of a same number of the first conductor wire and the second conductor wire contact with each other, while turns of different numbers of the first conductor wire and the second conductor wire are separated from each other.
US11817242B2
Acoustically mediated pulsed radiation sources, phased arrays incorporating the radiation sources, and methods of using the radiation sources and phased arrays to generate electromagnetic radiation via magnetic dipole emission are provided. The radiation sources are based on a superlattice heterostructure that supports in-phase magnetic dipole emission from a series of magnetic insulator layers disposed along the length of the heterostructure.
US11817234B2
There is provided a wiring harness assembly comprising a main trunk cable assembly, a branch cable assembly and at least one connector. The main trunk assembly defines opposite terminal ends and comprises main trunk wires. The branch cable assembly defines opposite terminal ends and comprises branch wires. The connector connects the main trunk cable assembly and the branch cable assembly. The connector comprises an outer housing with an inner wiring harness positioned therein. The wiring harness comprises main trunk wire segments and branch wire segments interconnected at mutual connecting points. The main trunk wire segments define terminal ends connected to the main trunk wires at one of the terminal ends of the main trunk cable assembly. The branch wire segments define terminal ends connected to the branch wires at one of the terminal ends of the branch cable assembly.
US11817231B2
A detection system serves for X-ray inspection of an object. An imaging optical arrangement serves to image the object in an object plane illuminated by X-rays generated by an X-ray source. The imaging optical arrangement comprises an imaging optics to image a transfer field in a field plane into a detection field in a detection plane. A detection array is arranged at the detection field. An object mount holds the object to be imaged and is movable relative to the X-ray source via an object displacement drive along at least one lateral object displacement direction in the object plane. A shield stop with a transmissive shield stop aperture is arranged in an arrangement plane in a light path and is movable via a shield stop displacement drive in the arrangement plane. A control device has a drive control unit, which is in signal connection with the shield stop displacement drive and with the object displacement drive for synchronizing a movement of the shield stop displacement drive and the object displacement drive. The result is an optimization of an X-ray illumination of the object to achieve a high-resolution object imaging.
US11817223B2
An apparatus for removing irradiated capsules containing produced Co-60 from a plurality of burnable absorber rodlets. The apparatus comprises a solenoid that induces an electromagnetic flux into a Co-60 capsule and magnetically locks the Co-60 capsule in parallel with the apparatus. The apparatus is slideable along a longitudinal axis of the burnable absorber rodlet and causes the Co-60 capsule to overcome holding forces exerted on it.
US11817222B2
A method of removing floating foreign substances that may interfere with a normal operation of an electromechanical mechanism of a control rod drive mechanism and a device for executing the same are provided. The method of removing the foreign substances from the control rod drive mechanism comprising a driving shaft including a plurality of teeth and disposed in a vertical direction in the control rod drive mechanism, a first part configured to hold or release a lower end portion of the driving shaft depending on whether a stationary gripper coil is activated, a second part configured to hold or release an intermediate portion of the driving shaft depending on whether a movable gripper coil is activated, and a third part configured to move the second part in the vertical direction depending on whether a lift coil is activated may include: activating at least one of the stationary gripper coil, the movable gripper coil, and the lift coil to drive the first part, the second part, or the third part in a state in which the driving shaft is not able to move; and removing the foreign substances from the first part, the second part, or the third part.
US11817216B2
A search method of searching for a feature that affects an output result of a machine learning model, the search method includes: a first step of applying, to all training data, at least one or more separate filters combining at least one or more feature presence/absence determining devices that determine presence or absence of a feature on a plurality of sets of correct answer data that is positive and correct answer data that is negative and information on whether the pieces of the data is positive; a second step of applying the pieces of training data generated in the first step to separate machine learning to separately execute machine learning; and a third step of outputting information that extracts a new feature using a verification result obtained by inputting verification data to separate machine learning after the machine learning.
US11817202B2
Provided is an information processing apparatus including an image supply unit that supplies a plurality of input images showing corresponding objects to an image processing unit and obtains a plurality of object images as an image processed result from the image processing unit, and a display control unit that synchronously displays the plurality of object images that have been obtained. The object images are regions including the corresponding objects extracted from the plurality of input images, and orientations, positions, and sizes of the corresponding objects of the plurality of object images are unified.
US11817198B2
An athletic parameter measurement device worn by an athlete during an athletic activity session includes a housing which attaches to the athlete, a display, a processor associated with the display, and an athletic parameter measurement sensor. During the athletic activity, the device detects, using the sensor, a vertical jump height of the athlete, and displays, during the performance of the athletic activity session, a representation of the vertical jump height on the display.
US11817193B1
An emerging service in the medical industry is to provide high quality remote care to patients by remotely monitoring patient vital information. In some instances, patient vitals information is collected at a much higher frequency in comparison to a traditional clinical environment. This frequent influx of patient health information can result in a considerable amount of health-related noise that health computing systems and clinicians must evaluate. The instant systems and methods leverage autoregressive recurrent neural networks and patient embeddings to predict the likelihood of needing to address certain patient information, thereby reducing the amount of health-related noise and to enable health computing systems and clinicians to use their resources more effectively.
US11817192B2
Healthcare object (HCO) discriminator systems and methods are presented. Systems can obtain a digital representation of a scene via a sensor interface. An HCO discriminator platform analyzes the digital representation to discriminate objects within the scene as being associated with a type of HCO or as being unrelated to a type of HCO. Once the HCO recognition platform determines that a type of HCO is relevant, it instantiates an actual HCO. The HCO can be routed to one or more destinations based on routing rules generated from a template or based on the manner in which the objects in the scene were discriminated.
US11817186B1
Systems, methods and computer-readable media are provided for facilitating patient health care through automatic discovery, establishment, and statistical validation of diagnostic-signals in repositories of EMR information, identifying phenotypic diagnostic signals regarding markers or combinations or sequences of patient attributes. Some methods include identifying a first group of patients that have one or more markers and extracting one or more diagnostic statuses that pertain to the whole genome sequencing (WGS) or whole exome sequencing (WES). Statistically significant differences involving frequent itemsets are identified and may be used to evaluate membership of an individual in a class indicative of potential diagnosis via WGS or WES.
US11817185B2
A method for analyzing samples utilizing stable label isotope tracing includes receiving mass spectrometry (MS) data generated by an MS system performing untargeted data acquisition on a plurality of samples, performing untargeted feature extraction on the unlabeled compound data to generate a data set of first extracted features, generating a plurality of empirical molecular formulas respectively corresponding to the first extracted features, performing targeted isotopologue extraction on the labeled compound data to generate a data set of second extracted features, wherein the targeted isotopologue extraction is based on the empirical molecular formula and retention time of each first extracted feature, and identifying one or more groups of isotopologues from the second extracted features.
US11817182B2
We propose a neural network-implemented method for base calling analytes. The method includes accessing a sequence of per-cycle image patches for a series of sequencing cycles, where pixels in the image patches contain intensity data for associated analytes, and applying three-dimensional (3D) convolutions on the image patches on a sliding convolution window basis such that, in a convolution window, a 3D convolution filter convolves over a plurality of the image patches and produces at least one output feature. The method further includes beginning with output features produced by the 3D convolutions as starting input, applying further convolutions and producing final output features and processing the final output features through an output layer and producing base calls for one or more of the associated analytes to be base called at each of the sequencing cycles.
US11817180B2
Nucleic acid sequence mapping/assembly methods are disclosed. The methods initially map only a contiguous portion of each read to a reference sequence and then extends the mapping of the read at both ends of the mapped contiguous portion until the entire read is mapped (aligned). In various embodiments, a mapping score can be calculated for the read alignment using a scoring function, score (i, j)=M+mx, where M can be the number of matches in the extended alignment, x can be the number of mismatches in the alignment, and m can be a negative penalty for each mismatch. The mapping score can be utilized to rank or choose the best alignment for each read.
US11817179B2
The present disclosure provides a method for enriching for multiple genomic regions using a first bait set that selectively hybridizes to a first set of genomic regions of a nucleic acid sample and a second bait set that selectively hybridizes to a second set of genomic regions of the nucleic acid sample. These bait set panels can selectively enrich for one or more nucleosome-associated regions of a genome, said nucleosome-associated regions comprising genomic regions having one or more genomic base positions with differential nucleosomal occupancy, wherein the differential nucleosomal occupancy is characteristic of a cell or tissue type of origin or disease state.
US11817172B2
A table management method, a memory storage device and a memory control circuit unit are disclosed. The method includes: storing multiple table groups, wherein each of the table groups includes multiple voltage management tables; detecting a status of the memory storage device; determining one of the table groups as a target table group according to the status of the memory storage device, wherein the target table group includes multiple target voltage management tables; reading data from a rewritable non-volatile memory module by using at least one read voltage level according to at least one of the target voltage management tables.
US11817164B2
The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods related to a memory system including a controller and an array of memory cells. An example apparatus can include a controller configured to receive operational characteristics of an array of memory cells based on prior operations performed by the array of memory cells, determine a set of trim settings for the array of memory cells based on the operational characteristics of the array of memory cells, wherein the set of trim settings are associated with desired operational characteristics for the array of memory cells, and send the set of trim settings to the array of memory cells.
US11817161B2
A shift register, a drive method, a drive circuit, a display substrate, and a display device are provided. The shift register includes an input unit, a first control unit, a second control unit, an output unit, and a voltage stabilizing unit. The input unit is configured to provide a signal of a signal input end to a first node and a signal of a first power supply end to a second node. The first control unit is configured to control a signal of a fourth node. The second control unit is configured to provide a signal of a second power supply end to the first node. The output unit is configured to provide the signal of the first or the second power supply end to the output end. The voltage stabilizing unit is connected to the first node, fifth node, the output end, and the first power supply end.
US11817160B2
A memory bit cell includes a first memory cell including a first antifuse transistor and a first selection transistor, the first antifuse transistor being selectable between a first state or a second state in response to a word line program signal, the first selection transistor being configured to provide access to the first antifuse transistor in response to a word line read signal; a second memory cell including a second antifuse transistor and a second selection transistor, the second antifuse transistor being selectable between the first state or the second state in response to the word line program signal, the second selection transistor being configured to provide access to the second antifuse transistor in response to the word line read signal; a first word line to selectively provide the word line program signal; a second word line to selectively provide the word line read signal; and a bit line.
US11817158B2
An operation method of a nonvolatile memory device which includes a memory block having wordlines includes performing an erase on the memory block, performing a block verification on the memory block by using a 0-th erase verification voltage, performing a delta verification on the memory block by using a first erase verification voltage different from the 0-th erase verification voltage when a result of the block verification indicates a pass, and outputting information about an erase result of the memory block based on the result of the block verification or a result of the delta verification. The delta verification includes generating delta counting values respectively corresponding to wordline groups by using the first erase verification voltage, generating a delta value based on the delta counting values, and comparing the delta value and a first reference value.
US11817156B2
Multi-gate NOR flash thin-film transistor (TFT) string arrays (“multi-gate NOR string arrays”) are organized as stacks of horizontal active strips running parallel to the surface of a silicon substrate, with the TFTs in each stack being controlled by vertical local word-lines provided along one or both sidewalls of the stack of active strips. Each active strip includes at least a channel layer formed between two shared source or drain layers. Data storage in the TFTs of an active strip is provided by charge-storage elements provided between the active strip and the control gates provided by the adjacent local word-lines. Each active strip may provide TFTs that belong to one or two NOR strings, depending on whether one or both sides of the active strip are used.
US11817152B2
A processing device determines a target bit error rate corresponding to a point of a first programming voltage distribution level corresponding to memory cells of a memory sub-system and a second programming voltage distribution corresponding to the memory cells of the memory sub-system. An offset voltage level corresponding to the point at the target bit error rate is selected. A first portion of a first group of the memory cells in the first programming voltage distribution level is programmed at a threshold voltage level to set a first embedded data value. A second portion of a second group of the memory cells in the second programming voltage distribution level is programmed at the threshold voltage level offset by the offset voltage level to set a second embedded data value.
US11817150B2
To overcome a shortage of area for horizontal metal lines to connect word line switch transistors to corresponding word lines and for pass through signal lines, it is proposed to implement multiple architectures for the word line hook up regions. For example, some areas of a die will be designed to provide extra horizontal metal lines to connect word line switch transistors to word lines and other areas of the die will be designed to provide extra pass through signal lines.
US11817148B2
Techniques are provided for programming a self-selecting memory cell that stores a first logic state. To program the memory cell, a pulse having a first polarity may be applied to the cell, which may result in the memory cell having a reduced threshold voltage. During a duration in which the threshold voltage of the memory cell may be reduced (e.g., during a selection time), a second pulse having a second polarity (e.g., a different polarity) may be applied to the memory cell. Applying the second pulse to the memory cell may result in the memory cell storing a second logic state different than the first logic state.
US11817146B2
A phase-change memory (10) for the non-volatile storage of binary contents stores the binary contents electrically and/or optically in a non-volatile manner by locally switching a material (18) between an amorphous and a crystalline phase. The state with respect to the electrical conductivity of the material (18) and/or the reflection properties of the material (18) determines the information content of the phase-change memory (10). A method for non-volatile storage of binary contents in a phase-change memory (10), which stores the binary contents electrically and/or optically in a non-volatile manner by locally switching a material (18) between an amorphous and a crystalline phase, whereby the state with respect to the electrical conductivity of the material (18) and/or the reflection properties of the material (18) determines the information content of the phase-change memory (10).
US11817133B2
According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device incudes a first magnetic disk, a first actuator that reads/writes data from/to the first magnetic disk, a first controller that controls the first actuator, a second magnetic disk, a second actuator that reads/writes data from/to the second magnetic disk, a second controller that controls the second actuator, wherein the first controller executes read/write processing, and the second controller stores trace data of the read/write processing when the first controller executes the read/write processing.
US11817130B2
At a high level, embodiments of the invention relate to augmenting video data with presence data derived from one or more proximity tags. More specifically, embodiments of the invention generate forensically authenticated recordings linking video imagery to the presence of specific objects in or near the recording. One embodiment of the invention includes video recording system comprising a camera, a wireless proximity tag reader, a storage memory and control circuitry operable to receive image data from the camera receive a proximity tag identifier identifying a proximity tag from the proximity tag reader, and store an encoded frame containing the image data and the proximity tag identity in the storage memory.
US11817127B2
The present disclosure provides a video dubbing method, an apparatus, a device, and a storage medium. The method includes: when receiving an audio recording start trigger operation for a first time point of a target video and starting from a video picture corresponding to the first time point, playing the target video based on a timeline and receiving audio data based on the timeline; and when receiving an audio recording end trigger operation for a second time point, generating an audio recording file. The audio recording file has a linkage relationship with a timeline of a video clip taking the video picture corresponding to the first time point as a starting frame and taking a video picture corresponding to the second time point as an ending frame.
US11817126B2
Methods and devices related to converting sign language are described. In an example, a method can include receiving, at a processing resource of a computing device via a radio of the computing device, first signaling including at least one of text data, audio data, or video data, or any combination thereof, converting, at the processing resource, at least one of the text data, the audio data, or the video data to data representing a sign language, generating, at the processing resource, different video data based at least in part on the data representing the sign language, wherein the different video data comprises instructions for display of a performance of the sign language, transmitting second signaling representing the different video data from the processing resource to a user interface, and displaying the performance of the sign language on the user interface in response to the user interface receiving the second signaling.
US11817125B1
A brake crawler assembly configured for vertically moving an arm assembly along a pivot member in a multi-disk hard disk drive is provided. The brake crawler assembly includes a first clamp, including a first recess within which is disposed a first actuator and a first clamp calibration element. The first clamp calibration element includes a first clamp calibration access portion adapted to be accessible externally of the first clamp and adapted to receive a first external adjustment and a first clamp internal compression modifier adapted to modify a force exerted by the first actuator on the first recess, responsive to the received first external adjustment, wherein the first clamp is configured to selectively engage the pivot member at a position along the pivot member relative to at least one disk of the multi-disk hard disk drive based on the modified force exerted.
US11817120B2
A conveying roller contacts and conveys an optical disc toward a position of a spindle motor when the conveying roller is in a first roller position, and does not contact the optical disc when the conveying roller is in a second roller position. A slider places the conveying roller in the first roller position when the slider is in a first operation member position, and places the conveying roller in the second roller position when the slider is in a second operation member position. A first transmission mechanism transmits rotation of a loading motor to the conveying roller. A second transmission mechanism transmits the rotation of the loading motor to the slider. A distribution mechanism engages with each of the first transmission mechanism and the second transmission mechanism to distribute the rotation of the loading motor to the first transmission mechanism and the second transmission mechanism.
US11817119B2
A recording head includes a channel waveguide that delivers light to a media-facing surface. A near-field transducer (NFT) is at an end of the channel waveguide and proximate to the media-facing surface. A laser including an active region has a longitudinal axis corresponding to a propagation direction of the channel waveguide. The active region includes a back facet and a front facet proximate the NFT. The front facet has a surface shape configured to suppress back reflection of the light.
US11817113B2
To filter unwanted sounds from a conference call, a voice profile of a first user is generated based on a first voice signal captured by a media device during a first conference call. The voice profile may be generated by identifying a base frequency of the first voice signal and determining a plurality of voice characteristics, such as pitch, intonation, accent, loudness, and speech rate. These data may be stored in association with the first user. During a second conference call, a second voice signal captured by the media device is analyzed to determine, based on the voice profile of the first user, whether the second voice signal includes the voice of a second user. If so, the second voice signal is prevented from being transmitted into the conference call. A voice profile of the second user may be generated from the second voice signal for future use.
US11817109B2
Apparatuses, arrangements and methods therein for generation of comfort noise are disclosed. In short, the solution relates to exploiting the spatial coherence of multiple input audio channels in order to generate high quality multi channel comfort noise.
US11817107B2
Innovations in phase quantization during speech encoding and phase reconstruction during speech decoding are described. For example, to encode a set of phase values, a speech encoder omits higher-frequency phase values and/or represents at least some of the phase values as a weighted sum of basis functions. Or, as another example, to decode a set of phase values, a speech decoder reconstructs at least some of the phase values using a weighted sum of basis functions and/or reconstructs lower-frequency phase values then uses at least some of the lower-frequency phase values to synthesize higher-frequency phase values. In many cases, the innovations improve the performance of a speech codec in low bitrate scenarios, even when encoded data is delivered over a network that suffers from insufficient bandwidth or transmission quality problems.
US11817100B2
A computer-implemented method of voice-to-text tagging for transcription of a human voice signal by one of an automatic speech recognition system, or a natural conversation, includes generating a speech-to-text verbal transcript of the verbal vocalizations of an audio signal at a verbal timestamp of the audio signal. A voice-to-text non-verbal transcript of the one or more non-verbal vocalizations of the audio signal is generated at a non-verbal timestamp of the audio signal. The non-verbal transcript and the verbal transcript are combined to generate an enhanced transcript.
US11817097B2
An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a communicator, a memory, and a processor connected to the communicator and the memory and configured to control the electronic apparatus. The processor is configured to, by executing at least one command stored in the memory, based on a user input for executing an assistant service being received, transmit information on a user voice acquired by the electronic apparatus to a plurality of servers providing different assistant services through the communicator, and based on a plurality of response information being received from the plurality of servers, provide a response on the user voice based on at least one of the plurality of response information. The plurality of servers provide the assistant service using an artificial intelligence agent.
US11817089B2
A collection of digital video files may contain a large amount of unstructured information in the form of spoken words encoded within audio tracks. The audio tracks are transcribed into digital text. Attributes are extracted from the digital text and mapped to a particular subject matter aspect. Attribute to aspect mappings provide a useful organization for the unstructured information. Furthermore, sentiment scores and trends for one or more aspects may be determined and displayed.
US11817085B2
Implementations relate to determining a language for speech recognition of a spoken utterance, received via an automated assistant interface, for interacting with an automated assistant. Implementations can enable multilingual interaction with the automated assistant, without necessitating a user explicitly designate a language to be utilized for each interaction. Selection of a speech recognition model for a particular language can based on one or more interaction characteristics exhibited during a dialog session between a user and an automated assistant. Such interaction characteristics can include anticipated user input types, anticipated user input durations, a duration for monitoring for a user response, and/or an actual duration of a provided user response.
US11817066B1
In an example in accordance with the present disclosure, a display device is described. The display device includes a display screen to display content. The display device has a first mode and a second mode. A first mode brightness scale, which defines a range of available brightness values for the display screen, is different than a second mode brightness scale. The display device includes a display controller to select a brightness scale for the display device based on a current mode of the display device.
US11817065B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods to control brightness or color in foldable displays. An electronic device may include a foldable electronic display and processing circuitry. The foldable electronic display may have a first part and a second part that are foldable at a folding angle with respect to one another. The processing circuitry may provide image data to the foldable electronic display that varies based at least in part on the folding angle.
US11817061B2
An example system includes a display panel comprising an adjustable light source. A light sensor is disposed proximate to the display panel on an opposite surface from the adjustable light source. A controller is used to measure an intensity of light from the light sensor and to control an intensity of the adjustable light source, based, at least in part, on the intensity of measured light.
US11817055B2
Disclosed is an electroluminescent display device using a variable refresh rate (VRR) mode. The purpose of the present disclosure is to reduce the occurrence of a difference in luminance at a time point of a refresh rate change, thereby preventing viewers from perceiving the variation of the refresh rate.
US11817054B2
A pixel structure includes an original light emitting diode die and a repairing light emitting diode die emitting light of a same color, and an extending conductor. The original light emitting diode die includes a first epitaxial layer, and a first electrode and a second electrode disposed at opposite sides of the first epitaxial layer. The repairing light emitting diode die includes a second epitaxial layer, and a third electrode and a fourth electrode disposed at a same side of the second epitaxial layer. The extending conductor includes a first portion, a second portion and a cut-off region. The first portion is electrically connected to the second electrode of the original light emitting diode die. The second portion is electrically connected to the third electrode of the repairing light emitting diode die. The cut-off region is located in the first portion or between the first portion and the second portion.
US11817045B2
A display device includes a display unit including a plurality of pixels coupled to a plurality of data lines, a plurality of scan lines, and a plurality of emission control lines, a controller for determining a width of a gate-off section of an emission control signal, which corresponds to a non-emission section of each of a plurality of frames belonging to a dimming period, in response to a dimming signal, and an emission driver for supplying the emission control signal in units of a plurality of consecutive pixel rows through the plurality of emission control lines.
US11817042B2
A scan driver includes a first transistor including gate, first, and second electrodes coupled to a Q node, a scan clock line, and a scan line. A second transistor includes gate and first electrodes coupled to a scan carry line, and a second electrode coupled to the Q node. A third transistor includes gate and first electrodes coupled to a first control line and a sensing carry line. A fourth transistor includes a gate and first electrode coupled to the sensing carry line and the third transistor first electrode. A fifth transistor includes gate, first, and second electrodes coupled to a fourth transistor second electrode, a second control line, and a node. A capacitor includes first and second electrodes coupled to the fifth transistor first and gate electrodes. A sixth transistor includes gate, first, and second electrodes coupled to a third control line, the node, and the Q node.
US11817041B2
The present invention is related to pixels and a display apparatus including: a display unit including a plurality of pixels; a signal control unit for generating a first voltage signal and a second voltage signal; a column driver connected to each of the pixels to transmit the first voltage signal to the pixel through a column line; and a row driver connected to each of the pixels to transmit the second voltage signal to the pixel through a row line, wherein the signal control unit generates the second voltage signal so that a voltage level of the second voltage signal rises to be higher than or equal to a predetermined level value during a non-emission period of the pixel.
US11817037B1
A method of controlling a vehicle headlamp that includes a plurality of LEDs may comprise receiving video images at a first frame rate; storing the video images in a memory at the first frame rate; receiving offset data associated with the video images; defining sub-images based on the offset data and the video images; and driving the plurality of LEDs to present the sub-images at a second frame rate, wherein the second frame rate is faster than the first frame rate.
US11817036B2
A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a memory configured to store an input image, a display panel comprising a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines, and a processor configured to control the display panel to output an entire area of a first frame of a plurality of frames included in the input image by controlling the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines, and control the display panel to output a partial area of a second frame subsequent to the first frame by controlling some of the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines.
US11817035B2
A charging time modulating method is disclosed. After obtaining relational data between a charging rate and a charging time of pixel units on each pixel area, an average charging time corresponding to a preset charging rate is calculated based on each relational data. Then, an initial charging time of the pixel units on each of the pixel areas is obtained, and the initial charging time of the pixel units on each of the pixel areas is adjusted according to the average charging time, so that the initial charging time of the pixel units on each of the pixel areas is equal to the average charging time.
US11817031B2
A display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels connected to a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of data lines, respectively; a scan driver, which provides a scan signal to the pixels through the scan lines; a data driver, which provides a data voltage to the pixels through the data lines; and a controller, which controls the scan driver and the data driver, and receives input image data at a variable input frame frequency. The controller determines whether a gray scale value of the input image data is included in any range of a first gray scale range and a second gray scale range different from the first gray scale range, and dithers the input image data when it is determined that the gray scale value of the input image data is included the first gray scale range.
US11817030B2
A display apparatus includes a display panel displaying an image based on an input image data, a data driver outputting a data voltage to a data line, and a driving controller determining a driving frequency of the display panel based on the input image data. The driving controller includes a flicker value storage configured to store flicker values for grayscale values corresponding to the input image data, a voltage drop determiner configured to adjust a flicker value of the flicker values based on a voltage drop of the display panel, a still image determiner configured to determine whether the input image data is a still image or a video image, and a driving frequency determiner configured to determine the driving frequency of the display panel using the flicker value based on the input image data being the still image.
US11817025B1
An electronic device may have pixels. The pixels may form one or more displays. The displays may be flexible organic light-emitting diode displays or other displays. The electronic device may have first and second display layers that face away from each other and display images in different directions. Image transport layers may overlap the display layers and may have curved edges that overlap a sidewall portion of the electronic device. Image transport layers receive images at input surfaces and transport the received images to corresponding output surfaces. Image transport layers may be provided with hemispherical shapes and other shapes having output surfaces of compound curvature. A folding device may have first and second displays that are overlapped by respective first and second image transport layers that join over a hinge to block the hinge from view. A wristwatch device may have links or other structures with an image transport layer.
US11817018B2
The present invention is a message updating system for an electronic label. The system comprises a message updating device, wherein a controller thereof controls a power-supply transmission unit and a message-update transmission unit to respectively transmit a charging signal and a message-updating to the electronic label for charging the electronic label and updating label information of the electronic label. A detection device picks up the label information to generate label content information, transmits the label content information to the controller to make the controller compare the label content information with update comparison information, and generates an alert message if the label content information is different from the update comparison information. The present can charge the electronic label that is mounted on an article and update label information simultaneously while the article is being transported.
US11817016B2
Old address signs are retrofitted, incorporated and integrated with new electronic devices for navigation aid, Internet and IOT (Internet Of Things) related applications. New smart address sign with Internet connections has the capabilities of remote sensing and detecting useful information for residential homes and business offices. Useful information is gathered, stored, processed and relayed for applications of improving home and office efficiency, security and safety related solutions. New hardware and software built into the smart address signs also serve as wireless signal repeating/relaying base stations.
US11817015B2
A system for student engaged conversation receives, at a first user interface, a limited descriptive entry from the first user at a first remote terminal to provide a memory prompt to the second user for use with the first user, wherein the first user interface displays a subject matter topic component indicating a topic and an entry component for receiving, from the first user, a limited entry of text associated with the topic. The system limits entry, by the first user, of the text of the limited descriptive entry at the entry component of the first user interface to at least one of: no more than 50 characters, or no more than 10 words. The system provides a notification of the limited descriptive entry including a combination of the topic and the limited entry of the text to the second user at a second remote terminal.
US11817007B2
Simulator systems for teaching patient care are provided. In some instances, the simulator system includes a master computer module positioned within a patient body and configured to communicate simulation commands to a pneumatic module also positioned within the patient body and spaced from the master computer module. A compressor module is configured to control a compressor to supply compressed air from the compressor to the pneumatic module. The pneumatic module includes a processor configured to execute the simulation commands received from the master computer module to control a physically simulated body part of the patient body with the supplied compressed air.
US11817006B2
Systems are disclosed relating to a weld module for weld training systems. In some examples, a weld module is configured for attachment to (and/or detachment from) a plug of a welding tool (e.g., welding torch, gun, stinger, foot pedal, etc.). The weld module may be configured to detect tool events based one or more signals received from the plug of the welding tool. The weld module may communicate the tool events to the weld training system for use during a weld simulation, for example.
US11817001B2
Broadcasting geolocation information of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) from the UAV by determining current geolocation of the UAV by communicating with a geolocation service and utilizing the geolocation service to geolocate the UAV. Then the UAV prepares a radio frame that includes geolocation information identifying the current geolocation of the UAV and other information associated with the UAV using a radio protocol of one of a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) radio protocol, a WiFi radio protocol, a wireless personal area network protocol and a low-power wide-area network protocol and transmits the radio frame to broadcast the current geolocation of the UAV.
US11816996B1
A system for predicting pressure waves in a sonic boom footprint calculates alternative footprints and pressure waves along a flight path based on speed and altitude modifiers. The available, adjustable parameters are bounded within a flight envelope and along an approved flight corridor. The system receives and incorporates data from external sources, such as weather data, that impacts sonic boom pressure wave predictions and aircraft performance characteristics.
US11816989B2
A method for selecting at least one connection pattern drivable by road users using a control device. Trajectory data are received from at least one area. On the basis of the received trajectory data, starting points and end points of drivable trajectories are determined. All the connection patterns between the starting points and the end points of the drivable trajectories are determined in the form of connecting lines. The determined connection patterns are filtered by at least one filter. Connection patterns remaining after filtering are compared with route profiles from the trajectory data. For each remaining connection pattern a number of route profiles which correspond to the connection pattern are counted. A connection pattern with the highest number of matching route profiles is selected. A control device, a computer program, and a machine-readable storage medium are also described.
US11816988B2
A mobility information provision system includes a collector, a mapping unit, a generator, and a controller. The collector collects field information on movement of mobile bodies using communication apparatuses provided in respective predetermined zones or sections. The mapping unit maps positions of the mobile bodies based on the collected information. The generator generates course-related information based on mapping information on the positions of the mobile bodies. The controller is provided for each mobile body and controls movement of the mobile body based on the course-related information. If the field information includes emergency information transmitted from a location on a road on which the mobile bodies are movable, the mapping unit maps the positions of the mobile bodies and sets an intrusion-prohibitive section around the location from which the emergency information is transmitted, and the generator generates the course-related information that prevents each mobile body from entering the intrusion-prohibitive section.
US11816973B2
A medical sanitation device may include a detector for detecting the physical presence of a clinician token within a detection area in the vicinity of the medical sanitation device. The clinician token may be indicative of the identity of a clinician. The medical sanitation device also includes a sanitation module configured to be used by the clinician to perform a sanitation task. Detection of a clinician in proximity to the medical sanitation device may be used to at least partially control access to, or operation of, a medical patient monitoring device.
US11816966B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to security systems for securing an item of merchandise from theft or unauthorized removal. For example, the security system may include a sensor configured to be coupled to the item of merchandise and a base configured to removably support the sensor and the item of merchandise thereon. The sensor has a generally L-shaped surface for being secured to a portion of the rear and bottom surfaces of the item of merchandise. The base includes a charging circuit for providing power to the sensor and/or the item of merchandise.
US11816963B2
Some embodiments may relate to wagering one or more events. Such events may include sporting events. For example, one or more races may be wagered upon. In some embodiments, one or more wager may include an in running or in game wager. In some embodiments, one or more wagers may include a wager on a group of participants. Various apparatus and methods are described.
US11816961B2
In various embodiments, players may compete in a gaming context.
US11816958B2
Gaming systems and methods for determining which features, if any, to activate in association with one or more plays of a game based on a current value of a progressive award.
US11816951B2
A system that facilitates the transfer of an amount funds between one or more gaming establishment accounts associated with a player and one or more gaming table components associated with a gaming establishment gaming table currently associated with the player.
US11816946B2
Systems and methods for detecting/identifying novel material samples are provided. A test sample image is processed with a trained transformation function to obtain a transformed matrix. A measure of similarity of the test image based on the transformed matrix is compared to a threshold to determine whether the test sample is novel to a batch of material samples that are provided to train the transformation function.
US11816944B1
Secure cash deposit containers, such as secure cash bags or secure cash boxes equipped with an integrated bill scanner and a transmitter. The integrated bill scanner may receive and count the bills, and then store them in the secure cash deposit container. A transmitter in communication with the scanner may then transmit a report to the bank servicing the commercial establishment's cash deposit account. The bank may then automatically credit the amount reported by the scanner to the commercial establishment cash deposit account. The amount credited may be subject to further verification, for example, by a bank teller or by a bank's automated cash counting and sorting machines.
US11816942B2
An intention detection mechanism detects a target user accessing an operational context and accesses sensor data collected by a plurality of sensors encoding signals describing one or more characteristics of the target user and surroundings of the target user. The intention detection mechanism converts the accessed sensor data into a multi-channel sensor data time series, where each channel represents a characteristic of the target user. The intention detection mechanism compares the sensor data time series to a multi-channel intentionality template to determine whether the sensor data time series contains the multi-channel intentionality template. The multi-channel intentionality template describes characteristics indicative of an intent of a target user accessing the operational context. If the sensor data time series contains the multi-channel intentionality template, the intention detection mechanism communicates a signal confirming that the target user intended to access to the operational context.
US11816941B2
Secure storage container, system for secure storage, and method for using a secure storage container
Improved methods, systems, apparatuses, and components for secure storage of products, including an improved secure storage container and system. The secure storage container may provide a user with secure, organized, and substantially airtight storage of products. The secure storage system may allow for the authentication of the user to lock/unlock the secure storage container. The secure storage system may further collect data obtained from sensors. The data may include, but is not limited to, lock/unlocking event information, weight changes of the stored substances, movement of the substances within the box, temperature sensor data, humidity sensor data. The secure storage system may provide for actively maintaining a particular humidity or temperature point using a control system.
US11816937B2
Systems and methods for reconfigurable on-vehicle data routing are provided. In one embodiment, a data link communication system comprises: a router to communicate with at least one communication bus and at least one data bus, and monitor data communicated over the communication data buses, wherein the communication bus communicates data link messages with an off-vehicle service provider system, wherein the data bus transports data between the router and a plurality of on-vehicle systems; a routing control logic; and a conditional logic database, wherein the database comprises definitions of one or more datatypes and definitions for at least one data forwarding command; wherein, in response to receiving a first set of data associated with a datatype defined by the database, the logic executes the at least one data forwarding command to control the router to output a second set of data to one or more of the plurality of on-vehicle systems.
US11816932B1
This disclosure describes techniques for identifying users that are enrolled for use of a user-recognition system and updating identification data of these users over time. To enroll in the user-recognition system, the user may initially scan his or her palm. The resulting image data may later be used when the user requests to be identified by the system by again scanning his or her palm. However, because the characteristics of user palms may change over the time, the user-recognition system may periodically perform processes for updating the identification data stored in association with the user in order to maintain or increase an accuracy of the user-recognition system.
US11816931B2
A gaming system, computer-implemented method and gaming device are operable enhance player experience using image data. A system includes a processor circuit and a memory including machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor circuit, cause the processor circuit to perform operations. Such operations include receiving, from a camera, image data that includes visual signals corresponding to a player and determining player action components from the image data. The player action components include multiple different player attributes that correspond to an emotional state of the player. Operations further include, based on the different player attributes, determining a predicted action of the player and causing a casino related action that corresponds to the predicted action.
US11816927B2
An information providing device according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: at least one memory storing a set of instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the set of instructions to: receive a face image; determine whether a person in the face image is unsuitable for iris data acquisition based on the face image; and output information based on determining that the person is unsuitable for the iris data acquisition when the person is determined to be unsuitable for the iris data acquisition.
US11816922B2
A fingerprint extraction apparatus includes a fingerprint generation module configured to generate first and second virtual fingerprint images, perform primary image processing on the first virtual fingerprint image and primary and secondary image processing on the second virtual fingerprint images, and generate virtual overlapped fingerprint images by combining the first and second virtual fingerprint images on which image processing is performed; a machine learning module configured to generate a learning model by performing machine learning using the virtual overlapped fingerprint images as input data; and a fingerprint extraction module configured to extract a fingerprint located vertically on a center of a real image by inputting the real image to a target fingerprint extraction learning model, and the primary image processing comprises image processing on a curve forming a fingerprint, and the secondary image processing comprises image processing on a location of the fingerprint in the image.
US11816919B2
A silicon sensor device includes: a plurality of metal layers; and a plurality of dielectric layers. Each of the plurality of metal layers is disposed on a respective dielectric layer, and wherein each of the plurality of metal layers is separated from an adjacent metal layer by a respective dielectric layer. The plurality of metal layers include: a first metal layer comprising a plurality of transmitter electrodes and a plurality of receiver electrodes; a second metal layer disposed beneath the first metal layer, wherein the second metal layer comprises a plurality of routing traces for the plurality of transmitter electrodes and a plurality of shielding blocks; and one or more circuit layers disposed beneath the second metal layer. A respective shielding block of the plurality of shielding blocks is configured to shield a respective portion of a respective receiver electrode of the plurality of receiver electrodes.
US11816912B1
The present disclosure provides techniques for extracting structural information using machine learning. One example method includes receiving electronic data indicating one or more pages, constructing, for each page of the one or more pages, a tree based on the page, wherein each level of the tree includes one or more nodes corresponding to elements in a level of elements in the page, encoding, for each page of the one or more pages, a value of each node of the tree for the page into a vector using a first machine learning model, sampling a plurality of pairs of vectors from the one or more trees for the one or more pages, wherein a given pair of vectors corresponds to values of nodes in a same tree, training a second machine learning model using the plurality of pairs, and combining each vector with weights of the second machine learning model.
US11816904B2
According to at least one aspect, the present disclosure provides a vehicle camera comprising: a lens module; a circuit board including an image sensor configured to convert light incident through the lens module into an electrical signal; a front housing having the lens module coupled to a front side thereof and the circuit board coupled to a rear side thereof; a rear housing coupled to the rear side of the front housing and provided to surround the circuit board; an outer cover configured to surround at least a portion of the lens module, the outer cover including one or more infrared passing portions; and a depth camera module included inside the outer cover and coupled to the front side of the front housing, the depth camera module being configured to capture an image for detecting an obstacle around the vehicle using the infrared passing portion.
US11816901B2
Methods and systems for training a trajectory prediction model and performing a vehicle maneuver include encoding a set of training data to generate encoded training vectors, where the training data includes trajectory information for agents over time. Trajectory scenarios are simulated based on the encoded training vectors, with each simulated trajectory scenario representing one or more agents with respective agent trajectories, to generate simulated training data. A predictive neural network model is trained using the simulated training data to generate predicted trajectory scenarios based on a detected scene.
US11816899B2
A camera system may automatically identify high frequency motion regions in a field of view of the camera system. Analysis of motion events detected at different regions of a scene in the field of view, may be performed. Similar events frequently occurring at a certain region may be recorded/accumulated and compared to a threshold. Regions with high frequency activity may be determined and a user may be notified. If the user is not interested in events within the high activity regions, the regions may be ignored and notifications to the user may cease. The camera system may determine specific actions/events occurring in a region, such as a person approaching or leaving a home.
US11816898B2
The present disclosure provides a method for acquiring an item placing state, including: sending an acquisition request, wherein the acquisition request includes one or more association relationships, each of the association relationships includes an association relationship between a hot zone and a camera equipment, and one hot zone corresponds to one kind of item; and receiving a placing state of an item corresponding to at least one hot zone, wherein the placing state of the item corresponding to the at least one hot zone is determined according to a current image and a standard image of the at least one hot zone in response to the acquisition request. The present disclosure further provides a processing method, a system for acquiring an item placing state and a processing system.
US11816891B2
Provided are a video recognition method and apparatus, an electronic device, a medium and a computer program product. The video recognition method is described below. A to-be-recognized video is divided into at least two video segments; video frames are extracted from the at least two video segments, and feature recognition is performed on the video frames to obtain initial semantic feature blocks of the at least two video segments; each of the initial semantic feature blocks is fused, and a fused target semantic feature block is obtained; and a type of the to-be-recognized video is determined according to the fused target semantic feature block.
US11816889B2
Unsupervised learning for video classification. One or more features from one or more video clips are extracted using a spatial-temporal encoder. The one or more extracted features are processed, using a video instance discrimination task, to generate a classification label, the classification label indicating whether two of the video clips are from a same video. The one or more extracted features are processed, using a pair-wise speed discrimination task, to generate a comparison label, the comparison label indicating a relative playback speed between two given video clips. A search is performed in a video database for a video that is similar to a given video based on the comparison label.
US11816870B2
Disclosed are an image processing method, an image processing device, a neutral network and a training method thereof, and a storage medium. The image processing method includes: obtaining an input image; performing a segmentation process on the input image via a first encoding-decoding network, to obtain a first output feature map and the first segmented image; concatenating the first output feature map with at least one selected from the group consisting of the input image and the first segmented image, to obtain an input of the second encoding-decoding network; and performing a segmentation process on the input of the second encoding-decoding network via a second encoding-decoding network, to obtain the second segmented image. And the first encoding-decoding network and the second encoding-decoding network forms a neural network.
US11816866B2
Devices, methods, and non-transitory program storage devices (NPSDs) are disclosed to compensate for the predicted color changes experienced by camera modules after certain amounts of time of real world use. Such color changes may be caused by prolonged exposure of optical components of the camera module to one or more of: solar radiation, high temperature conditions, or high humidity conditions, each of which may, over time, induce deviation in the color response of optical components of the camera module. The techniques disclosed herein may first characterize such predicted optical change to components over time based on particular environmental conditions, and then implement one or more time-varying color models to compensate for predicted changes to the camera module's color calibration values due to the characterized optical change. In some embodiments, optical changes in other types of components, e.g., display devices, caused by prolonged environmental stresses may also be modeled and compensated.
US11816858B2
Embodiments relate to an image processing circuit comprising a noise reduction circuit configurable to perform bilateral filtering on demosaiced and resampled image data, or on raw image data, based on the operating mode of the image processing circuit. The noise reduction circuit filters received image data based upon directional taps, by selecting, for each pixel, a set of neighbor pixels, and comparing values of the set of neighbor pixels to determine whether the pixel lies on a directional edge. For raw images, the noise reduction circuit selects the set of neighbor pixels to include a plurality of pixels of the same color channel as the pixel, and one or more additional pixels of a different color channel, where color values for the one or more additional pixels are determined by interpolating color values of two or more adjacent pixels of the same color channel as the pixel.
US11816851B2
Embodiments of the present invention describe a system that receives an image depicting at least one subject, predicts at least one orientation keypoint associated with a section of the body part of the at least one subject via a neural network detector and determines a three-axis joint rotation associated with the section of the body part of the at least one subject based on at least one orientation keypoint associated with the body part of the at least one subject and at least one joint keypoint associated with the body part of the at least one subject. Orientation keypoints can improve the estimation of an associated joint keypoints, dense pose correspondence and landmark.
US11816847B2
A method and apparatus for promoting a motion, an electronic device and a storage medium, relating to the field of image recognition technology are provided. An embodiment of the method may include: acquiring a user motion image, and acquiring three-dimensional recognition coordinates of body key points recognized in the user motion image; determining, based on the three-dimensional recognition coordinates, a user motion matching the user motion image; screening, according to a mapping relationship between user motion and body key points, a target body key point among all of the recognized body key points; acquiring three-dimensional standard coordinates of the target body key point corresponding to the user motion; and prompting a motion based on values of differences between the three-dimensional standard coordinates of the target body key point and the three-dimensional recognition coordinates of the target body key point.
US11816841B2
In methods and systems for graph-based panoptic segmentation of point clouds, points of a point cloud are received with a semantic label from a first category. Further, a plurality of unified cluster feature vectors from a second category are received, each being extracted from a cluster of points in the point cloud. Nodes of a constructed graph represent the unified feature vectors, and edges indicate the relationship between pairs of nodes. The edges are represented as an adjacency matrix indicating the existence or absence of an edge between pairs of nodes. A graph convolutional neural network uses the graph to predict an instance label for each node or an attribute for each edge, wherein the attribute of each edge is used for assigning the instance label to each node.
US11816840B2
Method, apparatus, device and storage medium for extracting a cardiovascular vessel from a CTA image
A method, an apparatus, a device, and a storage medium for extracting a cardiovascular vessel from a CTA image, the method including the steps of: performing erosion operation and dilation operation on image data successively via a preset structural element to obtain a structure mask; performing a slice-by-slice transformation on the plane of section images of the structural mask to acquire the first ascending aortic structure in the structural mask, and acquiring an aortic center position and an aortic radius in the last slice of the plane of section image of the said structural mask; establishing a binarized sphere structure according to the aortic center position and the aortic radius, and synthesizing a second ascending aorta structure by combining the first ascending aorta structure with the structure mask and the binarized sphere structure.
US11816839B2
Provided is technology for extracting a person region from an image, that can suppress preparation costs of learning data. Included are a composited learning data generating unit that generates, from already-existing learning data that is a set of an image including a person region and a mask indicating the person region, and a background image to serve as a background of a composited image, composited learning data that is a set of a composited image and a compositing mask indicating a person region in the composited image, and a learning unit that learns model parameters using the composited learning data. The composited learning data generating unit includes a compositing parameter generating unit that generates compositing parameters that are a set of an enlargement factor, a degree of translation, and a degree of rotation, using the mask of the learning data, and a composited image and compositing mask generating unit that extracts a compositing person region from an image in the learning data using a mask of the learning data, generates the composited image from the background image and the compositing person region, using the compositing parameters, generates the compositing mask from a mask generating image and the compositing person region that are the same size as the composited image, using the compositing parameters, and generates the composited learning data.
US11816834B2
Various embodiments are disclosed for a machine learning system for automatic genotype selection and performance evaluation using multi-source and spatiotemporal remote sensing data collected from an unmanned aerial system (UAS). A computing device may be configured to access images of a field having a first genotype and a second genotype of at least one crop or plant planted therein. The computing device may apply an image processing routine to the images to analyze the images of the field and determine characteristics of the first genotype and the second genotype of the at least one crop or plant planted in the field. The computing device may then apply a machine learning routine to forecast a first estimated yield of the first genotype and a second estimated yield of the second genotype using the identified characteristics of the first genotype and the second genotype.
US11816831B2
Disclosed is a system to assist in a procedure. During the procedure an object may be moved relative to a subject, such as being positioned and/or placed within a subject. The system and related method may be used to assist in displaying and/or determining a pose of the object relative to a subject, such as rigid portions of a subject.
US11816829B1
A novel disparity computation technique is presented which comprises multiple orthogonal disparity maps, generated from approximately orthogonal decomposition feature spaces, collaboratively generating a composite disparity map. Using an approximately orthogonal feature set extracted from such feature spaces produces an approximately orthogonal set of disparity maps that can be composited together to produce a final disparity map. Various methods for dimensioning scenes and are presented. One approach extracts the top and bottom vertices of a cuboid, along with the set of lines, whose intersections define such points. It then defines a unique box from these two intersections as well as the associated lines. Orthographic projection is then attempted, to recenter the box perspective. This is followed by the extraction of the three-dimensional information that is associated with the box, and finally, the dimensions of the box are computed. The same concepts can apply to hallways, rooms, and any other object.
US11816828B2
Described herein is a method of detecting anomalies on a surface of a structure. The method may comprise taking a thermal image of the surface of the structure. The method may further comprise taking a visual image of the surface of the structure. The method may then comprise conducting a thermal image numerical analysis on the thermal image. The thermal image numerical analysis may comprise obtaining a thermal image numerical value table. The thermal image numerical analysis may then comprise obtaining a surface nominal thermal value of the surface material. The thermal image numerical analysis may then comprise eliminating a first subset of pixels having a thermal value within a nominal thermal variation from the plurality of pixels. The thermal image numerical analysis may then comprise comparing the thermal value of each pixel of the plurality of pixels not in the first subset of pixels to the surface nominal thermal value to identify at least one anomaly. The thermal image numerical analysis method may then comprise removing a first number (n1) of first anomalies from the thermal image numerical analysis. Finally, the method may comprise comparing the first anomalies from the thermal image numerical analysis to the visual image.
US11816819B2
Systems and methods for displaying super saturated color. Image data for display on a display or viewing device with a potential white luminance in a standard system with a maximum luminance is processed such that colors near the white point are reduced to a limited luminance. As the chroma of the displayed color is increased, a luminance attenuation is decreased. The scaling of the reduction is operable to be a linear function, a non-linear function, or any other function.
US11816817B2
A method includes: obtaining a plurality of view images; identifying a representative value from among difference values between values of a plurality of sub-pixels corresponding to a first position in the plurality of view images and an intermediate value of a bit range of a display; determining filtering strength corresponding to the representative value, based on a correspondence map indicating a correspondence relationship between filtering strength and a difference value between a value of a sub-pixel and the intermediate value; and applying a filter having the determined filtering strength to the plurality of sub-pixels corresponding to the first position, wherein a value resulting from applying the filter having the determined filtering strength to the plurality of sub-pixels corresponding to the first position is included in a range of sub-pixel values according to the bit range of the display.
US11816816B2
Techniques are described for dynamically correcting image distortion during imaging of a patterned sample having repeating spots. Different sets of image distortion correction coefficients may be calculated for different regions of a sample during a first imaging cycle of a multicycle imaging run and subsequently applied in real time to image data generated during subsequent cycles. In one implementation, image distortion correction coefficients may be calculated for an image of a patterned sample having repeated spots by: estimating an affine transform of the image; sharpening the image; and iteratively searching for an optimal set of distortion correction coefficients for the sharpened image, where iteratively searching for the optimal set of distortion correction coefficients for the sharpened image includes calculating a mean chastity for spot locations in the image, and where the estimated affine transform is applied during each iteration of the search.
US11816808B1
Provided is a machine-readable medium storing instructions that when executed by a processor effectuate operations including: receiving, with an application executed by a communication device, a first set of inputs including user data; generating, with the application, a three-dimensional model of the user based on the user data; receiving, with the application, a second set of inputs including a type of clothing garment; generating, with the application, a first set of clothing garments including clothing garments from a database of clothing garments that are the same type of clothing garment; generating, with the application, a second set of clothing garments from the first set of clothing garments based on the user data and one or more relationships between clothing attributes and human attributes; and presenting, with the application, the clothing garments from the second set of clothing garments virtually fitted on the three-dimensional model of the user.
US11816803B2
A guidance display system includes an AR display device and a server. The AR display device includes a display unit and a display control unit configured to display, on the display unit, an augmented reality image in which an image of a virtual object for guidance is superimposed on scenery of a real world. The server is wirelessly connected to the display device. The server includes a theme park-specific character storage unit, a 3D model extraction unit, and a transmission unit. The theme park-specific character storage unit stores character information set for a theme park. The 3D model extraction unit extracts the character of the theme park set as the destination, as a virtual object for guidance. The transmission unit transmits the image data of the extracted virtual object for guidance to the display control unit of the AR display device.
US11816791B2
An image processing method may include steps of obtaining a plurality of image data from an object, generating, from the image data, a three-dimensional (3-D) model having at least two different representation modes, and displaying the generated 3-D model. There is an advantage in that a user can check various information of a 3-D model without changing a representation mode by displaying a 3-D model having at least two different representation modes.
US11816788B2
Described herein are apparatuses, systems and methods for generating an interactive three-dimensional (“3D”) environment using virtual depth. A method comprises receiving a pre-rendered media file comprising a plurality of frames, receiving depth data related to the media file, wherein the depth data corresponds to each of the plurality of frames, creating an invisible three-dimensional (“3D”) framework of a first frame of the media file based on the corresponding depth data, and rendering a new first frame in real time to include the pre-rendered first frame, one or more virtual visible 3D objects and the invisible 3D framework.
US11816777B2
There is provided a data processing system comprising a host processor and a processing resource operable to perform processing operations for applications executing on the host processor by executing commands within an appropriate command stream. The host processor is configured to generate a command stream layout indicating a sequence of commands for the command stream that is then provided to the processing resource. Some commands require sensor data. The processing resource is configured to process the sensor data into command stream data for inclusion into the command stream in order to populate the command stream for execution.
US11816776B2
Techniques are disclosed relating to display devices. In some embodiments, a display device includes a display system configured to display three-dimensional content to a user. The display device is configured to discover, via a network interface, one or more compute nodes operable to facilitate rendering the three-dimensional content and receive information identifying abilities of the one or more compute nodes to facilitate the rendering. Based on the received information, the display device evaluates a set of tasks to identify one or more of the tasks to offload to the one or more compute nodes for facilitating the rendering and distributes, via the network interface, the identified one or more tasks to the one or more compute nodes for processing by the one or more compute nodes.
US11816763B2
Systems and methods to estimate 3D TOF scatter include acquisition of 3D TOF data, determination of 2D TOF data from the first TOF data, determination of first estimated scatter based on the second TOF data, reconstruction of a first estimated image based on the first estimated scatter and the second TOF data, determination of attenuated unscattered true coincidences based on the first estimated image, determination of second estimated scatter based on the first TOF data and the attenuated unscattered true coincidences, and reconstruction of an image of the object based on the first TOF data and the second estimated scatter.
US11816757B1
The disclosure describes artificial reality systems and techniques for saving and exporting artificial reality data. For example, an artificial reality system includes an application engine configured to generate artificial reality content based on a pose of a user participating in an artificial reality environment and a head-mounted display (HMD) configured to output the artificial reality content to the user. The HMD includes a buffer configured to hold data representative of the artificial reality environment during a time window on a rolling basis and a capture engine configured to, in response to user input, capture the data representative of the artificial reality environment held in the buffer at a point in time at which the user input was received.
US11816739B2
A computer-implemented method for analyzing a survivability of a structure is presented. A distance extending radially from the structure defining an area surrounding the structure may be determined. The area surrounding the structure may be scanned to identify surrounding objects. The area surrounding the structure may then be segmented to create a plurality of area segments. A density of surrounding objects in each of the plurality of area segments may be determined. A risk score for each of the plurality of area segments may then be determined based on the density of surrounding objects in each of the plurality of area segments. An overall wind exposure risk value may be provided for further use.
US11816738B2
According to some embodiments, a risk relationship data store may contain electronic records, each electronic record representing a risk relationship between an enterprise and a risk relationship provider (e.g., an insurer), and including, for each risk relationship, an electronic record identifier and a set of roof attribute values. A back-end application computer server may receive, from a third-party data source, roof information for a roof of a building associated with a risk relationship. The computer server may then correlate the received roof information with a particular electronic record in the risk relationship data store. A roof attribute value of the particular electronic record may be updated in accordance with the roof information received from the third-party data source, and a predictive analytics engine of the computer server may then calculate a roof risk score associated with the particular electronic record.
US11816736B2
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) may facilitate insurance-related tasks. UAVs may actively be dispatched to an area surrounding a property, and collect data related to property. A location for an inspection of a property to be conducted by a UAV may be received, and one or more images depicting a view of the location may be displayed via a user interface. Additionally, a geofence boundary may be determined based on an area corresponding to a property boundary, where the geofence boundary represents a geospatial boundary in which to limit flight of the UAV. Furthermore, a navigation route may be determined which corresponds to the geofence boundary for inspection of the property by the UAV, the navigation route having waypoints, each waypoint indicating a location for the UAV to obtain drone data. The UAV may be directed around the property using the determined navigation route.
US11816729B1
An apparatus for producing an autonomy score is disclosed. The apparatus includes at least a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the at least a processor. The memory instructs the processor to receive a pecuniary datum. The memory additionally instructs the processor to generate a pecuniary plan as a function of the pecuniary datum. The memory then instructs the processor to evaluate a pecuniary proficiency of a user as a function of the pecuniary plan. A pecuniary machine learning model is configured to be trained using a pecuniary training data. The pecuniary proficiency of a user is then evaluated as a function of the pecuniary plan. The memory then instructs the processor to produce an autonomy score as a function of the pecuniary proficiency. The memory finally instructs the processor to determine a pecuniary status of a user as a function of the pecuniary proficiency and the autonomy score.
US11816727B2
A credit scoring method and a server are provided. The method includes: determining at least one target user set in a plurality of user sets. The at least one target user set includes first behavior-unknown users whose predicted profit values are higher than second behavior-unknown users, the second behavior-unknown users are users other than the first behavior-unknown users on an application platform. The method also includes determining credit scores of first behavior-unknown users according to credit scores of behavior-known users in at least one determined target user set; obtaining first user samples from the first behavior-unknown users according to credit records of the first behavior-unknown users, the first user samples having profit values that satisfy a preset threshold; and performing credit scoring for a user according to a second scoring model obtained through training a first scoring model according to the first user samples and second user samples.
US11816724B1
A system includes a content generation subsystem that features a playlist controller and multimedia service logic. The playlist controller is configured to generate a presentation playlist that controls retrieval and playback of audio clips along displayable images. The multimedia service logic, in response to receiving at least a vehicle identification number from the playlist controller, (i) automatically determines vehicle option codes associated with the vehicle, each vehicle option code identifies an option installed on the vehicle; (ii) automatically translate the vehicle option codes into information that is used in recovery of a plurality of text descriptions directed to features of the vehicle, and (iii) automatically determine the a plurality of audio clip links corresponding to the plurality of text descriptions that are used in the formation of the playlist. The second plurality of audio clip links is greater in number than the first plurality of audio clip links.
US11816722B1
A data processing system generates recommendations for on-line shopping by scoring recommendations matching the customer's cart contents using by assessing and ranking each candidate recommendation by the expected incremental margin associated with the recommendation being issued (as compared to the expected margin associated with the recommendation not being issued) by taking into consideration historical associations, knowledge of the layout of the site, the complexity of the product being sold, the user's session behavior, the quality of the selling point messages, product life cycle, substitutability, demographics and/or other considerations relating to the customer purchase environment. In an illustrative implementation, scoring inputs for each candidate recommendation (such as relevance, exposure, clarity and/or pitch strength) are included in a probabilistic framework (such as a Bayesian network) to score the effectiveness of the candidate recommendation and/or associated selling point messages by comparing a recommendation outcome (e.g., purchase likelihood or expected margin resulting from a given recommendation) against a non-recommendation outcome (e.g., the purchase likelihood or expected margin if no recommendation is issued). In addition, a probabilistic framework may also be used to select a selling point message for inclusion with a selected candidate recommendation by assessing the relative strength of the selling point messages by factoring in a user profile match factor (e.g., the relative likelihood that the customer matches the various user case profiles).
US11816721B2
A disclosed apparatus and method provide recommendations for products which a customer may need to order and/or items which the customer may have forgotten to order. An exemplary recommendation unit can communicate with a product information database, a product similarity database, a customer purchase history database and a customer order database. The recommendation unit includes a determining unit to store a determined similarity of products in the product similarity database, a training unit to train a model based on information about products previously purchased by each customer and information about at least one determined similarity as stored in the product similarity database, a similarity unit to generate at least one product similar to at least one product to be purchased by a customer based on information about a current order of a customer, and a calculating unit to calculate a probability that a customer forgot to add a similar product.
US11816719B2
A system for replacing an original hose assembly of a work machine with a replacement hose assembly includes at least a computing device, a database, and a server. The server is associated with the database and includes a processor configured via computer-executable instructions to perform a method of identifying the replacement hose assembly. The method includes prompting a user to select hose attributes associated with a hose of the original hose assembly. Based on the selected hose attributes, a replacement hose may be identified. The method further includes prompting the user to select coupling attributes associated with a coupling of the original hose assembly. Based on compatibility with the identified replacement hose and the selected coupling attributes, a replacement coupling may be identified. The method further includes generating a bill of materials for the replacement hose assembly and displaying the bill of materials.
US11816717B2
The present invention relates to a payment information providing system using a wearable device, and more specifically, the payment information providing system includes: a wearable device for recognizing and photographing a product image by sensing a motion of a user and transferring the photographed product image to a product information providing device, and receiving product information transferred from the product information providing device and displaying the product information on a screen; the product information providing device for receiving the product image from the wearable device and providing information on a product related to the product image to the wearable device; and a contents providing server for receiving the product information from the product information providing device and transferring digital contents to the wearable device if a product to be purchased is selected according to the received product information.
US11816711B2
A computer-implemented method and system are provided to utilize machine learning technology to process user financial transaction data to predict a personalized payment screen architecture. A plurality of feature datasets associated with transaction data of a plurality of electronic invoices are obtained by a computing device. Each feature dataset comprises a plurality of features, a payment screen and a payment method configured to be presented on at least one payment screen. The computing device is configured to train a machine learning model with the feature datasets to produce a probability matrix with probabilities of each payment method used to pay the invoices through each payment screen. The computing device may weigh the probability matrix to generate a recommendation matrix and determine a prediction of a payment screen based on the recommendation matrix.
US11816704B2
A control apparatus includes a communication interface configured to transmit, to at least one bidding apparatus, range data indicating a geographical range through which at least one vehicle travels, and receive, from the at least one bidding apparatus, bidding data for bidding on an advertising slot associated with the geographical range indicated by the range data, and a controller configured to determine a bidder to whom the advertising slot is to be sold based on the bidding data received by the communication interface.
US11816688B2
In order to provide a survey that reflects details of a communication session between two parties, content of an established communication session between the parties is monitored. One or more topics in the content of the communication session are identified. For example, a voice communication between a customer and a call center agent can be monitored to identify a specific topic, such as a discussion about car insurance. Based on the identified topic, a survey is generated by incorporating the topic into the survey. For example, the survey can include a question regarding the customer's car insurance of his four wheel drive SUV, which was discussed during the call. The survey is then presented to or sent to a party of the communication session.
US11816687B2
Dynamic state-space modeling within a special purpose hardware platform to determine non-conversion risks for each trial user and churn risks for each active subscriber having exhibited a sequence of behaviors. The state-space model may be operable to determine a loss risk for each of a provider's active trial users and/or subscribers.
US11816675B2
A system for managing and transferring a virtual shopping cart. The system includes a product identification system that is programmed to identify products from a product identification tag, a cart identification system that is configured to generate a cart identifier that uniquely identifies the virtual shopping cart, and a cart management engine. The cart management engine is configured to receive products to add to the virtual shopping cart from the product identification system, associate the products with the cart identifier, and transfer access to the virtual shopping cart from a first device to a second device.
US11816669B2
A method for establishing an index of usability associated with a replacement payment card is provided. The method may include receiving a payment card replacement request in a vending facility. The method may further include identifying at least one possible risk factor associated with a user utilizing the replacement payment card. The method may also include creating a risk assessment based on the at least one identified possible risk factor. The method may further include establishing an index of usability for the replacement payment card based on the created assessment, whereby a value of the index of usability correlates to a plurality of restrictions placed on using the replacement payment card. The method may also include storing the established index of usability in a database.
US11816667B2
Provided herein is a method for delivering web content to a computer user where the computer user must provide data for verification. A control presented by a first web page provided by a requesting server of a requesting party may be selected to request a further web page where data may be entered that requires verification. The requesting server may redirect the computer user to a verifying server that may provide a second web page to fulfil the request for the further web page. The second web page may be presented as a foreground window positioned over a backdrop frame. The foreground window may be provided with fields for entering the data and the backdrop frame may be provided by the requesting party. The verifying server may verify data entered in the foreground window and may send the requesting server a notification as to whether the verification was successful.
US11816662B2
A system for enabling communication between blockchains on heterogeneous blockchain networks. The system can include a sending blockchain network comprised of a sending blockchain that includes a plurality of blocks, each block including a block header and one or more transaction values associated with an identification request transmitted by the sending blockchain. The system can include a directory service node configured to receive the identification request from the sending blockchain, and identify a receiving blockchain, which forms part of a receiving blockchain network. The system can include an identity service node configured to receive a trust request from the directory service node to determine whether a valid trust certificate is available for the receiving blockchain and enable communication between the sending blockchain and the receiving blockchain, when the valid trust certificate is determined to be available.
US11816661B2
A method, computer system, and a computer program product for managing digital currency is provided. The present invention may include initializing a digital wallet. The present invention may include receiving one or more digital currencies. The present invention may include performing one or more transactions using the one or more digital currencies, wherein each of the one or more transactions has a hash value recorded on a local ledger maintained on the digital wallet. The present invention may include broadcasting the local ledger to a shared ledger maintained by a fund source. The present invention may include synchronizing the digital wallet with the found source by releasing a value held in suspense based on a total value of the one or more digital currencies remaining on the digital wallet.
US11816654B2
Arrangements for transaction adapter control are provided. In some aspects, a user device may connect to a network in a current geographic location. The user computing device may detect that a change in geographic location has occurred based on the current geographic location. Responsive to detecting that the change in geographic location has occurred, a mobile transaction adapter associated with or unique to the current geographic location may be downloaded to the user computing device. The mobile transaction adapter may be a plug-in component to a mobile payment application on the user computing device. A request to process a transaction may be received via the mobile payment application on the user device. Upon receiving the request to process the transaction, the mobile transaction adapter may be activated and the request may be routed to the mobile transaction adapter. The requested transaction may then be processed via the mobile transaction adapter.
US11816651B1
Systems and methods that facilitate a mobile wallet splitting payments to an invoice between multiple payment accounts are disclosed herein. The mobile wallet can receive an invoice, and then select a set of payment accounts to each pay a portion of the invoice. The mobile wallet can send the payment information to a point of sale device, indicating that the payment include multiple payments from different payment accounts. The point of sale device can then process the multiple payments, either sequentially, or in parallel. In an embodiment, the mobile wallet can receive partial payments from other mobile wallets for the invoice, collect the payments together, and send the payment information at once to the point of sale device for the set of mobile wallets.
US11816649B2
Disclosed are a method and system for protecting intellectual property rights on digital content using smart propertization. The method of protecting intellectual property rights on digital content includes determining whether to decode encoded digital content based on the digital data indicative of a license for the digital content recorded on a blockchain.
US11816647B2
A system includes one or more memory devices storing instructions, and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to perform steps of a method. Upon receiving a request to provide cash redemption to a third party from a provider client terminal, the system may allocate an amount of cash to a temporary financial account and generate a temporary access code that may be used to access the cash in the temporary financial account. The system may transmit the temporary access code to a recipient client terminal and upon an ATM terminal's receipt of the input access code, the system may authorize the withdrawal of the amount of cash.
US11816627B2
Provided is a transport system, a control device, and a method whereby package transport efficiency can be improved. A transport system 1 includes at least one memory configured to store a program code, and at least one processor configured to access the program code and operate as instructed by the program code. The program code includes a detection code configured to cause the at least one processor to detect a first package to be collected at a specified collection location, and an identification code configured to cause the at least one processor to identify a second package to be delivered to the collection location. Furthermore, the program code includes a generation code configured to, when a first date and time that is a collection deadline of the first package and a second date and time that is a scheduled delivery date and time of the second package satisfy a predetermined condition, cause the at least one processor to generate a movement plan for a vehicle in which the vehicle transports the second package to the collection location and, then, the vehicle collects the first package from the collection location. Additionally, the program code includes a control code configured to cause the at least one processor to carry out control for causing the vehicle to move in accordance with the generated movement plan.
US11816624B2
Technologies are generally described for preparation and drone based delivery of food items. In some examples, a delivery vehicle may be arranged for autonomous or semi-autonomous preparation of food items while the vehicle is en route to a delivery destination or parked at the delivery destination. Aerial and/or ground based drones, which may be stored in the vehicle, may be loaded with prepared food items and deliver their payloads to delivery locations. Preparation timing and other parameters for the food items, travel parameters for the delivery vehicle, and/or the delivery destination may be selected based on suitability of the delivery destination for launching/recovering the drones or delivery of the food items to the delivery locations. The drones may carry multiple payloads to multiple locations and may have environmentally controlled storage.
US11816620B2
A plan model system provides interactive graphical user interfaces allowing users to view and navigate to multiple alternative views of measures modeled in one or more planning models. A modeled event is provided by a user relating to a measure of a particular plan model modeling outcomes of a particular business domain of a business organization. An effect of the event on values of one or more measures of the plan model is determined. A graphical representation is presented in the graphical user interface illustrating the effect.
US11816619B2
A strategic decision support system is disclosed. The system can filter content received from a remote database coupled to a network to provide a graphical user interface to enable strategic decision making to expand utilization of a product. The system can include a local client computer to generate access to content stored in the remote database, at least one filtering scheme, a set of selectable filters configured to filter the content stored in the remote database according to the at least one filtering scheme, and a remote server coupled to the local client computer via the network to analyze access restrictions to the product based on a selected filter and the at least one filtering scheme to generate a graphical user interface displayed on the local client computer.
US11816618B1
A workflow presentation receives electronic object from multiple sources, such as electronic messaging systems and document management systems. The system develops a hypergraph representation of the objects in which the objects appear, individually or in clusters, as edges along various rails of the hypergraph. Each rail represents a workstream to provide a visual representation of the electronic objects that are associated with one or more workstreams of a project.
US11816611B2
A work support apparatus, which assigns an operator to an operation performed in a workplace, includes a communication device used for the operation in the workplace, and holds information on a relationship between a process, an operation, and each of divided areas of the workplace and the communication device used for the operation, information on a predicted communication throughput by the communication device in each of the divided areas, and information on an operator-requested communication throughput for a combination of the operation and an operator. For each operation corresponding to the process, the apparatus determines assignment of an operator to the operation, referring to the predicted communication throughput by the communication device and the operator-requested communication throughput, and outputs a result of the operator assignment.
US11816606B2
A method and system of generating a route includes receiving information regarding a set of nodes to be serviced. One or more parameters of each node are determined. A capacity of each of the one or more vehicles is determined. A classical computer is used to generate a set of feasible routes based on the one or more parameters of each node and the capacity of each of the one or more vehicles. A number of bags N to divide the set of feasible routes is determined. The feasible routes are distributed into the N bags. The N bags are sent to a quantum computer to calculate a most efficient combination of feasible routes that cover all nodes to be serviced.
US11816605B2
A packing method for a defective sheet based on branch-and-cut algorithm, including: acquiring sheet information, where the sheet information includes size information of the defect sheet, size information of a target block and position information of a defect; based on actual cutting requirements, establishing constraints; and establishing a primal problem model according to the constraints; converting the primal problem model into a relaxed problem model; checking and verifying the obtained solution by x-check method to determine whether the obtained solution meets the constraints of the primal problem model; outputting the optimal solution to obtain an optimal cutting plan that meets the actual cutting requirements; and cutting the defective sheet according to the optimal cutting plan. A system for implement the packing method is also provided.
US11816602B2
A method and system for the online vehicle rentals, such as a car share rental, allows for a customer to self-dispatch and self-return a rental vehicle without requiring special equipment in the rental vehicle or the presence of rental personnel at the dispatch or return location. At the beginning of the rental period, the customer is prompted to input to a rental management computer system, via a mobile computer device, information about the mileage and fuel level of the rental vehicle and to report existing damage to the rental vehicle. If the customer wishes to extend the rental time period, the customer is prompted to select a requested extended end time for the rental time period and to send the requested extended end time to the rental management computer system. The rental management computer system automatically determines whether the requested extended end time conflicts with a future reservation for the vehicle, and if the requested extended end time does not conflict with a fixture reservation, the system extends the rental time period to the requested extended end time.
US11816594B2
Techniques for facilitating utilizing a quantum computing circuit in conjunction with a stochastic control problem are provided. In one embodiment, a system is provided that comprises a quantum computing circuit that prepares a quantum state that represents a stochastic control problem. The system can further comprise a classical computing device that determines parameters for the quantum computing circuit.
US11816583B2
Certain aspects of the present disclose provide techniques for generating a knowledge engine module collection. Techniques for generating the module collection include receiving input data comprising a first identifier, a second identifier, and a third set of fields. Based on the input data, a UI builder tool can retrieve a first set of artifact files and a second set of artifact files corresponding to a first module and a second module. The UI builder tool can generate a third set of artifact files based on the first set of artifact files, the second set of artifact files, and the input data.
US11816582B2
A device searches for an anonymization of a data set using a heuristic search. The device receives a generalization lattice and one or more scoring functions. The device further can include selecting a start node in the generalization lattice. For each of the one or more scoring functions, the device can further include computing a path the generalization lattice from the start node that traverses the generalization lattice. In addition, the device can include determining an optimal path node from each of the one or more paths. Furthermore, the method can include selecting an optimal node from the one or more optimal path nodes.
US11816581B2
A fast neural transition-based parser. The fast neural transition-based parser includes a decision tree-based classifier and a state vector control loss function. The decision tree-based classifier is dynamically used to replace a multilayer perceptron in the fast neural transition-based parser, and the decision tree-based classifier increases speed of neural transition-based parsing. The state vector control loss function trains the fast neural transition-based parser, the state vector control loss function builds a vector space favorable for building a decision tree that is used for the decision tree-based classifier in the neural transition-based parser, and the state vector control loss function maintains accuracy of neural transition-based parsing while the decision tree-based classifier is used to increase the speed of the neural transition-based parsing while using the decision tree-based classifier to increase the speed of the neural transition-based parsing.
US11816574B2
An input weight pattern of a machine learning model may be received. The input weight pattern may be pruned to produce an output weight pattern based on a predetermined pruning algorithm. The pruning algorithm may include partitioning the input weight pattern into a plurality of sub-patterns, each row of the input weight pattern including sub-rows of a first number of sub-patterns, and each column of the input weight pattern including sub-columns of a second number of sub-patterns; and pruning sub-columns and sub-rows from the plurality of sub-patterns to achieve predetermined column and row sparsities respectively, with a constraint that at least one sub-row in each row of the input weight pattern is not pruned. The output weight pattern may further be compressed to produce a compact weight pattern. The compact weight pattern has lower memory and computational overheads as compared to the input weight pattern for the machine learning model.
US11816569B2
A first processing unit detects each of a plurality of patterns included in the image as one of families by subjecting the image to a neural network process. An extraction unit extracts a plurality of parts that include families from the image, based on a position of the families detected. A second processing unit acquires intermediate data for an intermediate layer unique to each family, by subjecting the plurality of parts extracted to a neural network process. A clustering unit subjects the intermediate data acquired to clustering in accordance with the number of types of pattern. A calculation unit calculates a number of patterns included in each cluster that results from clustering.
US11816568B2
The disclosed embodiments relate to a system that optimizes execution of a DNN based on operational performance parameters. During operation, the system collects the operational performance parameters from the DNN during operation of the DNN, wherein the operational performance parameters include parameters associated with operating conditions for the DNN, parameters associated with resource utilization during operation of the DNN, and parameters associated with accuracy of results produced by the DNN. Next, the system uses the operational performance parameters to update the DNN model to improve performance and efficiency during execution of the DNN.
US11816564B1
A feature sub-network trainer improves robustness of interpretability of a deep neural network (DNN) by increasing the likelihood that the DNN will converge to a global minimum of a cost function of the DNN. After determining a plurality of correctly classified examples of a pre-trained DNN, the trainer extracts from the pre-trained DNN a feature sub-network that includes an input layer of the DNN and one or more subsequent sparsely-connected layers of the DNN. The trainer averages output signals from the sub-network to form an average representation of each class identifiable by the DNN. The trainer relabels each correctly classified example with the appropriate average representation, and then trains the feature sub-network with the relabeled examples. In one demonstration, the feature sub-network trainer improved classification accuracy of a seven-layer convolutional neural network, trained with two thousand examples, from 75% to 83% by reusing the training examples.
US11816562B2
A digital experience enhancement system includes an ensemble deep learning model that includes an estimator ensemble and a neural network. The ensemble deep learning model is trained to generate a digital experience enhancement recommendation from an enhancement request. The ensemble deep learning model receives the enhancement request, which is input to the estimator ensemble. The estimator ensemble uses various different machine learning systems to generate estimator output values. The neural network uses the estimator output values from the estimator ensemble to generate a digital experience enhancement recommendation. The digital experience generation system then uses this digital experience enhancement recommendation to enhance the digital experience.
US11816561B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to map workloads. An example apparatus includes a constraint definer to define performance characteristic targets of the neural network, an action determiner to apply a first resource configuration to candidate resources corresponding to the neural network, a reward determiner to calculate a results metric based on (a) resource performance metrics and (b) the performance characteristic targets, and a layer map generator to generate a resource mapping file, the mapping file including respective resource assignments for respective corresponding layers of the neural network, the resource assignments selected based on the results metric.
US11816550B1
Devices and techniques are generally described for generating confidence scores for boosting-based tree machine learning models. In various examples, a first record comprising a plurality of input variables may be received. In another example, a boosting-based tree machine learning model may generate, for the first record, a base model score. In various examples, the base model score may be generated based on the plurality of input variables and the base model score may represent a likelihood that the first record is associated with a first class. In some examples, a score confidence machine learning model may generate a confidence score for the first record. The confidence score may indicate a confidence in the base model score. In various examples, the first record may be processed based at least in part on the confidence score.
US11816533B2
Learning disentangled representations is an important topic in machine learning for a wide range of applications. Disentangled latent variables represent interpretable semantic information and reflect separate factors of variation in data. Although generative models may learn latent representations and generate data samples as well, existing models may ignore the structural information among latent representations. Described in the present disclosure are embodiments to learn disentangled latent structural representations from data using decomposable variational auto-encoders, which simultaneously learn component representations and encode component relationships. Embodiments of a novel structural prior for latent representations are disclosed to capture interactions among different data components. Embodiments are applied to data segmentation and latent relation discovery among different data components. Experiments on several datasets demonstrate the utility of the present model embodiments.
US11816530B2
A computer can comprise a housing, a microprocessor disposed within the housing, a display, and a communication interface communicatively coupled to the microprocessor. The computer can be configured, responsive to locating decodable indicia within content viewable on the display, to decode the decodable indicia to produce at least one decoded message. The computer can be further configured to display the content with decoded message data being embedded into the content. The decoded message data can be provided by at least one decoded message, data derived from the decoded message.
US11816529B2
Methods and apparatus for providing out-of-range indications are disclosed. An example imaging reader includes an image sensor and an optical assembly. The imaging reader may include a distance determining module configured to determine a distance to a target. The imaging reader may include an indication determining module configured to determine an out-of-range indication when the distance satisfies a first condition. An indicator may be included and configured to present the out-of-range indication. The image sensor may be configured to capture a representation of an image of the target when the distance satisfies a second condition. The imaging reader may include an indicia decoder configured to decode an indicia in the representation to determine an indicia payload and/or a communication interface to convey the indicia payload to a host system.
US11816517B2
In a case where a first sheet paper having a first size is contained and a second sheet paper having a second size is not contained, a printer sends capability information including first size information indicating that the first size is contained and second size information indicating that the second size is contained to a terminal device. The printer receives image data and selection information indicating that a target size has been selected, and in a case where the selection information indicates that the second size has been selected as the target size, the printer executes the predetermined process on the first sheet paper, and in a case where the selection information indicates that the first size has been selected as the target size, the printer does not execute the predetermined process on the first sheet paper.
US11816505B2
An architecture for a load-balanced groups of multi-stage manycore processors shared dynamically among a set of software applications, with capabilities for destination task defined intra-application prioritization of inter-task communications (ITC), for architecture-based ITC performance isolation between the applications, as well as for prioritizing application task instances for execution on cores of manycore processors based at least in part on which of the task instances have available for them the input data, such as ITC data, that they need for executing.
US11816500B2
Apparatuses to synchronize lanes that diverge or threads that drift are disclosed. In one embodiment, a graphics multiprocessor includes a queue having an initial state of groups with a first group having threads of first and second instruction types and a second group having threads of the first and second instruction types. A regroup engine (or regroup circuitry) regroups threads into a third group having threads of the first instruction type and a fourth group having threads of the second instruction type.
US11816496B2
A computer implemented method includes: accessing from a configuration management database, by a virtualization manager, configuration data for a first computing node of a computing system; generating, by the virtualization manager, a set of attribute/value pairs for the first computing node using the configuration data; and managing, by the virtualization manager, a first container on the first computing node using the set of attribute/value pairs for the first computing node.
US11816486B2
A hardware multithreaded processor including a register file, a thread controller, and aliasing circuitry. The thread controller is configured to assign each of multiple hardware processing threads to a corresponding one of multiple register block sets in which each register block set includes at least two of multiple register blocks and in which each register block includes at least two registers. The aliasing circuitry is programmable to redirect a reference provided by a first hardware processing thread to a register of a register block assigned to a second hardware processing thread. The reference may be a register number in an instruction issued by the first hardware processing thread. The register number is converted by the aliasing circuitry to a register file address locating a register of the register block assigned to the second hardware processing thread. The aliasing circuitry may include a programmable register for one or more threads.
US11816485B2
A nested loop controller includes a first register having a first value initialized to an initial first value, a second register having a second value initialized to an initial second value, and a third register configured as a predicate FIFO, initialized to have a third value. The second value is advanced in response to a tick instruction during execution of a loop. In response to the second value reaching a second threshold, the second register is reset to the initial second value. The nested loop controller further includes a comparator coupled to the second register and to the predicate FIFO and configured to provide an outer loop indicator value as input to the predicate FIFO when the second value is equal to the second threshold, and provide an inner loop indicator value as input to the predicate FIFO when the second value is not equal to the second threshold.
US11816480B2
A computing unit is disclosed, comprising a first memory bank for storing input activations and a second memory bank for storing parameters used in performing computations. The computing unit includes at least one cell comprising at least one multiply accumulate (“MAC”) operator that receives parameters from the second memory bank and performs computations. The computing unit further includes a first traversal unit that provides a control signal to the first memory bank to cause an input activation to be provided to a data bus accessible by the MAC operator. The computing unit performs one or more computations associated with at least one element of a data array, the one or more computations being performed by the MAC operator and comprising, in part, a multiply operation of the input activation received from the data bus and a parameter received from the second memory bank.
US11816473B2
There are provided an updating method for in-vehicle software and an in-vehicle system for updating a software, the updating method including: securing one area in a memory on a zone control unit included in the in-vehicle system, the one area being capable of storing one update data for updating the zone control unit and lower control units which are an update object; repeatedly checking whether the update data exists in a predetermined software supply source; downloading the update data from the software supply source to store the update data in the one area, when the update data satisfying one download condition exists in the software supply source; and preferentially selecting the one update data with the highest priority from a plurality of update data to execute the downloading, when the plurality of update data satisfying the one download condition exist concurrently in the software supply source.
US11816468B2
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments a dual-core automated teller machine (ATM). The dual core ATM system and method includes two physical central processing units (“computing devices” or “cores”) that are configured to perform operations in coordination with peripheral devices. Peripheral devices of the dual-core ATM system can include a peripheral screen, such as a touch screen, a card reader, a PIN pad (e.g., an encrypted pin pad or “EPP”), a cash dispenser, and a cash deposit module. A peripheral switch can isolate one of the computing devices from the one or more peripheral devices and that can permit the other of the computing devices to control the one or more peripheral devices. By maintaining redundant hardware sets within the ATM enclosure, the system can avoid a necessary reboot or powering-off in the event of, for example, a software failure.
US11816467B2
A refrigerator production line and a method for upgrading a refrigerator software of an assembled refrigerator on the refrigerator production line are provided. The refrigerator production line includes a conveying device for conveying an assembled refrigerator; a scanning device for scanning and confirming an identification code of the assembled refrigerator and an address code of a communication module in the assembled refrigerator; and a local server for saving the identification code of the assembled refrigerator and the address code of the communication module and further acquiring, in response to a firmware upgrade request, a firmware upgrading package for the assembled refrigerator that corresponds to the identification code. After the assembled refrigerator is powered on, the communication module receives the firmware upgrade package, and a control module upgrades a public version software program according to the firmware upgrade package.
US11816454B2
Methods and systems are disclosed that automate and institutionalize many aspects of the process of creating software. Embodiments automate aspects of pricing, software creation, and delivery using a manufacturing-styled approach to development that reuses existing code and other existing software design features.
US11816453B1
A system, method, and apparatus for creating and managing smart contracts on a blockchain is provided. A method includes detecting, by the computing system, a code language of the smart contract code, wherein each of a plurality of code languages is associated with at least one of a plurality of blockchain platforms; determining, by the computing system, based at least partially on the code language of the smart contract code, an optimal blockchain platform to deploy the smart contract onto, the optimal blockchain platform being one of the plurality of blockchain platforms associated with the detected code language, the smart contract code capable of being deployed onto two or more blockchain platforms; compiling, by the computing system, the smart contract code based on the determination of the optimal blockchain platform so as to generate smart contract byte code and metadata; and deploying, by the computing system, the smart contract byte code to the optimal blockchain platform.
US11816452B2
Systems and methods for providing enterprise-level application content customization are described herein. A method includes executing an enterprise application (from a suite of enterprise applications that are utilized by the enterprise) on a remote computing system operated by an enterprise administrator. The method includes surfacing a content customization UI on a display device of the remote computing system during execution of the enterprise application. The content customization UI includes UI elements that enable the specification of parameters for providing enterprise-specific customized content during execution of enterprise application(s) from the suite of enterprise applications on remote computing system(s) operated by enterprise user(s). The method also includes receiving, via the content customization UI, user input including the specification of parameters and generating the customized content based on the specified parameters. The method further includes surfacing the customized content on display device(s) of the remote computing system(s) during execution of the enterprise application(s).
US11816450B2
Various methods, apparatuses/systems, and media for real-time automated analysis of project specifications are disclosed. A processor calls an API to invoke an OCR micro-service with the project specifications data as input data received from a plurality of applications each including a file corresponding to real-time project specifications data; determines whether the file corresponding to the project specification data is an image file; implements, based on determining, a neural network based image processing algorithm to extract data corresponding to the project specifications data from the input data; compares the extracted data corresponding to the project specifications data with predefined expected business results data; generates a similarity score, based on comparing, that identifies how similar the project specifications data is compared to the predefined expected business results data; and automatically generates a real-time analysis report on the project specifications in connection with the plurality of applications based on the similarity score.
US11816448B2
An ALU is capable of generating a multiply accumulation by compressing like-magnitude partial products. Given N pairs of multiplier and multiplicand, Booth encoding is used to encode the multipliers into M digits, and M partial products are produced for each pair of with each partial product in a smaller precision than a final product. The partial products resulting from the same encoded multiplier digit position, are summed across all the multiplies to produce a summed partial product. In this manner, the partial product summation operations can be advantageously performed in the smaller precision. The M summed partial products are then summed together with an aggregated fixup vector for sign extension. If the N multipliers equal to a constant, a preliminary fixup vector can be generated based on a predetermined value with adjustment on particular bits, where the predetermined value is determined by the signs of the encoded multiplier digits.
US11816445B2
Some implementations disclosed herein provide techniques and arrangements to enable translating language characters in media content. For example, some implementations receive a user selection of a first portion of media content. Some implementations disclosed herein may, based on the first portion, identify a second portion of the media content. The second portion of the media content may include one or more first characters of a first language. Some implementations disclosed herein may create an image that includes the second portion of the media content and may send the image to a server. Some implementations disclosed herein may receive one or more second characters of a second language corresponding to a translation of the one or more first characters of the first language from the server.
US11816437B2
A computer-implemented method gathers a set of previously filed applications, performs intent identification on the set, clusters applications in the set based on identified common intents, receives input from user and identifying intent of the input, matches the input to a cluster based on a common intent, and generates a new application based on the input using filed applications in a cluster having a common intent between the cluster and the input.
US11816432B2
Disclosed embodiments may include a method that includes setting an influence level for each index that a neural network can accept in one sample to a same level for a neural network, receiving a training corpus including training input samples and a corresponding correct training prediction samples, generating, using the neural network, prediction samples, identifying an accuracy for each index by comparing the prediction samples with the corresponding correct training prediction samples, adjusting the influence level for each index based on the accuracy for each index, identifying one or more poorly accurate indexes for the neural network, receiving a first input sample including one or more characters, generating one or more normalized first input samples by applying one or more buffers to the one or more poorly accurate indexes, and generating, using the neural network, a categorization of each character in the one or more normalized first input samples.
US11816425B2
Computer systems and computer-implemented methods for processing digital forms are provided. The method includes receiving, at a computer server, a form content request from a requesting party user device. The form content request specifies a requesting party user, a form template, and a data owner user. The computer server confirms permission from the data owner user for the requesting party user to access a universal profile of the data owner user to obtain form content data corresponding to the form template. The universal profile comprises an instance of a universal profile data structure. Upon confirming the permission, the form content request is fulfilled by the computer server. Fulfilling the form content request includes obtaining the form content data from the universal profile using a mapping of the form template to the universal profile data structure and provisioning access to the form content data to the requesting party user.
US11816416B1
A experimental matching network optimization method for two-stage power amplifiers combines existing technologies such as: Impedance tuners for load pull measurements, computers for RF network synthesis and analysis and numerical optimization algorithms, to create a method for in-situ experimentally verifying and optimizing the effect of matching network designs on overall amplifier performance before their manufacturing. The method eliminates guesswork in amplifier design, especially with regards to the interstage matching network of two-stage RF amplifiers. When properly implemented, the method revolutionizes MMIC amplifier design, by augmenting design confidence and bypassing costly hardware iterations.
US11816406B2
A computer-implemented method for synthesizing a digital circuit is disclosed. The method includes receiving a multi-threaded software program with at least one C++ thread; generating a register-transfer level (RTL) hardware description of the at least one C++ thread; and automatically inferring generation of parallel hardware RTL in response to receiving the at least one C++ thread.
US11816403B2
The present invention discloses a method for designing an orthognathic surgical occlusal plate based on artificial intelligence, including scanning a gypsum model of the maxillary and mandibular dentition to obtain the corresponding three-dimensional model of the maxillary and mandibular dentition; then obtaining the fitting data and establishing a coordinate system; generating thickness control elements and two-dimensional contour lines; controlling thickness of the three-dimensional model and generating occlusal imprint: and modifying the thickness and occlusal imprint of the three-dimensional model to obtain an artificial intelligence occlusal plate. The invention can greatly save the time required for designing the occlusal plate, improve the work efficiency, and the accuracy of the artificial orthognathic surgery occlusal plate is not significantly different from that of the manual occlusal plate in the application of orthognathic surgery.
US11816394B1
Techniques for joining a device of a third user to a communication between a device of a first user and a device of a second user are described herein. For instance, two or more users may utilize respective computing devices to engage in a telephone call, a video call, an instant-messaging session, or any other type of communication in which the users communicate with each other audibly and/or visually. In some instances, a first user of the two users may issue a voice command requesting to join a device of a third user to the communication. One or more computing devices may recognize this voice command and may attempt to join a device of a third user to the communication.
US11816391B2
A fade device includes a processor that couples a crossfader to a mixer, the processor using crossfader input to apply an acceleration or a latency to an audio signal passing through a mixer.
US11816382B2
Systems and methods for allowing an orchestrator to manage screen sharing in a meeting between multiple user devices are described. The orchestrator can use a master device to start a sharing session and select user devices to join as participant devices. The orchestrator can also select at least one receiver for receiving shared media. Participant devices are displayed on the master device. The orchestrator can then select a participant device to act as a source, and a receiver to receive the shared media from the source. The master device can contact a management server to cause the selected participant device to being sharing its screen on the receiver.
US11816381B2
A controller performs an approval process of: in response to receiving a first request from an apparatus connected via a communication interface, displaying an approval screen on a user interface; and in response to receiving an approval operation to an approval screen via the user interface, approving display of a remote screen, performs a transmission process of, in response to approving the display of the remote screen, transmitting remote screen data to the requesting apparatus; and after the transmission process, in response to receiving an instruction via the communication interface from a requesting apparatus, performs a particular process based on the instruction. The approval process further includes: determining whether a communication address satisfies a particular condition; and in response to determining that the communication address satisfies the particular condition, approving the display of the remote screen for the requesting apparatus without displaying the approval screen on the user interface.
US11816380B2
A communication apparatus capable of operating in at least one of a plurality of modes including a first communication mode in which wireless communication is performed with another apparatus via an external access point and a second communication mode in which wireless communication is performed with another apparatus bypassing the external access point, the communication apparatus comprising: controlling unit configured to control a communication mode of the communication apparatus by enabling or disabling at least one of the plurality of communication modes; and executing unit configured to execute search processing to search for an external access point near the communication apparatus, wherein in a case where both the first communication mode and the second communication mode are disabled, the second communication mode is enabled and the search processing is executed in the second communication mode.
US11816374B2
A print system determines whether a setting of a print job meets a condition under which an inspection can be executed, sets information indicating the inspection instruction in a detail of the print job when it is determined that the setting of the print job meets the condition, and executes inspection processing on the basis of a scanned image and a reference image registered in advance according to the inspection instruction. In addition, notification information is output. The inspection processing is not executed when it has been determined that the setting of the print job does not meet the condition, and notification information is outputted indicating that the inspection processing has not been executed.
US11816372B2
A control system includes a control target device communicable with an information terminal and a server system. The server system includes an issue unit issuing a registration code in accordance with an input format of the information terminal in response to an issue request of a registration code from the control target device and a reply unit replying the registration code to the control target device. The control target device presents the replied registration code. If the presented registration code is inputted to the information terminal, information including the inputted registration code and an ID of the information terminal is transmitted to the server system. If the registration code transmitted from the information terminal and an input format thereof coincide with the registration code issued from the issue unit and an input format thereof, the server system performs registration processing for associating the information terminal with the control target device.
US11816363B2
A computer implemented method manages virtual disks. A number of processor units detects attachment of a storage to a host operating system. The number of processor units mounts the storage to a set of mount points. The number of processor units creates a set of virtual disks and assigning, by the number of processor units, the set of virtual disks to a guest in operation in which instructions for the operation are performed without interruption. According to other illustrative embodiments, a computer system and a computer program product for managing virtual disks are provided.
US11816347B1
Systems and methods for creating virtual machine snapshots. An example method comprises: receiving a request to create a snapshot of a virtual machine running on a host computer system; protecting from modification a plurality of virtual memory pages of the virtual machine; responsive to detecting an attempt to modify a virtual memory page of the plurality of memory pages, copying the virtual memory page to a queue residing in a random access memory (RAM) of the host computer system; making the virtual memory page writable; retrieving the virtual memory page from the queue; writing the virtual memory page to a disk of the host computer system; and responsive to exhausting the queue, completing creation of the snapshot of the virtual machine.
US11816335B1
A system includes a first multi-port RAM storing an instruction table. The instruction table specifies a regular expression for application to a data stream and a second multi-port RAM configured to store a capture table having capture entries decodable for tracking position information for a sequence of characters matching a capture sub-expression of the regular expression. The system includes a regular expression engine processing the data stream to determine match states by tracking active states for the regular expression and priorities for the active states by storing the active states of the regular expression in a plurality of priority FIFO memories in decreasing priority order. The system includes a capture engine operating in coordination with the regular expression engine to determine character(s) of the data stream that match the capture sub-expression based on the active state being tracked and decoding the capture entries of the capture table.
US11816331B2
The invention is to efficiently exchange storage programs. A storage program in an active state and a storage program in a standby state in a storage program group each change metadata thereof when the storage program in the active state writes data. When update of the storage programs including arranging post-update storage programs in storage nodes and generating new-version metadata based on old-version metadata by the post-update storage programs is to be performed, the post-update storage program in the standby state generates the new-version metadata based on the old-version metadata is performed for the storage programs in the plurality of storage nodes while replacing the active state and the standby state of the storage programs with each other in the plurality of storage programs in the storage program group.
US11816329B2
A method for performing multi-touch (MT) data fusion is disclosed in which multiple touch inputs occurring at about the same time are received to generating first touch data. Secondary sense data can then be combined with the first touch data to perform operations on an electronic device. The first touch data and the secondary sense data can be time-aligned and interpreted in a time-coherent manner. The first touch data can be refined in accordance with the secondary sense data, or alternatively, the secondary sense data can be interpreted in accordance with the first touch data. Additionally, the first touch data and the secondary sense data can be combined to create a new command.
US11816326B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media related to a technique for providing handwriting input functionality on a user device. A handwriting recognition module is trained to have a repertoire comprising multiple non-overlapping scripts and capable of recognizing tens of thousands of characters using a single handwriting recognition model. The handwriting input module provides real-time, stroke-order and stroke-direction independent handwriting recognition for multi-character handwriting input. In particular, real-time, stroke-order and stroke-direction independent handwriting recognition is provided for multi-character, or sentence level Chinese handwriting recognition. User interfaces for providing the handwriting input functionality are also disclosed.
US11816321B1
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to enhancing extraction rules utilizing user feedback. In embodiments, a set of extraction rules relevant to an event set are provided for display. Thereafter, a selection of an extraction rule is received and, in response, a set of events matching the selected extraction rule is provided for display. A modification, for example provided by a user, in association with the extraction rule or the set of events is received. Such a modification is then used (e.g., via machine learning) to enhance extraction rules available for performing subsequent data extraction.
US11816316B2
In embodiments of statistics value chart interface cell mode drill down, a first interface displays in a table format that includes columns each with field values of an event field, and each column having a column heading of a different one of the event fields, and includes rows each with one or more of the field values, each field value in a row associated with a different one of the event fields, and having an aggregated metric that represents a number of events with field-value pairs that match all of the field values listed in a respective row and the corresponding event fields listed in the respective columns. A cell can be emphasized that includes one of the field values in a row that corresponds to one of the different event fields in a column, and in response, a menu displays options to transition to a second interface.
US11816314B1
Some computing systems may implement a user interface to provide a visualization of system contents to a user. To place a widget or component within the user interface, a user may select from a plurality of candidate display regions that have different respective sizes. The size of the first widget may be adjusted from a prior size to a first size in response to the first widget being moved to at least partially overly a first candidate display region, and may be further adjusted from the first size to a second size in response to the first widget being moved to at least partially overly a second candidate display region. The widget may then be displayed within the second candidate display region after adjusting the size of the first widget to the second size.
US11816304B2
Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and a method for performing operations comprising: receiving, by a messaging application, a first content item generated by a first client device using a third-party resource; generating the first content item for display on a second client device together with an indication of the third-party resource used to generate the first content item; receiving, from the second client device, selection of the indication of the third-party resource; generating, for display on the second client device, a first user interface that includes a plurality of content items associated with the third-party resource and a first option to access the third-party resource, the plurality of content items including the first content item; and enabling the second client device to use the third-party resource in response to receiving selection of the first option to access the third-party resource.
US11816303B2
An electronic device provides, to a display, while in a screensaver mode, data to present a first media, that includes a first visual motion effect. In response to receiving a user input on a remote user input device, a type of the user input on the remote user input device is determined. If the user input is of a first type, the device provides, to the display, data to present the first media, that includes the first visual motion effect, with corresponding descriptive text. If the user input is of a second type, the device exits the screensaver mode.
US11816300B2
A touch apparatus includes first touch electrodes and second touch electrodes. The first touch electrodes and the second touch electrodes are interlaced, so as to define first interlaced regions. Each of the first touch electrodes includes first main portions extended in a first direction and second main portions extended in a second direction. The first main portions and the second main portions are crossed, so as to form first grids. Each of the first touch electrodes further includes first branches crossed with two segments of two adjacent first main portions of at least one of the first grids.
US11816294B2
Provided are an output unit configured to output an image or distribution information of evaluation values corresponding to a plurality of regions of the image, an operation unit configured to accept a first action and a second action different from the first action; and a control unit configured to execute, when the output unit outputs a first image, output control such that the output unit outputs a second image if the operation unit accepts the first action, and that the output unit outputs distribution information of the evaluation values corresponding to the first image if the operation unit accepts the second action.
US11816284B2
A touch panel includes a carrier panel, a plurality of touch electrodes and a plurality of touch lines. The carrier panel has a bendable region and a non-bendable region. The plurality of touch electrodes and the plurality of touch lines are disposed on the carrier panel, and a touch electrode of the plurality of touch electrodes is electrically connected to one or more touch lines. A portion of at least one touch line located in the bendable region is a single-layer metal line, and at least a part of a portion of the at least one touch line located in the non-bendable region is a double-layer metal line.
US11816280B2
An encoder may be configured to receive a first input from a user. The encoder may include a first user input area. A configurator may be configured to communicate with the encoder and the encoder may be configured to communicate with a CPU. The encoder may receive the first input from the user at the first user input area based on an encoder configuration defined by the configurator. The encoder may communicate the first input to the CPU based on the encoder configuration defined by the configurator. A panel may be configured to receive a first input from a user. The panel may include a plurality of input areas. A portable computing device may comprise a configurator. The portable computing device may be configured to communicate with a CPU.
US11816279B2
It is an object to provide a device for piezoelectric sensing. According to an embodiment, a device comprises a touch surface, a plurality of piezoelectric sensors, wherein the plurality of piezoelectric sensors includes at least a first subset of piezoelectric sensors and a second subset of piezoelectric sensors, and a wakeup circuitry. The wakeup circuitry may be configured to: obtain the electrical signal from each piezoelectric sensor in the plurality of piezoelectric sensors; assign a positive sign to electrical signals obtained from the first subset of piezoelectric sensors and assign a negative sign to electrical signals obtained from the second subset of piezoelectric sensors; produce a sum signal by summing the obtained electrical signals according to the assigned signs; compare the sum signal to a preconfigured condition; and in response to the sum signal fulfilling the preconfigured condition, provide a wakeup signal.
US11816271B2
A control system controls a gesture recognition system of a vehicle. The control system identifies a position of a body part with respect to a gesture recognition area in accordance with a detection signal of a sensor system. The control system specifies a haptic feedback signal based on the position of the body part with respect to the gesture recognition area. The control system outputs the haptic feedback signal to a haptic feedback system. The haptic feedback signal is configured to cause the haptic feedback system to output non-contact haptic feedback indicating the position of the body part with respect to the gesture recognition area toward a vehicle occupant.
US11816268B2
Improved actuator and retraction mechanisms for force feedback exoskeletons are described. An actuator assembly for a force-feedback exoskeleton comprising: a rotating body coupled to a tendon and to a spring, said spring configured to produce a torque on the rotating body; and a second body having a surface configured to apply a variable force to a surface of the rotating body by means of a membrane enclosing a volume fluidically coupled to at least one control valve and to a pressurized fluid source, wherein the volume enclosed by the membrane comprises: a first pressure state in which the rotating body contacts the second body; and a second pressure state in which the rotating body does not contact the second body.
US11816256B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media including instructions for selectively operating a wearable extended reality appliance are disclosed. Selectively operating the wearable extended reality appliance includes establishing a link between a wearable extended reality appliance and a keyboard device; receiving sensor data from at least one sensor associated with the wearable extended reality appliance, the sensor data being reflective of a relative orientation of the wearable extended reality appliance with respect to the keyboard device; based on the relative orientation, selecting from a plurality of operation modes a specific operation mode for the wearable extended reality appliance; identifying a user command based on at least one signal detected by the wearable extended reality appliance; and executing an action responding to the identified user command in a manner consistent with the selected operation mode.
US11816253B2
An apparatus to facilitate enabling secure communication via attestation of multi-tenant configuration on accelerator devices is disclosed. The apparatus includes a processor to: verify a base bitstream of an accelerator device, the base bitstream published by a cloud service provider (CSP); verify partial reconfiguration (PR) boundary setups and PR isolation of an accelerator device, the PR boundary setups and PR isolation published by the CSP; generate PR bitstream to fit within at least one PR region of the PR boundary setups of the accelerator device; inspect accelerator device attestation received from a secure device manager (SDM) of the accelerator device; and responsive to successful inspection of the accelerator device attestation, provide the PR bitstream to the CSP for PR reconfiguration of the accelerator device.
US11816249B2
Systems and methods of dynamic management of private data during communication between a remote server and a user's device, including receipt of a request for retrieval of at least one data packet from the user's device, wherein the user's device is configured to provide a response corresponding to the received request, determination of at least one communication data type of the at least one data packet corresponding to the received request, receipt of a privacy preference for the user's device, wherein the privacy preference comprises a list of allowed data packet communication types for sharing during communication, modification of data packets corresponding to requests for sharing of responses that are not compatible with the received privacy preference and maintenance of communication between the remote server and the user's device, with sharing of the modified data packet.
US11816247B2
A multi-country data pipeline keeps all of the PII received from a user that is in a first country in the first country. The data pipeline allows the non-personal data received from the user to be transmitted and analyzed in a second country. The method further allows the results of the analysis in the second country to be transmitted back to the first country where the PII is added to the results of the analysis. The data pipeline allows the results of the analysis in the second country to be used to take a desired action for the user in the first country, all while the PII of the user never leaves the first country.
US11816244B2
Methods, systems and computer-program products are directed to a Privacy Engine for evaluating initial electronic documents to identify document content categories for portions of content within the electronic documents, with respect to extracted document structures and document positions, that may include privacy information for possible redaction via visual modification. The Privacy Engine builds a content profile based on detecting information at respective portions of electronic document content that indicate one or more pre-defined categories and/or sub-categories. For each respective portion of electronic document content, the Privacy Engine applies a machine learning model that corresponds with the indicated category (or categories and sub-categories) to determine a probability value of whether the respective portion of content includes data considered likely to be privacy information. The Privacy Engine recreates the one or more initial electronic documents according to one or more privacy information redactions at respective locations of the portions of content.
US11816240B1
A self-modifying data container for improved data security and methods of use are disclosed. The self-modifying data container includes a data storage structure for storing financial transaction information. The self-modifying data container also includes a data manager stored as code within the container. The data manager can run on a system hosting the self-modifying data container. The data manager can access transaction information in the data storage structure and modify the data in response to modification triggers. The data manager can delete data in the data storage structure. The data manager can also encrypt data in the data storage structure. The self-modifying data container improves both data security and data privacy.
US11816235B2
The semiconductor device includes a control unit having redundant processors, a memory storing target data, a secure memory storing a key used for encryption or decryption processing, an cryptographic unit, a secure processor instructing cryptographic processing to the cryptographic unit in response to a request from the control unit, a first bus coupled to the control unit, the memory, the cryptographic unit, and the secure processor, and a second bus coupled to the secure memory, the cryptographic unit, and the secure processor. The control unit communicates with the memory via a predetermined error detection mechanism, the cryptographic unit includes a plurality of cryptographic processors that independently perform cryptographic processing on target data using a key based on an instruction, and each of the plurality of cryptographic processors includes a data transfer unit that performs data transfer with the memory via the error detection mechanism.
US11816227B2
An apparatus for processing data comprises memory access circuitry to enforce ownership rights of a plurality of memory regions within a first memory. The memory access circuitry is responsive to a first export command received from a first export command source to perform a first export operation to encrypt the given owned data to form given encrypted data and to store the given encrypted data in a second memory. The memory access circuitry is responsive to a second export command for the given memory region received from a second export command source while the first export operation is being performed to determine whether said second export command source has higher priority than the first export command source and, when the second export command source has a higher priority, to interrupt the first export operation and to perform a second export operation specified by the second export command.
US11816224B2
In general, various aspects of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatuses, systems, computing devices, computing entities, and/or the like for addressing a modified risk rating identifying a risk to an entity of having computer-implemented functionality provided by a vendor integrated with a computing system of the entity. In accordance various aspects, a method is provided that comprises: receiving a first assessment dataset for computer-implemented functionality; detecting an inconsistency between a value of an attribute for the computer-implemented functionality specified in the first assessment dataset and a corresponding value of the attribute specified in a second assessment dataset for the computer-implemented functionality; modifying a risk rating that identifies a risk to the entity of having the computer-implemented functionality integrated with the computing system to generate a modified risk rating based on the inconsistency; and in response, performing an action with respect to the computing system to address the modified risk rating.
US11816217B2
Certain embodiments described herein relate to methods and systems for detecting unexpected behavior associated with a process. In certain embodiments, a method comprises receiving a memory allocation request, the request indicating one or more memory segments to be allocated in memory of a computing system. The method further comprises allocating the one or more memory segments in the memory based on the memory allocation request. The method further comprises allocating one or more decoy memory segments in the memory based on the memory allocation request. The method further comprises trapping an input/output (I/O) operation. The method further comprises detecting an unexpected behavior associated with the I/O operation based on determining that the I/O operation impacts at least one of the one or more decoy memory segments. The method further comprises performing one or more actions based on the detection.
US11816212B2
A malware detection facility is described. In a first computer system, the facility receives from a second computer system ciphertext obtained by subjecting plaintext file contents to homomorphic encryption. In the first computer system, the facility performs a malware detection operation directly on the received ciphertext.
US11816211B2
An apparatus and method for responding to an invalid state occurrence encountered during execution of a third-party application program is included. The apparatus performing the method which includes registering a trap signal handler with a kernel of an operating system. The method also including intercepting calls from the third-party application program to the operating system and processing an exception signal corresponding to the invalid state to generate a response. The response including performing a signal reporting process.
US11816206B2
A system includes a memory and a processor in communication with the memory. The processor is configured to supply a library with a list of safe callback values, protect the list of safe callback values, invoke a callback, and validate the callback against the list of safe callback values to determine a status of the callback. The status of the callback is one of safe and unsafe. Additionally, the processor is configured to execute the callback responsive to determining the status of the callback is safe. The processor is also configured to abort the callback responsive to determining the status of the callback is unsafe.
US11816205B2
Systems and methods for detecting and handling attacks on processes executing within a trusted execution environment (TEE) are disclosed. In one implementation, a processing device may detect by a first process an event indicating that a first process executing in a TEE of a host computer system is under attack from a second process executing on the host computer system. the processing device may set a flag within a memory region of the TEE indicating that the first process is under attack. The processing device may further perform, in view of an attack response policy associated with the first process, an action responsive to detecting the event.
US11816203B2
An anti-malware system monitors the emulation of a suspicious program in a sandbox environment. The anti-malware system determines that the suspicious program is attempting to access a restricted area of memory (e.g., an executable instruction in the restricted area). Rather than stop the emulation, the anti-malware system can temporarily pause the emulation of the suspicious program. During this pause, the anti-malware system can determine whether the suspicious program is containable within the sandbox environment. If the anti-malware system determines that the emulation of the executable instruction is safe (e.g., that the program is containable), the anti-malware system will resume emulation. If the anti-malware system determines that the emulation of the executable instruction is not safe, the anti-malware system may shut down emulation.
US11816199B1
The technology described herein detects a first device associated with a user that is within a detectable range of a second device. The system requests authentication information. In response to receiving the authentication information, a token generator associated with the user can generate a secure token. The secure token can be sent to the server. Once the secure token is verified, the user is granted access to one or more services.
US11816195B2
An information processing apparatus in the present invention includes: an acquisition unit that acquires first history information indicating that a procedure related to boarding of a passenger in an airport was performed with biometric authentication and second history information indicating that the procedure was performed with reading of a medium; and an output unit that outputs usage status of the biometric authentication in the procedure based on the first history information and the second history information.
US11816192B2
A system may include a license publishing server, a plurality of licensing servers arranged in a cluster and configured to communicate with the license publishing server to obtain a given number of authorized licenses for virtual computing sessions associated with the cluster, and a plurality of geographically distributed virtualization servers configured to obtain authorized licenses from the plurality of licensing servers and run virtual computing sessions for client computing devices based upon the authorized licenses. The licensing servers may be configured to, based upon a consensus protocol, distribute the authorized licenses to the virtualization servers, reach an agreement among the licensing servers regarding whether a number of authorized licenses in use across the virtualization servers has exceeded the given number of authorized licenses, and cease to distribute authorized licenses to the virtualization servers based upon agreement that the number of authorized licenses in use has exceeded the given number.
US11816189B1
Provided is a method including: associating a virtual display of an object with first media content including a first type media content; associating the virtual display of the object with second media content that includes second type media content; generating a data model that includes the virtual display associated with the first media content and the second media content; and storing the data model in a storage device coupled to the computer system. As such, the method unifies all components (e.g., media content, tags, permissions, descriptions) of the data model—text description and attributes, image, video, and audio—to create a unique, multi-dimensional, transferable digital representation of an idea, memory, or history tied to the object.
US11816187B2
At least one processor may capture a plurality of image snapshots containing information about a monitored system at a plurality of sequential times, each snapshot having the same vertical and horizontal dimensions. The processor may label the plurality of image snapshots as indicative of an event that took place in the monitored system, may receive additional data describing the event, may cluster the labeled plurality of image snapshots and the additional data using at least one machine learning clustering algorithm, and may merge the clustered plurality of image snapshots and the clustered additional data into merged data. The processors may create a model by processing the merged data using at least one neural network, the model being configured to detect future events of a same type as the event in the monitored system. The processor may store the model in a memory in communication with the processor.
US11816176B2
A system for adding an external function to a webpage includes: one or more processors; and memory communicably connected to the one or more processors and storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: receive code associated with the webpage from a remote server; identify a plurality of images in the code; filter the plurality of images to identify a first type of image different from other images of the plurality of images; and append the external function to the first type of image to display a modified webpage including the external function on a display device of a first user.
US11816169B2
Efficient uniques querying is disclosed, including: receiving a search query for a number of unique audience members across a plurality of groups of audience members; obtaining a plurality of sets of representations corresponding to respective ones of the plurality of groups of audience members; selecting at least a subset from each of the plurality of sets of representations; merging the selected at least subsets of the plurality of sets of representations into a merged set of representations; determining the number of unique audience members across the plurality of groups of audience members based at least in part on the merged set of representations; and outputting the number of unique audience members across the plurality of groups of audience members.
US11816160B2
A unified graph query system provides an abstraction layer that increases the interoperability of different graph technologies by exposing graphs stored in graph databases using a unified query language. The abstraction layer generates graph models for each of the available graph databases and extracts a graph component and other source data used to identify the source of the data requested by a query. The unified graph query system executes the query across the multiple graphs included in different graph databases by using the graph models to locate the graph component in each of the multiple graphs and extract the feature data associated with the graph component. The feature data is used to generate features that are used by a machine learning service to train machine learning models and is also used to make predictions in real time.
US11816150B2
A syndicated-content recognition system retrieves, from at least one database, media broadcast files broadcast by a plurality of media broadcast sources, wherein individual media broadcast files are associated with stations, days of the week, and times. Based on historical data associated with the media broadcast files, the system determines whether a particular media broadcast file associated with a particular station and a particular time is likely to include syndicated content. In response to determining that the particular media broadcast file is likely to include syndicated content the particular media broadcast file is tagged to generate a tagged media broadcast file, and the tagged media broadcast file is exempted from syndicated-content-comparisons with other media broadcast files.
US11816146B1
Systems and methods are provided to process a digital photo and other media. An apparatus to process digital photos can include a tangibly embodied computer processor (CP) and a tangibly embodied database. The CP can perform processing including: (a) inputting a photo from a user device, and the photo including geographic data that represents a photo location at which the photo was generated; (b) comparing at least one area with the photo location and associating an area identifier to the photo as part of photo data; and (c) performing processing based on the area identifier and the photo data. Processing can provide for (a) processing media with geographical segmentation; (b) processing media in a geographical area, based on media density; (c) crowd based censorship of media; (d) filtering media content based on user perspective, that can be for comparison, validation and voting; (e) notification processing; (f) processing to associate a non-fungible token (NFT) with a segmented area, which can be described more generally as “token” processing; (g) photo walk processing; and (h) dynamic group processing; for example.
US11816141B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for receiving a request that includes a user identifier of a user that submitted a search query and an entity identifier of an entity that is referenced by the search query, identifying a plurality of knowledge elements that are related to the entity, identifying, in a consumption database, one or more items that have been indicated as consumed by the user and that are associated with the entity that is referenced by the search query, assigning rank scores to the plurality of knowledge elements, based at least on identifying the one or more items, selecting one or more of the knowledge elements from among the knowledge elements based at least on the rank scores assigned to the knowledge elements, and providing, in response to the request, information associated with the entity and the one or more selected knowledge elements.
US11816133B2
The present disclosure is directed to a crowdsourced problem-solution directory and a computer implemented, node-based system to inventory problems, needs, and solutions. Within this framework, individuals & teams can use their cognition and reasoning to identify and describe problems, goals, and solutions as well as their respective causal connections, and then use a computer interface to add this information to a shared database. This crowdsourced database will then represent a universal problem-solution object. This tree-like, multidimensional node network serves the purpose to inventory every problem, every goal, and every solution, as well as their casualties, represented as nodal connections.
US11816131B2
A method and system. Target clusterability is calculated as an average of a respective clusterability of at least one target data item comprised by a target domain. Target-side matchability is calculated as an average of a respective matchability of each target centroid of the target domain to source centroids of a source domain, wherein the source domain comprises at least one source data item. Source-side matchability is calculated as an average of a respective matchability of each source centroid of said source centroids to the target centroids. Source-target pair matchability is calculated as an average of the target-side matchability and the source-side matchability. Cross-domain clusterability between the target domain and the source domain is calculated as a linear combination of the calculated target clusterability and the calculated source-target pair matchability. The cross-domain clusterability is transferred to a device.
US11816128B2
Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for managing content across discrete systems. A content management system can be implemented to manage content items and synchronize content items across devices. A content collaboration system can be implemented to generate documents and facilitate collaboration on documents. To take advantage of the content management system's functionality to manage and synchronize content items while also providing the collaboration functionality of the content collaboration system, the content management system can store and manage references to documents created in the content collaboration system. The document references can be managed by the content management system such that the document references appear to users as if the document references were the referenced document in the collaboration system.
US11816125B1
An illustrative embodiment disclosed herein is a computer-implemented method. In some embodiments, the method includes uploading, by a processor, an object to a source bucket in an object store and creating, by the processor, a lambda bucket in the object store that is symlinked to the source bucket. In some embodiments, the lambda bucket is associated with a transformation function. In some embodiments, the method includes associating, by the processor, a lambda function with the object in the source bucket, receiving, by the processor, a request to download the object from the lambda bucket, detecting, by the processor, that the object is in the source bucket and associated with the lambda function, fetching, by the processor, the object from the source bucket, generating, by the processor, a transformed object by invoking the lambda function and the transformation function on the object, and downloading, by the processor, the transformed object.
US11816120B2
Certain embodiments involve extracting seasonal, level, and spike components from a time series of metrics data, which describe interactions with an online service over a time period. For example, an analytical system decomposes the time series into latent components that include a seasonal component series, a level component series, a spike component series, and an error component series. The decomposition involves configuring an optimization algorithm with a constraint indicating that the time series is a sum of these latent components. The decomposition also involves executing the optimization algorithm to minimize an objective function subject to the constraint and identifying, from the executed optimization algorithm, the seasonal component series, the level component series, the spike component series, and the error component series that minimize the objective function. The analytical system outputs at least some latent components for anomaly-detection or data-forecasting.
US11816114B1
The present disclosure includes systems and techniques relating to ranking search results of a search query. In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in a computer-implemented method that includes determining a measure of relevance for a document result within a context of a search query for which the document result is returned, the determining being based on a first number in relation to a second number, the first number corresponding to longer views of the document result, and the second number corresponding to at least shorter views of the document result; and outputting the measure of relevance to a ranking engine for ranking of search results, including the document result, for a new search corresponding to the search query. The subject matter described in this specification can also be embodied in various corresponding computer program products, apparatus and systems.
US11816111B2
Methods, systems, and media for presenting related media content items are provided. In accordance with some implementations, a method for providing media guidance is provided, the method comprising: receiving, from a user device, a search query for a media content item; determining a plurality of media content items that are related to the media content item; determining a plurality of keywords associated with each of the plurality of related media content items; generating a document containing the plurality of keywords that are associated with each of the plurality of related media content items; calculating a score for each of the plurality of keywords in the document based on a term frequency and an inverse document frequency for each of the plurality of keywords; selecting a first keyword from a list of the plurality of keywords based at least in part on the calculated score; determining a first subset of related media content items, wherein each media content item in the first subset is associated with the selected first keyword; removing the selected first keyword from the list of the plurality of keywords and selecting a second keyword from the list of the plurality of keywords based at least in part on the calculated score; determining a second subset of related media content items, wherein each media content item in the second subset is associated with the selected second keyword; and causing the first subset and the second subset of related media content items to be presented along with a relatedness indicator, wherein the relatedness indicator is generated using the first keyword for the first subset and the second keyword for the second subset.
US11816101B2
This document describes techniques and devices for a radar recognition-aided search. Through use of a radar-based recognition system, gestures made by, and physiological information about, persons can be determined. In the case of physiological information, the techniques can use this information to refine a search. For example, if a person requests a search for a coffee shop, the techniques may refine the search to coffee shops in the direction that the person is walking. In the case of a gesture, the techniques may refine or base a search solely on the gesture. Thus, a search for information about a store, car, or tree can be made responsive to a gesture pointing at the store, car, or tree with or without explicit entry of a search query.
US11816097B2
Systems and methods for determining accurate addresses for assets are described herein. According to some aspects, a plurality of addresses associated with an asset are compiled from sources such as database systems. For the plurality of address records, scores that correspond to attributes of the address records can be determined. Attributes associated with the address records may include a recency, a source, a date, license plate data, or address type, to name several non-limiting examples. Additionally, a zone of interest for the asset can be determined based on the plurality of address records. The plurality of address records is prioritized based on their distance from the zone of interest and the scores associated with them and, based on the priority, a subset of the plurality of address records is sent to, for example, a service provider.
US11816095B2
Illustrative embodiments provide an efficient, resilient high-availability (“HA”) router architecture. In illustrative embodiments, metric and event data is made resilient to node failover by replication. The same data is stored on the database of each router. Instead of pushing metrics directly from all of each node's software to each node's database, replication is instead handled by the database loader application subscribing to queues on both nodes. In some embodiments, records are written in the queues to topics that have a certain time to live (TTL), so the loader on one node has the duration of the TTL to read from the other node's queue in order to achieve replication.
US11816085B2
Methods, apparatus, systems, computing devices, computing entities, and/or the like for programmatic methodologies for determining and providing prior authorization requirements in a way that facilitates inputting information/data, updating information/data, searching information/data, viewing information/data, reporting information/data, and analyzing information/data while being broadly accessible to disparate systems.
US11816082B2
A processing device receives a first query comprising a first field value and a first time period. The processing device performs a first search of a data store to identify a first plurality of events having the first time period and at least one field that comprises the first field value. The processing device generates a first search object comprising the first field value. The processing device generates a search event comprising the first field value and a reference to the first search object. An event entry for the first search event is then written to the data store. Future searches may return both the first search event and other events.
US11816072B2
Embodiments of systems and methods as disclosed may provide a platform agnostic way to edit content within an enterprise. For example, a platform independent thin client editor may be provided such that this editor can be accessed by users at a variety of computing platforms across the distributed computer network of an enterprise, regardless of the platform from which the thin client editor is being accessed. Moreover, certain embodiments may provide a role based mechanism for controlling the editing of content. Embodiments of such a role based mechanism may allow one editor of a content item to designate a role associated with the content item so that only users associated with that role may be allowed to edit the content item or portion of the content item.
US11816064B2
A container group is created using a database deployment infrastructure (DI) administrator (HA). API privileges for the container group are granted, using the HA, to a container group administrator (GA). API privileges for a container created in the container group using the GA are granted, using the GA, to a container administrator (CA). API privileges for the container are granted, using the CA, to a container developer (CD). Schema privileges for the container are granted, using the CA, to a container consumer (CC). API privileges for the container group are revoked, using the HA, from the GA. The container group is dropped using the HA.
US11816055B2
A storage device is provided. The storage device includes a field programmable gate array board connected to a first port of the storage device; and a storage controller including a first interface circuit and a second interface circuit. The first interface circuit is connected to the FPGA board, the second interface circuit is connected to a second port of the storage device, at least one port from among the first port and the second port being configured to connect to an external storage device, and the FPGA board is configured to provide a path for transferring data in a peer-to-peer manner between the storage controller and the external storage device without intervention of a host.
US11816048B2
Enhanced techniques for communicating with an integrated circuit chip card are disclosed. An integrated circuit chip card may include a processor, a memory storing a plurality applications executable by the processor, an input/output (I/O) interface, and a network interface coupled to the (I/O) interface. The network interface may implement a plurality of logical ports, and the network interface can be configurable to select between multiple communication protocols to communicate with an external device in a socket communication mode. The network interface can be configured to establish a plurality of communication channels between the external device the integrated circuit chip card using the plurality of logical ports, and each of the communication channels may support communication with one of the plurality of applications.
US11816045B2
A computer-implemented method includes receiving, by a computing device, input activations and determining, by a controller of the computing device, whether each of the input activations has either a zero value or a non-zero value. The method further includes storing, in a memory bank of the computing device, at least one of the input activations. Storing the at least one input activation includes generating an index comprising one or more memory address locations that have input activation values that are non-zero values. The method still further includes providing, by the controller and from the memory bank, at least one input activation onto a data bus that is accessible by one or more units of a computational array. The activations are provided, at least in part, from a memory address location associated with the index.
US11816042B2
Embodiments of systems and methods for platform framework telemetry are described. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to: receive telemetry data at a telemetry service from at least one producer registered with a platform framework via an Application Programming Interface (API); receive a request for at least a subset of the telemetry data from a consumer registered with the platform framework via the API; and transmit the subset of the telemetry data to the consumer.
US11816040B2
Device memory protection for supporting trust domains is described. An example of a computer-readable storage medium includes instructions for allocating device memory for one or more trust domains (TDs) in a system including one or more processors and a graphics processing unit (GPU); allocating a trusted key ID for a TD of the one or more TDs; creating LMTT (Local Memory Translation Table) mapping for address translation tables, the address translation tables being stored in a device memory of the GPU; transitioning the TD to a secure state; and receiving and processing a memory access request associated with the TD, processing the memory access request including accessing a secure version of the address translation tables.
US11816038B2
A method and an apparatus of mapping table reconstruction based on a SSD, and a computer device are disclosed by the present application, and the method includes: acquiring the mapping table reconstruction request based on the SSD; scanning starting from the last physical page of the corresponding physical block according to the mapping table reconstruction request based on the SSD; reading the corresponding logical address and N logical address offsets from a data area of the current physical page, where N is the positive integer greater than 1; acquiring logical addresses corresponding to N adjacent pages in sequence according to the logical address corresponding to the current physical page and the N logical address offsets; reconstructing a mapping relationship between logical addresses and physical addresses according to the logical address corresponding to the current physical page and the logical addresses corresponding to the N adjacent pages.
US11816034B2
A Bloom filter is used to track contents of a cache. A system checks the Bloom filter before deciding whether to prefetch an address (by hashing the address and checking a value of the Bloom filter at an index based on the hash). This allows the system to utilize more aggressive prefetching schemes by reducing the risk of wasteful redundant prefetch operations.
US11816033B2
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and software for a content delivery network that caches content for delivery to end user devices is presented. In one example, a content delivery network (CDN) is presented having a plurality of cache nodes that cache content for delivery to end user devices. The CDN includes an anonymization node configured to establish anonymized network addresses for transfer of content to cache nodes from one or more origin servers that store the content before caching by the CDN. The anonymization node is configured to provide indications of relationships between the anonymized network addresses and the cache nodes to a routing node of the CDN. The routing node is configured to route the content transferred by the one or more origin servers responsive to content requests of the cache nodes based on the indications of the relationships between the anonymous network addresses to the cache nodes.
US11816024B2
A method of testing a system model is disclosed. The system model includes a system parameter and three or more equipment models, each equipment model includes an equipment parameter which models a parameter of a respective equipment. The method includes (a) making a series of changes of the equipment parameter of one of the equipment models so that the equipment parameter of the one of the equipment models adopts a series of test values of the equipment parameter; (b) operating the system model to determine a series of test values of the system parameter, each test value of the system parameter is determined in accordance with a respective one of the test values of the equipment parameter; (c) determining a weight of the selected one of the equipment models, the weight of the one of the equipment models indicates a sensitivity of the system parameter to the series of changes in the equipment parameter of the one of the equipment models; and (d) outputting the weight of the one of the equipment models.
US11816013B2
Systems and methods for generating and rendering dynamic 3D representations of subsystems of a computer ecosystem can include a computing device receiving data indicative of importance parameters of a subset of assets of a plurality of assets of a computer environment. Each asset of the subset of assets can be associated with a respective importance parameter. The computing device can determine, for each asset of the subset of assets, a respective visual depth using the respective importance parameter of the asset. The computing device can construct a visual representation of a 3D model of the subset of assets. Each asset can be depicted according to the respective visual depth in the visual representation of the 3D model. The computing device can include causing display of the visual representation of the 3D model on a display device.
US11816012B2
Techniques for multi-domain systems integration and evaluation are disclosed, including: obtaining criteria associated with a strategic objective; determining that a first system, operating in a first operating domain, is only partially capable of satisfying a first criterion in the criteria; determining that a second system, operating in a second operating domain that is different from the first operating domain, is capable of augmenting the first system with respect to satisfying the first criterion; responsive to determining that the second system is capable of augmenting the first system with respect to satisfying the first criterion, modeling a multi-domain system including at least a first component from the first system and at least a second component from the second system; and generating a performance metric that objectively evaluates capabilities of the multi-domain system against the criteria associated with the strategic objective.
US11816004B2
Methods and systems for file level prioritization during a data restore operation are disclosed. According to some embodiments, in response to a restore request to restore one or more files and for each file, the method includes retrieving file information and a critical value associated with the file, and calculating a Euclidean distance of the file to a consecutive file based on the critical value. The method further includes sorting the file(s) based on the calculated Euclidean distance of each file. The method further includes restoring the sorted file(s) at a target site.
US11816003B2
Methods, non-transitory machine readable media, and computing devices that more securely facilitate data protection workflows are disclosed. With this technology, identification information for primary inbound and outbound queues is extracted from a registration token received from an administrator device. A registration request is inserted into the primary outbound queue using the identification information and one or more communication networks that are external to a data center. The primary inbound queue is polled using the identification information and the communication networks to retrieve messages from a backup service computing device that instantiated the queues and generated the registration token. Accordingly, nodes in a data center can communicate more securely with a cloud backup service via queues and without exposing any HTTP ports to the backup service. Advantageously, the backup service can learn the topology of a storage cluster and manage data protection workflows via communications with one of the constituent nodes.
US11815999B2
The disclosure provides an approach for alarm state restoration. Embodiments include determining a plurality of alarm definitions applicable to an inventory of a plurality of entities in a computing environment. Embodiments include assigning each given alarm definition of the plurality of alarm definitions to a given alarm category of a plurality of alarm categories. Embodiments include restoring declared states of the plurality of alarms definition on the inventory based on the assigning, wherein the restoring comprises, for each given alarm category of the plurality of alarm categories, performing a single traversal of the inventory to identify all respective entities of the plurality of entities that correspond to one or more alarm definitions assigned to the given alarm category.
US11815997B2
A memory controller includes an error correction code (ECC) engine and an error managing circuit. The ECC engine is configured to, during a read operation, perform an ECC decoding on a read codeword set to generate a first and second syndrome associated with a correctable error in a user data set included in the read codeword set, correct the correctable error based on the first syndrome and the second syndrome, and provide the second syndrome to the error managing circuit. The error managing circuit is configured to accumulate second syndromes associated with a plurality of correctable errors and obtained through a plurality of read operations as a plurality of second syndromes, store the plurality of second syndromes, compare the plurality of second syndromes with an error pattern set, and predict an occurrence of an uncorrectable error associated with the correctable error in a memory region based on the comparison.
US11815995B1
A memory device is provided that includes a memory array including a first array, a first redundant array that is local to the first array, a second array, and a second redundant array that is local to the second array, a cache array including a first cache, a first redundant cache that is local to the first cache, a second cache and a second redundant cache that is local to the second cache, and circuits comprising logic to execute operations. The operations include, responsive to an identification of a defective column in the first array, performing a local defect write repair and responsive to an identification of another defective column in the first array and a determination that the first redundant array is fully utilized, performing a global defect write repair by transferring data into the second redundant array through the first cache and the second redundant cache.
US11815992B2
A computing device and method for profiling and diagnostics in an Internet of Things (IoT) system, including matching an observed solution characteristic of the IoT system to an anomaly in an anomaly database.
US11815988B2
A system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure automatically responds to event alarms or failures in IT management in real-time and its operation method. The system provides a management object system accumulating responses IT managers made in case of issues including the event alarms, and the failures, wherein data is used as a learning data that suggests response measures for the event alarms or the failures through a status collector, a controller, and a linker, wherein future event alarms or failures, the learning data suggests the responding measures for corresponding phenomenon to the IT managers through a response measure suggester, and wherein responses are automatically made with a responder, where the responder is an artificial intelligence function.
US11815981B2
Apparatuses and methods of operating a flexible and optimized power management unit (PMU) for multiple power supply scenarios are described. One integrated circuit includes a first terminal to couple to an unregulated power supply, a second terminal to couple to a regulated power supply, a first regulator, and a second regulator. The first regulator outputs a first supply voltage in a first configuration, and the second regulator outputs a second supply voltage in a second configuration. The first and second regulators do not operate concurrently.
US11815979B2
Embodiments include apparatuses, methods, and systems including a power control unit to control different power consumptions by one or more processors to operate different applications. The power control unit may receive power information that may include a priority information for each application to be operated on the one or more processors, determine to control, based on the power information for different applications, different power consumptions by the one or more processors to operate the different applications. Other embodiments may also be described and claimed.
US11815977B2
An apparatus includes a power management integrated circuit (PMIC) and a power translator component coupled to the PMIC. The power translator component supplies power to the PMIC. The power translator component can further receive, from the PMIC, an indication that the PMIC has experienced a thermal event and responsive to receipt of the indication that the PMIC has experienced the thermal event, prevent powering of the PMIC.
US11815961B2
A portable information device includes a chassis with a heating element housed inside, and a cover device which covers the back surface of the chassis. The cover device has a core material, a graphite sheet laminated on the surface of the core material, an auxiliary sheet laminated on the surface of the graphite sheet and softer than the core material, and a surface material laminated on the surface of the auxiliary sheet to form the surface of the cover device and softer than the auxiliary sheet.
US11815959B2
A roll-slide display device includes a first frame, a second frame, and a third frame which configure an outer periphery, a flexible display unit which includes a first area coupled to the first frame, a second area coupled to the third frame, and a third area located between the first area and the second area, and a magnet provided in the second frame, in which the flexible display unit includes a display panel and a magnetic sheet disposed on a rear surface of the display panel and the first frame slides to the left and right with respect to the second frame to implement a default state and an extended state.
US11815957B2
Provided is a conductive film comprising a substrate and a conductive part comprising at least a fine wire pattern formed on a first side of the substrate, wherein surface free energy SFE1 on the first side is larger than surface free energy SFE2 on a second side of the substrate opposite to the first side.
US11815954B2
Provided is a method, performed by an electronic device, of performing an operation based on bending, the method including: sensing bending that deforms a shape of the electronic device; determining a first region, from which the bending is sensed, from among regions of the electronic device; selecting an object indicated by the first region from at least one object displayed on the electronic device; and performing an operation on the selected object.
US11815952B2
A dock for a computing device includes: a cradle configured to receive a first edge of the computing device; a body extending from the cradle, the body having: (i) a first mounting surface configured to removably support a first accessory module in a first volume adjacent to the computing device, and (ii) a second mounting surface configured to removably support, independently of the first accessory module, a second accessory module in a second volume disjoint from the first volume.
US11815948B2
A mobile terminal includes a first frame, a second frame slidably-movable in a first direction or in a second direction opposite to the first direction from the first frame, a slide frame movable in the first direction or in the second direction with respect to the second frame, a flexible display unit including a first region coupled to the first frame, a second region coupled to the slide frame, and a third region positioned between the first region and the second region and bent while surrounding the second frame, a driving unit disposed to be positionally biased in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the driving unit provides a force to the second frame to move, and a linear guide positioned between the first frame and the second frame and guiding the movement of the second frame in the first direction or in the second direction. The mobile terminal may improve durability of the flexible display unit by not restricting a point where the flexible display unit is bent to a specific position.
US11815947B2
A foldable display device includes a display panel including a folding area and a non-folding area, and a support substrate disposed under the display panel, the support substrate includes a first metal sheet including a plurality of wavy curved portions and a first planarization layer disposed on the first metal sheet, and the support substrate includes a second metal sheet disposed on the first planarization layer and having a planar surface shape and a second planarization layer disposed under the first metal sheet, therefore, since the support substrate integrated into a single layer is disposed under the display panel, folding properties of the display device may be improved, and an overall thickness of the display device may be decreased and a transfer of a pattern boundary or a folding area boundary can be minimized.
US11815941B2
A method of operating a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) device including a first port and a second port comprises: performing a first link training operation to link up a first host with a first link of the first port; operating in a single port mode when the first link training operation is completed; performing a lane reduce operation to reduce a lane corresponding to the first link in response to a mode change request received from the first host; and performing a second link training operation to link up a second host with a second link of the second port when a status of the first link is an L0 state.
US11815939B2
A memory control unit of a memory device includes at least one hardware processor; and memory storing instructions that cause the at least one hardware processor to perform operations comprising: generating a scrambler seed and a logical block address (LBA) for a block of write data received by the memory control unit from a host device; generating a flash translation layer (FTL) to map the LBA to a physical address (PA); scrambling the block of data using the scrambler seed; encrypting the scrambler seed, the LBA, and the PA in the FTL using an encryption key; initiating writing a scrambled block of data and encrypted LBA and scrambler seed to a memory array; and decrypting the FTL using an incorrect encryption key in response to an erase command received by the memory control unit from the host device.
US11815937B2
Methods, systems and apparatus for quantum error correction. A layered representation of error propagation through quantum error detection circuits is constructed. The layered representation includes multiple line circuit layers that each represent a probability of local detection events in a quantum computing system associated with potential error processes in an execution of a quantum algorithm. To construct the layered representation, potential detection events associated with each potential error process occurring at quantum gates in the quantum circuit are determined. Lines are associated with each potential error process, the lines each connecting a potential detection event associated with the potential error process to another potential detection event associated with the same potential error process or a boundary of the quantum circuit. Similar lines are merged and used to construct unique line circuit layers. The layered representation is transmitted to the quantum computing system prior to execution of the quantum algorithm.
US11815932B2
According to various embodiments of the disclosure, an electronic device includes: a first housing and a second housing configured to rotate with respect to each other between a first position at which the first housing and the second housing are disposed to face each other and a second position at which the first housing and the second housing are unfolded from the first position at a specified angle with respect to each other, and a hinge module including a hinge disposed between the first housing and the second housing and configured to couple the first housing and the second housing to be rotatable to each other. The hinge module includes: a first hinge plate coupled with the first housing and disposed to be rotatable around a first rotation axis, a second hinge plate coupled with the second housing and disposed to be rotatable around a second rotation axis parallel to the first rotation axis, a rotation plate disposed to be rotatable around a rotation axis perpendicular to the first rotation axis or the second rotation axis, a first interlocking assembly including at least one of a slider, a link or a connection pin configured to couple the first hinge plate and the rotation plate to each other, and a second interlocking assembly including at least one of a slider, a link or a connection pin configured to couple the second hinge plate and the rotation plate to each other. As the first housing and the second housing rotate, the first hinge plate and the second hinge plate are configured to be interlocked with each other by the rotation plate, the first interlocking assembly, and the second interlocking assembly to rotate between the first position and the second position.
US11815930B1
A system for actuating a brake pedal and an accelerator pedal of a vehicle by hand. The system includes a planetary gear train having a sun gear, a ring gear, and planetary gears meshed with both the sun gear and the ring gear. The planetary gears are mounted to a carrier. A carrier flange is in cooperation with the carrier to rotate with the carrier. A sun gear flange is in cooperation with the sun gear. Rotation of the sun gear flange rotates the sun gear. A lever is mounted adjacent to the sun gear flange. An accelerator actuation assembly is connected to the lever and configured to couple with the accelerator pedal. A brake actuation assembly is connected to the carrier flange and configured to couple with the brake pedal.
US11815926B1
A method includes receiving a respective signal from each of a plurality of respective sensor circuits, wherein each respective signal is indicative of a voltage or a current detected by each of the plurality of respective sensor circuits and performing an operation to determine whether one or more of the received signals meets a criterion. The method further includes generating a voltage management control signal in response to a determination that the one or more of the received signals meets the criterion, transferring the voltage management control signal to a voltage regulator, and generating, by the voltage regulator, a voltage signal in response to receipt of the voltage management control signal.
US11815917B2
An electronic monitoring and protection system which obtains permission from each of a plurality of users to access security data from one or more monitoring devices. The electronic monitoring and protection system using the security data to determine a threat level posed to a person to be protected, and initiating an action if the threat level exceeds a predetermined threshold.
US11815915B2
A vehicular monitoring system (5) has a plurality of sensors (20, 30) that are used to sense the presence of objects (15) around a vehicle (10, 52) for detecting collision threats. At least one of the sensors is positioned such that a portion of the vehicle is at a predefined location relative to the sensor and is within the sensor's field of view. As an example, for an aircraft, a sensor may be positioned such that a portion of the aircraft's wing, aerospike, or other structure is within the sensor's field of view. The system is configured to automatically calibrate the sensor and, if desired, other sensors using the portion of the vehicle at the predefined location.
US11815910B2
The present disclosure discloses a method, apparatus, medium, and device for vehicle automatic navigation control. With the solutions according to the embodiments of the present disclosure, in a vehicle automatic navigation control process, a first vehicle-mounted server can receive automatic navigation information corresponding to another vehicle, and determine a vehicle-mounted server identifier of a vehicle to form a platoon with a vehicle where the first vehicle-mounted server is located based on automatic navigation information corresponding to the vehicle where the first vehicle-mounted server is located, and transmit a platooning request to a second vehicle-mounted server corresponding to the determined vehicle-mounted server identifier of the vehicle to form the platoon, such that the vehicle where the first vehicle-mounted server is located can form the platoon with another vehicle, and the vehicle where the first vehicle-mounted server is located can be controlled to move as a following vehicle of the other vehicle.
US11815908B2
In an automated vehicle (AV) system, interdependencies between components of the AV are determined, an operational domain state of one or more of the components can be determined based on the determined interdependencies, and an output signal representing the operational domain state of the one or more components can be generated. A user interface can present a notification based on the output signal to notify the driver and/or other occupants of the AV of the operational domain state of one or more of the components.
US11815904B2
A navigation system for a host vehicle may include at least one processor programmed to receive, from a camera, a plurality of images representative of an environment of the host vehicle. The processor may also be programmed to analyze at least one of the plurality of images to identify navigational state information associated with the host vehicle; determine a plurality of potential trajectories for the host vehicle based on the navigational state information; perform a preliminary analysis relative to each of the plurality of potential trajectories and assign to each of the plurality of potential trajectories, based on the preliminary analysis, at least one indicator of relative ranking; select, based on the at least one indicator of relative ranking assigned to each of the plurality of potential trajectories, a subset of the plurality of potential trajectories, wherein the subset of the plurality of potential trajectories includes fewer potential trajectories than the plurality of potential trajectories; perform a secondary analysis relative to the subset of the plurality of potential trajectories, and based on the secondary analysis, select one of the subset of the plurality of potential trajectories as a planned trajectory for the host vehicle; determine one or more navigational actions for the host vehicle based on the planned trajectory selected from among the subset of the plurality of potential trajectories; and cause at least one adjustment of a navigational actuator of the host vehicle to implement the one or more navigational actions for the host vehicle.
US11815902B2
Disclosed is an electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus includes: a camera; a memory configured to store attribute information and environment information; and a processor configured to identify a plurality of objects based on an image obtained by the camera, identify a first context of a first object, from among the plurality of objects, based on a relationship between attribute information of the plurality of objects and the environment information, and control a traveling state of the electronic apparatus based on the first context.
US11815891B2
A method of navigating an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) includes determining a target function for an open space model based on one or more obstacles and map information within a proximity of the ADV, then iteratively performing first and second quadratic programming (QP) optimizations on the target function. Then, generating a second trajectory based on results of the first and second QP optimizations to control the ADV autonomously using the second trajectory. The first QP optimization is based on fixing a first set of variables of the target function. The second QP optimization is based on maximizing a sum of the distances from the ADV to each of the obstacles over a plurality of points of the first trajectory, and minimizing a difference between a target end-state of the ADV and a determined final state of the ADV using the first trajectory.
US11815874B2
A method and system for aggregate programming a computer numerical control (CNC) machine that includes (a) shifting a control point from an aggregate base point to a center tip of a tool being programmed, thereby enabling tool length and diameter adjustment along with C-axis aggregate rotation during a machine activity. The shifting includes (i) activating a tilted work plane (TWP); and (ii) shifting the control point to the tip of the tool using a tool length compensation. The system and method also include (b) implementing an activity on the CNC machine using the shifted control point and C-axis aggregate rotation. In some cases, activating the TWP comprises using a special machine control code such as g-code G68.2. In some cases, shifting the control point to the tip of the tool using a tool length compensation comprises using a special machine control code such as g-code G43.
US11815870B2
A method for performing computing procedures with a control unit of a transportation vehicle wherein the control unit is not installed in a fixed position in the transportation vehicle, but is instead a removable design. The control unit performs control tasks for transportation vehicle functions in the transportation vehicle and is used outside the transportation vehicle for vehicle-independent calculations. The control unit in the transportation vehicle uses a computing power and/or memory capacity which is/are not required for the control tasks for vehicle-independent calculations in the transportation vehicle, wherein these vehicle-independent calculations are continued outside the transportation vehicle when the control unit is removed from the transportation vehicle.
US11815869B2
Efficient control and/or linking of smart network connected devices. Some implementations are directed to rendering, within an active application that enables control of multiple smart devices from multiple parties, both: (1) an interactive graphical interface element that, when interacted with, causes corresponding control of smart device(s) of a third-party (3P); and (2) a selectable element that, when selected, causes execution of a deeplink to cause a 3P application to open in a state that presents additional information for the smart device(s). Some implementations are additionally or alternatively directed to, in response to determining that a 3P application is installed at a client device, but a smart device topology lacks any entries for 3P smart devices of the 3P, efficiently adding one or more particular smart devices of the 3P to the smart device topology.
US11815867B2
A convenient, water-saving and labor-saving FROG irrigation controller and system are provided, which determine the appropriate water budget and schedule for the property's landscaping based on evapotranspiration data for the geographic area, any regulation data, and property-specific data, with consideration given to reduction in watering days, increase in soil watering depth, and day of year. Once set, the FROG controller provides incremental adjustments over the course of the year; the homeowner no longer needs to re-set the watering program seasonally to automatically comply with local mandated and voluntary watering restrictions. One aspect provides a web-based wizard that is used to determine a customized water budget/schedule which is input into the FROG controller. Another aspect provides an integration of a network of FROG controllers with a central command unit.
US11815857B2
A horological movement provided with a generator and a circuit for regulating the frequency of rotation of this generator, the regulation circuit being arranged to be able to detect the zero crossings of an induced voltage generated in the stator by the rotating rotor and to generate first braking pulses which are triggered after zero crossings and each end before the induced voltage reaches a peak value, preferably before the rectified induced voltage reaches a power supply voltage provided by a power supply capacity. In addition, the regulation circuit is arranged so as to be able to further generate second braking pulses each of which occurs after detection of the end of a charging period of the power supply capacity during which the induced voltage reaches a peak value and each end before the induced voltage crosses zero.
US11815856B2
A method for optimally producing a holographic image using a Holographic Optical Element (HOE) and the HOE meant for controlling directions and divergences of light beams to impart system compactness. The system uses concave and convex lenses and other beam expanding, splitting, modulating and combining optics for realization of compactness and high throughput. The thin laser beam is split using a holographic optical element and a conventional beam splitter. A neutral density filter adjusts the intensity of a reference beam to match the intensity of an object beam so that high quality digital holograms can be recorded. Effects of vibrations are minimized by the compact optical design, by anti-vibration mounts, by mounting all the opto-mechanical components on a single rigid platform and by enclosing the system. An electro-optical sensor array records holograms digitally and an algorithm numerically reconstructs and further quantifies the results using a personal computer/laptop/tablet etc.
US11815852B2
Herein is described a liquid electrophotographic ink composition including a carrier liquid and a resin including an acid copolymer and an acrylate copolymer, wherein the acrylate copolymer includes at least about 30 wt. % of the alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer.
US11815845B2
An image forming apparatus configured to form an image on a sheet includes a main body, an opening and closing part, a link part, and an urging member. The link part is connected to the main body and the opening and closing part. When the opening and closing part moves between open and closed positions, the link part moves perpendicular to a direction along a rotating shaft of the link part to contact and be received by the main body. The opening and closing part can move in a state in which the link part and the main body contact each other. When the opening and closing part is in the closed position, the link part and the main body are separated from each other, and the opening and closing part is urged toward the main body by the link part urged by the urging member.
US11815844B2
An image forming apparatus configured to form an image on a sheet, the image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, and a detachable unit. The detachable unit includes a first positioned portion and a second positioned portion. The apparatus body includes a frame member having a first positioning portion and a second positioning portion which respectively engage with the first positioned and second positioned portion, so that the detachable unit is positioned with respect to frame member in the attaching direction and the first direction. The second positioning portion is arranged closer to a center portion of the detachable unit in the second direction than the first positioning portion.
US11815839B2
An image forming apparatus includes a transfer processing portion, a detection processing portion, a correction processing portion, and an adjustment processing portion. The transfer processing portion transfers a detection toner image to outside an output area of a transfer object to which a toner image as an output target is transferred from an image-carrying member. The detection processing portion detects a density of the detection toner image that has been transferred to the transfer object by the transfer processing portion. The correction processing portion corrects a detection result of the detection processing portion based on an amount of toner transferred from the image-carrying member to the output area at a transfer timing when the detection toner image is transferred. The adjustment processing portion adjusts an image forming condition based on the detection result after correction by the correction processing portion.
US11815837B2
A printing system includes a printing unit configured to print an image on a sheet, a receiving unit configured to receive an adjustment value from a user, first and second adjustment units, and a control unit. The first adjustment unit conveys the sheet on which the image is printed by the printing unit to a reading apparatus, and performs a first adjustment based on an image read by the reading apparatus. The second adjustment unit performs a second adjustment based on the adjustment value received by the receiving unit. The control unit prevents the first adjustment from being performed for a sheet of a size where the first adjustment is not properly performed among sheets for the printing unit to print an image on. The control unit does not prevent the second adjustment from being performed for the sheet of the size where the first adjustment is not properly performed.
US11815836B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, an image forming portion, transfer member, a power source, a current detecting portion, an acquiring portion, and a controller capable of executing an operation in an adjustment mode. In the operation in the adjustment mode, the controller selects test toner images for setting a transfer voltage for a second side of a recording material, on the basis of information on densities of the test toner images acquired by the acquiring portion, and then adjusts the transfer voltage for the second side of the recording material on the basis of a current detected by the current detecting portion when the selected test toner images are transferred onto the recording material.
US11815835B2
There is used an image forming apparatus including a fixing unit configured to heat a recording material at a fixing nip portion to fix a toner image, and a control unit configured to switch a target temperature, wherein, in the case where the target temperature of preceding recording material is first temperature, the target temperature of subsequent recording material is second temperature which is higher than the first temperature, and a difference between the second temperature and the first temperature has a first value, the control unit performs switching from timing which is earlier than reaching of the second recording material to the fixing nip portion by a predetermined period, and, the higher the target temperature of the preceding recording material, the shorter the predetermined period.
US11815830B2
A toner cartridge includes a pump portion that is variable in volume, a feeding path portion including a connection opening connected to the pump portion at a first end and including a discharge opening at a second end, and a toner accommodating portion connected to an intermediate portion between the first end of the feeding path portion and the second end of the feeding path portion. A volume change amount of the pump portion is greater than a total volume from the connection opening to the discharge opening.
US11815817B2
A field facet system for a lithography apparatus includes an optical element. The optical element includes a base section having an optically effective surface. The optical element also includes a plurality of lever sections provided at a rear side of the base section facing away from the optically effective surface. In addition, the field facet system includes two or more actuating elements configured, with the aid of the lever sections acting as levers, to apply in each case a bending moment to the base section to elastically deform the base section and thus to alter a radius of curvature of the optically effective surface. The actuating elements are arranged in series as viewed along a length direction of the optical element.
US11815813B2
Disclosed are a compound represented by formula (I), a resin and a resist composition: wherein R1 represents an alkyl group which may have a halogen atom, a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom; L1 represents a single bond or —CO—O*; R3 represents an alkyl group, and —CH2— included in the group may be replaced by —O— or —CO; R4 represents a fluorine atom, an alkyl fluoride group or an alkyl group, and —CH2— included in the alkyl fluoride group and the alkyl group may be replaced by —O— or —CO—; R5 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkylcarbonyl group or an acid-labile group; m2 and m3 represent an integer of 1 to 3, m4 represents an integer of 0 to 2, and m5 represents 1 or 2, in which 3≤m2+m3+m4+m5≤5.
US11815812B2
A planarization layer and method therefor. The planarization layer has a thickness ranging from about 2 to about 3 microns, and contains from about 8.0 to about 8.5 wt. % photoacid generator; from about 2 to about 3.6 wt. % photoinitiator; from about 0.35 to about 0.5 wt. % green dye; from about 35 to about 46 wt. % multifunctional epoxy compound; from about 35 to about 50 wt. % of one or more difunctional epoxy compounds; and from about 1 to about 2.6 wt. % silane adhesion promoter, wherein all weight percent is based on a total weight of the layer devoid of solvent.
US11815808B2
A method for source mask optimization with a lithographic projection apparatus. The method includes determining a multi-variable source mask optimization function using a plurality of tunable design variables for an illumination system of the lithographic projection apparatus, a projection optics of the lithographic projection apparatus to image a mask design layout onto a substrate, and the mask design layout. The multi-variable source mask optimization function may account for imaging variation across different positions in an exposure slit corresponding to different stripes of the mask design layout exposed by a same slit position of the exposure apparatus. The method includes iteratively adjusting the plurality of tunable design variables in the multi-variable source mask optimization function until a termination condition is satisfied.
US11815804B2
An extreme ultraviolet mask including a substrate, a reflective multilayer stack on the substrate and a capping layer on the reflective multilayer stack is provided. The reflective multilayer stack is treated prior to formation of the capping layer on the reflective multilayer stack. The capping layer is formed by an ion-assisted ion beam deposition or an ion-assisted sputtering process.
US11815801B2
Disclosed is a blankmask for EUV includes a substrate, a reflection film that is stacked on the substrate; and an absorbing film that is stacked on the reflection film. The absorbing film is constituted by an uppermost layer and a plurality of layers under the uppermost layer. The uppermost layer contains Ta and O. The plurality of layers contain Ta and are configured so that a content of N increases upward. As a result, a CD deviation of a pattern of the absorbing film is minimized.
US11815791B2
An imaging lens assembly module has an optical axis, and includes a lens barrel and an optical element set. The lens barrel includes an object-side portion, a tubular portion and a tip-end minimal aperture. The object-side portion includes a first assembling surface. The tubular portion includes a plurality of second assembling surfaces. The optical element set includes at least one light blocking sheet and at least one optical lens element. The light blocking sheet includes an object-side surface, an image-side surface and an inner opening surface. The optical lens element includes an optical effective portion and a peripheral portion. The object-side portion of the lens barrel includes a first reversing inclined surface gradually enlarged from the tip-end minimal aperture to the image side of the lens barrel, and the first reversing inclined surface is not contacted with the optical element set.
US11815781B2
One embodiment provides an apparatus for displaying an image comprising: a first optical substrate comprising at least one waveguide layer configured to propagate light in a first direction, wherein the at least one waveguide layer of the first optical substrate comprises at least one grating lamina configured to extract the light from the first substrate along the first direction; and a second optical substrate comprising at least one waveguide layer configured to propagate the light in a second direction, wherein the at least one waveguide layer of the second optical substrate comprises at least one grating lumina configured to extract light from the second substrate along the second direction, wherein the at least one grating lamina of at least one of the first and second optical substrates comprises an SBG in a passive mode.
US11815778B2
An organic compound that absorbs light of a wavelength range from 450 nm to 580 nm in a reduction state and is colored and that is superior in high-temperature drive durability and that is expressed by the following formula [1]. Z1 and Z2 each represent a substituent. R11 to R18 each represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. R12 and R13 are optionally bound to each other to form a ring. R21 and R22 each represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. X− represents an anion, and n is an integer greater than or equal to 1. When n is 2 or greater, two or more X−s are the same or different from each other.
US11815768B2
The present disclosure discloses a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a plurality of first electrodes positioned in a same pixel unit. The first electrodes include a first sub-electrode and a second sub-electrode. A light wavelength transmittance of a first sub-electrode is different from a light wavelength transmittance of a second sub-electrode, so as to increase a viewing angle of the display panel and solve a problem that the display panel is prone to having color shifts.
US11815767B2
A display panel includes a color filter (CF) substrate including first support structures, a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate including second support structures, and a liquid crystal layer. Each of the first support structures resists against the TFT substrate, and each of the second support structures resists against the CF substrate to form a receiving space between the CF substrate and the TFT substrate, the receiving space contains the liquid crystal layer. The TFT substrate applies driving signals to the liquid crystal layer to modulate backlight received by the liquid crystal layer from a backlight source. The CF substrate allows light to be emitted as images by filtering the modulated backlight.
US11815763B1
A liquid crystal coherent transparent display screen and a liquid crystal-laser transparent display system are provided. The liquid crystal coherent transparent display screen includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a first electrode layer, a first partial reflector, a first alignment layer, a second electrode layer, a second partial reflector, a second alignment layer, and a liquid crystal layer. The first partial reflector and the second partial reflector form an optical resonant microcavity, to replace the polarizer, the analyzer and the optical filters in conventional technology, thereby improving the light transmittance of liquid crystal transparent display.
US11815762B2
A backlight module is provided. The backlight module includes a substrate having a substrate surface, a conductive layer disposed on the substrate surface, a plurality of LED chips disposed on and electrically connected to the conductive layer, a light-permeable layer having a light-permeable surface away from the substrate surface, and a pattern layer disposed on the light-permeable surface and having a plurality of first patterns corresponding to and respectively located above the plurality of LED chips. Wherein, each first pattern has a maximum width. A maximum width of one first pattern satisfies the following formula: WP≥2n(TE−TL)(1−1/n2)1/2+WL; wherein WP is the maximum width of one first pattern, n is a refractivity of the light-permeable layer, TE is a thickness of the light-permeable layer, TL is a thickness of the LED chip, WL is a maximum width of LED chip corresponding to the first pattern.
US11815757B2
A liquid crystal display panel is provided. The liquid crystal display panel includes a drive circuit layer and a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed on the drive circuit layer. The drive circuit layer includes a first metal layer and a second metal layer, each of the pixel electrodes is electrically connected to the second metal layer by a through-hole and includes a first main trunk electrode and a second main trunk electrode, and the second main trunk electrode includes an upper electrode adjacent to the through-hole. The liquid crystal display panel further includes a shielding member for shielding a display area where the upper electrode is located.
US11815750B2
An optical modulator that uses adiabatic tapers to change the width of the waveguides between multimode waveguides and single mode waveguides on a low-loss, e.g. thin-film lithium niobate, electro-optic platform. The architecture enables the utilization of the fundamental mode of multimode wide optical waveguides that have lower optical propagation loss without sacrificing the benefit of the signal integrity and ease of control of single mode operation.
US11815749B2
A functional element housing package includes a pin terminal disposed in an outer region of a housing for housing a functional element. A wiring substrate is connected with the pin terminal. The wiring substrate includes a through hole for receiving the pin terminal, a first metallic layer disposed around an opening of the through hole on a side of the wiring substrate which side is located close to the housing, a second metallic layer disposed around an opening of the through hole on a side of the wiring substrate which is opposed to the side located close to the housing, the second metallic layer being greater in area than the first metallic layer, a connection wiring line connected to the first metallic layer or the second metallic layer, and a solder which connects the pin terminal to each of the first metallic layer and the second metallic layer.
US11815748B2
An optoelectronic device, including: a rib waveguide, the rib waveguide including: a ridge portion, which includes a temperature-sensitive optically active region, and a slab portion, positioned adjacent to the ridge portion; the device further comprising a heater, disposed on top of the slab portion wherein a part of the heater closest to ridge portion is at least 2 μm away from the ridge portion. The device may also have a heater provided with a bottom cladding layer, and may also include various thermal insulation enhancing cavities.
US11815746B1
An optical system includes a circular lens having a first set of electrodes arranged in a concentric pattern and a liquid crystal material in electrical communication with the first set of electrodes. The optical system also includes a first cylindrical lens having a vertical meridian and a second set of electrodes oriented along an axis parallel to the vertical meridian. The optical system additionally includes a second cylindrical lens having a third set of electrodes oriented at an angle with respect to the axis.
US11815744B2
A method for determining a postural and visual behavior of a person, the method comprising:—a person image receiving step during which a plurality of images of the person are received,—a context determining step during which the plurality of images of the person are analyzed so as to determine context data representative of the context in which the person is on each image of the plurality of images,—an analyzing step during which the plurality of images of the person are analyzed so as to determine at least one oculomotor parameter of the person,—a postural and visual behavior determining step during which a postural and visual behavior of the person is determined based at least on the at least one oculomotor parameter and the context data.
US11815743B2
Spectacle frame (1) comprising: a front piece (10); a pair of temples (20), each temple (20) extending between a first end portion (21) associated with the front piece (10) and a second end portion (22) that can be positioned on the ear of a user; a pair of hinges (30) configured to rotationally bind each temple (20) to the front piece (10), each hinge (30) comprising: a pin (40) extended along a development direction (A-A) between a first end (40a) and a second end (40b), coupling devices (50) associated with the first end portion (21) of each temple (20) and configured to engage the corresponding pin (40); a cavity (60) located in the front piece (10), the cavity (60) comprising: a first wall (70) and an opposite second wall (80) spaced along a spacing direction (B-B); and blocking devices (90) configured to engage the ends (40a, 40b) of the pins (40), the blocking devices (90) being shaped to match the first end (40a) and the second end (40b) of the pin (40) to prevent the pin (40) from making rotational movements around the development axis (A-A) and translational movements with respect to the blocking devices (90) as a result of mutual engagement between the ends (40a, 40b) of the pin (40) with the blocking devices (90); the first end (40a) and the second end (40b) of the pin (40) are wedge-shaped.
US11815742B2
The invention relates to an optical device (1), comprising: at least a first lens (100) having an adjustable focal length, wherein the first lens (100) comprises a container (2) comprising at least one reservoir volume (90) and a lens volume (91) which are in flow communication via a channel (92) and filled with a transparent fluid (F), and wherein the container (2) comprises a stretchable transparent membrane (21) and a transparent lens shaper (22) that is immersed in the fluid (F) and connected to the membrane (21), so that the lens shaper (22) defines a curvature-adjustable area (23) of the membrane (21), and wherein the container (2) comprises a transparent back wall (30) facing the membrane (21), wherein the fluid (F) is arranged between the membrane (20) and the back wall (30). According to the present invention, the at least one reservoir volume (90) is covered by a wall (21), wherein a plunger (94) for interacting with an actuator part (e.g. an electropermanent magnet (80)) is arranged in the at least one reservoir volume (90) and connected to the wall (93) so that fluid (F) is pumped from the lens volume (91) into the at least one reservoir volume (90) when the plunger (94) is attracted h the electropermanent magnet (80) whereby the curvature of the curvature-adjustable area (23) and therewith said focal length is changed.
US11815739B2
An endoscope optical system includes, in order from an object side: a fixed negative first lens group; a movable positive second lens group; a fixed aperture stop; and a fixed positive third lens group, the endoscope optical system being capable of switching between a normal observation state and a magnified observation state by moving the second lens group along an optical axis, in which the third lens group includes, in order from the object side: a cemented lens consisted of three lenses; and a cemented lens consisted of two lenses. In the cemented lens consisted of three lenses, three lenses of a positive lens, a negative lens, and a positive lens are cemented. In the cemented lens consisted of two lenses, two lenses of a positive lens and a negative lens are cemented. The following conditional expressions (1) and (2) are satisfied: 1.70<(nd3G1+nd3G2+nd3G3)/3<2.0 (1); and 1.72<(nd3G4+nd3G5)/2<2.0 (2).
US11815738B2
A device for elastic pivoting about two orthogonal axes as well a method of manufacturing thereof using additive manufacturing processes. The device can be used in a projector, such as a back projector, a scanner such as a laser scanner, or other forms of displays, or a telescope etc. The device includes an inner frame and an outer frame. First and second flexible spring elements extend out of the plane in which the inner frame lies and third and fourth flexible spring elements extend out of the plane in which the outer frame lies.
US11815737B1
The present disclosure provides night vision binoculars with a replaceable objective lens. The night vision binoculars include: a main body, an objective lens and a locking member. The main body is provided with a mounting base; the objective lens is provided with a locking hole and detachably inserted into the mounting base. The objective lens rotates in the mounting base; and the locking member is slidingly disposed on the main body and provided with a locking position and an unlocking position. When the locking member is in the locking position, the locking member is inserted into the locking hole; and when the locking member is in the unlocking position. The objective lens can be removed from the mounting base. Through the above structure setting, the user is convenient to disassemble the objective lens; and the night vision binoculars are simple in structure and convenient to use.
US11815736B2
An optical element driving mechanism is provided and includes a fixed assembly, a first movable assembly and a first driving assembly. The first movable assembly is configured to connect a first optical element, and the first movable assembly is movable relative to the fixed assembly. The first driving assembly is configured to drive the first movable assembly to move relative to the fixed assembly in a first dimension.
US11815730B2
A sanitary in-line sight glass assembly is provided having separate first and second hollow connection bodies and a transparent tube retainable between and within the connection bodies when the connection bodies are secured together in an end-to-end abutting relationship. Gaskets are located within the connection bodies at opposite ends of the transparent tube and a clamp is provided for securing the ends of the connection bodies together such that the gaskets are compressed and form seals. The connection bodies include sidewalls having at least one opening through which the transparent tube is exposed for providing a viewing window into a flow path defined by the assembly. The clamp may be a circumferentially-extending clamp having ends secured together with a winged fastener able to be gripped by the hand of an installer such that the assembly can be assembled and disassembled manually without the use of a tool.
US11815714B2
An apparatus includes a photonic integrated circuit having a first lenslet array and a first antenna element array forming a first pupil of the photonic integrated circuit and a second lenslet array and a second antenna element array forming a second pupil of the photonic integrated circuit, where the second pupil has a different size than the first pupil. The photonic integrated circuit also has a waveguide layer positioned between the first and second pupils, where the waveguide layer includes multiple waveguides configured to guide optical signals between antenna elements of the first antenna element array and antenna elements of the second antenna element array.
US11815696B1
An apparatus includes an optical circuit having at least one reconfigurable beamsplitter and is configured to receive a plurality of input optical modes in a Gaussian state and generate a plurality of output optical modes. The apparatus also includes at least one detector optically coupled with the optical circuit and configured to perform a non-Gaussian measurement of a first output optical mode from the plurality of output optical modes. The non-Gaussian measurement of the first output optical mode is configured to cause a second output optical mode from the plurality of output optical modes to be in a first non-Gaussian state. The apparatus also includes a controller operatively coupled to the optical circuit and configured to change a setting of the at least one reconfigurable beamsplitter to cause the second output optical mode from the plurality of output optical modes to be in a second non-Gaussian state.
US11815689B2
A downsized electronic device with an eye tracking function is provided. The electronic device with an eye tracking function includes a display device, an infrared light source, and an optical system. The display device includes a display element and a light-receiving element; the infrared light source has a function of emitting infrared light; the light-receiving element has a function of detecting the infrared light reflected by an eyeball; and the optical system includes a first optical element positioned on an optical path through which an image from the display element enters the eyeball and a second optical element positioned on an optical path through which the reflected infrared light enters the light-receiving element. The light-receiving element is integrated with the display device and thus, the electronic device can have a reduced size.
US11815678B2
The transparent windscreen display (100) has a multilayer structure comprising at least the following layers: a transparent substrate layer (110); a transparent adhesive layer (120); a transparent display module (130); and a transparent protective layer (140). The display module (130) is configured to have a plurality of pixel units or pixel array units with an inter-pixel space therebetween. There is a predetermined distance (d) between the adjacent pixel units or pixel array units in both longitudinal and transversal directions of the display module (130), said distance being about 20-80% of the width of one pixel unit. The inter-pixel space is filled with a transparent material and involves flexible electric conductors for electrically connecting the adjacent pixel units or pixel array units. At least a part of the windscreen display (100) is bent along two directions with a minimum deflection of 10% in a first direction and a minimum deflection of 5% in a second direction perpendicular to said first direction.
US11815677B1
Image projection apparatus includes an image generating assembly, which is configured to project a sequence of line images extending in a first direction. A scanning mirror is positioned to receive and to reflect the line images while rotating about a mirror axis parallel to the first direction. A pupil expander has an edge positioned to receive the line images reflected by the scanning mirror and a face extending in a second direction non-parallel to the first direction and to the edge, and which is configured to direct simultaneously through the face multiple, parallel replicas of the expanded line images arrayed along the second direction.
US11815676B2
An active imaging system uses a MEMS Micro-Mirror Array to form and scan an optical beam over a first portion of scene within a first edge region of the field-of-view of the optical receiver in the direction of motion of the imaging system. In addition to tip and tilt control of the mirrors, the MMA may have piston control which can be used to minimize diffraction losses when focusing and scanning the beam, provide wavefront correction or to compensate for path length variations. The MMA may be partitioned into segments to independently form and scan a plurality of optical beams, which may be used to scan the first or different portions of the scene. The different segments may be provided with reflective coatings at different wavelengths to provide for multi-spectral imaging. The different segments may be used to combine multiple optical sources to increase power or provide multi-spectral illumination.
US11815671B2
A 2D spatial differentiator operates in transmission and comprises a Si nanorod photonic crystal that can transform an image, Ein, into its second-order derivative, Eout α ∇2 Ein, allowing for direct discrimination of the edges in the image. The use of a 2D photonic crystal allows for differentiation and edge detection in all directions with a numerical aperture (NA) up to 0.315 and an experimental resolution smaller than 4 μm. The nanophotonic differentiator is able to be directly integrated into an optical microscope and onto a camera sensor, demonstrating the ease with which it can be vertically integrated into existing imaging systems. Furthermore, integration with a metalens is demonstrated for realizing a compact and monolithic image-processing system. In all cases, the use of the nanophotonic differentiator allows for a significant reduction in size compared to traditional systems, opening new doors for optical analog image processing in applications involving computer vision.
US11815663B2
A photographing module includes an imaging lens assembly. The imaging lens assembly includes a plurality of lens elements, wherein one of the lens elements is a plastic lens element. At least one surface of an object-side surface and an image-side surface of the plastic lens element includes an effective optical portion and a peripheral portion. The peripheral portion surrounds the effective optical portion, and includes a plurality of rib structures, a first fitting section and an isolation section. Each of the rib structures has a strip shape along a radial direction of an optical axis of the imaging lens assembly, and the rib structures are arranged around the effective optical portion. The first fitting section surrounds the effective optical portion, and is connected to another one of the lens elements adjacent to the surface. The isolation section is disposed between the rib structures and the first fitting section.
US11815651B2
A method can include accessing volumetric data from a data store, where the volumetric data correspond to a region; generating structured shape information for the region using at least a portion of the volumetric data; and, in response to a command from a client device, transmitting to the client device, via a network interface, a visualization data stream generated using at least a portion of the structured shape information.
US11815649B2
A liquid object detector (160) includes a liquid object dispensing part (500), a sensor (161, 162, 163) configured to detect a liquid object dispensed by the liquid object dispensing part, and a sensor moving part (130, 165) configured to move the sensor in a direction crossing a dispensing direction of the liquid object.
US11815638B2
Methods of mapping a subterranean formation using imploding particles are described. In some cases, the particles contain a material that generated a gas which passes through a water-insoluble coating to create a void within the particle. In some aspects, the implosive particles have a coating that dissolves in the subterranean formation.
US11815637B2
A radiation imaging apparatus includes a sensor substrate having a plurality of imaging pixels used to capture a radiation image and a detection pixel used to detect radiation; and a housing which accommodates the sensor substrate, wherein the sensor substrate includes an arrangement prohibited region including a stress concentration portion where a stress concentrates due to deformation of the housing, and the detection pixel is arranged in a region different from the arrangement prohibited region.
US11815635B2
A radiographic apparatus includes a plurality of pixel groups, bias sources, and a sensing unit, wherein each pixel group includes a pixel including a conversion element for converting radiation into a charge. Each bias source supplies a bias potential to the conversion element of a pixel via a bias line. The sensing unit samples a first signal value indicating a current flowing through a first bias line connected to a first pixel group including a pixel of which a switch element is turned on and a second signal value indicating a current flowing through a second bias line connected to a second pixel group where the switch element is off at timings overlapping at least in part and determines presence or absence of radiation irradiation based on the first signal value and the second signal value. The first and second bias lines have substantially same time constants.
US11815632B2
A photosensor includes a vacuum tube having an inner space in which a photoelectron moves, a photocathode unit positioned at an upper portion of the vacuum tube to convert incident light incident from an outside into a photoelectron, a scintillator unit to react with the photoelectron to generate scintillation light, and a photomultiplier to convert the scintillation light into a photoelectron, and multiply the converted photoelectron to generate an electrical signal.
US11815629B2
Systems, apparatus, articles of manufacture, and methods to reduce a scan for identifying physical objects are disclosed. An example system includes a light source to broadcast a light signal, a window adjuster to set a scan parameter for the light signal, and a transceiver to receive communication indicative of a physical position of a mobile unit. In the example system, the window adjuster is to adjust the scan parameter based on the physical position.
US11815626B2
A method for identifying at least one intensity peak of a specularly reflected light beam including: a step (E1) of detecting at least one intensity peak of a light beam present in a first image taken at instant t; a step (E2) of calculating a vector (N) normal to a surface at each point of the first image associated with an intensity peak detected in step (E1); a step (E3) of calculating a vector (L) of the direction of the incident light beam at each point of the first image taken at instant (t), associated with an intensity peak detected in step (E1); a step (E4) of determining the co-linearity between the normal vector (N) and the vector (L) of the direction of the incident light beam in order to identify an intensity peak of the specularly reflected light beam.
US11815615B2
Methods, systems, and devices for cooperative radar sensing in wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may measure one or more radar measurement parameters associated with a radar target, the radar measurement parameters including a set of values and a first time stamp corresponding to the measurement. The UE may receive a report, from a second UE, including a second set of values for the one or more radar measurement parameters associated with the radar target, an identifier associated with the second UE, and a second time stamp corresponding to the second set of values. The UE may generate a combined set of values based on the measured set of values, the second set of values, and the first and second time stamps. The UE may transmit a report to one or more other UEs including the combined set of values.
US11815614B2
A system includes a plurality of wireless transmitters and a processor configured to: receive, from a mobile device, signal strengths of signals from the wireless transmitters as detected by the mobile device. The processor is also configured to determine a location of the mobile device in a vehicle, based on a distance from the mobile device to each of the wireless transmitters, as indicated by the received signal strengths and store the location of the mobile device as an occupant location.
US11815613B2
A system for recognizing the location of a subject, comprises a server, signal transceivers, and a tracking device. The server transmits a request and stores a map file. The signal transceivers respectively communicate with the server to receive the request, and broadcast a reference signal to the other signal transceivers. The tracking device bidirectionally communicates with the signal transceivers, and periodically sends a tracking signal. After each of the signal transceivers obtains the first received signal strength indicator corresponding to the received reference signal and the second received signal strength indicator corresponding to the received tracking signal, each transmits the first signal strength indicator and the second signal strength indicator to the server. The server determines relative position information for the at least one tracking device within the map file according to the first signal strength indicators, the second signal strength indicators, and location information from the signal transceivers.
US11815611B2
A system for detecting angle-of-arrival (AoA) includes a first device and at least one second device. The first device transmits a Bluetooth (BT) packet, and the second device receives the BT packet and determines an AoA of the BT packet. The second device includes a first radio-frequency (RF) antenna to receive a first RF signal and a second RF antenna to receive a second RF signal. The second device also includes a first BT core and a second BT-core and a processing circuit. The first BT core is coupled to the first RF antenna and is used to generate a first signal based on the first RF signal. The second BT core is coupled to the second RF antenna and generates a second signal based on the second RF signal. The processing circuit measures a phase difference between the first signal and the second signal and determines the AoA based on the phase difference.
US11815603B2
A method of operating a light detection and ranging (LiDAR) device includes obtaining receiving signals corresponding to reference laser pulses generated from a reference signal; obtaining a main receiving signal having a maximum value among the receiving signals with respect to a time point; correcting a value of a sub-receiving signal included in the receiving signals at the time point based on the maximum value of the main receiving signal; and obtaining a time of flight (ToF) of a laser pulse corresponding to the sub-receiving signal based on a correlation between the corrected value of the sub-receiving signal and the reference signal.
US11815600B2
A method for measuring and registering 3D coordinates has a 3D scanner measure a first collection of 3D coordinates of points from a first registration position. A 2D scanner collects horizontal 2D scan sets as 3D measuring device moves from first to second registration positions. A processor determines first and second translation values and a first rotation value based on collected 2D scan sets. 3D scanner measures a second collection of 3D coordinates of points from second registration position. Processor adjusts second collection of points relative to first collection of points based at least in part on first and second translation values and first rotation value. Processor identifies a correspondence among registration targets in first and second collection of 3D coordinates, and uses this correspondence to further adjust the relative position and orientation of first and second collection of 3D coordinates.
US11815591B2
The present invention relates to a method for estimating a distance between nodes of an LPWA network. First and second nodes, respectively, successively transmit a narrow band signal at a plurality of carrier frequencies to each other. The second and first nodes, respectively, receive the transmitted signals and demodulate them into baseband signals. Complex values representative of a forward-backward function of the transmission channel between two nodes are obtained from the baseband demodulated signals. These complex values are then provided to a previously supervisingly trained neural network, the neural network giving an estimation of the distance separating the first node and the second node. The present invention also relates to a method for estimating the position of a node in an LPWA network using the above-noted distance estimation method.
US11815588B2
A room-temperature semiconductor maser, including a first matching network, a second matching network, a heterojunction-containing transistor, and a resonant network. The output end of the first matching network is connected to the drain of the heterojunction-containing transistor. The input end of the second matching network is connected to the source of the heterojunction-containing transistor. The gate of the heterojunction-containing transistor is connected to the resonant network. The pumped microwaves are fed into the input end of the first matching network.
US11815582B2
A method of magnet resonance (MR) imaging of an object including: subjecting an object in an examination volume of an MR device to a dual echo steady state imaging sequence, a free induction decay signal (FID) and an echo signal (ECHO) being generated in each interval between two successive RF pulses, wherein a pair of diffusion gradient waveforms (GDIF) of equal phase integral and opposed polarity is applied in the interval between the FID signal and the echo signal; —acquiring the FID signals and the echo signals in a number of repetitions of the imaging sequence with varying phase encoding; and —reconstructing a diffusion weighted MR image from the acquired FID signals and echo signals.
US11815568B2
An electronic device includes a magnetometer that outputs magnetometer sensor signals and a gyroscope that outputs gyroscope sensor signals. The electronic device includes a magnetometer calibration module that calibrates the magnetometer utilizing the gyroscope sensor signals. The electronic device generates a first magnetometer calibration parameter based on a Kalman filter process. The electronic device generates a second magnetometer calibration parameter based on a least squares estimation process.
US11815555B2
A circuit comprises scan gating devices inserted between outputs of scan chains and inputs of a test response compactor. The scan gating devices divides the scan chains into groups of scan chains. Each of the scan gating devices operates in either an enabled mode or a disenabled mode based on a first signal. A scan gating device operating in the enabled mode blocks, blocks only at some clock cycles, or does not block a portion of a test response of a test pattern captured by and outputted from a scan chain in the associated scan chain group based on a second signal. Scan gating devices operating in the disenabled mode do not block, or based on a third signal, either block or do not block, a portion of the test response captured by and outputted from all scan chains in each of the associated scan chain groups.
US11815550B2
The present invention relates to a processing of a signal under test in order to compensate frequency variations in the signal under test. For this purpose, the signal under test is mixed with a further digital signal. A frequency of the further signal which is used for mixing with the signal under test may be adapted in real-time according to frequency variations in the signal under test.
US11815548B2
A new test system includes a programmed device having an input port for receiving a signal for testing or measuring on the programmed device, and a reprogrammable test accessory having an output coupled to the input port of the programmed device. The reprogrammable test accessory further includes a test port structured to accept one or more test signals from a Device Under Test (DUT), and a reprogrammable processor. The reprogrammable processor may further include reprogrammable standards and protocols, reprogrammable triggers and margin detection, reprogrammable link training, reprogrammable handshaking, and reprogrammable setup and control facilities for either or both of the DUT and the programmed device.
US11815545B2
Gain independent reference channel measurement system and method. A method of making robust, stable measurements, in a variety of different applications is disclosed. More specifically, this disclosure describes systems and methods relating to performing gain independent reference channel measurements by making two phase measurements of a device under test. Mathematically, the measurements are combined and many common mode parameters drop out. The result yields an analysis of a device under test analysis which mitigated errors, predominately arising from environmental variations and changes in circuit behavior stemming from swings in signal input.
US11815541B2
A fault location system in a cable transport installation comprises a safety unit (10) and an end module (13) connected by an electrical safety line (11). The safety line (11) comprises a plurality of cable fault contacts (14) of the normally-closed type connected in series. The location system includes a plurality of location modules (20) distributed along the transport installation, each of which comprising a first test contact (21), of the normally-open type, for short-circuiting the safety line (11). Once a fault coming from one of the cable fault contacts (14) is detected, each location module (20) is capable of selectively closing its first test contact (21) so as to be able to locate said faulty contact (14) on the safety line.
US11815537B2
An inductive sensor (10) has a substrate (20), on which multiple transmitter/receiver coils (31, 32, 33) are arranged side by side. It can be operated in such a way that the transmitter/receiver coils (31, 32, 33) are each stimulated independently of one another at a frequency of more than 100 MHz.
US11815534B2
This invention relates to current sensing, in particular for a signal processing circuit (500) for outputting an output signal (Sout) based on an input signal (Sin). An output stage (101) includes an output transistor (102) driven, in use, by a drive signal. A current monitor (501) is configured to monitor, in use, a first current through the output transistor, wherein the current monitor comprises a current sensor (105) having a sense transistor (106) configured to be driven based on the drive signal so as to generate a sense current related to the first current. A compensation controller (301) receives an indication of signal level of the input signal and controllably varies operation of the current monitor (501) so as to at least partially compensate for signal-dependent variation in a relationship between the first current and the first sense current.
US11815529B2
A capacitive voltage sensor assembly includes a first electrode extending along a longitudinal axis, a second electrode surrounding a portion of the first electrode and positioned radially outward from the longitudinal axis and the first electrode, the second electrode including a flexible tubular portion, and a mass of dielectric insulating material at least partially encapsulating the first electrode and the second electrode. The flexible tubular portion is configured to move during solidification of the mass of dielectric resin, and the mass of dielectric resin fills through openings formed in the second electrode and forms a unitary insulating carrier structure for the first electrode and the second electrode.
US11815528B2
A sensing probe may be formed of a diamond material comprising one or more spin defects that are configured to emit fluorescent light and are located no more than 50 nm from a sensing surface of the sensing probe. The sensing probe may include an optical outcoupling structure formed by the diamond material and configured to optically guide the fluorescent light toward an output end of the optical outcoupling structure. An optical detector may detect the fluorescent light that is emitted from the spin defects and that exits through the output end of the optical outcoupling structure after being optically guided therethrough. A mounting system may hold the sensing probe and control a distance between the sensing surface of the sensing probe and a surface of a sample while permitting relative motion between the sensing surface and the sample surface.
US11815512B2
Disclosed herein are formulations, substrates, and arrays. Also disclosed herein are methods for manufacturing and methods of assuring a uniformly high quality of a microarray of features that are attached to a surface of the microarray at positionally-defined locations.
US11815506B2
The disclosed apparatus, systems and methods relate to ATPA technology that provides a method for the real-time assessment of the polymerization of a sample, e.g., whole blood or blood plasma coagulation, by a non-contact acoustic tweezing device. The acoustic tweezing technology integrates photo-optical tests used in plasma coagulation assays with mechanical (viscoelastic) tests used in whole blood analysis. Its key disruptive features are the increased reliability and accuracy due to non-contact measurement, low sample volume requirement, relatively short procedure time (less than 10 minutes), and the ability to assess the level of Factor XIII function from measurements of the fibrin network formation time.
US11815498B1
In the specification and drawings a method for testing a proppant is described and shown that involves: obtaining a proppant sample containing one or more grains of proppant; assigning at least one size value to the one or more grains of proppant contained within the proppant sample, the at least one size value corresponding to a size of one or more grains of proppant; determining the amount of proppant that is in the largest size value of the at least one size value; subjecting at least a portion of the proppant sample to a pressure, thus creating a post-pressure subjected proppant sample; and determining the amount of the post-pressure subjected proppant sample that is in the largest size value.
US11815490B2
A method and apparatus for inspecting a fusion joint is provided. The apparatus includes a processor, an ultrasound (“US”) probe in communication with the processor, and a database comprising classification rules. The processor is configured to generate an initial set of US scanning positions about the fusion joint based on information of at least one of the US probe and the fusion joint; measure, via the US probe, a US pulse-echo spectrum from at least two of the initial US scanning positions; compare each measured US pulse-echo spectrum with one or more known US pulse-echo spectrums; classify each measured US pulse-echo spectrum according to the classification rules; and evaluate an aggregate of measured US pulse-echo spectrums to determine if the fusion joint is defective.
US11815483B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for analysis of a deuterium substitution rate of a deuterium-substituted sample according to substitution positions using information of a 1H-NMR spectrum of the deuterium-substituted sample.
US11815469B2
An apparatus for inspecting containers includes a rotation device which is adapted to rotate the container about the axis of symmetry; a camera sensitive to said predetermined electromagnetic radiation and with the container located in the field of view thereof; a processing unit to control the rotation device to move the container at a first angular speed constant for a first time period; acquiring at least a first and a second series of images of a portion of the container in a rotation thereof through 360°; to identify defective areas having at least one characteristic different from the characteristics of adjacent areas, generating first and second maps of the defective areas; to compare the position of the defective areas of the maps; to establish that first impurities are present in the container or in the liquid contained in the container.
US11815462B2
Devices and methods to perform Raman spectroscopy with a structured excitation profile to obtain a Raman excitation map. A device includes a broadband light source to emit a broadband light beam and excitation optics to disperse the broadband light beam to strike a sample as incident light according to a structured excitation profile. The device further includes analysis optics to collect scattered light scattered by the incident light striking the sample, block Rayleigh scatter from the collected scattered light in a manner complementary to the structured excitation profile, and direct Raman scatter from the collected scattered light to a sensor to generate a signal to form a Raman excitation map.
US11815459B2
An optical detection system, a blood cell analyzer and a platelet detection method are provided. The optical detection system includes: an optical subsystem, a flow chamber and a first detector; the optical subsystem includes a laser, a front optical assembly including an optical isolator, and a rear optical assembly including a blocking diaphragm. The laser is configured to emit a laser beam; the front optical assembly is configured to perform front optical treatment; the rear optical assembly is disposed downstream of the flow chamber in the propagation direction of the laser beam, and is configured to perform rear optical treatment on the scattered light and the laser beam converged at the blocking diaphragm; and the optical isolator is configured to isolate reflected light that is generated when the laser beam passes through the flow chamber.
US11815452B2
A gas sensor device (100) is configured to measure a predetermined gas of interest and comprises an enclosure (101) comprising a semiconductor substrate (102) and defining a first cavity (124), an optically transmissive second closed cavity (126) and a third cavity (128). The second cavity (126) is interposed between the first and third cavities (124, 128). The first cavity (124) comprises an inlet port (130) for receiving a gas under test, an outlet port (132) for venting the gas under test. The first cavity (124) also comprises an optical source (112) and a measurement sensor (114). The second cavity (126) is configured as a gaseous filter comprising a volume of the gas of interest sealingly disposed in the second cavity (126), and the third cavity (128) comprises a reference measurement sensor (116) disposed therein.
US11815445B2
An optical calibration tool includes a first body, a light emitter, a light receiver, a second body, and a light reflecting member. The first body has a first engaging port and a second engaging port. The light emitter and the light receiver are disposed in the first body. The second body has a third engaging port and a channel communicated with each other. The third engaging port is configured to selectively engage one of the first engaging port and the second engaging port. When the third engaging port is engaged with the first engaging port, the light emitter is optically coupled to the light reflecting member. When the third engaging port is engaged with the second engaging port, the light receiver is optically coupled to the light reflecting member.
US11815444B2
A method and a system for monitoring a mechanical device for internal corrosion are provided. An exemplary method includes placing a sampling thermoelectric polymer sheet (TEPS) on an external surface of the mechanical device to be monitored for internal corrosion, and placing a reference TEPS on an external surface of the mechanical device not susceptible to internal corrosion. A current from the sampling TEPS is measured, and a current from the reference TEPS is measured. Potential internal corrosion is identified from changes between the current from the sampling TEPS and the current from the reference TEPS.
US11815442B2
The invention provides for methods and apparatuses for testing liquid samples using small amounts of the liquid sample in a non-destructive fashion. The methods and apparatuses perform optical measurements of liquid samples, the method comprising: (a) obtaining a first container filled with the liquid sample to be analyzed; (b) flowing the liquid sample along a first flow direction through a flow path comprising an optical measuring device; (c) flowing the liquid sample along a second flow direction opposite the first flow direction through the flow path comprising the optical measuring device; (d) performing the optical measurement of the liquid sample in the second flow direction or in both the first and second flow directions; and (e) flowing the liquid sample through the flow path into a second container; wherein the first container and the second container may be the same or different containers; and wherein the liquid sample in the second container is substantially the same as the liquid sample in the first container.
US11815438B2
A fluid sampler system includes a fluidic head including a gas aperture capable of communication with a pressurized gas source, a liquid conduit capable of communication with a sample reservoir, and a seal capable of forming a compression seal to the sample reservoir when gas pressure is applied to the sample reservoir through the gas aperture and capable of displacing a portion of the sample through the liquid conduit; and a positioning apparatus capable of positioning the fluidic head and the sample reservoir in communication with one another. A method for providing an aliquot of sample, includes forming a releasable compression seal to a reservoir including a liquid sample; pressurizing the reservoir with compressed gas; displacing an aliquot of the sample from the reservoir; and transferring the displaced aliquot of the sample to a location.
US11815437B2
A method of acquiring a sample for evaluation of a SiC single crystal, comprising: a step of cutting a SiC ingot in a radial direction at a thickness position, which is located in a range from a curved surface which forms a distal end surface in a crystal growth direction to a seed crystal, to obtain a head member which includes the curved surface, wherein the SiC ingot used in the step is a SiC ingot in which SiC thereof is crystal-grown from a seed crystal along a c axis direction; and a step of polishing a silicon surface of the head member to obtain a sample for evaluation.
US11815428B1
An apparatus and system are provided for detecting leaks in cooling tubing using sensor cabling. In the leak detection system, a leak detection cable is routed along the full length of the cooling tube. The leak detection cable and the cooling tubing are encased within a shrunken tube, which leaves such a small gap between the cooling tubing and the heat-shrunk tube that leakage is distributed within the gap about the outside of the cooling tubing by capillary action. The relative position of the detection cable above or below the cooling tubing is then irrelevant, since the capillary action may overcome the effect of gravity and distribute leakage from the bottom of the tubing to a detection cable at the top of the tubing.
US11815426B2
A vibration monitoring system includes a plurality of encoders and an analyzer. The encoders are configured to generate multiple pulse train signals for multiple wheels. Each encoder is coupled to a respective one of the multiple wheels and generates a single one of the pulse train signals. The analyzer is coupled to the encoders and is configured to generate multiple pulse per revolution signals and multiple angular velocity signals for the wheels in response to the pulse train signals. Each pulse per revolution signal conveys a single pulse per rotation of the respective wheel. The analyzer is further configured to generate an input phasor array representative of the pulse per revolution signals, generate a response phasor array in response to the angular velocity signals for the wheels, and generate a report that identifies at least one vibrating wheel in response to the input phasor array and the response phasor array.
US11815425B2
Provided is a jig for a vibration test of a rotor blade, for use in the vibration test for evaluating high cycle fatigue characteristics of the rotor blade for an aircraft engine, and the jig is provided with a jig body holding a dovetail portion of a fan blade and fixed onto an excitation table of a shaker, and a hydraulic jack that applies a load in a blade span direction to the fan blade to fix the fan blade to the jig body. Consequently, in the vibration test for evaluating the high cycle fatigue characteristics of the rotor blade, a test simulating an actual operation state can be carried out, the rotor blade can be efficiently excited to reach a large deformation region, and high cycle fatigue failure can occur without any increase in test cost.
US11815406B2
Methods and apparatus for extracting temperature information for an array from a signal through first and second contacts based on temperature dependent properties of the a PN junction. An example method includes connecting first and second PN junctions to a bias source to reverse bias the first and second PN junctions, connecting a first contact to the first PN junction, connecting a second contact to N type material forming a junction with P type material of the first PN junction, and extracting temperature information for the first PN junction from a signal through the first and second contacts based on temperature dependent properties of the first PN junction.
US11815393B2
A sensor has plurality of pixels arranged in a plurality of rows and columns with row control circuitry for controlling which one of said rows is activated and column control circuitry for controlling which of said pixels in said activated row is to be activated. The column circuitry has memory configured to store information indication as to which of the pixels are defective, wherein each of the pixels has a photodiode and a plurality of transistors which control the activation of the photodiode. A first transistor is configured to be controlled by a column enable signal while a second transistor is configured to be controlled by a row select signal.
US11815390B2
A weigh platter assembly includes a weigh platter having a proximal edge and a lateral edge and an off-platter detection assembly. The off-platter detection assembly has an assembly field-of-view (field-of-view) extending from the proximal edge and constrained to have an assembly central field-of-view axis substantially parallel to the lateral edge and at least one lateral boundary substantially adjacent to the lateral edge. A light emission assembly has a light source and emits a light away from the proximal edge. A light detection assembly has a light sensor and detects at least a portion of the light reflected towards the proximal edge. A controller allows the measured weight to be recorded in response to a first value from the light detection assembly and prevents the measured weight from being recorded and/or provides an alert in response to a second value from the light detection assembly.
US11815383B2
Disclosed herein are various techniques and devices for detecting a level of fluid within a fluid collection receptacle. These techniques and devices may further determine a flow rate of fluid entering the fluid collection receptacle or a volume of fluid collected within the fluid collection receptacle. Sensors, including pressure sensors, may be installed in, on, or within the fluid collection receptacle to detect information about the liquid within the receptacle including fluid level, flow rate, and volume.
US11815375B2
A metering tube assembly for regulating flow of a fluid is disclosed. The metering tube assembly can include a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, and a plurality of stacked metering plates located between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet, each of the plurality of stacked metering plates defining a fluid passageway having a length greater than a thickness of the metering plate, wherein the stacked metering plates are arranged such that a fluid flowing through the metering plates flows sequentially through the fluid passageways of the metering plates.
US11815358B2
An information processing apparatus includes a controller. The controller outputs a travel route determined based on a departure point and a destination of a first vehicle in a road network including road nodes and road links. The controller judges whether the first vehicle can traverse a target node, which is a road node among the road nodes included in the travel route, based on dimensional information for the first vehicle, a road width of an entry link entering the target node, and a road width of an exit link exiting from the target node. The controller changes the travel route when it is judged that the first vehicle cannot traverse the target node.
US11815353B2
A laser beam generating device includes a housing a first laser diode which generates a visible first output beam which projects outside of the housing onto a surface and a second laser diode which generates a visible second output beam which projects outside of the housing onto the surface. The laser beam generating device has a first mode in which the first laser diode and the second laser diode are both on. In the first mode, the first laser diode is operated at a first duty cycle the second laser diode is operated at a second duty cycle. The first duty cycle and the second duty cycle are staggered.
US11815351B1
The device for monitoring internal pipe deposit accumulation is a capacitance-based sensor for monitoring changes in thickness of deposits accumulating on an internal surface of a pipe. The device includes a pipe segment having opposed first and second open ends with at least one valve releasably sealing at least one of the first and second open ends. A first electrode, in the form of an electrically conductive cylindrical shell, is mounted on and surrounds a portion of an external surface of the pipe segment. A second electrode, in the form of an electrically conductive rod, is mounted coaxially within an interior of the pipe segment. An electrical power source is electrically connected across the first and second electrodes to form a cylindrical capacitor and changes in capacitance of the cylindrical capacitor are monitored by a controller.
US11815346B2
The invention concerns a device (1) for the chromatic confocal measurement of a local height and/or orientation of a surface (S) of a sample comprising—a light source (2) configured to generate a polychromatic light beam (9)—a projection lens (4) comprising a lens (4) with axial chromatism configured to apply the light beam (9) to the surface (S) of the sample, —an optical sensor, configured to receive a light beam (9) reflected by the surface (S) of the sample and measure a total energy of the reflected light beam (9) received during an integration interval, —a scanning system (10), coupled to the projection lens (4) and configured to move the propagation axis of the light beam (9) relative to the projection lens (4), such that the total energy measured by the optical sensor corresponds to a dynamic spatial average of the total energy of the light beam (9) reflected by the surface (S) of the sample.
US11815343B2
An output device and/or an output device assembly configured to be initiated in response to different types of input. The disclosed output device may be generally configured so as to be able to receive different types of input in order to produce an output. For example, the two different types of input may be mechanical force and fluid pressure, and thus the disclosed output device may be able to receive either form of input and convert either input into the desired/predetermined output.
US11815337B2
A ballistic protective helmet including a helmet dome formed from a metal material, wherein the helmet dome has an inside facing the head of the wearer and an opposite outside. The ballistic protective helmet further includes a layer arranged on the outside of the helmet dome, which layer is formed from a fiber composite material.
US11815328B2
A detector for detecting the removal and/or insertion of a firearm out of and/or into a holster. The detector may transmit a message each time the firearm is removed from the holster. A recording system may receive the message and determine whether or not it will begin recording the data it captures. A detector may detect the change in a magnitude of an inductance and/or an impedance of a circuit to detect insertion and removal of the firearm into and out of the holster. A placement mode may be invoked to determine an optimal mounting location of the detector relative to the holster. The optimal mounting location may be a location of maximum sensitivity of the detector with respect to the weapon and/or a location wherein the measurements obtained via the detector exceed a threshold. The detector may provide indicia corresponding with the optimal mounting location.
US11815325B2
A breechblock for a weapon system having a recoilable barrel and having a breechblock carrier and a rotatable breechblock head. The breechblock head is carried by the breechblock carrier. The breechblock carrier has a control cam that is divided into a number of, preferably at least four, cam sections. The actual weapon function and the unlocking of the breechblock or of the breechblock head are combined in this control cam. The breechblock head comprises a control pin, which engages in the control cam and can be guided therein. Attached to the breechblock carrier are two blocking slides, which keep the breechblock head in one of two different positions, in which positions the breechblock head can enter or leave the locking portion of the barrel, namely, a forward position in the course of the actual functioning of the weapon and a rear position during the advancement of the returning masses.
US11815320B2
A general purpose enclosure is provided. A general purpose enclosure for housing an internal unit and providing complete protection against an ingress of dust and water, comprising a first housing and a second housing. A plurality of cooling fins and one or more pressure ports along an exterior surface of the first housing and the second housing. One or more pressure ports comprising a pneumatic valve, pressure sensor cap and a vent membrane such that pressure venting, and pressure testing may be performed by the one or more pressure ports. A method of assembling a general purpose enclosure to an internal unit, comprising applying the first housing and the second housing to the internal unit such that the first housing and the second housing encompass the internal unit and fastening the first housing to the second house.
US11815309B2
A method including, compressing a first hydrogen stream, and expanding a portion to produce a hydrogen refrigeration stream, cooling a second hydrogen stream thereby producing a cool hydrogen stream, wherein at least a portion of the refrigeration is provided by a nitrogen refrigeration stream, further cooling at least a portion of the cool hydrogen stream thereby producing a cold hydrogen stream, and a warm hydrogen refrigeration stream wherein at least a portion of the refrigeration is provided by the hydrogen refrigeration stream, compressing the warm hydrogen refrigeration stream, mixing the balance of the compressed first hydrogen stream with a high-pressure gaseous nitrogen stream to form an ammonia synthesis gas stream, and wherein the first hydrogen stream and the warm hydrogen refrigeration stream are compressed in the same compressor.
US11815307B2
The invention is directed to a method and a system for regenerating an endothermic salt composition from an aqueous solution thereof, said method comprising a) contacting a switchable-polarity compound with the aqueous solution of the endothermic salt composition to obtain a raffinate phase and an extract phase, wherein the raffinate phase comprises said endothermic salt composition in a higher concentration than said aqueous solution and said extract phase comprises the switchable-polarity compound and water; and b) separating the raffinate phase and the extract phase into a separated raffinate and a separated extract. The endothermic salt can be used in systems for cooling food, milk, medicines and/or air.
US11815305B2
A refrigerator with a liner body and a beam, where the beam has an end portion, and the liner body has a liner wall. An insertion groove is on the liner wall, and the end portion is configured to be inserted into the insertion groove. A limit convex pin is on the end portion and a limit groove is on the liner wall and matched with a shape of the limit convex pin. The limit convex pin is configured to be inserted into the limit groove to limit rotation of the beam relative to the liner body. By matching the limit convex pin and the limit groove, the rotation of the beam relative to the liner wall is limited by the liner wall when the beam is under uneven forces, thereby reducing the flip probability of the beam of the refrigerator.
US11815300B2
Techniques for generating coordination maps for energy efficient chilled water and condenser water temperature resets in a chiller plant system. A controller is configured to control and set thresholds for one or more parameters of the chiller system, the chiller system includes one or more cooling tower, one or more pumps, and one or more water chillers, and one or more sensors operably coupled to the controller, the one or more sensors are configured to measure values for one or more parameters. A processor is coupled to the controller, the processor is configured to generate a coordination map based on the measured values and the thresholds for the one or more parameters, configure an operating setpoint for the chiller system based on the coordination map, and control the chiller system based at least in part on the configured operating setpoint.
US11815293B2
Method for installing a geothermal system, comprising: arranging a drilling equipment, including a support structure and a terminal module, mounted on the support structure; by means of the drilling equipment, drilling the soil in succession along a substantially vertical first tract, a substantially horizontal second tract and a substantially vertical third tract, the first, second and third tracts forming a substantially U-shaped well, the first tract having a surface inlet, where the drilling is started, the third tract having a surface outlet, where the drilling is finished, the well crossing a geothermal zone; arranging a casing in the well, so that the casing extends between the inlet of the first tract and the outlet of the third tract; arranging a heat utilization system, associated with an axial end of the casing; arranging a hydraulic system configured to cause a heat transfer fluid to circulate in the casing, so that the heat transfer fluid will absorb heat from the geothermal formation and will release it at the heat utilization system.
US11815290B2
A heat source system is to be connected to another heat source system. The heat source system includes a heat source device and a control part. The heat source device includes a water regulation valve configured to regulate a flow rate of supply water flowing in the device and is configured to heat the supply water. The control part is connected to the heat source device, and is configured to acquire flow rate information of the supply water supplied to the other heat source system and the heat source device, to close the water regulation valve when a flow rate of the supply water is 0 or more and less than a first set value, and to open the water regulation valve when the flow rate of the supply water is equal to or greater than the first set value.
US11815285B2
An acoustic resonator for a fan includes an annular shape internal volume defining by a housing, housing and internal volume are coaxial relative to the longitudinal axle of the acoustic resonator, internal volume comprises at least one coaxial helical channel, the at least one coaxial channel comprise an inlet and outlet corresponding to inlet and outlet of the acoustic resonator characterized in that the acoustic resonator comprises adjusting means provide for modified the length between inlet and outlet of the acoustic resonator according an acoustic frequency to lower noise.
US11815284B2
A dehumidifier system is provided. The dehumidifier system may include a condensate tank and a dehumidifier. The dehumidifier may be positionable between at least one deployed position and at least one stowed position relative to the condensate tank. The condensate tank and the dehumidifier may telescope relative to each other. The dehumidifier system, or portions thereof, may include one or more stacking structures.
US11815278B2
Air conditioning apparatus and air conditioning method and neutralizing virus and bacteria in a room
An air conditioning apparatus includes an air vacuum pump that sucks in air from a prescribed space to place the space under negative pressure, a first hot and cool air tank that contains the sucked air, first valves that adjust the flow rate of air supplied to or discharged from the first hot and cool air tank, a second hot and cool air tank that contains the sucked air while an air flow from the air vacuum pump to the first hot and cool air tank is restricted, second valves that adjust the flow rate of air supplied to or discharged from the second hot and cool air tank, and a heating and cooling device that manages the temperature of at least one of the first and second hot and cool air tanks to which an air flow from the air vacuum pump is restricted.
US11815277B2
A method is provided for controlling heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment configured to control environmental conditions in confined areas of a facility. The method includes monitoring at least one of the HVAC equipment or the confined areas. The method includes detecting a failure of a first of the HVAC equipment to control an environmental condition in a first of the confined areas to a setpoint for the environmental condition, with the environmental condition including at least one of temperature, humidity or air quality. The method includes controlling at least one of the first or a second of the HVAC equipment to cause additional conditioned air to permeate to the first of the confined areas from an adjacent, second of the confined areas to move the environmental condition in the first of the confined areas closer to the setpoint to compensate for the failure, automatically as a direct result of detection of the failure.
US11815274B2
A thermostat assembly powered by line voltage and capable of wireless communication with a heat source, comprising a first portion and a second portion separated by a barrier. The first portion receives power via internal housing wiring at a first high voltage level and converts the power from the first high voltage level to a second low voltage level. The second portion is removably connected to the first portions to receive power at the second low voltage level, which powers at least a temperature sensor that measures an ambient temperature of an outside environment and a communication chip for wireless communication with a primary heat source. The barrier inhibits dissipation of heat between the first and second portions to reduce an effect of a temperature of the first portion on the temperature sensor, and prevents a user from contacting any high voltage components when the second portion is removed.
US11815273B2
A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) door assembly includes a first HVAC door rotating about a first axis, a second HVAC door rotating about a second axis that is nonparallel with the first axis, an actuator, a mode cam. The mode cam is engaged with the actuator and controls movement of the first HVAC door and the second HVAC door.
US11815260B2
A collapsible marshalling wand system that includes a marshalling wand that can be set in an elongated operational configuration while used, as well as a smaller collapsed configuration when not in use, and an accompanying recharging device, along with an accompanying charging station. The marshalling wand includes a plurality of wand portions integrated telescopically, with the wand portions including a lighting system and a wireless alert system. The charging station allows for multiple marshalling wands to be recharged simultaneously in a variety of locations. As such, the collapsible marshalling wand system allows all ground personnel to conveniently keep a marshalling wand with them at all times as well as for extra marshalling wands to be stored at a charging station positioned on runways.
US11815257B1
Lights with features for underwater use that provide tailored beam-width and/or other tailored light patterns are disclosed. One embodiment includes a housing having a front end with a port and a back end, a port window having a plurality of lens features positioned at the front end of the housing within or behind the port, and a circuit element, including a plurality of LED lighting elements, positioned behind the window.
US11815252B2
A light-emitting device, including a shell assembly and a heat dissipation assembly. The heat dissipation assembly includes a first heat dissipation portion and a second heat dissipation portion. The first heat dissipation portion is connected with the second heat dissipation portion. The first heat dissipation portion is used to load a light source assembly, and a cavity space is formed when the second heat dissipation portion is covered by and communicated with the shell assembly. The second heat dissipation portion is provided with a first through-hole portion, and the shell assembly is provided with a second through-hole portion, the first through-hole portion and the second through-hole portion circulate a cooling medium to remove heat from the cavity space. Whether the light-emitting device is installed vertically, horizontally or at a certain inclination, a good heat dissipation effect can be achieved and the applicable scope can be greatly expanded.
US11815246B2
To provide a lamp unit in which rattling of a light-emitting element is prevented, a lamp unit includes: a holder member attached to an attachment object, a base board provided with a light-emitting element coupled on a main surface thereof; a retaining member that engages the holder member to sandwich the base board between the retaining member and the holder member such that the base board is retained at a prescribed position on the holder member; and a cover member that is at least partially light-transmissive and is attached to the holder member such that the cover member cooperates with the holder member to define a housing chamber for housing the base board and the retaining member.
US11815243B1
A downlight with a night light for illumination comprises a downlight body, a lighting module, and a night light lighting module. The lighting module is surrounded by the night light lighting module, and a light direction of the night light lighting module is the same as a light direction of the lighting module.
US11815236B2
A light emitting diode (LED) module and a vehicle including the same, the LED module including a cover part, a substrate part connected to a front side of the cover part, a light emitting part that is electrically connected to the substrate part, is disposed in front of the substrate part, and emits light through a side surface thereof, and a lens part surrounding the side surface of the light emitting part and disposed in front of the substrate part, wherein the lens part has a fine protrusion shape on an outer surface thereof.
US11815230B2
The present disclosure relates to a wireless communication system and communication method for a cableless detection robot for a gas pipeline. The wireless communication system includes an antenna assembly, a repeater assembly and a repeater retracting device, wherein the antenna assembly is fixed to the gas pipeline and extends into the interior of the gas pipeline, the repeater assembly is provided with at least one set, and the repeater retracting device is connected to the robot and used for retracting the repeater assembly along the gas pipeline, the antenna assembly, the repeater assembly and the robot are connected through a wireless signal having a wavelength less than 3.41r, wherein r represents the radius of the gas pipeline. The wireless communication system has the advantages of simple structure, low cost, convenient use, safety and reliability, and solves the problem that the automatic force cableless detection robot cannot perform a long-distance internal detection operation due to shielding wireless signals by the pipeline. The communication method has the advantages of easy implementation, convenient control and reliable communication.
US11815220B1
A bracket that includes a fixing seat and three supporting assemblies is provided. The fixing seat includes three engaging portions, each of which includes multiple first engaging structures. Each supporting assembly includes a fixing assembly, a sliding member, and an engaging member. One end of the fixing assembly is pivotally connected to the engaging portion. The sliding member is sleeved around an outer periphery of the fixing assembly. The engaging member is connected to the fixing assembly. When the sliding member slides relative to the fixing assembly, the sliding member can push against the engaging member, such that a second engaging structure of the engaging member is engaged with the first engaging structure. Further, a second retaining structure of the sliding member can be engaged with a first retaining structure of the fixing assembly for limiting a movement range of the engaging member and the fixing assembly.
US11815217B2
According to one embodiment, an insulation blanket for insulating a structure includes a first facer layer and a second facer layer. A plurality of intermeshed non-woven glass fibers are disposed between the first and second facer layers and a fumed silica insulating powder is also disposed between the first and second facer layers. The fumed silica insulating powder has an average particle size of between about 2 and 20 nanometers. The insulation blanket includes at least one exposed edge having a cauterized face that forms a barrier on the exposed edge to encase the fumed silica insulating powder within the interior of the insulation blanket, which minimizes degradation of the insulating value due to loss or shedding of the fumed silica insulating powder through the exposed edge. The cauterized edge has a depth of cauterized material of between about 0.05 mm and 3 mm.
US11815203B2
A device for gas-tight connection includes: a first connection point with a terminal surface; a second connection point with a stationary, predetermined reference surface of a pipe flange connection, which is arranged relative to the terminal surface by an offset angle which is compensated for by an angular offset compensation; and a flanged disc unit. The first connection point includes a central ball-and-socket joint arrangement as an angular misalignment compensation. The central ball-and-socket joint arrangement has a tube section with a convex distal end region configured to interact in an articulated manner with a concave annular region, corresponding thereto, of the flanged disc unit. A side surface region of the flanged disc unit includes at least one adjusting screw for adapting to the offset angle so as to adjust a local distance to a counter-disc fixedly fastened coaxially to a pipe section adjacent to the convex distal end region.
US11815202B2
A tubing nut fastener having elements that are partially rotatable with respect to each other. In between the rotatable elements, engagement members (e.g., balls) are captured within interior channels. The partially rotatable elements include permanent markings or other non-removable visual indicators, which varies spatially depending on whether the tubing nut fastener is in a torqued state or an un-torqued state, thereby providing a visual indication of the status of the tubing nut fastener.
US11815200B2
Pipe connector for coupling a first-end pipe and a second-end pipe that includes intermediary attachment connectors for each of the first-end and second-end pipes. The attachment connectors include O-ring slots machined into an external perimeter surface and a movable sleeve that engages with the intermediary attachment connectors to form a seal between the O-ring slots and an internal perimeter surface of the sleeve.
US11815194B2
An electrically-operated ON/OFF valve for a high pressure hydrogen tank for an automotive fuel cell system has a valve body, a solenoid group, a first gate that achieves a first-stage seal, and a sealing element provided with a main sealing surface to achieve a second-stage seal. The first-stage seal and the second-stage seal are both achieved by the sealing element.
US11815183B2
A mechanical seal includes rotating seal ring which rotate with a rotary shaft, stationary seal rings, and an adaptor which holds the stationary seal rings, the adaptor being fixed to a seal cover by bolts. The mechanical seal further includes a plurality of holders brought into contact with the adapter and provided with through holes. A body part of each of the bolts passes through each of the through holes and is screwed into each of threaded holes formed in the seal cover. The plurality of holders being arranged so as to surround the rotary shaft.
US11815180B2
A method of fabricating a chain tensioner includes bending a sheet metal blank to form a connector portion perpendicular to a flat base. The connector portion has an arm extending beyond the base. The method further includes stamping an end of the arm to curl the end into a hollow cylinder having an axis perpendicular the flat base. Curling the end into a hollow cylinder may be performed in a series of stamping operations. The blank may define a gap which extends around a narrower portion of the arm after the end is curled into the hollow cylinder.
US11815177B2
The transmission controller is configured to, when the received range position signal indicates that the range position is switched from a travelling range to a neutral range during travelling, output an instruction to disengage all of friction elements that are in an engaged state in the travelling range, output an instruction to at least one friction element before the instruction to disengage all of the friction elements that are in the engaged state in the travelling range is output, confirm a change in a rotation speed of a transmission input shaft after the instruction to disengage is output to the at least one friction element, and when there is no change in the rotation speed, diagnose that the friction element instructed to be disengaged is in an erroneously engaged state in which the friction element is not able to be disengaged.
US11815173B1
Methods and systems for operating a transmission that includes one or more dog clutches are described. In one example, a torque capacity of a gear is estimated from an engagement depth of the dog clutch, and the gear may be held or shifted according to the torque capacity of the gear and a commanded torque.
US11815168B2
A work vehicle includes a vehicle body provided with a travel device; a prime mover provided in the vehicle body; a transmission device capable of speed-changing a driving force from the prime mover and transmitting the driving force to the travel device; a transmission case housing the transmission device and being filled with lubricating oil; and a control device capable of switching between a warm-up operation mode in which a gear of the transmission device is rotated in a state in which transmission of power from the transmission device to the travel device is blocked and a travel operation mode in which the gear is rotated in a state in which the power is transmitted from the transmission device to the travel device.
US11815154B2
The disclosure relates to a drive train for a motor vehicle containing an internal combustion engine, a transmission connected downstream thereof, drive wheels and a differential arranged between the drive wheels and the transmission. In order to eliminate or at least reduce the vibrational eigenmodes behind the transmission, a centrifugal pendulum is assigned adjacent to the differential.
US11815145B2
A carrier pot for a brake disc includes a radially inner hub ring portion for fastening to a wheel axle, a radially outer brake disc ring portion for fastening to the brake disc, and at least one electric/electronic functional component. The carrier pot is made from a fiber-plastic composite and the at least one electric/electronic functional component is integrated into the fiber-plastic composite.
US11815144B2
The invention relates to a pad clip (5), comprising at least one retainer (6) for supporting a brake pad (2), and at least one retraction spring (10) for retracting the brake pad (2) in an axial direction upon a brake release, the retraction spring (10) having a spring body (17) with a first portion (11), a second portion (12), and an intermediate portion (13) connecting the first and second portions (11, 12), the first portion (11) comprising a contact portion (14) for contacting the brake pad (2), the second portion (12) being configured to be attached to a calliper support bracket (3), wherein the material of the first portion (11) axially extending between the contact portion (14) and the intermediate portion (13) is configured to be stretched in the axial direction upon a brake action and to return to its unstretched state upon a brake release. The invention also relates to a calliper support bracket (3) and a brake assembly (1).
US11815138B2
A constant velocity joint comprises an outer joint part with outer ball tracks and an inner joint part with inner ball tracks. An outer ball track and an inner ball track respectively form a pair of tracks with one another; in each, a torque-transmitting ball is guided. The torque-transmitting balls are accommodated in a ball cage with circumferentially distributed cage windows. In any angular position of the constant velocity joint an opening angle is formed between an outer tangent to the outer ball track and an inner tangent to the inner ball track. At an articulation angle of zero degrees the opening angle is greater than zero degrees. A central articulation angle range is defined with articulation angles less than fifteen degrees. The opening angle increases by at least two degrees within the central articulation angle range, and is less than twelve degrees for all articulation angles within the central articulation angle range.
US11815137B2
An automatic transmission includes a clutch hub assembly having a clutch hub and a housing assembly having a housing shaft and a piston dam. The clutch hub may define an inner portion between an outer radial wall, an inner radial wall and a forward axial wall, and extend about a central opening. The clutch hub may further include one or more first oil holes extending through the outer radial wall, one or more second oil holes extending through the inner radial wall, and an oil dam projecting radially inward from the inner radial wall. An oil flow path extends from the central opening through the one or more second oil holes, the inner portion, and the one or more first oil holes.
US11815117B2
A pair of latch members 36R, 36L in a case 20C protrudes from an outer face of the case 20C by a spring 38 and when the case 20C is passed through a wall hole 22H, the latch members 36R, 36L are narrowed by an engagement between outer edge (guiding) slant face 36ROI, 36LOI and a wall hole 22H and after the case 20C has passed through the wall hole 22H, the latch members 36R, 36L are spread by a spring 38 so as to engage the engagement slant faces 36RLI, 36LLI with the wall hole 22H and also while fixing temporarily the case 22C to the wall 22 together with a flange 20FL of the case 22C. After that, a screw 32 is screwed to draw the nut 34 toward the flange 20FL and to engage securely the latch members 36R, 36L held to the nut 34 with the wall hole 22H to complete secure fixing of the case 20C.
US11815113B2
A wing nut includes a body having a sidewall that surrounds a central opening. The central opening is threaded along a threaded portion having a threaded length extending from the back end towards the front end of the body. At least two wings are integrated with the sidewall and extend away from the sidewall in a radial direction relative to the centerline. A rib extend peripherally around the sidewall in a radially outward direction such that a wall thickness of the sidewall increases to a maximum value moving along the centerline away from the rear end, and decreases along the centerline moving towards the front end from the maximum value.
US11815112B1
An anchor pin that is precisely structured and machined to fit within a internal bore of a spindle rod of a motorcycle steering spindle assembly is presented herein. The anchor pin is configured and intended to provide additional structural integrity to and reinforce the spindle rod in the event of damage thereto or failure thereof. Accordingly, the anchor pin includes an elongated cylindrical shaft with a flared head disposed at one end thereof. The elongated cylindrical shaft includes at least one recessed ring disposed along a length thereof, and at least one resilient o-ring seated therein.
US11815106B1
A small gas turbine engine, such as is used to power a UAV, that includes at least one centrifugal compressor having an impeller with blades that form a gap between the blade tips and stationary shroud of the gas turbine engine, and where a resistance heating element, such as an impingement air manifold, is secured to or bonded to a compressor casing of the gas turbine engine in order to use heat to control the gap between the impeller blades and the stationary shroud. The resistance heating element is activated at cruise mode to move the shroud toward the impeller. Additionally or alternatively, the compressor casing is heated with bled-off compressed air to move the shroud toward the impeller. A capacitance tip clearance sensor can be mounted on the impeller shroud to monitor and control tip clearance in real time.
US11815102B2
A pump includes a pump housing including an inlet for the fluid on a low-pressure side, an outlet for the fluid on a high-pressure side, a circumferential wall facing faces axially away from the delivery chamber and on which the outlet emerges; a spring structure arranged on the outer end face of the end wall; a delivery member movable within the delivery chamber for delivering the fluid from the low-pressure side to the high-pressure side; and a securing device for axial securing the pump housing. The securing device includes a female holding element having an axially extending cavity and a male holding element in a joining engagement, exposable to an axial tensile load, with the female holding element in the cavity. The spring structure and/or the end wall is/are held on the pump housing by one of the holding elements by the joining engagement.
US11815095B2
A power saving vacuuming pump system is based on complete-bearing-sealing and dry-large-pressure-difference root vacuuming root pumps includes an input valve at an input end of a vacuum space for receiving gas mixture of saturation water vapor and non-condensed air from a condenser of a power plant; a first root vacuum pump connected to the input valve for receiving gas mixture from the input valve and then compressing the gas mixture; a second root vacuum pump connected to the first root vacuum pump for receiving gas mixture from the first root vacuum pump and then compressing the gas mixture. Inner connection walls between the vacuum chamber and the two bearing chambers are installed respective bearings which are installed to be around the driving shaft, and thus all the vacuum chamber and the two bearing chambers are tightly sealed. The vacuum chamber is completely dried so as to prevent from internal emulsion.
US11815094B2
Rotary positive displacement machines based on trochoidal geometry that includes a helical rotor that undergoes planetary motion relative to a helical stator are described. The rotor can have a hypotrochoidal-based cross-sectional shape, with the corresponding stator cavity cross-sectional shape being the outer envelope of the rotor cross-sectional shape as it undergoes planetary motion, or the stator cavity can have an epitrochoidal-based cross-sectional shape with the corresponding rotor cross-sectional shape being the inner envelope of the stator cross-sectional shape as it undergoes planetary motion. Such machines can be configured so that the stator axis is spaced from the rotor axis, the rotor is configured to spin about its axis and the stator is configured to spin about its axis, and/or the rotor and the stator are held at a fixed eccentricity so that the rotor undergoes planetary motion relative to the stator, but does not orbit.
US11815089B2
The invention relates mainly to a pumping system (1) which comprises an alternating distribution device comprising at least one shut-off device (7) comprising four mobile shut-off members (70-73) for shutting off first and second inlets (E1, E2; E1a, E2a) and first and second outlets (S1, S2; S1a, S2a) of the pumping system (1) and at least one trigger (8, 9) configured to actuate said shut-off members (70-73) between two positions, respectively a shutting-off position and an open position, which alternating distribution device can be actuated between a first arrangement associated with a first fluid distribution cycle and a second arrangement associated with a second fluid distribution cycle.
US11815074B1
Scalable power processing units (PPUs) for Hall-effect thrusters (HETs) and terrestrial systems are disclosed. A technique for current estimation may be employed on each output of parallel isolated discharge supply modules (DSMs) to force proper current/load sharing between the DSMs. A flyback power supply may be used that performs the dual functions of a cathode keeper plasma ignitor and sustainer. The flyback power supply may be tuned for a high no-load direct current (DC) output voltage to achieve cathode keeper ignition rather than requiring a separate ignitor supply, which reduces circuit complexity. To address requirements for higher voltage DC ignition than are achievable with a flyback power supply alone, a supplemental DC ignitor may be placed in parallel with the flyback power supply of some embodiments. Such simplified PPU architectures may provide a high efficiency, low part count, scalable architecture suitable for more compact and lower cost system designs.
US11815064B2
A method for testing a lightning protection system in a wind turbine rotor blade is provided. The lightning protection system is contacted in the region of a rotor blade root. A measuring line having an electrically conductive tip is positioned in the interior of the rotor blade or outside on the rotor blade until the conductive tip is in contact with an element of the lightning protection system. A signal is fed via the measuring line and the signal arriving at the lightning protection system in the region of the rotor blade root is measured in order to check the mode of operation of the lightning protection system in the rotor blade.
