US11894376B2
An integrated circuit device includes: a plurality of channel regions spaced apart from each other in an active region; a plurality of source/drain regions; an insulating structure on the active region, the insulating structure defining a plurality of gate spaces; a first gate stack structure in a first of the gate spaces, the first gate stack structure including a first work function metal-containing layer; and an isolation stack structure in a second of the gate spaces that is adjacent the first of the gate spaces, the isolation stack structure having a different stack structure from the first gate stack structure and being configured to electrically isolate a portion of the active region.
US11894375B2
A semiconductor device includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor is of a first type in a first layer and includes a gate extending in a first direction and a first active region extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The second transistor is of a second type arranged in a second layer over the first layer and includes the gate and a second active region extending in the second direction. The semiconductor device further includes a first conductive line in a third layer between the first and second layers. The first conductive line electrically connects a first source/drain region of the first active region to a second source/drain region of the second active region. The gate includes an upper portion and a lower portion, and the first conductive line crosses the first gate between the upper portion and the lower portion.
US11894368B2
Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures fabricated using alternate etch selective material, and the resulting structures, are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires. A gate stack is over the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires. A pair of dielectric spacers is along sides of the gate stack and over the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires. A metal oxide material is between adjacent ones of the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires at a location between the pair of dielectric spacers and the sides of the gate stack.
US11894359B2
The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods of conductively coupling a plurality of relatively physically small core dies to a relatively physically larger base die using an electrical mesh network that is formed in whole or in part in, on, across, or about all or a portion of the base die. Electrical mesh networks beneficially permit the positioning of the cores in close proximity to support circuitry carried by the base die. The minimal separation between the core circuitry and the support circuitry advantageously improves communication bandwidth while reducing power consumption. Each of the cores may include functionally dedicated circuitry such as processor core circuitry, field programmable logic, memory, or graphics processing circuitry. The use of core dies beneficially and advantageously permits the use of a wide variety of cores, each having a common or similar interface to the electrical mesh network.
US11894352B2
A power electronic module is provided that includes an electrical connection on opposing surfaces of an electronic component that allows a high current path from a top board to a bottom board through the body of the electronic component thus improving the power electronic module's electrical resistance and reducing the current load on the connector structure which is located between the first substrate and the second substrate. The power electronic module further includes a semiconductor component positioned on an external surface of the top board which allows for thermal contact of the semiconductor component with an external heat sink thus providing an efficient system thermal management via a reduced heat dissipation path. Additional heat dissipation can be obtained by disposing a metallic spacer on the semiconductor component of the power electronic module of the present disclosure.
US11894349B2
A semiconductor device includes a MOSFET including a PN junction diode. A unipolar device is connected in parallel to the MOSFET and has two terminals. A first wire connects the PN junction diode to one of the two terminals of the unipolar device. A second wire connects the one of the two terminals of the unipolar device to an output line, so that the output line is connected to the MOSFET and the unipolar device via the first wire and the second wire. In one embodiment the connection of the first wire to the diode is with its anode, and in another the connection is with the cathode.
US11894347B2
Implementations of semiconductor packages may include: a first substrate having two or more die coupled to a first side, a clip coupled to each of the two or more die on the first substrate and a second substrate having two or more die coupled to a first side of the second substrate. A clip may be coupled to each of the two or more die on the second substrate. The package may include two or more spacers coupled to the first side of the first substrate and a lead frame between the first substrate and the second substrate and a molding compound. A second side of each of the first substrate and the second substrate may be exposed through the molding compound. A perimeter of the first substrate and a perimeter of the second substrate may not fully overlap when coupled through the two or more spacers.
US11894342B2
Methods and systems for stacking multiple chips with high speed serializer/deserializer blocks are presented. These methods make use of Through Via (TV) to connect the dice to each other, and to the external pads. The methods enable efficient multilayer stacking that simplifies design and manufacturing, and at the same time, ensure high speed operation of serializer/deserializer blocks, using the TVs.
US11894340B2
A package structure includes a wiring structure and a first electronic device. The wiring structure includes at least one dielectric layer and at least one circuit layer in contact with the dielectric layer. The first electronic device is electrically connected to the wiring structure, and has a first surface, a second surface and at least one lateral side surface extending between the first surface and the second surface. The first electronic device includes a first active circuit region and a first protrusion portion. The first protrusion portion protrudes from the at least one lateral side surface of the first electronic device. A portion of the first active circuit region is disposed in the first protrusion portion.
US11894331B2
A chip structure is provided. The chip structure includes a substrate. The chip structure includes an interconnect layer over the substrate. The chip structure includes a conductive pad over the interconnect layer. The chip structure includes a conductive bump over the conductive pad. The conductive bump has a first portion, a second portion, and a neck portion between the first portion and the second portion. The first portion is between the neck portion and the conductive pad. The neck portion is narrower than the first portion and narrower than the second portion.
US11894328B2
The present application provides a semiconductor device with an edge-protecting spacer over a bonding pad. The semiconductor device includes a bonding pad disposed over a semiconductor substrate; a first spacer disposed over a top surface of the bonding pad; a dielectric liner disposed between the first spacer and the bonding pad; a dielectric layer between the bonding pad and the semiconductor substrate, wherein the dielectric layer includes silicon-rich oxide; and a conductive bump disposed over the bonding pad and covering the first spacer and the dielectric liner, wherein the conductive bump is electrically connected to a source/drain (S/D) region in the semiconductor substrate through the bonding pad.
US11894321B2
A semiconductor device includes a conductive support member, a first semiconductor element, a second semiconductor element, an insulating element, and a sealing resin. The conductive support member includes a first die pad and a second die pad, which are separated from each other in a first direction. The first die pad and the second die pad overlap each other when viewed along the first direction. When viewed along a thickness direction, a peripheral edge of the first die pad has a first near-angle portion including a first end portion in a second direction orthogonal to both the thickness direction and the first direction. The first near-angle portion is separated from the second die pad in the first direction toward the first end portion in the second direction.
US11894318B2
A device includes a redistribution structure, including conductive features; dielectric layers; and an internal support within a first dielectric layer of the dielectric layers, wherein the internal support is free of passive and active devices; a first interconnect structure attached to a first side of the redistribution structure; a second interconnect structure attached to the first side of the redistribution structure, wherein the second interconnect structure is laterally adjacent the first interconnect structure, wherein the internal support laterally overlaps both the first interconnect structure and the second interconnect structure.
US11894298B2
A semiconductor structure includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located over a substrate, memory openings vertically extending through the alternating stack, memory opening fill structures located in the memory openings, where each of the memory opening fill structures contains a memory film and a vertical semiconductor channel that extend vertically, and each memory film includes a crystalline blocking dielectric metal oxide layer, and a metal oxide amorphous dielectric nucleation layer located between each of the vertically neighboring electrically conductive layers and insulating layers, and located between each of the crystalline blocking dielectric metal oxide layers and each of the electrically conductive layers.
US11894293B2
A circuit structure and an electronic structure are provided. The circuit structure includes a low-density conductive structure, a high-density conductive structure and an electrical connection structure. The high-density conductive structure is disposed on the low-density conductive structure. The electrical connection structure extends through the high-density conductive structure and is electrically connected to the low-density conductive structure. The electrical connection structure includes a shoulder portion.
US11894292B2
A power module can include a casing mounted to a baseplate that contains a substrate with circuitry. The circuitry can include pins for coupling signals to/from the circuitry. These pins can extend through a cover portion of the casing so that an electronic substrate, such as a printed circuit board (PCB) can be press-fit onto the pins. When press-fit, the electronic substrate is supported and positioned by support pillars that extend from the base plate to above the cover portion of the casing. If the pins and the support pillars have different coefficients of thermal expansion, damage to connection points between the pins and the circuitry may occur. Here, a power module is disclosed that has thermally matched pins and support pillars so that when the system is thermally cycled over a range of temperatures, the connection points are not damaged by forces induced by thermal expansion.
US11894291B2
A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device according to the technology disclosed in the present specification includes: providing at least one semiconductor element; connecting, to the semiconductor element, a plurality of first terminals and at least one second terminal that is a control terminal to which a voltage lower than that of the first terminal is applied; and forming a first bent part in the first terminal, in which the first bent part does not protrude on the surfaces, facing each other, of the plurality of first terminals that are adjacent to each other.
US11894289B2
Substrates for semiconductor packages, including hybrid substrates for decoupling capacitors, and associated devices, systems, and methods are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a substrate includes a first pair and a second pair of electrical contacts on a first surface of the substrate. The first pair of electrical contacts can be configured to receive a first surface-mount capacitor, and the second pair of electrical contacts can be configured to receive a second surface-mount capacitor. The first pair of electrical contacts can be spaced apart by a first space, and the second pair of electrical contacts can be spaced apart by a second space. The first and second spaces can correspond to corresponding to first and second distances between electrical contacts of the first and second surface-mount capacitors.
US11894285B2
A back plate assembly includes a base plate formed with a groove having a bottom wall and a pair of side walls opposite to each other in a first horizontal direction, and an arch plate assembled into the groove and having a pair of opposite ends in the first horizontal direction. A pair of end surfaces of the ends of the arch plate abut against the side walls and a part of a middle portion of the arch plate between the ends is not in contact with the bottom wall of the groove.
US11894284B2
A semiconductor structure having a silver-indium transient liquid phase bonding joint is provided. With the ultra-thin silver-indium transient liquid phase bonding joint formed between the semiconductor device and the heat-spreading mount, its thermal resistance can be minimized to achieve a high thermal conductivity. Therefore, the heat spreading capability of the heat-spreading mount can be fully realized, leading to an optimal performance of the high power electronics and photonics devices.
US11894281B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element, a first lead electrically connected to the semiconductor element, a sealing resin that covers the semiconductor element and a part of the first lead, and a recess formed in a surface flush with a back surface of the sealing resin. The sealing resin also has a front surface opposite to the back surface in a thickness direction, and a side surface connecting the front surface and the back surface to each other. The recess is formed, in part, by a part of the first lead that is exposed from the back surface of the sealing resin. The recess has an outer edge that forms a closed shape, as viewed in the thickness direction, within a region that includes the back surface of the sealing resin and the first lead.
US11894262B2
Techniques are disclosed for forming integrated circuit structures having a plurality of non-planar transistors. An insulation structure is provided between channel, source, and drain regions of neighboring fins. The insulation structure is formed during back side processing, wherein at least a first portion of the isolation material between adjacent fins is recessed to expose a sub-channel portion of the semiconductor fins. A spacer material is then deposited at least on the exposed opposing sidewalls of the exposed sub-channel portion of each fin. The isolation material is then further recessed to form an air gap between gate, source, and drain regions of neighboring fins. The air gap electrically isolates the source/drain regions of one fin from the source/drain regions of an adjacent fin, and likewise isolates the gate region of the one fin from the gate region of the adjacent fin. The air gap can be filled with a dielectric material.
US11894261B2
A silicon-on-insulator substrate includes: (1) a high-resistivity base layer including silicon and a trap-rich region including arsenic diffused within a first side of the high-resistivity base layer, wherein the trap-rich region has a thickness that is in a range of 1 to 10 microns and a trap density that is in a range of 0.8*1010 cm2 eV−1 to 1.2*1010 cm2 eV−1, wherein the high-resistivity base layer has resistivity in a range of 50 to 100 ohm-meters and a thickness in a range of 500 to 700 microns; (2) a silicon dioxide layer positioned on the first side of the high-resistivity base layer and having a thickness that is in a range of 1000 to 5000 angstroms; and (3) a transfer layer positioned on the silicon dioxide layer, wherein the transfer layer comprises a silicon wafer having a thickness that is a range of 500 to 5000 angstroms.
US11894255B2
Embodiments of a process kit are provided herein. In some embodiments, a process kit for use in a substrate processing chamber includes: a ceramic ring having an upper surface and a lower surface, wherein the ceramic ring includes a chucking electrode disposed in the ceramic ring and a heating element disposed in the ceramic ring; and an edge ring disposed on the ceramic ring.
US11894246B2
A bonding apparatus includes a first holder, a second holder, an attracting pressure generator and a lift pin. The first holder is configured to hold a first substrate. The second holder, disposed at a position facing the first holder, has an attraction surface configured to attract a second substrate to be bonded to the first substrate. The attracting pressure generator is configured to generate an attracting pressure in the attraction surface. The lift pin is configured to space the second substrate on the attraction surface apart from the second holder. The second holder is provided with a space including an opening through which the lift pin passes, and the space is controlled to have a pressure lower than an atmospheric pressure.
US11894243B2
A wafer system-level fan-out packaging structure and a manufacturing method. The method includes: forming a redistribution layer, where the redistribution layer includes a first surface and an opposite second surface; providing a patch element, and bonding the patch element to the second surface; providing a die having a bump disposed on a front side, and bonding the front side of the die to the second surface of the redistribution layer through the bump; and forming a plastic packaging layer on the second surface of the redistribution layer, where the plastic packaging layer covers the patch element, back side and side surfaces of the die. In the wafer system-level fan-out packaging structure and the manufacturing method of the present disclosure, the die and the patch element are packaged in a plastic packaging layer, and the die and the patch element are connected and let out by the redistribution layer.
US11894238B2
A method includes forming a material layer over a substrate, forming a first hard mask (HM) layer over the material layer, forming a first trench, along a first direction, in the first HM layer. The method also includes forming first spacers along sidewalls of the first trench, forming a second trench in the first HM layer parallel to the first trench, by using the first spacers to guard the first trench. The method also includes etching the material layer through the first trench and the second trench, removing the first HM layer and the first spacers, forming a second HM layer over the material layer, forming a third trench in the second HM layer. The third trench extends along a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction and overlaps with the first trench. The method also includes etching the material layer through the third trench.
US11894236B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes: providing a base; forming multiple discrete first mask layers on the base; forming multiple sidewall layers, in which each sidewall layer is configured to encircle one of the first mask layers, and each sidewall layer is connected to closest sidewall layers, the side walls, away from the first mask layers, of multiple connected sidewall layers define initial first vias and each of the initial first vias is provided with chamfers; removing the first mask layers, and each sidewall layer defines a second via; after removing the first mask layers, forming repair layers which are located on the side walls, away from the second vias, of the sidewall layers and fill the chamfers of the initial first vias to form first vias; and etching the base along the first vias and the second vias to form capacitor holes on the base.
US11894228B2
Exemplary methods of semiconductor processing may include forming a plasma of a carbon-containing precursor in a processing region of a semiconductor processing chamber. The methods may include depositing a carbon-containing material on a substrate housed in the processing region of the semiconductor processing chamber. The methods may include halting a flow of the carbon-containing precursor into the processing region of the semiconductor processing chamber. The methods may include contacting the carbon-containing material with plasma effluents of an oxidizing material. The methods may include forming volatile materials from a surface of the carbon-containing material.
US11894223B2
A photoelectric tube includes a housing including a light transmitting portion, an electron emitting portion held by a recess provided in the housing, the electron emitting portion including a concave photoelectric surface facing a light transmitting portion side inside the housing, and an electron capturing portion disposed between the light transmitting portion and the photoelectric surface inside the housing. At least a part of the electron capturing portion is located inside a region on an inside of the photoelectric surface.
US11894219B2
The inventive concept relates to an apparatus and a method for processing a substrate. In an embodiment, the apparatus includes a process chamber having a processing space inside, a support unit that supports the substrate in the processing space, a gas supply unit that supplies a process gas into the processing space, and a plasma source that generates plasma from the process gas. The support unit includes a support on which the substrate is placed, an edge ring around the substrate placed on the support, an impedance adjustment member provided below the edge ring, and a temperature adjustment member that variably adjusts temperature of the impedance adjustment member.
US11894217B2
A method of reducing reflected Radio Frequency (RF) power in substrate processing chambers may include accessing input parameters for a processing chamber that are derived from a recipe to perform a process on a substrate. The input parameters may be provided to a model that has been trained using previous input parameters and corresponding sensor measurements for the chamber. A predicted amount of reflected RF power may be received from the model and it may be determined whether the predicted reflected RF power is optimized. The input parameters may be repeatedly adjusted and processed by the model until input parameter values are found that optimize the reflected RF power. Optimized input parameters may then be provided to the chamber to process the substrate.
US11894215B2
A method for structuring a decorative or technical pattern in the thickness of an object made of an at least partially transparent amorphous, semi-crystalline or crystalline material, wherein the object is made of an at least partially transparent material including a top surface and a bottom surface which extends away from the top surface. The top or bottom surfaces is provided with a mask defining an opening whose outline corresponds to the profile of the pattern to be structured, the mask covering the top or bottom surface at the positions which are not to be structured. The pattern is structured with a mono- or multicharged ion beam through the opening of the mask, wherein the mechanical properties of the mask are sufficient to prevent the ions of the ion beam from etching the top or bottom surface at the positions where this top or bottom surface is covered by the mask.
US11894206B2
A vehicle tailgate assembly includes a tailgate and a switch assembly operably connected to the tailgate. The switch assembly includes a switch structured to be actuatable by application of a load exceeding a predetermined threshold to the tailgate. The switch assembly is operably connected to a tailgate automatic opening/closing mechanism such that actuation of the switch controls operation of the mechanism to prevent execution of a command to automatically open the tailgate when the tailgate is in a fully closed condition.
US11894204B2
A switch assembly includes a switch and a servo drive system. The drive system includes: a drive shaft connecting the drive system to the switch; a motor driving the switch; a power section supplying power to the motor; a feedback system; and a programmable safety controller. The feedback system determines at least two values for an absolute position of the drive shaft; and generates a feedback signal on the basis of the values. The controller controls the power section depending on at least one desired value; influences an operation of the motor depending on the feedback signal; and identifies the presence of at least one safety-relevant event, and based thereon, transmits a control signal to the power section. The power section is initiates/carries-out at a safety measure depending on the control signal.
US11894197B2
A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a ceramic body including a dielectric layer, a first internal electrode and a second internal electrode, disposed to oppose each other with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween, and a first external electrode and a second external electrode. The ceramic body further includes first and second margin portions and first and second cover portions, disposed on upper and lower surfaces of a capacitance formation portion and the first and second margin portions, respectively. The first and second cover portions each include a first cover layer adjacent to an internal electrode, disposed on an outermost side among the first and second internal electrodes, and a second cover layer disposed on the first cover layer, and an interface at which the first cover layer and the second cover layer are in contact with each other.
US11894196B2
A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a body including a dielectric layer and first and second internal electrodes stacked in a first direction and having first and second surfaces opposing each other in the first direction, third and fourth surfaces opposing each other in a second direction, and fifth and sixth surfaces opposing each other in a third direction, and first and second external electrodes disposed on the third and fourth surfaces of the body, respectively, and connected to the first and second internal electrodes, respectively. The first and second external electrodes each include a central portion disposed in a center of each of the third and fourth surfaces and an outer portion disposed outside the central portion. T1>T2>T3, in which T1 and T3 are maximum value and minimum value of a thickness of the central portion, respectively, and T2 is a maximum value of a thickness of the outer portion.
US11894194B2
A dielectric composition includes a dielectric grain including a perovskite compound and a first segregation phase including at least Ca, Al, Si, and O.
US11894189B2
A capacitor component includes a body, including a dielectric layer and an internal electrode layer, and an external electrode disposed on the body and connected to the internal electrode layer. The internal electrode layer includes zirconium (Zr) and germanium (Ge). A ratio of a sum of contents (at %) of zirconium (Zr) and germanium (Ge), contained in the internal electrode layer, to an entirety of the internal electrode layer is 3.3 at % or more to 3.7 at % or less.
US11894180B2
The present invention provides a capacitive voltage transformer, including: a capacitive voltage-dividing component and an electromagnetic unit. The capacitive voltage-dividing component comprises: one or more levels of stacks, and each stack is a coupling capacitor. The coupling capacitor includes: an upper cover plate, a lower cover plate, an insulating sleeve, a capacitor core, squirrel cage electrodes, volume matching devices, a high voltage lead, and a low voltage lead. The lowermost coupling capacitor is provided with a medium voltage lead and a lead terminal. The low voltage lead of the lowermost coupling capacitor is led out through a low-voltage leading-out tube arranged in the lead terminal, and the medium voltage lead of the lowermost coupling capacitor is led out through a medium-voltage leading-out post arranged in the lead terminal. The medium-voltage leading-out post passes through and out of the low-voltage leading-out tube and is arranged coaxially with the low-voltage leading-out tube.
US11894172B2
A domain wall moving type magnetic recording element includes: a domain wall moving layer in which first layers containing a rare earth metal and second layers containing a transition metal are alternately stacked in a first direction; and a first electrode and a second electrode which face the domain wall moving layer and are arranged to be away from each other. The domain wall moving layer has SOT suppression parts which are positioned in one of interfaces between the first layers and the second layers and contain a non-magnetic metal. The SOT suppression parts are locally distributed at the interface.
US11894171B2
Provided is an Al-containing hexagonal ferrite magnetic powder which produces an excellent durability-improving effect on a magnetic recording medium, wherein uniform pulverization of the magnetic powder can be easily achieved by dispersion treatment in preparation of a magnetic coating material even in cases where the magnetic powder has a small primary particle size or has a composition which is likely to produce hard secondary particles. The magnetic powder for a magnetic recording medium is an Al-containing hexagonal ferrite magnetic powder having an Al/Fe molar ratio of 0.030 to 0.200, and has a particle size distribution in which the volume ratio of particles having a particle size of 30 μm or more as measured by a laser diffraction particle size distribution analyzer with a dispersion pressure of 100 kPa is 5.0% or less, and an activation volume Vact of 1800 nm3 or less.
US11894165B2
A braided part connection structure includes a conductive braid and a conductive member electrically connected and fixed to the braid and made of a conductive plate material. The conductive member includes a braid joining portion. The braid joining portion includes, at a part of the conductive member in a longitudinal direction of the conductive member, a plurality of openings formed at intervals with each other along a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction and a welded portion defined by two adjacent openings of the plurality of openings. The braid joining portion is provided on the braid in an overlapping manner and the welded portion is laser-welded onto the braid.
US11894160B2
Devices, systems and methods for performing X-ray scans with a single line of sight using a lens array for capturing the light field of the X-rays are described. In one example aspect, an X-ray optical system includes a primary optics subsection positioned to receive incoming X-rays after traversal through an object and to redirect the received incoming X-rays onto an intermediate image plane. The system also includes a microlens array positioned at or close to the intermediate image plane to receive at least some of the received incoming X-rays after redirection by the primary optics subsection to diffract the X-rays that are incident thereupon.
US11894157B2
A reactor that is operable to produce an isotope includes a region for containing a controlled nuclear fission reaction, the region segmented into a plurality of independent compartments, each of the compartments for containing a parent material in an aqueous solution that interacts with neutrons to produce the isotope via a fission reaction. Also provided are methods of producing an isotope using the same.
US11894153B2
The present disclosure relates to a narrow slit channel visualization experimental device and method under a six-degree-of-freedom motion condition. The system comprises a six-degree-of-freedom motion simulation platform, a main circulation loop, a cooling water system, an electric heating system and a bubble monitoring system, wherein the main circulation loop is composed of an S-shaped preheater, a three-surface visualization experimental section, a double-pipe condenser, a pressurizing circulating pump, a voltage stabilizer and related equipment, wherein the cooling water system is composed of the double-pipe condenser, a plate heat exchanger, a cooling tower, a cooling fan, a cooling water tank and related equipment, wherein the electric heating system is composed of a direct-current power supply, a low-voltage power controller and a transformer, and wherein the bubble monitoring system is composed of two high-speed cameras, a PIV measuring system and an electric servo module.
US11894148B2
Systems and methods are provided for treating an inflammatory or allergic response associated with a replicating pathogen, such as a virus in the coronaviridae family. The methods include emitting an electrical impulse near a vagus nerve within the patient sufficient to inhibit or reduce an inflammatory or allergic response in the patient, provide relief for bronchoconstriction that results in the tightening of airways and the inability to breath without ventilator support and/or lessen the abnormal blot clotting that develops in some patients. The systems and methods are particularly useful for treating post-COVID conditions or post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 that develop in “long-haul” or COVID patients.
US11894142B2
Methods and devices include database management and graphical user interfaces for measurements collected by analyzing blood.
US11894141B2
Described herein is a platform and supported graphical user interface (GUI) decision-making tools for use by medical practitioners and/or their patients, e.g., to aide in the process of making decisions about a course of cancer treatment and/or to track treatment and/or the progress of a disease.
US11894140B2
A computer-implemented method includes receiving, by a computing device, a particular textual description of a scene. The method also includes applying a neural network for text-to-image generation to generate an output image rendition of the scene, the neural network having been trained to cause two image renditions associated with a same textual description to attract each other and two image renditions associated with different textual descriptions to repel each other based on mutual information between a plurality of corresponding pairs, wherein the plurality of corresponding pairs comprise an image-to-image pair and a text-to-image pair. The method further includes predicting the output image rendition of the scene.
US11894137B2
Systems and methods for providing a universal platform for at-home health testing and diagnostics are provided herein. In particular, a health testing and diagnostic platform is provided to connect medical providers with patients and to generate a unique, private testing environment. In some embodiments, the testing environment may facilitate administration of a medical test to a patient with the guidance of a proctor. In some embodiments, the patient may be provided with step-by-step instructions for test administration by the proctor within a testing environment. The platform may display unique, dynamic testing interfaces to the patient and proctor to ensure proper testing protocols and accurate test result verification.
US11894129B1
Provided herein is a care coordination support platform (“CCSP”) computer system including a in communication with a memory device for coordinating care. The processor is programmed to: (i) register a user through an application, (ii) register a caregiver through the application, (iii) receive input from the user or the caregiver defining an event of the user, (iv) assign the event to a caregiver based upon personal and scheduling data of the caregivers, (v) create a care schedule of the user, (vi) display the care schedule to the caregiver, (vii) receive a question regarding the from the user or the caregiver, (viii) convert the question into a query, (ix) run the query against an event database, and (x) transmit a response to the question to the processor.
US11894117B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for patient case and care complexity characterization, and detecting matches of an individual patient's record with collections of other patients' records, based on serial, longitudinal patterns, for facilitating efficient health services utilization, implementing programs to reduce complexity, preventive medicine, and risk management in health care. In an embodiment, time series are formed by electronically representing information pertaining to successive longitudinal episodes of health services utilization and the circumstances in which the episodes were incurred; calculating time-series K-nearest-neighbor clusters and distances for each combination; determining the cluster to which a given candidate patient complexity record is nearest, and prescribing one or more interventions specific to hazards that are characteristic of trajectories that are members of that cluster, or that are deemed to be relevant to mitigating those hazards, thereby preventing the adverse outcomes and subsequent excess utilization that are prevalent in that cluster.
US11894103B2
Methods, systems, and devices for a decoding architecture for memory devices are described. Word line plates of a memory array may each include a sheet of conductive material that includes a first portion extending in a first direction within a plane along with multiple fingers extending in a second direction within the plane. Memory cells coupled with a word line plate, or a subset thereof, may represent a logical page for accessing memory cells. Each word line plate may be coupled with a corresponding word line driver via a respective electrode. A memory cell may be accessed via a first voltage applied to a word line plate coupled with the memory cell and a second voltage applied to a pillar electrode coupled with the memory cell. Parallel or simultaneous access operations may be performed for two or more memory cells within a same page of memory cells.
US11894099B2
Described apparatuses and methods enable communication between a host device and a memory device to establish relative delays between different data lines. If data signals propagate along a bus with the same timing, simultaneous switching output (SSO) and crosstalk can adversely impact channel timing budget parameters. An example system includes an interconnect having multiple data lines that couple the host device to the memory device. In example operations, the host device can transmit to the memory device a command indicative of a phase offset between two or more data lines of the multiple data lines. The memory device can implement the command by transmitting or receiving signals via the interconnect with different relative phase offsets between data lines. The host device (e.g., a memory controller) can determine appropriate offsets for a given apparatus. Lengths of the offsets can vary. Further, a system can activate the phase offsets based on frequency.
US11894070B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes first and second memory cells; a first word line connected to the first and second memory cells; a first bit line connected to the first memory cell; a second bit line connected to the second memory cell; a first sense amplifier connected to the first bit line; a second sense amplifier connected to the second bit line; a voltage generation circuit; and a first row decoder which supplies a voltage to the first word line.
US11894069B2
A memory device includes unselected sub-block, which includes bit line; drain select (SGD) transistor coupled with bit line; a source voltage line; source select (SGS) transistor coupled with source voltage; and wordlines coupled with gates of string of cells, which have channel coupled between the SGS/SGD transistors. Control logic coupled with unselected sub-block is to: cause the SGD/SGS transistors to turn on while ramping the wordlines from a ground voltage to a pass voltage associated with unselected wordlines in preparation for read operation; cause, while ramping the wordlines, the channel to be pre-charged by ramping voltages on the bit line and the source voltage line to a target voltage that is greater than a source read voltage level; and in response to wordlines reaching the pass voltage, causing the SGD and SGS transistors to be turned off, to leave the channel pre-charged to the target voltage during the read operation.
US11894067B2
A memory apparatus and method of operation are provided. The memory apparatus includes memory cells configured to retain a threshold voltage. The memory cells are connected to one of a plurality of word lines and are arranged in strings comprising a plurality of blocks. A control means is coupled to the plurality of word lines and the strings and is configured to periodically determine a read frequency metric associated with a plurality of read operations of one of the plurality of blocks of the memory cells. The control means is also configured to relocate data of the one of the plurality of blocks and cause the one of the plurality of blocks to remain unused for a predetermined relaxation time based on the read frequency metric.
US11894055B2
A semiconductor device includes: a peripheral circuit region including circuit elements on a substrate, the circuit elements of a page buffer and a row decoder; and a cell region including gate electrode layers, stacked in a first direction, perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate, and connected to the row decoder, and channel structures extending in the first direction to penetrate through the gate electrode layers and to be connected to the page buffer. The row decoder includes high-voltage elements, operating at a first power supply voltage, and low-voltage elements operating at a second power supply voltage, lower than the first power supply voltage. Among the high-voltage elements, at least one first high-voltage device is in a first well region doped with impurities having a first conductivity-type. At least one of the low-voltage elements is in a second well region surrounding the first well region and doped with impurities having a second conductivity-type, different from the first conductivity-type.
US11894053B2
A vertical nonvolatile memory device including a memory cell string using a resistance change material is disclosed. Each memory cell string of the nonvolatile memory device includes a semiconductor layer extending in a first direction and having a first surface opposite a second surface, a plurality of gates and a plurality of insulators alternately arranged in the first direction and extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, a gate insulating layer extending in the first direction between the plurality of gates and the semiconductor layer and between the plurality of insulators and the semiconductor layer, and a dielectric film extending in the first direction on the surface of the semiconductor layer and having a plurality of movable oxygen vacancies distributed therein.
US11894047B2
The present disclosure provides a sense amplifier, a memory, and a method for controlling a sense amplifier, relating to the technical field of semiconductor memories. The sense amplifier comprises: an amplification module; and an offset voltage storage unit electrically connected to the amplification module; wherein, in an offset cancellation stage of the sense amplifier, the sense amplifier is configured to comprise a current mirror structure to store an offset voltage of the amplification module in an offset voltage storage unit. The present disclosure can realize the offset cancellation of the sense amplifier.
US11894041B2
An electronic device includes an internal mode control circuit suitable for generating a burst control signal, a blocking control signal and an internal voltage control signal based on a refresh cycle when an internal mode is performed in a self-refresh operation, a refresh control circuit suitable for generating a refresh signal for performing a refresh operation every refresh cycle when the self-refresh operation is performed, generating the refresh signal every set cycle based on the burst control signal when the internal mode is performed, and blocking the generation of the refresh signal based on the blocking control signal, and an internal voltage generation circuit suitable for adjusting a level of an internal voltage for the refresh operation based on the internal voltage control signal.
US11894038B2
Disclosed is a memory device including a magnetic memory element. The memory device includes a memory cell array including a first region and a second region, the second region configured to store a value of a write voltage, the write voltage based on a value of a reference resistor for determining whether a programmed memory cell is in a parallel state or anti-parallel state, a voltage generator configured to generate a code value based on the value of the write voltage, and a write driver configured to drive a write current based on the code value, the write current being a current for storing data in the first region.
US11894037B2
In a memory array with a cross-point structure, at each cross-point junction a programmable resistive memory element, such as an MRAM memory cell, is connected in series with a threshold switching selector, such as an ovonic threshold switch. The threshold switching selector switches to a conducting state when a voltage above a threshold voltage is applied. When powered down for extended periods, the threshold voltage can drift upward. If the drift is excessive, this can make the memory cell difficult to access and can disturb stored data values when accessed. Techniques are presented to determine whether excessive voltage threshold drift may have occurred, including a read based test and a time based test. Techniques are also presented for initializing a cross-point array, for both first fire and cold start, by using voltage levels shifted from half-select voltage levels used in a standard memory access.
US11894027B2
A plurality of gap patterns are formed on a front surface of a substrate along a direction corresponding to a width direction of a magnetic tape. The first straight line region has a steeper inclined angle with respect to the first imaginary straight line than the second straight line region. Positions of both ends of the first straight line region and positions of both ends of the second straight line region are aligned in a direction corresponding to a width direction of a magnetic tape. Positions of the plurality of gap patterns are aligned in a longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape. A pulse signal is supplied to each of the plurality of gap patterns with a delay of a predetermined time from one side to the other side in a direction in which the plurality of gap patterns are arranged.
US11894022B1
In one aspect, an example method includes: (i) a computing system obtaining media content; (ii) the computing system extracting from the obtained media content, audio content; (iii) the computing system using at least the extracted audio content to obtain sentiment data associated with the audio content; (iv) the computing system using the obtained sentiment data as a basis to modify a video content component of the media content, thereby generating a modified version of the media content; and (v) the computing system outputting for presentation the generated modified media content.
US11894014B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for audio-visual speech separation. A method includes: obtaining, for each frame in a stream of frames from a video in which faces of one or more speakers have been detected, a respective per-frame face embedding of the face of each speaker; processing, for each speaker, the per-frame face embeddings of the face of the speaker to generate visual features for the face of the speaker; obtaining a spectrogram of an audio soundtrack for the video; processing the spectrogram to generate an audio embedding for the audio soundtrack; combining the visual features for the one or more speakers and the audio embedding for the audio soundtrack to generate an audio-visual embedding for the video; determining a respective spectrogram mask for each of the one or more speakers; and determining a respective isolated speech spectrogram for each speaker.
US11894010B2
To sufficiently suppress noise and reverberation, a convolutional beamformer for calculating, at each time point, a weighted sum of a current signal and a past signal sequence having a predetermined delay and a length of 0 or more such that it increases a probability expressing a speech-likeness of an estimation signals based on a predetermined probability model is acquired where the estimation signals are acquired by applying the convolutional beamformer to frequency-divided observation signals corresponding respectively to a plurality of frequency bands of observation signals acquired by picking up acoustic signals emitted from a sound source, whereupon target signals are acquired by applying the acquired convolutional beamformer to the frequency-divided observation signals.
US11893999B1
Techniques for enrolling a user in a system's user recognition functionality without requiring the user speak particular speech are described. The system may determine characteristics unique to a user input. The system may generate an implicit voice profile from user inputs having similar characteristics. After an implicit voice profile is generated, the system may receive a user input having speech characteristics similar to that of the implicit voice profile. The system may ask the user if the user wants the system to associate the implicit voice profile with a particular user identifier. If the user responds affirmatively, the system may request an identifier of a user profile (e.g., a user name). In response to receiving the user's name, the system may identify a user profile associated with the name and associate the implicit voice profile with the user profile, thereby converting the implicit voice profile into an explicit voice profile.
US11893998B2
Implementations set forth herein relate to management of casting requests and user inputs at a rechargeable device, which provides access to an automated assistant and is capable of rendering data that is cast from a separate device. Casting requests can be handled by the rechargeable device despite a device SoC of the rechargeable device operating in a sleep mode. Furthermore, spoken utterances provided by a user for invoking the automated assistant can also be adaptively managed by the rechargeable device in order mitigate idle power consumption by the device SoC. Such spoken utterances can be initially processed by a digital signal processor (DSP), and, based on one or more features (e.g., voice characteristic, conformity to a particular invocation phrase, etc.) of the spoken utterance, the device SoC can be initialized for an amount of time that is selected based on the features of the spoken utterance.
US11893995B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for collaboration between multiple voice controlled devices are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of identifying, by a first computing device, a second computing device that is configured to respond to a particular, predefined hotword; receiving audio data that corresponds to an utterance; receiving a transcription of additional audio data outputted by the second computing device in response to the utterance; based on the transcription of the additional audio data and based on the utterance, generating a transcription that corresponds to a response to the additional audio data; and providing, for output, the transcription that corresponds to the response.
US11893994B1
Devices and techniques are generally described for process optimization using reinforcement learning. In various examples, first input data is received and a first process for processing the first input data is determined. In some examples, a second process for processing the first input data is determined. A first machine learning model is used to generate a first prediction for processing the first input data by the first process. The first process and/or the second process are controlled based at least in part on the first prediction.
US11893988B2
The disclosure provides a speech control method, a speech control apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method includes: acquiring target audio data sent by a client, the target audio data including audio data collected by the client within a target duration before wake-up and audio data collected by the client after wake-up; performing speech recognition on the target audio data; and controlling the client based on an instruction recognized from a second audio segment of the target audio data in response to recognizing a wake-up word from a first audio segment at beginning of the target audio data; in which, the second audio segment is later than the first audio segment or has an overlapping portion with the first audio segment.
US11893973B2
Disclosed is a sound design method for overcoming sense of difference when there is no virtual sound while an auto cruise control is activated. The method includes determining whether an accelerator pedal is actuated; upon determining that the accelerator pedal is not actuated, determining whether an auto cruise control system is operating; upon determining whether the auto cruise control system is operating, classifying a vehicle speed-based order component from a driving sound; and reproducing a speed sensitive virtual sound based on the classified vehicle speed-based order component.
US11893966B2
Systems and methods for improving operating characteristics of displays such as liquid crystal on silicon displays.
US11893963B2
Embodiments of the subject matter described herein relate to a wireless programmable media processing system. In the media processing system, a processing unit in a computing device generates a frame to be displayed based on a graphics content for an application running on the computing device. The frame to be displayed is then divided into a plurality of block groups which are compressed. The plurality of compressed block groups are sent to a graphics display device over a wireless link. In this manner, both the generation and the compression of the frame to be displayed may be completed at the same processing unit in the computing device, which avoids data copying and simplifies processing operations. Thereby, the data processing speed and efficiency is improved significantly.
US11893953B2
A display apparatus includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a timing controller configured to generate current control information on the basis of a degree of transition of image data which is to be applied to a corresponding pixel of the plurality of pixels, and a plurality of output buffers configured to output a target data voltage, corresponding to the image data, to data output channels connected to the plurality of pixels, wherein each of the output buffers includes an amplifier output circuit configured to apply a rising current or a falling current, which is previously set for outputting the target data voltage, to an output node connected to one of the data output channels and a slew rate adjustment circuit configured to selectively and further apply an additional rising current or an additional falling current to the output node on the basis of the current control information, for increasing an output slew rate of the target data voltage.
US11893950B2
It is an object to provide a display device which can favorably display a image without delayed or distorted signals. The display device includes a first gate driver and a second gate driver. The first gate driver and the second gate driver each include a plurality of flip flop circuits and a plurality of transfer signal generation circuits. Both the flip flop circuit and the transfer signal generation circuit are circuits which output a signal inputted to a first input terminal with a half clock cycle delay. In addition, an output terminal of the transfer signal generation circuit is directly connected to a first input terminal of the flip flop circuit in the next stage. Therefore, delay and distortion of the signal which is inputted from the transfer signal generation circuit to the flip flop circuit can be reduced.
US11893948B2
A display device, including: a light source, used for emitting light source light; a control unit, used for controlling a drive current for the light source, the modulation period of each frame of image to be displayed comprising at least one pulse modulation period, and within the pulse modulation period, the drive current for the light source being an overshoot current so that the average luminous brightness of the light source in the modulation period reaches preset brightness; and a light modulation unit, used for modulating the light source light according to image data of the image to be displayed and the luminous brightness of the light source to obtain a modulated image.
US11893943B2
A shift register unit includes an input circuit, a first control circuit, a second control circuit, and an output circuit. The input circuit is configured to provide a signal of a first clock signal line or a first power line to a first control node. The first control circuit is configured to provide a signal of the first power line or a second power line to a first output terminal. The second control circuit is configured to provide a signal of the first power line or the second power line to a second output terminal. The output circuit is configured to output an effective level signal of the first power line or the second power line to a third output terminal.
US11893928B2
The embodiments of the present disclosure provide an array substrate and a related display panel and a related display device. An array substrate includes a plurality of pairs of scan signal lines. A first scan signal line of the m-th pair of scan signal lines is configured to provide a first scan signal to a sub-pixel in a (2n−1)-th column from sub-pixels in the m-th. And a plurality of pairs of driving reset control signal lines. A second driving reset control signal line of the m-th pair of driving reset control signal lines is configured to provide a second driving reset control signal to the sub-pixel in the 2n-th column from the sub-pixels in the m-th row. The m and n are integers greater than or equal to 1. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the first scan signal line of the m-th pair of scan signal lines and the second driving reset control signal line of the m-th pair of driving reset control signal lines are the same signal line.
US11893927B2
A display device includes a processor which supplies grayscale data in active periods of frame periods and stops supply of the grayscale data in blank periods of the frame periods, a timing controller which generates a change signal when a difference between a first blank period of a first frame period and a second blank period of a second frame period is greater than a threshold value, a power supply which supplies a first power voltage having a voltage level changed based on the change signal to a first power line, and pixels commonly connected to the first power line.
US11893926B2
Embodiments provide an emissive display device including a driving transistor including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a driving gate electrode, a second transistor including a first electrode electrically connected to a data line, a transfer capacitor including a first transfer electrode electrically connected to a second electrode of the second transistor and a second transfer electrode electrically connected to the driving gate electrode; a fifth transistor electrically connecting the first electrode of the driving transistor and the driving gate electrode; a ninth transistor including a second electrode electrically connected to the second electrode of the driving transistor; and a light emitting diode including an anode and a cathode receiving an output current outputted to the second electrode of the driving transistor.
US11893925B2
An electronic device may include a display panel. When content of an image frame is expected to consume relatively higher amounts of power, a controller of the electronic device may operate a switch to change a power supply of the display panel to be a power management integrated circuit of the electronic device. However, when content of an image frame is expected to consume relatively less amounts of power, the controller may operate the switch to change the power supply of the display panel to be a power supply of an electronic display, such as a power supply used to power driver circuitry of the electronic display.
US11893921B2
According to an embodiment, both the high-speed communication and the low-speed communication are performed using a single communication line, thereby reducing limitations on wiring on a PCB and increasing the utilization efficiency of a transmission line.
US11893914B2
A test circuit and method for a display panel, and a display panel. The test circuit includes a panel test sub-circuit configured to control panel test switch units to turn on or turn off, to transmit multiple panel test signals; an array test sub-circuit configured to control array test switch units to turn on or turn off, to output short circuit determination signals at test terminals according to the multiple panel test signals, which are used to determine whether there is a short-circuited data line in the display panel; at least one set of the array test switch units are turned on in a test sub-period, and under a condition that the at least one set of the array test switch units are turned on, the panel test signals corresponding to different types of sub-pixels in the display panel change alternately to an effective level.
US11893907B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for evidence-based training of aircraft operators. For example, a computer-implemented method may include: analyzing aircraft flight data indicative of actions performed by an aircraft operator in operating aircraft, to thereby determine an assessment of a performance of the aircraft operator in operating aircraft; based on the assessment, determining a training scenario to be presented to the aircraft operator via a training simulator as part of training for the aircraft operator; providing, to the training simulator, information indicative of the determined training scenario; receiving, from the training simulator, training flight data indicative of actions performed by the aircraft operator during a simulation of the scenario using the training simulator; and based on the training flight data and the assessment, determining an evaluation of the training for the aircraft operator.
US11893895B2
A device is specified for ascertaining a movement corridor for lightweight aircraft. The device includes a first interface, a second interface, and a processing unit. The first interface is configured to receive aircraft data relating to the lightweight aircraft, wherein the aircraft data at least contain flight properties and functions of the lightweight aircraft. The second interface is configured to receive weather data from a weather information source, wherein the weather data contain weather predictions and also current weather data and contain at least air movements in an altitude profile between a maximum altitude of the lightweight aircraft and the Earth's surface. The processing unit is configured to compare the aircraft data to the weather data and to ascertain a probable movement corridor of the aircraft.
US11893889B2
A travel assistance system including a server that assists traveling of a vehicle, comprises: a recognition unit configured to recognize an obstruction factor for traveling of the vehicle; an obtainment unit configured to obtain information of an approaching vehicle that approaches the obstruction factor; a generation unit configured to, based on information of the obstruction factor recognized by the recognition unit, generate warning information corresponding to information of a type of the approaching vehicle obtained by the obtainment unit; a transmission unit configured to transmit the warning information to the approaching vehicle; and a control unit configured to give notification to an occupant of the approaching vehicle and/or control traveling of the approaching vehicle based on the warning information.
US11893884B2
The present application discloses a method for acquiring three-dimensional perception information based on external parameters of a roadside camera, and a roadside device. The specific implementation solution is as follows: acquiring a first matching point pair between an image captured by the first camera and an image captured by the second camera, and generating a first rotation matrix, where the first rotation matrix represents a rotation matrix of the first camera in a second camera coordinate system; generating a third rotation matrix according to the first rotation matrix and the second rotation matrix, where the second rotation matrix represents a rotation matrix of the second camera in a world coordinate system, and the third rotation matrix represents a rotation matrix of the first camera in the world coordinate system; generating three-dimensional perception information of the image captured by the first camera according to the third rotation matrix.
US11893881B2
A power control unit (100) and method of use thereof for varying the supply of electricity to an electrical apparatus using a wireless communications link between a controller (20) and the power control unit (100). The power control unit (100) is adapted to alternatively communicate with the controller (20) using a non-peer-to-peer communications standard or a peer-to-peer communications standard such as Wi-Fi Direct.
US11893879B2
A stimulus presentation device 13 that stimulates a user with air from a plurality of air guns 14 arranged so as to surround the user includes a control unit 132 that determines respective ejection times at which a plurality of air streams are to be ejected at given time intervals which allow the user to perceive an apparent motion as well as respective ejection azimuth directions in which the plurality of air streams are to be ejected and causes the air streams to be sequentially ejected from the respective air guns 14 disposed in the individual ejection azimuth directions at the individual ejection times and an adjustment unit that determines a plurality of different body sites on a body of the user to which the plurality of air streams are to be applied and adjusts respective ejection angles of the individual air guns 14 such that respective muzzles of the air guns 14 are pointed at the plurality of body sites.
US11893876B2
A building monitoring system includes a sensor configured to sense a condition and collect sensor data related to the sensed condition. The building monitoring system also includes a server configured to receive the sensor data. The server is configured to analyze the sensor data to detect an undesirable condition and a threat from the undesirable condition within a structure and automatically issue a notification upon detection of the undesirable condition and the threat.
US11893875B1
Methods, systems, and devices for a security and automation system are described. A security and automation device, for example, such as a control panel may be configured to support a continuous active mode for the security and automation system. The continuous active mode may be a mode in which the security and automation system is continuously providing various types of security and automation features, such as monitoring, sensing, communication, notification, among other examples. The continuous active mode may also support active switching between multiple states (e.g., an ‘armed away’ state, an ‘armed stay’ state, and a ‘standby’ state) of the security and automation systems. Thus, irrespective of the different states the security and automation system may be continuously active (e.g., always ON).
US11893871B2
A multi-sensor gas detector includes circuitry to evaluate if the detector is in compliance with predetermined safety requirements. Where the detector is in compliance, then a confidence indicator is intermittently activated at a predetermined frequency. Where the detector is out of compliance, the indicator is not activated providing indicia that the detector needs maintenance.
US11893849B2
This disclosure describes techniques for selectively providing access to a physical space. An example method includes identifying a location of a device associated with an authorized user based on an electromagnetic signal received by at least one sensor from the device. The electromagnetic signal has a frequency that is greater than or equal to 24 gigahertz (GHz). The example method further includes determining that the location of the device is within a threshold distance of a location of a threshold to a secured space and determining that an authentication score indicating that an individual carrying the device is the authorized user is greater than a threshold score. The authentication score is associated with multiple authentication factors identified by the device. Based on determining that the authentication score is greater than the threshold score, the threshold is unlocked and/or opened.
US11893848B2
A booth includes an openable door and a locking mechanism that locks the door. The door is locked in a case where the door is closed, and the door is not locked in a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied.
US11893846B2
The present disclosure generally relates to providing electronic locking systems. Using novel designs and network technology, the present systems, methods, and apparatuses can provide a secure alternative to a cam lock or a lock box for storing items that may be left unattended, without the use of a physical key. For example, in certain embodiments, the present systems, methods, and apparatuses can facilitate the locking and unlocking of a cam lock or a lock box by using a digital construct, an encryption system, and various native and/or third-party software components.
US11893845B2
The invention concerns a system (1) to provide access to premises (P1-P4) that comprise entrances (E1.1, E1.2, E2-E4) locked by means of electromechanical key locks (L1.1, L1.2, L2-L4), which for locking and unlocking are powered by insertion and actuation of at least one programmable key (24). In said system (1) an administrator (10) contacts a service unit (20) in possession of a programmable key (24) and provides it with synchronization data (13) for an electromechanical key lock (L1.2) of at least one entrance (E1.1) of at least one premise (P1) at an exact geographic position of a site (S).
US11893840B2
An autonomous vehicle (AV) including a vehicle body, and a vehicle computing device is provided. The vehicle computing device includes a processor in communication with a memory device. The processor is configured to identify a time and a geographic location of a traffic collision involving the AV, retrieve map data and contextual data associated with the time and the geographic location of the traffic collision, retrieve vehicle telematics data collected by sensors coupled to the vehicle body, determine for each of a plurality of moments in time during the traffic collision a position and an orientation of the AV during the traffic collision, generate a simulation of the traffic collision including a representation of the AV based upon the map data, the contextual data, and the vehicle telematics data, and provide content to enable display of the simulation on a display device.
US11893836B1
Disclosed herein is a product inspection apparatus that may include an electronic device having a visual inspection software application. The visual inspection software application may activate a camera of the electronic device to capture images of a product, such as a vehicle. A display screen of the electronic device may present product images. The product images may be digitally processed, and augmented by the addition of computer-generated images associated with a status of inspection of each element of the vehicle in the product images. Each computer-generated image may include a graphical indicator associated with the status of inspection of a particular element. Each computer-generated image may be projected on top of a real world image of the particular element presented on the display screen.
US11893831B2
The present disclosure provides a method and device to process identity information based on a fundus image. An identity information comparison method includes: recognizing a fundus image by using a neural network to obtain a multi-dimensional feature vector representing the identity of a user; comparing the obtained multi-dimensional feature vector with each multi-dimensional feature vector stored in a database; and determining, according to a comparison result, whether there is a matching between the currently obtained multi-dimensional feature vector and a multi-dimensional feature vector pre-stored in the database.
US11893828B2
System and method for training a human perception predictor to determine level of perceived similarity between data samples, the method including: receiving at least one media file, determining at least one identification region for each media file, applying at least one transformation on each identification region for each media file until at least one modified media file is created, receiving input regarding similarity between each modified media file and the corresponding received media file, and training a machine learning model with an objective function configured to predict similarity between media files by a human observer in accordance with the received input.
US11893827B2
Example aspects include a method, an apparatus and a computer-readable medium of enforcing a mask wearing rule, comprising monitoring video frames of one or more video feeds. The aspects further include detecting a person in at least one video frame of the video frames. The at least one video frame corresponding to a first area of one or more areas. Additionally, the aspects further include determining whether the person is in violation of a mask wearing rule. Additionally, the aspects further include generating an alert in response to determining that the person is in violation of the mask wearing rule.
US11893813B2
An electronic device and a control method therefor are provided. The present electronic device comprises: a communication interface including a circuit, a memory for storing at least one instruction, and a processor for executing the at least one instruction, wherein the processor acquires contents through the communication interface, acquires information about a text included in an image of the contents, and acquires, on the basis of the information about the text included in the image of the contents, caption data of the contents by performing voice recognition for voice data included in the contents.
US11893812B2
A vehicle display device includes: an obstacle information acquisition section configured to acquire information relating to a plurality of obstacles in surroundings of a vehicle; and a mark display section configured to display a predetermined individual mark prompting caution toward an individual obstacle among the plurality of obstacles by superimposed display in a display region inside a vehicle cabin, and to display a predetermined cluster mark prompting caution toward a plurality of the obstacles by superimposed display in the display region in a case in which a predetermined condition has been satisfied.
US11893811B2
A hierarchical deep-learning object detection framework provides a method for identifying objects of interest in high-resolution, high pixel count images, wherein the objects of interest comprise a relatively a small pixel count when compared to the overall image. The method uses first deep-learning model to analyze the high pixel count images, in whole or as a patchwork, at a lower resolution to identify objects, and a second deep-learning model to analyze the objects at a higher resolution to classify the objects.
US11893810B2
An industrialized system and method for rice grain recognition. An optical image is taken and transmitted to a digital platform, wherein the system segments the optical image and extracts and/or measures appropriate grain features from the image describing different aspects of the grain. The image is processed by the system which includes a selector selecting different machine learning structures, applying the different machine learning structures to the extracted features for rice grain recognition, and selecting the best of the applied machine learning structures by a random sampling process. The selected best of the applied machine learning structures is further optimized by varying an appropriate threshold by a threshold trigger based on a confusion matrix comprising. An active learning structure based on the confusion matrix to the user. The system is retrained based on the feedback parameters of the feedback loop.
US11893808B2
Learning-based 3D property extraction can include: capturing a series of live 2D images of a participatory event including at least a portion of at least one reference visual feature of the participatory event and at least a portion of at least one object involved in the participatory event; and training a neural network to recognize at least one 3D property pertaining to the object in response to the live 2D images based on a set of timestamped 2D training images and 3D measurements of the object obtained during at least one prior training event for the neural network.
US11893805B1
The present disclosure relates to a service system and method for detecting the number of in-vehicle persons of a vehicle in a high occupancy vehicle lane. In more detail, the present disclosure relates to a service system and method for detecting the number of in-vehicle persons of a vehicle in a high occupancy vehicle lane, the service system and method detecting a vehicle violating the law about use of a high occupancy vehicle lane by calculating the number of in-vehicle persons of a vehicle using a high occupancy vehicle lane by tracking the number of in-vehicle persons on the basis of images of the vehicle taken by a camera disposed diagonally to the traveling direction of the vehicle and a camera disposed orthogonally to the traveling direction of the vehicle.
US11893804B2
The invention provides a method and device for protecting a child inside a vehicle, a computer device, a computer-readable storage medium, and a vehicle, which are applied to the technical field of automobiles. The method for protecting a child inside a vehicle includes: receiving image data inside a vehicle; performing facial detection on the image data to detect passengers in the vehicle; further classifying the detected passengers in the vehicle into children and adults according to the facial detection; and performing a corresponding protection operation when a result of the classification indicates that there is a child alone in the vehicle.
US11893801B2
A vehicle and a system and method of operating the vehicle based on a gesture made by a traffic director. The system includes a camera and at least one neural network. The camera obtains an image of a flag operator. The at least one neural network is to generates an encoded hand vector based on a configuration of a hand of the traffic director from the image, combines a skeleton of the traffic director generated from the image and the encoded hand vector to generate a representation vector, and predicts a gesture of the traffic director from the representation vector.
US11893800B2
A scene reproduction test method, apparatus, device and program product of an autonomous driving system are provided by the present application. The method includes: obtaining problematic scene data generated during a test on an autonomous driving vehicle equipped with a first autonomous driving system, and determining key obstacle information and non-key obstacle information according to the problematic scene data; generating, according to the non-key obstacle information, a virtual obstacle model, and determining, according to the key obstacle information, a real device used to simulate a key obstacle; where the real device is a device that actually exists in a test environment; performing, by utilizing the virtual obstacle model and the real device, a reproduction test on an autonomous driving vehicle equipped with a second autonomous driving system. In the solution, the test object is a real autonomous driving vehicle, and the key obstacle is a real device.
US11893799B2
Technologies and techniques for vehicle perception. Contours are extracted from image data, and a first and second contour of a current image and next image are determined along a plurality of image row boundaries, wherein the contours includes a plurality of contour points linked to each other via respective edges. An image velocity vector is applied to project each of the plurality of first contour points to the next image, wherein at least some of the projected first contour points are not located on an image row boundary. The projected contour points are processed to determine projected edges forming a projected link between each projected contour point. The projected contour points are moved along the projected link to align each of the moved projected contour points to a respective image boundary. Each of the moved projected contour points are then linked to each of the second contour points.
US11893792B2
Techniques are disclosed for identifying and presenting video content that demonstrates features of a target product. The video content can be accessed, for example, from a media database of user-generated videos that demonstrate one or more features of the target product so that a user can see and hear the product in operation via a product webpage before making a purchasing decision. The product functioning videos supplement any static images of the target product and the textual product description to provide the user with additional context for each of the product's features, depending on the textual product description. The user can quickly and easily interact with the product webpage to access and playback the product functioning video to see and/or hear the product in operation.
US11893785B2
Embodiments of this application disclose an object annotation method and apparatus, a movement control method and apparatus, a device, and a storage medium. The method includes: obtaining a reference image recorded by an image sensor from an environment space, the reference image comprising at least one reference object; obtaining target point cloud data obtained by a three-dimensional space sensor by scanning the environment space, the target point cloud data indicating a three-dimensional space region occupied by a target object in the environment space; determining a target reference object corresponding to the target object from the reference image; determining a projection size of the three-dimensional space region corresponding to the target point cloud data and the three-dimensional space region being projected onto the reference image; and performing three-dimensional annotation on the target reference object in the reference image according to the determined projection size.
US11893784B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide for systems and processes for assessing image quality for optical character recognition (OCR), including but not limited to: segmenting an image into patches, providing the segmented image as an input into a first machine learning model (MLM), obtaining, using the first MLM, for each patch, first feature vectors representative of a reduction of imaging quality in a respective patch, and second feature vectors representative of a text content of the respective patch, providing to a second MLM the first feature vectors and the second feature vectors, and obtaining, using the second MLM, an indication of suitability of the image for OCR.
US11893776B2
An image recognition method and apparatus, a training method, an electronic device, and a storage medium are provided. The image recognition method includes: acquiring an image to be recognized, the image to be recognized including a target text; and determining text content of the target text based on knowledge information and image information of the image to be recognized.
US11893761B2
An image processing apparatus including a decoder configured to identify an area in an image frame at which object recognition is to be performed by using type information of a macroblock included in the image frame, and perform object recognition on the area of the image frame and skip the object recognition on areas of the image frame other than the area.
US11893755B2
Systems and methods are described for display of a depth image (depth plus texture) using multiple focal planes. In one embodiment, a depth image (which may be a frame of a depth video, consisting of a video plus depth sequence) is mapped to a first set of image planes. The depth image (or a subsequent frame of the depth video) is mapped to a second set of image planes. Each image plane in the first and second set has a specified depth, and the first and second set differ in at least one depth. Each of the image planes is displayed in the first set at the respective depth of that image plane, and, subsequently, each of the image planes in the second set is displayed at its respective depth. Display of the first and second sets may be cyclically alternated at rate sufficiently high to avoid perceptible flicker.
US11893754B2
Methods and image processing systems are provided for determining a dominant gradient orientation for a target region within an image. A plurality of gradient samples are determined for the target region, wherein each of the gradient samples represents a variation in pixel values within the target region. The gradient samples are converted into double-angle gradient vectors, and the double-angle gradient vectors are combined so as to determine a dominant gradient orientation for the target region.
US11893749B1
A focus following method based on a motion gravity center, a storage medium and a photographing system are provided. The focus following method includes the following steps: S1, acquiring video data captured by a camera within an initial time period; S2, acquiring video data with only a living object within the initial time period; S3, acquiring a motion gravity center image from the video data with only the living object according to a motion gravity center library; and S4, calculating an initial motion direction and an initial motion speed of the motion gravity center image within the initial time period. According to the present disclosure, the calculation amount is greatly reduced, the complex data is simplified, focus following based on the motion gravity center under poor hardware conditions can be can achieved, and requirements of low-cost and mass-production hardware can be satisfied.
US11893738B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for image splicing. The systems and methods may acquire a first image and a second image, determine a plurality of first feature points in a first region of the first image, determine a plurality of second feature points in a second region of the second image, then match the plurality of first feature points with the plurality of second feature points to generate a plurality of point pairs. Based on the plurality of point pairs, a third region on the first image and a fourth region on the second image may be determined. Finally, a third image may be generated based on the first image and the second image, wherein the third region of the first image may overlap with the fourth region of the second image in the third image.
US11893737B2
First and second images are displayed of anatomical structure segments with an attached fixator. Indications may be received of first image hinge locations of a plurality of hinges of the fixator in the first image. Projected second image hinge locations may be determined based at least in part on the first image hinge locations. Hinge candidates may be detected in the second image having shapes associated with the plurality of hinges. The hinges candidates may be detected by computer software using automated software-based image analysis techniques. Adjusted second image hinge locations may then be calculated based at least in part on the projected second image hinge locations and candidate second image hinge locations. The adjusted second image hinge locations may be used to determine physical locations of the fixator and anatomical structure segments in three-dimensional space, which may be used to determine manipulations to the fixator for deformity correction.
US11893730B2
A Method comprising the steps of, acquiring an input about the target object class to be searched within the image; associating a set of morphological and chromatic parameters to a pre-set initialization value range selected from a library on the basis of the input; processing the tissue image on the basis of the selected parameters via a first segmentation (based on object based thresholding, morphological filtering, active contouring) algorithm to identify objects within the desired target object class; providing a result set comprising the objects complying with parameters within the pre-set initialization value range; checking whether a count of objects within the result set is below a predefined threshold and either entering an initial loop if the count is below the predefined threshold, or entering an adaptation branch.
US11893714B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for removing precipitation from video are disclosed. A method includes generating, from a first set of images of a scene from a camera, a segmented background image model of the scene; obtaining a second set of images from the camera; identifying, in an image of the second set of images, a plurality of edges, determining that a first edge of the plurality of edges satisfies criteria for representing precipitation based at least in part on determining that the first edge (i) does not correspond to the background image model of the scene and (ii) extends into two or more contiguous segments of the scene; in response, classifying each of the contiguous segments as a precipitation segment; generating pixel data for each of the precipitation segments; and applying the pixel data to each precipitation segment in the image.
US11893713B1
Augmented Denoising Diffusion Implicit Models (“DDIMs”) using a latent trajectory optimization process can be used for image generation and manipulation using text input and one or more source images to create an output image. Noise bias and textual bias inherent in the model representing the image and text input is corrected by correcting trajectories previously determined by the model at each step of a diffusion inversion process by iterating multiple starts the trajectories to find determine augmented trajectories that minimizes loss at each step. The trajectories can be used to determine an augmented noise vector, enabling use of an augmented DDIM and resulting in more accurate, stable, and responsive text-based image manipulation.
US11893710B2
The disclosure provides an image reconstruction method for an edge device, an electronic device and a storage medium. The image reconstruction method includes: extracting low-level features from an input image of a first scale to generate first feature maps, the first feature maps having a second scale greater than the first scale as compared with the input image; extracting low-level features from the input image to generate second feature maps, the second feature maps having the second scale; generating mask maps based on the second feature maps; generating intermediate feature maps based on the mask maps and the first feature maps, the intermediate feature maps having the second scale; synthesizing a reconstructed image having the second scale based on the intermediate feature maps. This method facilitates to achieve a better image super-resolution reconstruction effect with lower resource consumption.
US11893701B2
A preferred method for dynamically displaying virtual and augmented reality scenes can include determining input parameters, calculating virtual photometric parameters, and rendering a VAR scene with a set of simulated photometric parameters.
US11893698B2
An electronic device according to various embodiments of the disclosure includes: a communication module comprising communication circuitry and a processor operatively connected to the communication module. The processor may be communicatively connected to an augmented reality (AR) device through the communication module, and be configured to receive image information obtained by a camera of the AR device from the AR device, to detect an object based on the received image information, to acquire virtual information corresponding to the object, to control the communication module to transmit the virtual information to the AR device, to determine, based on the received image information, whether the object is out of a viewing range of the AR device, and to change a transfer interval of the virtual information for the AR device based on the determination.
US11893683B2
An Artificial Intelligence (AI) three-dimensional modeling system that analyzes and segments imagery of a room, generates a three-dimensional model of the room from the segmented imagery, identifies objects within the room, and conducts an assessment of the room based on the identified objects.
US11893680B2
A computing device for video object detection. Images from a camera are transferred in parallel to a first processor running object detection and a second processor running a 3D reconstruction. The object detection identifies a semantic object of interest and assigns a label to it and outputs the label information to an object mapper. The object mapper assigns the label to a component in the 3D model representing the object. The computing device can form part of a subsea or other harsh environment imaging system.
US11893677B1
Systems and techniques are provided for widening a hierarchical structure for ray tracing. For instance, a process can include obtaining a plurality of primitives of a scene object included in a first hierarchical acceleration data structure and determining one or more candidate hierarchical acceleration data structures each including the plurality of primitives. A cost metric can be determined for the one or more candidate hierarchical acceleration data structures and, based on the cost metric, a compressibility prediction associated with a candidate hierarchical acceleration data structure of the one or more candidate hierarchical acceleration data structures can be determined. An output hierarchical acceleration data structure can be generated based on the compressibility prediction.
US11893673B2
A computer graphics animation system is provided to assist prevent the generation of undesirable shapes, by providing realistic examples of a subject which are incorporated into an interpolation function which can be used to animate a new shape deformation of the subject.
US11893664B2
An example computing device is configured to (i) generate a cross-sectional view of a three-dimensional drawing file, the cross-sectional view including an object corresponding to a given mesh of the three-dimensional drawing file, the object including a void contained within the object, (ii) determine a plurality of two-dimensional line segments that collectively define a boundary of the void, (iii) for each line segment, determine one or more nearby line segments based on a distance between an end point of the line segment and an end point of the one or more nearby line segments being within a threshold distance, (iv) determine one or more fully-connected sub-objects by connecting respective sets of nearby line segments in series, (v) determine, from the fully-connected sub-objects, a final sub-object to be used as a new boundary of the void, and (vi) add the final sub-object to the cross-sectional view as the new boundary of the void.
US11893649B2
A method enables a communication between a process client and a wireless process server to carry out an area-specific process in an area. The method includes a step of transmitting a message from a wireless process server to a wireless communication device operated by the process client. The message includes information related to the area-specific process for enabling the process-client to better arrange time before the area-specific process is scheduled to carry out in the area. In a specific embodiment, the wireless communication server sends a message to notify the process client about a location and an estimate time for the process client to carry out the area-specific process. In another preferred embodiment, the communication system enables the process client to employ a wireless communication device owned by the process client.
US11893646B1
A system and method provide context to customer activity through a visual representation. In one implementation, a system may include one or more memory devices storing instructions. The system may also include one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to receive transaction data associated with a customer, and receive a request to generate a visual representation of a trip taken by the customer. The one or more processors may also be configured to determine transactions associated with a trip taken by the customer based on at least the transaction data, and generate a visual representation of the trip, the visual representation including the transactions.
US11893640B2
Disclosed herein is a method, apparatus, interface and platform for interactive investing, funding and trading. The Great Disruptors Platform (TGDP) provides a platform to companies (business entities) to raise capital online in exchange for equity, royalty and/or other compensation from individual investors and other investors by engaging with the potential investors.
US11893635B1
The systems and methods described herein allow users to control access to regulated data of the user (stored in a secured third party database) through interaction on a mobile device (or other computing device), such as to provide a touch gesture on the mobile device that causes the users regulated data to be accessible to a third party. The regulated data may include credit data of the user, such as a credit report or credit file. Access rights to the regulated data may be provided in real-time (or near real-time) in response to a request for the data from a third party, for example. The system may allow a user to respond to an alert or notification that is automatically sent to the computing device of the user in response to a request for a secure regulated data of the user.
US11893621B2
A merchandise sales processing system includes one or more processors configured to receive indications to register items of merchandise for purchase, generate a registration list in which the items of merchandise are set as merchandise to be purchased, settle prices relating to the merchandise to be purchased that are included in the registration list in response to receiving a settlement request, and set a respective item of merchandise as a reserved merchandise in response to the respective item of merchandise being out of stock.
US11893614B2
Methods and systems for balancing online stores across servers. Monitoring a level of customer activity associated with a particular online store in a plurality of online stores. Detecting, based on the level of customer activity, a demand-level condition for the particular online store. Responsive to the detecting of the demand-level condition for the particular online store, moving one or more of the plurality of online stores from a first server of a plurality of servers to a second server of the plurality of servers.
US11893609B2
Systems and methods for providing a service experience score at a merchant physical location include a system provider device that determines, through communication at least one of a plurality of beacon devices located at the merchant physical location and a user device, a start of a user service experience. The system provider device also determines, through the at least one of the plurality of beacon devices and the user device, an end of the user service experience. A service experience score that is based at least partly on the start of the user service experience and the end of the user service experience is generated. The service experience score is stored in a database in association with a merchant that is associated with the merchant physical location. Subsets of the service experience score may be associated with different locations of the merchant physical location.
US11893608B2
A method may be used to predict a business' category by analyzing the business' vendors. A neural network architecture may be trained via supervised learning to predict categories for businesses based on listed vendors. The neural network may be used to classify uncategorized businesses within an accounting software database. A list of factors associated with a business' success may be generated by analyzing, aggregating and ranking factors determined to be relevant to a business based on its categorization. The factors associated with the business' success may be related to the products and/or services offered by the business and the format of which those products and/or services are offered by the business. The factors may also be related to the products and/or services purchased by the business from a vendor and the format of which those products and/or services are purchased from the vendor.
US11893606B2
A server stores online information related to a user and transmitted and received via a communication network. The server detects a behavior of a user who came to an event venue based on data output from a sensor (for example, 3D LiDAR) installed in the event venue. The server associates the user who came to the event venue with a user whose online information is stored, based on data obtained from the behavior of the user who came to the event venue. The server executes predetermined processing with respect to the user in a case where at least one of behavior information and the online information of the user who came to the event venue satisfies a predetermined condition.
US11893603B1
Techniques for selecting and providing highly targeted, interactive advertisements in a personalized manner. These advertisements may be audio-only advertisements, video-only advertisements, or advertisements that include both audio and video. As described below, advertisements may be selected and/or generated for a particular user based on an array of factors, including the user's interactions with multiple different client devices (e.g., a tablet computing device, a voice-controlled device, a television etc.), as well as additional behavior of the user. In some instances, the client devices may include a voice-controlled device that the user interacts with via voice commands and that provides audible content for output to the user.
US11893597B2
A computational approach is proposed herein for controlling a user interface for rendering of interactive graphical control elements representing offers and coupons that are inserted into a computational payment process. In particular, the offers and coupons can interact with stored payment information resident (or tokens thereof) on a digital wallet data structure. The approach can be implemented as a computing system, a computing method operable on a computing system, or a computer program product affixed in the form of a non-transitory computer readable medium storing machine-interpretable instructions.
US11893596B2
An open loop cashless payment system incents a consumer account holder to transact in a physical store with a merchant who agrees to make an auditable donation to a charity when the transaction is conducted on an account issued to the consumer account holder. The consumer account holder may direct the donation to a specific charity within a predetermined geographically determined community where the transaction was physically conducted. The consumer account holder can register an obligation to make a donation matching that of the merchant, where the consumer account holder's donation is initially paid by the consumer account's issuer for reimbursement by the consumer account holder to the issuer after the consumer account holder receives their account statement. The merchant's acquirer, the issuer, and a transaction handler for the issuer and acquirer may also make donations as directed by the consumer account holder. Various donor and consumer account holder directed business rules may limit the total currency amount of donations over specific calendar periods.
US11893591B2
An authentication system and authentication method for an electronic cigarette and an electronic cigarette configured to be connected within such system so that the authentication method can be applied to the electronic cigarette. The system can be divided into 3 main components, namely the electronic cigarette itself, a mobile terminal in communication with the electronic cigarette and reading a security label from the electronic cigarette, and a service terminal connected to the mobile terminal, for instance through the cloud. The system and method protects particularly from counterfeit cartridges and secures that a cartridge of the intended content is connected in the electronic cigarette. In addition, age verification can be performed.
US11893589B2
Support queries are automatically provided. An error is identified during execution of an application. A support query for the error is produced using the source code for the application with the support query including context information for the error. The support query is displayed to a user.
US11893581B1
A payment device such as electronic transaction card or an near field communication device can use a temporary token for payment transactions. When processing a payment transaction, the temporary token is provided to a server of the issuer of the payment device, which can authorize the payment transaction and determine if the temporary token can be used for a subsequent transaction. If the server determines that the temporary token cannot be used for another transaction, the server provides the payment device with a new temporary token and an issuer script. When the payment device receives the issuer script, the payment device can execute the issuer script to store the new temporary token on the payment device.
US11893580B2
In some examples, a mobile card reader includes a card interface to read information from a card, an interface to enable the mobile card reader to communicate with a mobile device, and a processor configured to send security related information of the mobile card reader to an application executing on the mobile device. The security related information may be for transmission by the mobile device to a remote server system. The mobile card reader may receive, from the application, an indication that the application has been validated by the remote server system based on validation of the security related information of the mobile card reader and security related information of the application. In response, the mobile card reader generates a secure session key with which to carry out encrypted communication between the application and the mobile card reader.
US11893575B2
Systems and methods for dynamic inclusion of enhanced data in transactions are disclosed. According to another embodiment, in an information processing apparatus comprising at least one computer processor, a method for conducting a mobile wallet payment with dynamic enhanced data using a mobile payment application may include: (1) receiving, from a merchant point of transaction device, a transaction request from a mobile payment application executed by a mobile electronic device, the transaction request comprising a unique identifier for a financial instrument provisioned to a mobile wallet computer application and a payment option selection; and (2) processing the transaction request according to the payment option selection.
US11893571B2
The invention relates generally to the processing of electronic payments that involve an payment instrument. A payment instrument reading device is paired with a payment initiating device to allow transaction information generated by the payment initiating device to be automatically transmitted to its associated payment instrument reading device. This means that rekeying of transaction information is not required. In some embodiments one or more beacons are provided in a premises, to allow the location of a mobile payment initiating device to be determined. This location is used to either direct the payment initiating device to a payment instrument reading device, or vice versa. Transaction data generated by the payment initiating device is automatically transmitted to the payment instrument reading device. A pairing module is also provided, which is configured to pair a payment instrument reading device with a payment initiating device.
US11893558B2
Systems and methods for synchronous content viewing are provided. In embodiments, a method includes providing an interface to a user of a remote user device; receiving a user selection of one or more contacts of the user as invitees to a synchronized session; providing content synchronously to the remote user device of the user and other remote user devices of the respective one or more contacts of the user based on receiving an acceptance from the one or more contacts of the user, wherein the user and the one or more contacts of the user view the content synchronously during the synchronized session; and providing functions of an application to the participants synchronously, wherein the functions enable the participants to interact with the content in real-time during the synchronized session, and wherein all participants view interactions with the content simultaneously.
US11893555B1
A system for managing a financial account in a low cash mode. The system may include a memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform operations. The operations may include providing an interface; providing a notification to a user when a balance in the first account is deemed to be in low cash mode; presenting, when the first account balance is deemed to be in low cash mode, an option for a transfer request; receiving, a selection of the option for the transfer request to connect the first account with a second account; transferring funds from the second account to the first account; notifying the user that funds have been transferred from the second account to the first account; and further notifying the user that the balance in the first account is greater than the threshold value.
US11893553B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media of exchanging digital assets using a public key cryptography framework. One method includes storing a plurality of digital assets on an internal ledger, and receiving a signed exchange request signed by a private key of a public and private key pair associated with a digital asset on the internal ledger, wherein the signed exchange request includes a destination address of an inter-provider ledger. The method further includes providing, to the inter-provider ledger, a public key of the public and private key pair based on interfacing with the destination address of the inter-provider ledger via a first API, and determining, from the inter-provider ledger, the signed exchange request was verified. The method further includes updating the internal ledger by removing the public and private key pair, and updating a central ledger by interfacing with a central address of the central ledger via a second API.
US11893551B2
A system for Augmented Reality (AR) document generation receives a request to generate an AR document with a particular amount directed to a particular receiver. The AR document comprises an AR check. The system generates a unique code for the AR check by converting a name of a sender, a name of the particular receiver, the amount, and a serial number associated with the AR check into a hexadecimal format. The system generates the AR check by taking the unique code as an input and writing the name of the sender, name of the particular receiver, the amount, and the serial number on the AR check extracted from the unique code. The system transmits an image of the AR check to a computing device associated with the particular receiver.
US11893548B2
Techniques for improving computing device operations are provided. A system can include an organizational database that stores a centralized set of organizational data having a plurality of device objects and a plurality of employee objects. The system can receive a notification associated with the first employee object. Additionally, the system can determine, using the organizational database, that the first device object is associated with the first employee. Moreover, the system can access a device policy for the first device object. Furthermore, the system can evaluate the device policy based at least in part on data associated with the first employee object and the notification. The evaluation of the device policy includes running a query expression against the centralized set of organizational data to return a query result. Subsequently, the system can execute an action based on the query result. The action can be associated with the first computing device.
US11893546B2
Systems and methods for automated or computer assisted planning of pipe replacement projects includes searching a database of pipe segments each having assigned or calculated failure risk parameters. The searching algorithm looks for connected pipe segments falling within a customer's specified project size and identifies potential projects having a relatively high combined high failure risk.
US11893538B1
A system and method for capturing and automated processing aerial images of structures to assess structural damage is disclosed. The system comprises a computing system used to obtain images of selected locations associated with known structures at different points in time before and after a natural disaster. The images are used to automatically create three-dimensional models that are used to detect the specific portions of a structure that may be damaged as well as the spatial extent of that damage. In addition, the imagery can be fed into a damage classifier that automatically classifies the degree of damage and generates accurate estimates of repair costs. The system and method may be deployed to quickly assess damage of structures in a disaster area and provide reports of the damage to homeowners and/or insurers.
US11893537B2
Systems may evaluate a claim or patent with respect to a related set of claims or patent documents. The systems may perform linguistic analyses of claims included in the patent and the related set of patent documents. Based on the linguistic analyses, the systems may identify claim limitations, and/or claim elements. The systems may generate a claim profile for each claim being evaluated. The claim profile may include ratings or scores for various metrics related to the claims being evaluated. The systems may also generate a peer group profile that provides an overall measure of metrics for claims included in a peer group of patent documents.
US11893527B2
The disclosed subject matter relates to a delivery system for returning a property item left in a transportation environment to a passenger of the transportation environment. A method can include determining a first waypoint based on a location of the property item, determining a second waypoint based on a pickup location identified by the passenger, constructing a delivery route between the first waypoint and the second waypoint in which the delivery route has at least one segment that corresponds with at least a portion of at least one selected trip from a plurality of trips to be carried out in the transportation environment, obtaining confirmation of acceptance of the delivery route from at least one participant of the at least one selected trip, and obtaining confirmation of delivery of the property item by the at least one participant and/or the passenger in accordance with the delivery route.
US11893525B2
A dispatch advisor to assist in selecting operating conditions of a power plant that maximizes operational revenue is described. The dispatch advisor obtains a base load map for operating the power plant to meet base load power demands. The base load map includes a primary base load operating space for attaining target plant power output and efficiency, and an expanded base load portion for attaining higher plant power output and less than optimal efficiency. Both the primary base load operating space and the expanded base load portion associate power output and efficiency values of the power plant that result from a subset of operational parameter values for operating the power plant during base load. The dispatch advisor can transform the flexible base load map into one or more visualizations describing the revenue possibilities associated with operating the power plant based on operating values and attained power output and efficiency.
US11893523B2
Methods and systems for generating a recovery scheduling solution in response to a scheduling disruption are disclosed. A method includes receiving a request to modify an original schedule operations solution based on disruptive events, computing a flight recovery solution to reschedule disrupted flights, generating a crew recovery solution using the flight recovery solution that includes covered and uncovered flights by assigning flight crews to rescheduled disrupted flights, iteratively generating recommendations to delay or cancel uncovered flights until a best recovery solution is obtained, the best recovery solution including a crew recovery solution with a least amount of uncovered flights, iteratively generating, by the processing device, subsequent flight and crew recovery solutions based on the recommendations, generating a passenger recovery solution based on the best recovery solution and re-assigning disrupted passengers to the rescheduled disrupted flights, and configuring the airline recovery scheduling solution.
US11893520B2
Provided is a process that includes sharing information among two or more parties or systems for modeling and decision-making purposes, while limiting the exposure of details either too sensitive to share, or whose sharing is controlled by laws, regulations, or business needs.
US11893519B2
The method may comprise receiving historical data (e.g., mineralogy data, irrigation data, raffinate data, heat data, lift height data, geographic data on ore placement and/or blower data); training a predictive model using the historical data to create a trained predictive model; adding future assumption data to the trained predictive model; running the forecast engine for a plurality of parameters to obtain forecast data for a mining production target; comparing the forecast data for the mining production target to the actual data for the mining production target; determining deviations between the forecast data and the actual data, based on the comparing; and changing each of the plurality of parameters from the forecast data to the actual data to determine a contribution to the deviations for each of the plurality of parameters.
US11893516B2
Systems and methods are disclosed that determine whether wait times for attractions of a theme park are shorter or longer than expected and notify guests of these shorter or longer wait times. In particular, the systems and methods determine a wait time value for an attraction by dividing a wait time for the attraction by a total wait time for all attractions of the theme park, and compare the wait time value to one or more threshold values based on an expected wait time for the attraction. In this manner, theme park guests may make a more informed decision on which attraction to wait for, and maximize their time at the theme park.
US11893513B2
A system provides an estimated result of an input including a plurality of parameters using a learning model, and the system is configured to provide information necessary to change an estimated result with regard to one parameter among the plurality of parameters, and set a condition for information with regard to at least one parameter among the plurality of parameters, wherein the condition is a condition for not providing some information regarding a parameter which is a target of the set condition as the information necessary to change the estimated result.
US11893511B2
Examples of the disclosure are directed toward generating a causation score with respect to an agent and an outcome, and projecting a future causation score distribution. For example, a causation score may be determined with respect to a hypothesis that a given agent causes a given outcome, and the score may indicate the acceptance of that hypothesis in the scientific community, as described by scientific literature. A future causation score distribution, then, may indicate a probability distribution over possible future causation scores, thereby predicting the scientific acceptance of the hypothesis at some specific date in the future. A future causation score distribution can be projected by first generating one or more future publication datasets, and then determining causation scores for each of the one or more future publication datasets.
US11893510B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for receiving a target image corresponding to a target specimen, the target specimen comprising a tissue sample of a patient, applying a machine learning model to the target image to determine at least one characteristic of the target specimen and/or at least one characteristic of the target image, the machine learning model having been generated by processing a plurality of training images to predict at least one characteristic, the training images comprising images of human tissue and/or images that are algorithmically generated, and outputting the at least one characteristic of the target specimen and/or the at least one characteristic of the target image.
US11893508B1
An analytics server for scalable predictive analysis for analytics as a software service in multi-tenant environment is provided. The analytics server automatically validates portability of a predictive model from a first tenant to a second tenant by comparing value distribution of parameters between data inputs of the first tenant and the second tenant. The analytics server further automatically detects source data changes over a configurable time horizon as relevant to predictive model inputs, by comparing value distribution of parameters between two data inputs from a same tenant separated by a selected time horizon.
US11893505B1
Systems and methods for generation and use of document analysis architectures are disclosed. A model builder component may be utilized to receiving user input data for labeling a set of documents as in class or out of class. That user input data may be utilized to train one or more classification models, which may then be utilized to predict classification of other documents. Trained models may be incorporated into a model taxonomy for searching and use by other users for document analysis purposes.
US11893504B2
Disclosed are various approaches for determining an optimal communication channel for contacting a user. In one such embodiment, application usage data corresponding to user interactions on available communication channels within an enterprise environment is obtained and used to generate a knowledge graph representing an individual user communicating over two or more of the available communication channels with other users. Thus, based on the knowledge graph, at least one optimal communication channel can be provided for contacting the individual user, wherein the at least one optimal communication channel is represented in the knowledge graph.
US11893503B2
In some examples, machine learning based semantic structural hole identification may include mapping each text element of a plurality of text elements of a corpus into an embedding space that includes embeddings that are represented as vectors. A semantic network may be generated based on semantic relatedness between each pair of vectors. A boundary enclosure of the embedding space may be determined, and points to fill the boundary enclosure may be generated. Based on an analysis of voidness for each point within the boundary enclosure, a set of void points and void regions may be identified. Semantic holes may be identified for each void region, and utilized to determine semantic porosity of the corpus. A performance impact may be determined between utilization of the corpus to generate an application by using the text elements without filling the semantic holes and the text elements with the semantic holes filled.
US11893500B2
Aspects include processors configured to (or include program code that causes a processor to) provide for data classifier devices that extract from structured text business data inputs, via natural language understanding processing, training set data elements (for example, training keywords, training concepts, training entities, and/or training taxonomy classifications, etc.). The aspects identify associations within the structured training business data of each of a plurality of business class categories with respective ones of the extracted training set data elements; and build a logical relationship data classification training knowledge base ontology that connects ones of the business classes to respective associated ones of the extracted training data elements as questions, into a plurality of knowledge base ontology question-business class associations.
US11893496B2
A method recognizes objects in an environment of a vehicle including a sensor system having at least one sensor unit for registering the environment and an evaluation unit for evaluating sensor data provided by the at least one sensor unit. The method includes receiving the sensor data in the evaluation unit, the sensor data including a plurality of chronologically successive measurements; inputting the sensor data into a machine learning module; and outputting an object state of at least one object estimated based on the sensor data by way of the machine learning module. The method further includes determining a plurality of chronologically successive future object states based on the estimated object state; ascertaining deviations between the future object states and measurements chronologically corresponding to the future object states based on the sensor data; and correcting a machine learning algorithm of the module based on the deviations.
US11893479B1
A method for realizing a Hadamard product, a device and a storage medium, includes: acquiring a plurality of to-be-treated optical signals with unequal wavelengths; inputting the to-be-treated optical signals into a wavelength division multiplexer; by using the wavelength division multiplexer, feeding the to-be-treated optical signals to a micro-ring-resonator component, wherein the micro-ring-resonator component includes a plurality of micro-ring-resonator groups each of which is formed by two micro-ring resonators with equal radii; and applying a corresponding electric current to the micro-ring-resonator component, to obtain a result of the Hadamard product according to an outputted light intensity.
US11893474B2
A neuron circuit can switch between two functions: as an input neuron circuit, and as a hidden neuron circuit. An error circuit can switch between two functions: as a hidden error circuit, and as an output neuron circuit. A switching circuit is configured to be capable of changing the connections between the neuron circuit, a synapse circuit, and the error circuit. The synapse circuit includes an analog memory that stores data that corresponds to the connection strength between the input neuron circuit and the hidden neuron circuit or between the hidden neuron circuit and the output neuron circuit, a writing circuit that changes the data in the analog memory, and a weighting circuit that weights an input signal in reaction to the data of the analog memory and outputs the weighted output signal. The analog memory includes a transistor comprising an oxide semiconductor with extremely low off-state current.
US11893461B2
Systems and methods for labeling data are disclosed. An example method may be performed by one or more processors of a labeling system and include retrieving labeled data, identifying characteristics predictive of labels that would be entered for unlabeled data items having the respective characteristics based on the labeled data, training an analysis model to predict labels that would be entered for unlabeled data items, generating, for unlabeled data items, using the trained analysis model, a prediction of a label that will be entered for the respective unlabeled data item if the respective unlabeled data item is presented for labeling, selecting, based on the generated predictions, a subset of unlabeled data items to be presented for labeling, receiving labels for the subset of unlabeled data items, determining that a completion criteria associated with the trained analysis model is met, and generating labels for remaining unlabeled data items.
US11893449B2
Techniques for characterizing an optical system (for example, a printer verifier) are provided. In this regard, the optical system may be characterized for scanning a printed image. The characterization of the optical system includes determining an effective aperture size of the optical system, and correspondingly an effective resolution at which the optical system can be configured to scan a portion of the printed image according to verification requirements.
US11893443B2
A modular transaction card assembly includes a card frame having the traditional dimensions of a credit card, and a transaction card that is smaller than a traditional card and that fits into a receptacle of the card frame. Each of the card frame and the transaction card may be capable of performing contactless data transactions individually. In some instances, the combined assembly of the card frame with the transaction card may detect a proximity of a mobile device to the assembly and generate an authentication credential that is unique to the combination of the card frame, the transaction card, and the mobile device. The authentication credential may be used to authentic the transaction card when conducting a data transaction.
US11893437B2
A RFID label for use on a lid of a container, and a method of using the RFID label. The RFID label comprises a substrate component, a RFID antenna formed on the substrate component, and a RFID chip for storing data coupled to the RFID antenna. The RFID label is positioned or configured on the lid so as to limit or avoid any interference between the RFID antenna and the RFID chip by any metal component of the container. The RFID label is particularly useful for containers that have small lids or metal components, such as vials, where conventional RFID usage is limited.
US11893435B2
An internal voltage generation circuit of a smart card to perform fingerprint authentication and a smart card includes a first contact switch, a second contact switch, a switched capacitor converter and a bidirectional switched capacitor converter. The first contact switch selectively switches a contact voltage to a first node based on a first switching enable signal, in a contact mode. The second contact switch selectively switches the contact voltage to a second node based on a second switching enable signal, in the contact mode. The bidirectional switched capacitor converter steps down a first driving voltage of the first node to provide a second voltage to the second node in the contactless mode and either steps down the first driving voltage or boosts a second driving voltage of the second node based on a level of the contact voltage to provide a boosted voltage to the first node in the contact mode.
US11893433B1
Apparatus and methods for mining a Uniform Resource Locator (“URL”) are provided. A method according to the embodiments includes generating a quick-response (“QR”) code including a data zone, a position detection pattern and an environmental zone. The method further includes storing an application programming interface (“API”) in a memory. The API is for retrieving a Uniform Resource Locator (“URL”) from a selected location. The URL includes a logo. The method also includes building the data zone, the position detection pattern and the environmental zone of the QR code based on the URL—and creating dark and light color categorization of a plurality of colors derived from the URL.
US11893424B2
A system for training parameters of a neural network includes a processing node with a processor reconfigurable at a first level of configuration granularity and a controller reconfigurable at a finer level of configuration granularity. The processor is configured to execute a first dataflow segment of the neural network with training data to generate a predicted output value using a set of neural network parameters, calculate a first intermediate result for a parameter based on the predicted output value, a target output value, and a parameter gradient, and provide the first intermediate result to the controller. The controller is configured to receive a second intermediate result over a network, and execute a second dataflow segment, dependent upon the first intermediate result and the second intermediate result, to generate a third intermediate result indicative of an update of the parameter.
US11893420B2
Systems and methods are provided for managing dynamically allocated storage and processing units. The systems and methods include operations for determining, a usage pattern having a peak usage portion and a low usage portion; reserving a first collection of units on a dynamic unit allocation system during the peak usage portion; detecting a transition from the peak usage portion to the low usage portion; in response to detecting the transition, instructing the dynamic unit allocation system to reduce the first collection of units to reserve a second collection of units corresponding to a second amount of the low usage portion; selecting asynchronous tasks that consume a set of units greater than the second collection of units; and during a period of time that the dynamic unit allocation system is reducing the first collection of units, causing the asynchronous tasks to be executed by the dynamic allocation system.
US11893412B2
Device initialization by an access-restricted virtual machine, including: restricting access by a first operating system to a device during one or more device initialization operations, wherein the first operating system is executing in a first virtual machine supported by a hypervisor; determining, by a second operating system executing in a second virtual machine supported by the hypervisor, one or more modifications attempted by the first operating system to the device; and performing, by the second operating system, the one or more modifications to the device.
US11893406B2
A virtual computer system includes virtualization software, and one or more physical network interfaces for connecting to one or more computer networks. The virtualization software supports one or more virtual machines (VMs), and exports one or more virtual network interfaces to the VM(s) to enable the VM(s) to access the computer network(s) through the physical network interface(s). The virtualization software modifies and filters network data frames from the VM(s) and from the physical network interface(s) to restrict one or more VMs to one or more virtual local area networks (VLANs) that are implemented within a VLAN topology. Restricting a VM to a VLAN limits the broadcast domain to which the VM belongs, which may reduce security risks facing the VM. Implementing the VLAN functionality within the virtualization software provides the functionality to every VM in the computer system, without requiring every VM to provide the functionality.
US11893403B1
A computing service may include a user interface and an associated programming interface which is invoked by interaction with the user interface. An automation service may receive information indicative of a series of interactions with the user interface that result in an invocation of the programming interface. The automation service may generate code comprising instructions for invoking the programming interface, the instructions based on the invocation caused by interaction with the user interface. The generated code may be shared. When executed, the generated code may reproduce the effects of the interaction with the user interface.
US11893402B2
Some implementations are directed to adapting a client application on a feature phone based on experiment parameters. Some of those implementations are directed to adapting an assistant client application, where the assistant client application interacts with remote assistant component(s) to provide automated assistant functionalities via the assistant client application of the feature phone. Some implementations are additionally or alternatively directed to determining whether an invocation, of an assistant client application on a feature phone, is a request for transcription of voice data received in conjunction with the invocation, or is instead a request for an assistant response that is responsive to the transcription of the voice data (e.g., includes assistant content that is based on and in addition to the transcription, and that optionally lacks the transcription itself).
US11893381B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for constant file replacement operations in a bundle of executable files are disclosed. Systems and methods may involve receiving a plurality of files, reading contents of an impure file in the plurality of files, identifying a link between the impure file and at least one pure file in the plurality of files, and reading contents of the at least one pure file to determine exported values. The at least one pure file may lack side effects. The impure file may be traversed to determine at least one reference to the at least one pure file and ascertaining at least one exported value referenced by the at least one pure file. Systems and methods may involve replacing the at least one reference in the impure file with the ascertained at least one exported value and unlinking the at least one pure file from the impure file.
US11893377B2
A method implemented by at least one server for pushing managed package upgrades comprises receiving a dependency graph from an operating entity via an API call that expresses relationships between a set of software packages. A subscriber set is ingested for subscribers of the software packages via an API call to the operating entity that owns the software packages. A per-subscriber dependency graph is constructed expressing relationships between the individual subscriber's delivery operations. The set of packages is delivered based on dependency order of the per-subscriber dependency graph, while applying one or more rules including: i) push schedule rules that allow the first operating entity to specify time-based gates for the deliveries; ii) subscriber exclusion rules that allow the operating entity to exclude specific subscribers; iii) rules for automatic retries of failed operations; and iv) rules to chunk the push upgrade operations.
US11893374B2
Methods and systems are presented for providing low latency dynamic content updates to applications, by separating presentable content from the programming logic of an application. The programming code associated with the application without at least a portion of the presentable content may be released to an application hosting server for distributing to end-users. The presentable content may be published to a content delivery network separate from the application hosting server. Once the application is downloaded to a user device, the application may retrieve the presentable content from the content delivery network. The application may incorporate the retrieved presentable content into the application such that the presentable content would be presented on the user device as intended when the application is accessed.
US11893372B1
A deployment system for IoT including an edge server, multiple gateways, and multiple agent modules is disclosed. Each gateway is respectively connected with different peripheral devices to support different function. The edge server includes a flow editor used to edit a flow for a target gateway. The edge server performs a deploying procedure to the target gateway in accordance with the flow, wherein the deploying procedure is to first read a script and a parameter of one or more function nodes included in the flow, then encapsulate the script and the parameter into a packet, and then transmit the packet to the target gateway through one of the agent modules. The target gateway receives the packet through one of the agent modules and sequentially executes the function nodes according to the content of the flow, so as to implement a corresponding IoT function.
US11893368B2
Methods and systems are described for removing branches from a computer program. The system receives code for a computer program, with the code including a number of branches. Each branch is part of a branching path and includes a jump instruction. The system executes the code, and upon encountering a branching path at runtime, the system proceeds with a number of steps. First, the system computes the result of the branch, then prefetches independent instructions outside of the branch to be executed. The system then executes one or more of the prefetched independent instructions and removes an if statement within the jump instruction of the branch at the computed result of the branching path. The system then executes the jump instruction of the branch at the computed result of the branching path.
US11893360B2
A process for performing vector dot products receives a row vector and a column vector as floating point numbers in a format of sign plus exponent bits plus mantissa bits. The process generates a single dot product value by separately processing the sign bits, exponent bits, and mantissa bits to form a sign bit, a normalized mantissa formed by multiplying pairs multiplicand elements, and exponent information including MAX_EXP and EXP_DIFF. A second pipeline stage receives the multiplied pairs of normalized mantissas, optionally performs an exponent adjustment, pads, complements and shifts the normalized mantissas, and the results are added in a series of stages until a single addition result remains, which is normalized using MAX_EXP to form the floating point output result.
US11893359B2
This application discloses an audio processing method and a terminal. The method may include: collecting, by a first terminal, an original speech of a first user, translating the original speech of the first user into a translated speech of the first user, receiving an original speech of a second user that is sent by a second terminal, and translating the original speech of the second user into a translated speech of the second user; sending at least one of the original speech of the first user, the translated speech of the first user, and the translated speech of the second user to the second terminal based on a first setting; and playing at least one of the original speech of the second user, the translated speech of the second user, and the translated speech of the first user based on a second setting.
US11893349B2
Systems and methods for generating phonetic spelling variations of a given word based on locale-specific pronunciations. A phoneme-letter density model may be configured to identify a phoneme sequence corresponding to an input word, and to identify all character sequences that may correspond to an input phoneme sequence and their respective probabilities. The phoneme-phoneme error model may be configured to identify locale-specific alternative phoneme sequences that may correspond to a given phoneme sequence, and their respective probabilities. Using these two models, a processing system may be configured to generate, for a given input word, a list of alternative character sequences that may correspond to the input word based on locale-specific pronunciations, and/or a probability distribution representing how likely each alternative character sequence is to correspond to the input word.
US11893348B2
Computer implemented methods and systems are provided for generating diverse key phrases while maintaining competitive output quality. A system for training a sequence to sequence (S2S) machine learning model is proposed where neural unlikelihood objective approaches are used at (1) a target token level to discourage the generation of repeating tokens, and (2) a copy token level to avoid copying repetitive tokens from the source text. K-step ahead token prediction approaches are also proposed as an additional mechanism to augment the approach to further enhance the overall diversity of key phrase outputs.
US11893339B2
Systems and methods for generating a natural-language statement for a healthcare record are provided. A graphical user interface comprising a canvas region and a menu region is displayed, wherein menu region comprises a first set of one or more interactive graphical user interface menu objects configured to receive user inputs corresponding to medical information. Data is received representing a first user input comprising user interaction with one or more of the first set of menu objects, the first input indicating medical information for a patient. In accordance with the first user input, a natural-language statement is generated based on the medical information indicated by the first user input, and display of the canvas region is updated to display the natural-language statement.
US11893336B1
An IC test engine generates a plurality of two-cycle delay test patterns that target a first set of multicycle faults and/or defects of a fabricated IC chip based on an IC design. Each two-cycle delay test pattern includes a scan-in shift window operating at a test clock frequency, and a capture window with a launch cycle and a capture cycle operating at a functional clock frequency. The IC test engine fault simulates the plurality of two-cycle delay test patterns against a second set of multicycle faults and/or defects in the IC design utilizing sim-shifting, such that a state of the IC design after at least a last two shift clock cycles of a scan-in shift in window of each two-cycle delay test pattern of the plurality of two-cycle delay test patterns are fault simulated to provide two fault initialization cycles for detection of a multicycle delay fault and/or defect.
US11893332B2
For each circuit element in a pair of launch and capture paths, a parameter value of the circuit element may be modified by a variation amount that is assigned to a class of circuit elements to which the circuit element belongs. Next, a timing slack may be computed for the pair of launch and capture paths.
US11893327B2
System and method that allow utilize machine learning algorithms to move a micro-object to a desired position are described. A sensor such as a high speed camera or capacitive sensing, tracks the locations of the objects. A dynamic potential energy landscape for manipulating objects is generated by controlling each of the electrodes in an array of electrodes. One or more computing devices are used to: estimate an initial position of a micro-object using the sensor; generate a continuous representation of a dynamic model for movement of the micro-object due to electrode potentials generated by at least some of the electrodes and use automatic differentiation and Gauss quadrature rules on the dynamic model to derive optimum potentials to be generated by the electrodes to move the micro-object to the desired position; and map the calculated optimized electrode potentials to the array to activate the electrodes.
US11893321B2
The disclosure notably relates to a computer-implemented method for displaying a simulation. The method includes computing a full simulation. The full simulation includes states. The method further includes computing a reduced model of the computed full simulation. The reduced model includes a basis with elements. Each state of the full simulation is represented by a respective linear combination of basis elements. The method further includes displaying, for at least one state of the full simulation, a part of the respective linear combination. This constitutes an improved method for displaying a simulation.
US11893320B2
A three dimensional (3D) backshell component is flattened to a two dimensional (2D) representation while maintaining a connected wiring component in 3D. Sketch segments for a curved 3D backshell connected first route segment within the backshell housing are stored. A first tangent is computed for a first entry point at a first end point of the connected first route segment, and a flattened route is calculated for route segments unconnected to the backshell. A flattened route position and a second tangent are calculated for a second route segment connected with the first route segment at a second entry point corresponding to the first entry point. The first entry point and the second entry point are aligned, and the first tangent and the second tangent are aligned, and the flattened unconnected route segment aligned with the 3D backshell component is displayed.
US11893314B2
A computer implemented method for designing a 3D object in a scene including obtaining a 3D grid of cubes in the scene, said 3D grid of cubes controlling a subdivision surface, said subdivision surface modeling the 3D object, receiving a user stroke of a curve on at least one external face of at least a cube of the grid of cubes, determining a first set of cubes which intersect with the curve on the external face, a second set of cubes which is adjacent to the first set of cubes, perpendicularly to the external face, and a third set of cubes, called intersected cubes, comprising the first set of cubes and the second set of cubes, and for each intersected cube, deforming the intersected cube by moving at least one vertex of said intersected cube so as to fit the curve thereby deforming the subdivision surface.
US11893306B2
An example playback device is configured to play back a first media item and, while playing back the first media item, receive a voice command to enter a preview mode in which the playback device plays back one or more second media items for a predetermined duration that is shorter than a total duration of the one or more second media items. Responsive to receiving the voice command, the playback device enters the preview mode, thereby (i) suspending playback of the first media item and (ii) initiating playback of the one or more second media items for the predetermined duration. The playback device subsequently terminates the preview mode, thereby (i) terminating playback of the one or more second media items, and (ii) resuming playback of the first media item.
US11893299B2
An electronic device including a housing, a display panel with a flexible substrate, and a flexible printed circuit, in which the housing comprises a flat surface and a side surface comprising a curved region, the display panel comprises a first region that overlaps with the flat surface and a second region that overlaps with the side surface, the display panel comprises a convex portion that comprises a region overlapping with a flexible printed circuit, and the display panel comprises a display portion in the first region and the second region.
US11893292B2
An information processing apparatus includes an authenticating unit, a transmitting unit, a detecting unit, and a determining unit. The authenticating unit authenticates a user who is holding a portable device. The transmitting unit transmits an action instructing signal for issuing an instruction to perform an action to a portable device that is associated with the user, via a radio communication line. The detecting unit detects a change of a status of the portable device that is being held by the user. The determining unit determines, by determining whether or not the change corresponds to the instructed action, whether or not the user is holding the portable device.
US11893291B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a print job cancellation method, a terminal device, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes determining whether a print job is canceled; if the print job is determined to be canceled, adding specific data to print job content of the print job to generate print data, where the specific data is configured to instruct an end of analyzing the print data and/or instruct an end of the print job; and transmitting the print data to an image forming apparatus, such that the image forming apparatus ends the print job according to the specific data analyzed from the print data.
US11893280B2
A system can include a memory device and a processing device coupled with the memory device. The processing device can receive a command of a first type from a host system. The processing device can select a threshold criterion for the command of the first type based on a count of commands of a second type. The processing device can determine whether a second count of commands of the first type satisfies the threshold criterion and in response to the second count satisfying the threshold criterion, the processing logic can transmit a notification to the host system to refrain from transmitting the commands of the first type.
US11893275B2
A data storage device includes a memory device and a controller coupled to the memory device. The data storage device is DRAM-less. The controller is configured to determine that a connection to a host memory buffer (HMB) of a host device is lost, load a most recent copy of a flash translation layer (FTL) table from the memory device, generate one or more updates to the most recent copy of the FTL table, and re-enable command fetching. The controller is further configured to mark one or more commands in a command database with an error condition upon the determining. After a boot of the connection, the controller is further configured to copy the FTL tables from the memory device to the HMB, work on commands, save FTL table differences between the HMB and the memory device, and update the FTL tables in the memory device.
US11893271B2
A computing-in-memory circuit includes a Resistive Random Access Memory (RRAM) array and a peripheral circuit. The RRAM array comprises a plurality of memory cells arranged in an array pattern, and each memory cell is configured to store a data of L bits, L being an integer not less than 2. The peripheral circuit is configured to, in a storage mode, write more than one convolution kernels into the RRAM array, and in a computation mode, input elements that need to be convolved in a pixel matrix into the RRAM array and read a current of each column of memory cells, wherein each column of memory cells stores one convolution kernel correspondingly, and one element of the convolution kernel is stored in one memory cell correspondingly, and one element of the pixel matrix is correspondingly input into a word line that a row of memory cells connect.
US11893268B2
A method includes calculating, by a data storage device processor, at least one access trajectory from a first disc surface location to at least one second disc surface location at which at least one primary data access operation is to be carried out. The method also includes determining, by the data storage device controller, whether an opportunity to commence at least one secondary data access operation exists along or proximate to the at least one access trajectory from the first disc surface location to the at least one second disc surface location.
US11893249B2
The present invention is an controller for dynamically allocating RAM between powersave code copied from ROM and transient RAM memory used for storing packets. When the utilization of the transient RAM memory is low, code segments are copied from ROM and executed from RAM using a RAM pointer table which is updated after the code segments are copied over from ROM, and when the utilization of the transient RAM memory is high, code segments are deallocated from RAM and the pointer table is updated to point to the corresponding location in flash ROM.
US11893242B1
Semiconductor devices, packaging architectures and associated methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a multi-chip module (MCM) is disclosed. The MCM includes a common substrate and a first integrated circuit (IC) chip disposed on the common substrate. The first IC chip includes a first memory interface. A second IC chip is disposed on the common substrate and includes a second memory interface. A first memory device is disposed on the common substrate and includes memory and a first port coupled to the memory. The first port is configured for communicating with the first memory interface of the first IC chip. A second port is coupled to the memory and communicates with the second memory interface of the second IC chip. In-memory processing circuitry is coupled to the memory and controls transactions between the first memory device and the first and second IC chips.
US11893239B2
A high-bandwidth memory (HBM) system includes an HBM device and a logic circuit. The logic circuit includes a first interface coupled to a host device and a second interface coupled to the HBM device. The logic circuit receives a first command from the host device through the first interface and converts the received first command to a first processing-in-memory (PIM) command that is sent to the HBM device through the second interface. The first PIM command has a deterministic latency for completion. The logic circuit further receives a second command from the host device through the first interface and converting the received second command to a second PIM command that is sent to the HBM device through the second interface. The second PIM command has a non-deterministic latency for completion.
US11893234B2
Touch control surfaces for electronic user devices are disclosed herein. An example electronic device includes a microphone array and processor circuitry to detect a first acoustic event based on signals output by the microphone array, the first acoustic event indicative of a first touch on a surface of the device at a first time; detect a second acoustic event based on the signals, the second acoustic event indicative of a second touch on the surface at a second time; determine a first location of the first touch and a second location of the second touch; identify the first time and the second time as occurring within a threshold period of time; identify a gesture based on the first location, the second location, and the occurrence of the first touch and the second touch within the threshold; and cause an output at the device in response to the gesture.
US11893227B2
In one example, a computing device includes one or more user input detection components, and one or more processors configured to receive an indication of a first user input detected by the one or more user input detection components, responsive to receiving the indication of the first user input, adjust a level of an attention buffer at a defined rate; responsive to determining that the level of the attention buffer satisfies a first threshold, prevent further interaction with a user interface of the computing device, responsive to determining that an indication of a second user input has not been received within a time period, adjust a level of the attention buffer, and responsive to determining that the level of the attention buffer satisfies a second threshold, allow further interaction with the user interface.
US11893223B2
A respiratory therapy device, which may include a flow generator, is provided. The RPT device includes a touch screen display that displays user interface screens to a user and accepts input from users to control parameters and functionality of the RPT device (e.g., a flow generator).
US11893222B2
Methods, apparatuses, and systems that cause rendering of a gas concentration trend chart user interface on a display is provided. The gas concentration trend chart user interface includes a gas concentration data point graphic section configured to display a first data set in an hourly mode, a left graphic slider user interface element, and a right graphic slider user interface element. A first user interaction input causing a reduced graphic distance between the left graphic slider user interface element and the right graphic slider user interface element is received and identified. The reduced graphic distance is determined to satisfy a minute mode triggering distance threshold and in response to determining that the reduced graphic distance satisfies the minute mode triggering distance threshold, the gas concentration data point graphic section is caused to display a second data set in a minute mode.
US11893220B1
An embodiment for generating and modifying graphical user interface elements based on user item interests. The embodiment may detect a user interacting with a connected application. The embodiment may determine item interests of the detected user. The embodiment may generate and store a personalized user profile based on the determined item interests of the user. The embodiment may, in response to detecting a query made by the user, extract from the detected query interest topics, subject matter, and a series of associated key terms. The embodiment may determine a highest-prioritized key term. The embodiment may identify a first GUI element displayed by the connected application based on the detected query. The embodiment may generate, using a generative adversarial network (GAN), a custom GUI element based on the highest-prioritized key term. The embodiment may replace the first GUI element with the custom GUI element.
US11893219B2
A method for quickly invoking a small window when a video is displayed in full screen, a graphic user interface, and a terminal are provided. The method may include: When a terminal displays a video playing interface in full screen, the terminal may display a small window in a hover box based on a user operation. A display interface of the small window may be switched. The terminal may further quickly switch between multi-window display and full-screen display based on a user operation. In this process, the terminal continuously plays the video. According to this method, the terminal can quickly switch between multi-window display and full-screen display when continuously playing a video.
US11893215B2
According to various embodiments, an electronic device may include: a flexible display having a first portion disposed to be visible from an outside and a second portion extending from the first portion and accommodated in an inner space to be invisible from the outside in a slide-in state; a housing whose having a variable size wherein the flexible display is configured to be expanded in response to a change from the slide-in state to a slide-out state; a sensor disposed in the inner space and configured to detect a moving distance of the flexible display; a memory; and a processor operatively connected to the flexible display, the sensor, and the memory. The processor may be configured to: identify a first distance for the flexible display through the sensor in response to the change from the slide-in state to the slide-out state, control the display to display a user interface through the flexible display based on the first distance, detect a touch on at least a partial region of the flexible display, identify a second distance for the flexible display based on coordinate information corresponding to the detected touch, adjust a size or position of the user interface based on a difference value between the first distance and the second distance, and control the display to display the adjusted user interface through the flexible display.
US11893212B2
The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces that include application widgets. In some embodiments, a computer system displays a home screen, where displaying the home screen includes displaying a set of user interface elements based on whether an account that was used to set up the computer system is associated with a first type of content. In some embodiments, a computer system displays a user interface in response to detecting a request to change the orientation of the user interface. Displaying the user interface includes displaying an arrangement of application widgets and application icons, where a set of application widgets has a same spatial organization as in a previous arrangement.
US11893209B2
In a countermeasures control interface for use in deploying countermeasures in response to user commands, which are deployed from a first countermeasure dispenser that deploys a first type of countermeasure and a second countermeasure dispenser that deploys a second type of countermeasure different from the first type. A user interface receives user commands regarding countermeasures deployment and includes a display that shows a user-selectable image formats. At least one of the user-selectable image formats includes a graphic representation of a loadout of the first countermeasure dispenser and the second countermeasure dispenser, as well as a graphical representation of currently-available countermeasures deployment options. The user interface also receives input regarding a user countermeasure deployment choice and generates a signal corresponding to the countermeasure deployment choice. An electronic circuit controls the display and generates the user-selectable image formats, receives the countermeasure deployment choice from the user interface and activates the countermeasure dispensers.
US11893204B2
In some examples, a method to present an affordance user interface element within a user interface of an interaction application includes detecting an association of a supplemental media content item with a primary media content item presented within the user interface. The supplemental media content item is identified from among a plurality of supplemental media content items supported by the interaction application. The method may include retrieving metadata related to the supplemental media content item and presenting, within the user interface, a supplementation affordance that presents the metadata. In some examples, the supplementation affordance is user selectable via the user interface to invoke a supplementation function that enables a user to apply the supplemental media content item to a further primary media content item. The supplementation function is invoked responsive to detecting a user selection of the supplementation affordance within the user interface.
US11893202B2
A portable communication device (1) is capable of setting a sleep mode as an operation mode. An operation receiver (101) receives operations given by a user. A setter (102) sets the operation mode to the sleep mode when the operation receiver (101) receives no operation for a first time period. A displayer (103) displays an indicator on a display when the operation receiver (101) receives a first operation in the sleep mode. A launcher (104) launches, when the operation receiver (101) receives operations for specifying the indicator, an application program associated with the specified indicator.
US11893190B2
The logic of a handheld controller system may use a clustering algorithm to determine which sensors of a touch sensor array, such as capacitive pads, to assign to individual fingers of a user's hand. The clustering algorithm disclosed herein allows for dynamically determining the controller configuration on-the-fly for a given user. An example process includes receiving data generated by a plurality of sensors of a touch sensor array of the handheld controller, generating a covariance matrix that indicates correlations between pairs of sensors, determining a plurality of feature vectors based at least in part on the covariance matrix, each feature vector corresponding to an individual sensor and describing that sensor's correlation(s) with one or more other sensors, clustering the feature vectors using a clustering algorithm, and configuring the touch sensor array according to a controller configuration that assigns sensors to respective fingers of a hand.
US11893180B2
Provided are a display device and a method for controlling the same. The display device includes: a display panel including a display module and a touch module, and having a first display area, a second display area and a first bending area located at a junction between the first display area and the second display area, the display panel being bendable at the first bending area; and a bendable circuit board having a second bending area, an orthographic projection of which on the display panel overlaps the first bending area, the bendable circuit board is connected to a data driving unit and a touch driving unit, transmits a data signal of any of the first display area and the second display area to the data driving unit and transmits a touch signal of any of the first display area and the second display area to the touch driving unit.
US11893177B2
A touch screen display device with a flexible display that also includes an embedded haptic drive system. The device may be made up of one continuous flexible display that does not fold, or of multiple display segments which can be folded from a compact state that is roughly the size of a typical handheld phone or smaller, to an expanded state that is roughly the size of a larger phone or tablet computer. The haptic drive system is located underneath the flexible display and can physically alter its surface geometry by partially flexing the display at single or multiple points. The device may further include sensors to indicate the state of configuration and mechanisms for alignment, locking, and further structural support. In one embodiment, a module attached to, situated within, or otherwise associated with at least one segment of the flexible display may contain all or substantially all processing and memory, along with a communications system, which may be used in any folded state.
US11893175B2
One or more examples of the present disclosure relate generally to systems and methods for canceling mutual capacitive effects in a capacitance measurement. Some examples relate to providing a driven shield during capacitance measurement. Some examples relate to providing such a driven shield using rail-to-rail voltage.
US11893174B1
An information handling system mouse autonomously provides a rapid visual image transition from a first display to a second display in response to a predetermined condition detected at the mouse, such as a left click that an end user performs when on the visual image title bar accompanied by a gesture or a hot key input. The mouse responds to the inputs by commanding an acceleration of movement of the cursor coordinates so that the information handling system rapidly moves the visual image from the first display to the second. In various embodiments, the movement can include a selection to go to a full screen presentation or to keep the visual image size the same. The visual image transfer is performed without any coordination with the information handling system other than commanding cursor coordinate movements.
US11893172B2
An information processing method includes, in a situation that a connection between a first electronic device and a second electronic device is established for first time, obtaining identity information of the second electronic device; obtaining a communication protocol corresponding to the identity information; and based on a data path formed after the first electronic device is connected to the second electronic device, sending the communication protocol to the second electronic device, to enable the second electronic device to communicate with the first electronic device based on the communication protocol.
US11893167B2
An information processing device controls a display for displaying a guide that instructs a user to perform each of a plurality of patterns of motions including translational motions or rotational motions of an inertial sensor that correspond to a first axis and a second axis, which are perpendicular to each other. Based on inertial information and position and orientation information acquired by causing the inertial sensor to perform the plurality of patterns of motions, the information processing device acquires parameters including a degree of correlation between actual inertial values of the inertial sensor corresponding to the first axis and the inertial information corresponding to the second axis.
US11893161B2
A gesture recognition apparatus by which a gesture for an interface operation is performed includes an image capturer that captures distance image data, a closest point detector that detects a closest point from the imaging apparatus, a gesture measurer that calculates an input switching border for switching ON and OFF of interface input, a gesture recognizer that determines whether the input is ON or OFF, and an interface controller that performs the interface control associated with the gesture if it is determined that the input has been turned on.
US11893160B2
A method for transportation includes providing a vehicle with a cab and having a moveable actuator coupled to a propulsion unit to move the propulsion unit between a first position above the cab during lift-off and a second position during lateral flight. The system can receive hand control gestures as captured by cameras/sensors. A flight computer determines vehicle control options based on the model, a current state of the vehicle and the environment of the vehicle.
US11893142B2
A digital fingerprint generation circuit based on an integrated circuit is provided. In the digital fingerprint generation circuit, a control unit is configured to: generate a first control word and a second control word, and transmit the first control word and the second control word to a first clock generator and a second clock generator respectively, so that the first clock generator generates a first clock signal based on the first control word, and the second clock generator generates a second clock signal based on the second control word; and a frequency detector generates a digital fingerprint of the integrated circuit based on the first clock signal and the second clock signal.
US11893140B2
A system for evaluating manufacturing feasibility of a graphical design is disclosed. The system includes a secret owner device and a memory, operatively connected to the secret owner device. The memory may be configured to store a three-dimensional form including a three-dimensional shape and a dimension set in three dimensions and at least a local geometric feature. The apparatus may also include a merge engine configured to generate at least a combined three-dimensional graphical design as a function of the three-dimensional graphical design and the at least a contributor graphical design. The apparatus also includes an interrogation engine communicatively connected to the merge engine. The interrogation engine is configured to extract the at least a local geometric feature from the three-dimensional graphical design, evaluate manufacturing feasibility of the combined three-dimensional graphical design, and initiate manufacture of a structure represented in combined three-dimensional graphical design as a function of manufacturing feasibility.
US11893133B2
Techniques are described for budget tracking in a differentially private security system. A request to perform a query of a private database system is received by a privacy device from a client device. The request is associated with a level of differential privacy. A privacy budget corresponding to the received request is accessed by the privacy device. The privacy budget includes a cumulative privacy spend and a maximum privacy spend, the cumulative privacy spend representative of previous queries of the private database system. A privacy spend associated with the received request is determined by the privacy device based at least in part on the level of differential privacy associated with the received request. If a sum of the determined privacy spend and the cumulative privacy spend is less than the maximum privacy spend, the query is performed. Otherwise a security action is performed based on a security policy.
US11893131B2
A system, method, and computer-readable media for providing contextual data loss prevention (DLP) within a group-based communication system. At least a portion of a DLP policy may be suspended within a DLP engine based on a context for which a user input is to be displayed. Accordingly, the user input may be displayed without interference from the DLP engine.
US11893130B2
Techniques for data lifecycle discovery and management are presented. Data lifecycle discovery platform (DLDP) can identify data of users, data type, and language of data stored in data stores (DSs) of entities based on scanning of data from databases. DLDP determines compliance of DLDP and DSs with obligations relating to data protection arising out of jurisdictional laws or agreements. DLDP generates rules to facilitate complying with and enforcing laws and agreements. DLDP can determine, and present to authorized users, risk scores relating to levels of compliance of the DLDP, associated platforms, or entities, risk indicator metrics, or a privacy health index of the organization associated with DLDP. DLDP can manage user rights regarding data, and access to data in DSs and information relating thereto stored in secure data store of DLDP. DLDP can remediate issues involving anomalies indicating non-compliance. DLDP can utilize machine learning to enhance various functions of DLDP.
US11893125B2
One or more event logs are received. The one or more event logs are analyzed using a plurality of models to detect one or more anomalous events. A graphical representation of risk entities associated with at least one of the one or more detected anomalous events is provided. A visual representation of automatically detected relationships between the risk entities associated with the at least one of the one or more detected anomalous events is provided in the graphical representation. Indications of measures of anomaly associated with detected anomalous events are provided for the associated risk entities.
US11893123B2
In some aspects, a method for mediation of a screenshot capture by a client application based on policy includes identifying, by a client application on a client device, a policy for mediating one or more screenshots of content displayed via the client application. An embedded browser within the client application accesses a network application of one or more servers. The method further includes intercepting, by the client application, a request to capture a screenshot of at least a portion of the network application being displayed, determining, by the client application, one or more mediation actions to perform on the screenshot responsive to the policy, performing, by the client application, the one or more mediation actions on the screenshot, and providing, by the client responsive to the request, the screenshot resulting from the one or more mediation actions.
US11893118B2
Embodiments described herein are directed to transferring the ownership of a computing device from one entity to another entity. For example, a security processor is utilized to boot the computing device. During a boot session, the security processor loads and executes boot code, which determines whether specialized firmware authorized by the current owner indicates whether a transfer of ownership is to occur. In response to determining that the specialized firmware indicates that a transfer of ownership is to occur, the secure processor loads and executes the specialized firmware. The specialized firmware, when executed, causes the security processor to program a set of fuses with the public key of the new owner. Execution of the specialized firmware also causes the security processor to invalidate the public key of the original owner, which is stored in another set of fuses.
US11893116B2
A method for determining third party network compliance with a host entity network is provided. The method may include generating a scanning file that includes host entity network compliance standards and transferring the scanning file to an intermediary entity network. The method may further include generating an executable file that may run a plug-in scanning file to scan hardware and software resident at the third-party network for compliance. The method may further include transferring the executable file from the intermediary entity network to the third party network. The method may further include executing the executable file, generating a log file upon the completion of the running of the plug-in scanning file and digitally signing the log file. The method may further include deciphering the log file at the intermediary entity network, generating a readable report based on the deciphering and transferring the readable report to the host entity network.
US11893107B2
Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for preventing a security threat to a virtual machine. The apparatus includes one or more processors and executable memory for storing at least one program executed by the one or more processors. The at least one program is configured such that a hypervisor for virtualization in a host kernel executes a virtualization instruction corresponding to the service requested by a virtual machine of a host application and such that a hypervisor for monitoring interrupts the virtualization instruction in response to a security threat event occurring in the monitoring area of the hypervisor for virtualization and controls the process and thread of the host kernel. The hypervisor for monitoring is located in an area separate from the area in which the hypervisor for virtualization is located in the host kernel.
US11893103B2
A method may include registering, with an offline job to be executed by a computer processor, an application programming interface (API) and an operation, obtaining, from a repository, a user consent of a user for the operation, and in response to obtaining the user consent, creating, for the user, an access token including the operation and the API. The user consent may be stored external to the access token. The method may further include transmitting the access token to the offline job, and calling, by the offline job, the API using the access token.
US11893100B2
The present invention relates biometric authentication using an optical biometric arrangement comprising an image sensor comprising a photodetector pixel array configured to capture an image of an object, the image sensor being arranged under a color controllable light source comprising light source units, the method comprising: providing a light pattern comprising portions of different light intensity for illuminating the object; acquiring an image of the object, the image comprising image portions corresponding to the portions of different light intensity of the light pattern illuminating the object, at least one image portion being captured by pixels in the photodetector pixel array arranged directly under a light source being active during image acquisition, and at least one image portion being captured by pixels in the photodetector pixel array arranged under an at least partly in-active illumination area of the color controllable light source during image acquisition, and performing biometric authentication at least partly based on metrics extracted from the image portions.
US11893098B2
A computing device (200) for authenticating a user (110) is provided. The computing device is operative to display a first text (131) to the user, acquire a representation of the user subvocalizing a part of the first text, derive a user phrasing signature from the acquired representation, and authenticate the user in response to determining that the user phrasing signature and a reference phrasing signature fulfil a similarity condition. Optionally, the computing device may be further operative to determine if the user is authorized to read the first text. Further optionally, the computing device may be operative to reveal obfuscated parts of the first text in response to determining that the user is authorized to read the first text, or to discontinue displaying the first text, or to obfuscate at least part of the first text, in response to determining that the user is not authorized to read the first text.
US11893094B1
The invention discloses a DNN watermarking method, comprising embedding part of the digital watermark in selected redundant elements of a deep neural network (DNN) model—without compromising the performance of the DNN. The proposed method aims for a robust watermark scheme by embedding a large watermark that can span the whole DNN model. If an adversary attempts to destroy the watermark, the whole DNN model will be destroyed. However, maximizing the hiding capacity can lead to degradation in the performance of the DNN model. In this work, this capacity-performance trade-off problem is solved using the Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT). Moreover, the DCT can work more efficiently with highly correlated data. Therefore, this work suggests segmenting the weights of the DNN model into correlated segments to fully exploit the advantages of the DCT.
US11893092B2
Enabling control of authenticated applications and websites from other applications and websites within an auto entertainment service, including: implementing controls of the auto entertainment service within a privilege auto platform with a defined structure that enables a controller to issue a command; constructing calls appropriate to execute the command; routing playback controls through the privilege auto platform; issuing the command to the privilege auto platform with a content ID; and receiving the command and making the calls for content and digital rights management to execute the command.
US11893091B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods, and computer program products for providing intelligent analysis of technical and non-technical data to validate instances of permitted use of such brand elements and generate alerts for instances of non-permitted use of such brand elements. The system provides a single portal view for upload of relevant data and transmission of analysis results. The invention utilizes a permissioned distributed register database architecture for the secure storage and tokenization of brand elements and retrieval of validation and ownership information. The invention further includes the capability to recommend and automate remedial measures to prevent continued unauthorized use of brand elements.
US11893084B2
Disclosed herein is an object detection system, including apparatuses and methods for object detection. An implementation may include receiving a first image frame from an ROI detection model that generated a first ROI boundary around a first object detected in the first image frame and subsequently receiving a second image frame. The implementation further includes predicting, using an ROI tracking model, that the first ROI boundary will be present in the second image frame and then detecting whether the first ROI boundary is in fact present in the second image frame. The implementation includes determining that the second image frame should be added to a training dataset for the ROI detection model when detecting that the ROI detection model did not generate the first ROI boundary in the second image frame as predicted and re-training the ROI detection model using the training dataset.
US11893080B2
Method and computing device using a neural network to determine whether or not to process images of an image flow. A predictive model of the neural network is generated and stored at a computing device. The computing device receives (b) an image of the image flow and executes (c) the neural network, using the predictive model for generating an indication of whether or not to process the image based on input(s) of the neural network, the input(s) comprising the image. The computing device determines (d) whether or not to process the image by an image processing module, based on the indication of whether or not to process the image. The image is processed by the image processing module if the determination is positive and not processed if the determination is negative. Steps (b), (c), (d) are repeated for consecutive images of the image flow.
US11893079B2
Implementations of the present disclosure relate to a method, system and program product for determining a causality between a plurality of variables. A method is provided for determining a causality between a plurality of vectors, which comprises: in response to a data set of a plurality of samples associated with the plurality of variables being collected, obtaining a matrix describing the causality between the plurality of variables, each sample among the plurality of samples comprising data that corresponds to the plurality of variables; determining a fitness degree and an expert knowledge constraint which are associated with the causality based on the data set and the matrix, wherein the expert knowledge constraint comprises at least one of an edge constraint on a direct causality between two variables in the matrix and a path constraint on an indirect causality between two variables in the matrix; building a problem formula describing the causality according to the determined fitness degree and expert knowledge constraint; and solving the built problem formula so as to obtain a candidate result of the matrix. Further, there is provided a corresponding system and computer program product.
US11893067B1
A payment service system monitors data associated with a dynamic information feed and determines trending causes based on the monitoring. The system accesses user information associated with a user and identifies a trending cause that is relevant to the user based on the user information. The system transmits, to the user's mobile device, a recommendation alert that is formatted based on a local application on the user's mobile device, and causes the user's mobile device to surface the recommendation alert to recommend the relevant trending cause within the local application. The system receives an indication of an interaction with the recommendation alert via the user's mobile device. In response, the system facilitates a transfer of at least one asset from an account associated with the user to at least one account associated with at least one recipient entity associated with the relevant trending cause according to a specified distribution.
US11893059B2
A method, apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium that generate, from a database, an identifier record grouping including the identifier record and at least one other identifier record, generate one or more strength indicators of the generated identifier record grouping, normalize a value of each of the one or more strength indicators based on an average value associated with the respective strength indicator, generate a value of a strength metric of the generated identifier record grouping based on a sum of the normalized values of the one or more strength indicators, rank the value of the strength metric amongst values of strength metrics associated with a plurality of identifier record groupings within the database, and determine a strength score of the generated identifier record grouping as the strength score of the identifier record based on the ranking.
US11893051B2
In some examples, structure-based multi-intent email classification may include receiving an email thread that includes a plurality of emails including an email that is to be classified, and identifying, for the email thread, a process associated with the email thread, Based on the process associated with the email thread and for each sentence of the email that includes a plurality of sentences, a corresponding classifier may be determined from a plurality of classifiers, and applied to each sentence of the email to generate classified sentences. At least one entity may be extracted from each of the classified sentences of the email. Based on the at least one extracted entity, the email may be classified.
US11893050B2
In assistance processing for assisting in describing a document corresponding to a portion in a document, a calculation unit calculates a similarity degree between a sentence in a document and a document described correspondingly to a portion in the document. When the calculated similarity degree is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold, an extraction unit extracts the sentence in the document in association with the document described correspondingly to the portion in the document.
US11893030B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are disclosed herein for improved state identification and prediction in computerized queries. In an aspects, a neural network model is trained via word embedding, using a plurality of workflows having a plurality of steps as input training data. The model may be searched using a string to locate and identify semantic matches as potential results, where the potential results correspond to a specific step and/or a particular workflow. Markov chaining may also be performed, using the potential results, in order to predict one or more additional results, where the additional results correspond to a specific succeeding step within a particular workflow, in some aspects. The results and predicted steps may be displayed.
US11893017B2
A node of a database system is operable to receive a plurality of data blocks. Based on backlog detection data, at least one feedback data block is generated to be sent to the set of source nodes. Feedback relay node selection data selecting at least one of the plurality of nodes in the database system for facilitating routing of the at least one feedback data block from the node to at least one of the set of source nodes via a prioritized feedback communication mechanism is generated. The at least one feedback data block is sent to the at least one of the plurality of nodes selected in the feedback relay node selection data. The at least one of the plurality of nodes facilitates routing of the at least one feedback data block from the node via the prioritized feedback communication mechanism.
US11893015B2
Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The methods include, for instance: collecting real time system statistics on a system environment in a remote platform running a remote data source amongst a plurality of remote data sources of a virtual database. Real time data source statistics on one or more data source objects from the remote data source of the virtual database is also gathered. A global catalog of the virtual database is updated with the real time system statistics and the real time data source statistics. An access plan to process a query to the virtual database is optimized based on the real time system statistics and the real time data source statistics and a response is produced based on the access plan, with improved performance and reduced cost.
US11893012B1
Representations of sets of descriptors of reference objects are stored in a repository, with individual descriptors including information about entities identified in the reference objects. In response to a request to extract content from a particular data object, a reference object which satisfies a similarity criterion with respect to the particular data object is identified from the repository using the descriptors. A structural comparison of the particular data object and the reference object is performed to determine an entity related to another entity identified in the particular data object.
US11892998B2
The present disclosure provides systems, methods, and computer program products for providing efficient embedding table storage and lookup in machine-learning models. A computer-implemented method may include obtaining an embedding table comprising a plurality of embeddings respectively associated with a corresponding index of the embedding table, compressing each particular embedding of the embedding table individually allowing each respective embedding of the embedding table to be decompressed independent of any other embedding in the embedding table, packing the embedding table comprising individually compressed embeddings with a machine-learning model, receiving an input to use for locating an embedding in the embedding table, determining a lookup value based on the input to search indexes of the embedding table, locating the embedding based on searching the indexes of the embedding table for the determined lookup value, and decompressing the located embedding independent of any other embedding in the embedding table.
US11892996B1
Systems and methods are described for monitoring indexing nodes, populating and maintaining a resource catalog with relevant information, receiving requests for indexing node availability or assignments, identifying indexing nodes that are available to process data, and/or communicating information relating to available indexing nodes. The system can maintain the resource catalog based on communications with each of the containerized indexing nodes. The system can receive, from a partition manager of a data intake and query system, a request for a containerized indexing node that the partition manager can assign to process data received by the partition manager. The system can identify an available containerized indexing node to process the data. The system can communicate, to the partition manager, an indexing node identifier associated with the available containerized indexing node.
US11892992B2
Techniques are disclosed relating to implementing synthetic identifiers (IDs) for a non-relational database. A server system may operate a database, which includes receiving requests to access records of the database using synthetic IDs. But the database may be searchable using natural IDs. The server system may receive a request to insert a record. In response, the server system may obtain, from a first instance of multiple ID generator instances that implement a distributed ID generator service, a synthetic ID generated based on an identifier assigned to the first ID generator instance. The server system may insert the record with the synthetic ID and a natural ID that corresponds to one or more values of the record. The server system may cause the synthetic ID and the natural ID to be stored in an index of the database to enable the record to be accessed via the synthetic ID.
US11892990B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a computer system a computer program product, and a method that comprises converting received data from a time-based domain to a frequency-based domain using a signal processing algorithm; identifying transactional noise within the converted data by identifying contextual factors based on a determined pattern, wherein the transactional noise is data associated with an identified fraudulent transaction; filtering the identified transactional noise by removing datapoints within the converted data that reaches a predetermined threshold of signal strength using the signal processing algorithm; and generating a line graph depicting removal of the data that is indicative of the identified transactional noise from the converted data.
US11892989B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for an approach to predictive structuring of electronic data. The system uses data mining and data clustering techniques using classification models to organize feature column groups comprising feature columns. The system identifies and flags feature column groups and/or feature columns based on regulatory data standards provided by regulatory bodies. Thereafter, data objects are imported into the system and prediction algorithms are implemented to characterize the feature columns containing the data objects.
US11892986B2
Systems and methods for determining activated neural pathways in knowledge graphs are disclosed. In an embodiment, a computer system may retrieve data associated with a user account and generate a knowledge graph centered around an account under a current adjudication. The computer system may determine paths based on the knowledge graph using similarity and sentiment scores. By reducing the amount of data in the knowledge graph to specific data associated with paths of interest, unnecessary computer operations may be avoided, which increases processing times related to the knowledge graph and allows near real-time outputs based on the knowledge graph to be utilized. The computer system may rank the paths based on their similarity scores and sentiments scores to determine which paths are considered activated neural pathways in the knowledge graph. The computer system may base a determination of the current adjudication for the account on the activated neural pathways.
US11892973B2
A method and apparatus for converting code-description table data to an enumerated data type in a schema record referencing the code-description table. A record of a table is identified that references the code-description table, and a portion of a schema describing the record is updated to include the relevant data of the code-description table as an enumerated type of the record schema. The enumerated type schema element includes data elements of the code-description table relevant to the record, each element having its own type. As additional records of the same table that are related to the code-description table are called, the enumerated type schema element may be updated to include additional code-description table data elements.
US11892967B2
Apparatus and methods are disclosed herein for remote, direct memory access (RDMA) technology that enables direct memory access from one host computer memory to another host computer memory over a physical or virtual computer network according to a number of different RDMA protocols. In one example, a method includes receiving remote direct memory access (RDMA) packets via a network adapter, deriving a protocol index identifying an RDMA protocol used to encode data for an RDMA transaction associated with the RDMA packets, applying the protocol index to a generate RDMA commands from header information in at least one of the received RDMA packets, and performing an RDMA operation using the RDMA commands.
US11892960B2
A display includes a keyboard, video mouse (KVM) switch that interfaces plural peripheral communication ports and plural information handling system ports. The KVM switch in a first configuration accepts video from one of the information handling system ports for presentation as visual images at a display panel and interfaces all of the plural peripheral communication ports with the one of the information handling system ports. When an end user commands a change to a different information handling system port and the KVM switch detects that a predetermined information transfer is taking place at the one of the information handling system ports, such as a bulk isochronous transfer or greater than a predetermined bandwidth utilization, the KVM switch changes the interface of peripheral devices and video to the second information handling system port while maintaining the transfer of the predetermined type of information with the first information handling system port.
US11892944B2
An anomaly factor estimation apparatus includes a memory and a processor configured to execute training an anomaly detection model for performing anomaly detection based on an error of output data with respect to input data represented by a multidimensional numerical vector; inputting test data into the anomaly detection model, to determine whether the test data corresponds to an anomaly based on output data output from the anomaly detection model and the test data; and calculating a degree of contribution to the anomaly for each dimension of the test data based on a likelihood of said each dimension, in response to determining that the test data corresponds to the anomaly.
US11892935B2
Methods and systems for verifying control coupling analysis in testing of software code include: selecting a source file to be tested, the source file having source code, the source file selected from a system set including a plurality of source files from one or more nodes in a system; identifying one or more control couples within the source file by performing static analysis on the source code of the source file; defining one or more test runs of the software code, the one or more test runs including one or more of the identified control couples, and the one or more test runs using dynamic analysis; executing the one or more defined test runs; identifying control coupling coverage of the source file based on the dynamic analysis; and generating a control coupling report based on the identified control coupling coverage of the source file.
US11892928B2
Aspects of a storage device are provided which delay thermal throttling in response to temperature increases based on different reliable temperatures for different types of cells, such as SLCs, hybrid SLCs and MLCs. Initially, a controller writes first data to a block of MLCs at a first data rate when a temperature of the block meets a first temperature threshold for MLCs. Subsequently, the controller writes second data to the block at a second data rate lower than the first data rate when the temperature of the block meets a second temperature threshold for SLCs. For hybrid SLCs, the MLCs are each configured to store a first number of bits, and the controller writes a second number of bits smaller than the first number of bits in each of one or more of the cells. Storage device performance is thus improved through delayed thermal throttling without compromising data integrity.
US11892924B2
A method includes determining, by an analysis system, a system aspect of a system for an issue detection evaluation. The method further includes determining, by the analysis system, at least one evaluation perspective for use in performing the issue detection evaluation on the system aspect. The method further includes determining, by the analysis system, at least one evaluation viewpoint for use in performing the issue detection evaluation on the system aspect. The method further includes obtaining, by the analysis system, issue detection data regarding the system aspect in accordance with the at least one evaluation perspective and the at least one evaluation viewpoint. The method further includes calculating, by the analysis system, an issue detection rating as a measure of system issue detection maturity for the system aspect based on the issue detection data, the at least one evaluation perspective, the at least one evaluation viewpoint, and at least one evaluation rating metric.
US11892921B2
A method of managing a virtual machine environment is described. According to the method, a cloud application that is used for management of a plurality of virtual machines may receive, from a first virtual machine, an indication of one or more configuration parameters associated with the first virtual machine. The cloud application may generate an executable package based on metadata associated with the first virtual machine. The executable package may be configured to be executable by a set of default drivers on a second virtual machine upon bootup of the second virtual machine to configure the second virtual machine in accordance with the one or more configuration parameters. The cloud application may transmit, to the second virtual machine, the executable package for configuring the second virtual machine in accordance with the one or more configuration parameters.
US11892914B2
The method includes obtaining, by a restoration policy manager, a restoration request for a plurality of application containers, and in response to the restoration request: obtaining, by a backup server, container information associated with the plurality of application containers, assigning a restoration type to each application container in the plurality of application containers, updating a restoration type list based on the assigning, and initiating a restoration of the plurality of application containers using the restoration type list.
US11892908B2
A method includes obtaining, by a computing device of a storage network, provenance information for data associated with a set of storage units of the storage network, where the data is error encoded into a set of encoded data slices, in accordance with error encoding parameters, for storage in the set of storage units. The method further includes determining, by the computing device, probable error locations associated with the set of storage units based on the provenance information. The method further includes scanning, by the computing device, the probable error locations to determine whether an error exists for the set of encoded data slices.
US11892903B2
A system includes a computer system, a memory, and processor. The computer system includes a plurality of units of system resources, each executing a workload unit. The memory stores a set of remediation scripts. Each remediation script is associated with a known failure of a set of known failures within the computer system. Each remediation script is configured, when executed, to remediate the known failure. The processor measures performance metrics associated with the computer system. The processor determines, based on the performance metrics, that a probability that a failure within the computer system will occur within a future time is greater than a set threshold. In response, the processor determines, based on the values for the set of metrics, that the failure is a known failure, and executes a remediation script associated with the known failure.
US11892893B2
A method of thermal and power control in a computing device includes, at the computing device, initializing a thermal module of the computing device, receiving data at the thermal module from a first component assigned to an interface of the thermal module, and sending an output to a second component from the thermal module based on the data. Initializing the thermal module includes detecting a presence of a plurality of potential components of the computing device; querying each of the plurality of potential components to determine capabilities of each component; in response to the querying, for each of at least a subset of the plurality of potential components receiving identification information for the component and, based on the received identification information, configuring one or more interfaces of the plurality of predefined interfaces of the thermal module to establish communication with the subset of components.
US11892884B2
A hinge structure for an electronic device including a first part and a second part is provided. The hinge structure includes a first fixing base, a second fixing base, a rotating element, and a control element. The first fixing base connects to the first part. The second fixing base connects to the second part and includes a first locking structure. The rotating element includes a second locking structure. An end of the rotating element rotatably and movably connects to the first fixing base along an axial direction. The other end of the rotating element engages with the first locking structure through the second locking structure. The control element extends to the rotating element for driving the rotating element to move along the axial direction.
US11892881B2
A display device includes: a bendable display panel including a flat area and bendable areas; and a support module disposed on the display panel, wherein the support module supports the display panel, wherein the support module includes a support plate and joints, wherein the support plate overlaps the flat area and the bendable areas and includes lattice pattern areas including lattice patterns, and wherein the joints are disposed on the support plate, are disposed to overlap with the bendable areas, and are spaced apart from one another in the first direction. Each of the joints has a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein the top surface is disposed on the support plate, and the bottom surface is opposite to the top surface, and a width of each of the top surfaces of the joints is less than a width of each of the bottom surfaces of the joints.
US11892880B2
An electronic device includes a housing including a first housing and a second housing; a hinge unit configured to rotate the first housing and the second housing, the housing configured to move between a folded state and an unfolded state via the hinge unit; a first display disposed in a first area of the first housing and a second area of the second housing; a second display disposed in a third area of the first housing, located at an opposite side of the first area; at least one sensor; a memory configured to store an image frame set including a plurality of image frames; and at least one processor; wherein the memory stores instructions which, when executed, cause the at least one processor to obtain, via the at least one sensor, information corresponding to a folding angle between the first housing and the second housing, based on the obtained information corresponding to a first folding angle being smaller than a first reference angle, deactivate the first display and display, via the second display, an image frame included in the image frame set, based on the obtained information corresponding to a second folding angle being greater than the first reference angle, deactivate the second display and control to activate the first display, and based on the obtained information corresponding to a folding angle increasing from the second folding angle to a third folding angle, display, via the first display, image frames included in the image frame set corresponding to a plurality of folding angles between the second folding angle to the third folding angle.
US11892878B2
An electronic device has a structure in which two portions between which a bent portion of a display panel is positioned are each fixed to a housing. The electronic device takes two forms of a form in which the display panel is opened and a form in which the display panel is folded in three. The electronic device includes a mechanism for sliding two housings parallel to each other. The display panel is changed in shape so that a portion where a display surface of the display panel is convexly curved and a portion where the display surface of the display panel is concavely curved in the folded state move in directions parallel and opposite to each other. At this time, the two portions of the display panel which are supported by the housings are slid while their display surfaces maintain a state parallel to each other.
US11892877B2
An information handling system camera is secured against unauthorized image captures by a shutter that mechanically closes across the camera lens to block visible light from entering the camera. The shutter integrates an infrared bypass filter that passes through infrared light while blocking visible light so that the camera can support facial recognition when the mechanical shutter secures the camera to prevent unauthorized capture of visual images.
US11892874B2
A casing assembly for accommodating a stylus includes a casing and a button. The casing has an accommodation recess and an opening in communication with each other. The accommodation recess has a first end and a second end opposite to each other on a longitudinal axis thereof, and accommodates the stylus. The opening extends from the first end to the second end. The button includes an operation portion and a pushing portion connected to each other. The operation portion is pivotally disposed at the casing so as to be pivotable between an initial position and a released position. The pushing portion is located in the accommodation recess. When the operation portion is pivoted from the initial position to the released position, the pushing portion in the accommodation recess is moved toward the opening so as to push the stylus out of the accommodation recess.
US11892868B2
There is described herein a quantum computing system comprising a quantum control system configured for generating microwave signals up-converted to optical frequencies, at least one optical fiber coupled to the quantum control system for carrying the up-converted microwave signals, and a quantum processor disposed inside a cryogenics apparatus and coupled to the at least one optical fiber for receipt of the up-converted microwave signals. The quantum processor comprises at least one optical-to-microwave converter configured for down-converting the up-converted microwave signals, and a plurality of solid-state quantum circuit elements coupled to the at least one optical-to-microwave converter and addressable by respective ones of the down-converted microwave signals.
US11892859B2
A drone system is configured to capture an audio stream that includes voice commands from an operator, to process the audio stream for identification of the voice commands, and to perform operations based on the identified voice commands. The drone system can identify a particular voice stream in the audio stream as an operator voice, and perform the command recognition with respect to the operator voice to the exclusion of other voice streams present in the audio stream. The drone can include a directional camera that is automatically and continuously focused on the operator to capture a video stream usable in disambiguation of different voice streams captured by the drone.
US11892848B2
A method for interactions during encounters between a mobile robot and an actor, a mobile robot configured for execution of delivery tasks in an outdoor environment, and a use of the mobile robot. The method comprises the mobile robot traveling on a pedestrian pathway; detecting an actor by the mobile robot via a sensor system; identifying a situation associated with the detected actor; in response to the identified situation, determining an action to execute by the mobile robot, and executing the determined action by the mobile robot. The mobile robot comprises a navigation component configured for at least partially autonomous navigation in an outdoor environment; a sensor system configured for collecting sensor data during an encounter between the mobile robot and an actor; a processing component configured to process the sensor data and output actions for the mobile robot to perform; and an output component configured for executing actions determined by the processing component.
US11892838B1
According to one aspect, methods to validate an autonomy system in conjunction with a teleoperations system are provided. A computing device obtains simulation data of an autonomous driving system of a vehicle. The simulation data includes first environment data representing an environment in which the vehicle is driven using the autonomous driving system. The computing device obtains teleoperations driving data of a teleoperations driving system by which the vehicle is remotely controlled with an aid of a human. The teleoperations driving data includes second environment data representing the environment in which the vehicle is driven using the teleoperations driving system. The computing device determines whether the autonomous driving system in conjunction with the teleoperations driving system meets a minimum deployment standard based on the simulation data and the teleoperations driving data.
US11892836B2
The present application comprises a system for controlling a plurality of autonomous vehicles on a mine site, the system comprising: a centralized platform configured to store an inventory list of vehicles travelling on the mine site and comprising a first communication interface configured to communicate missions to the vehicles; a plurality of autonomous vehicles, the autonomous vehicles comprising: a first communication interface configured to wirelessly communicate with the centralized platform for receiving a predetermined mission, a trajectory control system configured to autonomously control the autonomous vehicle according to the predetermined mission; and at least one portable device, the portable device comprising a second communication interface configured to wirelessly communicate with a second communication interface of the plurality of vehicles from the mine site.
US11892835B2
The present disclosure is directed to systems and techniques for controlling an autonomous vehicle. While the autonomous vehicle is travelling to a destination, the autonomous vehicle may encounter a situation preventing the autonomous vehicle from travelling to the destination. A control center may receive information from the autonomous device and use a graphical user interface to provide instructions with limited controls for the autonomous vehicle to navigate to an intermediate position. In such an intermediate position, the vehicle may make way for an emergency vehicle, obtain additional sensor data for continued autonomous planning, signal intent to other objects in the environment, and the like.
US11892832B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium that generates lane path descriptors for use by autonomous vehicles. One of the methods includes receiving data that defines valid lane paths in a scene in an environment. Each valid lane path represents a path through the scene that can be traversed by a vehicle. User interface presentation data can be provided to a user device. The user interface can contain: (i) a first display area that displays a first visual representation of the sensor measurement; and (ii) a second display area that displays a second visual representation of the set of valid lane paths. User input modifying the second visual representation of the set of valid lane paths can be received; and in response to receiving the user input, the set of valid lane paths of the scene in the environment can be modified.
US11892831B2
Industrial technical plant controlled and monitored by a process control, wherein a visualization system requests a history of selected process datum for that display period from a process control system and outputs the associated profile as a graphic forming process data points, where the visualization system determines the particular process data point as the average or median of the values of the selected process datum in a collection period characteristic of the particular process data point and where, for the particular process data point, the visualization system also determines the minimum and/or the maximum values of the selected process datum during the collection period such that whenever the minimum is below a predefined minimum value and/or the maximum exceeds a predefined maximum value, the visualization system indicates, together with the particular process data point, a secondary alarm not set by the process control system, but set by the visualization system.
US11892819B2
An objective of the present invention is to provide a control device, control system, control method, and computer-readable storage medium, for enabling verification of the reliability of operation machine control. Provided is a control device comprising: a control part comprising a controller for outputting output data with regard to input data, said control part serving to control an operation machine using the controller; an acquisition part for acquiring attribute information including statistics of previously obtained input data and output data; and an evaluation part for, on the basis of a comparison of the attribute information with new input data being newly inputted into the controller and/or new output data being newly outputted from the controller with regard to the new input data, evaluating to what extent the new input data and/or the new output data deviate from the statistics.
US11892803B2
A holographic image display system comprising a processor receiving image data at an input and producing output hologram data based on the image data. The image data comprises three-dimensional image data that is separable into a plurality of two-dimensional image layers at different image planes. The processor is configured to: a) perform a space-frequency transform on each image layer to provide a transformed image layer, b) apply a focus factor to each transformed image layer, c) apply a pseudo-random phase factor to each transformed image layer, and d) sum the transformed image layers to form a holographic sub-frame, e) repeat steps (c) and (d) for a plurality of iterations, applying a different pseudo-random phase factor to the transformed image layers in each iteration to form a plurality of holographic sub-frames; and f) drive a spatial light modulator with the holographic sub-frames in rapid temporal succession to generate a holographic image.
US11892794B2
An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device including a fixing device frame, a chute rotatable between a path forming position and a path opening position, an optical sensor including a light-emitting element, and an actuator. The actuator has a shaft, a first lever configured to contact an anti-pivot rib, and a second lever configured to shield light emitted from the light-emitting element. The actuator is movable to a position where the first lever contacts the anti-pivot rib when the chute is at the path forming position, a position where the first lever and the anti-pivot rib are separated from each other when the chute is at the path forming position, and a position where the first lever and the anti-pivot rib are separated from each other when the chute is at the path opening position. The actuator and the optical sensor are supported by the fixing device frame.
US11892793B2
A first cover includes a first discharge tray portion and a first recess. The first discharge tray portion supports a discharged sheet. The first recess is formed at the first discharge tray portion. The first recess extends along a sheet discharge direction to a downstream end of the first discharge tray portion in the sheet discharge direction. The second cover surrounds the first cover. A second cover includes a second discharge tray portion and a second recess. The second discharge tray portion is arranged downstream of the first discharge tray portion in the sheet discharge direction. The second discharge tray portion supports the discharged sheet in cooperation with the first discharge tray portion. The second recess is arranged downstream of the first recess in the discharge direction. The second recess is formed continuously from the first recess, and serves as a sheet handle portion in cooperation with the first recess.
US11892791B2
An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable photosensitive member; a charging portion, an exposure portion, a developing member, a transfer unit, a contact and separation portion, a charging voltage applying portion, a detecting portion, and a controller. The controller is capable of executing an operation in an image forming mode and an operation in a detecting mode. The controller carries out control so that a charging current flowing through a charging portion during charging of the photosensitive member in the operation in the detecting mode is lower than a charging current flowing through the charging portion during charging of the photosensitive member in the operation in the image forming mode.
US11892788B2
A heating device includes a heating roller that includes a resistance heating layer, and a connection power feeder that is mounted on an end portion of the heating roller, is connected to the resistance heating layer, and feeds power to the resistance heating layer, in which the connection power feeder includes an annular frame that is disposed to be concentric with the heating roller and is conductively connected to the resistance heating layer, a power feed shaft of which a portion is disposed in the frame and which feeds power, plural rolling bodies that roll while being in conductive contact with an inner peripheral surface of the frame and an outer peripheral surface of the power feed shaft, and a non-conductive cover that holds and covers the frame and the rolling bodies in a state where a portion excluding the portion of the power feed shaft is exposed, and the connection power feeder excluding the power feed shaft is mounted on the heating roller so as to be integrally rotated with the heating roller.
US11892780B1
An image forming apparatus includes an electrophotographic photoreceptor that has a photosensitive layer constituting a surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor, a charging device that charges the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor, an electrostatic charge image forming device that forms an electrostatic charge image on the charged surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor, a developing device that accommodates a developer containing a toner which contains toner particles and an external additive, and develops the electrostatic charge image formed on the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor by the developer as a toner image, a transfer device that transfers the toner image formed on the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor to a surface of a recording medium, and a cleaning device that includes a cleaning blade coming into contact with the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor and cleaning at least residual toner particles on the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor.
US11892777B2
The present application relates to contact immersion lithography exposure units and methods of their use. An example contact exposure unit includes a container configured to contain a fluid material and a substrate disposed within the container. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface, and the substrate includes a photoresist material on at least the first surface. The contact exposure unit includes a photomask disposed within the container. The photomask is optically coupled to the photoresist material by way of a gap comprising the fluid material. The contact exposure unit also includes an inflatable balloon configured to be controllably inflated so as to apply a desired force to the second surface of the substrate to controllably adjust the gap between the photomask and the photoresist material.
US11892753B2
A lens apparatus includes a holding barrel configured to hold a lens, an operation member, an exterior barrel configured to hold the operation member rotatably around an optical axis, and a fixed barrel. When the holding barrel and the exterior barrel move in an optical axis direction relative to the fixed barrel, an imaging state and a retracted state are switchable. When the operation member is rotated in one direction in each of the imaging and retracted states, the operation member gets engaged with the fixed barrel and the state gets locked. When the operation member is rotated in the other direction around the optical axis, the operation member gets disengaged from the fixed barrel, and the imaging state or the retracted state gets unlocked and switchable.
US11892750B2
First and second LED arrays can include respective first and second pluralities of light-emitting areas that are separated by respective first and second boundaries. The first and second boundaries can be arranged in slightly different patterns. At least one lens can collimate light from the first LED array to form first illumination, collimate light from the second LED array to form second illumination, and illuminate the scene with the first and second illuminations. The first boundaries can form first dark bands in the first illumination. The second boundaries can form second dark bands in the second illumination, which can be slightly offset from the first dark bands at the scene.
US11892748B2
A control method for an occlusion component and an electronic device are disclosed. The method includes: in a first status of the electronic device, controlling the occlusion component to be located at a first position on the electronic device to occlude a lens of the electronic device; in a second status of the electronic device, detecting a trigger signal and a target object in front of the lens, wherein the trigger signal is generated by triggering a physical button of the electronic device, and the first status is different from the second status; and in a situation where the trigger signal is detected and the target object exists, controlling the occlusion component to move to a second position on the electronic device to expose the lens.
US11892738B2
Disclosed herein are systems, apparatuses, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media related to a display construct coupled to a structure (e.g., a vision window). The structure can be a supportive structure such as a fixture. The display construct is configured to facilitate media display and is at least partially transparent. The vision window may be a tintable window, e.g., a window in which its tint is electrically controllable (e.g., an electrochromic window). Various interactive capabilities with the display construct are disclosed (e.g., via a touch screen).
US11892731B2
Backlight modules, display panels and display apparatuses are provided. A backlight module includes: a flexible light board, provided with a plurality of light-emitting elements arranged at intervals, and provided with a first wire at an edge thereof; a back cover including a base plate, the flexible light board being provided on the base plate, and the base plate being provided with a second wire located on a same side as the first wire; and a controller configured to control a direction of an electric current flowing through the first wire and a direction of an electric current flowing through the second wire, to generate an attractive force or a repulsive force between the first wire and the second wire.
US11892730B2
A backlight module, a display device, and a method of assembling a display device are disclosed. The backlight module includes a backplate, a middle frame, and a bonding adhesive. The middle frame is disposed on the backplate. A first adhesive holding slot is disposed between the backplate and the middle frame. At least one adhesive passage hole is defined in the middle frame. One end of the at least one adhesive passage hole is connected to the first adhesive holding slot, and another end of the at least one adhesive passage hole defines an opening at a top of the middle frame.
US11892729B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a backlight module and a display device. The backlight module includes: a backplane, a bezel, a protrusion and a plurality of dimming film layers, wherein the bezel is connected to the backplane and includes: a fixing structure and a plurality of bezel sidewalls on which the fixing structure is disposed, the fixing structure has an orthographic projection on the backplane located within an orthographic projection of the bezel sidewalls on the backplane, the plurality of bezel sidewalls and the backplane define an accommodation space in which the dimming film layers are provided, and the protrusion is fixedly disposed on a side surface of at least one of the dimming film layers and fixed to the bezel sidewalls via the fixing structure.
US11892727B2
An illumination unit according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of first light-emission blocks, a plurality of second light-emission blocks, and a light-emission controller. The first light-emission blocks each include a plurality of first light-emitting devices arranged in a first direction. The second light-emission blocks are partially overlapped with the respective first light-emission blocks, and each include a plurality of second light-emitting devices arranged in a second direction different from the first direction. The light-emission controller performs light-emission control of the first light-emitting devices for each of the first light-emission blocks, and performs the light-emission control of the second light-emitting devices for each of the second light-emission blocks.
US11892726B2
In an image display method, a backlight is divided into first areas in a first direction. Each of the first areas includes light-emitting regions. A liquid crystal panel is divided into second areas in the first direction. In the method, a first operation to cause light to be emitted from the light-emitting regions at respective intensity in accordance with frame image data is performed sequentially with respect to each of the first areas. Further, a second operation to apply voltages to the pixels at respective levels in accordance with the frame image data is performed sequentially with respect to each of the second areas. A timing at which the first operation with respect to each of the first areas is started is delayed from a timing at which the second operation with respect to a corresponding one of the second areas is started by a predetermined interval.
US11892714B2
An article includes a first ophthalmic lens including a first spectral filter (e.g., a reflective or absorptive spectral filter), and a second ophthalmic lens including a second spectral filter (e.g., a reflective or absorptive spectral filter). The first spectral filter substantially blocks visible light having wavelengths corresponding to a first portion of a spectral sensitivity range of a first type of cone (e.g., S, M, or L cone) and substantially passes visible light having wavelengths in a second, non-overlapping portion of the spectral sensitivity range. The second spectral filter substantially blocks visible light having wavelengths in the second portion of the spectral sensitivity range and substantially passes visible light having wavelengths in the first spectral sensitivity range.
US11892712B2
A progressive spectacle lens has a front face and a rear face and a uniform substrate with a locally varying refractive index. The front face and/or the rear face of the substrate is formed as a free-form surface and carries only functional coatings, if any. The refractive index varies (a) only in a first spatial dimension and in a second spatial dimension and is constant in a third spatial dimension, a distribution of the refractive being neither point-symmetrical nor axis symmetrical, or (b) in a first spatial dimension and in a second spatial dimension and in a third spatial dimension, a distribution of the refractive index being neither point-symmetrical nor axis symmetrical, or (c) in a first spatial dimension and in a second spatial dimension and in a third spatial dimension, a distribution of the refractive index not being point-symmetrical or axis symmetrical at all.
US11892710B2
A system comprises an eyewear device that includes a frame, a temple connected to a lateral side of the frame, a fingerprint sensor, and a sensing circuit. The fingerprint sensor includes an input surface to receive input of a finger skin surface. The sensing circuit is configured to track a pattern of fingerprint ridges of the finger skin surface on the input surface. Execution of programming by a processor configures the system to perform functions to track, via the sensing circuit, the pattern of fingerprint ridges of the finger skin surface on the input surface; generate a fingerprint image having the tracked pattern of fingerprint ridges; extract fingerprint features from the fingerprint image; and authorize the user to utilize the eyewear device based on the extracted fingerprint features.
US11892709B2
A type of fragrant eyeglasses is revealed. The fragrant eyeglasses include an eyeglass body and a nose bridge which is arranged at the eyeglass body and provided with a mounting space for mounting fragrance tablets. At least one air inlet and at least one air outlet for guiding air flows are disposed on a front side and a rear side of the mounting space respectively. Thereby the fragrance tablet mounted in the nose bridge is just adjacent to the user's nose when the eyeglasses are fitted on bridge of user's nose by the nose bridge. Thus the user smells scents emanated from the fragrance tablet and feels refreshing and soothing. The air inlet and the air outlet not only help emanation of scents from the fragrance tablet, but also guide the scents to spread along with air flows induced by movements of people who while walking or riding bicycles.
US11892705B2
An optical unit includes an optical element, a holder, a support portion, a swing mechanism, and an elastic portion. The optical element changes the traveling direction of light. The holder holds the optical element. The support portion supports the holder swingably about a swing axis. The swing mechanism swings the holder with respect to the support portion about the swing axis. The elastic portion connects the holder and the support portion. The support portion has a pair of side surface portions on both sides of the holder along the swing axis, and a connection portion connecting the side surface portions with the elastic portion between the holder and the side surface portions. The elastic portion has a convex or concave portion that comes into contact with a concave or convex portion of at least one of the holder and the support portion.
US11892699B2
A cable assembly includes a cable and a cable mounting clamp. The cable mounting clamp includes a base removably connectable to a surface. The base may include a tab removably insertable into an aperture defined in the surface and a lock releasably connectable to the surface. The base further includes an outer body which defines an inner channel and a support ramp disposed within the inner channel, the inner channel extending along a longitudinal axis. The cable mounting clamp further includes a cap connectable to the base to further define the inner channel therebetween. The cable mounting clamp further includes a roller tube disposed within the inner channel and rotatably mounted on the support ramp, the roller tube rotatable about the longitudinal axis.
US11892697B2
There is disclosed a fiber optic cassette cabinet assembly comprising a plurality of trays, each tray comprising a flat surface for receiving fiber optic cassettes arranged side by side, a second flat surface positioned in front of the cassettes received on the tray and pivotally mounted about a first axis between the forward ends and a label holder positioned above the second flat surface and pivotally mounted about a second axis between the forward ends. The tray is moveable between one of a retracted position, where the cassettes are completely within the tray receiving space, and an extended position where the cassettes extend at least partially in front of the cabinet opening. In the extended position a forward edge of the second surface is tiltable downwards about the first axis and a forward edge of the transparent label holder is tiltable upwards about the second axis.
US11892694B2
Provided is an optical fiber ribbon capable of achieving higher density and reduction in diameter and accurately placing optical fibers in V-shape grooves in a fusion machine without failure. The optical fiber ribbon 1 includes three or more of optical fibers 2 arranged in parallel and connecting portions 3 connecting adjacent two optical fibers 2 together, the connecting portions 3 being intermittently provided in each of a ribbon longitudinal direction and a ribbon width direction. The connecting portions 3 are each formed in such a manner as to fill resin into a gap S formed between adjacent two optical fibers 2, and both surfaces of the respective connecting portions 3 are each formed into a recess having a concave shape curved toward a center of the gap S to separate from lines 4,5 each connecting contact points of the optical fibers 2 when being placed on a horizontal surface.
US11892686B2
A female hardened fiber optic connector for terminating an end of a fiber optic cable that is suitable for making an optical connection with another hardened cable assembly and cable assemblies using the same are disclosed. The female hardened fiber optic connector includes a connector assembly, a crimp body, a connector sleeve, and female coupling housing. The connector sleeve has one or more orientation features that cooperate with one or more orientation features inside the female coupling housing. The crimp body has a first shell and a second shell for securing the connector assembly at a front end of the shells and a cable attachment region rearward of the front end for securing a cable.
US11892683B2
The present disclosure relates to a fiber management device or system for facilitating routing and storing optical fibers. The fiber management device includes a flexible, film-like substrate that has optical fiber management, storing functionality, and splicing functionality all on one film-like substrate. The flexible, film-like substrate can provide a routing path for routing optical fibers onto a flexible planar substrate that can be temporarily supported by, mounted on or attached to the flexible planar substrate. The flexible, film-like substrate can accommodate fibers that are in a multi-fiber (e.g., ribbon) configuration or a single fiber configuration.
US11892675B2
According to one embodiment, an illumination device comprises a light guide, a light source, a reflective layer, a first prism and a second prism, wherein the light guide has a thickness in a second direction increasing toward a second side surface, the first prism and the second prism have cross-sectional shapes being formed in a triangle shape, a first height of the first prism in the second direction is smaller than a second height of the second prism in the second direction.
US11892674B2
A production method of a backlight plate, a backlight plate and a backlight module are provided. The method includes providing a light-transmitting substrate which comprises a first area and a second area, forming a pad on the light-transmitting underlay substrate corresponding to the first area, coating a layer of photosensitive material on the light-transmitting substrate and the pad to form a reflective layer, exposing a position of the second area at opposite sides of the light-transmitting substrate that the reflective layer corresponds to, and developing the reflective layer to form a groove for exposing the pad on the first area that the reflective layer corresponds to. The present disclosure ensures the stability of the reflective layer and enhances the overall reflectance of the backlight plate.
US11892673B2
A dimming assembly includes a first prism having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, and a second prism disposed on a side where the second surface of the first prism is located. The first surface includes first dimming portions, each of which includes two first side surfaces. Edges of the two first side surfaces away from the second surface intersect at a first intersection line. A surface of the second prism proximate to the second surface includes second dimming portions, each of which includes two second side surfaces. Edges of the two second side surfaces proximate to the second surface intersect at a second intersection line. A distance between orthographic projections of two adjacent first intersection lines on the second surface is less than a distance between orthographic projections of two adjacent second intersection lines on the second surface.
US11892671B2
A light-emitting module includes a light guide member including a first surface, a second surface on an opposite side of the first surface, and a first through hole penetrating from the first surface to the second surface, a light source unit disposed in the first through hole, a first light-transmissive member disposed in the first through hole of the light guide member and covering the light source unit, and a reflective member disposed above the light source unit and disposed above the first light-transmissive member. In a plan view, an outer edge of the reflective member is located outside an outer edge of the light source unit, and the reflective member includes a resin member and a reflector having a refractive index lower than a refractive index of the resin member.
US11892662B2
A diffraction light guide plate, including: a first diffraction substrate; and a second diffraction substrate provided on the first diffraction substrate. The first diffraction substrate includes a first diffraction grating layer on one surface and a second diffraction grating layer on an opposite surface. The second diffraction substrate includes a third diffraction grating layer on one surface and a stress compensation layer on an opposite surface. The first diffraction grating layer separates light having a wavelength of 550 nm or more and 700 nm or less, the second diffraction grating layer separates light having a wavelength of 400 nm or more and 550 nm or less, the third diffraction grating layer separates light having a wavelength of 450 nm or more and 650 nm or less, and the stress compensation layer has stress in the same direction as a direction of stress of the third diffraction grating layer.
US11892653B2
A light source module includes a first light-splitting element, a second light-splitting element, a first light source, a second light source and a third light source. The first light source emits a first light having a first wavelength to the first light-splitting element in a first optical path direction. The second light source emits a second light having the first wavelength to the first light-splitting element in a second optical path direction perpendicular to the first optical path direction. The third light source emits a third light having a second wavelength to the first and second light-splitting elements in a third optical path direction opposite to the second optical path direction, and the second wavelength is different from the first wavelength. The first light source and the second light source include reflection layers configured to reflect light having the first wavelength.
US11892651B2
An optoelectronic component includes an optoelectronic semiconductor chip configured to emit electromagnetic radiation; an optically effective element arranged such that electromagnetic radiation emitted by the optoelectronic semiconductor chip passes through the optically effective element; and a housing, wherein the optoelectronic semiconductor chip is arranged in a cavity of the housing, the optically effective element includes a carrier, a first optically effective structure arranged on a top side of the carrier, and a cover arranged above the first optically effective structure.
US11892650B2
The invention relates to a method for producing an optical component consisting of at least two individual parts, which together enclose an open cavity, wherein the timer sides delimiting the cavity are coated or structured, and from which previously material has been removed in zones in the region of the free aperture, wherein said region is recoated and the individual parts are connected to one another by wringing. The wringing height is greater than the removal height plus the height of the coating. The invention also relates to optical components which are produced according to this method.
US11892645B2
Intelligent VR (Virtual Reality) elastic bandage equipment includes a main body, left and right supporting arms, a rear support, a telescopic assembly and a driving mechanism. According to a touch panel in the equipment, different input signals are triggered through different touch actions and touch durations, and a motor is controlled through a main control circuit board, so that the motor outputs different rotating speeds and directions; and therefore, the motor further drives the driving mechanism to drive the telescopic assembly to move and stretch, the telescopic assembly further drives the left and right supporting arms to retract, and adjustment of the distance between the main body and the head of a human body is achieved, so that the equipment is more comfortable to use, the use range is enlarged, and the operation is easy.
US11892643B2
Provided are augmented reality glasses, including: a lens unit; two temple brackets connected to a first side and a second side of the lens unit, respectively, the first side and the second side being two opposite sides of the lens unit; at least one optical module configured to form a screen, each of which is connected to at least one optical module holder that each is in rotatable connection with one of the temple brackets, an axis of rotation of the rotatable connection is set along a direction from the first side toward the second side so that the optical module is movable between a first position in front of the lens unit and a second position deviating from the front of the lens unit.
US11892640B1
Disclosed are a mixed-reality optical waveguide-based combiner apparatus that includes stacked plates of reflective optical elements (ROEs) and associated methods of fabrication. ROEs in the plates of the waveguide combiner share a commonly shaped and sized footprint and are aligned in the stack. A top plate in the stack of plates includes an input-coupler, such as a prism, for in-coupling light for virtual images from a display engine into the waveguide combiner. The top plate also includes a top ROE comprising a cascaded array of mirror elements in a waveguide that horizontally expands an exit pupil of the virtual images and couples the light to a corresponding bottom ROE, disposed in a bottom plate in the stack, comprising a cascaded array of mirror elements in a waveguide. The bottom ROE couples the virtual image light to an output coupler in the bottom plate which out-couples light from the waveguide combiner.
US11892638B2
A near-eye imaging system includes a light source, a waveguide, a scanner, and a sensor. The light source is configured to emit light. The waveguide includes an output coupler. The scanner is configured to direct the light to the output coupler at varying scan angles. The waveguide confines the light to guide the light to the output coupler. The output coupler has negative optical power and is configured to direct the light to exit the waveguide as expanding illumination light toward an eyebox region. The sensor is configured to generate a tracking signal in response to returning light incident on the sensor via the scanner and via the output coupler.
US11892631B2
Disclosed are a near-eye display device and a near-eye display system. The excitation light source structure provides excitation light to the first waveguide structure, and the outgoing coupling grating structure corresponding to the first waveguide structure receiving the excitation light may be further irradiated by the excitation light, and be excited and output the light with a pixel color corresponding to the first waveguide structure. That is, the outgoing coupling grating structure corresponding to the first waveguide structure receiving the excitation light can derive the light with the corresponding pixel color emitted by the projection-based display, and be excited by the excitation light emitted by the excitation light source structure to output light with a pixel color corresponding to the first waveguide structure.
US11892630B2
An augmented reality device may include: a light source; a display device comprising a plurality of pixels and configured to generate a first image based on light incident from the light source; and an optical combiner comprising a plurality of optical combining units each including a first area and a second area, wherein the first area reflects a plurality of beams constituting the first image at different reflection angles according to wavelengths and incident angles and transfers the reflected plurality of beams to a predetermined viewer position, and the second area transmits a beam of a second image received from outside and transfers the beam of the second image to the predetermined viewer position.
US11892626B2
Methods and systems for determining an individual gaze value are disclosed herein. An exemplary method involves: (a) receiving gaze data for a first wearable computing device, wherein the gaze data is indicative of a wearer-view associated with the first wearable computing device, and wherein the first wearable computing device is associated with a first user-account; (b) analyzing the gaze data from the first wearable computing device to detect one or more occurrences of one or more advertisement spaces in the gaze data; (c) based at least in part on the one or more detected advertisement-space occurrences, determining an individual gaze value for the first user-account; and (d) sending a gaze-value indication, wherein the gaze-value indication indicates the individual gaze value for the first user-account.
US11892618B2
A light beam shaping arrangement for a light microscope has a first and a second liquid crystal region or lifting micromirror region, each of which has a plurality of independently switchable liquid crystal elements or mirrors with which a phase of incident light is changeable in a settable manner, an input-/output-coupling polarization beam splitter, a polarization beam splitter arranged between the input-/output-coupling polarization beam splitter and the liquid crystal regions or lifting micromirror regions such that the polarization beam splitter separates the light coming from the input-/output-coupling polarization beam splitter in a polarization-dependent manner into a first partial beam. The first partial beam is directed to the first liquid crystal region or lifting micromirror region, and into a second partial beam, which is directed to the second liquid crystal region or lifting micromirror region, and the two partial beams returning from the liquid crystal regions and directs them together as an outgoing light beam.
US11892599B2
A camera optical lens is provided. The camera optical lens includes, from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens having a negative refractive power, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens, an eighth lens, and a ninth lens. The camera optical lens satisfies following conditions: 0.70≤f1/f≤1.90; and 2.00≤d5/d6≤9.00, where f denotes a focal length of the camera optical lens, f1 denotes a focal length of the first lens, d5 denotes an on-axis thickness of the third lens, and d6 denotes an on-axis distance from an image side surface of the third lens to an object side surface of the fourth lens. The camera optical lens according to the present disclosure meets design requirements for large aperture, wide angle and ultra-thinness while achieving good optical performance.
US11892596B2
Provided is a camera optical lens, which includes, from an object side to an image side, first to seventh lenses. The camera optical lens satisfies following conditions: 0.50≤f1/f≤0.80; 1.50≤f6/f7≤5.00; and 1.20≤d4/d5≤2.00, where f denotes a focal length of the camera optical lens, f1 denotes a focal length of the first lens, f6 denotes a focal length of the sixth lens, f7 denotes a focal length of the seventh lens, d4 denotes an on-axis distance from an image side surface of the second lens to an object side surface of the third lens, and d5 denotes an on-axis thickness of the third lens. The camera optical lens according to the present disclosure can achieve high optical performance while satisfying design requirements for ultra-thin, long-focal-length lenses having large apertures.
US11892578B2
This disclosure relates to geophysical exploration and seismic imaging, and more particularly to a seismic imaging method, system, and device based on pre-stack high-angle fast Fourier transform (FFT). The method includes: acquiring seismic data acquired during seismic exploration; extracting a common shot point gather from the seismic data followed by conversion into a frequency wavenumber domain common offset gather; calculating wave propagation angles; dividing an imaging region into a first region and a second region; solving constant coefficients of the first region and the second region; performing frequency-division layer-by-layer wavefield continuation on a frequency-wave number domain common offset gather to obtain imaging results at different depths and frequencies; subjecting the imaging results to integration followed by transformation to a spatial domain to obtain common offset imaging profiles; and subjecting the common offset imaging profiles to superposition obtain final imaging results. The disclosure achieves the highly-precise seismic imaging of high-steep structures and improves imaging efficiency.
US11892577B2
Disclosed are a multi-scale photoacoustic detection method of geological structure around a borehole and related devices. The method includes: obtaining depth information and direction information of the borehole; generating trajectory data of the borehole according to the depth information and direction information; obtaining an optical image of the geological structure around the borehole; generating a first velocity model according to the optical image and the trajectory data; obtaining low-frequency acoustic wave data and high-frequency acoustic wave data of the geological structure around the borehole; performing a full waveform inversion on the first velocity model according to the low-frequency acoustic wave data and the high-frequency acoustic wave data to obtain a second velocity model; and determining the geological structure around the borehole according to the second velocity model.
US11892576B2
A method for characterizing an electron beam in a liquid metal jet X-ray source. The method includes providing the electron beam and directing the electron beam to an interaction region; providing an electron beam dump connected to ground potential for receiving the electron beam after it has traversed the interaction region; scanning the electron beam over at least part of the interaction region; measuring X-ray radiation generated by interaction between the electron beam and the electron beam dump during the scanning to obtain an X-ray profile; and calculating an electron beam characteristic based on the X-ray profile. Also, a corresponding liquid metal jet X-ray source.
US11892565B2
A LIDAR system includes a waveguide array configured to output a LIDAR output signal such that the LIDAR output signal is reflected by an object located off the LIDAR chip. The system also includes electronics configured to tune a wavelength of the LIDAR output signal such that the direction that the LIDAR output signal travels away from the LIDAR chip changes in response to the tuning of the wavelength by the electronics.
US11892556B2
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for generating a radar signal, in which performance of radar detection is ensured while increasing a spectrum efficiency in a radar network. The method comprises generating a set of frequency-modulation waveforms, generating an orthogonal code set, generating a set of coded frequency-modulation waveforms through element operation between the set of frequency-modulation waveforms and the orthogonal code set, calculating an objective function for the set of frequency-modulation waveforms with regard to a different set of coded frequency-modulation waveforms and previous sets of coded frequency-modulation waveforms, and selecting a current polyphase code set as an optimized polyphase code set when a result of current calculation is better or smaller than a result of previous iteration, and performing phase perturbation by replacing an element randomly selected in the current polyphase code set selected as the optimized polyphase code set with another admissible-phase element.
US11892535B2
A signal processing apparatus that performs signal processing on a Doppler spectrum derived from a reception signal of a reflected wave of pulsed undulation repeatedly transmitted into a space removes a topographic echo spectrum from the Doppler spectrum and extracts a plurality of candidate points of a target echo spectrum from the Doppler spectrum from which the topographic echo spectrum has been removed. Furthermore, the signal processing apparatus determines positional relation between the candidate points and a plurality of removed points of the topographic echo spectrum removed from the Doppler spectrum and extracts as an interpolation point, a point where the target echo spectrum is missing by removal of the topographic echo spectrum based on positional relation between the candidate points and the removed points in a direction of a frequency axis.
US11892534B2
A frequency characteristic measurement apparatus includes a calibration circuit configured to perform a SOLT calibration on cable end surfaces, a first measurement circuit measuring S-parameters of a first substrate provided with a DUT, after the SOLT calibration by the calibration circuit, a second measurement circuit measuring S-parameters of a second substrate after the SOLT calibration by the calibration circuit, and an extraction circuit performing a vector operation of a measurement result of the first measurement circuit and a measurement result of the second measurement circuit to extract S-parameters of the DUT. The extraction circuit assumes that a reflection of each of first second fixtures obtained by virtually dividing the second substrate into two parts at the center, on an end surface of the second substrate is equal to or smaller than a reflection on an end surface of the second substrate without the virtual division at the center.
US11892527B2
A magnetic sensor includes a substrate including a top surface; an insulating layer disposed on the substrate, the insulating layer including first and second inclined surfaces each inclined with respect to the top surface of the substrate; and an MR element. The MR element is disposed on the first inclined surface or the second inclined surface. The MR element includes a first side surface including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion and the second portion having different angles with respect to the first inclined surface or the second inclined surface.
US11892515B2
According to one embodiment, a determination device relating to a plurality of batteries connected in series is provided. The determination device includes a processor. The processor determines a deterioration variance among the batteries, based on first voltage data indicative of a maximum voltage which is greatest among voltages of the batteries in each of measurements in a plurality of periods in charge or discharge of the batteries, and second voltage data indicative of a minimum voltage which is least among the voltages of the batteries in each of the measurements in the periods.
US11892508B2
A joint test action group transmission system includes a host terminal and a slave terminal. The slave terminal includes a test access port (TAP) circuit, an internal memory, and a memory interface controller. The TAP circuit includes a test data register set. The memory interface controller stores the data received from the TAP circuit to the internal memory. The host terminal transmits a set of download instruction bits to the TAP circuit to have the TAP circuit select the test data register set, and have the TAP circuit enter a data shift status to receive a data package through the test data register set. During the process of receiving the data package, the TAP circuit remains in the data shift status to receive the address and at least one piece of data stored in the data package continuously.
US11892502B2
An integrated circuit with a through-silicon via (TSV) fault-tolerant circuit, a TSV fault tolerance method are disclosed. The IC may include a plurality of operational TSVs, a spare TSV, a plurality of fault-tolerance control modules each coupled to one of the plurality of operational TSVs and the spare TSV, and a decoder coupled to the fault-tolerance control modules. The fault-tolerance control modules may be configured to deactivate an operational TSV that is determined to be defective and activate the spare TSV based on a positioning code for the defective operational TSV from the decoder. The IC may reduce the defect rate in the fabrication of TSV-based three-dimensional (3D) IC chips.
US11892497B2
This disclosure is related to arranging micro devices in the donor substrate by either patterning or population so that there is no interfering with non-receiving pads and the non-interfering area in the donor substrate is maximized. This enables the transfer of micro devices to a receiver substrate with fewer steps.
US11892491B2
An Electromagnetic Interference Pattern Recognition Tomography (EMIPRT) method for use in an image reconstruction system includes generating electromagnetic field data corresponding to an object in an imaging domain, via an electromagnetic tomography system, and using the generated electromagnetic field data, repeatedly, in recursive manner, forming an undisturbed electromagnetic interference image, forming a disturbed electromagnetic interference image based on the undisturbed electromagnetic interference image, recognizing electromagnetic interference patterns in the repeatedly formed disturbed electromagnetic interference images, and forming a superposition image by nullifying or diminishing the recognized electromagnetic interference patterns from the disturbed electromagnetic interference image. Forming a disturbed electromagnetic interference image is also based on an object factor that is a function of the differences between experimentally electromagnetic fields and electromagnetic fields calculated during the step of forming an undisturbed electromagnetic interference image. After each repeated step of forming a superposition image, the method also includes determining whether a convergence objective has been reached.
US11892485B2
A method for monitoring power consumption of an appliance within a space is provided. The method includes obtaining a first set of data indicative of power consumption of the appliance during an interval of time and determining a profile indicative of power consumption of the appliance based, at least in part, on the first set of data. The method includes obtaining a second set of data indicative of power consumption of the appliance subsequent to obtaining the first set of data. The method includes determining whether power consumption of the appliance deviates from the profile based, at least in part, on the second set of data. Furthermore, in response to determining power consumption of the appliance deviates from the profile, the method includes providing a notification indicative of power consumption of the appliance deviating from the profile.
US11892480B2
A voltage detection unit includes a voltage detection terminal including a first portion configured to be conductively connected to a detection target and a second portion, a housing having a plate shape and including a terminal accommodating concave configured to accommodate the voltage detection terminal, a cover configured to be engaged with the housing at a temporary locking position at which the cover does not cover the first portion of the voltage detection terminal accommodated in the terminal accommodating concave and at a final locking position at which the cover covers the first portion and an electric wire conductively connected to the voltage detection terminal at the second portion and configured to, when the voltage detection terminal is accommodated in the terminal accommodating concave, be drawn out from the housing.
US11892474B2
A universal measurement input for connecting a small signal transformer to an electrical device includes an electrical input for connecting a connection line of the small signal transformer, an electrical output for outputting a measurement signal to the electrical device, and a correction element having a digital filter with a filter transfer function adapted to the small signal transformer. In order to provide a measurement input with which all possible types of small signal transformers can be connected to an electrical device and which thus reduces the device variety of measurement inputs which are to be provided, the filter transfer function of the correction element is defined by a parameter set to be variably preset specifically for the small signal transformer. An electrical device with the measurement input is also provided.
US11892468B2
A method of using an imaging system including a focal plane with one or more detectors, a lens optically coupled to the focal plane, a transparent plate optically coupled to the focal plane and lens, and an actuator coupled to the transparent plate, includes receiving, at a first area of the focal plane through the lens, light from an object at a first time. The imaging system is located in a first position relative to the object at the first time. The method also includes causing the actuator to move the transparent plate in response to movement of the imaging system relative to the object and receiving, at the first area of the focal plane through the lens, light from the object at a second time. The imaging system is located in a second position relative to the object at the second time.
US11892465B2
A MEMS device includes a first MEMS sensor associated with a first spatial plane and a second MEMS sensor is associated with a spatial second plane not co-planar with the first spatial plane, wherein the first MEMS sensor is configured to provide a first interrupt and a first data in response to a physical perturbation, wherein the second MEMS sensor is configured to provide a second interrupt and second data in response to the physical perturbation, and a controller configured to receive the first interrupt at a first time and the second interrupt at a second time different from the first time, wherein the controller is configured to determine a latency between the first time and the second time, and wherein the controller is configured to determine motion data in response to the first data, to the second data, and to the latency.
US11892464B2
An electronic device includes a substrate, a functional element disposed on a principal plane of the substrate, a lid body, the functional element being housed in a space covered by the lid body and the substrate, the lid body including a recess at a side opposed to the functional element, an outer surface at the opposite side of the recess, a first hole section including an inclined surface and a bottom surface on the outer surface, and a second hole section piercing through the lid body between the recess and the bottom surface and having an inner wall surface, a joining section of the inclined surface and the bottom surface in the first hole section being a curved surface, the lid body containing silicon, and a sealing member that seals the first hole section communicating with the space.
US11892455B2
We describe apparatuses, systems, method, reagents, and kits for conducting assays as well as process for their preparation. They are particularly well suited for conducting automated sampling, sample preparation, and analysis in a multi-well plate assay format. For example, they may be used for automated analysis of particulates in air and/or liquid samples derived therefrom in environmental monitoring.
US11892449B2
Provided is a multivalent protein that targets interaction of SARS-CoV-2 spike receptor binding domain (RBD) with the human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor protein. The multivalent proteins may also be used to treat subjects having cancer and/or a disease and/or viral infection. Also presented is a multiplex lateral flow test strips for simultaneous detection of the virus and viral antibodies.
US11892444B2
Improved multi-cell nanopore-based sequencing chips and methods can employ formation, characterization, calibration, and/or normalization techniques. For example, various methods may include one or more steps of performing physical checks of cell circuitry, forming and characterizing a lipid layer on the cells, performing a zero point calibration of the cells, forming and characterizing nanopores on the lipid layers of each cell, performing a sequencing operation to accumulate sequencing signals from the cells, normalizing those sequencing signals, and determining bases based on the normalized sequencing signals.
US11892443B2
A micro-environment controllable temperature and humidity system evaluates heat and humidity comfort level of textiles. The system includes a bed-shaped partitioned platform having one or more non-temperature and humidity-controllable sections and one or more temperature and humidity controllable sections. One or more temperature and humidity control machine is in communication with the one or more temperature and humidity control sections for supplying air with a pre-set temperature and humidity. A central controller electrically is connected to the one or more temperature and humidity control machines. The micro-environment controllable temperature and humidity system can perform partitioned control on the temperature and humidity in a micro-environment during sleep, and is used for studying the influence of the temperature and humidity on the comfort level of different regions of a subject.
US11892433B2
An electrospray ionization system used in mass spectrometry provides for improved current measurement. The system includes a fluid union, a fluid column coupled with a first port of the fluid union, a power source coupled with the fluid union and configured to apply a voltage potential to the fluid union, and an electrospray emitter coupled with a second port of the fluid union. The power source is coupled with the first port and configured to apply the voltage potential to the first port to restrict current leakage from the fluid union. The current sensing circuit is configured to determine an electrical current flow between the power source and the at least one of the fluid union and the first port.
US11892429B2
A detector for, and a method of, detecting analytes in gases in described. The detector comprises a sorbent for sorbing therein and/or thereon and/or desorbing therefrom, an analyte included in a gas exposed thereto, at a zeroth temperature, pressure (T0,P0), a controller arranged to change the zeroth temperature, pressure (T0,P0) to a first temperature, pressure (T1,P1) according to a first equation, to desorb and/or sorb at least some of the analyte; and a sensor arranged to sense at least some of the analyte and to output a response corresponding to the sensed analyte. The response comprises and/or is a characteristic response of the analyte. The first response is modified based on a first baseline response at the zeroth temperature, pressure (T0,P0).
US11892428B2
A laser ablation device is provided with: a laser light source that outputs a femtosecond pulse laser beam; an optical system that includes a first mirror rotatable about a first axis, a second mirror rotatable about a second axis, a first driving source for rotating the first mirror about the first axis, and a second driving source for rotating the second mirror about the second axis, and that reflects the laser beam from the laser light source toward a sample by the first mirror and the second mirror; and an irradiation controller that, on the basis of the two-dimensional coordinate position of an analysis position, controls the first driving source and the second driving source to irradiate the analysis position with the laser beam.
US11892426B2
Systems and methods for compensating for effects of temperature on implantable sensors are provided. In some embodiments, systems and methods are provided for measuring a temperature to determine a change in temperature in a sensor environment. In certain embodiments, a temperature compensation factor is determined based on a change in temperature of the sensor environment. The temperature compensation factor can be used in processing raw data of an analyte signal to report a more accurate analyte concentration.
US11892419B2
An apparatus for inspection of a target asset comprises a drone including a body, one or more propellers coupled to the body that enable the drone to fly, and an electronic control unit coupled to or positioned within the body of the drone and coupled to the one or more propellers. The apparatus also comprises a neutron emission source and a neutron detector that are both coupled to the body of the drone and also communicatively coupled to the electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to control navigation of the drone to reach the target asset, to activate the neutron emission source to radiate neutrons onto the asset and to gather data from the neutron detector which detects neutrons backscattered from the asset, indicative of a state of the asset and materials contained within the asset.
US11892416B2
A surface inspection apparatus includes an imaging device configured to image a surface of an object to be inspected, and a processor configured to: calculate a numerical value representing a quality of the surface by processing an image captured by the imaging device, and notify a user of information indicating a relationship between a first orientation of a pattern on the surface detected from the image and a second orientation that gives a direction of imaging in which a sensitivity of detection by the imaging device is high.
US11892410B2
The present invention relates to a method for preparing a solid-state photonic crystal IPN composite functionalized with an enzyme, a photonic crystal IPN composite prepared by the method, and a biosensor using the photonic crystal IPN composite. The method of the present invention includes (1) mixing a nonreactive chiral dopant with a reactive nematic mesogen, curing the mixture, and removing the chiral dopant while maintaining a helical structure, to form a solid-state helical photonic crystal structure, (2) infiltrating a PAA hydrogel into the internal space of the photonic crystal structure, followed by curing to form an IPN-structured composite, and (3) immobilizing an enzyme in the IPN-structured composite. The PAA hydrogel is infiltrated into the solid-state helical photonic crystal structure and the enzyme is immobilized such that a pH change caused by the enzymatic reaction induces shrinkage and expansion of the PAA hydrogel, leading to a color change.
US11892398B2
A sensor for determining a liquid type, includes: a plano-convex lens; a lens holder configured to support the plano-convex lens via an edge of the lens; an outputting optical fiber that abuts against a plane surface of the plano-convex lens to output light; a light-receiving optical fiber that abuts against the plane surface of the plano-convex lens to receive light; a light-emitting unit connected to the outputting optical fiber; and a light amount measuring unit connected to the light-receiving optical fiber to measure a light amount. The outputting optical fiber is provided so that an end face of the outputting optical fiber is disposed on the edge of the plano-convex lens, and preferably, a central axis thereof at the end face thereof passes through the plane surface of the plano-convex lens.
US11892390B2
An in-line holographic microscope can be used to analyze on a frame-by-frame basis a video stream to track individual colloidal particles' three-dimensional motions. The system and method can provide real time nanometer resolution, and simultaneously measure particle sizes and refractive indexes. Through a combination of applying a combination of Lorenz-Mie analysis with selected hardware and software methods, this analysis can be carried out in near real time. An efficient particle identification methodology automates initial position estimation with sufficient accuracy to enable unattended holographic tracking and characterization.
US11892375B2
An inspection method of the present invention includes supplying water from a tank to an interior of a conduit through a hose provided at one end of the conduit, releasing air from the interior of the conduit to an outside of the conduit through an air vent tube provided at another end of the conduit, determining whether or not water that does not contain air is drained from the air vent tube, when it is determined in the determining that water that does not contain air is drained from the air vent tube, stopping supplying water to the interior of the conduit, closing a valve of an air vent portion, and blocking both ends of the conduit, and performing pressurization by increasing a pressure of the interior of the conduit whose both ends are blocked and whose interior is filled with water, and measuring a pressure value of the interior of the conduit when the pressurization ends and a pressure value of the interior of the conduit when a predetermined period of time elapses.
US11892370B2
A process oxygen analyzer includes a process probe extendible into a flow of process combustion exhaust, the process probe having an oxygen sensor measurement cell. Measurement circuitry is coupled to the oxygen sensor measurement cell and configured to obtain a non-corrected indication of oxygen concentration relative to a combustion process based on an electrical characteristic of the oxygen sensor measurement cell. A controller is operably coupled to the measurement circuitry and is configured to obtain an indication of process pressure and selectively provide a corrected oxygen concentration output based on non-corrected indication of oxygen concentration and the indication of process pressure. A method of providing a process oxygen concentration using a process oxygen analyzer coupled to an industrial combustion process is also disclosed.
US11892342B2
A parallel guide of a force transmission device has movable and fixed parallel legs, and first and second parallel guiding elements. Thin-point flexional bearings connect the parallel legs to the parallel guiding elements. The movable parallel leg is guided by the parallel guiding element on the fixed parallel leg. A force transmission lever, arranged on the fixed parallel leg, has a lever bearing, and a first lever arm. The force transmission lever is pivotably mounted on the lever bearing and the first lever arm is connected to the movable parallel leg to transmit force. The force-transmitting connection is produced by a coupling element having at least one further thin-point flexional bearing, with at least one functional region of the force transmission device being formed monolithically. A functional region associates at least one bearing point with at least one of the parallel legs, the force transmission lever, and the coupling element.
US11892337B2
An opening portion that is formed so as to pass-through an opening/closing plate portion of a gate, can be disposed at a region overlapping a lower end opening of a hopper. The opening portion is structured by a first pass-through portion, and a second pass-through portion that is formed so as to be continuous with the first pass-through portion. A width, in a direction orthogonal to a lined-up direction in which the first pass-through portion and the second pass-through portion are lined up, is narrower than the first pass-through portion. Further, a driving mechanism moves the gate such that the opening/closing plate portion moves in the lined-up direction as seen in a plan view. Based on a preset target value of weight of sand, a control section controls the driving mechanism so as to decrease an amount of overlap of the opening portion of the gate and the lower end opening of the hopper in a stepwise manner in accordance with an increase in the weight of the sand measured by a scale.
US11892333B2
An object is to improve measurement accuracy of a thermal air flow meter. A flow-rate measuring device comprising: a sensor assembly having a flow-rate detecting element; a circuit board on which the sensor assembly is mounted; and a housing on which the circuit board is mounted, wherein the sensor assembly is mounted on the circuit board such that a detection portion side of the flow-rate detecting element is closer to the housing, and the sensor assembly includes a contact portion in contact with the housing on the detection portion side.
US11892332B2
The disclosed apparatus, systems and methods relate to a flow meter for flowable material configured to be used in non-vertical orientations.
US11892329B2
Disclosed is a measurement system using a fiber Bragg grating sensor, which includes a sensing unit including a plurality of dynamic sensors and static sensors using fiber Bragg gratings to detect mutually different physical quantities to be measured, an optical meter configured to measure each physical quantity by simultaneously processing data output from the plurality of dynamic sensors and static sensors in real time, and a server configured to store and manage the data measured by the optical meter. Mutually different physical quantities are measured by simultaneously processing the data output from the plurality of dynamic sensors and static sensors in real time by using one optical meter.
US11892318B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for bias determination and value calculation of parameters of a robot are disclosed herein. According to at least one exemplary embodiment, a bias in a navigation parameter may be determined based on a bias in one or more measurement units, wherein a navigation parameter may be a parameter useful to a robot to recreate a route such as, for example, velocity and the bias may be accounted for to more accurately recreate the route and generate accurate maps of an environment.
US11892314B2
Provided are techniques for thermally efficient route selection. A request is received for a route for a vehicle to travel from a first geographic location to a second geographic location. Route data is retrieved for each of a plurality of routes, where the route data includes, for each portion of each route at a given time and day, air temperature adjacent to a road surface. Vehicle data is retrieved for the vehicle, where the vehicle data includes a desired temperature of an item being carried and a desired inlet air temperature. The route from the first geographic location to the second geographic location is determined using the route data and the vehicle data, where the route is thermally efficient. The vehicle is directed along the route, where the route specifies a lane from a plurality of lanes of a road for each portion of the route.
US11892306B2
A method for identifying dangerous roads includes: receiving a vehicle dataset and extracting a driving record associated with a travelled road section therefrom; for a road section belonging to one of a plurality of section categories, obtaining a driving record from the vehicle dataset; calculating a driving characteristic dataset based on the driving records that are associated with an identified road section; and determining, whether the identified road section should be deemed as a potential dangerous road section based on at least the driving characteristic dataset and a corresponding one of a plurality of reference datasets that corresponds to one of the plurality of section categories.
US11892304B2
A controller determines a travel route from a starting position to a target position in a parking lot and transmits information on at least a section in the travel route to a vehicle, and a monitor monitors the vehicle for a deviation from the travel route during autonomous travel of the vehicle in the section by using a vehicle monitoring system outside the vehicle. When a deviation is detected in the monitoring, the controller determines a correction route for correcting the deviation, and transmits the correction route to the vehicle. When the controller determines that the vehicle cannot travel along the correction route, the controller determines an evacuation route with the current position of the vehicle set to the starting position and a predetermined location set to the target position, and transits the evacuation route to the vehicle such that the vehicle travels along the evacuation route.
US11892303B2
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for predicting a state of visibility for a road object. For example, at least one processor receives road sign attribute data indicating at least one attribute of a road sign. The processor further receives weather forecast data indicating a weather forecast of a location in which the road sign is disposed, and using the road sign attribute data and the weather forecast data, a state of visibility for the road sign is identified.
US11892300B2
The invention relates to a method for determining a model of the environment of a vehicle, in which method an initial position estimate for the vehicle is acquired and map data are acquired, wherein the map data comprise information about the spatial arrangement of geographical areas, and the geographical areas are assigned to different area categories. Environmental data within an acquisition space is acquired, and objects are detected using the environmental data, wherein an object position and an object category are assigned to each detected object. The environmental model is determined using the detected objects. Assignment rules are provided which define the assignment of the object categories to the area categories, wherein the objects are detected in accordance with the assignment rules.
US11892293B1
A platform gauge instrument and a platform gauge measuring method based on a photogrammetric principle are provided. According to the platform gauge instrument, measuring stations are arranged on both sides of a platform, and the measuring stations on both sides work together to ensure the acquisition of complete platform information. The measuring stations have automatic traveling capability to complete scanning of a whole platform, platform information obtained by the scanning is automatically resolved by a measuring system, and gauge dimensions such as a transverse dimension and a vertical dimension of a platform gauge are resolved through parameters such as object-space coordinates of platform edge points, a space equation of intersection lines of upper surfaces of rails and a measuring cross-section, and common tangent lines of the upper surfaces of two rails on the measuring cross-section, so that resident and real-time gauge high-precision detection of the platform is achieved.
US11892292B2
A holographic interferometer, comprising: at least one imaging device capturing an interference pattern created by at least two light beams; and at least one aperture located in an optical path of at least one light beam of the at least two light beams; wherein the at least one aperture is located away from an axis of the at least one light beam, thus transmitting a subset of the at least one light beam collected at an angle range.
US11892287B2
An input device includes: a first electrode including a reference potential electrode and two or more sets each including a transmission electrode and a reception electrode; and a second electrode that approaches and recedes from the two or more sets by rotating while facing the first electrode with a predetermined space being provided therebetween. The reference potential electrode faces at least a portion of the second electrode as a result of the second electrode approaching at least one set out of the two or more sets. A phase when a first set of first transmission and reception electrodes disposed in a first region approaches and recedes from the second electrode is different from a phase when a second set of second transmission and reception electrodes disposed in a second region approaches and recedes from the second electrode.
US11892286B2
This invention is Motion Recognition Clothing™ which measures the motion and/or configuration of a person's body using an energy-conducting mesh with a plurality of energy pathways. Energy input components direct energy into the pathways at a first set of locations. Energy sensors measure energy flow through the energy pathways from a second set of locations. As the person's body moves, the mesh stretches, elongates, and/or twists, which changes the flows of energy through pathways. These changes are then analyzed to estimate the motion and/or configuration of the person's body.
US11892284B2
Various embodiments illustrated herein disclose a sprocket wear gauge. The sprocket wear gauge comprises a first plate having a first opening of a first diameter and a second plate having a second opening of a second diameter. The first plate is mounted on one end of adjacent sprocket teeth of a plurality of sprocket teeth of a sprocket wheel. The second plate is mounted on an opposite end of the adjacent sprocket teeth of a plurality of sprocket teeth of a sprocket wheel. The first plate and the second plate are attached to each other using screws. A cylindrical pin is placed between the adjacent sprocket teeth and is configured to pass through at least one of the first opening of the first plate and the second opening of the second plate.
US11892283B2
A measurement apparatus (10) for interferometrically determining a surface shape of a test object (14). A radiation source provides an input wave (42), a multiply-encoded diffractive optical element (60), which is configured to produce by diffraction from the input wave a test wave (66) that is directed at the test object and has a wavefront in the form of a free-form surface and at least one calibration wave (70), and a capture device (46). The calibration wave has a wavefront with a non-rotationally symmetric shape (68f), wherein cross sections through the wavefront of the calibration wave along cross-sectional surfaces each aligned transversely to one another have a curved shape. The curved shapes in the different cross-sectional surfaces differ in terms of an opening parameter. The capture device (46) captures a calibration interferogram formed by superimposing a reference wave (40) with the calibration wave after interaction with a calibration object (74).
US11892281B2
An optical measurement system includes a light source, a spectroscopic detector, a reference sample, a switching mechanism that switches between a first optical path through which a sample to be measured is irradiated with light from the light source and light produced at the sample is guided to the spectroscopic detector and a second optical path through which the reference sample is irradiated with light from the light source and light produced at the reference sample is guided to the spectroscopic detector, and a processing unit that calculates, by performing correction processing based on change between a first detection result at first time and a second detection result at second time, a measurement value of the sample from a third detection result provided from the spectroscopic detector as a result of irradiation of the sample with light from the light source at third time temporally proximate to the second time.
US11892273B2
This disclosure is directed to an improved ballistic concrete mixture which is operable to be cast in many forms such as blocks. The improved ballistic concrete mixture provides an effective barrier for stopping projectiles with a kinetic energy of between about 1.0 kJ (750 foot-pounds) and 20.3 kJ (15,000 foot-pounds) in between about 3 inches and 10 inches such as a fifty-caliber round. The improved ballistic concrete mixture is useful in the erecting of new structures which need ballistics protection or for retrofitting existing structures with ballistics protection.
US11892269B2
Underwater craft including means for launching an underwater vehicle using water pressure, including a vehicle-launching tube having a front part and a rear part and the rear part of which is connected to a water distribution tank itself connected to a water tube in which is positioned a piston for delivering water into the rear part of the tube in order to push and eject the vehicle, is characterized in that the piston is associated with a linear electric actuator for moving same.
US11892268B1
The present disclosure relates a buttstock accessory port system, comprising a body, a recoil pad, and an insert. The body includes a bridge and a cavity. The recoil pad attaches to the body and incudes an opening. The insert is insertable through the recoil pad opening and insertable into the cavity of the body.
US11892267B2
The buttstock assembly uses a modular design including interchangeable end attachments and sling strap connectors. The interchangeable end attachments allow the buttstock to have different toe heights and configurations for different shooting applications. The interchangeable strap connectors allow the use of either quick-disconnect style sling swivels or more traditional fixed strap loops as desired. The buttstock assembly also uses a “trigger” style locking mechanism to selectively position and lock the buttstock along the length of the extension tube to adjust the overall length of pull of the weapon.
US11892263B2
A shaking bullet chain structure of a toy gun is provided. The toy gun has a gun body and an action. The structure includes a fixing base, a slider, a bullet chain, and a sway assembly. The fixing base is disposed beside the gun body and includes a frame and a cover. The slider is movably connected to the cover and is provided with a working trough. The bullet chain is hung on the fixing base and includes multiple bullets and a belt. One end of the sway assembly is pivoted to the frame, and another end is connected to an insert rod. The insert rod penetrates a bullet and the working trough. When the action reciprocates in the gun body, the action is configured to drives the slider to move therewith to further drive the bullet chain to shake by the working trough pushing the insert rod.
US11892260B2
A handguard for mounting on a firearm with a housing axis, including: a housing with a slit and with a clamping device including a lever with a center element which lies in a normal plane to the housing axis in a through-opening. It has a recess in its central region, a thread at one end, a lever arm at the other end, and a nut with an internal thread. According to the invention, the center element has a conical nut section. In the assembled state, a nut is screwed onto the thread and thus the center element is arranged in an annular groove of the travelling nut so as to make contact with the center element.
US11892250B2
A heat exchanger for heat exchange between a first fluid and a second fluid has a plurality of tube sections, each comprising; an interior for passing the first fluid; an exterior for exposure to the second fluid; a first leg; a second leg; a turn joining the first leg to the second leg; and a first face and a second face. A support has at least one carbon member engaging the plurality of tube sections.
US11892241B2
At least one of an evaporator, a condenser, a liquid pipe, and a vapor pipe includes a first outer metal layer, a second outer metal layer, and an inner metal layer including a porous body. The porous body includes a first bottomed hole formed in one face of the inner metal layer; a second bottomed hole formed in the other face of the inner metal layer; a pore, and a first convex portion provided inside the first bottomed hole. The first convex portion has a proximal end connected to a bottom face of the first bottomed hole and a distal end provided on an opposite side to the proximal end in a thickness direction of the first convex portion. The distal end is provided at a position further recessed toward the bottom face of the first bottomed hole than the one face of the inner metal layer.
US11892240B2
A combination structure of a vapor chamber and a heat pipe includes a half-shell seat element, a half-shell cover element, a wick structure, and a working fluid. The half-shell seat element includes a vapor chamber half-shell seat and multiple heat pipe half-shell seats. Each heat pipe half-shell seat is extended from the vapor chamber half-shell seat. The vapor chamber half-shell seat includes a vapor chamber cavity. Each heat pipe half-shell seat includes a heat pipe cavity. Each heat pipe cavity communicates with the vapor chamber cavity. The half-shell cover element is sealedly connected with the half-shell seat element. The wick structure is continuously laid on the vapor chamber half-shell seat and each heat pipe half-shell seat, and is formed in the vapor chamber cavity and each heat pipe cavity. The working fluid is disposed in the vapor chamber cavity.
US11892235B2
Methods and systems for processing natural gas to meet gas pipeline specifications and/or recovering natural gas liquids (NGL). The natural gas is cooled and distilled such that propane and heavier components are produced as a bottoms NGL product, and inerts, methane, ethane, and other lighter portions are produced as a fuel gas grade/quality residue gas product stream. The gas can optionally be treated to remove hydrogen-sulfide and/or carbon dioxide. The NGL product can be split into a marketable propane and butane liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) liquid product and a natural gas condensate product.
US11892231B2
Storage systems for use in consumer appliances are provided. Storage system can be a storage assembly defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the vertical, lateral, and transverse directions being mutually perpendicular. The storage assembly includes a mounting bracket, a first mounting tab and a second mounting tab extending in the transverse direction from a first end of the mounting bracket. The first mounting tab and the second mounting tab are configured to be inserted into a mounting track disposed within the consumer appliance. The storage assembly also includes a storage receptacle which is supported at a second end of the mounting bracket.
US11892230B1
A refrigerator shelving system includes a plate, an elongated support member, and a support brace. The plate has a front edge, a rear edge, and side edges extending between the front and rear edges. The elongated support member has a base secured to the rear edge of the plate. The elongated support member has a rail protruding upward from the base. The rail extends between the side edges of the plate. The support brace is disposed on a top of the plate. The support brace slidably engages the rail such that the support brace is slidable between the side edges. The support brace defines a notch configured to engage a bottle disposed on the top of the plate to restrict movement of the bottle.
US11892212B2
A gas-liquid separator includes a first cylinder, a second cylinder and a heat exchange assembly. The first cylinder is surrounded by the second cylinder at a predetermined distance. The heat exchange assembly is arranged between the first cylinder and the second cylinder. The heat exchange assembly includes a collecting pipe. An extension direction of the collecting pipe is parallel to an axial direction of the first cylinder. At least a part of a side wall surface of the first cylinder is formed with an avoidance portion recessed inwardly. At least a part of the collecting pipe is arranged between the avoidance portion and the second cylinder.
US11892211B2
A climate-control system may include a first compressor, a second compressor, a suction manifold, and a flow restrictor. The first and second compressors each include a shell and a compression mechanism. The shells define suction chambers from which the compression mechanisms draw working fluid. The shells include suction inlet fittings through which working fluid is drawn into the suction chambers. The suction inlet fittings are fluidly connected to the suction manifold. The suction manifold provides suction-pressure working fluid to the suction inlet fittings of the first and second compressors. The flow restrictor may be at least partially disposed within the suction manifold.
US11892201B2
A method of installing a tubular heat exchanger into soil includes providing the tubular heat exchanger and screwing the tubular heat exchanger into the soil with an installation apparatus. The installation apparatus may be removed from the soil without removing the tubular heat exchanger from the soil.
US11892196B2
Aspects of the invention are directed to condensate traps having a back portion and a front portion. The back portion includes a first passage enclosed between the first wall, a second wall, and a back wall. A first opening in the back portion connects the first wall and the second wall with a first float placed over the first opening and does not travel below the first opening and is prevented from leaving the first passage by a first constriction. The front portion of the condensate trap includes a second passage enclosed between the third wall and the fourth wall. A second opening connects the third wall and the fourth wall in the front portion and a second float is placed below the second opening such that it does not travel through the second opening and is prevented from falling below a predetermined level by a second constriction.
US11892195B2
The present invention comprises a system for the localized heating of a portion of water within larger water bodies through a partial confinement of said portion of water without completely interrupting the water flow and where the concept of being in the same water body is maintained, in order to facilitate the practice of recreational activities in a heated environment. The present invention provides a solution to achieve a comfortable temperature of the water for direct contact recreational purposes in a cost-efficient manner, with a partial confinement system that allows creating a heat plug and provides for a serpentine-type flow between both sides of the partial confinement system.
US11892186B2
A detection device is connected to a plurality of communication devices by a communication line. The detection device has a reception unit, a measurement unit, and a detection unit. The reception unit receives signals with prescribed pulse widths transmitted from the plurality of communication devices, respectively. The measurement unit measures the pulse widths of the signals received by the reception unit. The detection unit is configured to detect the communication device disposed near a terminal end of the communication line as a terminal-end communication device on the basis of the plurality of pulse widths measured by the measurement unit.
US11892185B1
A networked HVAC system is implemented as part of a multi-unit dwelling. At least one HVAC unit is installed within each unit of the multi-unit dwelling. Each individual HVAC unit includes a localized HVAC unit controller, which is connected to an external network. The HVAC unit controller also can be connected to any other controllable HVAC devices in the unit, such as an exhaust fan. The HVAC system addresses the open-loop issue by monitoring temperature, air flow, humidity, air pressure, occupancy, window open/close state, and HVAC units of all units in a multi-unit dwelling, as well as common areas, and optimizing operating parameters to minimize wide swings in operational states and managing the overall system of multiple units/common areas so that energy usage and temperature/ventilation control is optimized. The HVAC system also enables learning and predictive modeling for adapting to real-time and anticipated condition requirements within each zone.
US11892179B2
An air conditioner outdoor device isolation structure includes a foot and a vibration isolation member. The foot includes a mounting hole. The vibration isolation member includes a first end part, a connection part, and a second end part connected in sequence, and a connection hole penetrating the first end part, the connection part, and the second end part. The connection part is located in the mounting hole, and the first end part and the second end part are located on opposite sides of the mounting hole.
US11892166B2
A fuel injector for an aircraft turbine engine includes a tubular body having an axis of elongation. A first longitudinal end configured to be Supplied with fuel and a second longitudinal end configured to elect a jet of fuel. The body further includes an integrated purge-air circuit that has an internal cavity which is connected to air inlet orifices situated on the body and to at least one air outlet situated at said second end. Aire-flow disruptors are provided, projecting into said cavity.
US11892150B2
LED related lighting methods and apparatus are described. Various features relate to water tight light fixtures. Some of the fixtures are spotlights while other fixture are intended for in ground use. The light fixtures in at least some embodiments include power control features. In spotlight embodiments beam angle and power or light output can be controlled without opening the light assembly or compromising the water tight seals which also protect against dirt. In ground embodiments support tilt angle setting which allow a user to set the light fixture to one or more tilt angles. Beam angle can also be changed in some embodiments as well as power control. Beam angle, power control and tilt angle adjustments are supported in some embodiments but need not be supported in all embodiments with some embodiments using one or more of the described features but not all features.
US11892141B1
A light device with movable drive power supply and a recessed downlight assembly. The light device includes a movable bracket assembly, a drive power supply and a light body. The movable bracket assembly includes a first movable arm and a second movable arm. A first and a second movable hinge sections are hinged with each other, whereby the first and the second movable arms can be rotated relative to each other. The drive power supply is disposed on the second movable arm and connected with the light body via a conductive wire. By means of the relative rotation of the first and the second movable arms, the drive power supply and the second movable arm pass through a mounting hole to outside of a mounting panel. Such that, the drive power supply can be conveniently connected with the conductive wire of the light body.
US11892140B2
A ventilation cap according to the present disclosure includes a body, a ventilation filter, a cover member, and legs. A first vent hole is defined in the body, and the ventilation filter is disposed on the body to cover the first vent hole. The cover member is coupled to the body to cover the ventilation filter, and the legs are formed beneath the body and are spaced apart from each other around the first vent hole. Further, the legs are received in a hole defined in a target housing to be coupled to the target housing, and a second vent hole communicating with the first vent hole is defined in a side portion of the cover member.
US11892138B2
A vehicle headlamp optical system, a vehicle headlamp, and a vehicle. The vehicle headlamp optical system comprises a plurality of modules and a light distribution lens that is disposed in front of each module. The plurality of modules comprise at least one high-beam module, at least one main low-beam module, and at least one auxiliary low-beam module. The light distribution lenses are narrow, long light distribution lenses. Each module is disposed at an interval along the length direction of the light distribution lenses. Thus, the miniaturization and diversified design of a vehicle headlamp can be achieved.
US11892136B2
A vehicle lamp forms a predetermined beam pattern using a plurality of lamp modules arranged in at least one direction. Each of the plurality of lamp modules includes a light source unit that generates light; an optical unit that is disposed in front of the light source unit and transmits the light from the light source unit so that at least a portion of the light incident to an incident surface of the optical unit is output through an exit surface thereof to form the predetermined beam pattern; and an optical path adjustment unit that guides the light generated from the light source unit to the optical unit by adjusting paths of the light. The exit surface of the optical unit of one of the plurality of lamp modules is disposed more forward than the exit surface of the optical unit of another one of the plurality of lamp modules.
US11892135B2
A lighting device is described. The lighting device includes a support structure, which includes a central mounting face and at least one first lateral mounting face adjacent the central mounting face and forming an included angle with the central mounting face of 60° to 90°. The device also includes at least one central light emitting element on the central mounting face and in contact with the support structure and at least one first lateral light emitting element on the first lateral mounting face and in contact with the support structure.
US11892123B2
A type IV conformable pressure vessel is provided comprising an elongated folded tank and a valve assembly configured to pass fluid into and out of an interior of the tank through first and second filling couplers directly connected to a respective first and second end of the tank. The tank has at least two chambers for the storage of fluid. The valve assembly receives fluid from an external source, selectively provides the external fluid through a Venturi nozzle into a mixing chamber, recirculates fluid from the second end of the tank into the mixing chamber, and delivers the mixture of the recirculated fluid and the external fluid to the first end of the tank.
US11892120B2
An attachment system for a locking system mounted to a closure is provided. A baseplate is fastenable to a mounting surface of the closure, the baseplate including at least one circumferential cutout having an engagement feature, and a locking feature on a surface of the baseplate. A housing has at least one protrusion insertable into the at least one circumferential cutout and is rotatably engageable with the engagement feature to selectively prevent the housing from being withdrawn from the baseplate in a direction normal to the mounting surface. A locking device is disposed inside the housing and is accessible from outside the housing through a cutout defined in at least one of the housing and the baseplate, the locking device operable to rotatably lock and unlock the housing to the baseplate.
US11892119B1
The present disclosure belongs to the field of suction-operated devices, in particular to a sucker device. The device includes a sucker, a rotating member and a connecting member, wherein both ends of the rotating member are rotatably and movably connected to the connecting member and the sucker respectively, the sucker is provided with a fixing position for fixing the device on an external structure by suction, and the connecting member is provided with a connecting position for mounting a structure to be carried. In the present disclosure, both ends of the rotating member are rotatably and movably connected to the connecting member and the sucker, so that when the device is used, the suction-operated device has a larger angle adjustment range, and can better meet the use requirements of consumers.
US11892114B2
An expander, preferably for use in expanding a host pipe to be refurbished. A floating pad is disposed to be displaced relative to a chassis by at least one retractable and extendable piston such that the expander has a first expansion range between fully-retracted and fully-extended states. A floating pad jacket and a chassis jacket are disposed to be removably attached to the floating pad and chassis, such that the floating pad jacket increases the first expansion range of the expander to a second expansion range when the floating pad jacket is attached to the floating pad, and the chassis jacket increases the first expansion range of the expander to a third expansion range when the chassis jacket is attached to the chassis. At least one piston may be configured to be extended and retracted independently.
US11892111B2
A split T-shaped pipe serving as a housing device and comprising: an annular case body that has a split part in at least one location in the circumferential direction, and that surrounds the outer circumferential surface of a water pipe in a sealed state with a seal material therebetween; and fasteners for tightening the split part, thereby joining a plurality of split pieces constituting the case body. Joining surfaces are provided at the circumferential end portions of the split pieces, and protrusions protruding along the circumferential direction are formed on the joining surfaces but only at both end portions of the case body in the pipe axis direction of the water pipe.
US11892110B2
A sprinkler with a push-in connection includes a sprinkler frame, an operating element, and a sealing cap. The sprinkler also includes one or more sealing gaskets and a retainer. Each such sealing gasket is located at least partially within a groove in the sprinkler frame. The retainer is also at least partially located within a groove in the sprinkler frame. The retainer connects to an internal bore of an outlet of a fluid supply conduit when the sprinkler is installed in the outlet. The one or more gaskets seal against the internal bore of the outlet when the sprinkler is installed in the outlet. The retainer is a spring mechanism so that the diameter of the retainer is reduced when the sprinkler is inserted into the internal bore of the outlet, and the retainer maintains pressure against the outlet internal bore.
US11892104B2
An endoscope flexible tube having a cylindrical flexible tube base that has flexibility and a resin layer that coats the flexible tube base includes the resin layer, which is a single layer or multiple layers of two or more layers, comprises a layer A which comprises: polyester elastomers, at least one of polyurethane elastomers or polyamide elastomers, and both a hindered phenol compound and a hindered amine compound, wherein the content of the polyester elastomers in the layer A is 55 mass % or more.
US11892097B2
The present invention is to provide a valve state grasping system that can be easily retrofitted to any of various existing or operating valves (rotary valves) and actuators, and in particular, even facilities to which commercial power is not supplied, and allows detailed and accurate state grasping and diagnosis or failure prediction for the valve or actuator. The valve state grasping system is configured to perform, based on angular velocity data of a valve stem which opens and closes the valve, state monitoring, diagnosis, and life prediction of this valve. To the valve stem, a monitoring unit having at least a semiconductor-type gyro sensor is attachably and detachably fixed. The angular velocity data includes angular velocity data acquired from this monitoring unit in accordance with a rotational motion of a valve body from being fully open or fully closed to fully closed or fully open.
US11892073B2
A gearwheel arrangement for a transmission of a vehicle, including: a gearwheel configured to be rotatable about an axis of rotation (A), the gearwheel including a gearwheel body and an annular gear tooth section extending around the gearwheel body, the gear tooth section including a plurality of external gear teeth, wherein at least a part of the gear tooth section extends past a radially outer portion of the gearwheel body in an axial direction (A) of the gearwheel, so that at least one radially inwardly facing surface is provided opposite of the external gear teeth, means for guiding cooling fluid toward the at least one radially inwardly facing surface so as to cool the gear tooth section during rotation of the gearwheel about the axis of rotation.
US11892065B2
A drivetrain component provides an electronically controlled, overrunning drivetrain disconnect, such as a differential with different operating modes. The drivetrain component includes a case and a ring gear connected to the case. A carrier is supported for movement relative to and independent of the case. The carrier includes a differential gear set. The differential gear set has a pinion shaft tied to the carrier, pinion gears mounted on the pinion shaft, differential gears engaging the pinion gears, and differential gear shafts connected to the differential gears. The drivetrain component including a first locking structure, the first locking structure coupling the case to the carrier for torque transmission from the case to the carrier in a first direction only, wherein the first locking structure does not inhibit carrier rotation in a second direction.
US11892060B2
A frictional roller reducer having a sun roller; a ring roller; a plurality of intermediate rollers having rolling surfaces coming in rolling contact with the sun roller and the ring roller; the sun roller or the ring roller having a pair of roller elements including inclined surface portions on a circumferential surface coming in rolling with rolling surfaces, the inclined surface portions inclined in directions going toward the intermediate rollers in a radial direction as going away from each other in the axial direction; a pressing device pressing the pair of roller elements in directions going closer to each other, and an elastic member arranged between the pair of roller elements, the elastic member urging the pair of roller elements in directions going away from the rolling surface of the intermediate rollers.
US11892058B2
A coaxial gear mechanism (1) includes a toothing (5) which is oriented axially with respect to an axis of rotation (3) of the coaxial gear mechanism (1), a tooth carrier (7) which in each case has axially oriented guides (9), and tooth pins (11) which each comprise a body (50), which is mounted so as to be axially displaceable in a guide (9) of the tooth carrier (7), and a head region (51), wherein the head region (51) includes at least one tooth (52) for engagement with the toothing (5), and wherein the tooth carrier (7) wherein the tooth carrier has an irregular angular pitch.
US11892053B2
Disclosed herein is a process suitable for constructing a multiple stage air shock. The multiple stage air shock is unique among shocks in that the multiple stage design possesses qualities not available to other shock absorbers. The process includes a means for determining the compressed and extended lengths of the air shock based on the lengths of the parts for each stage. This means refers to one methodology and offers the air shock an extended length that is greater than twice its compressed length, an optimized extended length, and a construction capability based on adding stages. In particular, the extended length-compressed length relationship is a quality inherently unobtainable by current shock absorbers. The process also includes a means of determining the spring rate. This means refers to a second methodology and offers the capability to both set-up the air shock with a relatively linear spring rate and make the relatively linear spring rate more linear.
US11892043B2
Disclosed are a boot for a caliper brake and the caliper brake including the same. The boot, which is provided to be installed on a guide rod to allow a caliper housing to be slidably coupled to a carrier during braking, includes a first coupling part coupled to the guide rod at one end thereof, and a second coupling part coupled to the carrier at the other end thereof, wherein the second coupling part is provided with an elastic protrusion provided to be in contact with an outer surface of the guide rod so that a reaction force is generated by the guide rod moving together with the caliper housing during braking.
US11892037B2
An improved clutch basket assembly is disclosed. The improved clutch basket assembly provides improved wear resistance at the interfaces between friction discs and a clutch basket housing while allowing an operator to have improved clutch lever control and modulation when manually engaging or disengaging the clutch system. The improved clutch basket assembly includes a generally cylindrical clutch basket having a sidewall, a closed first end and an open second end. A plurality of removable pins is attached to the sidewall. A plurality of frictions disks is mounted in said clutch basket. The friction disks each have a plurality of positioning tabs extending out from a periphery of each of the friction disks. The positioning tabs are configured for engagement with at least one adjacent removable pin removably attached to the sidewall.
US11892036B1
A bearing track cage includes a plurality of retention elements, wherein each retention element includes at least a first axial side and a second axial side, and wherein each adjacent pair of retention elements of the plurality of retention elements defines a rolling element pocket configured to retain a rolling element. A first support is slidably coupled to each of the plurality of retention elements on the first axial side thereof and a second support is slidably coupled to each of the plurality of retention elements on the second axial side thereof.
US11892035B2
A composite/metal joint includes a composite member, a metallic member, a cylindrical liner, and a fastener. The composite member has a first aperture. The metallic member is disposed adjacent to the composite member and has a second aperture coaxially aligned with the first aperture. The cylindrical liner extends longitudinally from a first end to a second end. The cylindrical liner has a cylindrical outer liner surface and a longitudinally extending third aperture coaxial with the first and second apertures and defined by an inner liner surface. The cylindrical liner is disposed in the first and second apertures with the outer liner surface adjacent to aperture walls of the first and second apertures. The cylindrical liner has a plurality of grooves intersecting the outer liner surface. The fastener is disposed through the third aperture of the cylindrical liner and is configured to attach the metallic member to the composite member. An outer surface of the fastener is in direct contact with the inner liner surface.
US11892033B2
A motor according to the present application includes a rotating shaft, a bearing, a bearing holder configured to accommodate the bearing, a holder disposed at one end portion side of the bearing holder in a rotating shaft direction, and a lid disposed at another end portion side of the bearing holder in the rotating shaft direction. A labyrinth structure is formed of one end portion of the bearing holder and an inner peripheral portion of the holder, and/or a labyrinth structure is formed of the rotating shaft and the lid.
US11892025B2
A socket includes a housing having a first end dimensioned and configured for cooperation with an associated wrench and a second end dimensioned and configured for engagement with a locknut. The second end includes a first plurality of magnets disposed to maintain a single locknut against the second end, the second end and a second plurality of magnets disposed to maintain the second end against an associated housing with the associated locknut disposed intermediate the second end of the socket and the associated housing. The second end of the socket including a plurality of depending feet dimensioned and configured for meshing engagement with the locknut whereby rotation of the socket causes rotation of the locknut when the locknut is engaged with an associated externally threaded connector to move the locknut axially along the external threads of the externally threaded connector.
US11892024B2
A universal hub adapter for a portable display frame assembly for mounting to an outer surface of a display hub of the frame assembly. The universal hub adapter is used to adapt the display hub of the frame assembly for mounting of a first graphics system including a plurality of stretched fabric panels and a second graphics system including a channeled sub-frame for mounting a larger fabric panel. The universal hub adapter can include a faceplate and a threaded post including a threaded portion, a securement plate, a button shaft, and a button head. The threaded portion passes through an aperture of the faceplate and couples to the display hub to secure the faceplate to the display hub. The button shaft and button head couple to one of a stretched fabric panel or a sub-frame assembly.
US11892023B2
A thermally stabilized fastener system and method is disclosed. The disclosed system/method integrates a fastener (FAS) incorporating a faster retention head (FRH), fastener retention body (FRB), and fastener retention tip (FRT) to couple a mechanical member stack (MMS) in a thermally stabilized fashion using a fastener retention receiver (FRR). The MMS includes a temperature compensating member (TCM), a first retention member (FRM), and an optional second retention member (SRM). The TCM is constructed using a tailored thermal expansion coefficient (TTC) that permits the TCM to compensate for the thermal expansion characteristics of the FAS, FRM, and SRM such that the force applied by the FRH and FRR portions of the FAS to the MMS is tailored to a specific temperature force profile (TFP) over changes in MMS/FAS temperature. The TCM may be selected with a TTC to achieve a uniform TFP over changes in MMS/FAS temperature.
US11891997B2
The present disclosure provides a two-dimensional motor piston pump, including a two-dimensional motor and a two-dimensional piston pump. The two-dimensional motor and the two-dimensional piston pump are nested with each other and arranged coaxially. The two-dimensional motor includes a stator and an outer rotor, and the outer rotor is coaxial with the stator and is sleeved outside the stator. The two-dimensional piston pump includes: a flow distribution mechanism including a flow distribution rotor and a pump body, a piston mechanism including a left cam and a right cam; a roller assembly including a roller and a roller shaft, and a pump housing, a left end cover, and a right end cover.
US11891995B2
A rotary compressor may include a cylinder having an inner peripheral surface that defines a compression space, and provided with a suction port configured to communicate with the compression space and through which refrigerant is suctioned into the compression space; a roller rotatably provided in the compression space of the cylinder, and having a plurality of vane slots that provides a back pressure at one side thereinside and provided at a predetermined interval along an outer peripheral surface of the roller; and a plurality of vanes slidably inserted into the vane slots, respectively, and configured to rotate together with the roller, front end surfaces of which come into contact with the cylinder due to the back pressure to partition the compression space into a plurality of compression chambers. High-pressure refrigerant may be accommodated between one of the vanes and the cylinder.
US11891984B2
A wind turbine apparatus for use in movement of components of a wind turbine. The wind turbine apparatus has an upright support means, the upright support means being adaptable to be set on a surface below a load in use, such that the weight of the load is transferred to the surface. The wind turbine apparatus further has a load bearing means for engaging a load, the load bearing means being operably coupled with the upright support means and being configured to be moveable laterally when bearing a load. The wind turbine apparatus further has a means for raising and lowering the load bearing means. The wind turbine apparatus can be used for supporting, raising and lowering yaw brake calipers.
US11891977B2
An offshore power generating system has a buoyancy body shaped as a hull with a bow and aft end, and elongated mast extending up from the buoyancy body to the buoyancy body about a horizontal transverse axis. A rotor is supported in one end of the longitudinal mast for rotation about a horizontal axis. The buoyancy body is kept in position with the bow turning up into wind and incoming waves. Rotational support of the mast has a horizontal rotational axis through the center of gravity of the mast that lies in the center plane of the buoyancy body above the aft end when the buoyancy body lies in operational position in calm sea with the rotational axis of the rotational support of the mast orthogonal to the center plane of the buoyancy body. A method for on-board loading and commissioning of mast with installed rotor on-board a buoyancy body.
US11891976B2
A wind turbine blade includes a base member formed of FRP and having a blade shape, an intermediate layer arranged on the base member and formed of metal, cermet, ceramic, or a mixture of at least one thereof and resin as a major constituent, and an erosion-resistant overcoat arranged on the intermediate layer and formed of a spray film having a porosity of 5% or lower.
US11891968B2
An improved ball valve for use between dual fuel tanks having a non-circular outlet aperture leading to the fuel line and engine that can allow fuel to pass therethrough even when the ball contained within the valve rests in the opening of the outlet aperture.
US11891967B2
A turbofan includes a fan, a casing positioned downstream of the fan and separating a primary flowpath from a secondary flowpath, a compressor, a combustion chamber and a turbine being arranged in the primary flowpath, the turbofan having a differential transmission coupled to the turbine, and a power supply device configured to provide additional power to the one provided by the turbine to drive the compressor.
US11891965B2
A turbofan engine nacelle includes a thrust reverser system provided with at least one movable cowl retracting towards a rear reverse-jet position, tilting pivoting flaps which at least partially close an annular flow duct, and opening lateral openings of this annular flow duct equipped with reverser grids. Each movable cowl includes a control sector that slides in a transverse plane, a deflection device linking a fixed part of the nacelle to this control sector in order to make it slide towards a reversal position when the movable cowl retracts, and flap connecting rods linking this control sector to the pivoting flaps, which tilt these flaps, closing the annular flow duct, when the control sector slides towards its reversal position.
US11891959B2
A fuel control system for a gas turbine engine includes a fuel metering valve, a pressure raising and shut-off valve (PRSOV), and a shutoff effector including a first stage unit that is electrically powered and a second stage unit that is controlled by the first stage unit. The second stage unit actuates a valve member of the PRSOV between an open position that allows supply of a fuel to burners of the gas turbine engine and a closed position that prevents supply of the fuel to the burners. Upon loss of electrical power to the first stage unit during operation of the gas turbine engine, the first stage unit is configured to: control the second stage unit to actuate the valve member of the PRSOV to the closed position after a predetermined time duration; or retain the valve member of the PRSOV in the open position.
US11891944B2
A controller includes at least one processor coupled to a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to: determine a target engine outlet coolant temperature for a coolant in an engine system; determine an adjustment to a temperature of the coolant based on a determined engine inlet coolant temperature and the target engine outlet coolant temperature; and, alter a flow of the coolant by controlling a coolant valve in response to the determination of the adjustment to the temperature of the coolant.
US11891937B2
A mixing assembly for an exhaust system can include an outer body, a front plate, a back plate, a middle member, and an inner member. The outer body defines an interior volume and has a center axis. The front plate defines an upstream portion of the interior volume and the back plate defines a downstream portion of the interior volume. The middle member is positioned transverse to the center axis and defines a volume. The inner member is positioned coaxially with the middle member inside the middle member. The front plate includes inlets configured to direct exhaust to (i) a first flow path into an interior of the inner member, (ii) a second flow path into the volume of the middle member between a sidewall of the middle member and a sidewall of the inner member, and (iii) a third flow path into the interior volume of the outer body.
US11891930B2
A method of operating an exhaust valve of a two-stroke internal combustion engine is disclosed. The engine has a cylinder and a piston movably disposed within the cylinder. The cylinder defines at least one exhaust port for discharging exhaust fluid from the cylinder. The exhaust valve is configured to cyclically obstruct the exhaust port. The method includes: rotating the exhaust valve in a first direction for clearing the exhaust port before the piston uncovers the exhaust port during a downstroke of the piston, the first direction being opposite a direction of rotation of a crankshaft of the engine; and rotating the exhaust valve in the first direction for at least partially closing the exhaust port before the piston fully covers the exhaust port during an upstroke of the piston, said rotating of the exhaust valve relative to the rotation of the crankshaft at least partially counterbalancing the crankshaft.
US11891921B2
A turbine assembly comprising a housing comprising first and second volutes which define a respective first and second flow passage. A circumferential outlet portion of each volute is defined by first and second tongues. The housing further comprises a first aperture in which a vane assembly is received. The vane assembly comprises a plurality of vanes circumferentially distributed about a turbine wheel-receiving bore, each vane comprising a leading edge and a trailing edge. Each vane has a fixed orientation. The vanes comprise a first vane and a second vane. The first vane having its leading edge disposed in closest proximity to a tip of the first tongue. The second vane having its leading edge disposed in closest proximity to a tip of the second tongue. The leading edge of each vane at least partly overlaps the tip of the proximate tongue circumferentially.
US11891909B2
Methods and systems are provided for electric turbochargers. In one example, a turbocharger comprises a shaft coupling a compressor wheel to a turbine wheel, an electric machine including a stator encircling the shaft between the compressor wheel and the turbine wheel, and an oil supply passage formed in a housing of the electric machine and fluidly coupled to a first oil nozzle oriented toward the shaft.
US11891905B2
A bearing support assembly to support one or more bearings on a shaft. The bearing support assembly includes a bearing support frame configured to be coupled to a static frame, a plurality of ribs connected to the bearing support frame, and a bearing support connected to the plurality of ribs and configured to support a bearing of the one or more bearings. The bearing support assembly has a non-axisymmetric stiffness around a circumference of the bearing support assembly.
US11891902B2
A measurement system for an aircraft gas turbine engine includes an instrumentation hub disposed about a rotational axis. The instrumentation hub includes at least one probe. The measurement system further includes a shield hub disposed about the rotational axis and positioned axially adjacent the instrumentation hub. The shield hub includes at least one shield configured to be radially aligned with the at least one probe of the instrumentation hub. The shield hub is rotatable about the rotational axis independent of the instrumentation hub. The at least one shield is axially translatable between a first axial position and a second axial position. The at least one shield in the first axial position is axially aligned with the at least one probe. The at least one shield in the second axial position is axially separated from the at least one probe.
US11891901B2
A variable-pitch stator blade includes an airfoil having a central portion with a first chord and a first skeleton line delimited by a leading edge and a trailing edge. An end portion has a second chord and a second skeleton line delimited by the leading edge and a downstream limit. A skeleton angle at a first length I1 of the first chord is defined by a function G1(l1), and the skeleton angle at a second length l2 of the second rope being chord is defined by a function G2(l2). The absolute value of the average increase A2 of G2′(l2) between the leading edge and the downstream limit is greater than the absolute value of the average increase Al of Gl′(l1) between the leading edge and a point P, wherein the first length I1 corresponds to the total length of the second chord.
US11891892B2
A square pile construction method and equipment of a rotary drilling rig are disclosed. The square pile construction method includes: site leveling; surveying and setting out; creating concrete retaining wall of wellhead; putting the drilling rig in place; adjusting the verticality of the drilling rig; lead hole drilling; reamed hole drilling; square hole drilling; hole cleaning with round drill bit; and hole cleaning with square drill bit. The square pile construction method and rotary drilling rig can use equipment for square pile construction in the whole process. Three kinds of square pile drill bits and a square pile hole cleaning drill bit in cooperation with the square pile construction method, which further realizes the mechanization of the whole process of square pile construction, are disclosed.
US11891888B2
A measurement tool may be positioned downhole in a wellbore for measuring formation properties and drilling mud properties during a drilling operation. The measurement tool may include a body and an antenna. The body may include magnets for generating a magnetic field and a transmitter for transmitting a radiofrequency pulse. The antenna may be positioned proximate to the body to measure properties using nuclear magnetic resonant frequencies. The antenna may measure formation properties in a first volume of a formation using a first frequency. The antenna may measure drilling mud properties in a second volume in a borehole using a second frequency.
US11891887B2
A vapor recovery apparatus degasses oil and water produced by an oil well. The apparatus has a first vessel forming a column. Oil containing gas enters the bottom of the first vessel and flows up to a liquid outlet. Heat is applied to the rising oil, wherein the oil foams. Gas escapes into the upper end. The foam flows into a second column and along a roughened surface. The bubbles in the foam break apart, releasing the gas. The oil flows down the second column to an outlet. Water is introduced into a third vessel. The water releases gas therein, which gas mingles with the gas from the oil. The third vessel is located around the first and second vessels. A compressor may be used to withdraw the gas and provide hot compressed gas to heat the rising oil in the first column.
US11891880B1
In one embodiment, a method for preventing flaring at a facility, by a system, includes receiving a plurality of pressure measurements from a sensor disposed downstream of the facility. The method further includes comparing the plurality of pressure measurements to a threshold pressure, wherein the threshold pressure corresponds to mitigating a flaring event. In response to determining that at least one of the plurality of pressure measurements is greater than the threshold pressure, the method further includes analyzing injection response curves for a plurality of wells to determine a first well for adjusting a back pressure on a reservoir intersected by the first well. The method further includes transmitting an instruction to the first well to adjust the back pressure on the reservoir.
US11891877B1
A plug and perforation system includes a plug that is configured to isolate formation zones within a wellbore that has a casing. The plug includes a flow control subassembly, an anchoring subassembly, and a sealing device. The flow control subassembly a valve assembly. The valve assembly includes a housing, a valve chamber inside the housing, a valve seat, and a valve element inside the valve chamber. In some embodiments, the valve element is secured to the housing with a frangible matrix that is manufactured as a unitary part with the valve element and the housing. The frangible matrix is designed to fail under a predetermined shearing load to allow the valve element to be pushed into the valve seat. In other embodiments, the valve element is retained by one or more shear pins or shearable threads.
US11891876B2
Rotating a casing during a cementing operation to ensure efficient displacement of cement slurry. More specifically, embodiments are directed towards a sub and rotating tool that are positioned above a first cement operation, wherein the rotating tool is positioned in a kickoff point or build section of a horizontal well.
US11891867B2
Disclosed herein are aspects of an expandable metal wellbore anchor for use in a wellbore. The expandable metal wellbore anchor, in one aspect, includes one or more expandable members positionable on a downhole conveyance member in a wellbore, wherein the one or more expandable members comprise a metal configured to expand in response to hydrolysis, and wherein a combined volume of the one or more expandable members is sufficient to expand to anchor one or more downhole tools within the wellbore in response to the hydrolysis.
US11891861B2
The present invention relates to a riser system in the form of a pumped riser (1), i.e. a riser (1) having an outlet (6) from the riser (1) at a depth below the surface (S) of a body of water, where the outlet (6) is coupled to a return pump (7) to return fluid from the riser (1) to the surface (S), and various operational methods to facilitate greater versatility when performing hydrocarbon drilling related operations. The arrangement also comprises a sealing element (15, 16) to seal an annulus (5) of the riser (1), and a by-pass (17) around the sealing element (15, 16). Various methods makes it possible to switch between open mode and closed mode, and vice versa, monitoring leakage across the sealing element (15, 16), as well as performing other operations exploiting the advantages of the two different modes.
US11891858B2
An apparatus for combined coring and drilling in a wellbore that includes a core drilling assembly with a coring drill head, an outer tubing for conveying forces to the drill head, an inner tubing with a lower end adapted for receiving a core sample. The apparatus further includes: a lifting device; closure elements with embedded cutting implements for cutting the core sample; and one or more controller device(s) for controlling activation and deactivation of the closure elements. The closure elements are connected to the core drilling assembly below an opening of the inner tubing such that, when in an open position the core sample can enter the inner tubing, and when in a closed position core material is cut and the cut core material is prevented from entering the inner tubing and exits to the borehole annulus via drill head openings provided in the wall of the coring drill head.
US11891856B1
A roller shutter with dual operation modes includes a door frame, a roller shutter body, a driving motor, a connecting device, a rotating shaft and a connecting rod. The roller shutter body is slidably configured on the door frame, the rotating shaft is rotatably configured on the door frame, and the rotating shaft is connected with the driving motor through the connecting device. When the connecting device is in a connected state, the driving motor drives the connecting rod to retract or extend the roller shutter body; when the connecting device is a separated state, the rotating shaft is manually operated to drive the connecting rod to retract or extend the roller shutter body. The roller shutter can be opened or closed by manual operation in the absence of power supply or in case of circuit failure, which greatly improves the reliability and convenience.
US11891855B2
In one aspect, a leveling assembly for adjusting the levelness or skew angle of a bottom rail of a covering for an architectural structure includes at least one movable or slideable component configured to be moved or slid laterally relative to the bottom rail or a headrail of the covering to adjust the length(s) along which one or more of the lift cords extend within the bottom rail or headrail, which, in turn, adjusts the effective length of such lift cord(s) defined between the bottom rail and the headrail of the covering. Such adjustment of the effective length(s) of the lift cord(s) results in the horizontal orientation or skew angle of the bottom rail being varied, thereby allowing the levelness of the bottom rail to be adjusted, as desired.
US11891849B2
An apparatus includes a control unit. The control unit is configured to determine a window point for an automatic change of state of a window pane of a vehicle. The control unit is also configured to determine event data for a plurality of window events in which an occupant of a vehicle has caused a change in the state of a window pane of the vehicle. The event data for a window event indicate a location at which the change of state of a window pane was effected. The control unit is also configured to determine at least one window point with a location at which a similar change of state of window panes was effected. The control unit is also configured to provide one or more vehicles with point data in relation to the determined window point, wherein the point data indicate the location of the window point and the change of state of a window pane automatically effected at the window point.
US11891841B2
An opening and closing device of a vehicle sliding door includes: a fully closed latch mechanism; a fully opened latch mechanism; a power releaser; a power closer; a canceler; a lock mechanism; and a relay control mechanism that includes an inner handle. The lock mechanism, the power releaser, and the canceler are disposed in the fully closed latch mechanism. The relay control mechanism includes a handle lever configured to, when a door opening operation is performed on the inner handle, rotate in a first direction to unlatch the fully closed latch mechanism and activate the cancel mechanism, and when a door closing operation is performed on the inner handle, rotate in a second direction to unlatch the fully opened latch mechanism. The inner handle is pivotally supported by the handle case of the relay control mechanism so as to be rotatable in two directions.
US11891827B1
A device and method for repairing a pole wherein pre-fabricated brackets are bolted together in the field to form a clamping ring, or exoskeletal splint around the pole, and wherein different sets of brackets can form different rings that are stacked and bolted together to clamp against and span enough of the height of the pole to provide the desired support.
US11891826B2
A post anchor for a railing system or a fencing system. The post anchor has a base plate and a collar, where the collar extends from the base plate. The collar defines an interior capable of receiving a post. The post anchor can be unitarily formed. A drainage system can be included in the post anchor.
US11891825B2
A support apparatus having a base to support a support member which, in turn, supports a structure (e.g., a building joist, overhead structure, combinations thereof). The support apparatus may be used to provide reinforcement between a floor (e.g., ground, substrate, or the like) and the structure. The base of the support apparatus is in the form of a generally planar circular base, but may have any shape. The base may include one or more platforms, recesses, or ribs in order to provide structural support to the base and/or locations for one or more fastener apertures. The one or more fastener apertures are configured to receive one or more fasteners for operatively coupling the base to the floor in order to resist movement of the base during installation and/or use of the support apparatus.
US11891822B2
A binding machine includes: a wire feeding unit configured to feed a wire; a curl forming unit configured to form a feeding path of the wire along which the wire fed in a first direction by the wire feeding unit is wound around an object; and a binding unit configured to twist the wire fed in first direction by the wire feeding unit and wound on the object. The wire feeding unit includes a pair of feeding members configured to sandwich the wire and to feed the wire by a rotating operation, and a feeding motor configured to drive the feeding members. The binding machine further includes a control unit configured to control the wire feeding unit. The control unit is configured to control the wire feeding unit to enable the wire sandwiched by the feeding members to be discharged from the feeding members.
US11891821B2
A mini-trowel attachment assembly having a rotary disk with a plurality of screw holes disposed therein with a plurality of replacement blades secured therein by a plurality of screw members. The plurality of replacement blades include at least a pair of elongated slots that allows the replacement blades to be adjusted slightly inward of an annular peripheral edge of the rotary disk. A free-wheeling self-lubricating bearing assembly having a first non-rotary bearing and spacer ring member attached to the rotary disk and a second free-wheeling member attached to the first non-rotary bearing and spacer ring member that freely rotates when it engages wall structures and upstanding obstructions in concrete surfaces. Also, the elongated slots allows the plurality of replacement blades to be adjusted slightly inward of an annular peripheral edge of the free-wheeling self-lubricating bearing assembly.
US11891820B2
The present claims a decorating tool, comprising a working portion, a grip portion and a connecting portion. The working portion and the grip portion are connected to two ends of the connecting portion, respectively. The connecting portion is configured for controlling the grip portion to rotate towards or away from the working portion. The grip portion can be rotated to adjacent to a sidewall of the working portion, and not protrude from two ends of the working portion.
US11891818B2
The decking anchors have a web anchor and a flange anchor that are operatively coupled together. In an assembly position, the web anchor and the flange anchor may be oriented in the same plane. After insertion into the cavity of the decking, the flange anchor may contact the upper flange of the decking, the web anchor may be rotated (e.g., after moving vertically upward while the flange anchor remains stationary), the web anchor may engage the webs of the decking (e.g., after moving vertically downward while the flange anchor remains stationary), and a stop may be operatively coupled to the web anchor and the flange anchor, in order to secure the web anchor and the flange anchor to each other while the web anchor contacts the webs and the flange anchor contacts the upper flange to form an anchor within the decking that has loading resistance in all directions.
US11891814B2
A prefabricated wall panel has a precast body including at least one decorative design element. In addition, the wall panel includes a mounting element having a first end embedded in the precast body and a second end projecting from the precast body. A groove is formed between the precast body and the second end of the mounting element along a first edge of the precast body. A tongue is formed along a second edge of the precast body opposite the first edge. The tongue and groove cooperate to allow prefabricated wall panels to be more easily installed on a support substrate.
US11891812B2
A wallboard fastening device secures first and second wallboards to a framing member without fasteners passing through the wallboards. The device includes first and second framing panels joined along lengthwise edges at a frame seam to form a two-sided frame that fits around the framing member. The device includes first and second flat-spring flanges joined along lengthwise edges at a front seam. The device includes a channel-dividing panel joined lengthwise to the front seam and to the second framing panel to form first and second channels that are sized to receive edges of the wallboards. The device includes a guide flange joined lengthwise to the frame seam. A corner edge of the second wallboard may be pushed against the guide flange such that the corner edge slides along the guide flange, thereby guiding the second wallboard into the second channel.
US11891803B1
A modular assembly and method of installing a modular assembly is provided. The modular assembly can include a plurality of base members made of a plastic composite material. Each base member can be a monolithic structure defined by a top wall, a bottom wall, and opposing side walls, the opposing side walls defining a channel. A heater tray can be configured to be slidably received within the channel of each base member. The heater tray may include a channel that extends longitudinally along the heater tray. A heating element can be configured to heat the heating tray, the heating element received within the channel of the heater tray. Each of the plurality of base members can adjoin one another in an assembled state to form a horizontal platform for traffic.
US11891795B2
Apparatuses for locking PV panels to support structures, e.g., support beams. The support beams may be designed and built with corresponding connection elements, e.g., slots and tabs, which may be used to enable locking and unlocking of the PV panels on the support beams. Once in place, a ferromagnetic flap may be put into an engaged position, thereby closing and engaging a panel locking mechanism. The ferromagnetic flap may be lifted by using a magnet. The magnet may be may be embedded in a suction cup device which is designed to lift and maneuver an object with a relatively flat surface, e.g. a glass pane. The suction cup device may, when suction is applied, be attached to glass covering the PV panels, and thus the suction cup device may be used to move the PV panels.
US11891791B2
Precast concrete residences resist great hurricane wind forces and moderate seismic forces. The entire residential structure, excluding the slab on grade are made from plant-cast concrete panels. Foundation panel joints are designed at the center of the precast wall panels to assure proper load-distribution from the walls to the foundation. Using a precast foundation greatly increases the speed of construction. All structural elements are field-bolted together. An interior wall track design allows engineered, prefabricated interior wall panels to roll into the home and “tip up” into place without wedging between the floor and ceiling.
US11891788B1
Implementations of sewer cleanout caps may include a cap having a first side and the second side opposite the first side. The cap may be configured to be inserted into a sewer cleanout line with the second side facing an inside of the sewer cleanout line. Implementations of sewer cleanout caps may include a rod coupled to and extending from the second side of the cap. The rod may be configured to extend through and couple to a bait. Implementations of sewer cleanout caps may also include a bait retainer configured to couple to the rod and secure the rodenticide to the rod and a spacer coupled over the rod and configured to provide space between the rodenticide and the second side. A length of the rod extending from the second side may be adjustable.
US11891786B2
A carrier assembly for supporting a water closet having an outlet. The carrier assembly including a faceplate defining an opening therethrough, where the opening includes a first end configured to form a water-tight seal with the outlet of the water closet and a second end opposite the first end, and a fluid coupler defining a fluid pathway therethrough, where the fluid pathway includes an inlet and an outlet opposite the inlet, where the outlet is configured to be coupled to and form a water-tight seal with a wastewater pipe while the fluid pathway is in fluid communication with an internal volume of the wastewater pipe, and where the outlet has at least one degree of adjustability relative to the wastewater pipe.
US11891783B2
A calibration work support system includes an input device for inputting machine information including machine rank data on a hydraulic excavator and specification data on a front work implement, a display controller that generates a target posture image that is an image of the case in which the front work implement that takes target measurement posture is viewed with a point-of-view position and a line-of-sight direction of an operator M on the basis of the machine information input from the input device and target posture data defined in advance as the target measurement posture of the front work implement when an inertial measurement device is calibrated, and an HMD that displays the target posture image generated in the display controller. The HMD executes displaying in such a manner that the target posture image is superimposed on the actual front work implement viewed with the point-of-view position and the line-of-sight direction of the operator M.
US11891780B2
A working machine includes a prime mover, a traveling pump configured to deliver hydraulic fluid at a flow rate corresponding to an angle of the swashplate, a traveling motor configured to be rotated by the hydraulic fluid delivered from the traveling pump so as to have a rotation speed shiftable between a first speed and a second speed higher than the first speed, a traveling change-over valve shiftable between a first state to set the rotation speed of the traveling motor to the first speed and a second state to set the rotation speed of the traveling motor to the second speed, an operation device, an operation valve configured to change the angle of the swashplate of the traveling pump according to operation of the operation device, an actuation valve provided upstream or downstream of the operation valve and fluidly connected to the operation valve, and a controller configured or programmed to output a control signal to control the actuation valve in such a way that, when the traveling change-over valve is shifted from the second state to the first state, a value of the control signal is reduced from a set value to a mitigation value less than the set value and then restores to the set value. The controller is configured or programmed to reduce the value of the control signal from the set value to the mitigation value for a mitigation period in such a way that a first reduction rate that is a rate of reducing the value of the control signal for a first part of the mitigation period between a start point thereof and an intermediate point thereof larger than a second reduction rate that is a rate of reducing the value of the control signal for a second part of the mitigation period between the intermediate point thereof and an end point thereof.
US11891774B2
A structurally integrated fuel tank and method of assembling is disclosed. The fuel tank may comprise a body and a neck disposed on the body. The neck may be configured to be coupled to an arm of a front frame of a machine. The body may comprise a cover, an endwall and a base. The cover includes a cover hitch that defines an upper pivot bore centered about a pivot axis. The upper pivot bore is configured to receive a pivot fastener about which the fuel tank is pivotable. The endwall may be disposed below and coupled to the cover. The base may be coupled to the endwall, and may include a lower hitch that extends outward and away from the endwall. The neck and the body together define a chamber configured to store fuel. The cover is a top of such chamber.
US11891761B2
The invention relates to a machine for stabilizing a track, including a machine frame supported on on-track undercarriages and a vertically adjustable stabilizing unit designed to roll on rails of the track by means of unit rollers, the stabilizing unit comprising a vibration exciter with rotating imbalance masses for generating an impact force (FS) acting dynamically in a track plane perpendicularly to a track longitudinal direction and a vertical drive for generating a vertical load acting on the track. In this, it is provided that the vibration exciter comprises at least two imbalance masses which are driven applying a variably adjustable phase shift (Δφ1, Δφ2). The invention further relates to a method for operating such a machine.
US11891760B2
A rail assembly for rail vehicles having flanged wheels, in particular in the area of track covers and track crossings, as well as a profiled filling element therefor. The rail assembly (1) comprises a support structure (7) for a cover (9) which covers the space (8) directly alongside the rail (2), the cover (9) acting as a guide rail and being easy to remove from the support structure (7). Also disclosed is a profiled filling element (200, 220) particularly suitable for the rail assembly (1).
US11891759B2
A papermaking process including the steps of forming a wet paper web on a papermaking machine, pulling vacuum through the web to remove water from the web and thereby generate discharge air, and diverting at least a portion of the discharge air through a control loop to a hot air drying system within the papermaking process to aid in drying the web, wherein the vacuum is generated by centrifugal blowers.
US11891758B2
A blade element pair (20) for a refiner (1, 2, 3) is intended for refining fibrous material. Each blade element (5, 5′, 8, 8′) of the blade element pair (20) has a refining surface (6, 9) with blade bars (16, 18) and blade grooves (17, 19) extending along the blade element (5, 5′, 8, 8′), and openings (14,15) extending through the blade element (5, 5′, 8, 8′). The openings (14, 15) in one of the blade elements (5, 5′, 8, 8′) is at different axial (A) or radial (R) positions from the openings (14,15) in the other blade element (5, 5′, 8, 8′) when the blade elements (5, 5′, 8, 8′) of the blade element pair (20) are set substantially opposite to each other.
US11891755B2
The present invention relates to safety gloves with special rubber coating. Specifically, a kind of safety gloves with rubber coating which is specially designed and coated on fabric substrates to achieve proper hand protection effects, and exhibits properties such as good ventilation, abrasion resistance, and soft and comfortable wearing experience. A preparation method of safety gloves with special coating, comprising following steps: (1) treating a substrate with composite electrolyte digestion solution by a certain method; (2) spreading polymeric disperse coating over the substrate containing composite electrolyte digestion solution obtained in step (1), heating when the polymeric disperse coating is attached and obtaining a half-product with polymeric disperse coating; (3) treating the half-product with polymeric disperse coating in pre-foamed water chemical compound or non-foamed water chemical compound, by treating immersing or spraying or immersing and spraying is defined; and (4) dipping the product treated in step (3) in aromatic hydrocarbon solution.
US11891753B2
A fiber structure manufacturing apparatus including: an accumulation portion that accumulates a material containing a resin and a fiber in air to generate a fiber web; a transport portion that transports the generated fiber web in a transport direction; and a heating and pressurizing portion that pressurizes the transported fiber web with a heated lower flat plate and an upper flat plate to melt the resin, in which a liquid absorbent having a first region where pressurization by the heating and pressurizing portion is performed the predetermined number of times and a second region where the pressurization is performed more than a predetermined number of times is formed by alternately repeating transport at a predetermined pitch shorter than a length of the flat plate in the transport direction by the transport portion and the pressurization.
US11891751B2
A laundry kiosk is provided according to an aspect of the present disclosure. In an embodiment, the laundry kiosk contains a user interface component to receive laundering choices for a garment from a user and an apparatus to process the garment according to the received choices. The laundering choices include one or more of a combination of cleaning, pressing and drying. A suitable enclosure is also provided to hold the apparatus and the user interface component.
US11891749B2
A drying appliance includes a cabinet with a processing chamber operably disposed therein. A blower delivers process air through an airflow path. The airflow path includes the processing chamber. A condensing airflow path has an inlet positioned within a front panel of the cabinet and an outlet positioned within a bottom panel of the cabinet. A condensing blower moves condensing air from the inlet to the outlet. An airflow seal extends downward from a front edge of the cabinet. The airflow seal separates a low-pressure region proximate the inlet from a high-pressure region proximate the outlet to block convection between the outlet and the inlet.
US11891748B2
Clothing drying device has: a drum with a rope wound around; a casing body having an entrance/exit surface and storing the drum, the entrance/exit surface being provided adjacent to a wall surface to which the casing body is fixed, the entrance/exit surface allowing the rope to go in and out; and a gate-shaped guide member provided on the entrance/exit surface, comprising a hole portion provided inside the guide member and the rope is passed through, a pair of pole portions extending in the direction intersecting with the wall surface and having an arc surface becoming convex toward the hole portion, and a beam portion passed between the pair of pole portions at the end portion opposite to the end portion of the wall surface side of the pair of pole portions and having an arc surface becoming convex toward the hole portion.
US11891744B2
Disclosed is an integrated washing and spinning tub and an energy-saving and healthy household washing machine with a tub replacing function. The integrated washing and spinning tub comprises a water holding tub, a spinning tub is arranged in the water holding tub, and the water holding tub and the spinning tub are connected in a sliding groove mode. The energy-saving and healthy household washing machine with a tub replacing function comprises a washing machine shell, the integrated washing and spinning tub is arranged in the washing machine shell, a spring telescopic support corresponding to the integrated washing and spinning tub is arranged on the inner wall of the upper portion of the washing machine shell, a support frame is arranged at the bottom of the integrated washing and spinning tub, and a reduction gear and a motor which are connected are arranged on the support frame.
US11891736B2
A spunbond non-woven fabric includes a plurality of fibers. The fibers are formed from a polymer blend that includes at least one first polymer and at least one second polymer. A melt flow rate of the at least one first polymer is greater than a melt flow rate of the at least one second polymer, and the melt flow rate of the at least one second polymer is about 9 g/10 min to less than 18 g/10 min. The blend may include a percentage by weight of the second polymer that is greater than a percentage by weight of the first polymer.
US11891718B2
Embodiments provide a method of growing a silicon single crystal ingot, the method including growing a silicon single crystal ingot having crystal orientation of (111) using the Czochralski method, measuring a diameter of the silicon single crystal ingot, calculating a length of a facet of the silicon single crystal ingot, calculating a correction formula for a rotation speed of a seed and a correction formula for a pulling speed of the silicon single crystal ingot based on the calculated facet length, and correcting the rotation speed of the seed and the pulling speed of the silicon single crystal ingot based on a result of the calculation.
