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US11586854B2	Devices and methods for accurately identifying objects in a vehicle's environment Vehicle navigation control systems in autonomous driving rely on accurate predictions of objects within the vicinity of the vehicle to appropriately control the vehicle safely through its surrounding environment. Accordingly this disclosure provides methods and devices which implement mechanisms for obtaining contextual variables of the vehicle's environment for use in determining the accuracy of predictions of objects within the vehicle's environment.
US11586852B2	System and method to modify training content presented by a training system based on feedback data A system includes a training system configured to display first image data and a remote expert system configured to display second image data that corresponds to the first image data, receive feedback data associated with the second image data, and transmit a command to the training system based on the feedback data. The command is configured to modify the first image data presented via the training system.
US11586850B2	Pattern recognition system, parameter generation method, and parameter generation program The first parameter generation unit 811 generates a first parameter, which is a parameter of a first recognizer, using first learning data including a combination of data to be recognized, a correct label of the data, and domain information indicating a collection environment of the data. The second parameter generation unit 812 generates a second parameter, which is a parameter of a second recognizer, using second learning data including a combination of data to be recognized that is collected in a predetermined collection environment, a correct label of the data, and target domain information indicating the predetermined collection environment, based on the first parameter. The third parameter generation unit 813 integrates the first parameter and the second parameter to generate a third parameter to be used for pattern recognition of input data by learning using the first learning data.
US11586849B2	Mitigating statistical bias in artificial intelligence models Techniques regarding mitigating bias in one or more machine learning models are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can comprise a system, which can comprise a memory that can store computer executable components. The system can also comprise a processor, operably coupled to the memory, and that can execute the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise a model component that can evaluate a machine learning model at a plurality of threshold settings to generate a sample set and can define a relationship between a fairness metric and a utility metric of the machine learning model based on the sample set.
US11586844B2	Method and system for detecting and tracking objects in a rotational environment This disclosure relates to method and system for detecting and tracking at least one object in a rotational environment. The method includes receiving a set of first features based on first data and a set of second features based on second data, detecting at least one object based on the set of first features using a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) based predictive model, determining a set of first parameters for the at least one object, detecting the at least one object based on the set of second features using the CNN based predictive model, determining a set of second parameters for the at least one object, and tracking the at least one object based on the set of first parameters and the set of second parameters. It should be noted that the first data and the second data sequentially belong to an input dataset that includes images or video frames.
US11586838B2	End-to-end fuzzy entity matching Systems and techniques for end-to-end fuzzy entity matching are described herein. A first input and a second input may be received. The first input and the second input may be evaluated to identify common attribute types. A set of attribute entity matching models may be selected that correspond to the attribute types. The first input and the second input may be evaluated using the set of attribute entity matching models to determine a set of weighted scores for attribute pairs in the first input and the second input. The set of weighted scores may be evaluated using a table-level entity matching model to identify a common entity included in the first input and the second input. A linking dataset may be generated that includes a cross-linking facility indicating a relationship between a first entity descriptor in the first input and a second entity descriptor in the second input.
US11586837B2	Systems and methods for capturing, displaying, and manipulating medical images and videos A surgical image capture and display system includes a handheld image capture and pointing device and a display assembly. An image is captured by an image sensor of the handheld device and displayed on the display assembly. The image sensor detects light emitted by one or more beacons of the display assembly. The system determines, based on the light emitted by the one or more beacons, a position or orientation of the handheld device relative to the display assembly. The system updates display of a graphical user interface comprising the image on the display assembly in accordance with the determined position or orientation of the handheld device.
US11586836B2	Tag device in wireless communication system, electronic device, communication method, and storage medium A method for estimating channel parameters includes: sending a paging signal for identifying the tag device; sending training sequence information, receiving first training sequence feedback information during a non-working period of the tag device, receiving, during a working period of the tag device, second training sequence feedback information modulated by the tag device, and estimating the channel parameters of the tag device according to the training sequence feedback information and the second training sequence feedback information. The tag device having at least one antenna of the present disclosure can modulate carrier signals to transmit information, has advantages such as a fast transmission rate, a large amount of transmission data and a strong anti-interference capability, and can adapt to different application scenarios.
US11586834B2	Automatic localization of dynamic content Implementations described herein relate to methods, systems, and computer-readable media to localize dynamic content. In some implementations, a computer-implemented method includes receiving visual content associated with a game from a first client locale, the visual content including text being represented at the first client locale by a first language, converting the text to generate translated text in at least a second language associated with a second client locale, and storing the translated text in a database in association with the visual content.
US11586830B2	System and method for reinforcement learning based controlled natural language generation A system for reinforcement learning based controlled natural language generation is disclosed. The system includes a token generator subsystem to generate an initial output phrase including a sequence of output tokens. The system includes trained models associated with corresponding predefined tasks. Each trained model includes an attention layer to compute attention-based weights for each output token. The trained models include a scoring layer to generate a phrase sequence level score for the output phrase. The trained models include a reward generation layer to generate dense rewards for each output token based on the attention-based weights and the phrase sequence level score. The trained models include a feedback score generation layer to generate a feedback score based on the dense rewards and reward weights assigned to the dense rewards of the corresponding trained models. The feedback score generation layer provides the feedback score iteratively to the token generator subsystem.
US11586826B2	Managing and measuring semantic coverage in knowledge discovery processes Provided are processes of balancing between exploration and optimization with knowledge discovery processes applied to unstructured data with tight interrogation budgets. Natural language texts may be processed, such as into respective vectors, by a natural language processing model. An output vector of (or intermediate vector within) an example NLP model may include over 500 dimensions, and in many cases 700-800 dimensions. A process may manage and measure semantic coverage by defining geometric characteristics, such as size or a relative distance matrix, of a sematic space corresponding to an evaluation during which the natural language texts are obtained based on the vectors of the natural language texts. A system executing the process may generate a visualization of the semantic space, which may be reduced to or is a latent embedding space, by reducing the dimensionality of vectors while preserving their relative distances between the high and reduced dimensionality forms.
US11586822B2	Adaptation of regular expressions under heterogeneous collation rules Method and apparatus for adapting regular expressions for different contexts. Embodiments include identifying a regular expression in an initial form provided by a user. Embodiments include retrieving, from a repository, an adapted form of the regular expression based on the initial form. Embodiments include transforming the regular expression based on the adapted form to generate an adapted regular expression. Embodiments include evaluating the adapted regular expression to produce an output.
US11586821B2	Classification code parser A classification code parser and method can include: reading a classification code having a description; reading a required keyword, and a total number of keywords associated with the classification code; reading text of a note; tokenizing the text of the note to create a note token stream, the note token stream having a note token and a position of the note token within the note token stream; creating a keyword map including a total number of matched keywords; determining a match ratio from the total number of the matched keywords and the total number of the keywords; determining a proximity factor based on a shortest span of tokens within the note token stream containing all the matched keywords; and determining a strength of a match between the classification code and the note based on the match ratio being multiplied by the proximity factor.
US11586820B2	Techniques for enhancing the quality of human annotation Methods for enhancing or automating a review process of annotation tags for a set of tokens is described. A system may receive a list of tokens with associated tags for each token for a data set and may output any identified inconsistencies where a token is assigned at least two different tags. For example, instead of a human looking at each token individually or taking a sample set of the tags for review, the described techniques may look at all tokens with the associated tags in a set of data and may leverage reorganizing the tokens and associated tags to highlight errors to be fixed. Accordingly, the system may look across all tokens within an entire data set, while a review (e.g., by a human) of possible errors of the data set is limited to the highlighted errors flagged by the system.
US11586818B2	In-context cognitive information assistant An in-context cognitive information assistant is provided by: obtaining a context for a user, wherein the context comprises a calendar activity with one or more other users; supplementing the context by obtaining one or more conversations with the user related to the context; extracting cognitive data for the context and the conversations; and finding relevant materials in a corpus using the cognitive data. The relevant materials are used to prepare the user for interactions with other users.
US11586814B2	Paraphrase sentence generation method and apparatus A paraphrase sentence generation method and apparatus relating to the research field of natural language processing include generating m second sentences based on a first sentence and a paraphrase generation model, determining a matching degree between each of the m second sentences and the first sentence based on a paraphrase matching model, and determining n second sentences from the m second sentences based on matching degrees among the m second sentences and the first sentence, where the paraphrase generation model is obtained through reinforcement learning-based training based on a reward of the paraphrase matching model.
US11586813B2	Natural language processing of unstructured data A computer system for processing unstructured data, the computer system comprising a computer processor, a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor and the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the computer system to carry out the steps of receiving unstructured data input from a client device, analyzing the unstructured data for features that satisfy logical segment criteria by using natural language processing (NLP), and partitioning the unstructured data into logical segments based on satisfaction of the logical segment criteria.
US11586810B2	Generating responses in automated chatting The present disclosure provides method and apparatus for generating responses in automated chatting. A message may be received in a session. An intention vector may be determined based at least on the message and the session through dynamic memory network (DMN), the intention vector indicating an attention point and an intention. A response may be generated based at least on the intention vector.
US11586800B2	Document architecture with fragment-driven role based access controls A document production system may construct a document from fragments based on a theme associated with the document. The theme may contain section(s), each section having an access control list (ACL) associated therewith. The ACL may specify role-based user group(s) and permission(s) for the role-based user group(s). The system may evaluable rules applicable to the document. At least one rule may pertain to the ACL(s). The evaluation may include, at least in part, utilizing user login information received over a network from a client device. In constructing the document, the system may assemble the document in accordance with the rules and utilizing the fragments and meta information that describes the document. The system may render the document thus assembled utilizing the ACL, generate a view of the document, and communicate the view of the document over the network to the client device for presentation on the client device.
US11586797B2	Through-silicon vias in integrated circuit packaging The present disclosure describes structures and methods for a via structure for three-dimensional integrated circuit (IC) packaging. The via structure includes a middle portion that extends through a planar structure and a first end and a second end each connected to the middle portion and on a different side of the planar structure. One or more of the first end and the second end includes one or more of a plurality of vias and a pseudo metal layer.
US11586795B2	Modular printed circuit board enclosure Systems and methods are provided for a turnkey modular printed circuit board enclosure that is generated using a template generator. The template generator accepts a user input comprising an enclosure parameter, based on which a manufacturing file may be generated. The manufacturing file may be provided to a fabricator for fabricating the enclosure or the manufacturing file may be modified in a printed circuit board design environment to incorporate a printed circuit board into the enclosure. The printed circuit board may be a separate printed circuit board that is inserted into the enclosure or it may be embedded in a face of the enclosure.
US11586794B2	Semiconductor processing tools with improved performance by use of hybrid learning models Embodiments disclosed herein include a semiconductor manufacturing tool with a hybrid model and methods of using the hybrid model for processing wafers and/or developing process recipes. In an embodiment, a method for developing a semiconductor manufacturing process recipe comprises selecting one or more device outcomes, and querying a hybrid model to obtain a process recipe recommendation suitable for obtaining the device outcomes. In an embodiment, the hybrid process model comprises a statistical model and a physical model. In an embodiment, the method may further comprise executing a design of experiment (DoE) on a set of wafers to validate the process recipe recommended by the hybrid process model.
US11586789B2	Machine learning based smart process recipe builder to improve azimuthal flow and thickness uniformity Methods, software systems and processes to develop surrogate model-based optimizers for controlling and optimizing flow and pressure of purges between a showerhead and a heater having a substrate support to control non-uniformity inherent in a processing chamber due to geometric configuration and process regimes. The flow optimizer process utilizes experimental data from optimal process space coverage models, generated simulation data and statistical machine learning tools (i.e. regression models and global optimizers) to predict optimal flow rates for any user-specified process regime.
US11586787B2	Friction design method and surface roughness control method for sliding member and production method for sliding mechanism Provided is a friction design method capable of estimating sliding friction generated between mutual sliding surfaces of two sliding members lubricated with lubricant with high precision. The friction design method sets a friction coefficient μ in a sliding surface model corresponding to mutual sliding surfaces of two sliding members (2 and 3) lubricated with lubricant (step S1), and, based on a correlation between the friction coefficient μ and an oil film parameter (Λ(Rk) or Λ(Rk+Rpk)) calculated using a core portion level difference (Rk) or a sum of the core portion level difference (Rk) and reduced peak height (Rpk) as a parameter representing surface roughness in the sliding surface model (step S2), sets a target value for surface roughness of the sliding surfaces required to be controlled as a product (steps S3 to S6).
US11586784B2	Method and system for augmented reality content production based on attribute information application A method for augmented reality content production based on attribute information application according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, as a method for augmented reality content production based on attribute information application by a production application executed by at least one or more processors of a computing device, comprises providing a virtual object authoring space which is a virtual space for authoring a virtual object and includes at least one or more reference objects; providing a virtual object authoring interface for the virtual object authoring space; generating augmentation relationship attribute information based on a virtual object generated based on the provided virtual object authoring interface and at least one reference object of the virtual object authoring space; storing the virtual object by including the generated augmentation relationship attribute information; and displaying the stored virtual object on a reference object in a different space other than the virtual object authoring space based on the augmentation relationship attribute information.
US11586783B2	Intelligent design platform using digital assistants for design process support Implementations for receiving, by the design assistant, an initial set of requirements, each requirement in the initial set of requirements being manually provided by a user, providing, by the design assistant and using a knowledge graph, a first set of questions based on the initial set of requirements and content determined from at least one design document in a set of design documents, filtering, by the design assistant, one or more questions from the first set of questions to provide a second set of questions, providing, by the design assistant, at least a portion of the second set of questions as output to the user to elicit one or more responses from the user, and editing, by the design assistant, the initial set of requirements based on the one or more responses to provide a set of requirements, the set of requirements for the to-be-designed product.
US11586780B2	PUF-film and method for producing the same A PUF-film includes a circuit structure having a plurality of circuit elements, wherein the circuit structure is evaluable with respect to a plurality of electric capacitance values being arranged between the plurality of circuit elements, and is evaluable with respect to a plurality of electric resistance values of the plurality of circuit components.
US11586778B2	Secured memory A hardware memory includes at least one memory cell, peripheral circuitry and randomization circuitry. The memory cell(s) store data, which may be written to, read from and held in the hardware memory. The peripheral circuitry reads and writes data to the memory cell(s) and may perform other functions necessary for facilitating the data read, write and hold. The randomization circuitry randomizes operations performed by the peripheral circuitry to reduce a correlation between the data and the current consumed by the hardware memory.
US11586775B2	Securing data In some examples, securing data on a computing device includes one or more cryptographic operations on at least a portion of data stored in a memory module of the computing device in response to a change of operational state of the system from a first operational state to a second operational state.
US11586769B2	Policy controlled remote operating system (OS) authorization based on automatically entered administrative credential An automatically predetermined credential system for a remote administrative operating system (OS) authorization and policy control is disclosed. Administrative activities are packaged in single-use downloaded software program. When executed, the administrative access to the OS is activated before completing the administrative activities. The single-use downloaded software program has policies that performs checks on a user computer executing the software program. The policies include checking firewall settings, confirming virus checking, interrogating software to confirm patches or updates have been performed, checking for key loggers or other surveillance software or devices The single-use downloaded software is protected with a passcode to prevent activation in an unauthorized way.
US11586768B2	Privacy ensuring personal health record data sharing A computer-implemented method that receives at an apparatus a request from a first computing device for access to information related to a first user data set; determines, or receives an indication of a determination, whether the first computing device can access the information based on criteria for sharing information, the criteria based on one or more characteristics of the first user data set and a second user data set accessible by the first computing device; and provide a response based on the determination, the response preserving privacy of a user corresponding to the first user data set.
US11586766B1	Apparatuses and methods for revealing user identifiers on an immutable sequential listing An exemplary apparatus includes a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the processor, the memory containing instructions configuring the processor to store, using a computing device, on an immutable sequential listing, a plurality of user identifiers, wherein each user identifier of the plurality of user identifiers is associated with the same user, each user identifier of the plurality of user identifiers is associated with a plurality of action data, and each of the plurality of user identifiers is associated with a user role of the user, receive, using a computing device, information relating to an element of posting data associated with a posting generator, classify, as a function of the received information, the information to a user identifier of the plurality of user identifiers as a function of the plurality of action data associated with the user identifier and reveal the user identifier to the posting generator.
US11586763B2	Systems and methods for tracking data protection compliance of entities that use personally identifying information (PII) A data management computing system for tracking data protection compliance of a plurality of entities using a data management (“DM”) server is provided. The DM server includes at least one processor programmed to: (i) receive, from a requesting entity, a personally identifying information (“PII”) consent request for access to a requested PII set of a user, (ii) determine at least one PII item associated with a reason code, (iii) compare the at least one PII item to the requested PII set, (iv) generate a consent recommendation, (v) transmit the consent recommendation to the user, (vi) receive a response indicating user consent, (vii) transmit, to the requesting entity, a notification indicating the user consent for the requesting entity to retrieve the at least one PII item from a third-party PII storage entity, and (viii) update a user profile to track the requesting entity with the at least one PII item.
US11586760B2	System and method for associating multiple logins to a single record in a database A method for resolving ambiguity in computer data includes processing a record creation request transmitted from a computing device. The record creation request includes entity creation data and a login key. The login key includes a primary identifier and a password. The method also includes executing a matching algorithm with a selectable combination of the entity creation data at an entity database to identify a single entity record matching a selectable combination of the record creation request. The single entity record is linked to multiple different login keys. The method also includes updating one or more attributes of the single entity record with the entity creation data. Further, the method includes storing session data created during a session associated with the login key by using the login key to segregate the session data in the entity database, and linking the session data to the single entity record.
US11586757B2	Systems and methods for a cryptographic file system layer The systems and methods disclosed herein transparently provide data security using a cryptographic file system layer that selectively intercepts and modifies (e.g., by encrypting) data to be stored in a designated directory. The cryptographic file system layer can be used in combination with one or more cryptographic approaches to provide a server-based secure data solution that makes data more secure and accessible, while eliminating the need for multiple perimeter hardware and software technologies.
US11586753B2	Secure content access system A method for communicating between a client application and a license-governing application. The method includes receiving a request at a content application from the client application to access media content from the license-governing application, generating a message at the content application to the license-governing application to request client authentication, and receiving at the content application a client authorization token from the license-governing application. A message is generated at the content application to the client application to request user authentication, and the content application receives an authorization code from the client application. The method further includes generating a message at the content application to the license-governing application with the authorization code to request an access token, receiving the access token at the content application from the license-governing application, and granting access at the content application to the media content based on the access token.
US11586750B2	Managing access to protected data file content A method of managing access to protected file content is disclosed. The method includes: receiving a request to open a first file stored on the computing device; determining that the first file is a protected file; in response to determining that the first file is a protected file: identifying a first application that is suitable for opening the first file; determining that the first application is an unsecured application; and in response to determining that the first application is an unsecured application, locking the first application to prevent unauthorized access of application data of the first application in a locked state.
US11586746B2	Integration management of applications The technology described herein improves data security and software functionality in an integrated application deployment. Security is improved by providing granular permission management to application resources at the application program interface (API) level. This granular control allows the primary application to provide access to only the minimal resources the secondary application needs to complete a task. The technology described herein provides a more efficient access control scheme by facilitating group management of permissions. The technology described herein also improves an application update process by eliminating the need for permissions to be reassigned every time a primary application or secondary application is updated. Finally, the technology described herein provides a centralized permission enforcement that is independent of the primary or secondary application.
US11586745B2	Integrated one-chip security module for smart energy security threat response An integrated one-chip security module for a smart energy security threat response included in an intelligent smart meter constituting a smart energy system includes: a first core unit collecting measured data generated in an operation process of the smart energy system and stores the measured data in a security memory; and a second core unit encrypting the measured data stored in the security memory and transmitting the encrypted data to an external device.
US11586737B2	Detecting malicious software using sensors In some implementations, a method includes retrieving data from multiple sensors in a computing device, and the multiple sensors comprise different types of sensors. The sensor data is analyzed based on a predictive model, and the predictive model is trained to detect malware. Initiation of malware is determined based on the analysis. In response to the determination, the malware is terminated.
US11586733B2	Malware detection A malware detection system to detect malware in a client computer system includes a behavior profile generator adapted to generate a behavior profile specifying operational behaviors of a computer system indicative of the existence of malware in the computer system; an interface adapted to communicate the behavior profile to the client; and an identifier responsive to a message from the client that the behavior profile is exhibited by the client and adapted to identify a reaction instruction for performance by the client, wherein the interface is further adapted to communicate the reaction instruction to the client.
US11586732B2	Lookahead signature-based malware detection A computing device determines, for a first time period, a usage-based file list identifying one or more executable files. The computing device determines, for each of the one or more executable files identified by the usage-based file list, whether to perform a malware scan upon the executable file based on a cached record for the executable file. The computing device schedules, for execution during a preceding time period before the first time period, a malware scan for at least one of the one or more executable files based on the corresponding determination of whether to perform a malware scan. Each scheduled malware scan is initiated as a low priority thread for execution. The computing device performs each scheduled malware scan during the preceding time period.
US11586730B2	Ransomware attack monitoring Examples associated with ransomware attack monitoring are described herein. One example includes a monitor module to monitor files stored on the system for sequences of file accesses that match a predefined pattern of file accesses. An investigation module is activated based on a sequence of file accesses that match the predefined pattern. The investigation module logs actions taken by processes to modify files. A reaction module pauses a set of processes operating on the system based on the logging performed by the investigation module, and resumes legitimate processes.
US11586723B2	Information processing apparatus, control method for information processing apparatus, and storage medium An information processing apparatus in which a plurality of applications operate is provided. The apparatus comprises a verification unit that verifies whether or not an application can be trusted; and a controller that controls the application, wherein during the execution of a first application executed in response to a user instruction, the controller causes the verification unit to verify a second application that the first application dynamically imports, before the second application is loaded.
US11586720B2	Display system, reception device, display device and communication connection method A display system includes: a transmission device that transmits image data; a reception device that is connected to the transmission device and receives the image data; and a display device that displays an image indicated by the image data received by the reception device. The reception device creates a connection code, creates a security key, which is used for connection with the transmission device, from the connection code, and transmits the connection code to the display device to cause the display device to display it. The display device displays the connection code. The transmission device creates the security key from the connection code having been inputted, and is connected to the reception device by using the security key.
US11586717B2	Method and electronic device for authenticating a user The present disclosure generally relates to a method for authenticating a user using an electronic device, where the electronic device comprises a fingerprint sensor as well as a first and a second control unit. Preferably, the first control unit comprises a secure element and/or a secure block adapted to provide a secure processing environment. The present disclosure also relates to a corresponding electronic device and to a computer program product.
US11586713B2	Data watermarking and fingerprinting system and method A system for applying fingerprinting/watermarking of consumer data, and analyzing “wild files” of consumer data to assign a guilt score for a particular party who may have leaked the data, allows the owner of data sources (“Data Owners”) to identify and assert ownership of textual data that has been distributed outside of their firewall in the clear (i.e., without encryption), either intentionally or unintentionally, and assign guilt to parties misusing the data. The system can be used by Data Owners who transmit, lease, or sell data to individuals or organizations (“Trusted Third Parties” or “TTPs”) to recognize and assert ownership of their data in the case where one or more TTPs leaks the data (the leaked file is defined as a “Leaked Subset”) into the hands of others (“Bad Actors”) who either knowingly or unknowingly use the data illegally.
US11586709B2	Secure provisioning and management of devices Systems, methods and devices are provided for provisioning a computerized device. The system may include a distributor computer that is connected to the computerized device and is operable to receive a first digital asset and transmit it to the computerized device, and a server that is connected to the distributor computer, and that transmits the first digital asset to the distributor computer when a first authorizing condition is met, the first digital asset being configured to cause the computerized device to become partially provisioned, wherein the server transmits a second digital asset to the computerized device, and the computerized device is functional after the second digital asset is transmitted to the computerized device.
US11586701B2	Low-power adder circuit Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for a circuit configured to add multiple inputs. The circuit includes a first adder section that receives a first input and a second input and adds the inputs to generate a first sum. The circuit also includes a second adder section that receives the first and second inputs and adds the inputs to generate a second sum. An input processor of the circuit receives the first and second inputs, determines whether a relationship between the first and second inputs satisfies a set of conditions, and selects a high-power mode of the adder circuit or a low-power mode of the adder circuit using the determined relationship between the first and second inputs. The high-power mode is selected and the first and second inputs are routed to the second adder section when the relationship satisfies the set of conditions.
US11586700B2	Data processing systems and methods for automatically blocking the use of tracking tools Data processing systems and methods, according to various embodiments, are adapted for determining a categorization for each tracking tool that executes on a particular webpage based on a variety of criteria, such as the purpose of the tracking tool and its source script. The system may compare the characteristics of tracking tools on a webpage to a database of known tracking tools to determine the appropriate categorization. When a user visits the webpage, the system analyzes these categories and determines whether the tracking tool should be permitted to run based on the categories and/or other criteria, such as whether the user has consented to the use of that type of tracking tool.
US11586693B2	Displaying multi-source content based on interaction data Displaying multi-source content based on interaction data, including: identifying user interaction data associated with computer-implemented applications, the user interaction data including interaction data of a particular user; identifying social interaction data associated with the computer-implemented applications, the social interaction data including interaction data of one or more social contacts of the particular user; identifying regional interaction data associated with the computer-implemented applications, the regional interaction data including interaction data of users of a particular region; aggregating content associated with the computer-implemented applications based on the user interaction data, the filtered social interaction data, and the filtered regional interaction data; scoring the aggregated content based on weight components; applying, based on the content scores, interface adjustments to interface elements of a graphical timeline, the graphical timeline depicting the interface elements associated with the computer-implemented applications; and rendering the graphical timeline for display on a display device.
US11586692B2	Streaming data processing Systems and methods are disclosed for processing streaming data. The data can come from various sources. Worker nodes can be configured to process the streaming data, without delays that may be caused by indexing the data. The data can be filtered and/or transformed as it is processed. In some cases, data can be stored in a data store without transformation. The data in the data store can be accessed and processed at a later time.
US11586691B2	Updating a profile of an online system user to include an affinity for an item based on an image of the item included in content received from the user and/or content with which the user interacted An online system receives a content item including an image from a content-providing user and/or receives an interaction with the content item from a viewing user. The online system accesses a machine-learning model that is trained based on a set of images of items associated with an entity and attributes of each image. The online system applies the model to predict a probability that the content item includes an image of an item associated with the entity based on attributes of the image included in the content item. Based on the predicted probability, the online system updates a profile of the user (i.e., the content-providing user and/or the viewing user) to include an affinity for the item. Upon determining an opportunity to present content to the user, the online system selects content for presentation to the user based on the profile and sends the content for presentation to the user.
US11586690B2	Client-side personalization of search results In some implementations, a user device (e.g., a computing device) can perform client-side personalization of search results. For example, a computing device can obtain search results matching user specified search parameters from a server device and/or from various services on the user device. The user device can score the search results based on various search result item attributes. After scoring, the user device can promote or demote search results items based on whether the search results item is relevant to recent user behavior. The promotion and/or demotion of search results items can cause search results items scores to be adjusted to generate a personalized score for each search result. The search results can then be ordered and/or presented based on the personalized score for each search results item. When presenting search results items, the user device can present information indicative of the source of the search results items.
US11586688B2	Computerized anonymous permission-based communications system with micro-catalog server enabling permission-based third-party communications A computerized anonymous permission-based communications system is provided, including a computing device configured to display in a primary GUI network-addressable content served by a server and to receive, via an alignment GUI, a user input indicating a catalog intention for the content. The catalog intention is transmitted to a micro-catalog server to create a user micro-catalog entry. The user micro-catalog entry is indexed by an index value of the content, and includes a programmatically selected subset of content associated with the content. The computing device is further configured to receive, via the alignment GUI, user inputted permissions associated with the user micro-catalog entry. The permissions define permissible third-party communications associated with the user micro-catalog entry. The computing device is further configured to display, in the alignment GUI, the user micro-catalog entry, and present, via the alignment GUI, a third-party communication authorized by the permissions.
US11586684B2	Serving multiple content items responsive to a single request When a client device loads a resource, a request for a first content item for a first content item slot is transmitted to a content item selection system. The content item selection system uses a predictive model to determine a predicted content item slot based on a document object model position of the first content item slot and a URL of the resource or a publisher identifier. Parameters for the predicted content item slot are used to select a subsequent content item for the predicted content item slot. The first content item and the subsequent content item are transmitted to the client device responsive to the request. The subsequent content item includes metadata indicative of the parameters of the predicted content item slot to be matched to a subsequent content item slot of the resource.
US11586683B2	Methods, systems and recording mediums for managing conversation contents in messenger In a conversation contents management method for a conversation contents management system including at least one processor and a memory, a conversation party, conversation contents, and a conversation time included in a conversation section determined by at least one of a start point and an end point selected by a user are identified. The conversation section including the identified conversation party, conversation contents, and conversation time are stored in the memory as a unit conversation.
US11586681B2	System and methods to mitigate adversarial targeting using machine learning A system for adversarial targeting mitigation is provided, the system generally comprising identifying, using an artificial intelligence and machine learning model engine, a user targeting pattern employed by an entity based on interaction data between the entity and one or more users, based on the identified pattern of targeting, training the machine learning model to identify specific user profile data correlated with specific responses from the entity, identifying, using the machine learning model, a subset of one or more favorable responses from the specific responses, and triggering the one or more favorable responses by altering the user profile data for the one or more users prior to interaction with the specific entity.
US11586680B2	Fast and accurate geomapping A system and method are provided for discovering k-nearest-neighbors to a given point within a certain distance d. The method includes constructing an index of geometries using geohashes of geometries as an indexing key to obtain an indexed set of geometries, and calculating a geohash representation of the given point with a resolution equal to a magnitude value of d. The method includes searching for a closest-prefix geometry from the indexed set using the geohash representation of the given point, and identifying geometries from the indexed set having a same prefix as the closest-prefix geometry. The method further includes calculating distances between the given point and the geometries identified from the indexed set having the same prefix as the closest-prefix geometry, and determining k geometries with respective shortest distances less than d from the geometries identified from the indexed set having the same prefix as the closest-prefix geometry.
US11586679B2	Proactive corrective actions in memory based on a probabilistic data structure The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for proactive corrective actions in memory based on a probabilistic data structure. A number of embodiments include a memory, and circuitry configured to input information associated with a subset of data stored in the memory into a probabilistic data structure and proactively determine, at least partially using the probabilistic data structure, whether to take a corrective action on the subset of data stored in the memory.
US11586678B2	Image analysis for results of textual image queries Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for analyzing images for generating query responses. One of the methods includes determining, using a textual query, an image category for images responsive to the textual query, and an output type that identifies a type of requested content; selecting, using data that associates a plurality of images with a corresponding category, a subset of the images that each belong to the image category, each image in the plurality of images belonging to one of the two or more categories; analyzing, using the textual query, data for the images in the subset of the images to determine images responsive to the textual query; determining a response to the textual query using the images responsive to the textual query; and providing, using the output type, the response to the textual query for presentation.
US11586674B2	Methods and systems for searching This invention relates to methods and systems for searching. It is particularly applicable to methods of searching which enable efficient identification of compatible portfolios. Embodiments of the invention propose methods of searching which address the huge search space issue associated with identifying compatible portfolios. In particular, embodiments of the invention start their search operations simultaneously from both sides by both trying to form valid portfolios from candidate products until a valid solution is found and trying to find conflicts from the defined compatibility rules until a conflict is found which leads to the conclusion that no valid solution exists. A conclusion from either process will stop the whole searching process which can significantly reduce blind and unnecessary searching in the whole search space. In embodiments of the invention, the two sides of the search process are also connected in a way which permits two-way communications between the processes to share information about invalid search branches during the execution of the search. The shared information is then used to direct the current and later stage of search execution. Such exchange of information can also significantly reduce the search space and create more efficient searching systems and methods, particularly by stopping search agents from carrying out invalid future searches in branches that another agent has already identified as invalid.
US11586669B2	Process for the automatic selection of digital photographs from an archive for the automatic creation of a selection of photographs that represents a single holiday A process for the automatic selection of digital photographs from an archive includes the step of providing software programmed to perform at least the following steps and to perform them through such software: accessing an archive of digital photographs containing a plurality of digital photographs; setting a reference geolocation, referred to below as the “home” position; including in an identifiable selection the photographs that comply with at least the following conditions: they were taken at a spatial distance from the “home” position greater than or “greater than or equal to” a predetermined distance; and they were taken in a time sequence between each other during a timeframe where photographs taken at a distance that is less than or “less than or equal to” the predetermined distance from the “home” position are absent; preferably ordering the printing and/or archiving of the selection.
US11586667B1	Hyperzoom attribute analytics on the edge A computer vision processor of a camera extracts attributes of persons or vehicles from hyperzooms generated from image frames. The hyperzooms represent traffic patterns. The extracting is performed using a feature extractor of an on-camera convolutional neural network (CNN) including an inverted residual structure. The attributes include at least colors of clothing of the persons or colors of the vehicles. Mobile semantic segmentation models of the CNN are generated using the hyperzooms and the attributes. Attribute analytics are generated by executing the mobile semantic segmentation models while obviating network usage by the camera. The attribute analytics are stored in a key-value database located on a memory card of the camera. A query is received from the server instance specifying one or more of the attributes. The attribute analytics are filtered using the one or more of the attributes to obtain a portion of the traffic patterns.
US11586664B2	Image retrieval method and apparatus, and electronic device Embodiments of the present application provide an image retrieval method, device, and electronic device. In the method, a query image is acquired; a target feature of the query image is determined based on a pre-trained deep neural network; wherein the deep neural network is obtained by training according to respective sample images and predetermined features, which can form the target feature, corresponding to the respective sample images; target features of a plurality of images to be retrieved is obtained; a similarity between the target feature of the query image and the target feature of each image to be retrieved is calculated; a retrieval image corresponding to the query image is determined from the plurality of images to be retrieved according to the calculated similarities.
US11586661B2	Systems and methods for documentation through gleaning content with an intuitive user experience Systems and methods for Documentation Through Gleaning Content [extract content (information) from various sources. collect gradually and bit by bit.] with an enhanced, easy to use and intuitive user interface experience. This is the system to glean the content such as text, image, audio, video in bit by bit from various sources such as web pages, document viewers, word of mouth, SMS, email, internet messenger, social medias etc., and tagged [labeled] to the document/topic in shorter amount of time. At any point of time one or more gleaned content(s) are compiled as a single document without the need of an editor. The team of users can use any type of devices to collaborate, review and publish the document.
US11586660B2	Determining object geolocations based on heterogeneous data sources An example method of determining geolocations of objects based on information retrieved from heterogeneous data sources comprises: receiving, from a first data source associated with an object by an ontology-defined relationship, a first dataset including a first data item specifying a first time identifier and a first geolocation associated with the object; receiving, from a second data source associated with an object by an ontology-defined relationship, a second dataset including a second data item specifying a second time identifier and a second geolocation associated with the object; and determining, by applying a rule set associated with the ontology to the first dataset and the second dataset, a geolocation of the object and a corresponding time identifier.
US11586655B2	Hyper-graph learner for natural language comprehension A method is disclosed. The method includes receiving a text phrase from a user and parsing the text phrase using a natural language parser to generate distinct words. A vector of values relating to the distinct words is generated and compared to vectors in a graph database which relate to learned communities of language. Based on the comparing, a most similar community in the learned communities of language is determined and an action set action set associated with the most similar community is queried. A response to the text phrase from the user is then generated based on the action set and provided to the user.
US11586653B2	Dynamic location search suggestions based on travel itineraries Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for retrieving local information on a user device include detecting itinerary information stored by a first application on a user device, and identifying a travel destination based on the detected itinerary information. The travel destination is communicated to a second application executable on a user device, and the travel destination is stored in association with the second application. The second application is adapted to retrieve local information based on an identified geographic location, and local information for the travel destination is provided through the second application in response to a user interaction with the second application and based on a triggering threshold associated with the itinerary information.
US11586652B2	Variable-length word embedding A data structure is used to configure and transform a computer machine learning system. The data structure has one or more records where each record is a (vector) representation of a selected object in a corpus. One or more non-zero parameters in the records define the selected object and the number of the non-zero parameters define a word length of the record. One or more zero-value parameters are in one or more of the records. The word length of the object representation varies, e.g. can increase, as necessary to accurately represent the object within one or more contexts provided during training of a neural network used to create the database, e.g. as more and more contexts are introduced during the training. A minimum number of non-zero parameters are needed and zero-value parameters can be clustered together and compressed to save large amounts of system storage and shorten execution times.
US11586651B2	Multiple domain directory integration Disclosed are various examples of integrating multiple domains within a directory service. A computing device retrieves a first list of members in a first group of users for the domain from a first directory service for a first domain. The computing device then determines that a second group of users is a member of the first group of users, wherein the second group of users corresponds to a second domain. The computing device then retrieves a second list of members in the second group of users from a second directory service for a second domain. The computing device subsequently compares the first list of members in the first group of users and the second list of members in the second group of users with a third list of members in a third group of users, wherein the third list of members in the third group of users corresponds to a user list maintained by the application. The computing device then adds to the third list of members in the third group of users each user that is both present in the first list of members in the first group of users or in the second list of members in the second group of users and missing from the third list of members in the third group of users.
US11586650B2	Methods, systems and computer program products for data synchronization in industrial plants The present invention provides methods, systems and computer program products that enable the optimized synchronization of data between mobile client devices assigned to field operators in an industrial plant and a centralized repository for plant data. The invention optimizes synchronization of data between mobile client devices assigned to field operators in an industrial plant and a centralized repository for plant data by selecting a reduced set of data records associated with a field operator, for data synchronization based on one or more of a set of data record selection parameters, and a set of version synchronization rules to ensure that only data records that are relevant to a field operator's foreseeable activities in a shift are downloaded to the field operator's mobile client device.
US11586649B2	Declarative configuration for database replication An embodiment generates, responsive to receiving a declarative replication specification, a logical map comprising a plurality of paths to completing a data replication process identified by the replication specification. The embodiment determines, responsive to generating the logical map, an optimal path to completing the data replication process by searching the plurality of paths of the logical map using a cost-directed search algorithm to find the optimal path from among the plurality of paths. The embodiment also performs, responsive to finding the optimal path, a series of data replication operations for replicating source data on a target database. The embodiment also detects, during a runtime of the data replication process, a predetermined change to a runtime environment of the data replication process. The embodiment also determines, responsive to detecting the predetermined change, a revised optimal path for performing the data replication process in the changed runtime environment.
US11586648B2	Storing a variable number of instances of data objects Described are systems and methods for storing a variable number of instances of data objects (e.g., 1, 2, 3, or up to N−1 instances, where N is the number of instances of the data object included in primary data) in secondary storage across a data storage network. In some examples, a system for storing a variable number of instances of data objects includes, one or more computing devices storing a set of data objects and multiple storage devices distinct from the one or more computing devices. Each of the multiple storage devices is configured to store at least a single instance of a data object. The system also includes a database configured to store information associated with the data objects. This information includes substantially unique identifiers for the data objects and, for each of the data objects, a number of instances of the data object stored on the multiple storage devices.
US11586645B2	Systems and methods for integrated dynamic runtime ETL tool and scalable analytics server platform One embodiment comprises a method in which an integrated multi-user analytics server platform is integrated with a dynamic runtime ETL tool to allow dataflows created or developed in a dynamic runtime environment provided by the ETL tool to be saved in a novel dataflow file container. The method includes: presenting a user interface for an analytics server platform; receiving user input via this user interface indicating an action to be performed as to a first dataflow; the analytics server platform accessing a first file container corresponding to the first dataflow, where the first file container is stored in a data store connected to the analytics server platform; in response to receiving the user input, the analytics server platform accessing APIs of the dynamic runtime ETL tool to initiate the ETL tool, which then performs the action with respect to the first dataflow.
US11586642B2	Distant content discovery Generating and providing a content feed to a user that surfaces information items that are determined to be interesting or relevant to the user including content that is determined to be “distant” to the user is provided. Explicit user actions are used to discover peers who are not colleagues of the user (e.g., peers with whom the user does not share a close organizational relationship, peers with whom the user does not regularly communicate, etc.), but who the user indicates an interest in via his/her actions. These peers are categorized as elevated peers of the user, and information items associated with and trending around the elevated peers are surfaced to the user in a content feed.
US11586636B2	Methods and systems for generating search results Methods and systems for generating search results based on a search query, the method includes: receiving a first search query including one or more search terms; obtaining a list of search results for the first search query; determining, based on user interactions with unmodified search results for one or more previous search queries that included the one or more search terms, a first engagement score associated with the first search query; determining that the first engagement score is lower than a first threshold; responsive to determining that the first engagement score is lower than the first threshold, and modifying the list of search results.
US11586635B2	Methods and systems for ranking comments on a post in an online service A server system receives a plurality of comments on a post in an online service, receives feedback on respective comments of the plurality of comments from users of the online service and retrieves feedback weights for the users. The server system ranks the plurality of comments using the feedback and feedback weights and provides the plurality of comments, ordered in accordance with the ranking, for display.
US11586633B2	Secondary tagging in a data heap A method of searching data being directed into a data heap looks for a predetermined element and then tags the data per the found element. The tags are applied by data heap tagging applications or “HeapTagApps” (HTAs), which are small, quickly executing software applications that are each focused on the tagging of data that includes a particular element in order to make the identification process rapid. Multiple HTAs in one or both of horizontal and vertical configurations may be constructed in order to provide any necessary level of speed or take full advantage of an available hardware configuration.
US11586632B2	Dynamic transaction coalescing The disclosed computer-implemented method includes establishing a coalescing service configured to combine queries received at the coalescing service. The method further includes instantiating, within the coalescing service, multiple execution windows to which the received queries are to be assigned, where each execution window has an assigned deadline within which to execute. The method also includes analyzing a first query among the received queries to identify characteristics of the first query. The method then includes assigning the first query to a first execution window among the execution windows according to the identified characteristics. Then, upon detecting the occurrence of a specified trigger for at least one of the queries in the first execution window, the method includes executing those queries, including the first query, that are assigned to the first execution window. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11586629B2	Method and device of storing data object A method of storing a data object includes dividing data of a data object into a first part of data and a second part of data, in response to receiving a writing request for a data object, the first part of data including a data field of the data object, the second part of data including a meta data of the data object; writing the first part of data into a first data file stored in a first external storage device; and writing, into a second data file stored in a second external storage device, first location information, and the second part of data, the first location information including location information of the first part of data within the first external storage device.
US11586618B2	Query parsing from natural language questions supported by captured subject matter knowledge Systems and methods of processing a query from a user. A method includes receiving, by a server computer, an initial question from a client computer. The initial question includes a plurality of words and the server computer can identify a set of words in the plurality of words. Then the server computer can determine a list of clarifying questions based on a subset of the set of words. The server computer presents the list of clarifying questions to the client computer and receiving clarifying answers to the clarifying questions. The server computer determines an answer to the initial question and presents the answer to the client computer.
US11586612B2	System and method for intermediary-less database management Disclosed herein is a system and method for enabling creating and managing structured tables on a blockchain thereby facilitating retrieval of data records with standard database operational commands and in a structured manner. Creating structured tables as per a defined schema provides for data storage in a manner which enables easy integration with existing business applications. Further, the system and method provides for storing unstructured data records in a structured manner in the blockchain.
US11586611B2	Approaches for validating data Systems and methods are provided for determining a request to validate data, the request specifying validation criteria; generating a graph for validating the data, the graph including at least one node-based connected component that evaluates the data, the node-based connected component being constructed to represent the validation criteria; validating the data using the generated graph, wherein the data being validated is evaluated by the node-based connected component; and providing information describing the validated data.
US11586606B2	Key value fault interception including surrogate responses In one aspect, a fault intercepting computing device is provided. The fault intercepting computing devices receives a request message including an outdated key value from a client computing device, retrieves an updated key value from a key mapping database, generates a remapped request based on the request message by replacing the outdated key value with the updated key value in the request message, and transmits the remapped request to a host computing device. The fault intercepting computing device further receives an initial response from the host computing device including the updated key value, generates a surrogate response based on the initial response by replacing the updated key value with the outdated key value, appends a key remapped flag to the surrogate response, transmits the surrogate response, including the outdated key value to the client computing device.
US11586601B2	Apparatus and method for representation of a sparse matrix in a neural network The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for representation of a sparse matrix in a neural network. In some embodiments, an exemplary operation unit includes a buffer for storing a representation of a sparse matrix in a neural network, a sparse engine communicatively coupled with the buffer, and a processing array communicatively coupled with the sparse engine. The sparse engine includes circuitry to: read the representation of the sparse matrix from the buffer, the representation comprising a first level bitmap, a second level bitmap, and an element array; decompress the first level bitmap to determine whether a block of the sparse matrix comprises a non-zero element; and in response to the block comprising a non-zero element, decompress the second level bitmap using the element array to obtain the block of the sparse matrix. The processing array includes circuitry to execute the neural network with the sparse matrix.
US11586594B2	Versioned and hierarchical data structures and distributed transactions Presented herein are methods of replicating versioned and hierarchical data structures, as well as data structures representing complex transactions. Due to interdependencies between data entities and a lack of guaranteed message ordering, simple replication methods employed for simple data types cannot be used. Operations on data structures exhibit dependencies between the messages making up the operations. This strategy can be extended to various types of complex transactions by considering certain messages to depend on other messages or on the existence of other entries at the data store. Regardless of origin, these dependencies can be enforced by suspending the processing of messages with unsatisfied dependencies until all of its dependencies have been met. Alternately, transactions can be committed immediately, creating entities that include versioned identifiers for each of their dependencies. These entities can then be garbage collected of the parent objects are not subsequently created.
US11586593B2	Mechanism for synchronization of hierarchical data between a mobile device and multi tenant database Techniques and structures to synchronize hierarchical data, comprising. A conflict between data stored at a computing device and data stored at a service provider database is detected. A synchronization operation is performed to synchronize a plurality of objects within the hierarchical entity data stored at the computing device with hierarchical entity data stored at the service provider database.
US11586589B2	Speedup build container data access via system call filtering A method includes receiving a system call from an application within a container executing on an operating system, the system call comprising a synchronization operation to synchronize memory of the application to storage. The method further includes determining, by the kernel, whether a system call filtering policy associated with the container indicates that the system call is to be prevented. preventing, by the kernel, performance of the synchronization operation in view of the system call filtering policy.
US11586584B2	Method, apparatus and computer program product for generating externally shared communication channels Computing systems, apparatuses, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products are disclosed for creating a shared communication channel in a group-based communication platform having a plurality of database shards. An example computer-implemented method includes generating a shared communication channel shard that is assigned a shared communication channel identification, a first set of shared communication channel attributes associated with a first group identification, and a second set of shared communication channel attributes associated with a second group identification. The method further includes generating first and second externally shared group-based shared communication channel interfaces based on the first and second sets of shared communication channel attributes, respectively. The method further includes transmitting the first and second externally shared group-based shared communication channel interfaces to a first client device associated with the first group identification and a second client device associated with the second group identification, respectively.
US11586582B2	Data ingestion system A device automatically extracts a data file from an upstream source based on ingestion parameters. The data file is in a first format that is not readable by a downstream data analysis utility and includes a plurality of data records. Each record includes one or more entries. The ingestion parameters include a file identifier, transformation instructions, and storage instructions for the extracted data file. The device generates table(s) based on the extracted data file by, determining, based on the transformation instructions, a table in which to store each entry and a row and column of the determined table in which to store the entry. Entries are input into the determined tables, rows, and columns. The table(s) are stored in a second format that is readable by the downstream data analysis utility.
US11586579B2	Multiple dies hardware processors and methods Methods and apparatuses relating to hardware processors with multiple interconnected dies are described. In one embodiment, a hardware processor includes a plurality of physically separate dies, and an interconnect to electrically couple the plurality of physically separate dies together. In another embodiment, a method to create a hardware processor includes providing a plurality of physically separate dies, and electrically coupling the plurality of physically separate dies together with an interconnect.
US11586578B1	Machine learning model updates to ML accelerators Examples herein describe a peripheral I/O device with a hybrid gateway that permits the device to have both I/O and coherent domains. As a result, the compute resources in the coherent domain of the peripheral I/O device can communicate with the host in a similar manner as CPU-to-CPU communication in the host. The dual domains in the peripheral I/O device can be leveraged for machine learning (ML) applications. While an I/O device can be used as an ML accelerator, these accelerators previously only used an I/O domain. In the embodiments herein, compute resources can be split between the I/O domain and the coherent domain where a ML engine is in the I/O domain and a ML model is in the coherent domain. An advantage of doing so is that the ML model can be coherently updated using a reference ML model stored in the host.
US11586575B2	System decoder for training accelerators There is disclosed an example of an artificial intelligence (AI) system, including: a first hardware platform; a fabric interface configured to communicatively couple the first hardware platform to a second hardware platform; a processor hosted on the first hardware platform and programmed to operate on an AI problem; and a first training accelerator, including: an accelerator hardware; a platform inter-chip link (ICL) configured to communicatively couple the first training accelerator to a second training accelerator on the first hardware platform without aid of the processor; a fabric ICL to communicatively couple the first training accelerator to a third training accelerator on a second hardware platform without aid of the processor; and a system decoder configured to operate the fabric ICL and platform ICL to share data of the accelerator hardware between the first training accelerator and second and third training accelerators without aid of the processor.
US11586574B2	Updatable wireless local area network (WLAN) chip A chip includes a dedicated scheduler, a general scheduler, and a plurality of hardware accelerators. The hardware accelerators are connected, at least one hardware accelerator is connected to the dedicated scheduler, and at least one hardware accelerator is connected to the general scheduler.
US11586571B2	Multi-threaded, self-scheduling reconfigurable computing fabric Representative apparatus, method, and system embodiments are disclosed for configurable computing. A representative system includes an interconnection network; a processor; and a plurality of configurable circuit clusters. Each configurable circuit cluster includes a plurality of configurable circuits arranged in an array; a synchronous network coupled to each configurable circuit of the array; and an asynchronous packet network coupled to each configurable circuit of the array. A representative configurable circuit includes a configurable computation circuit and a configuration memory having a first, instruction memory storing a plurality of data path configuration instructions to configure a data path of the configurable computation circuit; and a second, instruction and instruction index memory storing a plurality of spoke instructions and data path configuration instruction indices for selection of a master synchronous input, a current data path configuration instruction, and a next data path configuration instruction for a next configurable computation circuit.
US11586569B2	System and method for polling-based storage command processing A method, computer program product, and computing system for assigning a first set of interrupts for exclusive processing by a first set of central processing units (CPU) cores. A second set of interrupts may be assigned for processing by a second set of CPU cores. The first set of interrupts may be processed using the first set of CPU cores. The second set of interrupts may be converted to a set of polling operations, thus defining a set of converted polling operations. The set of converted polling operations may be processed using the second set of CPU cores.
US11586567B2	Techniques for virtualizing PF-VF mailbox communication in SR-IOV devices A virtual machine (VM) has direct access to an I/O device having physical and virtual functions and a mailbox register, and includes a guest driver for controlling the virtual functions. The VM runs on system software that includes a physical driver for controlling the physical function (PF) and maintains VM page tables, which include an entry that references a memory space into which the mailbox register is mapped. The system software registers a callback function with the physical driver, which the physical driver invokes upon receiving a trigger for communication with the guest driver. In response, the system software alters the page tables so that access to the mailbox register causes a PF intercept, and the callback function handles the communication with the guest driver. After completion of the communication, the system software alters the page tables so that access to the mailbox register does not cause a PF intercept.
US11586565B2	Non-volatile storage system and data storage access protocol for non-volatile storage devices A non-volatile storage system includes: a host and a storage device. The host includes a submission queue memory, a completion queue memory, and a read/write data memory, and the storage device includes: a controller configured to concurrently communicate with the read/write data memory and with at least one of the submission queue memory and the completion queue memory; and a memory device configured to communicate with the controller.
US11586564B2	Head of line entry processing in a buffer memory device A method of a buffer memory device, a storage system, and a buffer memory device are provided. The method of the buffer memory device, the buffer memory device having a lower tier memory and a higher tier memory, may include receiving a new entry request, determining that the new entry request includes an HOL entry, selecting an entry on the higher tier memory to be tiered down to the lower tier memory in response to determining that the new entry request includes an HOL entry, removing the selected entry from the higher tier memory, storing the HOL entry in the higher tier memory of the buffer memory device, and outputting the HOL entry to an arbiter.
US11586562B2	Packet processing system, method and device utilizing a port client chain A packet processing system having each of a plurality of hierarchical clients and a packet memory arbiter serially communicatively coupled together via a plurality of primary interfaces thereby forming a unidirectional client chain. This chain is then able to be utilized by all of the hierarchical clients to write the packet data to or read the packet data from the packet memory.
US11586558B2	System cache optimizations for deep learning compute engines In an example, an apparatus comprises a plurality of compute engines; and logic, at least partially including hardware logic, to detect a cache line conflict in a last-level cache (LLC) communicatively coupled to the plurality of compute engines; and implement context-based eviction policy to determine a cache way in the cache to evict in order to resolve the cache line conflict. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
US11586554B2	Cache arrangements for data processing systems A data processing system is provided comprising a cache system configured to transfer data between a processor and memory system. The cache system comprises a cache. When a block of data that is stored in the memory in a compressed form is to be loaded into the cache, the block of data is stored into a group of one or more cache lines of the cache and the associated compression metadata for the compressed block of data is provided as separate side band data.
US11586551B2	Storage array invalidation maintenance Techniques are disclosed relating to managing storage array invalidations. A computer system may comprise a processor core configured to operate in an idle state and operate in a run state in which the processor core executes instructions. The computer system may further comprise a power management circuit that is configured to receive, while the processor core is in the idle state, a set of invalidation requests directed to the processor core to invalidate a set of entries of a storage array of the processor core. The power management circuit may store invalidation information indicative of the set of invalidation requests. The power management circuit may determine that the processor core has received a request to transition to the run state. Prior to the processor core operating in the run state, the power management circuit may invalidate the set of entries of the storage array based on the invalidation information.
US11586548B2	Sector cache for compression In an example, an apparatus comprises a plurality of execution units, and a cache memory communicatively coupled to the plurality of execution units, wherein the cache memory is structured into a plurality of sectors, wherein each sector in the plurality of sectors comprises at least two cache lines. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
US11586546B2	Solid state drive cache eviction policy by an unsupervised reinforcement learning scheme A method and apparatus for cache management and eviction polices using unsupervised reinforcement learning schemes is disclosed.
US11586544B2	Data prefetching method and terminal device A data prefetching method and a terminal device are provided. The CPU core cluster is configured to deliver a data access request to a first cache of the at least one level of cache, where the data access request carries a first address, and the first address is an address of data that the CPU core cluster currently needs to access in the memory. The prefetcher in the terminal device provided in embodiments of this application may generate a prefetch-from address, and load data corresponding to the generated prefetch-from address to the first cache. When needing to access the data, the CPU core cluster can read from the first cache, without a need to read from the memory. This helps increase an operating rate of the CPU core cluster.
US11586532B2	Software test environment with automated configurable harness capabilities, and associated methods and computer readable storage media Certain example embodiments relate to software test with automated configurable harness capabilities. Certain example embodiments automatically generate harnesses and properly encoded seed inputs by recording the input operations of a system under test (SUT), identifying the processes to be fuzz tested, generating seed inputs and a manifest describing the SUT's input vectors, and generating the harness to effectively feed derived (and potentially “malformed”) input to the SUT. The techniques described herein may be used to test a computer system, e.g., to probe for potential vulnerabilities.
US11586531B2	Generating test input values for functional components based on test coverage analysis Generating test input values for functional components based on test coverage analysis is disclosed herein. In one example, a processor device of a computing device performs a test coverage analysis of a plurality of programming instructions of a functional component that takes a plurality of input parameters. Based on the test coverage analysis, the processor device identifies a subset of the programming instructions for which testing has not been performed. The processor device then identifies a data type for each of the functional component's input parameters, and generates test input values based on the data types and the test coverage analysis, including a test input value that causes executable instructions corresponding to the subset of programming instructions to be executed during subsequent testing. The test input values may be used during subsequent unit testing to ensure full test coverage of the functional component.
US11586530B2	Methods and systems for correctly assembling component sequences The disclosed technology teaches correctly assembling a sequence of components for interacting with a user, including providing a sequence setup GUI with components that accept inputs and have input chain dependencies and outputs. The GUI supports construction of an executable sequence by connecting at least five of the components in a directed graph and tracing multiple paths through the components in the directed graph, resulting from at least one conditional branch at a first component, as the components are connected in the directed graph. Also taught is testing whether input chain dependencies of components under evaluation are satisfied when the components are invoked following any of the multiple paths and locating at least one error in use of a second component that results from failure to satisfy the input chain dependencies of the second component and reporting the error to a user, before executing the sequence and causing the error.
US11586527B2	Automated algorithmic verification in an embedded complex distributed storage environment A model of an algorithm to be tested is created based on the steps that the algorithm uses to implement a particular function. The model is used by an algorithm verification process to control execution of the application under test. Stubs (small pieces of code) are inserted into the application under test which are used to control execution of the algorithm to determine the result of execution of the algorithm at various locations. The remote stubs enable the testing framework to control execution of the application, stop execution of the application, view data structures associated with the application, freeze system behavior, induce multi-layered dependent sequences, analyze logs, change system flow based on test requests, examine internal data structures as part of the tests, and verify that each method and the combined results of the methods are as expected, based on the original definition of the application algorithm.
US11586526B2	Incident workflow interface for application analytics Examples herein include an incident workflow graphical user interface (“GUI”) that visualizes workflows for solving application performance issues. An analytics server can process alerts based on application performance notifications. An administrative console GUI can display an issue pane that organizes alerts and remedial actions of an individual underlying issue. Alerts can be organized in a first region with actions organized in a second region. The alerts can visually update as they become resolved. Issue assemblies can be stored for future retrieval, allowing a recommendation engine to help populate future issue panes based on similar issues.
US11586524B1	Assisting researchers to identify opportunities for new sub-studies in digital health research and decentralized clinical trials Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for improving distributed monitoring using different groups of remote devices. In some implementations, a system communicates with a set of remote devices involved in a first monitoring program that involves collection of data from the remote devices over a communication network. The system identifies a pattern or similarity among monitoring data collected from a subset of the remote devices involved in the first monitoring program. The system determines that the identified pattern or similarity satisfies one or more criteria for initiating additional monitoring. In response, the system determines parameters specifying second types of data to collect in a second monitoring program. The system configures one or more devices to perform monitoring for the second monitoring program including acquiring data for the second types of data and providing the acquired data to a server over the communication network.
US11586519B2	Feedback tuples for detecting data flow anomalies in stream computing environment Feedback tuples are implemented in a stream computing environment to provide data flow status information for use in detecting, identifying and/or handling data flow anomalies for a stream computing application.
US11586515B1	Data ingestion replication and disaster recovery Described herein are techniques for improving disaster recovery, in particular disaster recovery pertaining to data transfer requests. The data transfer request can be received by each of multiple deployments; however, only a primary deployment can process the request. The data transferred by the primary deployment may be replicated in the secondary deployments. In response to a failover event, one of the secondary deployments can be designated as the new primary development and continue the data transfer based on the data transfer request and the replication information received from the old primary deployment prior to the failover.
US11586510B2	Dynamic checkpointing in a data processing system Dynamic checkpointing can include determining, using a processor, a process criticality corresponding to a process configured to execute on computer hardware. The process criticality indicates a priority of the process relative to at least one other process configured to execute on the computer hardware. A checkpoint schedule can be generated, using the processor and based on the process criticality, for checkpointing the process when it executes on the computer hardware.
US11586508B2	Systems and methods for backing up volatile storage devices A method for backing up data, that includes making a detection, by a volatile storage firmware, that data communication to a volatile storage component is degraded, initiating a direct memory access (DMA) engine to copy the data from the volatile storage component to a non-volatile storage device, and in response to initiating copying of the data, initiating a shutdown of the volatile storage component.
US11586497B1	Processor card and intelligent multi-purpose system for use with processor card The present invention relates to a single-board processor card configured for use in a 1U CubeSat payload form-factor multi-purpose architecture, including: a field-programmable-gate-array (FPGA) which is reconfigurable in flight; wherein a configuration memory of the FPGA can be scrubbed in flight to correct errors or upsets; and a radiation-hardened monitor (RHM) which provides radiation mitigation and system monitoring of the single-board processor card, and which reconfigures said FPGA during flight, scrubs the configuration memory, and monitors a health of the FPGA. The 1U CubeSat payload form-factor multi-purpose architecture includes a backplane having a plurality of slots, one of the plurality of slots which accommodates the single-board processor card, wherein the backplane routes signals to a plurality of standard-sized processor cards, interchangeably disposed in any of the plurality of slots.
US11586492B2	Technologies for re-programmable hardware in autonomous vehicles Techniques are disclosed herein for reconfiguring reprogrammable hardware in an autonomous vehicle system. According to an embodiment, an autonomous driving system includes sensors and a configurable circuit having physical logic units. The autonomous driving system aggregates data observed from each of the sensors. The autonomous driving system detects a trigger indicative of a defect in the configurable circuit. The defect is identified as a function of the aggregated data. The autonomous driving system performs, in response to the trigger, a reconfiguration action on the configurable circuit to repair the defect.
US11586489B2	Automated disaster recovery test verification A Disaster Recovery (DR) verification process or system verifies readiness to execute a Disaster Recovery (DR) test. Such DR verification is automatically provided on a regular basis, with minimum impact on both a production and recovery environment. However, DR verification is only enabled at a time when no disaster recovery or DR testing of other sites is already under way. Configuration data needed for DR verification is constantly replicated from production to recovery, by dedicated data movers. DR verification allocates and configures recovery resources in an encapsulated environment, confirms successful their instantiation (such as boot up and network connections), and reports the outcome.
US11586487B2	Rest application programming interface route modeling A computer-implemented method includes observing, by a computer device, a plurality of uniform resource locators (URLs); parsing, by the computer device, a URL path of each of the URLs into path segments; creating, by the computer device, a tree structure, the tree structure having a plurality of nodes, each node representing a particular path segment of the path segments; determining, by the computer device, a confidence factor for a first path in the tree structure using a decay function, the first path having an end node; and compacting, by the computer device, sibling nodes of the nodes into a compacted node in response to a number of the sibling nodes exceeding a variance threshold.
US11586486B2	Methods and systems that efficiently cache log/event messages in a distributed log-analytics system The current document is directed to methods and systems that efficiently cache log/event messages in log/event-message systems incorporated within distributed computer facilities. The log/event-message systems provide the data-collection, data-storage, and data-querying functionalities that provide a basis for distributed log-analytics systems which, in turn, provide a basis for automated and semi-automated system-administration-and-management systems. Efficient caching significantly extends the period of time that networking failures and log/event-message processing delays can be tolerated by log/event-message systems without significant loss of information. Rather than caching individual log/event messages, message collectors that employ the currently disclosed technologies cache information regarding log/event-message types, leading to efficient compression of the cached information. As a result, message collectors can cache log/event messages without significant loss of information for time periods of several orders of magnitude greater than those achieved by caching individual log/event messages.
US11586485B2	Methods and systems for generating notifications Methods and systems for generating notifications are described. A notification of a given notification type is provided in a manner defined according to a first notification category to which the given notification type is assigned. A user interaction associated with the notification is detected. A mismatch is identified between the user interaction and the first notification category. In response to identifying the mismatch, the given notification type is assigned to a second notification category that defines a second, different manner for providing a subsequent notification of the given notification type. The subsequent notification of the given notification type is provided according to the second notification category.
US11586483B2	Synchronization amongst processor tiles A processing system comprising an arrangement of tiles and an interconnect between the tiles. The interconnect comprises synchronization logic for coordinating a barrier synchronization to be performed between a group of the tiles. The instruction set comprises a synchronization instruction taking an operand which selects one of a plurality of available modes each specifying a different membership of the group. Execution of the synchronization instruction cause a synchronization request to be transmitted from the respective tile to the synchronization logic, and instruction issue to be suspended on the respective tile pending a synchronization acknowledgement being received back from the synchronization logic. In response to receiving the synchronization request from all the tiles in the group as specified by the operand of the synchronization instruction, the synchronization logic returns the synchronization acknowledgment to the tiles in the specified group.
US11586478B2	Swarm-based resource management Systems, computer-implemented methods and/or computer program products that facilitate management of resources are provided. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises: employing, by a system operatively coupled to a processor, at least one model to predict respective token needs by a set of processing elements during execution of a workload; and exchanging, by the system, one or more tokens between a subset of the processing elements as a function of the predicted token needs.
US11586477B2	System and method for benchmarking a container orchestration platform System and method for benchmarking a container orchestration platform in a computing environment uses data contained in a configuration file, which specifies at least one benchmark operation having benchmark actions for container orchestration resource types to be performed in the container orchestration platform, to create a resource manager for each container orchestration resource type specified in the configuration file. Using the created resource managers, a routine for each benchmark action is spawned and executed on container orchestration objects in the container orchestration platform. As the routines are executed, performance metrics are collected and at least some of the collected performance metrics are displayed.
US11586476B2	Resource sharing in a multi-core system An integrated circuit includes a primary initiator domain (ID) circuit including having a processor core, a responder domain (RD) control circuit, and a reset controller. Secondary ID circuits, each include a processor core and a reset controller. RD circuitry is coupled to communicate with the primary ID circuit and the secondary ID circuits and includes RD resource circuits. The RD control circuit is configured to allocate each of the RD resource circuits to a first initiator domain consisting of the primary ID circuit or one of the secondary ID circuits, and when one of the secondary ID circuits enters a reset mode of operation, the RD resource circuit allocated to the one of the secondary ID circuits enters a reset while the remaining RD resource circuits are not affected by the reset.
US11586475B2	Application aware resource allocation for deep learning job scheduling One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving at least one deep learning job for scheduling and running on a distributed system comprising a plurality of nodes; receiving a batch size range indicating a minimum batch size and a maximum batch size that can be utilized for running the at least one deep learning job; determining a plurality of runtime estimations for running the at least one deep learning job; creating a list of optimal combinations of (i) batch sizes and (ii) numbers of the plurality of nodes for running both (a) the at least one deep learning job and (b) current deep learning jobs; and scheduling the at least one deep-learning job at the distributed system, responsive to identifying, by utilizing the list, that the distributed system has necessary processing resources for running both (iii) the at least one deep learning job and (iv) the current deep learning jobs.
US11586473B2	Methods and apparatus for allocating a workload to an accelerator using machine learning Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture for allocating a workload to an accelerator using machine learning are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a workload attribute determiner to identify a first attribute of a first workload and a second attribute of a second workload. An accelerator selection processor causes at least a portion of the first workload to be executed by at least two accelerators, accesses respective performance metrics corresponding to execution of the first workload by the at least two accelerators, and selects a first accelerator of the at least two accelerators based on the performance metrics. A neural network trainer trains a machine learning model based on an association between the first accelerator and the first attribute of the first workload. A neural network processor processes, using the machine learning model, the second attribute to select one of the at least two accelerators to execute the second workload.
US11586471B2	Computer system and control method for computer system A computer system is constituted by a plurality of physical computers including a first physical computer and a second physical computer. One or more application instances that perform an application service and a storage service instance that provides a storage service including a volume used by the application instance operate on the first physical computer. The computer system predicts a future resource usage status of the first physical computer, creates a plan to move the one or more application instances operating on the first physical computer to the second physical computer based on the predicted future resource usage status, and executes the created plan.
US11586466B2	Centralized high-availability flows execution framework Techniques for providing a framework for handling execution of HA flows in an active-active storage node configuration. The techniques include receiving notifications of functional statuses of processes and/or equipment associated with storage nodes in the active-active configuration, making determinations regarding how to address HA events occurring on the processes and/or equipment associated with the storage nodes based on the received notifications, and, in response to a request to execute an HA flow for a respective HA event, determining whether to refuse the request to execute the HA flow, service the request to execute the HA flow, abort one or more HA flows in execution, and/or postpone execution of the HA flow to a later time based on one or more dependencies defining conditions for the HA flow. In this way, mutual interference of HA flows or other process threads in the active-active configuration can be reduced or eliminated.
US11586464B2	Techniques for workflow analysis and design task optimization A W-graph system comprising a server connected with a plurality of clients via a network. Each client/user performs a design task via a design application while the server collects timestamped event data. The server generates a plurality of W-graphs for a plurality of tasks based on the collected event data. Each W-graph comprises one or more representative workflows, each representative workflow comprising at least one merged node representing nodes from different workflows for different users performing the same task. A W-graph for a task selected by the user may be viewed in a W-graph GUI. A user may also select a W-suggest function to have a current workflow for a task analyzed for optimization based on a W-graph generated for the same task. A modified current workflow is generated that highlights user techniques in the current workflow that are less efficient than user techniques in the W-graph.
US11586454B2	Selective memory deduplication for virtual machines A guest operating system (OS) of a virtual machine (VM) receives a first request from an application to enable memory deduplication for a memory page associated with the application, identifies a mergeable memory range for memory space of the guest OS, where the mergeable memory rage is associated with guest OS memory pages to be deduplicated, and maps, in a page table of the guest OS, a page table entry for the memory page to a memory address within the mergeable memory range. The guest OS causes a hypervisor to enable deduplication for the memory page responsive to detecting an access of the memory page by the application.
US11586451B2	Resource management with dynamic resource policies A method and apparatus of a device for resource management by using a hierarchy of resource management techniques with dynamic resource policies is described. The device terminates several misbehaving application programs when available memory on the device is running low. Each of those misbehaving application programs consumes more memory space than a memory consumption limit assigned to the application program. If available memory on the device is still low after terminating those misbehaving application programs, the device further sends memory pressure notifications to all application programs. If available memory on the device is still running low after sending the memory pressure notifications, the device further terminates background, idle, and suspended application programs. The device further terminates foreground application programs when available memory on the device is still low after terminating the background, idle, and suspended application programs.
US11586449B2	Method and apparatus for bidirectional control connecting hardware device action with URL-based web navigation Systems, methods, and apparatuses for associating digital media with physical device. A method for controlling a hardware state input based on uniform resource locator (URL) data can include identifying URL data associated with a web browser, comparing the identified URL data to stored URL data, identifying stored hardware device data based on the comparison, generating a control signal based on the determined hardware device data, and/or transmitting the control signal to a microcontroller communicatively coupled to a hardware device. The microcontroller can adjust a hardware state of the hardware device based on the received control signal. A method for navigating to a URL location based on hardware device data can include receiving hardware device data from a microcontroller communicatively coupled to a hardware device, comparing the received hardware device data with stored hardware device data, identifying URL data based on the comparison, and causing a browser to navigate to a URL location based on the URL data.
US11586446B1	System and methods for hardware-based PCIe link up based on post silicon characterization A new approach is proposed to support hardware-based PCIe link up based on post silicon characterization of an electronic device. A non-volatile storage medium of a bootup unit on the electronic device maintains an initialization sequence for the physical layer of a PCIe link, and a non-volatile storage medium allows flexible programming. During operation, the bootup unit reads from the non-volatile storage medium instructions to program/override one or more PCIe physical layer settings and controller registers for the PCIe link based on the post silicon characterization of the electronic device. The bootup unit is limited to access and override only to the one or more physical layer settings and controller registers of the PCIe link. The entire process of reading the initialization sequence and programming the one or more PCIe physical layer settings and the controller registers happens within time limit constraints of the PCIe specification for latency reduction.
US11586444B2	Processor and pipeline processing method for processing multiple threads including wait instruction processing A pipeline processing unit includes a fetch unit that fetches the instruction for the thread having an execution right, a decoding unit that decodes the instruction fetched by the fetch unit, and a computation execution unit that executes the instruction decoded by the decoding unit. When the WAIT instruction for the thread having the execution right is executed, an instruction holding unit holds instruction fetch information on a processing target instruction to be processed immediately after the WAIT instruction. An execution target thread selection unit selects a thread to be executed based on a wait command and, in response to a wait state started from the execution of the WAIT instruction being canceled, processes the processing target instruction from decoding thereof based on the instruction fetch information on the processing target instruction held in the instruction holding unit.
US11586440B2	Link stack based instruction prefetch augmentation A computer-implemented method of performing a link stack based prefetch augmentation using a sequential prefetching includes observing a call instruction in a program being executed, and pushing a return address onto a link stack for processing the next instruction. A stream of instructions is prefetched starting from a cached line address of the next instruction and is stored in an instruction cache.
US11586438B2	Multiplication and accumulation (MAC) operator A MAC operator includes a plurality of multipliers, a plurality of floating-point to fixed-point converters, and an adder tree. Each of the plurality of multipliers may perform a multiplication operation on first data and second data of a floating-point format to output multiplication result data. Each of the plurality of floating-point to fixed-point converters may convert the data type of the multiplication result data into a fixed-point format. The adder tree may perform a first addition operation on the multiplication result data of the fixed-point format. Each of the plurality of floating-point to fixed-point converters may skip a ‘+1’ operation for processing a negative number and a ‘+1’ operation for roundup processing in a data type converting process, and output round bits equaling to bit values not added by the skipped ‘+1’ operations in the data type converting process.
US11586432B1	Modular software architecture for machine learning pipelines As organizations scale analytics, a challenge is the huge increase in number of analytics pipelines to be maintained by developers. In here, lies an example method and modular software architecture to assemble analytics pipeline from reusable components. (1) Reusable components can be utilities where each utility is versioned and has a collection of programming functions, also known as nodes, that follow “data-in-data-out” convention. As nodes are building blocks of a pipeline, an assembly instruction and human readable configurations can now be created to define a project pipeline from a repository of pipelines and well-versioned utilities. (2) By separating out re-usable functionalities from pipelines and data layers, this layered architecture can now support upgrades of functionalities overtime without re-writing of pipelines. (3) As reusable components become functionally exhaustive, these assembly instructions and configurations can then be decoupled from pipelines as knowledge which developers can conduct meta-analysis of configurations used across projects.
US11586429B1	Strategy based feature disablement Provided is a strategy based feature disablement that includes determining a device/browser combination based on an indication that a user device is attempting to access a resource. The device/browser combination is compared to a database of device/browser combinations. Access to the resource is allowed based on a determination that the device/browser combination is not included in the database of device/browser combinations. Alternatively, the resource is reconfigured based on a determination that the device/browser combination is included in the database of device/browser combinations.
US11586428B1	Constraint-based upgrade and deployment One or more software products/services may be installed on a cloud deployment. Product versions of such services can be upgraded (or rolled back) based on a deployment plan comprising tasks adapted to reach a target deployment state. A central upgrade server can forward tasks to an upgrade agent for execution, the tasks being based on a current operational state of the cloud deployment (obtained by the upgrade agent) and one or more constraints. In multiple node deployments, some nodes may be upgraded to a new product version, while other nodes are kept at a current product version until stability of the new product version is determined. Traffic across nodes can be shaped to ensure a deployment is healthy before upgrading other nodes/deployments. If the health of a node/deployment does not meet specified criteria, an upgrade can be stopped, an alert can be triggered, and the node/deployment can be rolled back.
US11586427B2	Multiradio interface for software reconfiguration An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) comprises a memory to store a Unified Radio Application and to store one or more configuration parameters for the Unified Radio Application, and one or more baseband processors to receive a radio application update from a remote server, and to update the Unified Radio Application via a Multiradio Interface (MURI) “updateRadioApps” operation with the received radio application update. One or more of the configuration parameters are maintained in the memory after the update.
US11586426B2	Service release tool Systems and methods are directed to release tools and deployment tools for software applications. A computing device includes a processor operatively coupled to a memory. The processor identifies one or more environments and a plurality of deployment operations to be performed to deploy a software application to the one or more environments. The processor generates a deployment plan having instructions to execute the one or more deployment operations. The processor executes the deployment plan to deploy the one or more release environments. The processor sends signals to a display to display progression through the deployment plan during deployment of the one or more release environments.
US11586425B2	Method for compilation optimization of hosted app, electronic device and readable storage medium The technical solutions relate to the technical field of compilation of applications, and particularly to the technical field of mini programs. A developer tool constructs a first compilation result of the hosted APP before compilation optimization and a second compilation result of the hosted APP after the compilation optimization respectively based on a source code of the hosted APP, and uploads them to a management platform. The management platform sends the corresponding compilation results according to environment data of the hosted APP running environment provided by the host APP, so that the host APP uses the hosted APP running environment provided by the host APP to run the obtained compilation result.
US11586424B2	Application development and extensibility/customization using entity modeling systems and methods Embodiments of systems and methods disclosed herein provide an application development platform in an enterprise computing environment. More specifically, in certain embodiments, systems and methods are disclosed that enable an application development platform to reuse, extend, and/or customize entity-based applications in an enterprise computing environment. The application development platform can extend an entity to include user configured settings including zero or at least one of a property, a permission, an action, a behavior, or a resource to the entity to generate user customized versions of the entity. The applications may be customized by an end user, while allowing the underlying application to be updated without losing any user customizations.
US11586421B2	Method for making cost-effective nickel-63 radiation source for true random number generators A method for electro-depositing a radioactive material onto a metal substrate is disclosed. This is particularly well-suited for true random number generators. The method includes (a) at least partially masking the metal substrate to expose a metallic surface on the metal substrate; (b) connecting the metal substrate to a cathode of a current source; (c) submersing the exposed metallic surface into a solution containing radioactive metal ions, wherein the solution is connected to an anode of the current source; (d) removing the exposed metallic surface from the solution; (e) removing the solution from the exposed metallic surface; (f) measuring the amount of radioactivity emitted from the exposed metallic surface; and (g) repeating steps (c) through (f) until the amount of radioactivity measured in step (f) is stabilized relative to a previous measurement.
US11586418B2	Random number generator, random number generating circuit, and random number generating method A random number generator, a random number generating circuit, and a random number generating method are provided. The random number generating circuit includes the random number generator and executes the random number generating method. The random number generator includes a shift register having N storage elements and a combinational logic circuit. The N storage elements receive a random seed in a static state and repetitively perform a bit shift operation in a plurality of clock cycles. The combinational logic circuit generates an output sequence based on the random seed and a random bitstream received from an external source.
US11586409B1	Wireless conferencing system and collaboration method thereof A wireless conferencing system for wirelessly connecting a computerized device with a display device includes at least a data transmitter. The data transmitter includes a transmitter self-powered unit, a data transmission module electrically powered by the transmitter self-powered unit, and a computer interface communicatively lined to the data transmission module, wherein when the computer interface is configured for detachably connecting to the computerized device, the data transmission module is powered and ready for wirelessly transmitting data from the computerized device to the display device without consuming power of the computerized device.
US11586408B2	System and method for aligning hinged screens An information handling system includes adjacent displays connected by a hinge. A processor renders a first image on the first display, renders a second image on the second display, and receives data representing a misalignment between the first display and the second display. The data is implemented to compensate for the misalignment between the first display and the second display.
US11586405B2	Printing control apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium A printing control apparatus includes a processor configured to obtain plural pieces of data posted in a group in a messaging service, and perform control in such a way as to print a certain one of the plural pieces of data according to a certain member of the group.
US11586403B2	Information processing system, information processing apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program An information processing system includes an information processing apparatus that obtains a state of a job input to a printing apparatus, generates, based on the state of the obtained job, notification information including instruction information used to control the job, and transmits the generated notification information to a network. A mobile terminal apparatus receives the notification information from the network, and notifies, based on the received notification information, the instruction information used to control the job. The information processing apparatus also estimates an execution result of a job which has been input to the printing apparatus but is in an execution standby state, obtains, as a state of the job, the estimated execution result, and in a case in which the estimated execution result indicates abnormal completion, generates the notification information including the instruction information used to control the job.
US11586396B1	Production printing system, server, and variable printing method capable of variable printing for specifying printing, post-processing, and output destination Provided is a production printing system for production printing capable of variable printing for specifying printing, post-processing, and an output destination. The production printing system process variable data for production printing. The variable document creation unit creates a variable document in which condition is set for each record. The job ticket creation unit creates a job ticket that specifies prepress, printing, post-processing, and output destination according to the condition set for each the record of the variable document created by the variable document creation unit. The variable processing unit performs processing by using the job ticket created by the job ticket creation unit.
US11586391B2	Technique for efficient migration of live virtual disk across storage containers of a cluster A technique efficiently migrates a live virtual disk (vdisk) across storage containers of a cluster having a plurality of nodes deployed in a virtualization environment. Each node is embodied as a physical computer with hardware resources, such as processor, memory, network and storage resources, that are virtualized to provide support for one or more user virtual machines (UVM) executing on the node. The storage resources include storage devices embodied as a storage pool that is logically segmented into the storage containers configured to store one or more vdisks. The storage containers include a source container having associated storage policies and a destination container having different (new) storage policies. The technique enables migration of the live vdisk from the source container to the destination container without powering down the UVM and halting input/output accesses to the vdisk, and while maintaining uninterrupted servicing of data from the live vdisk during the migration transparent to the executing UVM.
US11586387B2	Memory system Provided herein may be a memory system. The memory system may include a memory device including a memory block and a peripheral circuit, and a memory controller configured to transmit a program command based on a single-level cell scheme to the memory device so as to increase threshold voltages of the selection transistors included in the memory block after an erase operation has been performed on the memory block, and transmit, to the memory device, a read command to perform a check operation, wherein the read command indicates a first read voltage and a second read voltage higher than the first read voltage, and the check operation includes a check of whether the threshold voltages fall within a range between the first and second read voltages, or a check of whether the threshold voltages are lower than the first read voltage or higher than the second read voltage.
US11586385B1	Techniques for managing writes in nonvolatile memory This disclosure provides techniques for managing writes of data useful for storage systems that do not permit overwrite of a logical address. One implementation provides a nonvolatile memory storage drive, such as a flash memory drive, that provides support for zoned drive and/or Open Channel-compliant architectures. Circuitry on the storage drive tracks storage location release metadata for addressable memory space, optionally providing to a host system information upon which maintenance decisions or related scheduling can be based. The storage drive can also provide buffering support for accommodating receipt of out-of-order writes and unentanglement and performance of out of order writes, with buffering resources being configurable according to any one of a number of parameters. The disclosed storage drive facilitates reduced error rates and lower request traffic in a manner consistent with newer memory standards that mandate that writes to logical addresses be sequential.
US11586384B2	Overhead reduction in data transfer protocol for data storage devices The disclosure provides data storage devices, methods, and apparatuses including, among other things, a NAND feature through which software may define logical die groups. Moreover, these logical die groups are indexed and operated with indexed single commands, which is selective-multi-casting to specific dies. In one implementation, a data storage device includes a NAND memory and a controller. The NAND memory including a plurality of dies. The controller is coupled to the NAND memory and configured to generate an index by assigning each die of the plurality of dies to one logical group of a plurality of logical groups, and create the plurality of logical groups in the NAND memory by sending one or more command sequences to the NAND memory that groups the plurality of dies into the plurality of logical groups based on the index that is generated.
US11586374B2	Index lifecycle management Methods and systems for index lifecycle management are provided. Exemplary methods include: receiving an ILM policy; determining a first condition and a first action for a first phase using the ILM policy; performing the first action for the first phase when the first condition is met; transition from the first phase to a second phase; determining a second condition and a second action for the second phase using the ILM policy; performing the second action for the second phase when the second condition is met; transition from the second phase to a third phase; determining a third condition and a third action for the third phase using the ILM policy; performing the third action for the third phase when the third condition is met; transition from the third phase to a fourth phase; and deleting the index during the third phase.
US11586373B2	Archive center for content management Content is captured and archived at an archive center (AC) and, depending upon records management (RM) policy, is managed by the AC or under RM control by a content server (CS). Both the AC and CS may be part of an enterprise content management system. The AC provides a user-friendly interface through which retention zones may be defined, and functionality for applying RM policy. The functionality can be triggered via a specific content property or through a retention zone under RM control. The RM control can be turned on or off from within the AC using the user-friendly interface. Archived content is not moved or duplicated. Rather, metadata and a link to the storage location are sent to the CS which, in turn, creates a content server document that is linked to the archived content. Only a portion of archived content is exposed to the CS through the AC.
US11586372B2	Use of copy location to selectively set or selectively clear bits of metadata during live migration A method for tracking a progress of data copying for a live migration includes transferring, by a storage controller, a first data structure to a live migration server, the first data structure including a first status identifier indicating a location of a source data to be copied from a source storage to a target storage, and selectively generating or selectively clearing, by the storage controller, a second status identifier in or from a second data structure, based on a first current copying location of the live migration server, the second status identifier indicating a location of a first user data write to the source storage.
US11586365B2	Applying a rate limit across a plurality of storage systems Applying a rate limit across a plurality of storage systems, including: determining a rate limit for paired storage systems; receiving, by a first storage system, an amount of I/O operations serviced by the second storage system during a previous predetermined period of time; determining whether the amount of I/O operations serviced by the second storage system is less than half of the rate limit for the paired storage systems; if so, setting local a rate limit for a next predetermined period of time for the first storage system to the difference between the rate limit for the paired storage systems and the amount of I/O operations serviced by the second storage system during the previous predetermined period of time; and otherwise, setting a local rate limit for a next predetermined period of time for the first storage system to half of the rate limit for the paired storage systems.
US11586362B2	System configuration drift and compliance management A master profile may be created defining a plurality of values for a plurality of storage system parameters. The master profile may be stored and applied to a plurality of storage systems. In some embodiments, one or more values defined in the master profile may be changed and the resulting plurality of parameter values stored in a new master profile. Current values of storage system parameters may be monitored, for example, determined according to a predefined schedule or in response to user input, and the current values may be compared against the values defined in the master profiles. The results of these comparisons may be recorded as part of compliance information that indicates the extent of compliance of the parameter values of a storage system with the master profile parameter values. The compliance information may be included as part of a compliance report, notification or some other communication.
US11586351B2	Electronic device, electronic device control method, and recording medium Provided is an electronic device including: a communication unit used for communicating with an external device; an input device having a plurality of keys for accepting an input operation of data used for an arithmetic operation; an output device that outputs information; a memory; and at least one processor that causes the output device to provide notice of first information in the case where numerical data for use in the arithmetic operation is received from the external device via the communication unit.
US11586350B2	Touch-sensing display apparatus and cursor controlling method thereof A cursor controlling method includes: A starting position on which a touch signal triggered by an object on the touch panel is detected, and a starting coordinate of the starting position is calculated; a cursor is display at a first coordinate on a display screen corresponding to the starting coordinate. A first vector of the object moving from the starting position to a first steering position on the touch panel is detected. The cursor is moved along a first moving vector corresponding to the first vector, with a first speed on the display screen, until the object is stopped on a first steering position of the touch panel, to make the cursor ended up at a first virtual position having a first virtual coordinate. The cursor is shifted from the first virtual coordinate to a second coordinate on the display screen and corresponding to the first steering position.
US11586349B2	Control apparatus, control method, and storage medium A viewpoint control unit 204 detects a user operation on a display surface for displaying a virtual-viewpoint video (S801) and controls at least one of the position and the orientation of a virtual viewpoint concerning generation of the virtual-viewpoint video in accordance with the user operation (S805, S808, S812, S814).
US11586348B2	Portable multifunction device, method, and graphical user interface supporting user navigations of graphical objects on a touch screen display A portable multifunction device displays a first user interface object and a second user interface object on a touch screen display. Upon detecting a finger-down event at the first user interface object and one or more finger-dragging events on the touch screen display, the device moves the first user interface object on the touch screen display along a path determined by the finger-dragging events until the first user interface object at least in part overlaps the second user interface object. Upon detecting a finger-up event at the second user interface object, the device visually replaces the second user interface object with the first user interface object.
US11586345B2	Method and apparatus for interaction control of display page The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for interaction control of a display page. The method includes: obtaining a sliding operation performed by a user on the display page and a sliding parameter corresponding to the sliding operation, the display page including a plurality of pieces of display content; controlling the display page to move in accordance with the sliding operation, and predicting, based on the sliding parameter, a position of current display content on the display page when the display page stops; determining whether the position of the current display content meets a predetermined requirement; and correcting, when it is determined that the position of the current display content does not meet the predetermined requirement, the position of the current display content, such that the position of the current display content meets the predetermined requirement when the display page stops.
US11586344B1	Synchronizing media content streams for live broadcasts and listener interactivity A creator establishes a media program including a plurality of media files or content in accordance with a broadcast plan. Mixing systems establish connections with a mobile device of the creator, and with sources of the audio files or content, either manually or automatically in response to instructions of the creator. Broadcast systems establish connections with computer devices of listeners and a mixing system. Conference systems establish connections with the mobile device of the creator and a mixing system. The connections established may be one-way or two-way channels. The media program may include live or previously recorded audio content including words or sounds of the creator, as well as advertisements, music, news, sports, weather, or other programming. The media program may also include live or previously recorded interviews or other conversations with guests, including but not limited to one or more listeners.
US11586342B2	Method for providing user interface and electronic device therefor An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a display, a communication circuit, a memory, and a processor. The processor may be configured to obtain a user input for communication with a first external electronic device and output a first user interface for the communication with the first external electronic device on the display, based on the user input. The processor is also configured to obtain permission information for accessing a second external electronic device associated with an account of the first external electronic device, during the communication with the first external electronic device, and display a second user interface for accessing the second external electronic device on a partial region of the first user interface based on the permission information.
US11586339B2	Electronic device having flexible display screen and processing method thereof An electronic device having a flexible display screen and a processing method thereof, where bending the electronic device may cause the electronic device to switch between a smartphone mode and a wearable mode. In the wearable mode, the electronic device displays content on a part of the flexible display screen.
US11586338B2	Systems and methods for animated computer generated display Responsive to user interacting with a selectable object on a user interface, the selectable object is transitioned in an animated transitioning process into a dialog menu with selectable options. The animated transitioning process can include rotating a part of the selectable object (e.g., rotating a “+” symbol into an “x” symbol), changing a function of the part of the selectable object being rotated (e.g., from “Add” to “Close”), and changing the shape and/or size of the selectable object. As part of the animated transitioning process, dialog menu items may be displayed in the dialog menu. Once the animated transitioning process is complete, the user can interact with the dialog menu. Closing the dialog menu triggers an animated transitioning process that transitions the dialog menu to a selectable object.
US11586337B2	System and method for using portal systems in augmented reality virtual environments An orthogonal or multi-dimensional fabric user interface is described herein. A remote server executes an operating system that provides a multi-dimensional fabric user interface for storing content for a particular user. The user can access select content by manipulating the multi-dimensional fabric user interface through a graphical user interface displayed on a personal mobile computing device. In this way, the user experiences and manipulates various data dimensions around the specific content they are accessing, rather than selecting a particular file structure location. The remote server also enables the user to enter a first location side of a portal and travel to a virtual representation a second actual physical location in the multi-dimensional fabric user interface from a virtual representation of a first actual physical location in the multi-dimensional fabric user interface.
US11586335B2	Graphical user interface marking feedback A method for providing user feedback for a website includes generating, via a programming interface of a first computing device, a substantially transparent overlay for a graphical user interface (GUI) of a web page, the substantially transparent overlay preventing user interaction with the GUI of the web page, receiving coordinates of an area on the substantially transparent overlay, translating, by the first computing device, the coordinates of the area on the substantially transparent overlay to source code for an element on the GUI of the web page located at a corresponding position of the coordinates of the area on the substantially transparent overlay, and transmitting, by the first computing device, source code for the element to a second computing device for rendering the element on a second computing device GUI.
US11586334B2	Display device and method of driving the same A display device includes a display portion, a display driver, a touch sensing portion, and a touch driver. The display portion includes data lines, scan lines, and pixels connected to the data lines and the scan lines. The display driver provides data signals to the data lines and sequentially provides scan signals to the scan lines. The touch sensing portion includes sensing electrodes. The touch driver senses a touch input based on a change of a capacitance between the sensing electrodes and calculates a movement speed of the touch input. When the movement speed of the touch input is greater than a reference speed, a first period in which the scan signals and the data signals are provided is reduced in a frame period in which a frame image is displayed.
US11586332B2	Touch display panel and drive method for the same, and touch display device A touch display panel, a method for driving the same and a touch display device are provided. The touch display panel includes a substrate, and a light-emitting array layer, a packaging layer, a first electrode layer and a color resistor layer successively arranged on the substrate. The first electrode layer includes multiple first touch electrodes. The packaging layer includes a first sub-packaging layer and a second sub-packaging layer which are successively arranged in a direction away from the substrate and between which an auxiliary electrode is arranged. Projection of the first touch electrode is at least partially overlapped with projection of the auxiliary electrode in a direction perpendicular to the substrate. In touch charging stage, the first touch electrode is applied with a first driving signal, the auxiliary electrode is applied with a second driving signal, and the second driving signal and the first driving signal are synchronous.
US11586330B2	Touch sensing module and electronic device A touch sensing module includes: a first sensing coil and a second sensing coil, each having inductance varying in response to an applied force touch; a first pad having capacitance varying in response to an applied contact touch, disposed closer to the second sensing coil than to the first sensing coil, and electrically connected to the first sensing coil to constitute a first resonance circuit; and a second pad having capacitance varying in response to the applied contact touch, disposed closer to the first sensing coil than to the second sensing coil, and electrically connected to the second sensing coil to constitute a second resonance circuit.
US11586329B2	Flexible touch panel and flexible display device A flexible touch panel including a flexible substrate bent in a first direction, and a touch sensor unit disposed on the flexible substrate, the touch sensor unit including a bridge extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction.
US11586326B2	Spread acquisition and measurement of capacitance sensors and related systems, methods and devices Embodiments of the disclosure relate, generally, to techniques for parallel acquisition and measurements and related circuits, systems and devices that implement those techniques. A technique for parallel acquisition and measurement generally includes simultaneously acquiring sensed signals from multiple sensor channels and determining which sensed signal of the acquired sensed signals has the largest relative contribution to a measurement.
US11586325B1	Information handling system stylus location aid having selectable vibration A portable information handling system commands a stylus to vibrate to aid in location of the stylus. The stylus vibrates at a frequency selected from a range of plural frequencies based upon a distance between the portable information handling system and stylus so that an audible noise is generated by the stylus with sufficient sound to be heard by a user of the portable information handling system while minimizing stylus power consumption. In one embodiment, a haptic film at the stylus exterior surface generates an ultrasonic noise detectable by a microphone of the portable information handling system for determining a vector to the stylus.
US11586319B2	Display device with input sensor configured to operate in different modes A display device includes: a display panel configured to display an image; an input sensor on the display panel; an approach sensing electrode arranged around the input sensor; and a sensor controller connected to the input sensor and the approach sensing electrode, wherein the sensor controller is configured to drive the input sensor in a first driving mode during a first input sensing frame and to drive the input sensor in a second driving mode during a second input sensing frame, and the sensor controller is further configured to provide an uplink signal to the approach sensing electrode in response to the input sensor operating in the first or second driving mode.
US11586316B1	Test system and testing method for testing a device under test A test system for testing a device under test (DUT) with a graphical user interface (GUI) and a touch-sensitive display is described. The test system includes a stimulation layer configured to selectively generate a stimulus signal in at least one area of the touch-sensitive display. The stimulation layer is at least partially transparent. The test system further includes at least one camera configured to capture at least one image of the GUI displayed on the touch-sensitive display through the at least partially transparent stimulation layer. The test system further includes an artificial intelligence (AI) circuit connected with the at least one camera and the stimulation layer. The AI circuit is configured to recognize at least one activatable element of the GUI based on the at least one image captured, and is configured to control the stimulation layer to selectively generate the stimulus signal based on the at least one recognized activatable element, such that a touch and/or or a gesture is imitated. Further a testing method for testing a DUT is described.
US11586315B2	Display substrate, display device and method of manufacturing same A display substrate is provided. The display substrate includes a plurality of organic material film layers and a plurality of inorganic material film layers, wherein the plurality of organic material film layers and the plurality of inorganic material film layers are provided with a functional hole, and the functional hole is disposed in an aperture area of the display substrate. An organic material is provided on an inner side wall of the functional hole in at least one of the inorganic material film layers.
US11586314B1	Border touch module The disclosure provides a border touch module, including a cover plate, a shielding layer, a first adhesive layer, a sensing electrode layer, a second adhesive layer, an opaque adhesive, and a backlight layer. The shielding layer is disposed below the cover plate. The first adhesive layer is disposed below the shielding layer. The sensing electrode layer is disposed below the first adhesive layer. The second adhesive layer is disposed below the sensing electrode layer. The opaque adhesive is disposed below the sensing electrode layer. The backlight layer is disposed below the opaque adhesive and is in the same plane as the second adhesive layer. The shielding layer has a backlight pattern, and the opaque adhesive has a light source hole. When the backlight layer is in the state of driving backlight, the light illuminates the backlight pattern of the shielding layer through the light source hole.
US11586312B1	Touch module and method of manufacturing the same A touch module includes a substrate, a bridging pattern layer, first and second insulating layers, and an electrode pattern layer. The bridging pattern layer, disposed on the substrate, includes a bridging electrode. The first insulating layer, disposed on the bridging pattern layer, includes first and second insulating blocks respectively formed at opposite ends of the bridging electrode and a third insulating block separately located between the first and second insulating blocks by two exposed regions of the first insulating layer. The electrode pattern layer, disposed on the first insulating layer, is electrically connected to the bridging electrode through the two exposed regions. The electrode pattern layer includes first and second transparent conductive layers and a metal layer and has two through hole regions directly above the bridging electrode. The second insulating layer, disposed on the electrode pattern layer, covers and fills the two through hole regions.
US11586310B2	Display system and control method A display device includes multiple gate lines, multiple source lines, multiple pixel electrodes provided respectively in regions defined by the multiple gate lines and the multiple source lines, and multiple common electrodes provided to face the multiple pixel electrodes and used for both image display and touch detection. A second drive circuit supplies a touch drive signal to each of the multiple common electrodes. A touch detection circuit performs detection of a touch by an object on the display device, based on a touch detection signal received from each of the multiple common electrodes. The display device includes multiple touch detection regions. Among the multiple common electrodes, multiple common electrodes are arranged in each of the touch detection regions. In the display system, touch detection is performed in part of the multiple touch detection regions, and touch detection is not performed in rest of the multiple touch detection regions.
US11586308B2	Touch display and anti-interference method thereof A touch display and an anti-interference method thereof are provided. The touch display has a display panel, a touch panel, a touch chip, and a compensation circuit. A compensation signal line is led out from a common electrode layer of the display panel. A sensing signal line is led out from a touch layer of the touch panel. An input terminal of the compensation circuit is connected to the compensation signal line and the sensing signal line, and a compensated sensing signal is output to the touch chip from the output terminal. An ability of the touch screen to resist noise interference is improved.
US11586307B1	Touchscreen fuel panel with real time architecture generation and status A touchscreen fuel panel. In embodiments, the fuel panel includes a touchscreen display and a controller coupled to the touchscreen display. The controller is configured to generate a graphical user interface at the touchscreen display and receive user inputs via the touchscreen display. In embodiments, the graphical user interface includes a pump menu, valve control icons, pump status indications, fuel quantity indications, and fuel calculations. The controller may be configured to present requested information and/or generate a control signal for at least one fuel system component in response to receiving a user input representing a user interaction with the graphical user interface.
US11586305B1	Luminous mouse pad A luminous mouse pad includes a mat part and a light-guiding structure. The light-guiding structure includes a tube portion; and an insertion portion. The insertion portion protrudes from the tube portion and is inserted into an end side surface of the mat part to leave the tube portion to be exposed outside the mat part.
US11586303B2	Software framework and development platform for Wi-Fi chipsets A wireless network device comprises a wireless signal driver, an application-driver framework that includes a bidirectional interface and an application interface. The application-driver framework is configured for application-agnostic and driver-agnostic communication. The bidirectional interface communicatively couples the wireless signal driver to the application-driver framework. The bidirectional interface includes an abstraction layer via which driver-agnostic command signals and driver-agnostic event signals are communicated with the application-driver framework and via which driver-specific command signals and driver-specific event signals are communicated with the wireless signal driver. The application interface is configured to interface with applications and with the application-driver framework. The application interface is configured to communicate application-agnostic command signals and application-agnostic event signals with the application-driver framework and to communicate application-specific event signals and application-specific command signals with the one or more applications and the application-driver framework.
US11586298B2	Display apparatus and controlling method of the display apparatus A display apparatus and a controlling method thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes: a display panel; at least one sensor configured to detect a distance to an external object; a driver configured to rotate the display panel while a front surface of the display panel maintains a facing direction; and a processor configured to: based on an event for rotating the display panel occurring, control the driver to rotate the display panel, and based on detecting, via the at least one sensor, the object within a predetermined distance in a rotating direction of the display panel while the display panel rotates, control the driver to stop rotating the display panel, wherein the predetermined distance has different values according to a rotating angle by which the display panel has rotated from a position of the display panel before the event occurred.
US11586292B2	Systems and methods of tracking moving hands and recognizing gestural interactions The technology disclosed relates to relates to providing command input to a machine under control. It further relates to gesturally interacting with the machine. The technology disclosed also relates to providing monitoring information about a process under control. The technology disclosed further relates to providing biometric information about an individual. The technology disclosed yet further relates to providing abstract features information (pose, grab strength, pinch strength, confidence, and so forth) about an individual.
US11586289B2	Information output device Provided is an information output apparatus including one or more information output units, wherein each information output unit includes a coil arranged to be connected to a power source, such that a current flows in the coil; a base unit configured to accommodate the coil; and a driving indicator, which is arranged in the base unit to be apart from and close to the coil to be driven by a current flowing in the coil and is configured to move in a first direction toward the coil and a direction opposite thereto to rotate while being connected to the base unit and to move in a second direction crossing the first direction to be recognized by a user.
US11586285B2	Methods and systems for forming images of eye features using a non-imaging, scanning-MEMS-based eye-tracking system Aspects of the present disclosure describe systems, methods, and structures that provide eye-tracking by 1) steering a beam of light through the effect of a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) onto a surface of the eye and 2) detecting light reflected from features of the eye including corneal surface, pupil, iris—among others. Positional/geometric/feature/structural information pertaining to the eye is determined from timing information associated with the reflected light.
US11586281B2	Method, computer program and head mountable arrangement for assisting a subject to acquire spatial information about an environment A head mountable arrangement assists a subject to acquire spatial information about a surrounding environment by receiving gaze data from an eyetracker and spatial data from a distance sensor respectively. The gaze data describe an estimated point of regard of the subject, and the spatial data describe a distance between a reference point and an object in the surrounding environment. A feedback signal is provided, which indicates a distance from the subject to said object in the surrounding environment. The feedback signal is generated based on the estimated point of regard and the spatial data, and may reflect the distance to a surface element of an object that intersects a straight line between an eye-base line of the subject and the estimated point of regard, which surface element is located closer to the eye-base line than any other surface element of the objects in the surrounding environment along said straight line.
US11586266B1	Persistent power enabled on-chip data processor Data may be transferred from a volatile memory to a non-volatile memory using a persistent power enabled on-chip data processor upon detecting a power loss from a primary power source. The one or more emergency power supplies are attached to the volatile memory, the non-volatile memory, and the persistent power enabled on-chip data processor to assist with the transferring of data.
US11586263B2	Information processing apparatus and control method An information processing apparatus includes a processor that can take plural power control modes different in rated power from one another, a fan that rotates to dissipate heat generated by the processor, and a power control unit that controls the power consumption of the processor. The plural power control modes include two or more stages of dynamic control modes different in rated power from one another and a unified communication mode. The power control unit selects any one of the dynamic control modes based on an event in which a power consumption state of the processor continues for a predetermined duration or more, and when the unified communication works, the power control unit preferentially selects the unified communication mode.
US11586262B2	System and method for service life management based on condensation removal A method for environmentally managing a computing device of an information handling system includes monitoring an environmental corrosion risk associated with a component of the computing device, a corrosion management component that reduces a rate of corrosion of the component due to an ambient environment in which the component resides by removing condensation from the component is associated with the component; making a determination that the component is associated with the corrosion management component; in response to the determination: estimating a corrosion risk of the component based on: the environmental corrosion risk, and a risk reduction factor associated with the corrosion management component; making a second determination that the corrosion risk of the component indicates a premature failure of the component; and remediating, in response to the second determination, the corrosion risk of the component.
US11586255B2	Method and apparatus for adjusting view for target device, electronic device and medium A method and an apparatus for adjusting a view for a target device, an electronic device, and a computer-readable medium are provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure. A specific implementation of the method includes: determining whether a currently playing video is a video of a first type in response to detecting a change of a posture of the target device; and adjusting a display direction of the video-stream-play view to match the posture of the target device and adjusting a display position and/or transparency of the at least one video-stream-play interactive control in response to determining that the currently playing video is the video of the first type. This implementation achieves matching of the view with the posture of the target device and enhances adaptability of the video-stream-play interactive control with the adjusted video-stream-play view.
US11586251B2	Electronic device with flexible display structures An electronic device may have a flexible display. The electronic device may have housing portions that are rotatably coupled to each other so that the flexible display may fold along one or more bend axes. A device may have rollers that store a flexible display and that help deploy the display from within a housing when additional display area is desired. A touch screen in a housing may be overlapped by a flexible display that has been scrolled outwardly from the housing. Wireless transmitter and receiver circuitry may be used to convey image data to display driver circuitry. The display driver circuitry may display images on a pixel array in a flexible display based on the image data. Magnets may be used to outwardly bias edge-mounted bistable support structures to help prevent a rolled flexible display from wrinkling.
US11586250B2	Electronic device and control method An electronic device includes a body, a display screen, and a support component. The display screen includes a first portion and a second portion. A display screen surface of the first portion covers the body, and the second portion includes a flexible area. The support component is connected to a display screen surface of the flexible area. The support component is configured to change shape as the flexible area deforms to support the flexible area.
US11586249B2	Electronic device and method for controlling selective display of graphic objects According to various embodiments, an electronic device includes: a flexible display; a processor electrically connected to the flexible display; and a memory electrically connected to the processor, wherein the memory may store instructions configured to, when executed, cause the processor to display a first portion of a main page including a first object group in a folded state of the flexible display, and when the flexible display is spread, to display a second portion of the main page including a second object group in which at least one object is hidden, along with the first portion of the main page, and in response to a user input for unhiding of the second object group in which at least one object is hidden, to display the second object group in a second portion of the main page. Other embodiments are possible.
US11586241B2	Band-pass clock distribution networks A band-pass clock distribution circuit includes a clock tree circuit including at least one clock buffer circuit. The clock tree circuit may be configured to receive a first clock signal from a clock generator circuit and to generate a second clock signal based on the first clock signal. A band-pass filter may be configured to receive the second clock signal and to provide a third clock signal to one or more load circuits. The band-pass filter includes a filtering resonant network including a first inductor and a second inductor coupled to one another at a center tap. The filtering resonant network is configurable to resonate with a parasitic capacitance associated with the one or more load circuits. A portion of the band-pass filter is integrated with the clock tree circuit.
US11586238B1	Clock generator with noise rejection circuit A clock generator includes an input coupled to receive an input clock signal from a first clock source, and a noise rejection circuit configured to provide an output clock signal based on the input clock signal. The noise rejection circuit includes an event generator having a digital counter circuit. The event generator is configured to generate a first event signal based on a count value of the digital counter circuit, in which the noise rejection circuit is configured to produce an edge on the output clock signal in response to both the event signal and a state of the input clock signal.
US11586235B2	Linear power supply circuit with phase compensation circuit A linear power supply circuit includes: an output stage including a first output transistor and a second output transistor, which are provided between an input terminal to which an input voltage is able to be applied and an output terminal to which an output voltage is able to be applied and are connected in parallel to each other; a driver configured to drive the first output transistor and the second output transistor based on a difference between a voltage based on the output voltage and a reference voltage; a resistor inserted between a gate of the first output transistor and a gate of the second output transistor; a capacitor having one end connected to the input terminal and the other end connected to a connection node between the resistor and the gate of the second output transistor; and a clamp element connected in parallel to the resistor.
US11586227B2	Airborne relays in cooperative-MIMO systems An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) uses a first baseband processor to establish a first communication link with a ground station of a wireless network and a second baseband processor that establishes a second communication link with a user device. The second baseband processor for processing a radio transmission from a user equipment. The second baseband processor is communicatively coupled to the first baseband processor such that the radio transmission is communicated to the ground station via the first communication link. Flight-control hardware steers the UAV along a flight trajectory that is determined by a ground-based UAV controller based at least on the radio transmission, such that the UAV or the ground station can locate or track the user equipment.
US11586226B2	Control and stabilization of a flight vehicle from a detected perturbation by tilt and rotation A flight vehicle control and stabilization process detects and measures an orientation of a non-fixed portion relative to a fixed frame or portion of a flight vehicle, following a perturbation in the non-fixed portion from one or both of tilt and rotation thereof. A pilot or rider tilts or rotates the non-fixed portion, or both, to intentionally adjust the orientation and effect a change in the flight vehicle's direction. The flight vehicle control and stabilization process calculates a directional adjustment of the rest of the flight vehicle from this perturbation and induces the fixed portion to re-orient itself with the non-fixed portion to effect control and stability of the flight vehicle. The flight vehicle control and stabilization process also detects changes in speed and altitude, and includes stabilization components to adjust flight vehicle operation from unintentional payload movement on the non-fixed portion.
US11586223B2	Vehicle and service management device A vehicle includes a communicator configured to receive driving information from a management server, a controller configured to drive the vehicle on the basis of the driving information from the communicator, a manager configured to manage a compartment of the vehicle in which a service user receives a service from a service provider, and an interface set up in association with service-related information provided by the service provider and the compartment.
US11586219B2	Optical beacon for autonomous device and autonomous device configured to use the same An optical beacon may include a housing, an optical emitter at least partially disposed within the housing, and an optical identifier generator optically coupled to the optical emitter. Light incident on the optical identifier generator may be shaped into at least one optical identifier. The optical identifier may be associated with an action capable of being carried out by a robotic cleaner such that detection of the optical identifier by the robotic cleaner causes the robotic cleaner to carry out the action.
US11586218B2	Method and apparatus for positioning vehicle, electronic device and storage medium A method and apparatus for positioning a vehicle. The method may include: acquiring an identification element and non-identification elements of a current vehicle. The method can further include matching the identification element of the current vehicle with position elements in a high-precision map to determine an initial position of the current vehicle. The method can further include using at least one position element in the high-precision map to perform observational constraints on the non-identification elements of the current vehicle to acquire position elements corresponding to the non-identification elements of the current vehicle. The method can further include adjusting the initial position of the current vehicle using the position elements corresponding to the non-identification elements of the current vehicle to obtain a target position of the current vehicle.
US11586215B2	Control device A model prediction control part of a control device includes an obstacle avoidance control unit that operates when there are a plurality of actual obstacles to be avoided. The obstacle avoidance control unit decides the position of a virtual obstacle from the positions of the plurality of actual obstacles acquired by an acquisition part so as to be positioned between the plurality of actual obstacles, and performs model prediction control by using, as the stage cost, the addition result of a standard cost and a virtual obstacle evaluation term for which a prescribed function, which uses, as parameters, at least the position of the virtual obstacle and the position of a moving body, is multiplied by a virtual obstacle weight. Using this configuration, when the moving body is caused to follow with respect to a target trajectory by the model prediction control, a collision with an obstacle can be avoided suitably.
US11586209B2	Differential dynamic programming (DDP) based planning architecture for autonomous driving vehicles In one embodiment, method performed by an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) that determines, within a driving space, a plurality of routes from a current location of the ADV to a desired location. The method determines, for each route of the plurality of routes, an objective function to control the ADV autonomously along the route and, for each of the objective functions, performs Differential Dynamic Programming (DDP) optimization in view of a set of constraints to produce a path trajectory. The method determines whether at least one of the path trajectories satisfies each constraint and, in response to a path trajectory satisfying each of the constraints, selects the path trajectory for navigating the ADV from the current location to the desired location.
US11586206B2	Boat and control method for same A sensor detects a shape of a shore arrival location and a positional relationship of the shore arrival location and a boat body and outputs environment information indicating the shape of the shore arrival location and the positional relationship. A controller receives the environment information and generates an instruction signal to control a propulsion device to cause the boat body to move toward the shore arrival position set based on the environment information and to push the boat body to the shore arrival location.
US11586205B2	Autopilot features for marine navigation A marine autopilot system is disclosed. While in autopilot mode, the marine vessel's autopilot system autonomously steers the marine vessel's rudder. Steering input provided using the helm typically results in counter-steering to the autopilot. If the autopilot is following a current heading or course (route), the autopilot may continue its efforts to remain on the heading or course in response to the deviation caused by steering input to the helm. The disclosed autopilot system improves this problem by including one or more sensors that measure helm movement and wirelessly transmit helm movement data to one or more components of the marine vessel's electronic network. If the operator of the marine vessel manually steers the helm to deviate from a current heading or course, helm movement exceeding a predetermined autopilot disengagement threshold may cause the autopilot control to temporarily disengage, allowing a user to manually steer the marine vessel.
US11586204B2	Vehicular driving assist system that learns different driving styles A vehicular driving assist system includes an electronic control unit (ECU). When the equipped vehicle is driving in the autonomous mode, driving of the vehicle is controlled by the ECU without human intervention. When the vehicle is being driven in a non-autonomous mode, a particular driver at least partially drives the vehicle. The vehicular driving assist system learns a driving style of the particular driver and, when the vehicle is being driven in the non-autonomous mode by the particular driver, the system restricts learning of the driving style of the particular driver responsive to determination by the system that the particular driver is (i) driving the vehicle erratically and/or (ii) performing an illegal driving maneuver. When the vehicle is driving in the autonomous mode, and responsive to the particular driver being present in the vehicle, the vehicle drives in accordance with the learned driving style of the particular driver.
US11586201B2	Method and apparatus for recognizing a stuck status as well as computer storage medium The present disclosure proposes a method and an apparatus for recognizing a stuck status as well as a computer storage medium, with the method comprising: building an environmental map within a preset extent by taking the current position of the mobile robot as center; real-time monitoring the march information of the mobile robot and predicting whether the mobile robot is stuck or not; acquiring data from multiple sensors of the mobile robot, if the mobile robot is stuck; and recognizing the current stuck status of the mobile robot based on the data from multiple sensors.
US11586200B2	Method and system for vehicle engagement control A method includes receiving, by machine-learning logic, observations indicative of a states associated with a first and second group of vehicles arranged within an engagement zone during a first interval of an engagement between the first and the second group of vehicles. The machine-learning logic determines actions based on the observations that, when taken simultaneously by the first group of vehicles during the first interval, are predicted by the machine-learning logic to result in removal of one or more vehicles of the second group of vehicles from the engagement zone during the engagement. The machine-learning logic is trained using a reinforcement learning technique and on simulated engagements between the first and second group of vehicles to determine sequences of actions that are predicted to result in one or more vehicles of the second group being removed from the engagement zone. The machine-learning logic communicates the plurality of actions to the first group of vehicles.
US11586199B2	Vehicle and power supply system of vehicle A vehicle includes an ADK that creates a driving plan, a VP that carries out vehicle control in accordance with various commands from the ADK, and a vehicle control interface that interfaces between the VP and the ADK. A power supply structure for the ADK is provided independently of a power supply structure for the VP.
US11586193B2	Remote diagnostic systems and methods for predictive maintenance programs A remote diagnostic center configured to receive vibration data, field notes information, and diagnostic reports over a communication network from one or more vibration analysis units located at one or more machine sites, including a data center configured to receive, store, and provide secure backup for received vibration data and field notes information, the data center including a communication module, a database management module, a diagnostic analysis module, and a portal module to enable one or more remote analysts to review and collaborate on the received vibration data, field notes information, and diagnostic reports to monitor and report to a diagnostic center manager whether the vibration data and field notes information corresponding to a particular machine-under-test is being processed by an analyst and will be completed within a specified time interval specific to the machine-under-test.
US11586192B2	Operation assistance method for executing recommended action in response to alert An operation assistance method for presenting a recommended operational action in response to an alert issued in a facility includes: detecting issuance of the alert; extracting, from an alert history storage unit, an issuance history of a same type of alert as the alert of which the issuance or the sign of issuance has been detected; extracting, from an operation history storage unit storing an operation history of the facility, an operational action after issuance of the same type of alert; extracting, from an operational data storage unit storing information indicating an operational state of the facility, information indicating the operational state after the operational action, and verifying an influence of the operational action on the operational state; and presenting the recommended operational action in response to the alert of which the issuance has been detected, based on the extracted operational action and the verified influence.
US11586181B2	Systems and methods for adjusting process parameters in a production environment Systems and methods for process monitoring through data collection in a production environment can include a data collector communicatively coupled to a plurality of input channels, each input channel connected to a monitoring point from which data is collected, the collected data providing a plurality of process parameter values for the production environment; a data storage structured to store collected data from the plurality of input channels; a data acquisition circuit structured to interpret the plurality of process parameter values from the collected data; a data analysis circuit structured to analyze the plurality of process parameter values to detect a process condition associated with the production environment; and a response circuit structured to adjust an operational process for the production environment in response to the detected process condition.
US11586180B2	Assembly information providing system and module assembly Disclosed are an assembly information providing system and a module assembly including a module assembly including at least one control module including a functional unit including an assembly information management unit generating assembly information; and a user terminal and an assembly information providing server connected to the module assembly through a network and an assembly information providing method including: receiving, by the user terminal or the assembly information providing server, the assembly information from the control module; and storing, by the user terminal or the assembly information providing server, the assembly information and determining whether an assembly error of the module assembly occurs based on the assembly information and transmitting assembly error information to the module assembly, and the assembly error information includes module unique information of at least one module with an error.
US11586176B2	High performance UI for customer edge IIoT applications An industrial data pipeline architecture described supports annotation of raw data streams into scalable and durable cloud-level storage. A dynamic data mapping process collects industrial data from data tags that have been annotated with metadata indicating that the tags are to be made available for visualization, and connects data from these tags to a data aggregator object of a node-level or edge-level visualization tool. The data aggregator object dynamically adjusts its data collection footprint to include the annotated data tags, which are dynamically associated with the physical layout of the industrial equipment in the visualization. Visualization objects for a specified plant configuration act as data context containers that can be added to a plant visualization panel, and allows the annotated tags to be selected to build visualizations of selected data items.
US11586175B2	Tool, task management device, task management method, and task management system A tool is equipped with a torque sensor, suited for a tightening task of a fastening component of a device such as a fluid control system that requires a large number of fastening components for assembly and has a narrow space for access to the fastening components, and capable of automatically detecting a tightening torque. The tool includes a torque sensor capable of detecting a tightening torque for tightening a fastening component acting on a bit. The torque sensor initiates measurement of the tightening torque when the tightening torque detected exceeds a set threshold value, completes measurement when the tightening torque detected falls below the set threshold value and a set time elapses, and outputs torque-related data formed on the basis of measurement data from measurement initiation to measurement completion and including a measurement time. The torque-related data includes a peak value of the measurement data.
US11586173B2	Offset surface transformations for generating CNC toolpaths A method for CNC manufacturing is provided. The method includes computer-reading a digital model of a 3D part within a first topological space. An offset surface for the digital model in the first topological space is computer-generated. The offset surface in the first topological space is computer-transformed to a transformed offset surface in a second topological space embedded in the first topological space. A plurality of contours are computer-identified, at which a corresponding plurality of embedded parallel planes intersect the transformed offset surface in the second topological space. The plurality of contours in the second topological space are computer-transformed into a corresponding plurality of transformed contours in the first topological space. A CNC toolpath is computer-generated that traces each of the plurality of transformed contours in the first topological space, the CNC toolpath useable by a CNC machine to manufacture the 3D part.
US11586172B2	Method for the design and manufacture of composites having tunable physical properties A method of designing and manufacturing a replica composite object based on an original object. The method identifies the structure and physical properties of an original object. Base materials, bodies, and structural templates, each of which includes associated physical properties, are utilized to generate a 3-dimensional model. The 3-dimensional model is discretized and tested to determine if the selected combination of base materials and bodies have physical properties that substantially equal the physical properties of the original object. If the physical properties do not equate, the 3-dimensional model is optimized by adjusting the combination of base materials, bodies, and structural templates. When the difference between the measured physical properties of the 3-dimensional model and the identified physical properties of the original object is less than a tolerance value, the method instructs an additive manufacturing system to generate a replica composite object based on the original object.
US11586171B2	Automatic control loop decision variation A method includes defining a plurality of variables to modify in a control loop; collecting first data using a first variable of the plurality of variables while executing the control loop, generating a first result based on the collecting first data step, substituting a second variable of the plurality of variables for the first variable, collecting second data using the second variable while executing the control loop, generating a second result based on the collecting second data step, comparing the first result and the second result; and taking an action based on the comparing step.
US11586167B2	Automatic discovery of relationships among equipment through observation over time Described are platforms, systems, and methods to discover relationships among equipment in automated industrial or commercial environments by looking for synchrony in state changes among the equipment. The platforms, systems, and methods identify a plurality of data sources associated with an automation environment; detect one or more events or one or more state changes in the data sources; store the detected events or state changes; detect synchrony in the detected events or state changes by performing operations comprising: identifying combinatorial pairs of data sources having an event or state change within a predetermined time window; and conducting pairwise testing for each identified combinatorial pair of data sources by applying an algorithm to the stored detected events or state changes; and determine one or more relationships for at least one identified combinatorial pair of data sources.
US11586162B2	Method of updating value of parameter in estimator, storage medium storing computer program, and control system An aspect of this specification discloses a method of, based on a control input to a controlled object and on a control output from the controlled object, updating a value of a parameter in an estimator configured to estimate external force that acts on the controlled object. The method includes: determining whether the controlled object is in a particular state in which external force that acts on the controlled object is known; during a period in which it is determined that the controlled object is in the particular state, calculating, as a learning value, the value of the parameter that reduces an error between the known external force and estimated external force, the estimated external force being estimated by the estimator based on the control input and the control output;and updating the value of the parameter in the estimator with the calculated learning value.
US11586158B1	Wireless sensor system and related methods Implementations of systems for monitoring industrial equipment may include: a processor coupled with one or more sensors. The systems may include one or more input/outputs coupled with the sensors. The one or more input/outputs may be configured to couple with one or more peripheral devices. The processor may be configured to electrically couple with a remote server. The remote server may be configured to process data received from the one or more sensors and instruct, through the processor, the one or more peripheral devices to make an adjustment.
US11586156B2	Electronic device, control method, and storage medium for controlling a display mode of displayed information based on a display region thereof An electronic device includes a non-rectangular display, an information acquisition sensor, and a processor. The processor allocates information acquired from the information acquisition sensor to any of a plurality of display regions having different sizes or shapes within a display range. The information is displayed on the display in a different display mode depending on whether the information is allocated to a first display region or to a separate display region out of the plurality of display regions.
US11586155B2	Method for determining watch face image and electronic device therefor An aspect of the disclosure is to determine a watch face image, and an operation method of an electronic device according to various embodiments may include: acquiring an image using a camera of the electronic device; displaying a watch face preview matching the acquired image on a display of the electronic device; determining a watch face image from the watch face preview; controlling a transceiver of the electronic device to transmit the watch face image to a smart watch; and applying the watch face image to the smart watch.
US11586151B2	Method for manufacturing watch component A method for manufacturing a watch component is a method for manufacturing a watch component formed of austenitized ferritic stainless steel including a base formed of a ferrite phase and a surfacing layer formed of an austenitized phase in which the ferrite phase is austenitized, the method including a first processing step for forming a hole portion or a recessed portion at a base material formed of ferrite stainless steel, a heat treatment step for performing a nitrogen absorption treatment on the base material to form the surfacing layer at a surface side of the base, and a second processing step for cutting a surfacing layer corresponding to the hole portion or the recessed portion to form the watch component.
US11586149B2	Horological display mechanism A horological display mechanism including a cam arranged to be driven by a time base, at least a first drive device of a first display of a first quantity, the drive device including a drive rack pivoting about an axis A and being arranged to cooperate, directly or indirectly, with a drive wheel of the first display, the drive rack including a first rigid part having a toothed sector and second elastically deformable part, the first rigid part and second elastically deformable part being separated by a slot receiving an eccentric arranged to cooperate with the elastically deformable part and separate the latter from the first rigid part.
US11586143B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum, a development device, a fixing device, an apparatus main body, and a fan including a rotating shaft that extends in a longitudinal direction of the photosensitive drum and a blade around the rotating shaft. The development device develops a toner image on the photosensitive drum. The fixing device fixes the toner image from the photosensitive drum to a recording material. The apparatus main body is provided with a discharge port from which the toner-fixed recording material is discharged. A length of the fan rotating shaft in the longitudinal direction is longer than a diameter of a rotational trajectory of the blade. The fan is provided on a downstream side of the fixing device in a discharge direction in which the recording material is discharged from the discharge port and overlaps a part of the development device when viewed in a vertical direction.
US11586141B2	Image forming apparatus including guide rails configured to guide process cartridge A cartridge frame includes a protruding rib protruding toward a first frame, a first bearing supporting one end of a photosensitive drum in an axial direction, and a second bearing supporting an other end of the photosensitive drum in the axial direction. The first frame includes a first guide rail configured to, when a process cartridge is attached to an apparatus main body, guide the protruding rib to slide along the first guide rail. A second frame includes a second guide rail configured to, when the process cartridge is attached to the apparatus main body, guide the second bearing to slide along the second guide rail. A size of the first guide rail in a width direction perpendicular to both the axial direction and an attachment direction of the process cartridge is smaller than a size of the second guide rail in the width direction.
US11586139B2	Opening-closing member of image forming apparatus and image forming apparatus An opening-closing member of an image forming apparatus includes: an external opening-closing member that configurates a part of an outer surface of the image forming apparatus and that is openable and closable; an internal opening-closing member that faces an inner surface of the external opening-closing member and that is openable and closable together with the external opening-closing member; and a container that defines a containment space by protruding from the internal opening-closing member toward the external opening-closing member and that enables a member contained in the containment space to be taken out when the external opening-closing member and the internal opening-closing member are opened.
US11586137B2	Conveyor and image recording apparatus A conveyor includes: a receiver that detachably receives a roll-like sheet; a conveyance unit that conveys the sheet in a conveyance orientation along a conveyance surface; and a tensioner that applies tension to the sheet at a position upstream of the conveyance unit in the conveyance orientation. The tensioner includes: a frame having a groove pair extending in a first direction along the conveyance orientation; a guide having a curved surface that contacts the sheet and an engagement member pair that engages with the groove pair; a pivoting member that pivots around an axis extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and parallel to the conveyance surface; a transmission member that transmits pivoting of the pivoting member to the guide; and an urging member that applies urging force including a component in the first direction to the guide.
US11586133B2	Layer transfer device Disclosed is a layer transfer device which transfers a layer of a multilayer film onto a surface of a sheet. The layer transfer device includes a heating member including a first portion and a second portion, a first heater, a second heater, and a controller. The controller is configured to control the first heater with an input power set at a predetermined input power, control the second heater with an input power set at a first input power if both of the multilayer film and the sheet pass over a surface of the second portion, and control the second heater with an input power set at a second input power that is smaller than the first input power if at least one of the multilayer film and the sheet does not pass over the surface of the second portion.
US11586131B2	Image forming apparatus with guiding member configured to guide recording material and being fixed to holding member configured to hold roller An image forming apparatus includes an endless image bearing belt, a first roller, a second roller, a rotatable member, a holding member, a feeding unit, and a guiding member. The guiding member is provided on a side downstream of the feeding unit and upstream of a transfer nip with respect to a recording material feeding direction at a position opposing a stretching portion stretched by the first roller and the second roller of the image bearing belt and guides a recording material, to the transfer nip, fed by the feeding unit. The guiding member is fixed to the holding member.
US11586130B2	Image forming apparatus with guiding member fixed to guiding member to form feeding path of recording material An image forming apparatus includes an endless image bearing belt, a first roller, a second roller, a rotatable member, a feeding unit, a first guiding member, and a second material guiding member. The second guiding member is fixed to the first guiding member so as to form a feeding path of a recording material with an interval between the second guiding member and the first guiding member.
US11586121B2	Electrophotographic electro-conductive member, process cartridge, and electrophotographic image forming device Provided is an electrophotographic electro-conductive member including a support having an electro-conductive outer surface, and an electro-conductive layer. The electro-conductive layer has a matrix containing a crosslinked product of a first rubber and domains containing a crosslinked product of a second rubber and an electron conductive agent. When measuring an impedance by applying alternating voltage between the outer surface of the support and a platinum electrode on an outer surface of the electro-conductive layer while changing a frequency, a slope at specific frequencies is −0.8 to −0.3 in a double logarithmic plot, and an impedance at specific frequency range is 1.0×104Ω to 1.0×1011Ω. When measuring an impedance by applying alternating voltage between the outer surface of the support and a platinum electrode on an outer surface of the electrophotographic electro-conductive member while changing a frequency, an impedance at specific frequency range is 1.0×105Ω to 1.0×1011Ω.
US11586120B2	Toner for developing electrostatic charge image, electrostatic charge image developer, method for producing toner for developing electrostatic charge image, toner cartridge, process cartridge, image forming apparatus, and image forming method A toner for developing an electrostatic charge image contains toner particles containing at least one binder resin, a release agent, and a coloring agent, and a cross-sectional image of the toner particles meets requirements (1) and (2): requirement (1), an average of ten or more domains, per toner particle, of the release agent have an area of 0.5% or more and 5.0% or less of the area of the toner particle; requirement (2), in a Voronoi tessellation generated from the centroids of the domains of the coloring agent, the mean area of the Voronoi cells is 0.020 μm2 or more and 0.060 μm2 or less, and the standard deviation of the areas of the Voronoi cells is 0.010 μm2 or less.
US11586119B2	Electrophotographic photoconductor, method of manufacturing the same, and electrophotographic device Provided are an electrophotographic photoconductor being resistant to abrasion even in long-term use, having highly sensitive electric characteristics, being capable of maintaining a high retention rate, and being capable of providing a stable image without filming, a method of manufacturing the same, and an electrophotographic device. The photoconductor includes an electroconductive substrate (1), a charge generation layer (3), and a charge transport layer (4); the charge transport layer contains a hole transport material, a resin binder, an electron transport material, and an inorganic oxide; the charge generation layer contains a charge generation material; the masses of the hole transport material, the resin binder, the electron transport material, and the inorganic oxide in the charge transport layer respectively denoted by a to d satisfy 1.5≤b/a≤5.7, 0.005≤c/a≤0.35, 0.05≤d/a≤0.70, a≥c+d, and c/d≥0.01; the hole transport material contains a compound expressed by formula (A-1); and the charge generation material contains titanyl phthalocyanine having an exothermic peak at 251±5° C., a half-value width of the exothermic peak equal to or less than 15° C., and a heating value equal to or greater than 1.0 mJ/mg when a temperature rise condition is 20° C./min in differential scanning calorimetry, and having an X-ray diffraction peak at 27.2±0.3°.
US11586118B2	Alignment mark evaluation method and alignment mark evaluation system Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an alignment mark evaluation method and an alignment mark evaluation system. The alignment mark evaluation method includes: setting a process step code of a wafer with an alignment mark to be evaluated as an evaluation code; obtaining a current process step code of the wafer; if it is detected that the current process step code is the evaluation code, switching a step to be executed to an alignment mark evaluation step; and executing the alignment mark evaluation step to evaluate the alignment mark to be evaluated.
US11586117B2	Lamp, light source device, exposure apparatus, and article manufacturing method A lamp having a fin provided in a periphery of a metal base. The fin includes a first surface close to a bright spot of a light-emitting tube and a second surface far from the bright spot on an opposite side of the first surface. A distance between a first inner edge of the first surface and a bright spot plane as a plane orthogonal to a center axis of the metal base including the bright spot is shorter than a distance between the bright spot plane and a first outer edge of the first surface. A distance between the first inner edge and the first outer edge of the first surface is not shorter than a distance between a second inner edge and a second outer edge of the second surface.
US11586115B2	Method of operating semiconductor apparatus A method of operating a semiconductor apparatus includes generating an electric field in peripheral areas of a first covering structure and a second covering structure; causing a photomask to move to a position between the first and second covering structures such that the photomask at least partially vertically overlaps the first and second covering structures and such that particles attached to the photomask are attracted to the first and second covering structures by the electric field; and irradiating the photomask with light through light transmission regions of the first and second covering structures.
US11586114B2	Wavefront optimization for tuning scanner based on performance matching A method for determining a wavefront parameter of a patterning process. The method includes obtaining a reference performance (e.g., a contour, EPE, CD) of a reference apparatus (e.g., a scanner), a lens model for a patterning apparatus configured to convert a wavefront parameter of a wavefront to actuator movement, and a lens fingerprint of a tuning apparatus (e.g., a to-be-matched scanner). Further, the method involves determining the wavefront parameter (e.g., a wavefront parameter such as tilt, offset, etc.) based on the lens fingerprint of the tuning apparatus, the lens model, and a cost function, wherein the cost function is a difference between the reference performance and a tuning apparatus performance.
US11586112B2	Method to achieve tilted patterning with a through resist thickness Embodiments disclosed herein include a lithographic patterning system and methods of using such a system to form a microelectronic device. In an embodiment, the lithographic patterning system includes an actinic radiation source, a stage where a major surface of the stage is for supporting a substrate with a resist layer, and a first prism over the stage, where the first prism comprises a first face that is substantially parallel to the major surface of the stage. In an embodiment, the lithographic patterning system further comprises a second prism, where the second prism comprises a first surface that is substantially parallel to a second surface of the first prism, and where a second surface of the second prism has a reflective coating.
US11586106B2	Imaging apparatus having configurable stereoscopic perspective In some embodiments, a stereoscopic imaging apparatus includes a tubular housing having a bore extending longitudinally through the housing. First and second image sensors are disposed proximate a distal end of the bore, each including a light sensitive elements on a face and mounted facing laterally outward. The apparatus further includes a first beam steering element associated with the first image sensor and a second beam steering element associated with the second image sensor. The beam steering elements receive light from first and second perspective viewpoints and direct the received light onto the faces of the image sensors forming first and second images. Either the first and second beam steering elements or the first and second image sensors are moveable to cause a change a spacing between or an orientation of the perspective viewpoints to cause sufficient disparity between the first and second images to provide image data including three-dimensional information.
US11586105B1	Head-up display and optical reflection structure A head-up display includes a picture generation unit configured to project image light, a hexagonal optical reflection element arranged on a light path of the image light and including a hollow hexagonal cylinder, a concave mirror and an image display plate. The hollow hexagonal cylinder has a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a third sidewall, a fourth sidewall, a fifth sidewall and a sixth sidewall which are sequentially connected to form a closed hexagonal column. The second sidewall is transparent, and the first sidewall and the fifth sidewall opposite to the second sidewall are configured to reflect the image light. The concave mirror is disposed on the light path of the image light and configured to receive the image light reflected from the hollow hexagonal cylinder. The image display plate is configured to receive image light reflected from the concave mirror.
US11586100B2	Cylindrical camera thermal shield An information handling system peripheral camera is built by inserting a subassembly into a cylindrical housing and enclosing the subassembly with a bezel at the front and cover at the rear. The cylindrical housing is extruded with aluminum to have seams formed along the length of the interior. The seams provide alignment of the subassembly and are machined at the front and rear to form threads that accept screws to couple the bezel and rear cover to the cylindrical housing. To hide the screws, a back plate couples over the rear cover and an opaque treatment is applied to a circumference of a cover glass placed over the bezel.
US11586098B2	Camera system, interchangeable lens, camera, and power supply method of camera system Provided are a camera system, an interchangeable lens, a camera, and a power supply method of a camera system capable of simplifying a configuration. In a camera system (1) comprising a camera (10) and an interchangeable lens (100), a plurality of pieces of lens-drive power (VL1 to VL3) having different voltages are supplied from the camera (10) to the interchangeable lens (100). The interchangeable lens (100) drives a plurality of optical member drive units such as a focus drive unit and a stop drive unit using the plurality of supplied pieces of lens-drive power (VL1 to VL3). Further, system power for operating a lens microcomputer (114) is generated using the lens-drive power (VL1) having the lowest voltage among the plurality of supplied pieces of lens-drive power (VL1 to VL3).
US11586097B2	Camera module A camera module includes a lens barrel, a housing, a shield cover, and a buffer member. The lens barrel incudes a flange portion extending in a direction intersecting an optical axis. The housing is configured to accommodate the lens barrel and has a step portion configured to face a lower portion of the flange portion. The shield cover is coupled to the housing and configured to cover an upper edge of the lens barrel. The buffer member is configured to couple to a groove of the flange portion and protrude in opposing directions from the flange portion to selectively contact the shield cover and the step portion.
US11586091B2	Augmented reality device An augmented reality (AR) device includes a light source; a light source-moving delta robot on which the light source is mounted, the light source-moving delta robot being configured to change a traveling path of light emitted from the light source by adjusting at least one of a position or a slope of the light source in a three-dimensional (3D) space based on a movement of the light source-moving delta robot; a display device configured to generate a first image by modulating the light emitted from the light source; and a combiner configured to combine the first image generated by the display device with a second image, which is different from the first image and is received from an external source, and output a combined image.
US11586087B2	Display device According to one embodiment, a display device includes a liquid crystal layer between a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate includes a wiring line and a pixel electrode. The liquid crystal layer contains a stripe-shaped polymer extending in a first direction and a liquid crystal molecule. The liquid crystal layer contains a first polymer in an area overlapping the wiring line and a second polymer in an area overlapping the pixel electrode. The first polymer includes a first portion extending in a direction different from the first direction. The second polymer includes a second portion extending in a direction different from the first direction. A density of the first portion is higher than a density of the second portion.
US11586086B2	Pixel architecture, array substrate and display apparatus A pixel architecture includes sub-pixels, gate lines extending in first direction and data lines. Two gate lines are provided between every two adjacent rows of sub-pixels. Each data line includes first extension portions extending in first direction and second extension portions extending in second direction intersecting the first direction. The gate lines and the data lines define pixel regions each being provided with two sub-pixels arranged in the first direction therein. Every two adjacent first extension portions and a second extension portion connected between the two first extension portions constitute a projection portion accommodating at least one pixel region. All sub-pixels in each projection portion are coupled to the same data line to receive data voltage signals with the same voltage polarity. Sub-pixels in two adjacent projection portions in the second direction are coupled to two adjacent data lines to receive data voltage signals with opposite voltage polarities.
US11586082B2	Color filter substrate and in-cell touch type display device including the same A color filter substrate and an in-cell touch type display device including the same, in which a low-reflective high-resistance film is disposed on a top face of the color filter substrate. Due to the low-reflective high-resistance film, a finger capacitance is generated, an antistatic path is formed, and reflectance of the display device is improved.
US11586079B2	Film type package comprising a plurality of test lines and a plurality of first and second connection pads and display apparatus having the same A film type package includes: a base film having first and second sides; a driver integrated circuit mounted on the base film; first connection pads disposed on a first area of the base film that is adjacent to the first side of the base film, and configured to be connected to a first external circuit; second connection pads disposed on a second area of the base film that is adjacent to the second side of the base film, and configured to be connected to a second external circuit; first signal lines disposed on the base film, and connecting the driver integrated circuit and the first connection pads; second signal lines disposed on the base film, and connecting the driver integrated circuit and the second connection pads; and a plurality of test lines extending from the driver integrated circuit to the first side of the base film.
US11586075B2	Photopatterning of molecular orientations A method for aligning molecular orientations of liquid crystals and/or polymeric materials into spatially variant patterns uses metamasks. When non-polarized or circularly polarized light is transmitted through or reflected by the metamasks, spatially varied polarization direction and intensity patterns of light can be generated. By projecting the optical patterns of the metamasks onto substrates coated with photoalignment materials, spatially variant molecular orientations encoded in the polarization and intensity patterns are induced in the photoalignment materials, and transfer into the liquid crystals. Possible designs for the metamask use nanostructures of metallic materials (e.g., rectangular nanocuboids of metallic materials arrayed on a transparent substrate).
US11586069B2	Lighting apparatus The present invention relates to a lighting apparatus using LEDs as light sources and a display using the lighting apparatus, particularly, the present invention provides a lighting apparatus including: a plurality of light sources located on a printed circuit board; and a reflecting unit provided on the printed circuit board; and a spaced area provided inside the reflective unit.
US11586068B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus includes a backlight source, a privacy filter disposed on the backlight source, a light adjusting panel disposed on the privacy filter, and a display panel disposed on the light adjusting panel. The light adjusting panel includes a first substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, a first vertical alignment film disposed on the first substrate, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, a second vertical alignment film disposed on the second substrate, and a positive liquid crystal layer disposed between the first vertical alignment film and the second vertical alignment film. The first electrode and the second electrode are disposed on the first substrate. Here, the first electrode has a plurality of first slits, and a plurality of orthogonal projections of the first slits on the first substrate overlap an orthogonal projection of the second electrode on the first substrate.
US11586067B2	Structure and method of advanced LCoS back-plane having robust pixel via metallization Processing methods may be performed to form a pixel material in a semiconductor substrate. The methods may include forming a lithographic mask overlying the semiconductor substrate. The lithographic mask may include a window. The method may include forming a via in the semiconductor substrate by a dry etch process through the window. The method may also include forming the pixel material by depositing a fill material in the via.
US11586066B2	Switchable polarized displays A vehicular rearview assembly includes an electro-optic element. A first substrate defines a first element surface and a second element surface. A first polarizer is coupled to the second element surface. A second substrate is spaced away from the first substrate and defines a third element surface and a fourth element surface. An electro-optic material is positioned between the first and second substrates. A second polarizer is coupled to the second substrate. A display is configured to emit light having a first polarization toward the second polarizer.
US11586065B2	Spatially variable liquid crystal diffraction gratings The present disclosure relates to display systems and, more particularly, to augmented reality display systems. A diffraction grating includes a plurality of different diffracting zones having a periodically repeating lateral dimension corresponding to a grating period adapted for light diffraction. The diffraction grating additionally includes a plurality of different liquid crystal layers corresponding to the different diffracting zones. The different liquid crystal layers have liquid crystal molecules that are aligned differently, such that the different diffracting zones have different optical properties associated with light diffraction.
US11586064B2	Display apparatus realizing a large-size image A display apparatus can include a plurality of first display panels arranged in a grid, the plurality of first display panels including display areas having a plurality of first sub-pixels and bezel areas free of sub-pixels; and a second display panel stacked on the plurality of first display panels, and including emission areas and transparent transmission areas, in which the emission areas of the second display panel include a plurality of second sub-pixels arranged in a grid overlapping with the bezel areas of the first display panels, and the transparent transmission areas of the second display panel overlap with the plurality of first sub-pixels in the plurality of first display panels.
US11586060B2	Optical filter with light source An apparatus comprising a switchable optical filter comprising a layer of switchable material, the switchable material comprising a photochromic/thermochromic, a photochromic/photochromic, or a photochromic/electrochromic compound; a first light source providing light of a wavelength that causes the switchable material to transition from a faded state to a dark state, or a dark state to a faded state; and a switch for controlling activation of the first light source.
US11586058B1	Continuously electronically controlled linear polarization rotator A continuously electronically controlled linear polarization rotator includes a first liquid crystal cell having a first upper substrate, a first lower substrate, and a transparent liquid crystal layer disposed between the first upper substrate and the first lower substrate; and a second liquid crystal cell having a second upper substrate, a second lower substrate, and a transparent liquid crystal layer disposed between the second upper substrate and second lower substrate. The first and second liquid crystal cells satisfy a condition that dΔn/λ is in a range of 1.2 to 1.8, wherein λ is a wavelength of incident light traveling through the first and second liquid crystal cells, d is thickness of the transparent liquid crystal layer, Δn is birefringence of the transparent liquid crystal layer. The first and second liquid crystal cells are applied by voltage to make a linear polarization angle of outgoing light continuously rotate.
US11586055B2	Neutral cylinder refractor The present invention is a neutral cylinder refractor, which is a refractor that uses spherical power in combination with cylinder lenses to render them spherically neutral. Every cylinder lens in the refractor, excluding the Jackson Cross Cylinder, has corresponding spherical power added to it to neutralize the spherical equivalent of the cylindrical lenses. The invention can be used to measure the refractive error of a patient's eye, and specifically the cylinder aspect can be measured more easily due to a lack of interference from spherical equivalent.
US11586051B2	Optical image stabilizing module and camera module including the same An optical image stabilizing (OIS) module and a camera module are provided. The OIS module includes a driving holder provided on a bottom surface of a housing, a driving frame comprising a reflection member and supported on an inner wall of the driving holder, a driving part configured to provide a driving force to move the driving holder and the driving frame, wherein the driving holder is configured to move in one or more of a linear direction and a rotational direction on the bottom surface of the housing to move the reflection member in a first axial direction, perpendicular to an optical axis, and the driving frame is configured to move in one or more of the linear direction and the rotational direction on the inner wall of the driving holder to move the reflection member in a second axial direction, perpendicular to the optical axis.
US11586050B2	Display device A display device having a horizontal viewing direction is provided in the present disclosure. The display device includes a display panel and a light controller. The display panel includes a plurality of first signal lines, respectively extending along a first direction parallel to the horizontal viewing direction. The light controller is disposed adjacent to the display panel, and the light controller includes a plurality of light blocking patterns, respectively extending along a second direction. The second direction has an angle with respect to the first direction, and an absolute value of the angle is greater than 0 degree and less than or equal to 45 degrees.
US11586047B2	Head-up display device There is provided a head-up display device including: a display configured to emit a display light ray therefrom, a reflection member configured to pivot around a rotation axis and reflect the display light ray to project a display image; and a housing configured to accommodate the reflection member. The reflection member has a plurality of ribs protruding from a surface on an opposite side to a reflection surface which reflects the display light ray, and the plurality of ribs have a portion in which a height on an outer side in a rotational direction centered at the rotation axis is lower than that on an inner side in the rotational direction.
US11586044B2	Compact optical device for augmented reality having ghost image blocking function and wide field of view Disclosed herein is a compact optical device for augmented reality having a ghost image blocking function and a wide field of view. The compact optical device includes: an optical means configured to transmit at least part of real object image light therethrough toward the pupil of an eye of a user; a first reflective means disposed inside the optical means and configured to transfer the augmented reality image light output from an image output unit to a second reflective means; and a second reflective means disposed inside the optical means and to reflect the augmented reality image light, transferred from the first reflective means, and transfer the augmented reality image light to the pupil of the eye of the user, thereby providing an image for augmented reality to the user.
US11586041B2	Virtual image display device A diffractive optical element exerts a diffractive action on a display light that is emitted from a display unit. A folding mirror is provided on the opposite side of the diffractive optical element from the display unit to reflect the display light. The diffractive optical element includes a transmissive action part and a diffractive and reflective action part. The transmissive action part exerts a transmissive action to transmit therethrough the display light, which is incident from the display unit and is in a first polarization state, toward the folding mirror. The diffractive and reflective action part exerts a diffractive and reflective action to diffract and reflect the display light, which is reflected by the folding mirror and is in a second polarization state opposite to the first polarization state, toward the projection portion on an optical path.
US11586036B2	Camera assembly with programmable diffractive optical element for depth sensing A depth camera assembly (DCA) for depth sensing of a local area includes a structured light generator, an imaging device, and a controller. The structured light generator illuminates the local area with a structured light pattern. The structured light generator includes a programmable diffractive optical element (PDOE) that generates diffracted scanning beams using optical beams. The PDOE functions as a dynamic diffraction grating that dynamically adjusts diffraction of the optical beams to generate the diffracted scanning beams of different patterns. The diffracted scanning beams are projected as the structured light pattern into the local area, wherein the structured light pattern is dynamically adjustable based on the PDOE. The imaging device captures image(s) of at least a portion of the structured light pattern reflected from object(s) in the local area. The controller determines depth information for the object(s) based on the captured image(s).
US11586034B2	Method and apparatus for adjusting scanning status Methods, systems, and devices for adjusting a scanning status are provided. In one example method, a mobile terminal can determine whether a target object is a preset target type. If so, a reference scan parameter is determined corresponding to the preset target type, and a real-time scan parameter is obtained that is used when the mobile terminal performs scanning around the target object. A determination is made as to whether the real-time scan parameter conforms to the reference scan parameter. If it does not, a prompt message used to prompt a user to adjust a scanning status corresponding to a current scan parameter is generated.
US11586031B2	In-line stitched image optical system architecture for GLV laser line imagers An optical imager system and method of operating the optical imager system, can include one or more imager modules including a laser light source, a collimator, an illumination optical system, a grating light valve, a spatial light modulator and a projection optical system. A group of imager modules can include the one or more imager modules. The group of imager modules is operable in a stacked arrangement to produce an image from in-line stitching of individual images generated by the one or more imager modules. The illumination optical system can homogenize, shape, and direct a beam from the laser light source onto the grating light valve, and homogenization can occur in a cross-process direction.
US11586018B2	Imaging lens assembly, image capturing unit and electronic device An imaging lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The seventh lens element has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The image-side surface of the seventh lens element has at least one convex shape in an off-axis region thereof. An object-side surface and the image-side surface of the seventh lens element are aspheric. At least one of an image-side surface of the fourth lens element and an image-side surface of the fifth lens element has at least one inflection point.
US11586017B2	Camera optical lens Provided is a camera optical lens, which includes, from an object side to an image side: a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having a negative refractive power; a third lens having a positive refractive power; a fourth lens having a negative refractive power; a fifth lens having a negative refractive power; a sixth lens having a negative refractive power; a seventh lens having a positive refractive power; and an eighth lens having a negative refractive power. The camera optical lens satisfies following conditions: 2.00≤f1/f≤3.40; f2≤0.00; and 1.55≤n6≤1.70, where f denotes a focal length of the camera optical lens; f1 denotes a focal length of the first lens; f2 denotes a focal length of the second lens; and n6 denotes a refractive index of the sixth lens. The present disclosure can achieve high optical performance while achieving ultra-thin, wide-angle lenses having a big aperture.
US11586013B2	Optical image capturing module A four-piece optical image capturing system is disclosed. In order from an object side to an image side, the optical image capturing system along the optical axis includes a first lens with positive refractive power; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; and a fourth lens with refractive power; and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the four lenses are aspheric. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.
US11586012B2	Optical imaging lens An optical imaging lens may include a first, a second, a third, a fourth, a fifth, a sixth, a seventh, and an eighth lens elements positioned in an order from an object side to an image side. Through designing concave and/or convex surfaces of the eight lens elements, the improved optical imaging lens may provide better imaging quality while the system length of the lens may be shortened, the F-number may be reduced, the field of view may be extended, and the image height may be increased.
US11586011B2	Optical imaging lens An optical imaging lens may include a first, a second, a third, a fourth, a fifth, a sixth, a seventh, and an eighth lens elements positioned in an order from an object side to an image side. Through designing concave and/or convex surfaces of the eight lens elements, the improved optical imaging lens may provide better imaging quality while the system length may be shortened, the F-number may be reduced, the field of view may be extended, and the image height may be increased.
US11586010B2	Optical imaging lens An optical imaging lens includes a first, a second, a third, a fourth, a fifth, and a sixth lens elements from an object side to an image side arranged in order along an optical axis. The six lens elements are the only lens elements having refracting power in the optical imaging lens. An optical axis region of an object-side surface of the third lens element is concave. A periphery region of an image-side surface of the fourth lens element is concave. An optical axis region of an image-side surface of the sixth lens element is concave.
US11586008B2	Photographic objective The present invention relates to an objective for photographic applications, comprising, in a sequence from an object side end to an image side end, a first lens group having a positive refractivity with at least one lens, a second lens group having a negative refractivity with a single lens, a third lens group having a negative refractivity with a single lens and a fourth lens group having a positive refractivity with at least one lens, wherein the lenses of the second and third lens groups each have a concave surface which face one another and define an air lens, wherein f1 is the overall focal length of the lenses of the second and third lens groups and f2 is the focal length of the air lens, and wherein the relationship 5.0≤f1/f2≤9.0 is true.
US11586006B2	Reflective element driving module A reflective element driving module includes a first reflective element, a second reflective element, and a driving assembly. The first reflective element has a first reflective surface, disposed to correspond to the incident light, wherein the light has an optical axis. The second reflective element has a second reflective surface, disposed to correspond to the light reflected by the first reflective element, and is movable relative to the first reflective element. The driving assembly is configured to drive the second reflective element to move relative to the first reflective element, wherein the first reflective surface and the second reflective surface face different directions.
US11586005B2	Lens module and camera module including the same A lens module includes a carrier having an internal space; a lens unit including a plurality of lens groups, and installed in the carrier to move at least one of the lens groups in a length direction of the carrier; a lens guide unit including a plurality of guide members arranged on first and second surfaces of the plurality of lens groups, to guide movement of at least two lens groups of the plurality of lens groups; and a plurality of driving wires connected to each of the plurality of guide members. The carrier includes an auxiliary guide member having an auxiliary guide hole, and disposed on at least one of the first and second surfaces of the plurality of lens group, the auxiliary guide hole being disposed parallel to a movement direction of the at least two lens groups to guide movement of the at least two lens groups.
US11586000B2	High-density FAUs and optical interconnection devices and related methods A fiber optic assembly is provided including a support substrate having a substantially flat surface and a signal-fiber array supported on the support substrate. The signal-fiber array includes a plurality of optical fibers. At least some of the optical fiber of the plurality of optical fibers includes a first datum contact disposed between the optical fiber and an adjacent optical fiber and each of the optical fibers of the plurality of optical fibers includes a second datum contact disposed between each of the optical fibers of the plurality of optical fibers and the support substrate. A first datum surface is disposed at a top surface of each of the plurality of optical fibers opposite the support surface.
US11585998B2	Optical fibre cable clamping apparatus The present invention discloses an optical fibre cable clamping apparatus (100) for clamping an optical fibre cable attached to a base comprising an upper clamp member and a lower clamp member, a grooved fibre extension for placing optical fibre elements and two grooved strength member extensions formed in the upper clamp member and the lower clamp member. In particular, the two grooved strength member extension is coupled to attach two strength members.
US11585996B2	Telecommunications chassis with slidable trays A slide assembly for slidably coupling a telecommunications tray to a telecommunications chassis includes a rail configured for mounting to the chassis, the rail defining a rail sliding cavity flanked by a first detent adjacent a first end and a second detent adjacent a second end of the rail, the rail further comprising first and second chassis mounting features, the first and the second chassis mounting features are oriented with respect to each other such that if two of the same rails are aligned and brought together in a juxtaposed relationship with the first and second chassis mounting features facing each other, the first and the second chassis mounting features can nest relative to each other so as to not increase the total width of the two rails. A guide configured for mounting to the telecommunications tray defines a guide sliding cavity configured to slidably receive the rail such that the rail sliding cavity and the guide sliding cavity face each other, the guide defines a pin connected thereto via a flexible cantilever arm, at least a portion of the pin extending into the rail sliding cavity when the rail and the guide are in a sliding relationship for latching by the first and second detents of the rail in providing two predetermined stop positions for the guide.
US11585995B2	Matrix material for rollable optical fiber ribbons The present disclosure provides a matrix material for a rollable optical fibre ribbon. The rollable optical fibre ribbon includes a plurality of optical fibres and the matrix material. In addition, each of the plurality of optical fibres is placed parallel to other optical fibres of the plurality of optical fibres. Further, the matrix material joins the plurality of optical fibres. Furthermore, the matrix material has different glass transition temperature at different pressures.
US11585990B2	Stackable optical ferrule and connector using same An optical ferrule includes an optical coupling member with a light redirecting element that redirects input light from a waveguide toward an output window. The optical coupling member has a mating surface configured to slidably mate with a mating optical coupling member along a longitudinal axis of the optical ferrule. The optical ferrule also includes at least one stacking member along a longitudinal edge of the optical coupling member. The stacking member has a distal end extending beyond one of the mating surface and a top surface opposed to the mating surface. The stacking member also has a contact surface opposed to the distal end. The contact surface is configured to rotatably interface with a corresponding distal end of a of an adjacently stacked optical ferrule.
US11585988B2	Optical fiber connector with changeable gender A multi-fiber, fiber optic connector is interchangeable between a male connector and a female connector by including a pin retainer having a releasable retention device configured to lock the pins in place within the retainer. The retention device may be opened, for example, with a release tool, to free the retention pins for removal of the pins. A method for switching a connector between a male connector configuration and a female connector configuration may be possible as a result of the releasable retention configuration.
US11585986B2	Optical connectors Optical connectors that substantially preserve alignment and are easy to manufacture. The alignment system using the optical connectors disclosed herein include a first housing, a second housing and an alignment component, the said alignment component configured to provide optical alignment between the optical components.
US11585979B2	Photonic integrated circuit having improved electrical isolation between n-type contacts A photonic integrated circuit including first and second opto-electronic devices that are fabricated on a semiconductor wafer having an epitaxial layer stack including an n-type indium phosphide-based contact layer that is provided with at least one selectively p-type doped tubular-shaped region for providing an electrical barrier between respective n-type contact regions of the first and second opto-electronic devices that are optically interconnected by a passive optical waveguide that is fabricated in a non-intentionally doped waveguide layer including indium gallium arsenide phosphide, the non-intentionally doped waveguide layer being arranged on top of the n-type contact layer, wherein a first portion of the at least one selectively p-type doped tubular-shaped region is arranged underneath the passive optical waveguide between the first and second opto-electronic devices. An opto-electronic system including the photonic integrated circuit.
US11585976B2	Optical fiber with corrugations An optical fiber has corrugations on an outer surface to dissipate a portion of an input light beam, allowing the remaining portion of the light beam to be coupled to the optical fiber. By dissipating the portion of input light, damage to the optical fiber by uncoupled light is reduced.
US11585973B2	Backlight unit and display device A backlight unit and a display device in which the amount of light emitted to the top surface of the backlight unit is increased, are provided. The backlight unit includes light sources disposed on a printed circuit substrate, a reflective layer disposed on at least a partial area of an area in which the plurality of light sources are not disposed on the printed circuit substrate, a color conversion light guide layer disposed on the light sources, a non-color conversion light guide layer disposed on a surface of the color conversion light guide layer, a transparent film disposed on the color conversion light guide layer and the non-color conversion light guide layer and spaced apart from the light sources and the reflective layer, and light diffusion patterns disposed on a surface of the transparent film and corresponding to each light source.
US11585971B2	System for 3D image projections and viewing Shaped glasses have curved surface lenses with spectrally complementary filters disposed thereon. The filters curved surface lenses are configured to compensate for wavelength shifts occurring due to viewing angles and other sources. Complementary images are projected for viewing through projection filters having passbands that pre-shift to compensate for subsequent wavelength shifts. At least one filter may have more than 3 primary passbands. For example, two filters include a first filter having passbands of low blue, high blue, low green, high green, and red, and a second filter having passbands of blue, green, and red. The additional passbands may be utilized to more closely match a color space and white point of a projector in which the filters are used. The shaped glasses and projection filters together may be utilized as a system for projecting and viewing 3D images.
US11585968B2	Optical filter and camera-equipped information device An optical filter (1a) includes a light-absorbing layer and satisfies the following requirements (i) to (iii) when light with wavelengths of 300 nm to 1200 nm is incident at an incident angle of 0°: (i) an average transmittance of 78% or more in the wavelength range of 450 nm to 600 nm; (ii) a spectral transmittance of 1% or less in the wavelength range of 750 nm to 1080 nm; and (iii) a decreasing spectral transmittance with increasing wavelength in the wavelength range of 600 nm to 750 nm and a first IR cut-off wavelength in the wavelength range of 620 nm to 680 nm. The requirement (i), the requirement (ii), and the requirement (iii) are satisfied by the light-absorbing layer (10).
US11585966B2	Multiplexing backlight with asymmetric turning film The disclosure describes asymmetric turning films (ATFs) that may be used in conjunction with multiple light sources in a liquid crystal display assembly to provide multiple different characteristic output distributions of light. In some examples, the ATFs include a structured surface defining a plurality of microstructures having two or more faces with each face configured to reflect light in different directions. The microstructure may define a microstructure axis and an angle gradient characterizing the rotation of the microstructure axis across the structured surface of the ATF.
US11585963B2	Optical device, particularly camera, particularly comprising autofocus and image stabilization The invention relates to an optical device (1), comprising: a first housing section (3), a cover element (20) connected to the first housing section (3), a transparent and elastically expandable membrane (10) which is arranged in said first housing section (3), a container (2) having a volume (V), wherein the membrane (10) forms part of the container (2), and wherein said container (2) is arranged in said first housing section (3), a transparent fluid (F) residing in said volume (V) of the container (2), a lens shaping part (11) that is in contact with the membrane (10) for defining a curvature-adjustable area (10c) of the membrane (10), which area (10c) faces said cover element (20), a circumferential lens barrel (50) that holds at least one rigid lens (51) facing said container (2), wherein the lens barrel is arranged in said first housing section, an image sensor (52) facing the lens barrel and the container (2), a second housing section (4), wherein the image sensor is arranged on the second housing section, and an actuator means (40) that is designed to move the lens barrel with respect to the first housing section (3) in an axial direction so as to exert a force on said membrane via the lens shaping part for adjusting the pressure of the fluid (F) residing inside the volume (V) and therewith a curvature of said area (10c), wherein said axial direction (A) is oriented perpendicular to a plane (P) along which said image sensor (52) extends, and wherein the actuator means (40) is optionally further designed to one of: moving the lens barrel (50) together with the first housing section (3) and said container (2) parallel to said plane (P); tilting the lens barrel (50) with respect to the first housing section (3) about a rotation axis running parallel to said plane (P) so as to exert a force on said membrane (10) via the lens shaping part (11) that deforms the container (2) in order to deflect light traveling through the container (2).
US11585961B2	Meta-material, devices and methods of use thereof This invention relates to a device for rapid focus control of one or more lasers. The controlled beam (5), is refracted by the dynamic refraction device (1) whose refractive index is set by its response to the control beam (3). The invention can be used for rapid focus and re-focus of a laser on a target as might be useful in such industries as flat panel television manufacturing, fuel injector nozzle manufacture, laser material processing/machining, laser scanning and indirect drive inertial confinement fusion.
US11585956B2	Shear velocity radial profiling based on flexural mode dispersion A method is disclosed for radiaiiy profiling shear velocities of flexural wave modes in a formation. The method includes establishing sensitivity kernels with two non-dimensionalized parameters and using said sensitivity kernels to perform an inversion for radial shear wave velocity profiles. This method may be used for LWD, MWD, or wireline logging operations.
US11585955B2	Systems and methods for probabilistic well depth prognosis A process for drilling a well into a subsurface formation includes receiving data representing depth maps for a given subsurface region, each depth map being generated from seismic data acquired in a seismic survey at a subsurface region. The process includes determining, for depth maps of the plurality, respective weight values; generating data representing a combination of the depth maps based on the respective weight values; generating a cumulative distribution function (CDF) for a particular location in the subsurface region based on the data representing a combination of the depth maps; determining, based on the CDF for that particular location, a probability value representing a depth at which a geological layer occurs in the subsurface region at the particular location; and drilling the well into the subsurface formation at the particular location to a target depth based on the probability value.
US11585945B2	Method for the satellite-supported determination of a position of a vehicle A method for the satellite-supported determination of a position of a vehicle includes identifying a plurality of satellites which may be usable for determining a position of a vehicle and receiving data which characterize movable reception obstacles in a vicinity of the vehicle. The method includes determining a reduced selection of satellites from the plurality of satellites, based on the received data, and determining the position of the vehicle using signals which have been transmitted from the reduced selection of satellites.
US11585944B2	Method of and receiver for mitigating multipath interference in a global navigation satellite system A method of and a receiver for mitigating multipath interference in a global navigation satellite system. In accordance with an embodiment, GNSS signals are received from a plurality of satellites in at least two frequency bands. A likelihood indicator is determined which is indicative of how likely the received GNSS signals are affected by multipath interference. In response to the likelihood indicator, all GNSS signals from at least one frequency band of the at least two frequency bands are discounted. The received GNSS signals are processed by taking into account said discounting of all GNSS signals in the at least one frequency band. The discounting may include assigning less weight to the discounted frequency bands or disregarding each of the discounted frequency bands in their entirety.
US11585942B2	Detection of GNSS interference using surveillance messages In some examples, a system includes a transceiver configured to receive surveillance messages from Y target vehicles, where Y is an integer greater than two. The system includes processing circuitry configured to determine predicted positions of the Y target vehicles based on the surveillance messages. The processing circuitry is also configured to determine reported positions of the Y target vehicles based on later received surveillance messages. The processing circuitry is further configured to determine that respective differences between the respective predicted position and the respective reported position for X of the Y target vehicles is greater than a threshold distance. The processing circuitry is configured to determine that Global Navigation Satellite System interference has occurred in response to determining that X divided by Y is greater than a threshold level.
US11585940B2	Method of measuring the distance to a satellite in consideration of quantum and gravity effects, method of measuring a location using the same, and user terminal A method of measuring a distance to a satellite, which is performed by an electronic device, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the method comprises receiving a linearly polarized photon from and angular momentum per unit mass of the satellite the satellite; measuring an amount of rotation of the polarized photon, the rotation being induced by a space-time warpage due to gravity; and calculating a distance to the satellite by using the rotation amount of the polarized photon and the angular momentum per unit mass of the satellite. The distance to the satellite may be calculated by the following equation, sin ⁢ Θ ⁡ ( r ) ≅ - l obs rr s ⁢ 1 - r s r , wherein ‘2Θ’ is the rotation amount of polarized photon, ‘lobs’ is the angular momentum per unit mass of the satellite, ‘r’ is the distance to the satellite, and ‘rs’ is the Schwarzschild radius of the Earth.
US11585939B2	Base station transmission of GNSS correction data via beacon frame Techniques for transmitting global navigation satellite system (GNSS) correction data to a rover. GNSS signals are wirelessly received by a base station from one or more GNSS satellites. GNSS correction data is generated by the base station based on the GNSS signals. A beacon frame is formed by the base station to include a frame header, a frame body, and a frame check sequence (FCS). The frame body is formed to include the GNSS correction data. The beacon frame is wirelessly transmitted by the base station for receipt by the rover. The rover wirelessly receives the beacon frame. The GNSS correction data is extracted by the rover from the beacon frame. A geospatial position of the rover is calculated based on the GNSS correction data.
US11585936B2	Range imaging camera and range imaging method In a range imaging camera, a first range image producing unit produces a first range image by calculating a distance to an object on the basis of the delay time or the received light amount of each pixel produced by a light receiving processing unit. A second range image producing unit produces a second range image by performing filtering for each pixel of the first range image using a group of neighboring pixels including its own pixel. In this case, a pixel group selection unit selects a group of pixels used in the filtering such that at least one of produced values including the delay time and the received light amount produced by the light receiving processing unit and the first range image produced by the first range image producing unit is equal to or larger than a noise component value.
US11585933B2	System and method for adaptive object-oriented sensor fusion for environmental mapping The present disclosure relates to a mapping system adapted for detecting objects in an environmental scene, by scanning an environmental scene with propagating energy, and receiving reflected energy back from objects present in the environmental scene, in a prioritized manner, for later use. The system may comprise an imaging subsystem which includes a detection and ranging subsystem for initially identifying primitive objects in the environmental scene. The imaging subsystem may also include an identification and mapping subsystem for prioritizing the primitive objects for further scanning and analysis, to ultimately identify one or more of the primitive objects as one or more abstract objects. An environmental model, updated in real time, is used to maintain a map of the primitive objects and the known abstract objects within the environmental scene, as new primitive objects and new abstract objects are obtained with repeated scans of the environmental scene.
US11585931B2	Light direction detector systems and methods Intensity of a light from a light array comprising a plurality of light sources configured to illuminate in sequence may be detected at two optically isolated points of a motion tracker device. The optically isolated points may be disposed at a distance from one another such that a variation in intensity of light due to shadowing effects from the plurality of light sources is different at the optically isolated points. The optically isolated points may be separated by a T-shaped wall. The motion tracker device may generate a current signal representing a photodiode differential between the two optically isolated points and proportional to the intensity of the light. The current signal may be used for sensor fusion with an inertial measurement unit.
US11585927B2	LIDAR for heterodyne detection by a local oscillator and a dual probing beam, at one or several simultaneous frequency(ies), and LIDAR detection method by dual heterodyning detection A LIDAR-type device for a remote spectroscopy of a matter includes an optical emission channel that includes a laser source and an optical waves frequency generator to generate a first comb, a second comb, and a local comb. Each comb includes at least one stripe. A transmit telescope emits an emission signal. A reception channel includes a receive telescope that receives a signal reflected by the matter traversed by the emission signal and a detection system that detects a first beat signal of the at least one stripe of the local comb with the corresponding first stripe of the first reflected comb, a second beat signal of the at least one stripe of the local comb with the corresponding second stripe of the second reflected comb, and a third beat signal of the at least one first beat signal with the at least one second beat signal.
US11585926B2	Techniques for ghosting mitigation in coherent LIDAR systems using multiple chirp rates A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system to transmit optical beams including at least two up-chirp signals and at least two down-chirp signals toward targets in a field of view of the LIDAR system and receive returned signals of the up-chirp and the down-chirp as reflected from the targets. The LIDAR system generates a baseband signal in a frequency domain of the returned signals of the at least two up-chirp signals and the at least two down-chirp signals. The baseband signal includes a first set of peaks associated with the at least one up-chirp signal and a second set of peaks associated with the at least one down-chirp signal. The LIDAR system determines the target location using the first set of peaks and the second set of peaks.
US11585925B2	LIDAR system to adjust doppler effects Doppler correction of phase-encoded LIDAR includes a code indicating a sequence of phases for a phase-encoded signal, and determining a first Fourier transform of the signal. A laser optical signal is used as a reference and modulated based on the code to produce a transmitted phase-encoded optical signal. A returned optical signal is received in response. The returned optical signal is mixed with the reference. The mixed optical signals are detected to produce an electrical signal. A cross spectrum is determined between in-phase and quadrature components of the electrical signal. A Doppler shift is based on a peak in the cross spectrum. A device is operated based on the Doppler shift. Sometimes a second Fourier transform of the electrical signal and the Doppler frequency shift produce a corrected Fourier transform and then a cross correlation. A range is determined based on a peak in the cross correlation.
US11585924B2	Spatial recognition device, spatial recognition method, and program A spatial recognition device provided with an analysis unit configure to acquire, from an optical device, which is mounted on a moving body and which receives reflected light obtained by radiating light onto a reflective plate provided on a stationary structure positioned within a detection area, reflected light information obtained based on the reflected light in accordance with a radiation direction of the light, and determine a positional relationship between the moving body and the stationary structure on which the reflective plate is provided, based on a distribution of the reflected light information at coordinates within the detection area.
US11585922B2	Ultrasound imaging probe with a gradient refractive index lens A transducer probe includes a transducer array with rows of transducer elements that each extend in an elevation direction and is transverse to an azimuth direction, a matching layer disposed adjacent to the transducer array, and a focusing layer disposed adjacent to the matching layer. The focusing layer includes a first material with a first refractive index and a second material with a second refractive index, and the first refractive index is less than the second refractive index. The first and second materials are distributed in an alternating pattern with the first material at edges of the rows. First widths of the first material decrease from the edges towards a center of the rows, and second widths of the second material increase from the edges towards the center.
US11585920B2	Vehicle sensor fusion Various systems and methods for optimizing use of environmental and operational sensors are described herein. A system for improving sensor efficiency includes object recognition circuitry implementable in a vehicle to detect an object ahead of the vehicle, the object recognition circuitry configured to use an object detection operation to detect the object from sensor data of a sensor array, and the object recognition circuitry configured to use at least one object tracking operation to track the object between successive object detection operations; and a processor subsystem to: calculate a relative velocity of the object with respect to the vehicle; and configure the object recognition circuitry to adjust intervals between successive object detection operations based on the relative velocity of the object.
US11585912B2	Systems and methods for virtual aperture radar tracking A system for virtual aperture array radar tracking includes a transmitter that transmits first and second probe signals; a receiver array including a first plurality of radar elements positioned along a first radar axis; and a signal processor that calculates a target range from first and second reflected probe signals, corresponds signal instances of the first reflected probe signal to physical receiver elements of the radar array, corresponds signal instances of the second reflected probe signal to virtual elements of the radar array, calculates a first target angle between a first reference vector and a first projected target vector from the first reflected probe signal, and calculates a position of the tracking target relative to the radar array from the target range and first target angle.
US11585910B1	Non-uniformity correction of photodetector arrays Methods and apparatus for nonuniformity correction (NUC) for a sensor having an avalanche photodiode (APD) array and an integrated circuit. The sensor can include anode bias control module, a passive mode module, and an active mode module. DC photocurrent from the APD array can be measured and used for controlling an anode reverse bias voltage to each element in the APD to achieve a nonuniformity correction level less than a selected threshold.
US11585905B2	Laser scanner A laser scanner (10) including a housing (12) having a window (14), a light source (34) for emitting a light beam (32), the window (14) being transparent to the wavelength(s) of the light beam (32), a scanning mirror (30) rotatable about an axis of rotation (X) for deflection of the light beam (32) toward a scanning area (SC) so that the light beam (32) periodically sweeps at least one sweep surface, and for deflection of return light from objects or persons in the scanning area (SC) into a light collection path, a motor (24) for rotating the scanning mirror (30), a photodetector element (42) for generating an electric signal, arranged in said light collection path, wherein the motor (24), the light source (34), and the photodetector element (42) are all housed within the housing (12) on a same side with respect to said at least one sweep surface.
US11585904B2	Distance measurement device and mobile apparatus A distance measurement device according to the present disclosure includes: a laser irradiation unit that irradiates a measurement target with laser light; and a laser light receiving unit including a light receiving element that receives the laser light reflected by the measurement target on a pixel-by-pixel basis. Furthermore, the pitch of the unit pixels of the light receiving element varies with location in a light receiving pixel area. A mobile apparatus according to the present disclosure is equipped with a distance measurement device having the above configuration.
US11585900B2	Reflecting prism, measurement target object including reflecting prism, surveying device, coordinate comparing section, surveying method, and surveying processing program In measurement with a surveying device having a surveying function and a laser scanner function, three-dimensional coordinates of a reflecting prism acquired with the surveying function and three-dimensional coordinates of a vertex of a polyhedron generated by processing point group data acquired with the laser scanner function are made to coincide with each other. The reflecting prism is used together with the surveying device having the surveying function and the laser scanner function, is provided to a measurement target object, and is disposed in such a position that the vertex position of the measurement target object coincides with or is considered to coincide with the optical center position of the prism.
US11585899B2	Modular three-dimensional optical sensing system Examples of a three-dimensional (3D) optical sensing system for a vehicle include a modular architecture. Light can be transmitted to an optical signal processing module, which can include a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) that can create one or more signals with tailored amplitude, phase, and spectral characteristics. The plurality of optical signals processed by the optical signal processing module can be sent to beam steering units distributed around the vehicle. The steering units can direct a plurality of optical beams towards targets. The return optical signal can be detected by a receiver PIC including an array of sensors and using a direct intensity detection technique or a coherent detection technique. The return optical signal can be converted into an electrical signal by the array of sensors, which can then be processed by the electronic signal processing unit, and information about the location and speed of the targets can be quantified.
US11585897B2	Optoelectronic measuring device having scanning functionality An optoelectronic measuring device having scanning functionality having a pulsed radiation source for generating a measuring beam from light pulses at a light pulse emission rate, an optoelectronic detector for detecting light pulses reflected from a target object, a control and analysis unit designed for measuring a distance value from a respective scanning point of the target object according to the time-of-flight principle, based on a number n>=1 of light pulses, wherein the control and analysis unit is designed to automatically set the number (n) depending on a target-object-related measured value determined by the measuring device in real time.
US11585894B2	Processing of radar signals including suppression of motion artifacts A method for training a trainable module for evaluating radar signals. The method includes feeding actual radar signals and/or actual representations derived therefrom of a scene observed using the actual radar signals to the trainable module and conversion thereof by this trainable module to processed radar signals and/or to processed representations of the respective scene, and using a cost function to assess to what extent the processed radar signals are suited for reconstructing a movement of objects or to what extent the processed representations contain artifacts of moving objects in the scene. Parameters, which characterize the performance characteristics of a trainable module, are optimized with regard to the cost function. A method is also provided for evaluating moving objects from radar signals.
US11585890B2	Phased array automotive radar A system comprises a first phased array radar assembly configured to be attached to a vehicle. The first phased array radar assembly includes a first plurality of antennas arranged in an array and attached to a circuit board. The system also includes one or more circuits attached to the circuit board. Each of the one or more circuits includes transmitter circuitry communicatively coupled to a subset of the first plurality of antennas and receiver circuitry communicatively coupled to the subset of the first plurality of antennas.
US11585889B2	Methods for radar coexistence A method and apparatus for selecting frequency modulated continuous wave waveform parameters for multiple radar coexistence by a user equipment is described. The user equipment may transmit a radar waveform consisting of a number of chirps, with each chirp having a same duration. The user equipment may vary waveform parameters of the radar waveform for at least a subset of the number of chirp, where the waveform parameters may be chosen from a codebook comprising at least one codeword of parameters. Reflected radar waveforms are received and processed where the processing includes applying a fast time discrete Fourier transform to reflected radar waveforms to produce a one dimension peak in a time delay dimension for each reflected waveform; and applying a slow time discrete Fourier transform to the reflected radar waveforms, where peaks for the reflected waveforms are added.
US11585884B2	Continual trajectory correction in magnetic resonance imaging A correction method for reducing temperature-related deviations in a gradient response of an MR pulse sequence in MR imaging is provided. An MR pulse sequence that includes at least one nominal test gradient is run. A gradient response to the at least one nominal test gradient is repeatedly acquired by a magnetic field measurement in an examination region. A gradient system transfer function is determined based on the gradient response. A corrected MR pulse sequence is determined based on the gradient system transfer function and of the at least one nominal test gradient.
US11585882B2	Superparamagnetic particle imaging and its applications in quantitative multiplex stationary phase diagnostic assays Superparamagnetic nanoparticle-based analytical method comprising providing a sample having analytes in a sample matrix, providing a point of care chip having analytical regions, each of which is a stationary phase having at least one or more sections, labeling each of the analytes with a superparamagnetic nanoparticle and immobilizing the labeled analytes in the stationary phase, providing an analytical device having a means for exciting the superparamagnetic nanoparticles in vitro and a means for sensing, receiving, and transmitting response of the excited superparamagnetic nanoparticles, placing the chip in the analytical device and exciting the superparamagnetic nanoparticles in vitro, sensing, receiving, and transmitting the response of the superparamagnetic nanoparticles, and analyzing the response and determining characteristic of the analytes, wherein the response of the superparamagnetic nanoparticles comprises harmonics. The present invention also provides the hybrid point of care chip and analyzer to be used in the analytical method.
US11585881B2	Magnetic resonance imaging of neuro-electro-magnetic oscillations In vivo methods for non-invasively imaging (or measuring without spatial localization) of neuro-electro-magnetic oscillations are achieved by a pulse sequence of radio frequency (RF) irradiation and magnetic field gradients. These RF and gradient pulses create an intermolecular zero-quantum coherence (iZQC), the frequency of which is: 1) controlled by one or more magnetic field gradients; and 2) made to match the frequency of the targeted neuro-electro-magnetic oscillation.
US11585878B2	MRI systems and RF transmit antenna arrangement including a coaxial cable with an electrically conductive core and an electrically conductive outer shield An MRI system RF transmit antenna arrangement 3 including an antenna 5 including a length of coaxial cable 51 with an electrically conductive core 52 and an electrically conductive outer shield 53 through which the core runs, with the core having a feed point 52a arranged for electrical connection to an RF source and at least one break 53a being provided in the electrically conductive outer shield partway along the length of coaxial cable so as to divide the electrically conductive outer shield 53 into at least two axially spaced shield portions such that at least one of the shield portions acts as a radiating element when an RF source is connected to the feed point 52a.
US11585876B2	System and method for MRI coil sensitivity estimation and reconstruction A system is provided for MRI coil sensitivity estimation and reconstruction At least two cascades of regularization networks are serially connected such that the output of a cascade is used as input of a following cascade, at least two deepsets coil sensitivity map networks are serially connected such that the output of a deepsets coil sensitivity map network is used as input of a following deepsets coil sensitivity map network (CR), and wherein the outputs of the deepsets coil sensitivity map networks are also used as inputs for the cascades.
US11585875B2	Magnetic field evaluation system for vehicle and magnetic field evaluation program for vehicle A magnetic field measurement device measures a magnetic flux density vector or a magnetic field vector generated from each of segments obtained by segmenting a measurement target surface of a vehicle. A magnetic field evaluation device includes a propagation intensity calculation unit and a display control unit. The propagation intensity calculation unit calculates propagation intensity that is the intensity of a magnetic field or the magnitude of magnetic flux density that propagates from each of the segments to an evaluation point that is separated from the measurement target surface with use of the magnetic flux density vector or the magnetic field vector in each of the segments and a separation distance between the segments and the evaluation point. A display control unit displays on a display unit a propagation intensity distribution image indicating the position of the evaluation point and distribution of the propagation intensity in each of the segments.
US11585873B2	Magnetoresistive effect element containing two non-magnetic layers with different crystal structures A magnetoresistive effect element includes: a first ferromagnetic layer; a second ferromagnetic layer; and a non-magnetic layer provided between the first ferromagnetic layer and the second ferromagnetic layer, wherein the non-magnetic layer includes a first layer and a second layer, and wherein a lattice constant α of the first layer and a lattice constant β of the second layer satisfy a relationship of β−0.04×α≤2×α≤β+0.04×α.
US11585872B2	Magnetic sensor, magnetic encoder, and lens position detection device A magnetic sensor includes a first resistor having a first resistance and a first correction resistor having a second resistance. The first resistor and the first correction resistor are connected in series. The first resistor is configured so that the first resistance changes periodically as strength of a magnetic field component changes periodically. The first correction resistor is configured so that a change in a sum of the first resistance and the second resistance due to a noise magnetic field is smaller than a change in the first resistance due to the noise magnetic field.
US11585868B2	Systems and methods for magnetic field sensors with self-test Systems, methods, and apparatuses for magnetic field sensors with self-test include a detection circuit to detect speed and direction of a target. One or more circuits to test accuracy of the detected speed and direction may be included. One or more circuits to test accuracy of an oscillator may also be included. One or more circuits to test the accuracy of an analog-to-digital converter may also be included. Additionally, one or more IDDQ and/or built-in-self test (BIST) circuits may be included.
US11585859B2	State of charge error estimation of battery cells background Embodiments described herein generally relate to the modification of State of Charge (SoC) calculations within electric vehicles (EVs). A database of data points may be generated based on characteristics of a battery cell at various measured SoCs within a controlled environment. Subsequently, during the operation of an EV, a battery management system (BMS) within the EV may collect various operating data points. The collected operating data points may be utilized to reference similar data points stored in the database in order to determine an SoC value. The SoC value may be utilized to modify or alter the SoC calculations by the BMS for an EV in operation.
US11585857B2	Method for determining the state of a vehicle by detecting the vehicle battery voltage A method is described for determining the state of a vehicle equipped with an electric charge accumulator assembly adapted to power at least one starter device of a thermal engine and/or accessory devices of the vehicle and rechargeable by means of the kinetic energy of said engine, including the detection of the voltage available across the electric charge accumulator assembly of the vehicle in a predetermined succession of moments in time; at least one binary classification of the voltage value available across the accumulator assembly by comparison with a reference voltage value; and the determination of the operating state of the vehicle as a function of the outcome of the binary classification of the value of the voltage available across the accumulator assembly.
US11585854B1	Runtime measurement of process variations and supply voltage characteristics Circuits and methods involve an integrated circuit (IC) device, a plurality of application-specific sub-circuits, and a plurality of instances of a measuring circuit. The application-specific sub-circuits are disposed within respective areas of the IC device. Each instance of the measuring circuit is associated with one of the application-specific sub-circuits and is disposed within a respective one of the areas of the device. Each instance of the measuring circuit further includes a ring oscillator and a register for storage of a value indicative of an interval of time. Each instance of the measuring circuit is configured to measure passage of the interval of time based on a first clock signal, count oscillations of an output signal of the ring oscillator during the interval of time, and output a value indicating a number of oscillations counted during the interval of time.
US11585852B2	At-speed test access port operations In some examples, an integrated circuit comprises: a TDI input, a TDO output, a TCK input and a TMS input; a TAP state machine (TSM) having an input coupled to the TCK input, an input coupled to the TMS input, an instruction register control output, a TSM data register control (DRC) output, and a TSM state output; an instruction register having an input coupled to the TDI input, an output coupled to the TDO output, and a control input coupled to the instruction register control output of the TAP state machine; router circuitry including a TSM DRC input coupled to the TSM DRC output, a control DRC input coupled to the TSM state output, and a router DRC output; and a data register having an input coupled to the TDI input, an output coupled to the TDO output, and a data register DRC input coupled to the router DRC output.
US11585850B2	Method for real-time firmware configuration and debugging apparatus A method for real-time firmware configuration and a debugging apparatus are provided. When a demand for updating or debugging a target processor raises, in the method, a computer system generates a firmware debugging request that is attached with a firmware data with a specific debugging function. The computer system then loads the firmware data to a programmable logic unit of the debugging apparatus. After the real-time firmware configuration is completed, the computer system issues a debugging command to the programmable logic unit. The programmable logic unit obtains at least one debugging action after resolving the debugging command. The at least one debugging action is performed in the target processor when the target processor receives the at least one debugging action. A debugging result is returned after the at least one debugging action is completed.
US11585846B2	Testing module and testing method using the same A testing module for a semiconductor wafer-form package includes a circuit board structure, first connectors, a first connecting structure, second connectors, third connectors and a first bridge connector. The circuit board structure includes two edge regions and a main region located therebetween. The first connectors are located over the edge regions and connected to the circuit board structure. The first connecting structure is located over and distant from the circuit board structure. The second connectors and third connectors are located over and connected to the first connecting structure, where the third connectors are configured to transmit electric signals for testing the semiconductor wafer-form package being placed over the main region. The first bridge connector is electrically coupling the circuit board structure and the first connecting structure by connecting the second connectors and the first connectors.
US11585845B2	Wafer testing device of flip chip VCSEL The invention discloses a wafer testing device of flip chip VCSEL for testing a wafer having a plurality of light emitting units. The wafer testing device of flip chip VCSEL comprises a wafer testing carrier and a flexible conductive layer. The wafer testing carrier has a first surface. A plurality of testing portions are disposed on the first surface. The flexible conductive layer, detachably disposed on the first surface, are conductive in vertical direction and insulated in horizontal direction. Wherein the wafer is disposed on the flexible conductive layer, and each light emitting unit is electrically connected with one of the testing portions in vertical direction through the flexible conductive layer while testing the wafer.
US11585841B1	Low-frequency atomic electrometry In a method of atomic electrometry, EIT spectroscopy is performed on host atoms of an alkali metal in a vapor cell. The EIT spectroscopy indicates a resonant energy of a probed Rydberg state of the host atoms. The vapor cell is exposed to an ambient electric field. A shift in the resonant energy as indicated by the EIT spectroscopy is observed and interpreted as a measurement of the ambient field. During the measurement of the ambient field, a bias electric field is generated inside the vapor cell by shining light into the vapor cell from a light source situated outside of the cell. The bias field is useful for increasing the sensitivity of the measurement.
US11585840B2	Tuning of narrowband near-field probes An apparatus includes a near-field probe having loops or coils of electrically-conductive material, where the near-field probe is configured to generate a magnetic field. The apparatus also includes a power amplifier configured to drive the near-field probe. The apparatus further includes a shunt capacitance coupled in parallel across the loops or coils of the near-field probe. The shunt capacitance and an inductance of the loops or coils of the near-field probe form part of a resistive-inductive-capacitive (RLC) network. The RLC network is configured to transform a smaller resistance of the near-field probe into a larger resistance. In some cases, the apparatus may include multiple near-field probes coupled in series, and the power amplifier may be configured to drive the multiple near-field probes. For each near-field probe, the apparatus may include a shunt capacitance coupled in parallel across the loops or coils of the near-field probe.
US11585839B2	Resistance measuring device and resistance measuring jig A resistance measuring device includes: a first jig; a plurality of first contacts; a second jig; a plurality of second contacts; a resistance measuring unit that supplies a current between a first contact and a second contact, which correspond to each other, detects a voltage between a first contact and a second contact, and calculates a resistance value of an object to be measured based on a relationship between a value of the supplied current and a value of the detected voltage; first wirings connecting the resistance measuring unit and each of the first contacts, for the first contacts, respectively; and second wirings connecting the resistance measuring unit and each of the second contacts while passing from the resistance measuring unit through the first jig, for the second contacts, respectively.
US11585838B2	Managing outage detections and reporting Systems and methods are disclosed for detecting node outages in a mesh network. A tracking node in the mesh network detects a set of signals originating from a tracked node in the mesh network. The set of signals includes beacons or communication messages transmitted by the tracked node. The tracking node determines that a threshold number of the beacon intervals have passed since receiving the most recent signal from the tracked node. The tracking node performs outage validation based on data received from another node in the mesh network and updates the status of the tracked node. Based on the updated status, the tracking node outputs a ping to the tracked node requesting a response to the ping. When the response to the ping is not received from the tracked node, the tracking node transmits an outage alarm message to a next topologically higher layer of the mesh network.
US11585835B2	System of determining the sequence and positioning of pluggable modules A system having a host unit and a plurality of stacked modules which are electrically connected to the host unit. The host unit communicates with the plurality of stacked modules through a RS-485 interface. Upon power up, each module of the plurality of stacked modules is powered and enumerated in sequence, allowing the host unit to know the sequence the plurality of stable modules are connected.
US11585831B2	Test probing structure A testing probe structure for wafer level testing semiconductor IC packaged devices under test (DUT). The structure includes a substrate, through substrate vias, a bump array formed on a first surface of the substrate for engaging a probe card, and at least one probing unit on a second surface of the substrate. The probing unit includes a conductive probe pad formed on one surface of the substrate and at least one microbump interconnected to the pad. The pads are electrically coupled to the bump array through the vias. Some embodiments include a plurality of microbumps associated with the pad which are configured to engage a mating array of microbumps on the DUT. In some embodiments, the DUT may be probed by applying test signals from a probe card through the bump and microbump arrays without direct probing of the DUT microbumps.
US11585830B2	Micromechanical z-inertial sensor A micromechanical z-inertial sensor. The micromechical z-inertial sensor includes at least one first seismic mass element; and torsion spring elements joined to the first seismic mass element. In each case, first torsion spring elements are connected to a substrate, and second torsion spring elements are connected to the first seismic mass element. A first and a second torsion spring element in each case is joined to one another with the aid of a lever element. The lever element is designed to strike against a stop element.
US11585828B2	Sensor system and sensor drop determination method A sensor system includes a sensor that is provided in a structure and detects an acceleration, a storage unit that stores installation information indicating a relationship between a direction of a gravitational acceleration and a direction of a detection axis of the sensor, and a drop determination unit that determines whether or not the sensor is dropped based on a representative value of accelerations in the direction of the detection axis detected by the sensor and a gravitational acceleration value in the direction of the detection axis specified based on the installation information.
US11585819B2	Bistrifilate-based fluorogenic probes for detection of superoxide anion radical The invention provides fluorogenic compounds and probes that can be used as reagents for measuring, detecting and/or screening superoxide. The fluorogenic compounds of the invention can produce fluorescence colors, such as green, yellow, red, or far-red. The invention further provides fluorogenic compounds for selectively staining superoxide in the mitochondria of living cells. The invention also provides methods that can be used to measure, directly or indirectly, the presence and/or amount of superoxide in chemical samples and biological samples such as cells and tissues in living organisms, and a high-throughput screening methods for detecting or screening superoxide or compounds that can increase or decease the level of superoxide in chemical and biological samples.
US11585816B2	Automated method for assessing cancer risk using tissue samples, and system therefor An automated method and system for determining the risk of developing a cancer in a subject, the method comprising preparing a tissue sample obtained from the subject for visually identifying at least one biological marker associated with the cancer, digitally scanning the prepared tissue sample, analyzing the scanned image of the tissue sample to identify regions of interest, quantifying at least one parameter associated with the marker, and executing an algorithm using the quantified parameter to calculate a risk score, wherein the risk score is representative of the risk of the individual developing the cancer.
US11585815B2	Method for diagnosis of a benign renal oncocytoma by means of VIM3 The present invention relates to a method for the diagnosis of a benign oncocytoma and a method to differentiate a benign oncocytoma from malignant renal cell carcinoma, a kit for use in these methods, as well as antibody relating thereto, a hybridoma cell capable of producing the same as well as the uses relating thereto.
US11585814B2	Methods of detecting prostate cancer The invention described herein provides biological markers for the diagnosis, prognosis, and monitoring of prostate cancer.
US11585812B2	Influenza virus detection chip and method for detecting influenza virus therewith There is provided an influenza virus detection chip and a method for detecting influenza virus therewith. An influenza virus detection chip including: a graphene oxide film; a first pad disposed on one side of the graphene oxide film in a first direction; and a first electrode and a second electrode, connected to both ends of the graphene oxide film in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein a first monoclonal antibody with a fluorescent label is included in the first pad, and a second monoclonal antibody is included in the graphene oxide film, and wherein the fluorescent label includes a C═C—C═C conjugated double bond.
US11585811B2	Immobilized analytes A method for detecting an analyte involving a) contacting the analyte, a capture agent and a solid surface to form a capture complex attached to a solid surface, b) cleaving at least one covalent bond within the analyte and/or within said capture agent in the capture complex and, thereby, releasing the analyte or a fragment thereof from the capture complex, and c) detecting at least one fragment of the analyte and, thereby, detecting the analyte is disclosed herein. A kit having i) a capture agent binding to an analyte; and ii) an agent cleaving at least one covalent bond within the analyte and/or within the capture agent; and to the use of a protease for releasing fragments of an analyte for detecting the analyte, wherein the analyte is bound to a solid surface via a capture agent is also disclosed herein.
US11585809B2	Nanobead containing biosensors and methods of production and use thereof Multi-use biosensors are disclosed that include enzymes coupled to nanobeads; the multi-use biosensors are used to detect analytes in fluidic biological samples, and the biosensors also maintain their enzyme activity after many uses. Multi-sensor arrays are disclosed that include multiple biosensors. Also disclosed are methods of producing and using these devices.
US11585808B2	Devices, methods, and kits for multiplexing a fluid sample via fluid sample reuse Devices, methods, and kits for detecting at least two analytes present within a small volume single fluid sample obtained from patient for the creation of a multiplexed panel of the various analytes present within the single fluid sample are disclosed.
US11585806B2	General detection and isolation of specific cells by binding of labeled molecules The present invention relates to detection molecules comprising at least one binding molecule, at least one linker and at least one label, and detection methods making use of same. The invention provides a high-throughput method for detection, isolation and/or identification of specific entities or cells.
US11585805B2	Methods of immunogenic modulation Ex vivo determination of increased tumor immunogenicity of a tumor biopsy is used as a guide to identify immunotherapy of a tumor in a patient. Most preferably, the ex vivo tests will include exposure of biopsy samples to stress conditions to produce pretreated tumor cells that are then assayed with immune competent cells for increased activation or activity. Test conditions include exposure of the biopsy samples to immune stimulatory compositions, antibodies against neoepitopes, and/or modified cells, and an increase of immunogenicity is preferably determined by their exposure to T cells and/or NK cells.
US11585800B2	Device and method for analysis of milk This device and method can be used for monitoring and control of the milk quality, monitoring and control of the health of dairy animal and herd management and decision-making. The device for milk analysis is composed of tanks for water and reagent, a milk probe, a unit for analysis and management and a unit for transfer and monitoring with software applications. The samples are mixed in a mixing flask, previously subjected to an ultrasonic and temperature measurement as well as a measurement of conductivity. The movement of the fluid through the system is performed by peristaltic pumps. The actual measurement takes place at the outflow of the measured sample in one of two funnels with elongated ends with integrated capillary of the ends of each. To the funnels are mounted a pair of motion sensors.
US11585798B1	Dielectric materials for sensing and detection of toxic chemicals The invention is directed towards dielectric materials, BaTiO3, BaZrO3, and/or BaTi1-xZrxO3, such that 0≤x≤1, for detecting, sensing, filtering, reacting, or absorbing toxic chemicals, such as chemical warfare agents (“CWAs”) and their structural analogs, toxic industrial chemicals and narcotics, wherein the dielectric material is incorporated into a sensor for detecting, sensing, filtering, reacting, or absorbing the toxic chemicals.
US11585795B2	Optical detection type chemical sensor An optical detection type chemical sensor includes a light source, a detection element and a photodetector. The detection element is constituted of a laminate in which a multilayer film including a chemical detection layer, an optical interference layer, and a half mirror layer is formed on a transparent substrate. At least one of the layers includes a magnetic material. Light from the light source is applied to the detection element under the condition that the light enters inside of the detection element from the rear surface of the transparent substrate on which the laminate is not formed and multiple reflection occurring in the laminate intensifies the magneto-optical effect. A subject is detected by using the photodetector to detect a magneto-optical signal indicating a change in reflected light from the laminate resulting from a change in an optical property resulting from a reaction in the chemical detection layer.
US11585791B2	Techniques for monitoring an analyzer including multiple liquid chromatography streams A method for monitoring an analyzer including a liquid chromatography device (LC) having at least two liquid chromatography (LC) streams, the method including continuously monitoring one or more parameters in measurement data of samples in each of the at least two LC streams, the one or more parameters being independent of an analyte concentration of the respective sample, determining if the one or more monitored parameters show an expected behavior and triggering a response upon detection that the one or more monitored parameters deviate from the expected behavior.
US11585789B2	Method for detecting faults in plates A method for detecting faults in plates includes the steps of: transmitting an acoustic signal towards the plate from a transmitting transducer, and receiving the acoustical signal from the plate in a receiving transducer. The receiving transducer is mounted at a distance from the transmitting transducer. The method includes the further steps of identifying zones of the plate wherein energy levels of the received signals are attenuated compared to other zones of the plate, and comparing the energy levels of the A2 and S3 guided Lamb modes in the received signals in the identified zones.
US11585784B2	Phased nanopore array Techniques described herein can apply AC signals with different phases to different groups of nanopore cells in a nanopore sensor chip. When a first group of nanopore cells is in a dark period and is not sampled or minimally sampled by an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) to capture useful data, a second group of nanopore cells is in a bright period during which output signals from the second group of nanopore cells are sampled by the analog-to-digital converter. The reference level setting of the ADC is dynamically changed based on the applied AC signals to fully utilize the dynamic range of the ADC.
US11585780B2	Potentiometric probe The present disclosure relates to a potentiometric probe for measuring a measured variable that represents an ion concentration in a measuring medium, including a probe base including a sensor circuit, and two electrochemical half-cells arranged such that one of the half-cells surrounds at least one portion of the other half-cell, wherein at least one of the half-cells is configured as a module which is connected to the probe base via a mechanical and electrical interface. In another embodiment, one of the half-cells is a measuring half-cell including an ion-selective membrane and a terminal lead which electrically contacts the ion-selective membrane. The other half-cell is a reference half-cell, wherein the measuring half-cell and/or the reference half-cell are each configured as a module which is connected to the probe base via a mechanical and electrical interface.
US11585777B2	Method and device for detecting a component in a sample The present disclosure provides a biosensor for detecting the presence of and/or the amount of at least one fungal plant pathogen in a sample, comprising: a support structure; at least two interdigitated electrodes coupled to the support structure, wherein at least one of the interdigitated electrodes is functionalized with a linker coupled to at least one biological component that recognizes the at least one fungal plant pathogen; and an impedance measurement circuit coupled to the at least two interdigitated electrodes. The present disclosure also provides methods of detecting the presence of and/or the amount of at least one fungal plant pathogen in a sample, methods of making the biosensor described herein, as well as methods and uses of using the herein described biosensor for detecting the presence of and/or amount of at least one fungal plant pathogen.
US11585776B2	Chlorine species sensing using pseudo-graphite Methods, electrodes, and sensors for chlorine species sensing using pseudo-graphite are disclosed. In one illustrative embodiment, a method may include coating a pseudo-graphite material onto a surface of an electrode substrate to produce a pseudo-graphite surface. The method may also include exposing the pseudo-graphite surface to a sample to detect chlorine species in the sample.
US11585773B2	Gas sensing device and a method for sensing gas A gas sensing device, comprising a bulk and an array of gas sensing elements that are thermally isolated from the bulk, wherein each gas sensing element of a plurality of gas sensing elements of the array comprises (i) a gas reactive element that has a gas dependent temperature parameter; (ii) a semiconductor temperature sensing element that is thermally coupled to the gas reactive element and is configured to generate detection signals that are responsive to a temperature of the gas reactive element; and (iii) multiple heating elements that are configured to heat the gas reactive element to at least one predefined temperature.
US11585772B2	Microfluidic method and device Microfluidic method and device that can be used for sensing and measurement of properties of liquids, gases, solutions, and particles is proposed, wherein the measurable liquid or gas (with or without particles) flow in at least one channel through a measurement chamber (cell) formed between at least two isolated electrodes is used for electrical impedance measurement. The proposed solution is characterized in that the cross-section of at least one pair of similar spatial electrodes decreases smoothly towards the tiny measurement chamber (cell) in order to increase the sensitivity and accuracy of the measurement. Typically, a device with multiple similar channels is advantageous to use for comparative measurement and differential measurement schemes.
US11585767B2	Fast industrial, computed tomography for large objects Systems and methods for non-destructive testing by computed tomography are provided. The system can include a stationary radiation source, a stage, and a plurality of stationary radiation detectors. The source can be configured to emit, from a focal point, a beam of penetrating radiation having a three-dimensional geometry and to direct the beam in a path incident upon a target. The stationary radiation source can be positioned with respect to the plurality of stationary radiation detectors and the stage such that, a first plurality of beam segment paths is defined between the focal point and respective sensing faces of the plurality of radiation detectors and at least one second beam segment path is defined between the focal point and a predetermined gap.
US11585764B1	Multi-level RF pulse monitoring and RF pulsing parameter optimization at a manufacturing system Methods and systems for multi-level RF pulse monitoring and RF pulsing parameter optimization at a manufacturing system are provided. A radio frequency (RF) signal is pulsed within a processing chamber in accordance with a set of RF pulsing parameters. Sensor data is received from one or more sensors that indicates a multi-level RF pulse waveform detected within the processing chamber based on the RF signal pulsing. One or more peaks are identified in the detected multi-level RF pulse waveform. Each identified peak corresponds to at least one RF signal pulse of the RF signal pulsing within the processing chamber. A determination is made, based on the identified one or more peaks, whether the detected multi-level RF pulse waveform corresponds to the target multi-level RF pulse waveform. An indication of whether the detected multi-level RF pulse waveform corresponds to the target multi-level RF pulse waveform is provided to a client device.
US11585761B2	OH radical measuring device and OH radical measuring method An OH radical measurement device includes a contact unit configured to bring an OH radical detection probe into contact with a gas to be measured, the OH radical detection probe including an aromatic carboxylic acid or an aromatic carboxylic acid derivative, a polar aprotic organic solvent, and a polar protic organic solvent having a content higher than a content of the polar aprotic organic solvent.
US11585757B2	Device for luminescent imaging A device includes a plurality of imaging pixels in a spatial pattern with a formation of features disposed over the pixels. A first and a second feature of the formation of features are disposed over a first pixel. A first luminophore is disposed within or over the first feature. A second luminophore is disposed within or over the second feature. A structured illumination source is to direct at least a portion of first photons in an illumination pattern to the first feature at a first time, and to direct at least a portion of second photons in the illumination pattern to the second feature at a second time. The structured illumination source includes an illumination pattern generator having an illumination pattern generator actuator connected to the illumination pattern generator to cause the illumination pattern to translate or rotate relative to the formation of features.
US11585755B2	System for measuring anomalous diffusion using fluorescence recovery after photobleaching and associated method A system and associated method measures anomalous diffusion of biomolecules in cell membranes of intact cells and includes a laser that illuminates a cell membrane within an intact cell to express fluorescently tagged biomolecules. The laser photobleaches a region of interest and illuminates the region of interest over time. A detector detects the fluorescence recovery over time within the region of interest to yield fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) data. A controller computes the mean square displacement (MSD) of diffusing biomolecules and a time-dependent diffusion coefficient D(t) from a plurality of time points of the FRAP data and determines the anomalous diffusion in the cell membrane.
US11585752B2	Air quality monitoring system and method In one illustrative configuration, an air quality monitoring system may enable wide-scale deployment of multiple air quality monitors with high-confidence and actionable data is provided. Further, the air quality monitoring system may enable identifying a target emission from a plurality of potential sources at a site based on simulating plume models. The simulation of plume models may take into consideration various simulation parameters including wind speed and direction. Further, methods of determining a plume flux of a plume of emissions at a site, and methods of transmitting data from an air quality monitor are disclosed.
US11585749B2	Reference switch architectures for noncontact sensing of substances This relates to systems and methods for measuring a concentration and type of substance in a sample at a sampling interface. The systems can include a light source, optics, one or more modulators, a reference, a detector, and a controller. The systems and methods disclosed can be capable of accounting for drift originating from the light source, one or more optics, and the detector by sharing one or more components between different measurement light paths. Additionally, the systems can be capable of differentiating between different types of drift and eliminating erroneous measurements due to stray light with the placement of one or more modulators between the light source and the sample or reference. Furthermore, the systems can be capable of detecting the substance along various locations and depths within the sample by mapping a detector pixel and a microoptics to the location and depth in the sample.
US11585748B2	Assembly for measuring the relative humidity level inside a watch case An assembly (1) for measuring a relative humidity level inside a watch (2), the watch (2) provided with a movement (10) and a device (4) for determining the humidity level present in the enclosure (9) of a case (3) of this watch (2). The determination device (4) includes a receiver module (6a, 6b, 6c) for receiving at least one acoustic signal from a timepiece component (11) of said movement (10), and a control unit (7) connected to said receiver module (6a, 6b, 6c). The control unit (7) is configured to run a model for evaluating a water vapour content of a gaseous fluid contained inside the enclosure (9) based on the at least one acoustic signal received by the receiver module (6a, 6b, 6c).
US11585747B2	Cuvette, preferably flow-through cuvette for an optical measuring device, and method for its operation A cuvette for arrangement in an optical measuring device includes a receiving chamber for a measuring medium having an inlet. The receiving chamber is delimited at least in some regions by two opposing plane-parallel side surfaces. Two opposing metallic electrodes are arranged in the receiving chamber on the opposing side surfaces.
US11585746B2	Inspection system for manufactured components An inspection system includes a base, an array of fixtures, and a plurality of sensors or light sources. Each fixture has a first portion rotatably secured to the base and configured to rotate about a yaw axis and a second portion rotatably secured to the first portion and configured to rotate about a pitch axis. Each sensor or light source is secured to one of the fixtures and is configured to direct light at yaw and pitch angles relative to the base.
US11585743B2	Determining formation porosity and permeability Systems and methods are disclosed for using downhole plasma discharge effects to determine porosity and/or permeability of formation material. In some embodiments, a method includes determining a concentration of at least one chemical reaction product in a drilling fluid that has interacted with a plasma discharge proximate formation material. A relation between arc and spark of the plasma discharge is determined based, at least in part, on the at least one chemical reaction product, and at least one of porosity and permeability of the formation material is determined based, at least in part, on the relation between arc and spark.
US11585742B2	Three-dimensional-printed vessel for wettability assessment of fracturing proppants Systems, methods, and apparatus for a three-dimensional (3D)-printed vessel for wettability assessment of fracturing proppants are disclosed. The vessel includes a base component including a threaded cylindrical portion extending outward from a first side of the base component. The cylindrical portion has a particular thread profile. The base component defines a cavity sized to contain a proppant sample. A cap is configured to be screwed onto the threaded cylindrical portion after the proppant sample is injected into the cavity. A surface of the cap is shaped to flatten a proppant surface of the proppant sample. The cap is threaded with the particular thread profile. A pin is configured to be partially screwed onto a second side of the base component before the proppant sample is injected into the cavity. The second side is opposite to the first side. Other embodiments may be described or claimed.
US11585739B2	Method for extracting nucleic acid using cartridge There is provided a nucleic acid extraction method using a cartridge comprising: (a) a driving part of a nucleic acid extraction device is connected to a control rod module disposed in an inner space of the upper body of a piston and a rotation control module coupled to the lower body of the piston; (b) driving the rotation control module and the control rod module, sequentially sucking sample and reagents from the plurality of chambers separated from each other into an interior space, and discharging the mixture of the interior space into the chamber of the cartridge; and (c) driving the rotation control module and the control rod module to suck the reagent inside the master mix bead chamber of the cartridge into the interior space of the piston upper body and then discharge the mixed reagent to a nucleic acid amplification module.
US11585735B2	Detector with detector inlet for sampling gaseous fluid A detector inlet for providing a sample to an analytical apparatus for detecting an aerosol, the detector inlet comprising; an intake for inhaling a flow of gaseous fluid to be sampled by the analytical apparatus; a mixing region; a first conduit for carrying a first part of the flow of gaseous fluid from the intake to the mixing region; a second conduit for carrying a second part of the flow of gaseous fluid from the intake to the mixing region; and a heater configured to heat the first part more than the second part, and wherein the detector inlet is configured to combine the first part with the second part in the mixing region.
US11585734B2	Toilet with infrastructure for analytical devices An analytical toilet comprising a bowl for receiving excreta from a user; a base supporting the bowl; a supply of flush water; and a plurality of receptacles, each providing mechanical attachment, a power supply, and a data connection to an analytical device, which analytical device is adapted to provide data useful to the user is disclosed.
US11585732B2	Apparatus and method for diagnosing failure of plant An apparatus for diagnosing failure of a plant is provided. The apparatus for diagnosing failure of a plant includes: a data analyzer configured to provide data analysis information, which is information requiring analysis to diagnose failure of the plant, and a comprehensive diagnostic device configured to diagnose the failure using each of an algorithm-based diagnosing technique and a domain knowledge-based diagnosing technique based on the data analysis information, and to derive comprehensive diagnosis information for the failure by summarizing results of the algorithm-based diagnosing technique and the domain knowledge-based diagnosing technique.
US11585731B2	Sensors incorporated into semi-rigid structural members to detect physical characteristic changes A disclosed vehicle component may include at least one split-ring resonator, which may be embedded within a material. The split ring resonator may be formed from a three-dimensional (3D) monolithic carbonaceous growth and may detect an electromagnetic ping emitted from a user device. The split ring resonator may generate an electromagnetic return signal in response to the electromagnetic ping. The electromagnetic return signal may indicate a state of the material in a position proximate to a respective split ring resonator. In some aspects, the split-ring resonator may resonate at a first frequency in response to the electromagnetic ping when the material is in a first state, and may resonate at a second frequency in response to the electromagnetic ping when the material is in a second state. A resonant frequency of the 3D monolithic carbonaceous growth may be based on physical characteristics of the material.
US11585726B2	Vibrational alarms facilitated by determination of motor on-off state in variable-duty multi-motor machines Apparatus and associated methods relate to a vibrational sensing system (VSS) including an accelerometer and a data processor, which determines an “operational state” of a mechanical drive unit, the processor further employing the “operational state” to gate learning of long-term vibrational data to exclude collection of non-operational data, the long-term data collected to calculate alarm thresholds. For example, vibrations from a target motor are sensed by a coupled accelerometer. Vibrational data from the accelerometer is fed into a data processor which determines the operational state of the motor. The operational state (e.g., on/off indication) may gate data collection such that data is only acquired during on-time, which may advantageously create accurate baselines from which alarm thresholds may be generated, and nuisance alarms may be avoided.
US11585723B2	Cuvette for optical lens analyses A cuvette with at least one side having materials with thermal conductivity of at least 5 W/m-K, such as sapphire, for holding contact lenses or intra-ocular lenses during optical measurements. The cuvette may further include a backstop to ensure consistent measurements and a pedestal to minimize optical measurement variations.
US11585712B2	Fiber optic load sensors and systems therefor A load sensing system for sensing a load on a structure can include an optical load sensing element configured to change an optical state based on a force applied thereto, an optical source operatively connected to the optical load sensing element and configured to input an input optical signal to the optical load element, and an optical detector configured to receive a returned optical signal from the optical load sensing element. The optical detector can be configured to detect one or more frequency peaks of the returned optical signal and to use the one or more frequency peaks of the returned optical signal to correlate to a load value of the load and output the load value indicative of the load.
US11585709B2	Engine torque measurement for vehicle drivetrain control A sensing system and method utilizes measured flywheel speed variations to determine engine torque. The measured engine torque can be used to control vehicle transmissions, clutches, and other vehicle components and systems.
US11585708B2	Load measuring method, load measuring device and load measuring arrangement To improve the output signal quality of a load measurement by means of active magnetization, the invention provides a load measurement method for measuring a mechanical load on a test object (14), comprising:a) generating and applying a magnetic field to the test object (14);b) detecting a magnetic field changed by the test object (14) as a result of a mechanical load on the test object (14) by means of a first magnetic field detection device (20) to generate a first measurement signal (U1, UAB),c) detecting a magnetic field changed by the test object (14) as a result of a mechanical load on the test object (14) by means of a second magnetic field detection device (22) to generate a second measurement signal (U1, UAB),d) computationally determining a third measurement signal (UBT) from the first measurement signal (U1, UAB) and the second measurement signal (U2, UAT), and preferably comprising the steps ofe) forming a difference from one (U2, UAT) of the first and the second measurement signals and the computationally determined third measurement signal (UBT) to produce an output signal,f) determining the mechanical load applied to the test object (14) based on the output signal.The invention also provides a corresponding load measurement device for carrying out the load measurement method.
US11585707B2	Sensing device for reducing contact amount between a stator and a housing to reduce noise An embodiment relates to a sensing device comprising: a housing; a stator disposed within the housing; and a rotor disposed within the stator, wherein the stator comprises a body and a stator tooth coupled to the body, the housing comprises a first surface corresponding to a bottom surface of the stator tooth, and the first surface comprises a curved surface protruding toward the stator tooth. Accordingly, noise can be reduced by reducing the amount of contact between the stator and the housing.
US11585701B2	Intelligent oven Techniques for managing an intelligent oven are provided. In one example, an oven system can comprise a memory that stores computer executable components. The oven system can also comprise a processor, operably coupled to the memory, and that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise an oven management component that identifies a parameter of a completed bake based on a second parameter of a new bake and shares the parameter with an input device.
US11585699B2	Transmitter and field device A transmitter having a transmitter housing (3), an electronics unit (4) and a display unit (5), the electronics unit (4) having a connection for a measured value sensor (6), the electronics unit (4) being connected to the display unit (5), and the transmitter housing (3) having at least one cable gland (7). To allow for a particularly simple and secure external operation, at least one connection module (9) is arranged in the at least one cable gland (7), and the at least one connection module (9) has at least one operating element (10) for communication with the display unit (5) and/or the electronics unit (4).
US11585696B2	Optical property evaluation apparatus and optical property evaluation method An optical property evaluation apparatus evaluates an optical property of an evaluation object, and includes a light source, a polarization beam splitter, a polarization adjuster, a first detector, a second detector, and an analyzer. The analyzer obtains a reflectance when linearly polarized light in a specific direction is incident on the evaluation object based on the detection result by the first detector when the light with which the evaluation object is irradiated is set to be the linearly polarized light in the specific direction. The analyzer obtains a phase property at the reflection of the evaluation object based on the detection result by the first detector or the second detector when the light with which the evaluation object is irradiated is set to have a polarization state different from the linearly polarized light in the specific direction, and a Jones matrix.
US11585694B2	Near-field terahertz imager The invention relates to a sensor for a terahertz imaging system, comprising an array of terahertz radiation receivers; and an array of terahertz radiation transmitters having the same pitch as the array of receivers, located between the array of receivers and an analysis zone located in the near field of the transmitters, and configured such that each transmitter emits a wave towards both the analysis zone and a respective receiver of the array of receivers.
US11585685B2	Method, apparatus and computer program product for providing sensor data collection and sensor configuration A method, apparatus and computer program product provide data collection via a plurality of sensors, user authentication, data storage, and sensor replacement and configuration. The sensors may be integrated in or on various types of devices and/or household objects and may provide a wide range of data regarding users, use of the respective items, and/or their environments. Sensor data may be processed by the disclosed apparatus to generate application output data. Replacement sensors may be manually or automatically detected and configured. Multiple users may use a sensor and/or associated device, and may be authenticated with biometric data or/and other forms of authentication. The data may therefore be associated with the intended user. Authentication, data storage, application computer program code hosting, analytical processing, and/or the like may be performed on computing devices that are remote from the disclosed apparatus. Cost effective updates and replacements of sensors and/or devices may be provided.
US11585683B2	Magnetic encoder manufacturing method A magnetic encoder in which a support member and a plastic magnet do not adhere to each other is manufactured using a mold. The plastic magnet has a turning molded portion on the outer circumferential side thereof. The gate of the mold is an inner-diameter-side disk gate and a length L thereof in the axial direction is in a range of 0.2 mm≤L≤0.6 mm. The tensile strength of the material of the plastic magnet is 65 MPa or more and the Young's modulus thereof is 4000 MPa or more and 15000 MPa or less. The method includes a step of opening the mold and placing the support member as an insert object in the mold, and a step of closing the mold and injecting a melted material of the plastic magnet into a cavity through the disk gate.
US11585681B2	Vibrating element apparatus The invention provides a method of driving a vibrating sensor in which the drive signal is combined with an amplitude modulated high frequency carrier. The signal is demodulated at a position adjacent to the component to be driven. This method may be applied to reducing cross-talk between drive and pick-up wire pairs and also to passing both drive and pickup signals, and two drive signals, down the same wire pair.
US11585677B2	Magnetic sensing device and rotation sensing device The magnetic sensing portion 30 of the rotation sensing device comprises three magnetic sensors 31-33 and a substrate 45 for mounting these magnetic sensors, with each magnetic sensor comprising a magnetic wire 34 generating large Barkhausen effects, a coil 35, and a bobbin 36. The magnetic sensors are disposed on the substrate 45 such that the directions of extension of the magnetic wires 34 are parallel to the substrate 45, the magnetic sensing portion 30 is disposed on the outer periphery of the trackway of the magnetic field forming portions such that the directions of extension of the magnetic wires 34 are parallel to the axial direction of the rotary shaft 3, and the location of the magnetic wire installation portion 38 in the bobbin 36 of each magnetic sensor is configured such that the respective magnetic wires 34 of the three magnetic sensors are respectively equidistant from the rotary shaft 3.
US11585676B2	Magnetic field measuring device A magnetic field measuring device having a semiconductor body with a first surface running in an x-y plane, with a first and second magnetic field sensor disposed on the surface, and an axis of symmetry, which runs perpendicular to the first surface in the z-direction and to which the magnetic field sensors are positioned in a mirrored fashion, first and second magnets, which are spaced apart from one another and in each case have an axis and a polar surface running perpendicular to the axis and facing the semiconductor body. The magnetic polarity changes along the axes on a surface, whereby the axes run in the direction of the axis of symmetry, whereby the axis of symmetry runs between the axes of the magnets, whereby the surfaces of the magnets in each case are spaced apart in the z-direction to the first surface of the semiconductor body.
US11585673B2	Data updating device, data updating method, and storage medium storing data updating program A data updating device sets, with respect to map data in which road links are represented as line segment sequences, a plurality of first straight lines extending in a first direction and a plurality of second straight lines extending in a second direction that intersects with the first direction, to thereby generate mesh map data. Then, the data updating device sets a set L of points or line segments that represent the update location, sets a set V including a plurality of first straight lines, and sets a set H including a plurality of second straight lines. Then, the data updating device sets the state of each mesh based on the set L, the set V, and the set H.
US11585672B1	Three-dimensional representations of routes Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media configured to provide three-dimensional representations of routes. Locations for a planned movement may be obtained. The location information may include tridimensional information of a location. Route information for the planned movement may be obtained. The route information may define a route of one or more entities within the location. A three-dimensional view of the route within the location may be determined based on the location information and the route information. An interface through which the three-dimensional view of the route within the location is accessible may be provided.
US11585669B2	Vehicle routing using connected data analytics platform In some examples, a system may determine a plurality of routes between a source location and a destination location. Further, the system may segment each route of the plurality of routes into multiple road segments. The system may determine a first field of view (FOV) for each road segment. In addition, the system may receive vehicle sensor configuration information for vehicle sensors on board a vehicle. The system may determine a second FOV for the vehicle sensors. Additionally, the system may select a route for the vehicle based at least on comparing the second FOV with the first FOV for a plurality of the road segments.
US11585668B2	Systems and methods for optimal path determination using contraction hierarchies with link constraints A system described herein may provide a technique for the generation of a node map using contraction hierarchy techniques in a manner that accounts for constraints that apply to nodes or links between nodes in the node map. Candidate shortcut links, that represent paths through multiple links in the node map, may be evaluated to determine whether such candidate shortcut links are less restrictive than less costly paths having the same starting and ending nodes as the candidate shortcut links. Candidate shortcut links may be added to the node map in situations where less costly paths are available, but are more restrictive than the shortcut links. At query time, the shortcut links may apply to certain queries having parameters that violate constraints associated with the less costly paths but do not violate any applicable constraints of the shortcut links.
US11585665B2	Three-dimensional map generation system, three-dimensional map generation method, and computer readable medium A three-dimensional map generation system generates three-dimensional map information using measured data acquired by a measuring vehicle which moves within a measurement area. A generation unit regards a data lacking area which is acquired from the measurement area based on first measured data transmitted from the measuring vehicle and which lacks measured data for generating a three-dimensional map, as a defective area, and generates interpolation data for interpolating three-dimensional map information of the defective area.
US11585664B2	Dataset simplification of n-dimensional signals captured for asset tracking Methods, systems, and devices for dataset simplification of N-dimensional signals captured for asset tracking are provided. An example method involves obtaining raw data from a data source onboard an asset and determining whether obtainment of the raw data results in satisfaction of a data logging trigger. The method further involves, when the data logging trigger is satisfied, performing a dataset simplification algorithm on a target set of data within the raw data to generate a simplified set of data, wherein the target set of data contains a time-variant N-dimensional signal, N>=1, and the dataset simplification algorithm is generalized for all N>=1. The method further involves transmitting the simplified set of data to a server.
US11585658B2	Virtual sensor and compass calibration An unmanned aerial vehicle includes one or more magnetometers, configured to detect a magnetic field and to output magnetometer data corresponding to a magnitude of the detected magnetic field; a position sensor, configured to detect a position of the unmanned aerial vehicle relative to one or more reference points, and to output position sensor data representing the detected position; one or more processors, configured to control the unmanned aerial vehicle to rotate about its z-axis; receive magnetometer data comprising a plurality of z-axis directional measurements taken during the rotation about the z-axis; receive position sensor data and determine from at least the position sensor data a magnetic field inclination of the detected position; and determine a z-axis magnetometer correction value as a difference between the received magnetometer data for the z-axis and the determined magnetic field inclination.
US11585657B2	Geoid measurement method, geoid measurement apparatus, geoid estimation device, and geoid calculation data collection device A geoid calculation data is collected easily. A geoid calculation data collection device of the present invention comprises an inertial measurement data acquisition part, a comparison data acquisition part, and a recording part. In the inertial measurement data acquisition part, data related to velocity, position, and attitude angle is acquired as inertially-derived data based on an output of an inertial measurement part having a three-axis gyro and a three-axis accelerometer attached to a moving body. In the comparison data acquisition part, data related to velocity is acquired as comparison data from a source other than the inertial measurement part. In the recording part, inertially-derived data and comparison data are recorded in association with each other. In the inertial measurement part, a bias stability is acquired that allows error arising from plumb line deviation to be distinguished to a predetermined degree.
US11585655B2	Coupling element for receiving a probe tip in a probe measuring apparatus, screw insert for receiving a probe tip in a probe measuring apparatus, coupling assembly for a probe insert in a probe measuring apparatus, and probe measuring apparatus A coupling element for receiving a probe tip in a probe measuring apparatus has a journal at one end with a first connecting/coupling region. A screw insert has a first connecting/coupling region at one end with a recess, in particular for connecting to the coupling element 16. The journal of the coupling element forms, on an outer surface, or the recess of the screw insert forms, on an inner surface, multiple thread segments or respectively which do not adjoin one another in a radial circumferential direction. A probe measuring apparatus includes the coupling element, the screw insert, a coupling arm/measuring shaft, and a probe insert connected to the coupling arm by way of the coupling element and the screw insert.
US11585652B2	Imaging device, bump inspection device, and imaging method A bump inspection device images a wafer that includes a plurality of bumps arranged in parallel to each other. Each of the bumps is elongated along a first direction that is along a substrate surface. The bump inspection device includes: a laser-light source that emits laser light in a direction that is inclined relative to the substrate surface; a camera that images the substrate surface onto which the laser light is emitted; and a direction adjusting portion that adjusts an arrangement relation between the direction in which the laser light is emitted and an orientation of the wafer to allow the first direction to become inclined relative to the direction in which the laser light is emitted, in a plan view. The camera images the wafer while the first direction is inclined relative to the direction in which the laser light is emitted, in a plan view.
US11585649B2	Shift drum angle detecting device for transmission A shift drum angle detecting device includes: a first angle sensor configured to output a first sensor output value corresponding to a shaft rotational angle of a first sensor shaft integrally rotating with a shift drum; and a second angle sensor configured to output a second sensor output value corresponding to a shaft rotational angle of a second sensor shaft rotating at an increased speed as a result of a speed increasing mechanism increasing the rotation of the first sensor shaft. A first sensor switching angle where the maximum value and the minimum value of the first sensor output value are switched and a second sensor switching angle where the maximum value and the minimum value of the second sensor output value are switched are set to be different from each other in rotational angle of the shift drum. Such device precisely detects any rotational angle of the shift drum.
US11585648B2	Electromagnetic measuring probe device for measuring a thickness of a dielectric layer of a circuit board and method thereof An electromagnetic measuring probe device for measuring a thickness of a dielectric layer of a circuit board and a method thereof are disclosed. The circuit board has at least one dielectric layer, at least two conductive layers and a test area. The test area has a test pattern and a through hole. The electromagnetic measuring probe device has a probe-measuring unit, an external conductive element, plural magnetic powder groups, and a maintaining unit. The probe-measuring unit has a transparent tube and an internal conductive pin. The external conductive element electrically connects with the test pattern. The conductive layers and the internal conductive pin generate a magnetic field while the probe-measuring unit enters into the through hole. The magnetic powder groups magnetically attracted are gathered to positions corresponding to thickness-range positions of the conductive layers and held by the maintaining unit, thus a gap between the two dielectric layers is obtained.
US11585647B2	Low density blasting mat and method of utilizing same A mat assembly including a planar mat body formed to cover a preselected area of a surface region. The preselected area partially defines a volume of ground to be broken by explosion therein. The mat body includes one or more layer elements. The mat body has an engagement surface for engagement with the preselected area. The mat assembly includes a skirt element connected with the mat body having an external portion extending from the mat body, for at least partially restraining matter ejected from the volume of ground upon initiation of the explosion.
US11585645B2	Bullets and methods of making bullets A method of making a bullet includes metal injection molding a bullet jacket or preform, and forming the jacket or preform into a bullet.
US11585643B2	Systems, apparatuses, devices, and methods for initiating or detonating tertiary explosive media by way of photonic energy In an embodiment, a photoinitiation apparatus includes: a set of illumination sources or elements configured for outputting optical energy; a body structure having a proximal body structure portion confining a proximal volume of explosive medium, an intermediate body structure portion confining an intermediate volume of explosive medium, and a distal body structure portion confining a distal volume of explosive medium, wherein the proximal volume of explosive medium is optically coupled to portions of the first volume of explosive medium, at least one of the proximal volume of explosive medium and the distal volume of explosive medium is a tertiary explosive medium, and (a) the body structure does not carry a primary explosive composition and does not carry a secondary explosive composition, and/or (b) each of the proximal, intermediate, and distal volumes of explosive media has an initiation sensitivity that is less than cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (RDX) based explosive compositions.
US11585639B1	Personal armor resistant to sharp or pointed weaponry According to exemplary inventive practice, a personal armor system includes a textile-based layer not exceeding ½-half-inch thickness, and an elastomeric coating not exceeding ⅛-inch thickness. The textile-based layer includes a fiber reinforcement and a resin binder. The combined areal density of the textile-based layer and the elastomeric coating does not exceed 2.5 psf. According to a first mode of inventive practice, the elastomeric coating is essentially a strain-rate-sensitivity-hardening elastomer, and the areal density of the textile-based layer does not exceed 2.3 psf. According to a second mode of inventive practice, the elastomeric coating is essentially a microparticle-filled strain-rate-sensitivity-hardening elastomeric matrix material, and the areal density of the textile-based layer does not exceed 1.7 psf. The microparticles (e.g., spherical glass microparticles) do not exceed, by weight, 30 percent of the strain-rate-sensitivity-hardening elastomeric matrix material. The textile-based layer affords ballistic protection; the elastomeric coating affords protection against sharp/pointed objects.
US11585636B2	Bore sight with arbor system A laser bore sight with arbor system is disclosed which includes a bore sight with a housing, a laser and an activation switch. The system also includes a plurality of arbors, each arbor having a sleeve with an interior channel configured to be received the bore sight. Each arbor is configured to fit within the bore and/or breach of a firearm. The exterior configuration of each arbor is different and specifically configured to fit a specific caliber of firearm. The sleeve has a rear end to which is coupled an end cap having and opening through which the bore sight activation switch extends.
US11585634B2	Devices for carrying firearms and related methods The present invention relates to devices for carrying firearms, including rifles, and methods for making and using devices of the present invention.
US11585632B2	Pistol arm brace A pistol arm brace is provided with a slide portion and a stabilizing structure extending from the slide portion. The slide portion is configured to connect with a receiver extension of a pistol. The stabilizing structure includes a spring-loaded clamping portion configured to secure the stabilizing structure to a user's forearm based on urging of one or more springs in the spring-loaded clamping portion.
US11585631B2	Protective coverings and related methods for entangling projectiles A grappling assembly for use with an entangling projectile includes at least one hook including an apex portion and a sharpened prong extending distally from the apex portion. A protective cover is positioned adjacent the apex portion of the at least one hook, the protective cover including at least one substantially planar surface. The sharpened prong of the at least one hook extends distally from the protective cover and thereby remaining exposed while the protective cover is positioned adjacent the apex portion of the at least one hook. The at least one hook and the protective cover are formed as an integral unit, or as a continuous, solid piece.
US11585630B2	Extendable baton with damage resistant locking mechanism An extendable baton has a base section, at least one extendable section and a control rod. The base section may be tubular and have a lengthwise axis and an annular recess on an inner surface of a distal end and a release button on a proximal end. The extendable section may be tubular and nest inside the base section. The extendable section includes a locking clutch including a single slot disposed on the proximate end, a clutch plate disposed at least partially within the slot, the clutch plate including a locking portion, which engages the annular recess and a control aperture portion having an aperture, and at least one spring disposed to bias the clutch plate outwardly from the slot of the extendable section. The control rod is insertable through the aperture to retract the clutch plate when the release button is depressed.
US11585624B2	Shooting rest and support system A shooting rest for different weapons provides ends that are offset from the central portion of the rest to provide a space that accommodates a portion of the weapon being used with the rest. The shooting rest can be used with one or two supports that engage the weapon being used with the rest. Each support can be rotationally adjusted about a vertical axis and tilted about a horizontal axis. Each support can be tilted inwardly to a storage position for storage and transport of the rest. When in use, the entire rest can be tilted about its main support. A support assembly includes an adjustable arm that carries the shooting rest from the top of a monopod that is anchored to allow repositionable use without interference with the hunter's legs.
US11585623B2	Firearm suppressor baffles and related multi-baffle configurations for increased sound and flash suppression Suppressors and baffles therein provide for sound and/or flash suppression of a firearm. The baffles include a first cone portion, a second cone portion, and a neck connecting the first cone portion and the second cone portion. The first cone portion and second cone portion define a passageway through which hot gases and a bullet may be expelled through and out of the suppressor. The first cone portion directs at least some expelled gases around the outer edge of the first cone portion and to the neck and second cone portion. The second cone portion together with a suppressor body block movement of the expelled gases. A port in the neck allows the expelled gases blocked by the second cone portion to escape toward the passageway to disrupt the flow of the expelled gases and thereby further suppress the sound and/or flash.
US11585620B2	Mount for a firearm A mount for a firearm has a body having a first clamp configured to engage a first edge of the rail, a jaw movably connected to the body and having a second clamp opposed to the first clamp and operable with the respective clamps to engage respective opposed lateral edges of the rail, a spring biasing the jaw toward the body, and at least a portion of the spring being between the clamps. There may be a pushrod connected to a first one of the body and the jaw and slidably received by the other of the body and the jaw. The spring may be laterally positioned to one side of the pushrod. The spring may be a coil spring having a spring axis offset from a pushrod axis defined by the pushrod.
US11585619B2	Firing pin safety of a pistol The present invention relates to a pistol comprising a firing pin safety device integrated into a slide (5) of the pistol comprising a firing pin (1) comprising a lateral extension (25) comprising at least one safety lug (10,11) and a firing pin butterfly safety (2) positioned on an axis of rotation (27) fastened to the slide and parallel to the axis of translation of the firing pin (20), said butterfly safety (2) being able to rotate in a vertical plane between a firing position and a blocking position, said butterfly (2) comprising at least one bearing surface (17,18) on which the at least one lug (10,11) rests when said butterfly is in the blocking position and at least one recess (14) able to allow the at least one lug (10,11) to pass when said butterfly is in the shooting position, the center of mass of said butterfly (2) being on its axis of rotation (27) and the axis of rotation (27) being a main axis of inertia of said butterfly (2).
US11585617B2	Hybrid firearm magazine follower A follower for use in a variety of firearm magazines includes a follower body formed of a rigid material and having a bullet engaging surface that is contoured to position the bullets in the magazine so that they are efficiently stacked upon loading. The follower body further includes a rear leg that extends downward from a main generally horizontal surface and a slide lock shelf on one side. A flat follower spring is attached to a bottom of the follower body at one end and has a generally curved shape when in a relaxed state.
US11585611B2	Duct heat exchanger A duct comprising: an inlet; an outlet; a shell having a tubular form extending between the inlet and the outlet; a main flow path (H) within the shell for conveying a main flow between the inlet and the outlet; and a heat exchange structure, wherein the heat exchange structure comprises: an intake port provided in the shell; an output port provided in the shell; and a secondary flow path (C) within the shell for conveying a secondary flow between the intake port and the output port, wherein the secondary flow path is spirally intertwined with the main flow path for a section of the duct to provide a heat exchanger within the duct.
US11585604B2	Heat exchanger A tube type heat exchanger includes a core includes multiple tubes, a header plate defining an array of apertures in which said tubes are received, and a coolant jacket arranged about said core. The header plate includes a body defining a central region and an edge region circumferential to said central region. The central region defines said array of apertures. The edge region includes a flange. The header plate is connected to the coolant jacket via first and second contact areas between the header plate and the coolant jacket. The flange is outboard of the coolant jacket. The first contact area is between the flange and the coolant jacket; and the second contact area is inboard of the first contact area.
US11585601B2	Flameless impingement oven A flameless combustion oven arranges gas and air jets to directly impinge on the product being heated to substantially promote transfer of heat to the product by impingement transfer rather than by conventional radiation and thermally induced convection. In one embodiment, a set of spaced air and gas nozzles are uniformly distributed on a wall of the oven opposite the product to provide substantially uniform impingement over a surface of the product.
US11585599B2	Cryogenic purification device and method and machine comprising a purification device Device and method for the cryogenic purification of a stream of gas, comprising a purification circuit comprising a first inlet and a first set of filters arranged in series, the first set of filters comprising a terminal heat exchanger in a heat-exchange relationship with a cold source, the purification circuit comprising, downstream of the terminal exchanger, a first outlet, the device comprising at least one drive member intended to set the stream of gas in motion in the circuit, the purification circuit further comprising, between the terminal exchanger and the first outlet, a second set of filter(s), and the at least one drive member being configured to set two successive volumes of gas for purification in motion in opposite directions of circulation in the circuit. The invention also relates to a machine including such a device.
US11585597B2	Hydrocarbon distillation Systems and methods are provided for increasing the efficiency of liquefied natural gas production and heavy hydrocarbon distillation. Air within an LNG production facility can be utilized as a heat source to provide heat to HHC liquid for distillation in a HHC distillation system. The mechanism of heat transfer from the air can be natural convection. Heat provided by natural gas, or compressed natural gas, can be also used for HHC distillation. Various other liquids can further be used to transfer heat to HHC liquid for distillation.
US11585596B2	Refrigerator and method for controlling the same A refrigerator includes an upper door, a lower door positioned below the upper door and configured to be extended out of and retracted into the lower storage chamber, wherein the lower door includes a drawer part having a storage space and a door part configured to open and close the lower storage chamber, respectively, a draw-out, an ascending and descending mechanism provided at the drawer part and configured to ascend and descend the storage space, a driving mechanism provided at the door part and configured to provide a driving force to the ascending and descending mechanism, a controller to control the driving mechanism, a microphone module provided at the upper door and configured to receive a voice input from a user, and a voice recognition module to allow the controller to control the driving mechanism in response to the voice input from the user.
US11585595B2	Refrigerator A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator includes a storeroom lifted when the storeroom is pulled out and giving a degree of freedom to a lifting method. The refrigerator includes a main body, a door arranged to be pulled out from the main body, a storeroom arranged to be pulled out from the main body along with the door, and a lift device arranged to lift or lower the storeroom in connection with pulling-out or pushing-in of the door, wherein the lift device includes a guide including a portion sloping upward or downward in a pull-out direction of the storeroom, and a guidee guided by the guide so that the storeroom is lifted when the guidee is moved along the guide.
US11585593B2	Refrigerator Provided is a refrigerator having an opening/closing device with an improved structure which allows a storage box to be automatically inserted and withdrawn according to the opening and closing of a door and allows the storage box to be further pushed backward while the door is closed.The refrigerator includes a main body, a storage chamber having a front side that is open, and provided at an inside with a storage box that is movable in a front-rear direction, a door rotatably coupled to the main body to open and close the storage chamber, and provided at a rear surface with a pusher that protrudes in a direction toward the storage chamber, and an opening and closing device provided at one side of the storage box, and formed to allow the storage box to be moved in the front and rear direction according to the opening and closing of the door, wherein the opening and closing device includes a rack gear configured to move in a front and rear direction according to the opening and closing of the door, a locking member rotatably coupled to the rack gear to be locked with and released from the storage box, the locking member configured to move in the front and rear direction together with the rack gear, and a catcher configured to rotate to be caught with and released from the pusher according to the opening and closing of the door, wherein the catcher is rotated to be caught with the pusher when the door is a closed state to push the rack gear such that the rack gear is moved backward.
US11585592B2	Wall panel for an appliance A refrigerator includes a cabinet with a plurality of walls and a compartment area for storing food within the cabinet. A door is configured to seal the compartment area. A refrigeration component is disposed within the cabinet. A wall panel is positioned within the cabinet and includes a three-dimensional molded surface with non-uniformly spaced peaks and valleys and a lighting structure. The wall panel extends from a lower end of the compartment area to an upper end of the compartment area. The wall panel separates the compartment area from the refrigeration component and is coextensive with one of the plurality of walls of the cabinet.
US11585590B2	Sealing assembly for cooling device doors and cooling device having the sealing assembly A sealing assembly seals an area between a door and a cabinet of a cooling device having a refrigeration compartment with two doors and a rotating bar pivotally mounted to one of the doors. The sealing assembly having a magnet chamber which defines a receiving cavity for accommodating a magnetic element, a first air chamber provided at one side of the sealing assembly, an attachment portion for attaching the sealing assembly to the door of the cooling device, a second air chamber provided between the magnet chamber and the first air chamber; and a first sealing flap adapted to form a closed region for sealing a space thereof. The sealing assembly further contains a second sealing flap extending as a free end towards the rotating bar. Moreover, a cooling device ideally contains such sealing assemblies.
US11585587B2	System and method for package construction An optimal package structure and an amount of refrigerant to insert into the package structure are determined based upon product information, consumer preference information, and weather information. The optimal package structure and the amount of refrigerant are an optimized combination that is effective to both protect the product from damage and preserve the product from spoilage. A package is constructed to contain the product according to the optimal package structure and the amount of refrigerant is inserted into the structure.
US11585584B2	Refrigerator and control method thereof A refrigerator includes: a cabinet including a freezing chamber; an evaporator located at one side of the freezing chamber; a freezing chamber fan configured to supply cool air to the freezing chamber; an ice maker located in the freezing chamber and configured to perform ice-making; an ice bin located below the ice maker and separates and stores ice made in the ice maker; an ice detection device which detects whether or not the ice stored in the ice bin is full; and a control unit configured to control the freezing chamber fan according to a detection signal of the ice detection device. The control unit is configured to turn off the freezing chamber fan when ice-fullness is detected by the ice detection device and turn on the freezing chamber fan when the ice-fullness is not detected by the ice detection device.
US11585583B2	Ice maker and refrigerator including the same A refrigerator includes an ice tray, a motor, an ejector including a rotary shaft and a protrusion pin, and a heater for selectively supplying heat to the ice tray. A control method of the refrigerator includes a first step of sensing whether the ejector is rotated to reach a first setup position; a second step of driving the heater and stopping driving of an ice making compartment fan if the first step is satisfied; a third step of determining whether the ejector is rotated to reach a second setup position; and a fourth step of stopping driving of the heater if the third step is satisfied, and wherein the ejector continues to be rotated while the second to fourth steps are implemented.
US11585582B2	Cooling member for a mobile ice rink A cooling member for a mobile ice rink includes a plurality of pipes for transporting a coolant, wherein the pipes comprise at least two sections coupled by a connector. Cooling elements are provided at the locations of the connectors.
US11585581B2	Systems and methods for multi-stage operation of a compressor A system for controlling a capacity of a compressor includes a motor of the compressor including a main winding connected at a connection point to an auxiliary winding and a drive configured to control a speed of the motor. The system includes a first switch configured to selectively connect the main winding to either a first line voltage or a first output of the drive, a second switch configured to selectively connect the connection point to either a second line voltage or a second output of the drive, and a third switch configured to selectively connect the auxiliary winding to either a capacitor or a third output of the drive. The system includes a solenoid valve configured to selectively either operate in a first capacity or a second capacity. The system includes a control module configured to control the drive, the first switch, the second switch, and the third switch.
US11585579B2	Refrigeration cycle apparatus The refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit, a controller to control the refrigerant circuit, a bypass flow path, and a flow control valve. The bypass flow path communicates between the discharge side of the compressor and the first outdoor heat exchanger or between the discharge side of the compressor and the second outdoor heat exchanger. The flow control valve is provided to the bypass flow path. The refrigerant circuit is configured to be able to perform a heating defrosting simultaneous operation. The heating defrosting simultaneous operation is an operation of supplying part of the refrigerant discharged from the compressor to one of the first outdoor heat exchanger and the second outdoor heat exchanger via the bypass flow path, causing the other of the first outdoor heat exchanger and the second outdoor heat exchanger to serve as an evaporator, and causing the indoor heat exchanger to serve as a condenser.
US11585575B2	Dual-circuit heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration systems and associated methods Systems and methods for improved heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration systems incorporating a plurality of refrigerant circuits. The system can include a compressor having a first compression chamber, a second compression chamber, and a motor. The system can further include a heat exchanger having a first set of microchannel coils and a second set of microchannel coils. The system can have a first circuit fluidly coupled between the first compression chamber and the first set of microchannel coils and a second circuit fluidly coupled between the second compression chamber and the second set of microchannel coils. Further, the first circuit comprises a first refrigerant and the second circuit comprises a second refrigerant.
US11585572B2	Heat exchanger unit and condensing boiler using the same A heat exchanger unit according to the present invention comprises: a sensible heat exchanger including a sensible heat exchange pipe disposed in a sensible heat exchange area for heating water used for heating by receiving sensible heat generated by a combustion reaction, wherein the sensible heat exchange pipe receives the water used for heating and flows same through the interior, and a sensible heat fin disposed in the sensible heat exchange area, wherein the sensible heat fin is formed in a plate shape across the sensible heat exchange pipe and penetrated by the sensible heat exchange pipe; and a latent heat exchanger positioned downstream from the sensible heat exchange area on the basis of a reference direction, which is a flow direction of combustion gas generated during the combustion reaction, the latent heat exchanger including a latent heat exchange pipe disposed in a latent heat exchange area.
US11585571B1	Energy storage systems Heat energy storage systems described in this disclosure can be used for long-term storage of large amounts of thermal energy. In some cases, such systems receive electrical energy from renewable energy sources such as solar panels or wind turbines. Using novel techniques, the heat energy storage systems covert the electrical energy to thermal energy that is stored in hot materials such as molten silicon, molten salts, or any other material that can store large amounts of heat. The heat energy storage systems incorporate extremely good thermal insulation of the thermal energy storage tank that contains the hot materials. The systems are also configured to release thermal energy in an efficient manner to an electricity-producing steam turbine using novel heat exchanger systems and techniques that are described. The energy storage systems described herein have a higher overall real-world efficiency than energy storage systems currently available.
US11585566B2	HVAC/R condensate trap A condensate trap for providing improved gas seal to a heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC/R) system. The trap can include an interior reservoir containing a volume of fluid to create a gas seal between an inlet pathway and an output. The interior reservoir can be accessed through an access port, by removing a removable cover, for maintenance and inspection. The trap can include vents or vent precursors for aiding in drainage of excess fluid, as well as early detection of problem conditions. The trap can be made from modified parts put together in a specific manner, or through purpose-built parts. The trap can include liquid level sensors and inspection windows to aid in early detection of problem conditions.
US11585564B2	Blast gates An air tight sealing cuff for a blast gate includes a pair of flat plates disposed on opposite sides of the slide mounting of the gate, and replaceable spring clips for holding the plates in position. Resilient gasket material applied to the plates forms a substantially air-tight seal between the slider and slide mount of the cuff and the exterior of the cuff. As a consequence, there is eliminated inadvertent leakage from the area around the gate slider, which would otherwise represent wasted energy. Improved efficiency and reduced carbon footprint result.
US11585563B2	Air-conditioning register An air-conditioning register includes: a downstream fin; and an upstream fin. The downstream fin and the upstream fin are provided in a ventilation passage which allows air-conditioning air to flow. The downstream fin is rotatable around a center line of a first rotation shaft. The upstream fin is rotatable around a center line of a second rotation shaft further on an upstream side than the downstream fin in the ventilation passage. The second rotation shaft extends in a direction different from that of the first rotation shaft. The downstream fin is slidable in a center line direction of the first rotation shaft and has a driving unit which presses the upstream fin in a slide movement direction as the downstream fin slides.
US11585562B2	Air processing device A body of a casing is provided with a predetermined component. An imaging device includes an attachment portion detachably attached to the component so as to be at a position at which the imaging device can image the at least one predetermined object to be imaged.
US11585561B2	Control method and device for air conditioning system and air conditioning system The present application discloses a control method and device of an air conditioning system, for solving the problem of ineffectively controlling the air supply amount of the air conditioning system in the related art. The disclosed control method includes performing at least one of: acquiring a current discharge air temperature of an air conditioning system and a current operating frequency of a fan, and controlling a compressor of the air conditioning system to adjust an operating frequency of the compressor according to the discharge air temperature and the current operating frequency of the fan; or acquiring a current return air temperature of the air conditioning system and a current operating frequency of the compressor, and adjusting an operating frequency of the fan according to the return air temperature and the current operating frequency of the compressor.
US11585560B2	Method of judging lack-of-freon in air conditioner, and air conditioner control method A method of judging lack-of-freon in an air conditioner and an air conditioner control method. The control method includes: acquiring outflow air temperatures at the first air outlet and the second air outlet, and calculating a temperature difference; comparing the temperature difference with a preset temperature difference threshold; and adjusting an opening degree of the expansion valve accordingly. In the method, the opening degree of the expansion valve can be automatically adjusted according to a result of temperature comparison to compensate for the flow rate of freon, so as to improve the cooling or heating efficiency of the air conditioning system and realize the adaptive adjustment of the air conditioner, thereby ensuring the cooling or heating efficiency of the system even if the system lacks freon to a slight extent and effectively reducing energy consumption. The judging method has a higher accuracy of judging result, and is easier to implement.
US11585556B2	Network system In a network in which devices are classified into a plurality of layers, a physical first line is connected to an outdoor unit and a first indoor unit, which are first-layer devices, and a physical second line is connected to a second indoor unit, which is a second-layer device. A first intermediary unit, which is a first intermediary device, includes a first filter always connected to the first line and the second line. The first intermediary unit communicates with the outdoor unit and the second indoor unit via a first signal. The first filter is installed so as not to attenuate a high-frequency first signal used for communication among the outdoor unit, the first indoor unit, the first intermediary unit, and the second indoor unit and so as to attenuate a low-frequency second signal used for communication between the first intermediary unit and the second indoor unit.
US11585554B2	User interface for operating air conditioner of vehicle and method of controlling the same A user interface for operating the air conditioner of a vehicle is disclosed. The user interface includes a display apparatus configured to receive a user input for the air conditioner, and a controller configured to output activation indication and deactivation indication in multiple areas of the vehicle in response to the user input and a time point, and control the display apparatus to change the activation indication and deactivation indication.
US11585552B2	HVAC control during demand response event A thermostat of an HVAC system receives active event parameters from a utility provider. The active event parameters include a start time, a stop time, and a predefined temperature setpoint for the active event, which is associated with a requirement to decrease energy consumption between the start time and the stop time. Following the start time, the thermostat adjusts a setpoint temperature of the HVAC system to the predefined setpoint temperature.
US11585551B2	Dynamic input selection for power-stealing smart-home devices A smart-home device may include a plurality of wire connectors configured to receive a plurality of signals from an environmental system; a plurality of diodes configured to receive the plurality of signals from the plurality of wire connectors, wherein at least two of the plurality of diodes have different voltage drops; and a power-stealing circuit that is configured to receive outputs of the plurality of diodes and to steal power through one of the plurality of wire connectors that is determined at least in part by the different voltage drops.
US11585550B2	Control method and control device for air conditioner A control method and a control device for an air conditioner, the control method including: determining a current control mode of the air conditioner (S202), the control mode including at least a screen-independent mode configured to represent a mode, in which the air conditioner is independent of a display screen but can operates normally; when the control mode is the screen-independent mode, controlling the air conditioner to operate according to a current operating state (S204).
US11585545B2	Ridge vent A ridge vent for ventilating a roof of a building via a hole along a roof ridge to atmosphere, the ridge vent comprising a first ridge vent panel: a flange portion for resting on the roof, the flange portion having an opening for overlapping with the hole, the flange portion having a first flange portion positioned to one side of the opening and a second flange portion positioned to another side of the opening, such that the first flange portion and the second flange portion are at an acute angle with respect to one another; a frame portion coupled to the flange portion and having sides extending upwardly from the flange portion about the opening, the frame portion for maintaining a cap portion in a spaced apart relationship with the flange portion; the cap portion connected to the frame portion and covering over the opening; a first corrugated filter plate extending between the cap portion and the flange portion and positioned transversely between the opening and the atmosphere, the first corrugated filter plate positioned to said one side of the opening; and a second corrugated filter plate extending between the cap and the flange portion and positioned transversely between the opening and the atmosphere, the second corrugated filter plate positioned to said another side of the opening; wherein the corrugated filter plates providing for a passage of air between the atmosphere and the opening, the corrugated filter plates having a pore size sufficient for facilitating the air passage of air through the corrugated filter plates while blocking passage of atmospheric particles through the corrugated filter plates.
US11585539B2	Kitchen appliance assembly and method of converting a kitchen having one of a slide-in and drop-in appliance to a kitchen having built-in appliances There is provided a method of converting a kitchen having one of the slide-in and the drop-in appliance electrically coupled to a range receptacle, to a kitchen having built-in appliances. The method includes removing the one of the slide-in and the drop-in appliance from the range receptacle. The method includes installing at least two kitchen appliances into at least one of preexisting countertops and cabinetry of the kitchen. Each of the kitchen appliances includes a range plug. The method includes providing a power strip apparatus comprising a range plug and a power strip having a plurality of range sockets electrically coupled to the range plug of the power strip apparatus. The method includes inserting the range plug of the power strip apparatus into the range receptacle and inserting the range plugs of the kitchen appliances into respective ones of the range sockets of the power strip.
US11585537B2	Pivotable illumination device An illumination device for a cooking apparatus, the illumination device including a light source and a light conductor rod that conducts light emitted by the light source to a cooking cavity of the cooking apparatus; a support that supports the light conductor rod at a support element of the cooking apparatus, wherein the support includes a pivot joint that supports a fixing device for the light conductor rod, so that the light conductor rod is movably supported in the support.
US11585533B2	Isolation section suppressing shock wave forward transmission structure for wave rotor combustor and wave rotor combustor The present invention discloses an isolation section suppressing shock wave forward transmission structure for a wave rotor combustor and a wave rotor combustor, and belongs to the new concept field of unsteady combustion. The isolation section suppressing shock wave forward transmission structure for a wave rotor combustor includes a wave rotor and a gas inlet port, and the wave rotor is provided with several wave rotor channels. When the wave rotor rotates, the several wave rotor channels communicate with the isolation section sleeve sequentially through the fan-shaped hole. The present invention suppresses reflected shock waves by changing a flow blockage ratio and a shape of the pneumatic valve to consume back transmission pressure, which is beneficial to a fuel intake process, so that steady working of the wave rotor combustor in a state of deviating from a design point can be implemented.
US11585527B2	Geothermal energy device The technical outcome of the proposed geothermal energy device is to increase its efficiency (CE), to simplify and cheapen the construction. The geothermal energy device contains downstream and upstream pipes, which are filled with fluid thermal agent and placed in the borehole, which is unilaterally closed from the ground surface; the pipes are connected to each other with a heat exchanger in the depth of the borehole. The downstream pipe is equipped with several mechanical non-return valves; on the same pipe there is also installed a down pushing pump of the thermal agent (e.g. isobutane). The end of the upstream pipe on the ground surface is directed towards the condensation type steam turbine, equipped with the controlled (e.g. electromagnetic) valve, and turned towards the mentioned turbine by the Laval nozzle. The energy device additionally contains the device of the frequency/duration control to lock and unlock the mentioned controlled valve.
US11585525B2	Illuminated display device An illuminated display device for a hollowed-out pumpkin having face holes, the illuminated display device being installable in an inner volume of the pumpkin that is carved as a jack-o-lantern having the face holes and positioned at a front outer surface of the pumpkin, includes: a light bearing substrate; a light source emitting light substantially omnidirectionally, the light source being arranged on the light-bearing substrate; a spike configured to be releasably engageable with an inner surface of the jack-o-lantern to secure the positioning of the lighting device within the jack-o-lantern proximate one of the face holes; and a reflector to direct light from the light source through at least one face hole to provide the impression to a viewer, if the face hole is an eye cutout, that the eye of the jack-o-lantern is following a passerby.
US11585519B2	Headlamp headband A headlamp with a headband is presented. The headlamp includes: a headband element to receive a lamp body, and a passing hole or vertical conduit for the sliding passage of a tightening elastic link and an attachment clip to make a horizontal sliding connection with an electrically conductive cord, a rear part with a support to hold an electric battery and a locking lever; an electrical conductor cord having two radii of curvature so as to form a “Z”; a movable clip positioned at the first radius of curvature to ensure sliding of said electrically conductive cord with the upper part of the tightening elastic link; a second movable clip positioned at the level of the second radius of curvature to allow the electrically conductive cord to slide with the lower part of said tightening elastic link.
US11585517B2	Lighting module having field-replaceable optics, improved cooling, and tool-less mounting features A lighting module includes a heat sink with a sidewall and a partition defining two cavities, a LED light source disposed in one cavity to emit light, a driver module disposed in the other cavity with driver circuitry to provide electrical power to the light source, and an optical assembly to provide a desired emission profile. The optical assembly is field-changeable and includes a cover lens with snap-fit connectors to facilitate removal and replacement. The optical assembly further includes either a reflector coupled to the cover lens or an optical lens coupled to the heat sink via an optic holder. In some examples, the driver circuitry facilitates dimming of the light source. The heat sink also dissipates heat generated by the light source and the driver circuitry to maintain desired operating temperatures and thereby facilitate increased light output.
US11585515B2	Lighting controller for emulating progression of ambient sunlight Lighting controller including control system having first control facility and second control facility. First and second control facilities respectively are for controlling first and second visible-light sources including first and second pluralities of semiconductor light-emitting devices spaced apart from and along longitudinal axis. First and second visible-light sources respectively are positioned for directing first and second beams of first and second visible-light emissions from first and second pluralities of semiconductor light-emitting devices in first and second beam directions. First and second control facilities respectively are programmed for controlling first and second intensities of first and second beams of first and second visible-light emissions. Control system is programmed for modulating first intensity of first beam and second intensity of second beam in manner for causing first and second beams of first and second visible-light emissions to collectively emulate progression of ambient sunlight. Lighting systems and lighting control methods.
US11585510B2	Light system including an adjustment assembly to aim a light A light system of a vehicle comprising: (a) a connector housing; (b) a reflector housing connected to the connector housing and being movable relative to the connector housing; (c) one or more adjustment assemblies comprising: (i) a socket in the connector housing; and (ii) a rod in the reflector housing that extends into the socket and is rotatable relative to the socket so that the reflector housing is adjustable relative to the connector housing; and wherein the rod has a length and a width with the length being greater than the width and the rod being rotatable around an axis of the length.
US11585507B2	Lens for automobile lamp, automobile headlamp, and automobile A lens for an automobile lamp, an automobile headlamp, and an automobile are disclosed. A lens (1) for an automobile lamp includes a first lens surface (11) and a second lens surface (12) opposite to the first lens surface (11). The first lens surface (11) is a curved surface or a planar surface. The second lens surface (12) includes multiple concentric circle-type annular surfaces. By means of multiple annular surfaces (13) disposed on the second lens surface (12) of the lens (1), parallel incident light that forms an angle with a horizontal direction can be separately incident on several small surfaces without affecting horizontal parallel light penetrating the lens and being focused, so that neither light reflected by the lens nor light penetrating the lens can be effectively focused.
US11585505B2	Lamp for vehicle, method of manufacturing the same, and vehicle including the same A lamp for a vehicle, the lamp including: a light source; a board part on which the light source is mounted; an optical fiber configured to provide a path through which light emitted from the light source propagates; and a film part to which the optical fiber is joined, in which the film part includes an upper film provided at an upper side of the optical fiber; and a lower film provided at a lower side of the optical fiber, and in which the optical fiber is joined to each of the upper film and the lower film.
US11585502B2	Light emitting device A light emitting device (3) comprising an array of light emitting diodes (LEDs) (301-317), said array of LEDs comprising a plurality of LEDs (61-69), a center (31), an perimeter (32) and a first axis (X) extending through the center and transverse to the outer circumferential edge, where each LED of the array of LEDs comprises a size and a shape, where the plurality of LEDs is arranged on a plurality of lines (L) extending in a direction 5 from a point on the first axis (X) towards the outer circumferential edge (32), two or more LEDs of the plurality of LEDs being arranged on each line, and where the two or more LEDs on each line are arranged such that at least one gradient in the size of the LEDs and/or the shape of the LEDs is provided in a direction along said line.
US11585501B2	Couplers for light fixtures Disclosed is a junction device for joining adjacent housing sections of a light fixture housing assembly, having a junction body structure formed from at least one junction body segment. A plurality of coupling units, each with at least one first boundary including at least one male portion or at least one female portion. The male and/or female portions are configured to enable each corresponding portion a first of the coupling units to receive the male portion of a second of the coupling units. Each of at least two of the coupling units including a first segment formed with the at least one junction body segment at respective first boundaries with the corresponding male or female portions extending therefrom. Each of the male and female portions is configured to be associated with a first locking structure to lock the female and male portions together to form the assembled light fixture housing.
US11585500B2	Lighting fixture having an adjustable optic system A lighting assembly is disclosed. The lighting assembly including a number of separate and distinct features to improve useable, installation ease, etc. In one embodiment, the lighting assembly includes a heat sink, a light source, and an adjustment module portion coupled to the heat sink. The adjustment module portion includes a pivot core having a primary optic for directing light from the light source through the adjustment module. The adjustment module portion also includes a collar spring mount having first and second brackets for slidably engaging the pivot core along a plurality of guide slots such that the pivot core moves horizontally with respect to the collar spring mount as the pivot core is tilted with respect to the collar spring mount. The plurality of guide slots may include first, second and third guide slots, each of which has a different shape.
US11585494B2	Fluorescent module and illumination device A fluorescent module includes a fluorescent member including a phosphor-containing layer, and a light reflecting layer disposed on the phosphor-containing layer. The phosphor-containing layer contains a YAG phosphor and a Ga-YAG phosphor within the same layer, the Ga-YAG phosphor being a phosphor in which a portion of the aluminum constituting the YAG phosphor is substituted with gallium. A volumetric ratio of the Ga-YAG phosphor to the entirety of the YAG phosphor and the Ga-YAG phosphor is in a range of 19.0% to 80%.
US11585491B2	Handle for a portable cylinder Provided is a portable cylinder including a tank having an upper portion having a valve port, a mounting collar coupled to the upper portion of the tank, and a handle attached to the mounting collar. The mounting collar has an upwardly extending portion surrounding the valve port and a plurality of circumferentially spaced tabs extending radially outwardly from the upwardly extending portion, wherein a respective gap is formed between adjacent ones of the plurality of circumferentially spaced tabs. The handle includes a shroud portion including a plurality of circumferentially spaced ledges for abutting an underside of a respective one of the plurality of circumferentially spaced tabs, and at least one tab for engaging the mounting collar in one of the gaps, and a handle portion extending from the shroud portion and having one or more areas for grasping the handle.
US11585490B2	Management system A management system includes a position detection unit which obtains a position of a work machine, a posture detection unit which obtains a posture of the work machine, an object detection unit which obtains a three-dimensional shape of a buried object, a position calculation unit which obtains a position of the buried object by using the position of the work machine obtained by the position detection unit, the posture of the work machine obtained by the posture detection unit, and the three-dimensional shape of the buried object obtained by the object detection unit, and an information acquisition unit which acquires buried object information including at least the position of the buried object obtained by the position calculation unit.
US11585488B2	Fiber-reinforced pressure vessel A pressure vessel is disclosed comprising an inner vessel with a rotationally symmetrical middle part with an axis of symmetry along the middle part and two dome-shaped polar caps which close off the middle part, and an outer layer, wound on the inner vessel to reinforce it, made of fiber composite material made of a plurality of plies of fibers embedded in a matrix material which are arranged one above another, which run as a fiber band made of a number of fibers with a location-dependent and position-dependent fiber orientation across the inner vessel, wherein the fiber band at least in some of the plies enters from the middle part at a respective entry fiber angle relative to the axis of symmetry into the region of the dome-shaped polar caps.
US11585486B2	Telescoping box support The present disclosure generally relates to a telescoping support bracket, a box bracket, a conduit support bracket, and a floor support bracket. The telescoping support bracket generally comprises telescoping arms that allow the length of the bracket to be adjusted. A method of installing the telescoping support bracket is also provided.
US11585485B2	Mobile device mounting system A mobile device mounting system includes a device case and a mount. The device case includes: an insert including a rectangular bore and defining a set of undercut sections about the rectangular bore; and a first set of magnetic elements arranged in a first pattern about the rectangular bore. The mount includes: a body; a polygonal boss extending from the body and configured to insert into the rectangular bore; a set of locking jaws arranged on the polygonal boss configured to transiently mate with the set of undercut sections to constrain the polygonal boss within the rectangular bore; and a second set of magnetic elements arranged in a second pattern about the polygonal boss and configured to transiently couple to the first set of magnetic elements to transiently retain the mount against the device case and to drive the set of locking jaws toward the set of undercut sections.
US11585484B1	Hat and clothing storage and display article This disclosure pertains to a unique, versatile article for providing both storage and display of clothing, headwear, and other items within the internal area of an automated vehicle. Such an article is symmetrical in shape with a three-dimensional configuration having two opposing ends with curved edges and a bottom portion extending outward and below a top ovate portion with four corner regions having leg components that incline upward. Such an article allows for placement of headwear, clothing, and other types of items over the ovate top portion with the inclined legs of the bottom extended portion present for retention thereof. Clips may be attached for facilitating such retention as well, particularly on the bottom portion legs. Such an article may be placed anywhere on and attached to internal vehicle portions, including a dashboard, windows, seat backs, and the like, utilizing adhesives, suction cups, and other means.
US11585482B2	Bipod support system and device for binoculars Disclosed herein is an exemplary bipod device that includes a first shaft and a second shaft. The first and the second shaft are attached together by a connector. Also, attached to the first shaft is a first platform and attached to the second shaft is a second platform. Additionally, disclosed herein is an exemplary bipod system that includes a bipod comprising a first and a second shaft, and a connector connected to the first and second shaft. The bipod system further includes a first platform attached to the first shaft.
US11585479B2	Pipe repair The present disclosure relates to a method for repairing a partially collapsed pipe. The method comprises fitting a mesh stent around the outside of an actuation assembly of a pipe repair apparatus, and positioning the pipe repair apparatus within a portion of the pipe, at least a part of the portion of the pipe being partially collapsed. The method also comprises causing actuation between a retracted configuration and an extended configuration such that the partially collapsed part of the pipe changes from a partially collapsed form towards a non-collapsed form. The method also comprises removing the pipe repair apparatus from the pipe and leaving the mesh stent in the portion of the pipe.
US11585477B1	Sweep elbow pipe connector with optimized flow path An arcuate sweep elbow pipe connector section is disclosed as part of the piping system used to deliver water from a source to a fire sprinkler head. The arcuate sweep elbow pipe connector section is integrally formed at one end with a first connecting section and integrally formed at a section end with a second connection section. The connecting sections are positioned ninety degrees relative to each other and the arcuate sweep elbow pipe connector section optimizes water flow through both connecting sections.
US11585476B2	Pivoting lock for double lever cam lock fitting Method and apparatus for an improved camlock fitting having outer/inner cam lever which are restrained against unintended opening or rotation by a pivoting locking member which is pivotally mounted onto an axle disposed in a corresponding hole on the cam levers so that the pivoting locking member can be easily pivoted in the vertical plane relative to the cam arms. Each of the outer and inner arms has a pivoting locking member mounted on its underside in a protective housing. The camlock fitting may also have an air vent. Together this provides a safety lock assembly for the cam lock fitting so that when the cam lock fitting is pressurized unbeknownst to the operator and the operator attempts to open the cam lock fitting, the safety lock assembly will prevent operation or complete separation of the male and the female portions of the fitting to prevent inadvertent pressurized discharge of hazardous materials.
US11585474B2	Pipe joint A pipe joint connecting a first pipe having conductivity and being grounded and a second pipe including a corrugated metallic pipe member and a conductive layer having lower electric resistance than metal forming the pipe member and covering the pipe member, the pipe joint including a connection part that has conductivity and is connected to the first pipe, a housing part that has conductivity, is engaged with the connection part, and houses the second pipe inside the housing part by insertion of the second pipe along an axis direction of the second pipe, and a conductive member that includes a first part in contact at least partially with the housing part and a second part exposed to an outside of the housing part to be in contact with the conductive layer.
US11585469B2	Crimp fitting for medical gas piping and method of use A crimp fitting has a monolithic and homogeneous female socket configured to receive and be crimped to an end portion of a tube. The socket comprises an annular wall and an axial opening. The annular wall comprises at least one internal shoulder that protrudes radially inward from the annular wall. A seal ring in the female socket has a C-shaped cross section and is configured to be arranged around the end portion of the tube to be joined with the fitting. The C-shaped seal ring compresses against the internal shoulder after the fitting is crimped with the tube with the C-shaped seal ring arranged around the end of the tube.
US11585462B2	Dual purpose position indicator An actuator assembly for moving a valve between an open position and a closed position includes an actuator housing forming at least a portion of a chamber. The actuator assembly also includes a support plate arranged within the actuator housing. The actuator assembly further includes a diaphragm coupled to the actuator housing and the support plate, the diaphragm expanding and contracting in response to a working fluid within the chamber. The actuator assembly also includes an indicator rod extending through the chamber and out of the actuator housing, the indicator rod being removably coupled to the support plate, wherein the indicator rod is arranged within an opening formed in the support plate, the indicator rod secured to the support plate via a coupling mechanism that releases the indicator rod in response to a pressure from the working fluid between the diaphragm and the support plate.
US11585460B2	Diaphragm valve structure A diaphragm valve structure having application in diaphragm valves made completely from fluororesin at an operating temperature of 200° C. The diaphragm valve uses a heat isolation method that consists of a heat transfer limiting structure and a heat dissipating structure, ensuring rigidity of the gas cylinder structure. The heat transfer limiting structure uses lattice-shaped ribbed plates with horizontal openings, wherein the lattice-shaped ribbed plates and a minimum diameter area of an annular portion are all provided with heat transfer section thickness. The heat dissipating structure consists of a multilayered structure for a preferred external natural cooling, and further using a coolant gas ensuring that the peripheral portion of the diaphragm and gas-tight components on the valve shaft are sufficiently cooled.
US11585454B2	Valve plug A plug for a fluid valve has a stem extending along an axis between a first end and a second end, a tip secured to the first end of the stem, a plug body mounted to the stem toward the second end relative to the tip, and a valve seat between the tip and the plug body. The valve seat has a sealing surface that extends past an outer perimeter of the tip and is sized to engage a valve ring of the fluid valve, the valve seat defining an annular space that permits radial movement of the valve ring relative to the axis of the stem to align with the valve ring as pressure is applied to the valve seat.
US11585452B2	Fuel nozzle with reduced flow tolerance A fuel nozzle metering valve that includes a spool having an inlet port and an outlet flow port, and a retainer assembled to one end of the spool. A valve liner houses a portion of the spool. The spool is configured to move back and forth within the valve liner. The metering valve is biased in a closed position in which the outlet flow port is disposed entirely within the valve liner. The valve is opened when the spool slides within the valve liner such that some portion of the outlet flow port extends beyond an end of the valve liner. The retainer has a stepped portion configured to abut an end of the retainer at a fuel flow pressure below the expected maximum fuel flow pressure to be used in the fuel nozzle metering valve.
US11585450B2	Bar valve A bar valve includes an elongate housing having a first inlet located towards a first end of the housing, a second inlet located towards a second end of the housing, and an outlet located between the first inlet and the second inlet. A mixing chamber is located within the housing, the mixing chamber being configured to receive first and second input flows from the first inlet and second inlet, respectively. A flow controller is configured to receive a mixed flow from the mixing chamber and controllably output an outlet flow to the outlet. The mixing chamber and flow controller is disposed sequentially in a region of the housing between the first end and the outlet, thereby confining the mixed flow and the outlet flow to the region of the housing between the first end and the outlet.
US11585449B2	Pilot operated bypass valve with reverse check An inner subassembly for assembling a valve assembly includes a spool defining a central bore that extends axially through the spool forming a spool annular wall, and including a spool cone tip that is disposed at the first axial end, as well as a hydraulic activation ridge extending radially outwardly from the spool annular wall, and that is disposed axially between the second axial end and the first axial end. The spool may further define a first bypass bore. A stem defines a first flow bore that aligns with the first bypass bore.
US11585447B2	Seal with retaining profile A valve seat for a ball valve. The valve seat having a valve seat body with a circumferential concave seating surface configured to mate with a curvature of the valve ball. A seal pocket formed within the valve seat body, the seal pocket having (i) an throat formed in the concave seating surface, (ii) an outer pocket sidewall, and (iii) an inner pocket sidewall. A retaining groove positioned below the throat on either the outer pocket sidewall or the inner pocket sidewall and a flexible seal element shaped for positioning in the seal pocket. The seal element includes (i) an extended lip configured to rest within the retaining groove when the seal element is seated in the seal pocket, and (ii) a sealing face with an upper end laying below the valve seat's concave seating surface and a mid-portion extending upward above a curvature path of the concave seating surface.
US11585444B2	Seal for a flow restrictor Apparatuses for controlling gas flow are important components for delivering process gases for semiconductor fabrication. These apparatuses for controlling gas flow frequently rely on effectively sealed flow restrictors which can eliminate leakage of process gas around the flow restrictors. In one embodiment, a seal for a flow restrictor is disclosed, the seal comprising a plastic cylinder which is shrink fit onto a sealing portion of the flow restrictor. In another embodiment, a seal for a flow restrictor is disclosed, the seal having a first sealing ring with a flow aperture, a flow restrictor installed into the flow aperture.
US11585440B2	Hole plug attachment structure A hole plug attachment structure includes: a first attachment-target member is formed with a first attachment hole; a second attachment-target member is formed with a second attachment hole; and a hole plug that includes a tube-shaped outer peripheral wall, a blocking portion, a ring shaped flange jutting out toward a radial direction outer side of the outer peripheral wall from an end portion of the outer peripheral wall on an opposite side from an insertion direction so as to cover a location surrounding the second attachment hole, and a hook portion, a location of the flange that abuts an edge of the second attachment hole being thicker than a location of the flange that abuts the edge of the first attachment hole, in a state in which a back face of the flange abuts both the edge of the first attachment hole and the edge of the second attachment hole.
US11585438B2	Vehicle parking lock mechanism In a vehicle parking lock mechanism, a parking pawl mechanically hinders rotation of the parking gear by being engaged with the parking gear. A lock member is moved to the lock position to establish a parking lock state in which the parking pawl hinders rotation of the parking gear. The support member includes a guide portion configured to guide movement of the lock member between the lock position and the unlock position while restricting the lock member from displacing in a direction away from the parking pawl. The stopper is rotatably mounted to either one member of the lock member or the support member, changes a posture in accordance with relative movement between the lock member and the support member, and protrudes toward the other member side of the lock member such that the stopper establishes a protruding posture in the parking lock state.
US11585436B2	Hydraulic system for a vehicle, a vehicle transmission, and method for operating a vehicle transmission A hydraulic system for a vehicle transmission with at least two friction elements, the system comprising a first hydraulic circuit comprising a pump for supplying hydraulic fluid to the first hydraulic circuit. A flow restriction may be provided in the first hydraulic circuit between an output of the pump and a sump for providing leakage of hydraulic fluid into the sump. Further, a second hydraulic circuit comprising a second pump may be arranged, wherein the hydraulic pressure in the first circuit is higher compared to the second circuit. A flow control element operated using hydraulic pressure from the first circuit may be arranged for controlling flow/pressure in the second circuit. Further, the hydraulic system may be arranged for generating a line pressure, wherein an actuator for engaging a park lock system may be connected to the first hydraulic circuit for enabling direct actuation by means of the line pressure.
US11585433B2	Gear wheel and a vehicle transmission arrangement A gear wheel is connectable to a transmission shaft of a vehicle gear transmission arranged in a gearbox housing. The gear wheel being configured to be lubricated by a lubricant in a lubricant reservoir of the gearbox housing, wherein the gear wheel comprises a first axial end surface; a second axial end surface arranged on an opposite side of the gear wheel relative to the first axial end surface; and a plurality of gear teeth arranged circumferentially on the gear wheel and positioned between the first and second axial end surfaces; wherein the first axial end surface comprises a plurality of angularly spaced protrusions extending axially from the first axial end surface in a direction of a surface normal of the first axial end surface.
US11585432B2	Oil supply arrangement of a vehicle with an electric machine An oil supply arrangement of a vehicle with an electric machine in a housing with at least one oil volume connected to an oil volume of a transmission housing of the vehicle for oil supply. The oil volume of the electric machine is divided into at least two oil supply spaces to compensate an oil level in the housing. A first oil supply space is arranged at a side of the housing facing the driving direction of the vehicle and a second oil supply space is arranged at a side of the housing opposite the driving direction of the vehicle.

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