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US11003622B2	Architecture for management of digital files across distributed network In certain embodiments, automatic modification-triggered transfer of a file among two or more computer systems associated with a user. In some embodiments, a copy of a first file may be received, via a first application at a first computer system, from a second application at a second computer system associated with a user. The first file copy may be automatically received from the second application responsive to the user modifying a content of the first file, where the first file copy is a version of the first file that is generated from the user modifying the content of the first file. Responsive to receiving the first file copy from the second computer system, the first file copy may be automatically transferred via the first application to a third computer system associated with the user to replace an older version of the first file stored on the third computer system.
US11003619B2	Systolic array accelerator systems and methods The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for decomposing systolic array circuitry to provide a plurality of N×N systolic sub-array circuits, apportioning a first tensor or array into a plurality of N×M first input arrays, and apportioning a second tensor or array into a plurality of M×N second input arrays. Systolic array control circuitry transfers corresponding ones of the first input arrays and second input arrays to a respective one of the plurality of N×N systolic sub-array circuits. As the elements included in the first input array and the elements included in the second input array are transferred to the systolic sub-array, the systolic sub-array performs one or more mathematical operations using the first and the second input arrays. The systems and methods beneficially improve the usage of the systolic array circuitry thereby advantageously reducing the number of clock cycles needed to perform a given number of calculations.
US11003618B1	Out-of-band interconnect control and isolation Disclosed are techniques regarding aspects of selectively enabling or disabling interconnects between peripheral processors. The peripheral processors may be included within a compute service provider and may be accessible via virtual machines within guest domains implemented within the compute service provider. The interconnects can be enabled or disabled depending upon whether they traverse domains of the compute service provider.
US11003615B2	Single-wire bus communication protocol A method to transmit data over a single-wire bus wherein a first communication channel is defined by pulses of different durations according to the state of the transmitted bit and depending on a reference duration, and a second communication channel is defined by the reference duration.
US11003614B2	Embedding protocol parameters in data streams between host devices and storage devices A method includes receiving, by a storage device and from a host device, a set of protocol parameters initialized by the host device. The set of protocol parameters are used to facilitate data transfer between the host device and the storage device. The method also includes determining that a threshold value associated with the data transfer between the host device and the storage device has been satisfied. The method further includes, in response to determining that the threshold value has been satisfied, sending, by the storage device and to the host device, the set of protocol parameters that were received from the host device.
US11003613B2	Eject pull mechanism for information handling system An Open Compute Project (OCP) module forces an electrical shutdown sequence. The OCP module integrates an eject pull mechanism that has two (2) positions. A retracted position of the two (2) positions is inaccessible from an exterior of an information handling system. A deployed position of the two (2) positions is only accessible from an interior of the information handling system. The eject pull mechanism forces the electrical shutdown sequence prior to moving or transitioning from the retracted position to the deployed position.
US11003611B2	Information processing system, information processing method, and semiconductor device A bridge apparatus includes slave circuits connected to each other via a bus. Each of the slave circuits is connected to one of master apparatuses, function as a slave for the master apparatus connected thereto, and performs communication in accordance with a protocol in which the number of masters in a system is restricted. Addresses of memories are respectively set in the slave circuits, and the memories are connected to the master apparatuses to which the slave circuits are respectively connected. When a first master apparatus accesses a memory connected to a second master apparatus by specifying a first address of the memory, the bridge apparatus causes the first master apparatus and the second master apparatus to communicate via a first slave circuit, a second slave circuit in which an address corresponding to the first address is set, and the bus, based on the addresses of the memories.
US11003601B2	Memory system design using buffer(s) on a mother board A mother board topology including a processor operable to be coupled to one or more communication channels for communicating commands. The topology includes a first communication channel electrically coupling a first set of two or more dual in-line memory modules (DIMMs) and a first primary data buffer on a mother board. The topology includes a second communication channel electrically coupling a second set of two or more DIMMs and a second primary data buffer on the mother board. The topology includes a third channel electrically coupling the first primary data buffer, the primary second data buffer, and the processor.
US11003599B2	Method, apparatus and system of managing external devices, memory and unmanned aerial vehicle A method of managing an external device includes obtaining parameter information of the external device, loading a service module according to the parameter information of the external device, and enabling a communication between a user interface module and a network interface corresponding to the service module.
US11003594B2	Method for protecting security-relevant data in a cache memory In a method for protecting security-relevant data in a cache memory, a copy of this security-relevant data from a general memory is stored in the cache memory, and the method includes stipulating obfuscation parameters, determining a first cache set address from a memory address of the general memory at which the security-relevant data are stored, generating a first modified cache set address for a first cache set with a generation function using the obfuscation parameters and the first cache set address, and storing the copy of the security-relevant data using the first modified cache set address in a first cache line of the first cache set.
US11003593B2	Method for managing a cache memory of an electronic processor A method for managing a cache memory, including executing first and second processes, when the second process modifies the state of the cache memory, updating the value of an indicator associated with this second process, and comparing the value of this indicator to a predefined threshold and, when this predefined threshold is exceeded, detecting an abnormal use of the cache memory by the second process, in response to this detection, modifying pre-recorded relationships in order to associate with the identifier of the second process a value of a parameter q different from the value of the parameter q associated with the first process so that, after this modification, when the received address of a word to be read is the same for the first and second processes, then the set addresses used to read this word from the cache memory are different.
US11003590B2	Memory system and operating method thereof A memory system includes: a memory device storing host data provided from a host; and a memory controller managing and transferring the host data between the host and the memory device, wherein the memory controller comprises: a write buffer temporarily storing the host data to be transferred to the memory device; a buffer monitoring device checking a usage amount of the write buffer during a predetermined period; a buffer usage comparing device generating a flush control signal based on a usage amount comparison result by comparing the usage amount checked during a current period corresponding to the predetermined period with the usage amount checked during a previous period corresponding to the predetermined period; and a first flush device transferring the host data temporarily stored in the write buffer to the memory device in response to the flush control signal.
US11003587B2	Memory system with configurable NAND to DRAM ratio and method of configuring and using such memory system Memory systems that include NAND flash memory and dynamic random access memory (DRAM) are configured to allow a considerably higher ratio of NAND to DRAM without a significant increase in write amplitude. The NAND includes a logical-to-physical (L2P) table. The DRAM includes a buffer divided into regions, an update table of recently written data and linked lists, one for each region of the buffer linking all items in the update table in that region, the DRAM maintaining a set of linked lists, each identifying all regions with the same number of updates in the update table.
US11003586B1	Zones in nonvolatile or persistent memory with configured write parameters This disclosure provides techniques hierarchical address virtualization within a memory controller and configurable block device allocation. By performing address translation only at select hierarchical levels, a memory controller can be designed to have predictable I/O latency, with brief or otherwise negligible logical-to-physical address translation time. In one embodiment, address transition may be implemented entirely with logical gates and look-up tables of a memory controller integrated circuit, without requiring processor cycles. The disclosed virtualization scheme also provides for flexibility in customizing the configuration of virtual storage devices, to present nearly any desired configuration to a host or client.
US11003583B2	Adapting cache processing using phase libraries and real time simulators A method, a computing device, and a non-transitory machine-readable medium for modifying cache settings in the array cache are provided. Cache settings are set in an array cache, such that the array cache caches data in an input/output (I/O) stream based on the cache settings. Multiple cache simulators simulate the caching the data from the I/O stream in the array cache using different cache settings in parallel with the array cache. The cache settings in the array cache are replaced with the cache settings from one of the cache simulators based on the determination that the cache simulators increase effectiveness of caching data in the array cache.
US11003582B2	Cache utilization of backing storage for aggregate bandwidth An embodiment of a semiconductor apparatus may include technology to determine workload-related information for a persistent storage media and a cache memory, and aggregate a bandwidth of the persistent storage media and the cache memory based on the determined workload information. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
US11003578B2	Method and system for parallel mark processing Parallel mark processing is disclosed including traversing first objects in a virtual machine heap based on correspondences between memory blocks in the virtual machine heap and N marking threads, pushing a first pointer of a first object into a private stack of a marking thread corresponding to a memory block, the first object being located in the memory block, performing first mark processing of the first object based on a push-in condition of the first pointer, and after traversal of the first objects has been completed, launching the N marking threads to cause the N marking threads to synchronously perform mark processing used in garbage collection based on push-in conditions of first pointers in respective private stacks of the first pointers.
US11003577B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for storing program of access control with respect to semiconductor device memory An information processing apparatus includes: a first memory including a semiconductor device memory; a second memory including a cache memory, the second memory being configured to temporarily store data to be written in the semiconductor device memory; and a processor configured to execute a writing-back process that includes providing a notification regarding completion of writing of the data before the data stored in the second memory is written in the first memory, execute an alternative writing process that includes writing the data at a second physical address in the first memory when writing of the data at a first physical address in the first memory is failed, and execute an access process that includes accessing the data written at the second physical address based on address management information, the address management information indicating a correspondence between the first physical address and the second physical address.
US11003570B2	Performing a mirror test for localization testing Performing a mirror test for localization testing includes executing a mirror test, the mirror test includes an execution of actions on target controls on a master device and mimicking the actions on the target controls on a number of slave devices for localization testing, identifying the target controls on the number of slave devices to mimic the execution of the actions on the target controls of the master device, capturing at least one screenshot of the mirror test, and displaying the at least one screenshot to a user.
US11003568B2	Error recovery A system and method may provide assistance to programmer during programming to detect and predict the existence of errors in code and, in some aspects, predict fixes for erroneous code. In some aspects, the system and method may use artificial intelligence to learn based on edits made by programmers, by observing code changes that cause errors and code changes that fix errors, or based on other data.
US11003567B2	Method and apparatus for test modeling A method, system and computer program product, the method comprising: receiving a user document describing at least a part of a system to be tested; computing a similarity measurement between the user document and documents in a document corpus, each describing at least part of a system and associated with a combinatorial model representing the at least part of the system, wherein the combinatorial model comprises a set of attributes, a respective domain for each attribute defining possible values for the attribute, and restrictions, wherein each restriction comprises at least one attribute, a respective value and a logical operator, based upon the similarity measurement, selecting selected documents from the document corpus; obtaining one or more combinatorial models corresponding to the selected documents; selecting elements from the combinatorial models; generating an initial combinatorial model for the user document, wherein said generating comprises adding the elements to the initial combinatorial model.
US11003563B2	Compliance testing through sandbox environments A compliance user or auditor is enabled to inject failures into a sandbox environment, which may be similar to a production service. The sandbox environment may be monitored by the same automation that watches compliance controls in the production service. As the user injects compliance failures into the sandbox, they may detect the appropriate alerts fire in the monitoring system, thereby gaining trust that the monitoring works as it should. A rich report resulting from the test activities may allow the user or auditor to see how a failure of a compliance control leads to the expected monitoring alert.
US11003561B2	Systems and methods for predicting information handling resource failures using deep recurrent neural networks In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system may include a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon a program of instructions executable by the processor. The program of instructions may be configured to, when read and executed by the processor, receive telemetry data associated with one or more information handling resources, receive failure statistics associated with the one or more information handling resources, and correlate the telemetry data and the failure statistics to create training data for a pattern recognition engine configured to predict a failure status of an information handling resource from operational data associated with the information handling resource.
US11003553B2	Method and apparatus for failover processing Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for failover. In an embodiment is provided a method implemented at a first node in a cluster comprising a plurality of heterogeneous nodes. The method comprises: determining whether an application at a second node in the cluster is failed; and in response to determining that the application is failed, causing migration of data and services associated with the application from the second node to a third node in the cluster, the migration involving at least one node heterogeneous to the second node in the cluster. The present disclosure further provides a method implemented at the third node in the cluster and corresponding devices and computer program products.
US11003548B2	Backing up a load control system Systems and methods are disclosed for generating a backup of configuration information files at a system controller and storing this backup at a server via the use of a network device.
US11003546B2	Restore process using incremental inversion In one example, a method includes receiving, at a client where a version of a file is locally stored, an inversion patch concerning the local file version, the inversion patch including original content of one or more byte ranges that embrace changes reflected in the locally stored version of the file version that were made subsequent to creation of a target version of the file with which the locally stored file version is associated, unlocking the local file version, and applying the inversion patch to the unlocked local file version to create a restored file version that matches the target version of the file. The restored file version is then saved.
US11003542B1	Online consistent system checkpoint Described embodiments provide systems and methods for operating a storage system wherein an online consistent system checkpoint is generated. The checkpoint contains a point in time image of a system and is used for providing recovery of the system to a known good state. In one embodiment the checkpoint includes volume configuration data, logical volume space, a plurality of layers of metadata, and physical data storage.
US11003540B2	Method, server, and computer readable medium for index recovery using index redo log According to some exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for index recovery performed by a database server is disclosed.The method is an index redo logging method performed by a database server. The method may include performing a first recovery step of determining, by an instruction for recovering via an index redo log comprising an index physical redo log and an index logical redo log, an index tree structure by applying the index physical redo log, wherein the index physical redo log is generated by first index redo logging corresponding to a change of the index tree structure; and performing a second recovery step of performing an index tree search on the determined index tree structure to obtain physical information of the index logical redo log, and applying the index logical redo log to the determined index tree structure using the obtained physical information, wherein the index logical redo log is generated by second index redo logging corresponding to a data change in the index or generated based on a table redo log by the instruction for recovering.
US11003534B2	Systems, methods, and apparatuses for stacked memory Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to systems, methods, and apparatuses for hybrid memory. In one embodiment, a hybrid memory may include a package substrate. The hybrid memory may also include a hybrid memory buffer chip attached to the first side of the package substrate. High speed input/output (HSIO) logic supporting a HSIO interface with a processor. The hybrid memory also includes packet processing logic to support a packet processing protocol on the HSIO interface. Additionally, the hybrid memory also has one or more memory tiles that are vertically stacked on the hybrid memory buffer.
US11003531B2	Memory system and operating method thereof A memory system includes: a memory device, including a plurality of memory cells, suitable for reading and writing data with a parity bit on a basis of a page; and a memory controller suitable for obtaining an error mask pattern based on compressed data when a number of error bits detected based on the data and the parity bit is equal to or less than a first threshold value and greater than a second threshold value, and controlling to write the compressed data, the parity bit updated based on the compressed data in which the error mask pattern is reflected, compression information on the compressed data and pattern information on the error mask pattern to the page.
US11003527B2	Decoding method and device utilizing flash channel characteristic and data storage system A decoding method and device utilizing a flash channel characteristic and data storage system, wherein the method comprises: acquiring a probability density function curve diagram; determining a to-be-corrected data position according to the current situation of the probability density function curve diagram; transmitting the to-be-corrected data position to a low-density parity check module to perform an operation to correct the to-be-corrected value. The embodiment of the present invention considers the current situation of the probability density curve diagram when determining the to-be-corrected data position, namely, selects different solutions to determine the to-be-corrected data position on the basis of the current situation of the probability density function curve diagram, thus reducing the data transmitted to the low-density parity check module to perform an operation, and reducing operation workload and power consumption.
US11003524B2	Data storage system with repair of virtual data blocks of internal file system A method of repairing an indirect addressing structure of a file system damaged by corruption of a virtual data block (VDB) mapping data stored in corresponding physical data blocks (PDBs) includes scanning PDB descriptors to identify PDBs storing data mapped by the corrupted VDB, where each identified PDB includes a set of PDB entries each having a backward pointer identifying a corresponding VDB entry of a corresponding VDB. The identified PDBs are scanned to identify PDB entries whose backward pointers refer to VDB entries of the corrupted VDB, then a replacement VDB is created by (1) for each of the identified PDB entries, recreating a corresponding VDB entry including a forward pointer to the identified PDB entry, and (2) incorporating the recreated VDB entries into the replacement VDB. The replacement VDB is then incorporated into the indirect addressing structure in place of the corrupted VDB.
US11003523B2	Database optimized disaster recovery testing An example operation may include one or more of receiving, by a disaster recovery orchestrator, configuration changes independent from a disaster recovery test schedule, from one or more monitoring agents at each of an information technology system, analyzing incremental configuration changes since a previous disaster recovery test for potential to limit a need for unnecessary disaster recovery retest, determining component level changes at each information technology system that impact disaster recovery test readiness, initiating a partial disaster recovery retest without regard to periodic disaster recovery test schedules, in response to incremental configuration changes that are at the information technology system component-level, and invoking a blockchain service to generate blockchain transactions, the blockchain transactions committing configuration changes, disaster recovery testing actions, and disaster recovery testing results to a shared ledger of a blockchain network.
US11003521B2	System for decomposing events from managed infrastructures with natural language processing A system is provided for decomposing events from managed infrastructures. A first engine is configured to receive message data from a managed infrastructure that includes managed infrastructure physical hardware that supports the flow and processing of information, The at least one engine is configured to determine common characteristics of events and produce clusters of events relating to the failure of errors in the managed infrastructure. Membership in a cluster indicates a common factor of the events that is a failure or an actionable problem in a physical hardware of the managed infrastructure directed to supporting the flow and processing of information. The first engine is configured to create one or more situations that is a collection of one or more events or alerts representative of the actionable problem in the managed infrastructure. A second engine is configured to determine one or more common steps from events and produces clusters relating to events. The second engine determines one or more common characteristics of events and produces clusters of events relating to the failure or errors in the managed infrastructure. The system is configured to use natural language processing techniques to analyze threshold entries in a situation room to identify resolutions to problems.
US11003520B2	Method of detecting failures A method of detecting failures of an engine control computer including at least: a hardware layer, a software layer comprising at least one activation cycle of the load m phase(s) of activation of said load with: actuation of the load, first timeout, deactivation of the load, second timeout. The method of detecting failures includes a measurement time window during which the following are carried out: an initialization of the measurement variables, detection of an actuation of the load, an action of reinitializing the engine control computer if at least one of the following conditions is valid: ΔT1>ΔT1_ref, ΔT2<ΔT2_ref, ΔT3>ΔT3_ref, ΔT4<ΔT4_ref.
US11003517B2	Device-based engineering system for programmable logic controllers A system for configuration and control of a device includes a device processor includes at least two processing cores. Device firmware executes on a first processing core and a device-based engineering server executes on a second processing core. A web server running on the device-based engineering server includes a webApp providing web-based functionality for configuration and control of the device. The webApp is downloaded from the web server to the user's browser. A hypervisor manages communication between the device firmware and the device-based engineering server. A communication path established in the hypervisor for communicating a configuration or control instruction to the device firmware. The configuration or control instruction is initiated by a user via a web browser. The users web browser may run on a computer workstation that does not otherwise meet processing requirements of an engineering system for the device.
US11003515B2	Programmable device, hierarchical parallel machines, and methods for providing state information Programmable devices, hierarchical parallel machines and methods for providing state information are described. In one such programmable device, programmable elements are provided. The programmable elements are configured to implement one or more finite state machines. The programmable elements are configured to receive an N-digit input and provide a M-digit output as a function of the N-digit input. The M-digit output includes state information from less than all of the programmable elements. Other programmable devices, hierarchical parallel machines and methods are also disclosed.
US11003514B2	Methods and devices for broadcasting messages Embodiments of the specification disclose example methods and devices for broadcasting messages. One example method includes obtaining a first broadcast message by a first consensus node of a blockchain network. The first consensus node creates a first thread for a first message processing device corresponding to the first consensus node. The first consensus node sends the first broadcast message to the first message processing device by using the first thread. The first message processing device sends the first broadcast message to a second message processing device corresponding to a second consensus node. The first consensus node cancels the first thread.
US11003513B2	Adaptive event aggregation An application network is monitored using a plurality of agents. Adaptive event aggregation is performed to determine retaining values for an aggregation dimension. A report of the application network is generated based on the aggregation dimension.
US11003507B2	Mapreduce job resource sizing using assessment models The present disclosure relates to computing resource allocation methods, devices, and systems. One example system includes a management node and a target computing node. The management node is configured to obtain M computing tasks and establish a resource assessment model, and send one or more computing tasks of the M computing tasks and information about the resource assessment model to the target computing node. The target computing node is configured to receive the one or more computing tasks and the information about the resource assessment model, substitute input data of a particular computing stage of a target task into the resource assessment model to compute a resource size required for the particular computing stage, and compute the input data by using a computing resource that is of the resource size and that is in a preset resource pool.
US11003505B2	Shared hardware and software resource replacement A method and system for improving shared hardware and software resource system is provided. The method includes detecting and registering an Internet of things (IOT) device connected to a network. Hardware/software resources and sensors associated with hardware and software operations executed by the IOT device are identified and all available data and associated metadata associated with the hardware/software resources and the sensors are stored in a database. Additional available hardware/software resources and sensors associated with a plurality of IOT devices connected to the network are displayed and a command signal for assigning a specified hardware/software resource or sensor to the IOT device is executed. A network identification code associated with a location of the specified hardware/software resource or sensor is retrieved and enabled with respect to said IOT device.
US11003502B2	Resource manager for managing the sharing of resources among multiple workloads in a distributed computing environment A technique for managing pooled resources in a distributed computing environment includes a resource manager executable to receive resource allocation requests from a plurality of workload managers for running one or more applications. The applications are initiated by a consumer through the workload managers. Each workload manager is configured to translate demand requests from the applications into resource allocation requests. A determination is made whether there are available resources to satisfy the resource requests according to a resource allocation policy. Resources are allocated to the workload managers where the applications can continue running on the allocated resources if the resource manager suffers downtime or is taken offline. The resource allocation policy is determined by a consumer profile of the consumer specifying ownership and share rights to the requested resources.
US11003498B1	Computerized systems and methods for fail-safe loading of information on a user interface using a circuit breaker Systems and methods are provided for fail-safe loading of information on a user interface, comprising receiving, via a modular platform, requests for access to a mobile application platform from a plurality of mobile devices, opening and directing the requests for access to the mobile application platform to a sequential processor of an application programming interface (API) gateway when a parallel processor of the API gateway is unresponsive to requests for access to the mobile application platform for a predetermined period of time, periodically checking a status of the parallel processor, and redirecting the requests for access to the mobile application platform to the parallel processor when the parallel processor is capable of processing requests for access to the mobile application platform.
US11003497B2	Managing resource allocation in hierarchical quota system A method for managing resource allocation in a hierarchical quota system, comprising n layers of quota nodes, n being a positive integer greater than 1, and comprises at a first quota node in an ith layer of quota nodes, in response to receiving a resource allocation request from a user, determining whether an amount of requested resources exceeds a first quota; if the amount of requested resources does not exceed the first quota, determining whether the first node holds a quota delegation for the first quota node; if the first node holds the quota delegation, determining whether the amount of requested resources exceeds a second quota specified by the quota delegation for the first quota node; if the amount of requested resources does not exceed the second quota, allocating the requested resources to the user.
US11003496B2	Performance-based multi-mode task dispatching in a multi-processor core system for high temperature avoidance In one embodiment, performance-based multi-mode task dispatching for high temperature avoidance in accordance with the present description, includes selecting processor cores as available to receive a dispatched task. Tasks are dispatched to a set of available processor cores for processing in a performance-based dispatching mode. If monitored temperature rises above a threshold temperature value, task dispatching logic switches to a thermal-based dispatching mode. If a monitored temperature falls below another threshold temperature value, dispatching logic switches back to the performance-based dispatching mode. If a monitored temperature of an individual processor core rises above a threshold temperature value, the processor core is redesignated as unavailable to receive a dispatched task. If the temperature of an individual processor core falls below another threshold temperature value, the processor core is redesignated as available to receive a dispatched task. Other features and aspects may be realized, depending upon the particular application.
US11003494B2	Method and device for scheduling of dataflow components Method and device for scheduling of dataflow components Embodiments relate to a method for scheduling dataflow components (6), executed by a scheduling device (4), comprising repeating the following steps for successive increasing input message rates (1/β): —applying (S1) an ingress message flow (F1) at an ingress message rate (1/β) to a distributed dataflow comprising at least one dataflow component (6) executed by respective processing devices (5), —determining (S2) a total latency (Δt) of at least one of dataflow component (6), and —determining (S3) a serving rate (μ) associated with said ingress message rate (1/β) for said at least one dataflow component (6), in function of said ingress message rate (1/β) and said total latency (Δt), until the scheduling device (4) is unable to determine a serving rate (μ) associated with the ingress message rate (1/β), thereby determining a maximum serving rate for said at least one dataflow component (6).
US11003491B1	Optimizing background tasks based on forecast data Techniques for optimizing background tasks based on forecast data are described. Customer workloads may be monitored by a local monitor in a first time period. Future customer workloads in a second time period following the first time period may be forecast based at least on the customer workloads using a local model. A background availability may be determined based at least on the future customer workloads. Execution of at least one background workload may be scheduled to use the background availability during the second time period. The local monitor may then cause the execution of the at least one background workload.
US11003489B2	Cause exception message broadcast between processing cores of a GPU in response to indication of exception event A microprocessor system (1) includes a host processor (2), a graphics processing unit (GPU) (3) that includes a number of processing cores (4), and an exception handler. When a thread that is executing on a processing core (4) encounters an exception in its instruction sequence, the thread is redirected to the exception handler. However, the exception event is also communicated to a task manager (5) of the GPU 3. The task manager (5) then broadcasts a cause exception message to each processing core (4). Each processing core then identifies the threads that it is currently executing that the cause exception message relates to, and redirects those threads to the exception handler. In this way, an exception caused by a single thread is broadcast to all threads within a task.
US11003488B2	Memory-fabric-based processor context switching system A memory-fabric-based processor context switching system includes server devices coupled to a memory fabric. A first processing system in a first server device receives a request to move a process it is executing and, in response, copies first processing system context values to its first local memory system in the first server device, and generates a first data mover instruction that causes a first data mover device in the first server device to transmit the first processing system context values from the first local memory system to the memory fabric. A second processing system in a second server device generates a second data mover instruction that causes a second data mover device in the second server device to retrieve the first processing system context values from the memory fabric and provide the first processing system context values in a second local memory system included in the second server device.
US11003479B2	Device, system and method to communicate a kernel binary via a network Techniques and mechanisms for communicating compiled software instructions via a network, wherein the compiled instructions are to execute a kernel process of a network device. In an embodiment, a first node of a network receives a kernel source code from a second node of the network. The first node compiles the kernel source code to generate a kernel binary code, which is provided to the second node. Based on the kernel binary code being communicated to the second node, a software developer is able to perform a simulation that facilitates the development of an application binary code. The first node subsequently receives the application binary and an indication that the application binary is to be executed with the kernel binary at the first node. In some embodiments, the first node executes an application process and a kernel process to provide an application offload resource for another network node.
US11003475B2	Interface for presenting performance data for hierarchical networked components represented in an expandable visualization of nodes Techniques promote monitoring of hypervisor systems by presenting dynamic representations of hypervisor architectures that include performance indicators. A reviewer can interact with the representation to progressively view select lower-level performance indicators. Higher level performance indicators can be determined based on lower level state assessments. A reviewer can also view historical performance metrics and indicators, which can aid in understanding which configuration changes or system usages may have led to sub-optimal performance.
US11003472B2	Just-in-time hardware for field programmable gate arrays A system and method are disclosed for executing a hardware component of a design in a hardware engine, where the component includes a pre-compiled library component. The hardware component is compiled to include an interface that supports a ‘forward( )’ function which, when invoked, requests that the hardware engine running the hardware component run such that interactions between the library component and the hardware component occur without communicating with the runtime system because interactions between the library component and the hardware component are handled locally by the hardware engine and not the runtime system. Handling the library component without the runtime system intervening allows the library component to run at a speed that is close to the native speed of the target re-programmable hardware fabric. In addition, library components targeted to the specific reprogrammable hardware fabric are available to the design without compilation.
US11003466B2	Information-technology workflows using executable tiles with plural user interfaces A workflow is expressed as an arrangement of a set of executable tiles. In some embodiments, the tiles include operations expressed in different programming languages. A tile can include a declarative specification of datatypes so that external agents, e.g., workflow services, can identify the datatypes and schemas required as arguments and produced as result; this simplifies the defining of a workflow, e.g., by a workflow coder. A tile can have zero, one, or plural user interfaces; selection of a user interface from plural user interfaces can be based on a user selection, on user roles, or on tile lifecycle stage. Workflow services can communicate with each other so that workflows can be distributed and shifted among processor nodes.
US11003464B2	Control flow integrity enforcement at scale Various technologies described herein pertain to enforcing control flow integrity by adding instrumentation when source code is compiled or binary code is rewritten. An indirect call to a control transfer target (e.g., in the source code, in the binary code, etc.) can be identified. Moreover, the instrumentation can be inserted prior to the indirect call. The instrumentation can use a bit from a bitmap maintained by a runtime to verify whether the control transfer target is valid. When an executable image that includes the inserted instrumentation runs, execution can be terminated and/or other appropriate actions can be taken when the control transfer target is determined to be invalid; alternatively, execution can continue when the control transfer target is determined to be valid.
US11003463B2	Virtual desktop Methods and systems for presenting a virtual desktop. In some embodiments, the system includes a client computer comprising one or more client-side plugins; and a server computer comprising a web server that incorporates one or more server-side plugins. Each plugin may be associated with a plugin definition and the plugin definition associated with the server-side plugin is configured to be imported by the client computer.
US11003458B2	Execution of data-parallel programs on coarse-grained reconfigurable architecture hardware A GPGPU-compatible architecture combines a coarse-grain reconfigurable fabric (CGRF) with a dynamic dataflow execution model to accelerate execution throughput of massively thread-parallel code. The CGRF distributes computation across a fabric of functional units. The compute operations are statically mapped to functional units, and an interconnect is configured to transfer values between functional units.
US11003457B2	Power-saving mechanism for memory sub-system in pipelined processor A pipelined processor for carrying out pipeline processing of instructions, which undergo a plurality of stages, is provided. The pipelined processor includes: a memory-activation indicator and a memory controller. The memory-activation indicator stores content information that indicates whether to activate a first volatile memory and/or a second volatile memory while performing a current instruction. The memory controller is arranged for controlling activation of the first volatile memory and/or the second volatile memory in a specific stage of the plurality of stages of the current instruction according to the content information stored in the memory-activation indicator.
US11003455B2	Coalescing adjacent gather/scatter operations According to one embodiment, a processor includes an instruction decoder to decode a first instruction to gather data elements from memory, the first instruction having a first operand specifying a first storage location and a second operand specifying a first memory address storing a plurality of data elements. The processor further includes an execution unit coupled to the instruction decoder, in response to the first instruction, to read contiguous a first and a second of the data elements from a memory location based on the first memory address indicated by the second operand, and to store the first data element in a first entry of the first storage location and a second data element in a second entry of a second storage location corresponding to the first entry of the first storage location.
US11003452B2	Effectiveness and prioritization of prefetches A method, system, and computer program product are provided for prioritizing prefetch instructions. The method includes a processor issuing a prefetch instruction and fetching elements from a cache that can include a memory or a higher level cache. The processor stores the elements in temporary storage and monitors for accesses by an instruction. The processor stores a record representing the prefetch instruction. The processor updates the record with an indicator and issues a new prefetch instruction by comparing the new prefetch instruction to the record, based on the new prefetch instruction matching the prefetch instruction, assigning the indicator to the new prefetch instruction as a priority value, based on the new prefetch instruction not matching the prefetch instruction, assigning a default value to the new prefetch instruction as the priority value, and determining whether to execute the new prefetch instruction, based on the priority value of the new prefetch instruction.
US11003448B2	DSP slice configured to forward operands to associated DSP slices Apparatuses and methods are disclosed for an FPGA architecture that may improve processing speed and efficiency in processing less complex operands. Some applications may utilize operands that are less complex, such as operands that are 1, 2, or 4 bits, for example. In some examples, the DSP architecture may skip or avoid processing all received operands or may process a common operand more frequently than other operands. An example apparatus may include configurable logic blocks including DSP slices and an interconnected coupling the configurable logic blocks. An operand register of a DSP slice may include an operand input that is coupled to an output of that DSP slice.
US11003445B2	Microprocessor for neural network computing and processing method of macroinstruction A microprocessor for neural network computing having a mapping table, a microcode memory, and a microcode decoding finite-state machine (FSM) is disclosed. According to the mapping table, a macroinstruction is mapped to an address on the microcode memory. The microcode decoding FSM decodes contents which are retrieved from the microcode memory according to the address, to get microinstructions involving at least one microinstruction loop that is repeated to operate a datapath to complete the macroinstruction.
US11003443B1	Methods and systems for providing a source code extractions mechanism In embodiments, methods and systems for implementing source code extraction are provided. Source code extraction facilitates processing obfuscated byte code and extracting source code representations of original source code of applications. Source code extraction is implemented based on leveraging and monitoring an interpreter (e.g., a software interpreter running on a virtual machine) when portions of obfuscated byte code (i.e., obfuscated compiled version of source code) are loaded or executed using the interpreter. In operation, the obfuscated byte code is accessed at the interpreter. The interpreter, processing the obfuscated byte code, is monitored using a source code extraction manager that supports instrumentation instances associated with functions of the obfuscated byte code. Instruction sequences of functions that the interpreter is processing are recorded using the source code extraction manager. Source code representations are generated based on the instruction sequences that are recorded while monitoring the functions that are processed by the interpreter.
US11003442B2	Application programming interface documentation annotation A method may include receiving user input indicative of a style configuration for API formats. The method may include generating a style file that includes data representative of the style configurations. The method may include receiving an API documentation that includes API objects and determining an API format associated with the API documentation. Responsive to the API format associated with the API documentation satisfying a similarity threshold, the method may include generating a temporary file that includes data representative of the API documentation. The method may include generating a display file that includes data based on the style and temporary files. The display file may be generated to include a portion of the style and temporary files. The method may include directing display of a GUI that displays the API documentation based on the display file. Each API object may be displayed to include formatting according to the style configuration.
US11003433B1	System and method for improved peer-to-peer software distribution An information handling system includes a distribution management system configured to provide a software packet, the software packet including software and a smart contract. Target systems include a first tier of first target systems and a second tier of second target systems, wherein each one of the first target systems is grouped with at least one of the second target systems. A distribution management system provides the software packet to the first target systems. Each first target system executes the smart contract, and at least one first target system provides the software packet to at least one of the second target systems based upon the execution of the smart contract.
US11003431B2	Generating predictive metrics for virtualized deployments Various examples are disclosed for generating a prediction of server requirements needed to deploy an application. The application can be deployed in virtualized environment in which virtual machines can execute the application. The predicted server requirements can be generated based upon data from other deployments of the application in other virtualized environments.
US11003428B2	Sample driven profile guided optimization with precise correlation A profile guided optimization compiler utilizes sample profile data including a control flow representation of a program having block counts associated with each basic block of the program, and edge counts associated with each control flow edge estimated from the block counts. The sample profile data utilizes correlation data to map the address of a sampled instruction from a fully optimized binary directly into a corresponding basic block of source code control flow of the program using a relative virtual address (RVA) that is associated with each source code basic block and the sampled instruction. The correlation data is able to differentiate multiple blocks on the same source code line and handle inlining and optimizations with greater precision and efficiency. The block counts are then used to guide the optimization of the program.
US11003426B1	Identification of code for parsing given expressions A command-processing server provides natural language processing services to applications. The command-processing server stores a set of code blocks, each code block being able to interpret a set of corresponding natural language expressions. The command-processing server accepts natural language expressions and identifies the code blocks that are capable of interpreting those expressions by attempting to parse the natural language expressions using the code blocks. The command-processing server then provides a list of the identified code blocks to the developers, who can then incorporate the code blocks into their applications.
US11003424B2	Method and system for implementing custom UI actions in a web application using hidden containers In general, the disclosed technology relates to a method for generating a web application. The method includes selecting a webpage in the web application and implementing a custom user interface (UI) action on the webpage. Implementing the custom UI action on the webpage may include creating a hidden component on the webpage, associating a custom UI action with the hidden component, specifying at least one input for the hidden component based on the custom UI action, specifying at least one target output for the hidden component based on the custom UI action, and associating the hidden component with a custom UI action trigger event. The method further includes deploying the web application after implementing the custom UI action on the webpage.
US11003423B2	System and method for autowiring of a microservice architecture A software application defined by two or more interdependent microservices can be instantiated by defining resource bundles in a dependency graph. These resource bundles can, in turn, be handled as individual resources (higher-order objects) when the software application is instantiated or provisioned by a provisioning controller.
US11003421B2	Event processing system and method The present disclosure relates to digital experience development platforms and, more particularly, one or more components, systems and methods thereof of an intelligent digital experience development platform (IDXDP) configured to assist different users in the development, design and deployment of digital applications. A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, by a computing device, an event stream comprising user actions performed within a development tool; identifying, by the computing device, a pattern using the event stream; determining, by the computing device, a confidence level of the pattern; and in response to the confidence level of the pattern exceeding a threshold, the computing device providing a recommendation based on the pattern.
US11003420B2	Systems and methods for generating enhanced data metrics A system and method for isolating electronic data and generating enhanced data. A data subscription unit receives data having plural data formats from data source devices. The data may be received pre-filtered or filtered by the data subscription unit. A modeling unit may receive the filtered data from the storage databases, may determine eligibility of the stored data based on eligibility criteria, sort the eligible data based on at least one sorting parameter, adjust and/or normalize the eligible data based on at least one adjustment parameter and/or an aggregate value for a data attribute, generate data metrics over a defined set of time periods based on the eligible data, generate further data metrics based on the data metrics, and derive specified values from these metrics. A data distribution device may transmit or make available the data metrics, further data metrics and values to remote devices.
US11003414B2	Acoustic control system, apparatus and method Disclosed is an acoustic control method for operating an acoustic control system and apparatus by executing artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms and/or machine learning algorithms in a 5G environment connected for Internet of Things. An acoustic control method for adjusting a sound according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include collecting one or more acoustic signals in a vehicle through at least one microphone provided in the vehicle, analyzing the acoustic signals in the vehicle, and adjusting volume and equalizer settings of an acoustic service being outputted through a speaker provided in the vehicle in response to the analyzed acoustic signals in the vehicle.
US11003411B2	Image display system, image display device and method of controlling image display system An image display system includes a first image display device and a second image display device. The first image display device includes a first communication section adapted to perform communication with the second image display device, a first display section adapted to display a first image based on first image information, a storage section adapted to store second image information, an operation section adapted to receive a first operation, and a control section adapted to make the first communication section transmit the second image information corresponding to the first operation received by the operation section to the second image display device. The second image display device includes a second communication section adapted to perform communication with the first image display device, and a second display section adapted to display a second image based on the second image information received via the second communication section.
US11003407B2	Media transfer system The present invention related to a media transfer system comprising a user terminal and a network storage device communicable over a network. The user terminal is adapted to provide a network address and a session ID identifying the network storage device to a mobile device. The network storage device is adapted to receive media data from a mobile device under the session ID. The user terminal is adapted to interrogate the network storage device and download any media data uploaded under the given session ID, provide a customisation interface to allow the user to customise a product with any downloaded media, and upload the customised product design to the network storage device.
US11003406B2	System and method for managing print jobs by determining optimal printers and comparing itemized actual and estmated costs A computer-implemented method according to an example of the present disclosure includes obtaining, for each of a plurality of PPMs of an organization, a profile that indicates operating parameters of the PPM. IECs for a plurality of print-related tasks are stored in a database, the IECs including material costs and labor costs for the print-related tasks. For each print job received, an optimal PPM set is determined that includes one or a combination of the eligible PPMs to use for the print job based on the PPM profiles, the print-related tasks needed for the print job, and the itemized estimated costs of the print-related tasks. IACs are determined for received print jobs based on shop floor data from the organization. A notification that proposes a change to a particular IEC is transmitted based on a difference between the IEC and its corresponding IAC differing by more than a predefined threshold.
US11003405B2	Control method and printing control apparatus A printing control apparatus displays a setting screen capable of accepting a user instruction for selectively instructing a first printing that indicates four-side borderless printing that makes no margin on both sides in a widthwise direction of the recording medium and makes, by cutting the recording medium, no margin on both sides in a lengthwise direction, and a second printing mode that indicates three-side borderless printing that makes a margin on one side in the widthwise direction of the recording medium and no margin on another side in the widthwise direction and makes, by cutting the recording medium, no margin on both sides in the lengthwise direction of the recording medium. In the first printing mode, a first print setting is not able to be set by a user, and in the second printing mode, the first print setting is able to be set by a user.
US11003404B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method and non-transitory recording medium According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a storage unit and a control unit. The storage unit stores in advance first identification information out of the first identification information and second identification information which are associated with the same user. The control unit acquires data of a job associated with the second identification information. The control unit suspends the execution of the job when the second identification information is not associated with the first identification information. The control unit authenticates the user using the first identification information. The control unit associates the second identification information with the first identification information when an operation determined in advance is received.
US11003403B2	Image reading device and image forming apparatus with personal authentication An image reading device includes a reading unit having a reader to read an image on a sheet, a turning unit to turn with respect to the reading unit, a hinge to turn the turning unit, and a cable guide. The turning unit includes a communication device main unit, a connecting unit, and a connecting cable. The communication device main unit is detachably mounted within the turning unit and receives data from outside the image reading device by wireless communication. The connecting unit is provided in the turning unit and connected to a communication cable that is connected to the communication device main unit. The connecting cable connects between the connecting unit and a control unit provided to the reading unit. The cable guide is provided between the reading unit and the turning unit and guides the connecting cable to the control unit provided to the reading unit.
US11003401B2	Non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing computer-executable instructions for information processing device, and method of controlling information processing device An information processing device is configured to execute a management program and a print server program. The management program determines whether a non-compliant printer is connected to the information processing device, determines whether a print server program is running when the non-compliant printer is connected, starts up the print server program when the print server program is not running, and registers a print server configured by the print server program with an operating system. The print server program receives a print job designating the print server as an output destination, obtains individual print data which is printable by the non-compliant printer, and transmits the obtained individual print data to the non-compliant printer.
US11003395B2	Controller, memory system, and operating methods thereof A memory system includes a nonvolatile memory device and a controller configured to control the nonvolatile memory device. The nonvolatile memory device includes a first data storage region in which a memory cell stores one-bit data in a first mode and a second data storage region in which a memory cell stores two-bit or more data in a second mode. The controller controls the nonvolatile memory device to perform a read operation on the first data storage region and the second data storage region in the second mode. The controller decodes first data read from the first data storage region, and decodes second data read from the second data storage region. The controller controls the nonvolatile memory device to perform the read operation on the first data storage region in the second mode.
US11003394B2	Multi-domain data storage system with illegal loop prevention A data storage system can employ multiple concurrent domains with data storage devices each having a single data port. The data storage system may connect a number of hosts to a data storage device via a network controller, an expander, and an expander module with the data storage device having a single data port. A first data domain and a second data domain are each established from the network controller to the data storage device with the first data domain being independent of the second data domain. At least one illegal loop can be identified between the first data domain and the second data domain with the expander module and subsequently corrected with the expander as directed by the expander module.
US11003392B2	Memory controller and method of operating the memory controller Provided herein may be a memory controller configured to control a memory device for storing data. The memory controller may include: a voltage sensor configured to detect whether a level of a power supply voltage to be applied to the memory device and the memory controller is equal to or less than a reference level, and generate detect information; and a power controller configured to receive the detect information and output, to the memory device, a power supply voltage reset command for resetting the power supply voltage to be applied to the memory device, wherein the reference level is greater than the voltage level for initiating reset of the memory device and the memory controller and less than the voltage level required for the memory device and the memory controller to perform an operation.
US11003388B2	Prefetch signaling in memory system or sub system Methods, systems, and devices for prefetch signaling in a memory system or sub-system are described. A memory device (e.g., a local memory controller of memory device) of a main memory may transmit a prefetch indicator indicating a size of prefetch data associated with a first set of data requested by an interface controller. The size of the prefetch data may be equal to or different than the size of the first set of data. The main memory may, in some examples, store the size of prefetch data along with the first set of data. The memory device may transmit the prefetch indicator (e.g., an indicator signal) to the interface controller using a pin compatible with an industry standard or specification and/or a separate pin configured for transmitting command or control information. The memory device may transmit the prefetch indicator while the first set of data is being transmitted.
US11003385B2	Memory system and method for controlling nonvolatile memory in which write data are stored in a shared device side write buffer shared by a plurality of write destination blocks According to one embodiment, a memory system stores write data received from a host to a shared write buffer for write destination blocks, acquires first write data for plural pages from the shared write buffer, and writes the first write data to a first write destination block by a first-step write operation. When receiving write data from the host in a state in which an empty region does not exist in the shared write buffer, the memory system discards write data in the shared write buffer in which the first-step write operation has been finished. In a case where the first write data do not exist in the shared write buffer when a second-step write operation of the first write data is to be executed, the memory system transmits a request to acquire the first write data to the host.
US11003378B2	Memory-fabric-based data-mover-enabled memory tiering system A memory tiering system includes a data mover device coupling a memory fabric to a processing system. At each of a plurality of different times, the data mover device receives a data access request for data from a computer context provided by the processing system, retrieves the data based on a compute-context-memory-fabric mapping that maps the compute context to the first memory subsystem, and provides the data to the processing system for use with the computer context. If the data mover device determines that the data has been retrieved and provisioning for use with the compute context above a memory tiering frequency, it moves the data from the first memory subsystem to a second memory subsystem in the memory fabric that includes higher performance memory characteristics, and causes the compute-context-memory-fabric mapping to be modified to provide a modified compute-context-memory-fabric mapping that maps the compute context to the second memory subsystem.
US11003376B2	Reconfigurable SSD storage pool A solid state drive (SSD) includes a first storage region classified as byte addressable NV storage region and a controller communicatively coupled to the first storage region by a bus. The controller detects a reduced storage capacity of the first storage region, and in response to the detection, reclassifies the first storage region as a block addressable NV storage region. The SSD dynamically changes byte addressable NV storage regions to block addressable NV storage regions as the byte addressable NV storage regions are degraded, thereby extending the longevity of the SSD.
US11003371B2	Optical disc device, optical disc rotation position detection method, and optical disc having rotation reference mark formed as width changing in radial direction An optical disc device capable of detecting a reference position of an optical disc in a rotating direction includes an optical disc rotation drive unit, an optical sensor, and a control circuit. The optical disc rotation drive unit rotates the optical disc provided with a rotation reference mark. The rotation reference mark is formed into a shape having a width changing in the radial direction of the optical disc. The optical sensor detects the rotation reference mark. The control circuit controls the optical disc rotation drive unit and the optical sensor, extracts a detection signal of the rotation reference mark as a pulse waveform from an output signal of the optical sensor with the optical disc being rotated, and specifies a rotation reference position of the optical disc in accordance with the pulse waveform.
US11003370B2	System on chip performing a plurality of trainings at the same time, operating method of system on chip, electronic device including system on chip A system on chip includes a clock generator that adjusts a duty cycle of a clock to be output to a memory device depending on a first code, a reference voltage generator that adjusts a level of a reference voltage used to determine a first data input/output signal output from the memory device depending on a second code, a data receiver that aligns a first data strobe signal and the first data input/output signal output from the memory device, when one of the first code and the second code is changed, and a training circuit that calculates a plurality of read valid window margins for a plurality of combinations of the first code and the second code based on the first data strobe signal and the first data input/output signal.
US11003369B1	Performing a tune-up procedure on a storage device during a boot process Performing a tune-up procedure on a storage device including determining, during a boot process, that a first storage device is available for a tune-up procedure, wherein the tune-up procedure prepares the first storage device for use after being offline; reserving the first storage device to perform the tune-up procedure, wherein reserving the first storage device prevents another system from performing the tune-up procedure on the first storage device; and executing the tune-up procedure on the first storage device.
US11003366B2	Methods of using OX40 ligand encoding polynucleotides The disclosure relates to compositions and methods for the preparation, manufacture and therapeutic use of polynucleotide molecules comprising an mRNA encoding an OX40L polypeptide. Also provided is a method for activating T cells or increasing the number of NK cells in a subject in need thereof.
US11003363B2	Scalable memory system protocol supporting programmable number of levels of indirection A memory device includes a memory component that stores data and a processor. The processor may receive requests from a requesting component to perform a plurality of data operations, generate a plurality of packets associated with the plurality of data operations, and continuously transmit each of the plurality of packets until each of the plurality of packets are transmitted. Each of the plurality of packets after the first packet of the plurality of packets is transmitted on a subsequent clock cycle immediately after a previous packet is transmitted.
US11003361B2	Wear leveling In an example, a portion of a memory array may be selected to be wear leveled based on how often the portion is or is to be accessed. The portion may be wear leveled.
US11003359B2	Method and device for managing disk pool Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method of managing a disk pool, the disk pool having a plurality of disks which are divided into a plurality of disk extents, the method comprising: determining the number of input/output (I/O) requests for disk extents in the disk pool within a predetermined period of time; determining respective hotness of the disk extents based on the number of I/O requests; determining hotness of the disks based on the hotness of the disk extents; and determining migration of data in the disk extents based on the hotness of the disk.
US11003356B2	Memory system A memory system includes a nonvolatile memory having memory blocks; and a controller configured to receive a request for writing user data from a host; select at least a first block having a first percentage of valid data among the memory blocks, determine a second percentage different from the first percentage on the basis of at least the first percentage of the valid data in the first block, determine a first ratio between a write amount of the user data in accordance with the request from the host and a write amount of the valid data in at least the first block on the basis of the second percentage determined, and write the user data and the valid data in the first block into the nonvolatile memory on the basis of the first ratio.
US11003353B2	Method and system of enhanced interaction with a shared screen A method of and system for enabling enhanced interactions with a shared screen during a virtual communication session is carried out by enabling display of gridlines on the shared screen. The method may include receiving a request via a first control of a user interface to display gridlines on a portion of the user interface, the portion of the user interface displaying a shared screen during the communication session between at least two participants in the communication session where a first participant shares the screen with a second participant, and upon receiving the request, enabling display of the gridlines on the shared screen of each of the first and the second participants. The first control of the user interface may be an option provided by a virtual communication environment via which the communication session between the first and the second participants is established.
US11003352B2	Ultrasound imaging system touch panel cluster control interaction A method includes receiving a signal from a first touch screen control in response to invocation of the first touch screen control. The first touch screen control is a control from a first cluster of touch screen controls of a plurality of different clusters of touch screen controls of an ultrasound imaging system touch screen user interface. The method further includes identifying a type of the first touch screen control based on the signal. The method further includes obtaining a control configuration for the touch screen controls based on the type of control. The method further includes constructing a control layout for the touch screen user interface based on the configuration. The method further includes visually rendering the control layout via the touch screen user interface.
US11003351B2	Display processing method and information device An information device and display processing method that allow any position in an image to be enlarged or reduced, and the degree of enlargement or reduction to be performed in an intuitive and intelligible manner The information device receives a predetermined touch operation performed on touch panel, retrieves a second image corresponding to a first image displayed on a display unit in accordance with the location of the touch operation, displays the second image within a ring-shaped frame image in accordance with the position of the touch manipulation, receives a subsequent touch operation of the touch panel along the ring-shaped frame image, and changes the second image in accordance with the operational amount and operational direction of the subsequent touch operation.
US11003343B2	Electronic personal signature generation and distribution for personal communication A computer implemented method and a personal communication system (PCS) for generating and delivering an electronically signed personalized communication are provided. The PCS receives a sender composed personal signature and media content from a sender device. The PCS configures one or more parameters of the received personal signature based on sender preferences, while maintaining integrity and originality of the received personal signature. The PCS positions the personal signature with the configured parameters in a predefined section of the received media content. The PCS generates the personalized communication including the received media content with the positioned personal signature and delivers the generated personalized communication to one or more recipients via one or more delivery modes.
US11003337B2	Executing search commands based on selection on field values displayed in a statistics table In embodiments of statistics value chart interface cell mode drill down, a first interface displays in a table format that includes columns each with field values of an event field, and each column having a column heading of a different one of the event fields, and includes rows each with one or more of the field values, each field value in a row associated with a different one of the event fields, and having an aggregated metric that represents a number of events with field-value pairs that match all of the field values listed in a respective row and the corresponding event fields listed in the respective columns. A cell can be emphasized that includes one of the field values in a row that corresponds to one of the different event fields in a column, and in response, a menu displays options to transition to a second interface.
US11003335B2	Systems and methods for forming group communications within an online event Systems, methods, and devices for combining user communications are described herein. In some embodiments, indicators corresponding to online participants accessing an online event are provided on a user interface. An input selecting one of the indicators may be detected from an online participant, and a merged display of the selected indicator and the indicator of the online participant who made the selection may be presented on the user interface. In response to the input, a communications link between the online participants of the merged display may be created. The communication link may allow transmission of reception of prioritized communication between the online participants of the merged display.
US11003331B2	Screen capturing method and terminal, and screenshot reading method and terminal This application discloses a screen capturing method and terminal, the method includes: receiving, by a first terminal, a screen capturing instruction, where the screen capturing instruction is used to instruct the first terminal to obtain a screenshot of a user interface of the first terminal; determining, by the first terminal, a target element in the user interface; determining, by the first terminal, an association relationship between the target element and the screenshot of the user interface; and generating, by the first terminal, a screenshot picture of the user interface, where the screenshot picture of the user interface includes the screenshot of the user interface, the target element, and the association relationship between the target element and the screenshot of the user interface.
US11003327B2	Systems and methods for displaying an image capturing mode and a content viewing mode Embodiments are also provided for displaying an image capturing mode and a content viewing mode. In some embodiments, one or more live images may be received from an image capturing component on a mobile device. A user interface may display the live images on a touch-sensing display interface of the mobile device. A first gesture may also be detected with the touch-sensing display interface. In response to detecting the first gesture, at least a portion of a collection of content items may be displayed within a first region of the user interface, and/or the one or more live images may be displayed within a second region of the user interface.
US11003322B2	Generating messaging streams with animated objects A method for generating a messaging stream where one or more messages are exchanged between a first user and a second user comprises generating a messaging stream where one or more messages are exchanged between a first user and a second user. The method further includes receiving a selection of an animated object from the first user for the messaging stream. The method further includes providing the animated object in the messaging stream. The method further includes receiving a first action from the first user related to the animated object. The method further includes modifying a display of the animated object based on the first action. The method further includes receiving a second action from the second user related to the animated object. The method further includes modifying the display of the animated object based on the second action.
US11003321B2	Integrated multidimensional view of hierarchical objects Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to the display of multidimensional structures and provide a method, system and computer program product for managing an integrated multidimensional view of a structured collection of objects. In one embodiment of the invention, a data processing system can be configured to render an integrated view of a multidimensional structured collection of objects. The data processing system can include a GUI for a host application in a computing platform and multidimensional view processing logic coupled to the host application. The logic can include program code enabled to render a single, integrated multidimensional view of a structured collection of objects in the GUI.
US11003316B2	Dynamic bar oriented user interface Method and user interface for controlling an apparatus are provided. In accordance with one embodiment, the method comprises: displaying a dynamic bar on a display of a mobile electronic device, the dynamic bar having an appearance that updates dynamically to reflect a change to information managed by an executable running on the mobile electronic device, wherein the dynamic bar includes a label portion and an icon menu comprising a plurality of icons, each icon in the plurality of icons being associated with a respective application or function; and displaying a dialog for configuring options associated with a particular application or function, the dialog displayed in response to selection of a respective icon of the plurality of icons in the icon menu associated with the particular application or function.
US11003315B2	Terminal device and sharing method thereof A terminal apparatus configured to provide a chatting service, the apparatus comprising: a communicator configured to perform communication with a chatting service counterpart of another terminal apparatus through a server; a display configured to display on a chatting screen of the chatting service at least one application execution screen shared with the chatting service counterpart of the other terminal apparatus; and a controller configured to control the communicator to share a function related to the application execution screen executed according to a user's manipulation with the chatting service counterpart of the other terminal apparatus.
US11003312B2	Non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with executable program stored thereon, information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing A program causes a computer to perform determining a display size for each icon image by scaling each icon image with a length-to-width ratio thereof being maintained such that icon images associated with each row are equal in display height in each row in a menu region and by scaling the icon images as a whole associated with each row at an identical ratio such that a width of the row as a whole obtained by scaling each icon image associated with each row is set to a prescribed length, and showing the menu image in which icons of which icon images are shown with corresponding sizes are arranged for each row.
US11003310B2	Systems and methods for dynamic and interactive visualizations for navigating media content Methods, systems, and related products that provide enhanced broadening and narrowing navigation capabilities through visualized populations of items, such as media content items. Aspects of the disclosure relate to methods of identifying a population of items and groupings of those items for visualizing, via a graphical interface, in a meaningful and easily navigable configuration. Aspects of the present disclosure relate to pre-selection interactions with visualized populations to explore potential narrowing or broadening navigation actions, and selection interactions for performing a narrowing or broadening navigation.
US11003307B1	Artificial reality systems with drawer simulation gesture for gating user interface elements An artificial reality system is described that renders, presents, and controls user interface elements within an artificial reality environment, and performs actions in response to one or more detected gestures of the user. The artificial reality system includes an image capture device, a head-mounted display (HMD), a user interface (UI) engine, and a rendering engine. The image capture device is configured to capture image data representative of a physical environment. The HMD is configured to output artificial reality content including a representation of a wrist. The rendering engine configured to render a user interface (UI) element. The gesture detector configured to identify a gesture that includes a gripping motion of two or more digits of a hand to form a gripping configuration at the location of the UI element, and a pulling motion away from the wrist while in the gripping configuration.
US11003287B2	Touch sensor for display with improved viewing angle uniformity A display device including a display panel including a plurality of sub-pixels; and an opaque material layer of a touch sensor that is located directly on the display panel and overlaps a portion of the display panel in between some of the plurality of sub-pixels; wherein the opaque material surrounds at least one of the some of the plurality of sub-pixels and includes at least five edges around the at least one of the some of the plurality of sub-pixels.
US11003283B2	Touch sensing apparatus and touch sensing system An embodiment provides a touch sensing device configured to divide one driving cycle into two parts and to summate or subtract touch sensing data regarding respective parts, thereby removing periodic noise.
US11003282B2	Touch controller and noise detection method using the same A touch controller and a noise detection method that are capable of accurately detecting noises in a sensing signal are introduced. The touch controller may include a demodulator that is configured to receive a sensing signal and demodulate the sensing signal with a first frequency during a touch detection period. The demodulator may include a first filter that is configured to perform a noise detection operation on the sensing signal to output a first noise detection signal with a second frequency range adjacent to the first frequency. The first filter may have a plurality of peak frequencies different from the first frequency.
US11003279B2	Touch sensor with peripheral electrodes An apparatus may include a touch sensor, a touch region of the touch sensor that is free of sense electrodes, a first peripheral region of the touch sensor and a second peripheral region of the touch senor and the touch region is located between the first peripheral region and the second peripheral region, a first sense electrode is located in the first peripheral region, a second sense electrode is located in the second peripheral region.
US11003277B2	Display method and apparatus A display method and apparatus are disclosed. The method includes: joining, by a first device, a device group, where the device group includes N devices, any two devices in the N devices can communicate with each other, and N≥2; receiving, by the first device, a first selection operation entered by a user, where the first selection operation is used to trigger the first device to communicate with a second device in the device group; sending, by the first device, a first screen projection request to the second device in response to the first selection operation, where the first screen projection request is used to request to project a display interface of the second device onto a display screen of the first device; receiving display data in the display interface of the second device that is sent by the second device; and displaying based on the display data.
US11003264B2	Device, method and program for generating multidimensional reaction-type image, and method and program for reproducing multidimensional reaction-type image The present invention relates to a device, a method and a program for generating a multidimensional reaction-type image, and a method and a program for reproducing a multidimensional reaction-type image. The method for generating a multidimensional reaction-type image, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: a computer acquiring a plurality of multidimensional image frames forming a base image (S200); generating a three-dimensional cell combination on the basis of a configuration region in the base image and a particular frame density in the configuration region (S600); and matching image frames corresponding to respective detailed cells (S1000).
US11003262B2	Input knob for a touch-sensitive surface in a display system An input knob for use with a touch screen device includes stationary and moveable members. The stationary member adheres to a touch screen of the device. The moveable member moves relative to the stationary member, and is secured to the surface via the stationary member. The moveable member produces touch events on the touch surface as bits of data in response to movement of the moveable member. The moveable member may include a rotary encoder. The stationary member may include conductive pads in contact with the surface and in selective contact with a conductive mass of the moveable member. The moveable member may be ring-shaped, removeable and repositionable with respect to the surface, and/or constructed of or coated by dielectric materials. The knob may lack a direct hardwired electrical connection to or through the surface. A display system includes the touch screen device and knob.
US11003261B2	Information processing method, terminal, and computer storage medium An information processing method includes: performing rendering on a graphical user interface to obtain at least one virtual resource object; when detecting a skill-release trigger gesture on at least one skill object, performing rendering to obtain a skill-release supplementary control object, having a skill-release control halo object and a virtual joystick object; when detecting a dragging operation on the virtual joystick object, controlling a skill-release location of the skill object to be correspondingly adjusted; and determining whether the virtual joystick object is out of a threshold range and, when the virtual joystick object is not out of the threshold range, selecting a target character object satisfying a first preset policy from at least one character object within a skill releasable range of the skill object according to a detected release operation of the dragging operation, and performing a skill-release operation on the target character object.
US11003257B2	Mutual interactivity between mobile devices based on position and orientation A method for initiating a gesture-based mutual interaction scheme between a first and second mobile device, comprising: associating a gesture-based mutual interaction scheme between the first and second mobile device that associates a position scheme with a respective action, where the position scheme relates to any of: an absolute or relative orientation, and an absolute or relative trajectory; acquiring a first position property of the first mobile device and a second position property of the second mobile device; determining that each of the first and second position properties comply with the position scheme; triggering an execution of an action on the second mobile device, where the action is associated with the position scheme that the first position property complies with; where the second mobile device conditions the execution of the action triggered by the first mobile device on the compliance of the second position property with the position scheme.
US11003256B2	Apparatus, computer program and method An apparatus for generating a graphical representation of a content display in a virtual reality environment, comprising: controller circuitry configured to determine a position of a device relative to a virtual reality headset in the real world, and when the device is at a predetermined position in front of the virtual reality headset, the controller circuitry is further configured to: generate a graphical representation of a content display in the virtual reality environment, the position of the graphical representation in the virtual reality environment being determined by the real world position of the device in front of the virtual reality headset, wherein the size of the graphical representation of a content display is changed in dependence on the position of the distance between the virtual reality headset and the device, wherein, in response to a user input, the controller circuitry is configured to: lock the position of the graphical representation of the content display in the virtual reality environment and, the controller circuitry is further configured, in response to locking the position, a second graphical representation of the content display is created, wherein the position of the second graphical representation of the content display is determined by the real world position of the device in front of the virtual reality headset.
US11003253B2	Gesture control of gaming applications Methods, systems, and computer program calibrate a gaming application. An image of a player is received. A region is determined based on the image, and interactions performed within the region are interpreted.
US11003251B2	Modeling method of tactility using nerve spike pattern, tactility model and manufacturing method of tactility using nerve spike pattern The present invention relates to a method of modeling a tactile sensation using a nerve spike pattern, a tactile sensation model, and a method of generating a tactile sensation using a nerve spike pattern and may include generating a nerve spike pattern by sequentially arranging action potential spike time points of a nerve responding to a specific pressure and modeling a pressure sensation for the pressure on the basis of the generated nerve spike pattern. According to the present invention, by checking how tactile sensation information is reflected in a nerve spike pattern, it is possible to provide a method capable of modeling various tactile sensations using the nerve spike pattern.
US11003250B2	Electronic device An electronic device includes a top panel configured to have an operation surface; a detection circuit configured to detect a position of an operation input on the operation surface; a vibrating circuit configured to be attached to the top panel to generate vibration on the operation surface; a control circuit configured to drive the vibrating circuit by a driving signal for generating natural vibration of an ultrasonic wave band on the operation surface, in which the driving of the vibrating circuit is performed such that an intensity of the natural vibration changes in accordance with the position of the operation input to the operation surface and a temporal change degree of the position; and a damping member configured to abut against a position that corresponds to a node of a standing wave generated by the natural vibration on a surface opposite to the operation surface of the top panel.
US11003249B2	Input apparatus accepting a pressure input There is provided an input apparatus having a configuration simple enough to be compact and capable of presenting an operator with the same real feeling of pressing as the feeling of operating a push-button switch when the operator operates a pressing-type input unit. The input apparatus includes an input unit which accepts a pressure input; a load detection unit which detects a pressure load to the input unit; a vibration unit which vibrates the input unit; and a control unit which, when the pressure load detected by the load detection unit satisfies a predetermined criterion for accepting an input to the input unit, controls driving of the vibration unit so as to generate a floating force on a pressing object pressing the input unit.
US11003247B1	Deployable controller The present concepts relate to devices that can employ deployable controllers. In one example the device can include a base assembly configured to ground the device to a non-hand body part of a user. The example can also include an engagement assembly configured to receive tactile input from a hand of the user or to deliver tactile output to the hand of the user. The device can further include a deployment assembly extending from the base assembly to the engagement assembly and configured to deploy the engagement assembly from a storage orientation proximate to the base assembly to a deployed orientation proximate to the hand of the user.
US11003246B2	External user interface for head worn computing Aspects of the present invention relate to user interface control of a head-worn computer.
US11003241B2	System and method for a blended reality user interface and gesture control system A blended reality user interface and gesture control system includes one or more sensors, a head-mounted display, and a blending engine. The blending engine is configured to receive a live reality and virtual reality feeds, track movement of a user using the sensors, detect a command based on the tracked movement, blend the live and virtual reality feeds into a blended view based on the detected command, and display the blended view on the head-mounted display. In some embodiments, the blending engine is further configured to detect an amount of head tilt of the user and adjust a blending factor controlling an amount of transparency of the live reality feed within the blended view based on the amount of head tilt. In some embodiments, the blending engine is further configured to detect manipulation of a controller by the user and adjust the blending factor based on the detected manipulation.
US11003240B2	Systems and methods for frequency mode detection and implementation The systems and methods provided herein relate to a command interface/memory device that supports multiple modes of command acquisition. A current command acquisition mode from a set of supported command acquisition modes that each define a corresponding command execution frequency is identified. Based upon the identified mode, clock cycles that will be used to acquire portions of a command address from are identified. The portions of the command address are acquired from the identified clock cycles and a command based upon the acquired portions of the command address is executed.
US11003236B2	Changing displayed colors to save power In some examples, an electronic device includes a display panel comprising a plurality of pixels; and a controller to, for achieving power saving at the electronic device, select a theme from a plurality of themes that specify respective different display characteristics of displayed content, the different display characteristics including different colors, and based on the selected theme, change a display characteristic of the displayed content, the changing of the display characteristic including changing a color displayed by a portion of the plurality of pixels from a first color to a second, different color.
US11003235B2	Method and computer program product and apparatus for adjusting operating frequencies The invention introduces a non-transitory computer program product for adjusting operating frequencies when executed by a processing unit of a device, containing program code to: collect an interface-activity parameter comprising information about data transmissions on a host access interface and/or a flash access interface; select one from multiple frequencies according to the interface-activity parameter; and drive a clock generator to output a clock signal at the selected frequency, thereby enabling the host access interface and/or the flash access interface to operate at an operating frequency.
US11003230B2	Electronic device that receives power from power supply apparatus and method thereof An electronic device includes a connector that includes a first terminal for receiving power from a power supply apparatus, a second terminal, a third terminal, and a fourth terminal; a control unit that controls power received from the power supply apparatus via the first terminal; and a determination unit that determines a power supply capability of the power supply apparatus by using the second terminal or the third terminal and the fourth terminal, wherein the determination unit determines the power supply capability of the power supply apparatus by using the third terminal and the fourth terminal before a predetermined transition occurs in the second terminal.
US11003222B2	Electronic device comprising multiple displays An electronic device is provided that includes a first housing including a first touchscreen display; a second housing including a second touchscreen display and rotatably coupled with the first housing; and a hinge structure provided between the first housing and the second housing and coupling the first housing and the second housing so as to be rotatable about each other, wherein a first side surface of the first touchscreen display positioned adjacent to the hinge structure is formed of a curved surface, and a second side surface of the second touchscreen display positioned adjacent to the hinge structure is formed of a curved surface and faces the first side surface of the first touchscreen display. The electronic device can be variously implemented according to examples.
US11003221B2	Replaceable keypad bezel A keypad bezel for attaching to a housing of a handheld computer comprises a main body including plurality of screw holes and tabs for connecting the main body to the computer housing and a plurality of leverage points in the main body useful for removing the keypad bezel from the housing. To remove the keypad bezel, the screws are removed from the screw holes and a removal tool is positioned so that it mates with recesses the keypad bezel and force is applied to the removal tool in a direction way from the housing. The force removes the tabs out of corresponding slots in the housing allowing the bezel to be removed.
US11003218B2	Image display apparatus An image display apparatus includes an audio output unit; a rollable display; a driving unit configured to change a size of the rollable display; an interface configured to receive a signal from a mobile terminal; and a controller configured to control the driving unit to unroll the rollable display in response to connecting with the mobile terminal.
US11003214B2	Folding multimedia display device Various configurations of an electronic display, and devices incorporating the display, are provided. The display may have multiple portions connected along one or more axes, lines, points, or other connecting areas. The portions are movable about the connections. In various configurations, the display portions emulate different media and/or communication and computing devices. Two or more of the display devices may be coupled in an array.
US11003208B2	Display having optical films with bent alignment structures An electronic device such as a laptop computer or other device may have a housing. A display may be coupled to the housing. The display may have a pixel array configured to display an image. Backlight illumination for the pixel array may be provide by a backlight unit. The backlight unit may have a light guide layer. A light source may provide light to an edge of the light guide layer. The light guide layer may scatter the light outwardly to serve as the backlight illumination for the pixel array. The backlight unit may have optical films interposed between the light guide layer and the pixel array. The optical films may include flexible polymer layers such as diffuser layers and prism films. The optical films may each have a bent alignment portion that bends back on itself while wrapping around an edge of the light guide layer.
US11003206B1	Field-programmable gate array precision input timing A system may include a field-programmable gate array (FPGA). The FPGA may be configured to: determine a time corresponding to in which of x time periods a signal arrived at an input serializer based at least on a value; and determine a time when the signal arrived at an input pad based at least on a shift register latency value and the time corresponding to in which of the x time periods the signal arrived at the input serializer based at least on the value.
US11003205B2	Receive analog to digital circuit of a low voltage drive circuit data communication system A low voltage drive circuit (LVDC) includes a drive sense circuit operable to convert an analog outbound data into an analog transmit signal that is transmitted on a bus, receive an analog receive signal from the bus, and convert the analog receive signal into the analog inbound data. The LVDC further includes a transmit digital to analog circuit configured to convert transmit digital data into the analog outbound data. The LVDC a receive analog to digital circuit that includes an analog to digital converter operable to convert the analog inbound data into digital inbound data, a digital filtering circuit operable to filter the digital inbound data to produce a set of frequency domain digital data signals, and a data formatting module operable to convert the set of frequency domain digital data signals into received digital data.
US11003203B2	Circuits for and methods of calibrating a circuit in an integrated circuit device A circuit arrangement for calibrating a circuit in an integrated circuit device is described. The circuit arrangement may comprise a main circuit configured to receive input data at a first input and generate output data at a first output, wherein the output data is based upon the input data and a function of the main circuit; a replica circuit configured to receive calibration data at a second input and generate calibration output data, based upon the calibration data, at a second output, wherein the replica circuit provides a replica function of the function of the main circuit; and a calibration circuit configured to receive the output data from the main circuit during a foreground calibration mode, and the calibration output data from the replica circuit during a background calibration mode; wherein the calibration circuit provides control signals to the main circuit during the background calibration mode. A method of calibrating a circuit in an integrated circuit device is also described.
US11003198B2	Controlled delivery of process gas using a remote pressure measurement device A flow node includes characterized restrictor in series and adjacent with a valve to provide a primary flow restriction with a minimized volume between the two. A conductance of the characterized restrictor is low enough relative to the valve seat to cause a pressure drop that is sufficiently large relative to the pressure drop across the valve seat that a pressure measurement device is located upstream of the valve is used to determine the pressure to the inlet of the restrictor. A vent can be included to reduce bleed time. Multiple flow nodes in parallel increase a dynamic range.
US11003197B2	Flow rate control device An object is to provide a flow rate control device that can suppress a manufacturing cost and greatly reduce burdens of setting and maintenance.A flow rate control device 11 of the invention is comprised with a flow rate adjusting valve 21 that is installed in a flow path 13, a flow rate measurement part 41 that measures a flow rate of a fluid flowing through the flow path 13, a controller 61 that controls opening degrees of the flow rate adjusting valve 21 based on a measurement result of the flow rate measurement part 41, and a pressure deficiency detecting function that detects pressure deficiency when a limit sensor 246 (an opening detecting sensor) that detects the opening of the flow rate adjusting valve 21 detects the opening degrees are full. With the structure, it becomes possible, compared with a conventional system to detect a pressure deficiency using a pressure sensor, to suppress a manufacturing cost and greatly reduce burdens of setting and maintenance and to notify of pressure deficiency at a necessary timing in an early stage before an abnormality occurs due to a flow rate decrease.
US11003192B2	Automatic working system and control method thereof and automatic moving device Disclosed is an apparatus and a control method of an automatic working system, and the control method comprises the following steps: generating a boundary signal by a signal generating apparatus; generating an electromagnetic field as the boundary signal flows by the boundary wire; detecting the electromagnetic field by an automatic moving device to at least generate a first detection signal and a second detection signal, and multiplying the first detection signal and the second detection signal to generate a product signal; determining a first signal point and a second signal point by the product signal; generating characteristic values based on parameters of the first signal point and the second signal point, comparing the characteristic values with preset thresholds, and judging whether the first detection signal is interfered by noise, thereby effectively removing an interference signal. Also disclosed is an automatic working system executing the above control method.
US11003187B2	Generating parking space for vehicles A system includes a processor that, for example, by executing a computer program, performs a method for generating parking space for vehicles, the method including ascertaining whether a need exists for parking space for vehicles within a geographical area that includes a roadway, if the need is determined to exist, ascertaining whether a side area of the roadway is usable as parking space, and, responsive to a positive result of the determination, designate the side area as the parking space, and control a signaling device to signal the availability of the side area for vehicle parking.
US11003182B2	Vehicle monitoring and control infrastructure A planned path is received from a vehicle along with a status of a perception subsystem in the vehicle. A remedial action is initiated determining that the status of the perception subsystem is healthy and the planned path deviates by more than a threshold from a detected path.
US11003177B2	Apparatus and method for generating robot program An apparatus including a combination possibility calculation unit to calculate a stable orientation in which, from three-dimensional shape data of a part, the part is stabilized on a flat surface, to calculate a grasping method for grasping the part with a hand, and to calculate a combination in which the hand does not interfere from system configuration data including information on a connection destination of the hand and a combination group of the grasping method and the stable orientation; a regrasping path calculation unit to calculate a regrasping path of the part by using the calculated combination; a path group calculation unit to calculate a path having the minimum number of teaching points from the regrasping path as a path group based on orientation data for designating an input orientation and an alignment orientation of the part; and a program generation unit to generate a program of a robot based on the path group.
US11003173B2	Identifier (ID) based communication system Disclosed herein is an identifier based communication system including: a common communication path; a center station having a center station communication module and a center station controller connected to the center station communication module and connected to the common communication path through the center station communication module; and a plurality of distribution stations each including a distribution station communication module connected to the common communication path, a distribution station controller connected to the distribution station communication module, and a distribution station memory connected to the distribution station controller and storing a determined identifier value of the distribution station, wherein the center station controller transmits an identifier setting mode command including a center transmission preliminary identifier value to the distribution stations following an identifier setting request input from the outside; each of the distribution stations includes a distribution station display displaying information on the identifier value and an identifier selection key operated to select the preliminary identifier value displayed on the distribution station display as the determined identifier value of the distribution station; and wherein in a state where either a next preliminary identifier value of the setting mode or the center transmission preliminary identifier value is displayed on a corresponding distribution station display of each distribution, when a corresponding identifier selection key of each distribution station is operated to be on, the distribution station controller stores the preliminary identifier value displayed on the corresponding distribution station display in a corresponding distribution station memory of the distribution station as a determined identifier value of the setting mode of the distribution station, the distribution station controller displays the corresponding determined identifier of the setting mode on the corresponding distribution station display in a form different from the preliminary identifier value of the setting mode, the distribution station controller stores the corresponding determined identifier of the setting mode in the corresponding distribution station memory, and then transmits to other distribution station, a next preliminary identifier value of the setting mode, which is a value increased by the number N (positive integer) from the corresponding determined identifier value of the setting mode, the distribution station controller displays the center transmission preliminary identifier value received from the center station on the corresponding distribution station display after receiving the identifier setting mode command from the center station and until the distribution station controller receives the next preliminary identifier value of the setting mode from the other distribution station, and the distribution station controller sequentially displays the next preliminary identifier value of the setting mode received from the other distribution station on the corresponding distribution station display before the corresponding determined identifier of the setting mode is stored in the corresponding distribution station memory. In this manner, the identifier (ID) based communication system in the disclosure allows the user to easily select the determined identifier value of the distribution station as needed, has a simple configuration of the common communication path, and allows the user to easily visually confirm the determined identifier value of each distribution station.
US11003170B2	Parameter determination support device, and non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with program To provide a parameter determination support device and a program capable of simplifying determination of driving parameters upon driving a motor for which the slip constant is unknown. A parameter determination support device includes: an acquisition unit for acquiring specification information of a drive device of a motor and output specification information of an induction motor; an initial parameter determination unit for determining an initial parameter for test running, based on the specification information and the output specification information; a program creation unit for creating a test-run program to be used in test running for acquiring data that is required for adjustment of a parameter that determines output of the induction motor, based on the output specification information; an automatic measurement unit for automatically measuring a Q-phase voltage command of the induction motor according to the speed, as operating information upon driving by varying the speed of the induction motor according to the test-run program by applying the initial parameters; an estimation unit for estimating a slip constant of the induction motor, based on the operating information; and a calculation unit for performing calculation of an optimum parameter tailored to the output specification of the induction motor, based on the slip constant.
US11003164B2	Methods for aligning a physical layer to a pattern formed via multi-patterning, and associated systems Methods of aligning a number of physical layers to a pattern formed via multi-patterning are disclosed. A method may include determining a misalignment vector between a first layer and a second layer used to form a pattern via multi-patterning. The method may also include calculating, based on the misalignment vector between the first layer and the second layer, a center position of the pattern. Further, the method may include aligning a third layer to center position of the pattern. A computing system and a processing system are also described.
US11003160B1	Method and system for z-axis impact resistance for machining A multi-axis machine includes a horizontally-displaceable carriage, a vertically-displaceable column, a spindle supported distally of the column, a motor configured to change a position of at least one of the carriage, the column, or the spindle; and an impact detection mechanism. The impact detection mechanism includes a first plate, a second plate secured distally of the first plate, and a sensor configured to detect a motion of the second plate with respect to the first plate.
US11003158B2	Method for 3D radius correction in CNC milling and associated milling machine In a method for 3D radius correction in CNC milling, a mill path of an original milling tool producing a surface contour on a workpiece is calculated for an original milling tool based on dimensions of the mill cutter tip, with the positions of the mill cutter tip specified by an NC program. A surface normal of an end face milling surface and a surface normal of a circumferential milling surface are then specified, for each position of the mill cutter tip taking into account dimensional differences between an actually available milling tool and the original milling tool. By specifying along the mill path a spatial orientation of the milling tool axis, a correction vector is specified from the milling tool orientation, dimensional differences and the surface normals, and the workpiece is machined by traversing the mill path with the actual milling tool under consideration of the correction vector.
US11003157B2	Numerical controller for machine tool with installation error compensation unit A numerical controller includes a work installation error compensation unit, and the work installation error compensation unit includes a tool position and direction calculation unit and an error compensation unit that selects the positions of two rotary axes according to a first method of selecting a solution close to a previous solution or a second method of selecting a solution close to a command value when a plurality of solutions is present. The numerical controller further includes a look ahead unit that looks ahead a program, and the work installation error compensation unit performs error compensation on the looked ahead command value according to the first method to obtain a compensation command value and sets the first method when the compensation command value is within a movable region of a five-axis machine tool while setting the second method when the compensation command value is outside the movable region.
US11003155B2	Calibration apparatuses and methods for food processing machines A calibration system for a food processing machine has a conveyor for conveying a workpiece, scanning system for scanning the workpiece and creating a digital image of the workpiece, and a cutting device downstream from the scanning system for cutting the workpiece. A calibration object is conveyed through the food processing machine by the conveyor and scanned. A controller, with a memory, is in communication with the cutting device and the conveyor such that the controller can track position of the cutting device as the cutting device is moved into alignment with the calibration object and store calibration values on the memory corresponding to the movement of the cutting device into alignment with the calibration object. The controller is configured to calibrate movement of the cutting device relative to the workpiece based on the digital image of the workpiece and the calibration values to thereafter accurately cut the workpiece.
US11003149B2	Substrate processing systems, apparatus, and methods with substrate carrier and purge chamber environmental controls Electronic device processing systems including environmental control of the factory interface, a carrier purge chamber, and one or more substrate carriers are described. One electronic device processing system has a factory interface having a factory interface chamber, one or more substrate carriers coupled to the factory interface, and an environmental control system coupled to the factory interface, the carrier purge chamber, and the one or more substrate carriers and operational to control an environment at least within the factory interface chamber, carrier purge chamber, and the one or more substrate carriers. Methods for processing substrates are described, as are numerous other aspects.
US11003147B2	Automatically grouping accessories In some implementations, a computing device can automatically generate a service group. For example, accessories can be automatically grouped together based on various criteria (such as historical usage patterns). The accessories in the service group can be managed and/or controlled as if the accessories were a single accessory or entity. In some implementations, a computing device can intelligently select service group controls for presentation to the user so that the user can control the service group. For example, the computing device can select which service group controls to present and the order in which to present the controls based on features that are common among different accessories in the service group.
US11003145B2	Information display device with improved reliability against external force There is provided an information display device making it possible to improve the reliability of a display against an external force. The information display device includes a case portion for displaying time information in a predetermined operation mode, and a band portion to be worn on an arm, and includes one piece of thin display inside the case portion and the band portion. Inside the band portion, the thin display, a metal sheet, and a resin sheet are laminated. The present technology can be applied to an information display device, etc., for example.
US11003144B2	Clock with lighting elements A visual time clock comprises a set of vertically stacked or adjacent chambers, each of the at least two chambers having interior-located, connected LED strips which are electronically controlled and selectively powered by being turned on or off or dimmed or brightened as time passes. Each chamber is meant to visually show an amount of elapsed time, e.g., seconds, minutes, hours and days (and years and century, if desired). When one chamber visually fills with the timed illumination of the LEDs, it will void and reset its LEDs and simultaneously illuminate one or more of the LEDs of the adjacent chamber.
US11003135B2	Systems, devices, and methods for aperture-free hologram recording Systems, devices, and methods for aperture-free hologram recording are described. The apertures typically used for hologram recording create unwanted secondary holograms by diffracting light. Aperture-free hologram recording eliminates these unwanted secondary holograms. Aperture-free hologram recording includes applying a mask to the holographic recording medium. The mask controls the size of the recorded hologram like an aperture but does not create unwanted secondary holograms. Hologram fringes are only present in the desired recording area and a thin boundary region. The mask may be present during recording, or the mask may be used to pre-bleach the holographic recording medium. Pre-bleaching the holographic recording medium renders a portion of the holographic recording medium insensitive to light, the hologram is recorded in the light-sensitive portions of the holographic recording medium.
US11003134B2	Systems, devices, and methods for aperture-free hologram recording Systems, devices, and methods for aperture-free hologram recording are described. The apertures typically used for hologram recording create unwanted secondary holograms by diffracting light. Aperture-free hologram recording eliminates these unwanted secondary holograms. Aperture-free hologram recording includes applying a mask to the holographic recording medium. The mask controls the size of the recorded hologram like an aperture but does not create unwanted secondary holograms. Hologram fringes are only present in the desired recording area and a thin boundary region. The mask may be present during recording, or the mask may be used to pre-bleach the holographic recording medium. Pre-bleaching the holographic recording medium renders a portion of the holographic recording medium insensitive to light, the hologram is recorded in the light-sensitive portions of the holographic recording medium.
US11003127B2	Developer collecting container A developer collecting container 1, mountable to and dismountable from an accommodating portion 10 provided in an apparatus, for collecting a collected matter which is powder or a fluid collected in the apparatus has a constitution in which a bonding portion 5 partially bonding opposing sides of sides forming an accommodating portion 3 for accommodating the collected matter is provided and in which at least a part of the bonding portion 5 is positioned below a height at which a volume of the accommodating portion 3 is half of a target collecting volume in a case that the volume is measured upwardly from a lowermost portion with respect to a direction of gravitation.
US11003117B1	Temperature control device, image forming apparatus, and temperature control method A temperature control device controls a temperature of a temperature control target to which heat is propagated from a heater by supplying power to the heater. The temperature control device includes processing circuitry that acquires a temperature measurement result of the temperature control target from a temperature sensor. The processing circuitry estimates an input voltage being supplied to the heater based on an energization time of the heater and a change in the temperature of the temperature control target during the energization time. The processing circuitry generates a temperature estimation result by estimating the temperature of the temperature control target based on a previous energization pulse used to control energization of the heater and the input voltage. The processing circuitry outputs the energization pulse to control the power supplied to the heater based on the temperature estimation result and the temperature measurement result.
US11003114B2	Image processing apparatus that controls fixing temperature based on the similarity of image data of the current page and the next page, image processing method, and recording medium In a case where an analysis result of image data of an (N+1)th page has not been acquired among image data, a fixing temperature for printing image data of an N-th page is determined at least based on a result of determination as to whether the image data of the N-th page and the image data of the (N+1)th page are similar and an analysis result of the image data of the N-th page.
US11003113B2	Pressing device and fixing device A pressing device includes a cam member 120, a bearing 120a, a cam portion 120b, a cam engaging portion 120c of snap fit fashion. The bearing 102a is rotatably supported by a fixation frame 115. The cam portion 120b is provided on one side of the bearing 120a and contacts a pressing lever. The cam engaging portion 120c is provided on the other side of the bearing 120a and engages with a hole 123a formed on an outer surface of a cam shaft 123. The cam engaging portion 120c engages with the hole 123a at a position away from a maximum load portion of the cam portion 120b by not less than 90 degrees phase different.
US11003111B2	Printing liquids concentration An example apparatus includes a conveyor. The apparatus also includes a first developer unit. The first developer unit is to concentrate first printing liquid. The first developer unit also is to deliver the first printing liquid to the conveyor. The apparatus also includes a second developer unit. The second developer unit is to concentrate second printing liquid. The second developer also is to deliver the second printing liquid to the conveyor to form a thick layer of printing liquid comprising the first and second printing liquid.
US11003103B2	Toner A toner including: a toner particle that includes a binder resin and a crystalline material, wherein the binder resin includes a vinyl resin having an ether structure, and where intensities of secondary ion mass/secondary ion charge number (m/z) of 59, 44, and 135 are denoted by A (ppm), B (ppm), and C (ppm), respectively, in a measurement of the toner by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry, the intensities at 100 nm from the surface of the toner satisfy the relationships of the following formulas (1) and (2): C/(A+B)≤1.00 (1) (A+B)≥2000 (2).
US11003102B2	Electrophotographic image forming apparatus and process cartridge Provided are an electrophotographic apparatus and a process cartridge each capable of suppressing the occurrence of a black spot (white background contamination) in an output image under a low-temperature and low-humidity environment. The electrophotographic apparatus includes: an electrophotographic photosensitive member including a support, a photosensitive layer, and a protective layer in the stated order; an exposing device; a developing device; and a cleaning device, wherein the protective layer has a triarylamine structure and a specific structure at a ratio in a specific range, and a toner contains toner particles each containing at least a resin, and an external additive. The toner has a volume-average particle diameter of 7 μm or more. The external additive contains a compound containing a titanium atom. The ratio of the mass of the compound containing a titanium atom to the total mass of the toner is 0.6 mass % or more.
US11003098B2	Pellicle attachment apparatus Tooling for a mask assembly suitable for use in a lithographic process, the mask assembly comprising a patterning device; and a pellicle frame configured to support a pellicle and mounted on the patterning device with a mount; wherein the mount provides a releasably engageable attachment between the patterning device and the pellicle frame.
US11003097B2	Immersion lithography system using a sealed wafer bath Immersion lithography system and method using a sealed wafer bottom are described. One embodiment is an immersion lithography apparatus comprising a lens assembly comprising an imaging lens and a wafer stage for retaining a wafer beneath the lens assembly, the wafer stage comprising a seal ring disposed on a seal ring frame along a top edge of the wafer retained on the wafer stage, the seal ring for sealing a gap between an edge of the wafer and the wafer stage. The embodiment further includes a fluid tank for retaining immersion fluid, the fluid tank situated with respect to the wafer stage for enabling full immersion of the wafer retained on the wafer stage in the immersion fluid and a cover disposed over at least a portion of the fluid tank for providing a temperature-controlled, fluid-rich environment within the fluid tank.
US11003094B2	Substrate holder, lithographic apparatus, device manufacturing method, and method of manufacturing a substrate holder A substrate holder for a lithographic apparatus has a planarization layer provided on a surface thereof. The planarization layer provides a smooth surface for the formation of an electronic component such as a thin film electronic component. The planarization layer may be provided in multiple sub layers. The planarization layer may smooth over roughness caused by removal of material from a blank to form burls on the substrate holder.
US11003091B2	Method of fabricating reticle A method for exposing a wafer substrate includes forming a reticle having a device pattern. A relative orientation between the device pattern and a mask field of an exposure tool is determined based on mask field utilization. The reticle is loaded on the exposure tool. The wafer substrate is rotated based on an orientation of the device pattern. Radiation is projected through the reticle onto the rotated wafer substrate by the exposure tool, thereby imaging the device pattern onto the rotated wafer substrate.
US11003087B2	Radiation source supply system for lithographic tools Embodiments described herein provide a lithographic system having two or more lithographic tools connected to a radiation source using two or more variable attenuation units. In some embodiments, the variable attenuation unit reflects a portion of the received light beam to the lithographic tool attached thereto and transmits a remaining portion of the received light beam to the lithographic tools downstream. In some embodiments, the radiation source includes two or more laser sources to provide laser beams with an enhanced power level and which can prevent operation interruption due to laser source maintenances and repair.
US11003085B2	Extreme ultraviolet light generating apparatus In an extreme ultraviolet light generating apparatus, the film thickness of debris adhering to a surface of a component can be measured easily without need of large-scale removal of the component disposed in the chamber. The extreme ultraviolet light generating apparatus includes a chamber in which a droplet made of a target material is irradiated with a laser beam and extreme ultraviolet light is generated, an EUV light collector mirror that is an optical element disposed in the chamber, and a measurement device movable along a surface of the EUV light collector mirror and configured to measure the film thickness of the target material adhering to the surface.
US11003084B2	Method for forming semiconductor structure A method for forming a semiconductor device structure is provided. The method includes forming a material layer over a substrate and forming a resist layer over the material layer. The method includes exposing a portion of the resist layer by performing an exposure process. The resist layer includes a compound, and the compound has a carbon backbone, and a photoacid generator (PAG) group and/or a quencher group are bonded to the carbon backbone. The method also includes performing a baking process on the resist layer and etching a portion of the resist layer to form a patterned resist layer. The method includes patterning the material layer by using the patterned resist layer as a mask and removing the patterned resist layer.
US11003072B2	Mask substrate inspection system A mask substrate inspection system includes a measurement target module, a camera module, and a control module. The measurement target module includes a mask substrate and a surface light source supplying a light to the mask substrate. The camera module generates image information of the mask substrate using the light from the surface light source. The control module determines whether defects are present in the mask substrate using the image information, without damaging the mask substrate.
US11003054B2	Camera control device and imaging device with camera shake correction function A control unit generates a first control signal for camera shake correction on the basis of a first acceleration detection signal, a second acceleration detection signal, and an angular velocity signal. The first acceleration detection signal including information relating to an acceleration acting on a camera and has an alternating current (AC) waveform corresponding to the acceleration. The second acceleration detection signal including information relating to the acceleration and has an output waveform. An AC component corresponding to the acceleration is superimposed on a direct current (DC) component in the output waveform. The angular velocity signal including information relating to an angular velocity acting on the camera.
US11003053B2	Thin LED flash for camera A thin flash module for a camera uses a flexible circuit as a support surface. A blue GaN-based flip chip LED die is mounted on the flex circuit. The LED die has a thick transparent substrate forming a “top” exit window so at least 40% of the light emitted from the die is side light. A phosphor layer conformally coats the die and a top surface of the flex circuit. A stamped reflector having a knife edge rectangular opening surrounds the die. Curved surfaces extending from the opening reflect the light from the side surfaces to form a generally rectangular beam. A generally rectangular lens is affixed to the top of the reflector. The lens has a generally rectangular convex surface extending toward the die, wherein a beam of light emitted from the lens has a generally rectangular shape corresponding to an aspect ratio of the camera's field of view.
US11003052B2	Mobile device A mobile device including: at least an imaging element; and a light-emitting device that irradiates a subject in accordance with imaging of the imaging element, in which the light-emitting device includes a semiconductor light-emitting element, and the difference of the normalized spectral power distribution at a wavelength of 580 nm and a value B representing a difference between normalized spectral power distributions in a wavelength range from 540 nm to 610 nm and a wavelength range from 610 nm to 680 nm are appropriate values. By providing a wavelength control element, it is possible to improve the color reproducibility and the like of a captured image. The mobile device achieves both sensitivity improvement and color reproducibility in a trade-off relationship.
US11003048B1	Polarized imaging apparatus for use with a mobile device Apparatus for obtaining polarized imagery using a portable device, comprising a light source, a first polarizing filter configured to cover the light source, a second polarizing filter configured to cover the lens of a mobile device's built-in camera, one or more housing to contain the light source and filters, and couplers attached to the housings for coupling the housings to the mobile device. When the housing is coupled to the mobile device and the camera is operated, light from the light source passes through the first polarizing filter, then passes as polarized light through an illuminating path to illuminate an object being imaged. Then light from the illuminated object passes through an optical path, through the second polarizing filter to the camera lens. In embodiments, the axis of polarization of at least one of the polarizing filters can be modified to allow for cross, parallel and variable polarized imaging.
US11003041B2	Power management for electrochromic window networks Various embodiments herein relate to networks of electrochromic windows. The networks may be configured in particular ways to minimize the likelihood that the windows on the network draw more power than can be provided. The network may include particular hardware components that provide additional power to windows as needed. The network may also be configured to adjust how the windows therein transition to prevent overloading the network. The techniques described herein can be used to design networks of electrochromic windows that are undersized when considering the amount of power that would be needed to simultaneously transition all the windows on the network using normal transition parameters, while still allowing simultaneous transitions to occur.
US11003040B2	Grating structure and display device A grating structure includes slit regions (4) and light blocking regions (5) that are alternately distributed in a first direction. The slit regions (4) and the light blocking regions (5) extend in a second direction, and the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction. The grating structure further includes two electrode plates (10, 20) disposed oppositely, and a plurality of support columns (3) disposed between the two electrode plates (10, 20) and supporting them. At least two of the support columns (3) are spaced apart in the first direction are arranged in each of the slit regions (4).
US11003039B2	Thin film transistor substrate and display device using the same A display device includes: a substrate including a display region and a peripheral region, wherein the peripheral region is adjacent to the display region; a first transistor disposed on the peripheral region, wherein the first transistor includes a first semiconductor layer and a drain electrode electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer, and the first semiconductor layer is a silicon semiconductor layer; and a second transistor disposed on the display region, wherein the second transistor includes a second semiconductor layer and a gate electrode corresponding to the second semiconductor layer, and the second semiconductor layer is an oxide semiconductor layer, wherein the drain electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to the gate electrode of the second transistor.
US11003035B2	Display panel and display device A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a display liquid crystal panel and a light control panel that are stacked; the display liquid crystal panel includes grid lines; the grid lines include first grid lines extending along a first direction and second grid lines extending along a second direction, the first direction intersect with the second direction; the first grid lines and the second grid lines define a plurality of sub-pixel units; the light control panel allows backlight to illuminate into the display liquid crystal panel through the light control panel, and includes signal lines; the signal lines include first signal lines extending along the first direction and second signal lines extending along the second direction; the first signal lines and the second signal lines define a plurality of light control units; at least part of the signal lines is a fold line.
US11003031B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus includes: a pixel electrode; a switching element that is connected to the pixel electrode; a scanning line that transfers a signal by which the switching element is driven; an image line that transfers a signal by which the pixel electrode is charged; a liquid crystal layer that includes liquid crystal molecules; a plurality of domains that are different in alignment direction of the liquid crystal molecules when a voltage is applied to the liquid crystal layer; an alignment boundary portion that is positioned in a boundary of the plurality of domains; an alignment film that aligns the liquid crystal molecules, and a capacitor line that extends along the transverse direction and is arranged so as to be overlapped with the pixel electrode with an insulating film in between and overlapped with at least a part of the alignment boundary portion.
US11003021B1	Display module and method of manufacturing the same, and display device Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display module and a method of manufacturing the same, and a display device. In one embodiment, a display module includes a display panel and a light-emitting module. The light-emitting module includes: a light source configured to emit light; a light guide structure configured to form a total reflection propagation of the light emitted by the light source therein; and a light extraction structure disposed between the display panel and the light guide structure, and configured to introduce the light propagating in the light guide structure into the display panel.
US11003013B2	Display device A light shielding layer overlapping with a peripheral region of a display device includes extension portions each extending along a Y direction, bent portions located between the extension portions, and another extension portion located between the bent portions. In a region overlapping with the another extension portion, an enable line (first potential supply line), which supplies a potential to a plurality of scanning signal lines via a driving circuit (first driving circuit), goes through a wiring layer (first wiring layer) and another wiring layer (second wiring layer) made of a material having resistivity lower than that of the wiring layer.
US11003012B2	Liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method thereof A liquid crystal display (LCD) device, comprising: a substrate, gate wiring including a gate line that is disposed on the substrate to extend in a first direction and a gate electrode that is connected to the gate line, a data conductor disposed on the gate wiring and including a data line that extends in a second direction different from the first direction, and a first electrode that overlaps the gate electrode, a common electrode disposed on the data conductor and including a first opening that partially exposes the first electrode therethrough, an opaque conductive pattern disposed on the common electrode; and a pixel electrode disposed on the opaque conductive pattern and electrically connected to the first electrode exposed through the first opening.
US11003011B2	Display panel, display device, and method of fabricating display panel A display panel may include a first base substrate, a second base substrate facing the first base substrate, a plurality of wavelength conversion parts that are provided on the first base substrate to face the second base substrate, and at least one of the plurality of wavelength conversion parts includes an emission body, a light blocking layer partially covering the plurality of wavelength conversion parts and having a plurality of openings, the light blocking layer including a metallic material, and a first organic layer provided on the light blocking layer without overlapping the openings.
US11003010B2	Optical waveguide display substrate, and display device An optical waveguide display substrate includes a first base substrate (10); a reflective element (1) on the first base substrate (10), the reflective element (1) comprising a first surface facing the first base substrate (10), a second surface on an opposite side of the reflective element (1) from the bottom surface, and two light-receiving surfaces connecting the first surface to the second surface at opposite ends of the reflective element (1); and a first film assembly between the first base substrate (10) and the reflective element (1), the first film assembly comprising a first optical layer (2) and a second optical layer (3) on the first optical layer (2). A refractive index of the first optical layer (2) may be smaller than a refractive index of the second optical layer (3). A display device includes the optical waveguide display substrate.
US11003005B2	Display apparatus and manufacturing method thereof A display apparatus includes a plurality of pixel units and each pixel unit includes a substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, an image display part and a protective layer. The first electrode is formed on the substrate. The second electrode is formed over the first electrode while interposing a first insulating layer therebetween to define a TSC (tunnel-shaped cavity) extending in a first direction between the first and second electrodes. The image display part is provided in the TSC to display an image according to an electric field generated by the first and second electrodes. The protective layer covers the second electrode and seals the TSC. The display apparatus having the above structure is manufactured by forming the first electrode, a sacrificial layer and the second electrode and forming the image display part by removing the sacrificial layer.
US11003003B2	Display device The purpose of the invention is to realize the flexible display device of high reliability; specifically in a structure that a bending area is in a terminal area, and in that disconnection of the wiring does not occur in the bending area. The concrete structure is that: a display device having a display area, a driving circuit area and a bending area comprising: a first thin film transistor and a first interlayer insulating film are formed in the display area, a second thin film transistor and a second interlayer insulating film are formed in the driving circuit area, terminal wirings to connects the display area and the driving circuit area are formed in the bending area.
US11003002B1	Display substrate, display panel, and display device A display substrate, a display panel, and a display device are provided. The display substrate of the present invention can realize an integration of an optical film and optical path system of an original backlight module onto the display substrate by adding a first functional layer, a second functional layer, and a first polarizing layer. The display device uses the display substrate described in the present invention and adds an optical layer on the display substrate, so that the display device or a display apparatus can be thinned and lightened, and a reliability of a light source module can be improved.
US11002997B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device includes a first insulating layer, an optical waveguide formed on the first insulating layer, a fixed charge layer formed on the first insulating layer such that the fixed charge layer covers the optical waveguide, and a second insulating layer formed on the fixed charge layer.
US11002995B2	Phase modulator, control method for phase modulator, and fringe projector apparatus A fringe projector apparatus includes: a phase modulator having a first waveguide, a second waveguide, and a plurality of heaters including a first heater and a second heater, wherein the first and second waveguides and the plurality of heaters are provided on a single substrate, and wherein the first heater heats the first waveguide and the second heater heats a position away from the first waveguide; a light source that generates a light beam to be input to the first waveguide and the second waveguide; and a controller that controls a phase difference between the first waveguide and the second waveguide by changing an electric power consumption of the first heater under a condition that a total electric power consumption of the plurality of heaters is constant.
US11002993B2	Depolarizing plate, optical device and liquid-crystal display device including same, and depolarizing plate production method Provided is a depolarizing plate having a superior degree of depolarization to conventional depolarizing plates. The depolarizing plate includes a light-transmitting substrate having a surface layer portion in which a fine pattern is provided that includes a plurality of curved lines randomly disposed at a pitch of no greater than a wavelength of light, and that exhibits structural birefringence.
US11002992B2	Bias control of optical modulators An optical IQ modulator with automatic bias control is disclosed. A dither signal is applied to the modulator bias and its signature detected in light tapped from an output of the modulator using a phase sensitive dither detector such as a lock-in amplifier. The detected signal is processed using pre-recorded information defining the direction of the detected signal change relative to a change in the modulator bias, and the bias is adjusted in the direction determined using the information. The IQ phase bias is controlled by dithering I and Q optical signals in quadrature to produce opposite-sign single subband modulation of output light at two different dither frequencies, and detecting an oscillation at a difference frequency using a lock-in detector.
US11002981B2	Anti-vibration device and binocle Barrels are attached so as to be rotated around first rotational axes. Reflective members are fixed to the barrels, and reflective members are attached so as to be rotated around second rotational axes. Rotation amounts are equal to each other in rotation of the pair of left and right barrels around the first rotational axes and rotation of the reflective members of the barrels around the second rotational axes due to a link mechanism having a first link member and a second link member. Image blurring in a yaw direction is corrected due to movement of the first link member in an X axis direction. Image blurring in a pitch direction is corrected due to movement of the second link member in a Y axis direction.
US11002973B2	Display control apparatus and display control method A display control apparatus includes a display control section that generates a virtual space image by specifying a viewpoint position and a direction of line of sight and displays the image on a head-mounted display. The display control section can specify a plurality of positions in the virtual space as viewpoint positions and can change the viewpoint position to a position determined from among the plurality of positions in accordance with an attitude of the head-mounted display, and when the viewpoint position is changed, the display control section specifies, as a direction of line of sight, the direction in which a first position in the virtual space is seen from the changed viewpoint position.
US11002972B2	Display device, optical element, and method of producing optical element A display device according to the present disclosure includes a first optical unit having positive power, a second optical unit including a first diffraction element and having positive power, a third optical unit having positive power, and a fourth optical unit including a second diffraction element and having positive power, and the first to fourth optical units are provided along an optical path of imaging light emitted from an imaging light generating device. The second optical unit further includes a first member provided at one surface side of the first diffraction element, and a second member provided on a side of the first member opposite to a side where the first diffraction element is located, the first member is transmissive and has an elastic modulus of 50 GPa or greater, and the second member is transmissive and has optical power.
US11002971B1	Display device with mechanically adjustable optical combiner An optical system may include a head-mounted support structure configured to receive a removable portable electronic device with a display to form a head-mounted device. A head-mounted device may also be formed by incorporating a non-removable display into a head-mounted support structure. An optical combiner may be coupled to the head-mounted support structure. During operation of the head-mounted device, real-world image light passes through the optical combiner to eye boxes in which the eyes of a user are located. Display image light from the display reflects from a curved partially reflective surface of the optical combiner towards the eye boxes. To make optical adjustments such as virtual image distance adjustments, one or more actuators may be used to mechanically adjust the optical combiner.
US11002965B2	System and method for user alerts during an immersive computer-generated reality experience Systems and methods for computer-generated reality user hailing are described. Some implementations may include accessing sensor data captured using one or more sensors; detecting a person within a distance of a head-mounted display based on the sensor data; detecting a hail event based on the sensor data; and responsive to the hail event, invoking an alert using the head-mounted display.
US11002964B2	Heads up display unit assembly guide and protector Methods, systems, devices and apparatuses for a heads up display (HUD) unit assembly. The HUD unit assembly includes a HUD guard device. The HUD guard device has a first elongated member. The first elongated member is position on one or more surfaces of the HUD unit and along an edge of the HUD unit and is configured to protect the one or more surfaces of the HUD unit and the edge of the HUD unit during installation of an instrument panel. The HUD guard device has a first leg member and a second leg member. The first leg member and the second leg member each have a first end and a second end. The first ends are coupled to the first elongated member and the second ends are configured to couple and interface with the HUD unit to support the first elongated member.
US11002962B2	Head-up display device A light guide unit guides a display light toward a projection member. A multilayer film filter unit transmits the display light with an optical multilayer film and shields an external light incident from a projection window. In the XYZ color system, a first wavelength region is between a wavelength having a maximum value of a color matching function Z and a wavelength having a maximum value of a color matching function Y. A second wavelength region is between the wavelength having the maximum value of the color matching function Y and a wavelength having a maximum value of a color matching function X. A minimum transmittance of the multilayer film filter unit to the display light takes a minimum value among transmittances of respective wavelengths in a target wavelength region. The minimum transmittance in the first wavelength region is smaller than that in the second wavelength region.
US11002961B2	See-through computer display systems A see-through head mounted display with controllable light blocking includes an optics module comprising a light source and image source positioned on a same side of an angled partially-reflective surface, wherein the light source projects light off the surface to the image source which reflects the light as image light to the surface which transmits the image light along a first axis. The display also includes a flat combiner positioned to reflect the image light off of a first side and simultaneously transmit incident light through the first and a second side, along an optical axis perpendicular to the first axis to provide a view of a displayed image overlaid onto a see-through view of the environment, and a controllable light blocking element arranged generally parallel to the flat combiner and in front of the second side to block light incident on the same optical axis as the image light.
US11002960B2	Methods, systems, apparatuses, and devices for facilitating provisioning of a virtual experience A wearable display device for facilitating provisioning of a virtual experience is disclosed. Further, the wearable display device may include a support member configured to be mounted on a user. Further, the wearable display device may include a display device attached to the support member. Further, the wearable display device may include at least one disturbance sensor configured for sensing a disturbance in a spatial relationship between the display device and the user. Further, the wearable display device may include a processing device communicatively coupled with the display device. Further, the processing device may be configured for receiving a display data. Further, the processing device may be configured for analyzing the disturbance in the spatial relationship, and generating a correction data based on the analyzing. Further, the processing device may be configured for generating a corrected display data based on the at least one display data and the correction data.
US11002958B2	Dynamic control of parallax barrier configuration A system and method to dynamically control a configuration of parallax barriers includes performing skeletal tracking, using a skeletal tracking system, to determine a position of each viewer of content displayed by an image source. One of the parallax barriers among the parallax barriers is determined as being most closely associated with a viewing angle of each viewer, and the one of the parallax barriers is adjusted as needed to display the content as a three-dimensional image to one or more of the viewers with the viewing angle that is the most closely associated.
US11002949B2	Single optic for low light and high light level imaging The present disclosure relates to multiple view optical systems. An example optical system includes at least one primary optical element configured to receive incident light from a scene and a plurality of relay mirrors optically coupled to the at least one primary optical element. The optical system also includes a lens optically coupled to the plurality of relay mirrors, and an image sensor configured to receive focused light from the lens. The image sensor includes a first light-sensitive area and a second light-sensitive area. The primary optical element, the plurality of relay mirrors, and the lens interact with the incident light to form a first focused light portion and a second focused light portion. The first focused light portion forms a first image portion of the scene on the first light-sensitive area and the second focused light portion forms a second image portion of the scene on the second light-sensitive area.
US11002948B2	Zoom lens, optical apparatus and method for manufacturing the zoom lens A zoom lens comprises, in order from an object, a first lens group (G1) having negative refractive power, a second lens group (G2) having positive refractive power, a third lens group (G3) having negative refractive power, and a fourth lens group (G4) having positive refractive power to satisfy the following conditional expression: 1.60<(−f1)/fw<2.50 where, f1 denotes a focal length of the first lens group; and fw denotes a focal length of the zoom lens as a whole in a wide-angle end state.
US11002946B2	Optical imaging lens An optical imaging lens including a first to a seventh lens elements arranged in sequence from an object side to an image side along an optical axis is provided. Each lens element includes an object-side surface and an image-side surface. An optical axis region of the image-side surface of the first lens element is concave. A periphery region of the object-side surface of the third lens element is concave. A periphery region of the image-side surface of the third lens element is convex. The fourth lens element has positive refracting power and an optical axis region of the image-side surface of the fourth lens element is concave. The fifth lens element has negative refracting power and an optical axis region of the image-side surface of the fifth lens element is concave. The sixth lens element has positive refracting power. Furthermore, other optical imaging lenses are also provided.
US11002943B2	Optical imaging system An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens sequentially disposed in numerical order along an optical axis of the optical imaging system from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of the optical imaging system; and a spacer disposed between the sixth and seventh lenses, wherein the optical imaging system satisfies 0.5
US11002942B2	Optical imaging lens An optical imaging lens including a first, a second, a third, a fourth, a fifth, and a sixth lens elements arranged in sequence from an object side to an image side. Each of the lens elements includes an object-side surface and an image-side surface. The first to sixth lens elements have refracting power. The second lens element has a negative refracting power. An optical axis region of the image-side surface of the third lens element is concave. There is no air gap between the fourth lens element and the fifth lens element. A ratio between a distance on an optical axis from the image-side surface of the first lens element to the object-side surface of the fourth lens element and a thickness of the first lens element along the optical axis is less than or equal to 3.000.
US11002940B2	Control apparatus, optical apparatus, and control method for optical apparatus A control apparatus is used for an optical apparatus that includes a movable optical element, an operation ring that is endlessly rotatable, and a driver configured to drive the optical element. The control apparatus includes an operation start detector configured to detect a start of an operation of the operation ring, and a drive controller configured to control the driver. The drive controller sets a rotational position of the operation ring and the position of the optical element to a ring reference position and an optical element reference position respectively when the start of the operation of the operation ring is detected. The drive controller controls the driver in accordance with a drive amount of the optical element calculated with an operational amount of the operation ring from the ring reference position, and the optical element reference position.
US11002935B2	MST expansion closures; and methods The present disclosure relates to an optical fiber distribution system that can be expanded to selectively add a number of ruggedized fiber optic adapter ports for connecting to customer premises.
US11002934B2	Fiber optic connection assembly A fiber optic connection assembly for fiber to the home, comprising: a fan-out member; a multi-fiber optical cable having a first end introduced into the fan-out member and a second end extending out of the fan-out member; a multi-fiber optic connector connected to the second end of the multi-fiber optical cable; a plurality of single-fiber optical cables each having a first end introduced into the fan-out member and spliced with a respective one of fibers of the multi-fiber optical cable and a second end extending out of the fan-out member; and a plurality of single-fiber optic connectors connected to the second ends of the single-fiber optical cables, respectively; a plurality of first fiber optic adapters mated with the plurality of single-fiber optic connectors, respectively; and a plurality of outer shields each constructed to receive the connector and the adapter of a respective single-fiber optical cable therein, wherein the outer shield is hermetically fitted on the connector and the adapter of the respective single-fiber optical cable to form a sealed inner chamber so as to prevent moisture or water from entering into the inner chamber.
US11002929B2	Cable sealing unit with cable sealing modules One aspect of the present disclosure relates to an enclosure system including enclosures of different sizes, shapes and styles that are all compatible with gel sealing modules having a given module form factor or a multiple of the given module form factor. In this way, gel sealing modules having one form factor and/or multiples thereof can be universally used across an entire product line of enclosures.
US11002928B2	Optical fiber cable An optical fiber cable includes: a core comprising gathered optical fibers; an inner sheath housing the core; a wire body embedded in the inner sheath; tension members embedded in the inner sheath, wherein the core is interposed between the tension members; a reinforcing sheet that covers the inner sheath; and an outer sheath that covers the reinforcing sheet, wherein in the inner sheath, ti
US11002925B2	Integrated waveguide coupler A waveguide coupler includes a first waveguide and a second waveguide. The waveguide coupler also includes a connecting waveguide disposed between the first waveguide and the second waveguide. The connecting waveguide includes a first material having a first index of refraction and a second material having a second index of refraction higher than the first index of refraction.
US11002919B2	Photonic crystal fiber assembly A photonic crystal fiber (PCF) assembly including a PCF and at least one ferrule structure. The PCF includes a core region and a cladding region and a first fiber end section with a first fiber end. The ferrule structure is mounted to the first fiber end section. The ferrule structure includes an inner ferrule arrangement and an outer ferrule arrangement surrounding the first fiber end section. The inner ferrule arrangement includes an inner ferrule front section proximally to the first fiber end and an inner ferrule rear section distally to the first fiber end, and each of the sections has an inner diameter and in at least a length thereof fully surrounds the PCF. The inner ferrule rear section is anchored in an anchor length section to the first fiber end section and the inner ferrule front section supports the first fiber end section proximally to the first fiber end.
US11002918B2	Reduced-profile data transmission element connectors, adapters, and connection assemblies thereof Reduced-profile connection components are described. The reduced-profile connection components are configured to connect various data transmission elements, including cables, network devices, and computing devices. A non-limiting example of a connection component includes a fiber optic connection component, including connectors, adapters, and assemblies formed therefrom. In some embodiments, the connection components may include mechanical transfer (MT) and multi-fiber push-on/pull-off (MPO) connection components, such as MT ferrules and MPO adapters. The reduced-profile connection components configured according to some embodiments have a smaller profile and/or require less parts to achieve a connection compared to conventional connection components. In some embodiments, the reduced-profile connection components may be used with conventional connection components. For example a reduced-profile connector may use a conventional MT ferrule to establish a connection within a conventional MPO adapter.
US11002914B2	Active alignment of optical fiber to chip using liquid crystals Devices and systems to perform optical alignment by using one or more liquid crystal layers to actively steer a light beam from an optical fiber to an optical waveguide integrated on a chip. An on-chip feedback mechanism can steer the beam between the fiber and a grating based waveguide to minimize the insertion loss of the system.
US11002913B2	Optical dispersion compensator on silicon An optical dispersion compensator integrated with a silicon photonics system including a first phase-shifter coupled to a second phase-shifter in parallel on the silicon substrate characterized in an athermal condition. The dispersion compensator further includes a third phase-shifter on the silicon substrate to the first phase-shifter and the second phase-shifter through two 2×2 splitters to form an optical loop. A second entry port of a first 2×2 splitter is for coupling with an input fiber and a second exit port of a second 2×2 splitter is for coupling with an output fiber. The optical loop is characterized by a total phase delay tunable via each of the first phase-shifter, the second phase-shifter, and the third phase-shifter such that a normal dispersion (>0) at a certain wavelength in the input fiber is substantially compensated and independent of temperature.
US11002908B2	Fabrication and self-aligned local functionalization of nanocups and various plasmonic nanostructures on flexible substrates for implantable and sensing applications Methods for fabricating flexible substrate nanostructured devices are disclosed. The nanostructures comprise nano-pillars and metallic bulbs or nano-apertures. The nanostructures can be functionalized to detect biological entities. The flexible substrates can be rolled into cylindrical tubes for detection of fluidic samples.
US11002903B2	Electronic device An electronic device includes a circuit board and a metal reflective structure. The metal reflective structure is disposed on the circuit board. The metal reflective structure includes a protective layer and a metal layer. The metal layer is located between the protective layer and the circuit board. The protective layer includes transparent materials.
US11002901B2	Light guide film assembly, front light source and reflective display device The present disclosure provides a light guide film assembly for a reflective display panel, the light guide film assembly including a light guide film. The light guide film includes a front light exit surface and a rear light exit surface opposite to each other, and a light incident surface connected between the front light exit surface and the rear light exit surface. A plurality of microstructured strips are disposed on the rear light exit surface, and the plurality of microstructured strips are configured to reflect, in a direction away from the rear light exit surface, light transmitted from the light guide film to the plurality of microstructured strips.
US11002895B2	Coloring composition, method for producing coloring composition, color filter, pattern forming method, solid-state imaging device, and image display device Provided are a coloring composition capable of producing a film having excellent light fastness, and the like, a method for producing a coloring composition, a color filter, a pattern forming method, a solid-state imaging device, and an image display device. The coloring composition includes a coated pigment in which at least a portion of a surface of a yellow pigment is coated with a resin, a halogenated phthalocyanine pigment, a dispersant having an acid value of 40 mgKOH/g or more, and a curable compound.
US11002892B2	Difraction grating display body and labelled article A diffraction grating display body includes: a plurality of cell sets each having a plurality of cell groups in which cells R, G, and B corresponding to red, green, and blue, respectively, in each pixel in a piece of color gradation image data, are arranged in a predetermined order, wherein the cells in the cell groups in at least one cell set among the plurality of cell sets have diffraction gratings with mutually different spatial frequencies and the same grating angle, the cell groups included in at least one cell set among the plurality of cell sets have diffraction gratings with mutually different grating angles among the cell groups, and each of the cells R, G, and B included in at least one cell set among the plurality of cell sets have a predetermined cell area so that the display body with a wide observation area is obtained.
US11002878B2	Intrinsic gravity gradiometer and gravity gradiometry A sensing element (10) for an intrinsic gravity gradiometer (IGG) for use in sensing variation in a gravity field at a location. The sensing element (10) is flexible, elongate and has unfixed opposed ends (12, 14) when part of the gravity gradiometer. The sensing element can be a metallic ribbon, and can be mounted by a number e.g. 3 or 5, pivot points or axes 30-40 at each of the opposed sides along the sensing element, with the opposed ends of the sensing element free to move. The pivot points or axes can include pins, preferably cylindrical pins (48) or the sensing element may be etched within the side wall and remain joined to the remainder of the side wall by connections. The sensing element (10) can form part of one or more resonant cavities or wave guide (44, 52-66), such as a side or dividing wall (46) or part thereof. A dual phase bridge (61,612) arrangement can be provided. Electrical current (I) can be injected into the sensing element. Feed forward motion compensation (MC or FFMC) can be applied as part of the determination of the current. Applying electrical current into the opposed longitudinal sides (20, 22), such as right and left sides, of the sensing element, such as a ribbon, can be used for several types of compensation. Displacement of the sensing element can be detected by a resonant cavity, electromagnetic sensor or optical sensor.
US11002874B2	Foreign object detection circuit using mutual impedance sensing The present disclosure describes techniques for detecting foreign objects. In some aspects, an apparatus for detecting objects is provided. In particular, the apparatus includes a circuit for measuring changes of a mutual impedance between sense coils of a plurality of sense circuits. The described implementations relate to configurations for driving and measurement circuitry for one or more sense circuits that allow for higher accuracy, sensitivity, and temperature stability as needed for detecting smaller objects. Implementations based on mutual impedance sensing allow for improved detection sensitivity e.g., in a presence of strong temperature variations such as may be experienced in an outdoor environment. The apparatus includes a driver circuit, a measurement circuit, and a plurality of sense circuits, each of the plurality of sense circuits including a primary sense coil, a secondary sense coil, and a capacitor connected to each of the primary sense coil and the secondary sense coil.
US11002872B2	Surgical adapter assemblies and wireless detection of surgical loading units An adapter assembly includes an elongated body configured to couple to a handle assembly and a loading unit assembly. The adapter assembly includes an oscillator configured to output a voltage signal. A sensor determines a connection status of the loading unit assembly coupled to the adapter assembly based on a change in the voltage signal. The voltage signal includes a rectified voltage output and an induced voltage output and changes in response to the approximation of a winding disposed within a loading unit assembly to the oscillator.
US11002871B2	Method and system for processing sonic data acquired with a downhole tool A method for processing sonic data acquired with a downhole sonic tool is provided. The method comprises detecting coherent noise based on a plurality of waveforms obtained from one or more receivers issued by one or more transmitters. The plurality of waveforms correspond to propagating acoustic waves in a formation. In addition, the method comprises building a slowness filter for removing the coherent noise, and applying the slowness filter to the plurality of waveforms.
US11002865B2	Detection values determination system The invention relates to a detection values determination system, especially for photon-counting CT scanners, comprising a detection pulse providing unit for providing detection pulses for an array of detection pixels 17, which is provided with an anti-charge-sharing grid 15 for suppressing charge sharing between different clusters 14 of the detection pixels, wherein the detection pulses are indicative of the energy of photons incident on the detection pixels. Charge-sharing-corrected detection values are determined based on the provided detection pulses, wherein for determining a charge-sharing-corrected detection value for a detection pixel of a cluster only detection pixels of the same cluster are considered. This allows for a relatively high detective quantum efficiency, wherein the technical efforts for providing the charge sharing correction can be relatively low.
US11002864B2	Depth correction in pixellated detectors of ionizing radiation The disclosure relates to spectroscopic sensors of ionizing radiation, and the use of an application specific integrated circuit to detect both positive features in a pixel anode signal indicative of ionizing radiation interacting with that pixel, and negative features indicative of ionizing radiation interacting in an adjacent or proximal pixel. For this purpose, both positive and negative peak hold circuits may be provided in each ASIC pixel circuit.
US11002862B2	Detector pixel, array substrate, apparatus and method for detecting intensity of ray A detector pixel, an array substrate, an apparatus and a method for detecting an intensity of a ray are provided. The detector pixel includes substrate, first transistor, second transistor, storage capacitor, photosensitive element, first control line, second control line, first data line and second data line. The first and the second transistors are dual-gate transistors; the first transistor has a bottom gate connected to the first control line, a top gate connected to the second control line, a first electrode connected to the storage capacitor, and a second electrode connected to the first data line; the second transistor has a bottom gate connected to the second control line, a top gate connected to the first control line, a first electrode connected to the storage capacitor, and a second electrode connected to the second data line; and the storage capacitor is connected to the photosensitive element.
US11002860B2	GNSS-RTK-based positioning method The GNSS-RTK-based positioning method includes the following steps: Step 1, performing data quality control according to analyzed raw satellite-ground observation values; Step 2, performing SPP positioning by using a pseudorange observation value, and performing RTD positioning according to an RTD pseudorange residual of a previous epoch and a pseudorange residual of a current epoch obtained through SPP positioning calculation; Step 3, calculating a float solution by means of the least squares method and Kalman filtering of additional ambiguity parameters in which the RTD positioning result is used as an initial value; and Step 4, converting the float ambiguity solution into a fixed solution by using an optimized partial ambiguity fixing strategy.
US11002858B2	Detection of spoofed GNSS signals using IMU and barometer sensors Systems and methods for detecting spoofed or illegitimate GNSS signals. A processor receives GNSS data and processes this data to extract acceleration, angular velocity, and height or altitude variation data. For the same time period, sensor data from IMU (inertial measurement unit) sensors and from a barometer are received by the processor. From the sensor data, the processor extracts similar acceleration, angular velocity, and height variation data. These two sets of data are then correlated and correlation coefficients are calculated. These correlation coefficients are then used to calculate a decision statistic. The decision statistic is compared with a predetermined value and, if the decision statistic is below a predetermined value, then the GNSS data is considered to be illegitimate or spoofed.
US11002856B2	Doppler time-of-flight imaging Systems and methods for imaging object velocity are provided. In an embodiment, at least one Time-of-Flight camera is used to capture a signal representative of an object in motion over an exposure time. Illumination and modulation frequency of the captured motion are coded within the exposure time. A change of illumination frequency is mapped to measured pixel intensities of the captured motion within the exposure time, and information about a Doppler shift in the illumination frequency is extracted to obtain a measurement of instantaneous per pixel velocity of the object in motion. The radial velocity information of the object in motion can be simultaneously captured for each pixel captured within the exposure time. In one or more aspects, the illumination frequency can be coded orthogonal to the modulation frequency of the captured motion. The change of illumination frequency can correspond to radial object velocity.
US11002854B2	Lens assembly with integrated feedback loop and time-of-flight sensor This invention provides an integrated time-of-flight sensor that delivers distance information to a processor associated with the camera assembly and vision system. The distance is processed with the above-described feedback control, to auto-focus the camera assembly's variable lens during runtime operation based on the particular size/shape object(s) within the field of view. The shortest measured distance is used to set the focus distance of the lens. To correct for calibration or drift errors, a further image-based focus optimization can occur around the measured distance and/or based on the measured temperature. The distance information generated by the time-of-flight sensor can be employed to perform other functions. Other functions include self-triggering of image acquisition, object size dimensioning, detection and analysis of object defects and/or gap detection between objects in the field of view and software-controlled range detection to prevent unintentional reading of (e.g.) IDs on objects outside a defined range (presentation mode).
US11002852B2	LIDAR detector with high time resolution Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for determining time of arrival of incident photons. The time of arrival may be determined with high time accuracy based on the times a voltage across a capacitor being charged by charge carriers generated from the incident photons at which the voltage reaches a plurality of thresholds, respectively, and the stable value of the voltage.
US11002851B2	Ultrasonic sensor Object detection may include transmitting, by a first device, a first pulse into an environment using a wide field configuration of an ultrasonic sensor array, detecting a presence of an object in the environment based on a detected echo based on the first pulse. In response to detecting the presence of the object, a targeted configuration of the ultrasonic sensor array is determined, and a second pulse is transmitted into the environment based on the second pulse, wherein a characteristic of the object is determined based on a detected echo from the second pulse.
US11002849B2	Driving lane detection device and driving lane detection method A driving lane detection device of the present disclosure includes: an object detector, a vehicle detector, and a driving lane detector. The object detector generates object data relating to a distance and direction from the vehicle to an object and a movement direction of the object based on one or more reflection waves that are a radar signal transmitted by a radar device and reflected by the one or more object. The vehicle detector detects each object as at least one of a parallel-running vehicle running in a same direction as the vehicle or an oncoming vehicle running in an opposite direction to the vehicle, based on the object data. The driving lane detector detects a driving lane based on the distance and direction from the vehicle to at least one of the detected parallel-running and the detected oncoming vehicles and lane information on at least one of lane widths and a number of lanes of a road on which the vehicle is running.
US11002846B2	Amplitude comparison monopulse RADAR system The present invention provides an amplitude comparison monopulse radar system. The system comprises a beam forming network for coupling to the phased array antenna. The beam forming network is adapted to change the phase delays between the antenna elements in a phased array antenna such that the monopulse radiation pattern is scanned over an angular range through space.
US11002840B2	Multi-sensor calibration method, multi-sensor calibration device, computer device, medium and vehicle Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a multi-sensor calibration method, a multi-sensor calibration device, a computer device, a medium and a vehicle. The method includes: acquiring data acquired by each of at least three sensors in a same time period in a traveling process of a vehicle; determining a trajectory of each of the at least three sensors according to the data acquired by each of at least three sensors; and performing a joint calibration on the at least three sensors by performing trajectory alignment on the trajectories of the at least three sensors.
US11002834B2	Lidar scanning device and lidar scanning device system A lidar scanning device for use in a motor vehicle includes a light source for emitting light onto an object; a light detector for receiving light that was reflected by the object; and multiple optical imaging elements in the optical path between the object and the light detector.
US11002830B2	Radar device, signal processor, signal processing method, and mobile object To provide a radar device, capable of eliminating the influence based on the local feedthrough in the FMCW radar device. There is provided a radar device including: an oscillator configured to oscillate a local signal; a transmitting antenna configured to emit a transmission signal based on the local signal; a receiving antenna configured to receive a reflected wave in which the transmission signal is reflected from a target; a mixer configured to multiply the reflected wave and the local signal by each other to produce a multiplied signal; and a first shifter provided between the oscillator and the mixer and configured to shift a phase of the local signal.
US11002827B2	System and method for collaborating between vehicular 360 degree threat detection appliances Electronic processing systems and methods for collaborating between vehicular threat detection appliances. One system includes a memory, a transceiver, an electronic processor, and a first vehicular 360-degree threat detection appliance that is physically coupled to a first vehicle. The electronic processor is configured to identify a portion of the first vehicular 360-degree threat detection appliance having an obstructed field-of-view. The electronic processor is also configured to detect a second vehicular 360-degree threat detection appliance that is physically coupled to a second vehicle and has an unobstructed field-of-view of the obstructed field-of-view. The electronic processor is further configured to transmit a request to the second vehicular 360-degree threat detection appliance to provide threat detection coverage for the first vehicle in a direction of the obstructed field-of-view. The electronic processor is also configured to temporarily disable the portion of the first vehicular 360-degree threat detection appliance that has the obstructed field-of-view.
US11002826B2	Distributed-cooperative-information processing device, distributed-cooperative-information processing method, and recording medium A distributed-cooperative-information-processing device according to the present invention is allocated in a distributed manner within a predetermined field. The device measures an environment by using a sensor device; generates estimate determination information being information indicating a probability of a hypothetical set of states in the environment, based on a measurement result of the environment; receives the estimate determination information generated by another distributed-cooperative-information-processing device within the field; manages information of the another distributed-cooperative-information-processing device; and integrates the estimate determination information generated by own device and the estimate determination information received from the another distributed-cooperative-information-processing device.
US11002825B2	Position determination system having a deconvolution decoder using a joint snr-time of arrival approach The present disclosure relates to an acoustic position determination system that includes a mobile communication device and at least one base transmitter unit. The mobile communication device is configured to identify a peak in the received signal, and to de-convolve the signal with all codes that are relevant to the area in which the signal is received. A joint likelihood that a potential code is correct is formed by determining a likelihood based on a signal parameter such as signal-to-noise ratio and a likelihood based on time-of arrival information.
US11002821B2	Measurement method for measuring millimeter wave signal and measurement device using the same A measurement method for measuring millimeter wave (mm-wave) signal and device using the method includes a first measuring device receiving a mm-wave signal by an array antenna at a first angle of arrival corresponding to a position of the first measuring device, the mm-wave signal being sent by a second measuring device at a first angle of departure. Thereby, a downlink between the first measuring device and the second measuring device can be established quickly. From a certain ascertainable location, the first measurement device sends the mm-wave signal by the array antenna at a second angle of departure, and the second measurement device receives the mm-wave signal at a second angle of arrival corresponding to the position of the first measuring device, thus, an uplink between the first measuring device and the second measuring device can be established quickly.
US11002820B2	System for object tracking in physical space with aligned reference frames Methods and systems associated with aligning reference frames used for tracking an object are disclosed. One embodiment disclosed herein is a method for generating a transform between a first and second frame of reference (FOR) using a sequence of heading values of the object in the first and second FOR. The method comprises providing instructions to orient the object towards one or more external positioning devices in an orienting sequence. The method also comprises obtaining the sequence of heading values of the object in the second FOR using an onboard sensor and obtaining a sequence of position values of the object in the first FOR in accordance with the orienting sequence and using the one or more external positioning devices. The method also comprises deriving the sequence of heading values of the object in the first FOR using the sequence of position values.
US11002818B2	System and method using reference stations and a receiving station A wave-based method has at least two reference stations (1, 2) transmit signals (s1, s2; s3, s4). The signals are transmitted almost at the same time (S1, S2), are transmitted in the same frequency range, and are separable using a multiplexing method. At least one of the sending reference stations (1, 2), besides transmitting its own signal (s1, s2), also receives at least one signal (s2, s1) sent by another reference station (2, 1) at the same time and determines a time stagger (τ1) and/or a phase angle between its own transmission and the reception with high precision. At least one receiving station (7) which at least receives the signals (s1, s2) receives the signals (s3, s4) from at least two of the reference stations (1, 2). A system and stations perform the wave-based method.
US11002813B2	Cooling a gradient coil of a magnetic resonance imaging system A gradient coil assembly of a magnetic resonance imaging system includes at least one gradient coil, a cooling arrangement for cooling the gradient coil, and an RF shield. The cooling arrangement includes at least one cooling tube that is configured to transport a cooling fluid and which is disposed on and in thermal contact with the gradient coil, wherein the assembly further comprises a thermal connector arrangement with at least one of a first thermal connector disposed between the RF shield and the at least one cooling tube, which provides a radially extending connection between the RF shield and the at least one cooling tube.
US11002812B1	Nuclear magnetic resonance diffraction In a general aspect, a magnetic resonance system includes a primary magnet system configured to generate a principal magnetic field in a sample region. The magnetic resonance system also includes a field source device. The field source device includes a substrate and first and second conductor layers on the substrate. The first conductor layer includes a constriction configured to generate a radio frequency magnetic field in the sample region. The second conductor layer is vertically centered above the first conductor layer, and includes gradient coils configured to generate first, second, and third magnetic field gradients along respective first, second and third mutually-orthogonal spatial dimensions in the sample region.
US11002808B2	Gas cell, magnetometric device, method of manufacturing gas cell, and method of manufacturing magnetometric device A gas cell includes a cell having a principal chamber having a coating material film formed on an inside wall, a reservoir arranged with the principal chamber along the longitudinal direction and communicating with to the principal chamber, a reinforcement section extending from the reservoir side of the principal chamber in an X-axis direction along the reservoir, an opening section disposed on an opposite side of the reservoir to the principal chamber, and a sealing section adapted to block the opening section, and an alkali metal gas encapsulated in the principal chamber, and the reinforcement section is provided with one of at least one hole and at least one groove.
US11002805B2	Magnetic sensor and magnetic sensor system A magnetic sensor includes a magnetic field converter, a magnetic field detector, and a plurality of shields aligned in a Y direction. The magnetic field converter includes a plurality of yokes. Each yoke has a shape elongated in the Y direction, and is configured to receive an input magnetic field component in a direction parallel to a Z direction and to output an output magnetic field component in a direction parallel to an X direction. The magnetic field detector includes a plurality of trains of elements. Each train of elements includes a plurality of MR elements that are aligned in the Y direction along one yoke and connected in series. Each shield has such a shape that its maximum dimension in the Y direction is smaller than its maximum dimension in the X direction.
US11002803B2	Magnetic field detection device A magnetic field detection device of an embodiment of the disclosure includes: a first magnetic field detection element having a first resistance value increasing upon application of a first magnetic field in a first direction and decreasing upon application of a second magnetic field in a second direction; and a second magnetic field detection element having a second resistance value decreasing upon application of the first magnetic field and increasing upon application of the second magnetic field. The first and second magnetic field detection elements each include first and second magneto-resistive effect films coupled in series. The first magneto-resistive effect film has a first major-axis direction inclined at a first inclination angle relative to the first direction. The second magneto-resistive effect film has a second major-axis direction inclined at a second inclination angle relative to the first direction. The magnetic field detection device satisfies conditional expressions (1) and (2).
US11002799B2	Method of evaluating power storage device, method of manufacturing power storage device, and test system A method of evaluating a power storage device includes at least [a] to [f] below. [a] A power storage device is prepared. [b] A charge level of the power storage device is adjusted to produce a first potential difference between a positive electrode and a negative electrode. [c] The positive electrode or the negative electrode is selected as a reference electrode. [d] After the charge level is adjusted, an operation to insert a conductive rod-shaped member into a stack portion along a direction of stack of the positive electrode and the negative electrode is performed while a second potential difference between the reference electrode and the rod-shaped member is measured. [e] The rod-shaped member is stopped. [f] The power storage device is evaluated based on a state of the power storage device after the rod-shaped member is stopped.
US11002796B2	Testing device A testing device including a housing including an indicator, a main housing, and a probe housing, wherein the probe housing is rotatably coupled to the main housing. The testing device further includes a first test probe and a second test probe. The first test probe is coupled to the main housing. The first test probe is configured to be inserted into an alternating-current receptacle. The second test probe is coupled to the probe housing. The second test probe is configured to be inserted into a universal serial bus receptacle.
US11002795B2	Charger with battery diagnosis function and control method thereof Provided is a charger with a battery diagnosis function and a control method thereof. The charger with a battery diagnosis function includes a DC-DC converter configured to operate in a charging mode to charge a battery or to operate in a diagnosing mode to apply a perturbation voltage to the battery when the battery is fully charged, and a digital signal processor configured to calculate an equivalent circuit model parameter of the battery according to an output response of the battery with respect to the perturbation voltage, to calculate a charging/discharging frequency of the battery by using an ohmic resistance value among the equivalent circuit model parameter of the battery, and to calculate a residual equivalent capacity of the battery by using the charging/discharging frequency of the battery.
US11002785B2	Printed circuit board with contacting arrangement A circuit board comprising a contacting arrangement, including three metal contacting regions, which are connected with one or more data links of the circuit board and in the case of contact with a communication interface of a test system enable a data exchange with a data memory of a circuit board.
US11002783B2	Method for inspecting light-emitting diodes and inspection apparatus A method for inspecting light-emitting diodes (LEDs) including following steps is provided. A plurality of LEDs are provided. A charge distribution, an electrical field distribution, or a voltage distribution on the LEDs that are irradiated by an illumination beam at the same time are inspected by a sensing probe, so as to determine electro-optical characteristics of the LEDs. Besides, an inspection apparatus is also provided.
US11002781B2	Method for monitoring a line, and measuring arrangement containing line A method for monitoring a line is done in a simple manner by feeding test pulses and determining any interference on the test pulses by reflected portions of the same test pulses. In a normal state of the line, the measuring pulses have a transit time which is known in advance due to the predetermined length of the line, and the respective reflected portions of the measuring pulses are generated which propagate in an opposite direction to the measuring pulses. A deviation of the transit time from a previously known transit time, and a deviation from the normal state are recognized in dependence on the overlay.
US11002780B1	Renewable energy source system having a high-frequency fault component based distance protection system A distance protection system and method based on a high-frequency fault component is provided for a renewal energy source (RES) system. The voltage drop caused by a fault has a full frequency of components and this can be extracted by a wavelet transform. A frequency selection principle that renders high-frequency impedance models a stable impedance phase angle is determined. On this basis, internal and external faults with respect to a transmission line are determined by comparing the magnitude of a high-frequency operating voltage with the magnitude of a high-frequency voltage at the fault point. This disclosed protection system and method can eliminate the influence of frequency offset and weak feed of the RES system by using high-frequency signals generated by voltage drops at the fault point, and can also tolerate signal noises and fault resistance.
US11002779B2	Integrated automobile diagnostic and troubleshooting device An integrated automobile diagnostic and troubleshooting device circuitry operable to present an electrical load to a system or component under test, circuitry operable to provide an audible indication of continuity in a system or component under test, circuitry operable to provide a visual indication of current and voltage under test; and circuitry operable to provide differential output voltage to a system or component under test. In a preferred embodiment, the circuitry is integrated into a single handheld integrated housing allowing simultaneous operation of the circuitry by a single technician. In alternative embodiments, the device includes a test cable allowing remote operation and testing of an automobile system or component.
US11002774B2	Monitoring of distributed power harvesting systems using DC power sources A system includes a control circuit and a computer. The control circuit includes a control circuit configured to receive data from at least one solar panel, convert the received data according to a communication protocol, and forward the converted data via the communication protocol. The computer includes software that, when executed by the computer, causes the computer to receive, via the communication protocol, the converted data, detect, based on the received converted data, a problem in the at least one solar panel, and output, to a display and based on the detected problem, a status of the at least one solar panel corresponding to a time at which the data was collected.
US11002773B2	Monitoring apparatus, monitoring method, and storage medium Provided is a monitoring apparatus including an acquisition unit that acquires first time-series data which is time-series data of a measured value and/or a feature amount regarding an electrical device group, and a registration and updating unit that, when a difference in values between a pre-state-change data value which is any one of a data value at a first point in time in the first time-series data and a statistic of a plurality of data values from a point in time earlier than the first point in time by a predetermined period of time to the first point in time and a post-state-change data value which is any one of a data value at a second point in time later than the first point in time and a statistic of a plurality of data values from the second point in time to a point in time later than the second point in time by a predetermined period of time satisfies a predetermined condition, stores a feature amount extracted from any waveform data of a total current consumption, a total power consumption, and a total input voltage of the electrical device group corresponding to the pre-state-change data value and the post-state-change data value which satisfy the predetermined condition, in a feature amount storage unit.
US11002771B2	Predictive sample queueing for time-shared ADC in a multiphase PWM controller In one or more embodiments, an efficient scheme is provided for sampling inductor currents in a digital multiphase PWM controller used for high-bandwidth voltage regulation. Some embodiments use the data from the PWM modulator along with weighted states based on the PWM waveform and past conversions in order to prioritize which current sense input should be sampled for each conversion. In these and other embodiments, a single ADC is used to sample inductor currents from two or more phases in a multiphase PWM controller, thereby providing power and area savings, for example.
US11002769B2	Current measurement device A pair of clamping parts clamp a conductor to be measured and biased in closing directions. A pair of gripping parts are provided to be able to change a distance between the respective clamping parts according to a distance therebetween. Magnetoelectric conversion element(s) for current measurement is/are provided on either one or both of the respective clamping parts. A distance measurement unit is provided to be able to measure a physical quantity corresponding to the distance between the respective gripping parts as a physical quantity corresponding to the distance between the respective clamping parts. A current calculation device is provided to obtain a current flowing in the conductor to be measured on the basis of a magnetic field detected by the magnetoelectric conversion element(s) for current measurement and the physical quantity measured by the distance measurement unit when the conductor to be measured is clamped by the respective clamping parts.
US11002761B2	Probe card system for testing an integrated circuit A system for testing an integrated-circuit wafer, the system including a probe card having a probe needle and a probe body enclosing a pressure chamber. The probe body includes a unitary sidewall, a first end cap substantially closing a first end of the probe body, except for an outlet passage in the first end cap, and an inlet passage configured to introduce compressed gas into the pressure chamber. The probe needle is within the pressure chamber and is supported by the probe body. A free end of the probe needle extends through the outlet passage. The ends of the probe needle are separated by a first bend in the probe needle, which has a center of curvature that is located between the probe needle and a longitudinal centerline of the unitary sidewall. Methods of using a probe card are also disclosed.
US11002753B2	Test piece storage container continuous processing apparatus, measuring system, test piece storage container continuous processing method, and measuring method A test piece storage container continuous processing apparatus capable of continuously introducing a test piece storage container into a housing and suitably coping with numerous samples. The continuous processing apparatus X is applied to a measuring apparatus Y which removes a test piece P from a test piece storage container B equipped with an opening and closing lid B2 and performs predetermined measurement processing, and further includes an introduction transfer unit 1 for transferring the test piece storage container B introduced from the introduction starting end 11 set outside the housing Y1 of the measuring apparatus Y to a predetermined test piece take-out position in the housing Y1, a lid opening unit 2 for switching the opening and closing lid B2 from a closed state to an open state at the test piece take-out position, and a discharge unit 31 for discharging the test piece storage container B from which the test pieces P have been removed to a discharge port 31, wherein the introduction starting end is set to be accessible from the outside of the housing Y1, and the test piece storage container B is configured to be transferable in one direction from the introduction starting end 11 to the discharge port 31.
US11002751B2	Apparatus for separation, washing and mixing of magnetic particles in a reaction cup, adapted to be used in an immunoanalyzer system Apparatus for separation, washing and mixing of magnetic particles in at least one reaction cup, adapted to be used in an immunoanalyzer system, said at least one reaction cup containing nanometric magnetic particles (beads) binding immuno-complex antibody, antigen molecules, and liquid, comprising: a supporting dial mechanism (11) in the form of a rotating carousel , comprising an upper side with a number of holes adapted to host a corresponding number of said at least one reaction cup (1) in substantially vertical positions, and a lower side comprising a number of guide grooves (2) radially behind corresponding holes of the upper side, a number of magnet mechanisms (30) adapted to be inserted in corresponding ones of said guide grooves (2) and to slide therein, so as to radially approach to or depart from the side external surface of corresponding ones of said at least one reaction cup (1); at least one washing mechanism (40) firmly installed around said supporting dial mechanism (11), and comprising a washing needle (44) able to move vertically in and out said at least one reagent cup for charging or extracting said liquid; at least one mixing mechanism (70) firmly installed behind and aside said supporting dial mechanism (11), adapted to shake (stir) at least one reaction cup so as to mix the content of the reaction cup.
US11002740B2	Methods of detecting and reducing cancer cell central nervous system colonization The present invention is related to novel methods for detecting and reducing cancer cell central nervous system colonization and methods of treating subjects having cancers that colonize in the central nervous system.
US11002738B2	Anti-GPNMB antibodies and diagnostic uses thereof The present application discloses anti-GPNMB antibodies and methods of using the same. The antibodies are selected to bind to an epitope located in a C-terminal fragment of the protein and are selected for specificity in immunohistochemical assays. The antibodies are useful in, for example, immunohistochemical methods of detecting GPNMB-positive cells in tumors.
US11002735B2	Identifying antigen clusters for monitoring a global state of an immune system Method, system and an article of manufacture for clustering and thereby identifying predefined antigens reactive with undetermined immunoglobulins of sera derived from patient subjects in need of diagnosis of disease or monitoring of treatment.
US11002730B2	Molecular design to suppress desorption of self-assembled monolayers The compositions described herein include a substrate, wherein the substrate is a metal, metal oxide, metal nitride or a silicon containing material; a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) bonded to the substrate, wherein the self-assembled monolayer comprises: a surface binding unit bonded to the substrate, wherein the surface binding unit is selected from the group consisting of hydroxamates, phosphonates, catechols, halosilanes, alkoxysilanes, phosphonic acids, alkenes, alkynes, alcohols, 1,2-diols, and thiols; a separator unit bonded to the surface binding unit; a mass altering unit bonded to the separator unit; and a detector unit bonded to the separator unit.
US11002728B2	Method for evaluating activity of G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) It is an object to provide a method for evaluating a medicinal substance targeting a G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR). Specifically, the present invention relates to a method for evaluating the activity of a GPCR comprising a step of bringing a target substance into contact with a cell expressing a GPCR on the cell membrane; and a step of determining the diffusive dynamics of the GPCR on the cell membrane.
US11002726B2	Test element analysis system A test element analysis system for an analytical examination of a sample, in particular of a body fluid, is disclosed. The test element analysis system comprises an evaluation device with a test element holder for positioning a test element containing the sample and a measuring device for measuring a change in a measuring zone of the test element, the change being characteristic for an analyte. The test element holder contains contact elements with contact surfaces which allow an electrical contact between contact surfaces of the test element and the contact surfaces of the test element holder. The contact surfaces of the contact elements of the test element holder are provided with an electrically conductive surface containing metallic ruthenium.
US11002723B2	Method and system for contemporaneous analysis of a crude oil front end and a crude oil boiling point distribution via a single gas chromatograph A gas chromatography instrument comprising a first autoinjector in communication with a first column, a second autoinjector in communication with a second column, a first flame ionization detector in communication with the first column, a second flame ionization detector in communication with the second column, wherein the first column is housed in a first compartment and the second column is housed in a second compartment.
US11002720B2	Gas energy measurement method and related apparatus A method for determining an energy content of a hydrogen-rich gas mixture using a gas density meter (101) is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a vibratory gas density meter (101) and meter electronics (112) with the gas density meter (101). The meter electronics (112) communicate with at least one external input (116). The meter electronics (112) are configured to measure a density of the hydrogen-rich gas mixture, measure a specific gravity of the hydrogen-rich gas mixture, and derive a calorific value of the hydrogen-rich gas mixture using the derived specific gravity and a plurality of constant values.
US11002718B2	Gas sensor Gas sensors for the detection of rare events consume very little or no power. The sensors include materials that interact with a target gas. Accumulation of the target gas on the sensor materials leads to a change in electrical properties of the sensor. The sensors may have high gain, meaning that a large electrical change is induced upon gas accumulation. The sensor might change from an extremely high resistance (open circuit) to a measurably low resistance, or it might change from a relatively low capacitance to a high capacitance. The gas sensors are connected to electronics that can transmit an alarm signal after gas has been detected. The electronics may be in a low power sleep mode until awakened by a signal from the sensor.
US11002717B2	Systems and methods for characterizing radioactive analytes A device for automated characterization of radioactive analytes that provides an integrated system with liquid handling and plate reading components. The device can be further configured to include a chromatographic subsystem. Also provided is a method of using such a device, providing addition of a radioactive sample and a sequence of operations involving the abovementioned components of the system. The system is configured with radiation shielding in such a way that manipulations of radioactive samples do not interfere with concurrent radioactive measurements.
US11002715B2	Method for liquid chromatographic mass spectrometry and liquid chromatograph mass spectrometer In an LC/MS analysis of a sample containing various compounds, additive supply pumps 164A and 164B in a post-column adding unit 16 draw and supply different kinds of additives A and B from containers 163A and 163B, respectively. The additives are mixed into an eluate through T-joints 162 and 161. A preferable combination of the additives is the combination of DMSO which produces the effect of gathering charge states and 2-propanol which produces the effect of promoting atomization or vaporization of droplets. By mixing the two additives into the eluate while mixing them at an appropriate flow-rate ratio according to a previously determined flow-rate program, the ionization efficiency can be nearly optimized for each compound during the process of generating ions by spraying electrically charged droplets of the eluate from an ESI spray 21. Consequently, the detection sensitivity becomes higher than conventional levels.
US11002713B2	Sample organizer, tray, system and method A liquid chromatography sample organizer includes a first chamber, a plurality of stacked sample organizer shelves mounted within the first chamber each individually configured to store a sample-vial carrier including a sample, and a shelf magnet affixed to a surface of each of the plurality of stacked sample organizer shelves. A portion of the first chamber is configured to be located adjacent to, and open to, a sample manager configured to inject liquid chromatography samples into a chromatographic flow stream. Disclosed further is a liquid chromatography system having the sample organizer, a sample drawer, and a method of transferring samples between a sample manager and the sample organizer.
US11002712B2	Determining mechanical properties via ultrasound-induced resonance A device for estimating a mechanical property of a sample is disclosed herein. The device may include a chamber configured to hold the sample; a transmitter configured to transmit a plurality of waveforms, including at least one forcing waveform; and a transducer assembly operatively connected to the transmitter and configured to transform the transmit waveforms into ultrasound waveforms. The transducer assembly can also transmit and receive ultrasound waveforms into and out of the chamber, as well as transform at least two received ultrasound waveforms into received electrical waveforms. The device also includes a data processor that can receive the received electrical waveforms; estimate a difference in the received electrical waveforms that results at least partially from movement of the sample; and estimate a mechanical property of the sample by comparing at least one feature of the estimated difference to at least one predicted feature, wherein the at least one predicted feature is based on a model of an effect of the chamber wall. Finally, the device can also include a controller configured to control the timing of the ultrasound transmitter and data processor.
US11002711B2	Detection system, detection method, and server device According to one embodiment, a detection system includes a base member, a plurality of sensors, and one or more processors. The plurality of sensors are provided on the base member, and detect an elastic wave from a test object of a plurality of test objects. The elastic wave propagates through a connecting member among a plurality of connecting members that connect the test objects with the base member. The connecting members each have a thickness smaller than a wavelength of the elastic wave. The one or more processors detect an abnormality of the test objects based on the detected elastic wave.
US11002709B2	Ultrasonic inspection system An ultrasonic inspection system includes an ultrasonic sensor and a control device. The ultrasonic sensor has a piezoelectric element that transmits and receives ultrasonic waves and plate portions and that are arranged so as to contact an upper surface of the piezoelectric element and have different thicknesses. The control device acquires a propagation time of a reflected wave reflected on an upper surface of the plate portion, calculates a sound velocity of the plate portion using the propagation time of the reflected wave and a thickness of the plate portion, and corrects a sound velocity of a pipe and acquires a sound velocity of the plate portion based on the calculated sound velocity. In addition, the control device acquires a propagation time of a reflected wave reflected on an upper surface of the plate portion, and calibrates a time axis based on the propagation time of the reflected wave, a thickness of the plate portion, and the sound velocity of the plate portion.
US11002707B2	Hammering sound diagnostic device and method usable with a robot Diagnostic device including a hammering sound signal acquisition unit, a frequency characteristic conversion unit, and an abnormality determination unit. The hammering sound signal acquisition unit acquires an i-th hammering sound signal and a j-th hammering sound signal representing hammering sounds with respect to striking applied to an i-th and a j-th struck position of an inspection target. The frequency characteristic conversion unit respectively converts the i-th hammering sound signal and the j-th hammering sound signal into an i-th frequency characteristic and a j-th frequency characteristic. The abnormality determination unit determines presence or absence of an abnormality in the inspection target on the basis of a matching degree of waveforms around peaks in the i-th frequency characteristic and waveforms around peaks in the j-th frequency characteristic. The diagnostic device can be used with an inspection robot to automatically analyze for loose stator wedges.
US11002700B2	High temperature gas sensor A gas sensor for sensing a gas of interest includes a ceramic carrier and a porous ceramic lid that is secured to the ceramic carrier. The porous ceramic lid and the ceramic carrier together define a sensor cavity. A gas sensor is situated in the sensor cavity and is spaced from the porous ceramic lid. The porous ceramic lid is configured to allow the gas of interest to move through at least part of the porous ceramic lid and into the sensor cavity to be sensed by the gas sensor. In some cases, the gas sensor is a MEMS gas sensor.
US11002699B2	Water vapor distillation apparatus, method and system A system for product water output. The system includes a controller, a first conductivity sensor in communication with the controller, a first product valve downstream from the first conductivity sensor and in communication with the controller, a second product valve downstream from the first product valve and in communication with the controller, a second conductivity sensor downstream from the second product valve and in communication with the controller, and a divert valve downstream from the first conductivity sensor and upstream from the first product valve and in communication with the controller.
US11002693B2	Hard X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy system The present invention relates to a hard X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (HAXPES) system comprising an X-ray tube, an X-ray monochromator, and a sample. The X-ray tube provides a beam of photons, which via the X-ray monochromator is directed through the system so as to excite electrons from the illuminated sample. The X-ray tube is connected to a monochromator vacuum chamber in which the X-ray monochromator is configured to monochromatize and focus the beam onto the sample. The monochromator vacuum chamber is connected to an analysis vacuum chamber, the illuminated sample being mounted inside the analysis vacuum chamber and the analysis vacuum chamber being connected to an electron energy analyser. The electron energy analyser is mounted onto the analysis vacuum chamber. Further, the beam of photons provided from the X-ray tube is divergent and has an energy above 6 keV. The X-ray monochromator also comprises a curved optical element arranged to both monochromatize and focus the diverging beam of photons.
US11002689B2	Method for quantification of purity of sub-visible particle samples The method is for quantification of purity of sub-visible particle samples. A sample to be analyzed is place in an electron microscope to obtain an electron microscopy image of the sample. The sample contains objects. The objects that have sizes being different from a size range of primary particles and sizes being within the size range of primary particles are enhanced. The objects are detected as being primary particles or debris. The detected primary particles are excluded from the objects so that the objects contain debris but no primary particles. A first total area (T1) of the detected debris is measured. A second total area (T2) of the detected primary particles is measured.
US11002687B2	Defect inspection method and defect inspection device A defect inspection device includes a sample support member, a negative voltage, an imaging element, an ultraviolet light source, a movement stage, and a control device. The control device controls the movement stage such that a portion of a linear part included in the image or a location on an extensional line of the linear part is positioned at a specific location in an irradiated region of the electron beam. The control device also repeats the control of the movement stage until an end of the linear part is positioned within the irradiated region of the electron beam.
US11002685B2	Surface foreign substance detector for transparent or translucent film Disclosed is a surface foreign substance detector for a transparent or translucent film. The surface foreign substance detector for a transparent or translucent film according to the present invention comprises: an optical unit; an optical housing accommodating the optical unit therein; a light emission unit emitting light to the film; and a film holder providing a loading surface such that the film can be loaded thereon and made of a light-absorbing material capable of absorbing light or reflecting the light at a predetermined ratio or less. According to the present invention, the holder supporter is manufactured by using a material capable of generating a predetermined electrostatic force or more between the holder supporter and the foreign substances floating in a surrounding space to prevent foreign substances floating or scattered in a surrounding work space from being moved to the film side, thereby improving detection reliability.
US11002683B2	Assay analysis Apparatus and assemblies for the detection of at least one analyte in a sample are shown and described. In one embodiment, the assembly generates a test result from an assay and includes an integrated reader and incubator, wherein the incubator incubates the assay as the reader generates the test result. The reader typically has an optical detector aligned with a light source for detecting a plurality of transmission of light on the assay. The result is systems and methods to improve the detection of the presence and/or absence of at least one analyte in a sample.
US11002680B2	Fluorescence imaging system for an operating room Fluorescence imaging system for an operating theatre, comprising a device illuminating the operating theatre and emitting a white light, and a fluorescence imaging device. Said fluorescence imaging device comprises a light source emitting radiation for excitation of a fluorescent marker in a range of emission wavelengths of between 600 and 900 nm. The light emitted by the illuminating device is filtered by a low-pass filter, of which the cut-off wavelength is below the emission range of the fluorescent marker, but is nonetheless able to show an increase or fluctuations in the attenuation for wavelengths above the emission range of the fluorescent marker, the product of the attenuation of the filter of the detector and of the attenuation of the low-pass filter of the illuminating device leading to an attenuation by a factor of at least 106.
US11002676B2	UV-VIS spectroscopy instrument and methods for color appearance and difference measurement Embodiments of the invention generally relate to color and appearance metric measurements and, in particular, developing instrumentation to enable self-consistent image appearance measurements within instruments of unitary construction.
US11002673B2	Method for measuring a concentration of a gas A method for measuring a concentration of a gas in a container having a wall with at least one deformable portion, the gas absorbing electromagnetic radiation at least in a specific spectral range, wherein the method includes the steps of biasing deformable portion and a further portion of wall opposite deformable portion between opposite positioning surfaces, thereby forming a biased volume of the container between the opposite positioning surfaces, during a measuring time, transmitting electromagnetic radiation into biased volume and receiving transmitted or reflected radiation of transmitted radiation from biased volume along respective radiation paths, relatively moving, during measuring time, at least one of deformable portion and of further portion and at least one of radiation paths, and determining concentration of said gas from the radiation received.
US11002671B1	Systems and methods for mapping absorption spectroscopy scans and video frames A method of detecting a substance includes, for each position of a plurality of positions in a field of view of an environment: emitting from a light source a light beam including a predetermined wavelength that is absorbable by a constituent of the substance, controlling at least one mirror to direct the emitted light beam to the position in the field of view, detecting by a detector light resulting from the emitted light beam, and determining whether the constituent of the substance is present at the position in the field of view based on characteristics of the detected light; generating a detection map indicating a presence or an absence of the substance at the plurality of positions in the field of view of the environment; capturing, by an image capture device, an image of the environment; and identifying a portion of the captured image having the substance based on the detection map.
US11002670B2	Device for observing water content, method for observing water content, and cultivation device A first beam source radiates, as a reference beam, 905 nm of near infrared beam having a characteristic in which light tends not to be absorbed in water toward a leaf of a plant. A second beam source radiates, as a measuring beam, 1550 nm of near infrared beam having a characteristic in which light tends to be absorbed in water toward the leaf of the plant. A threshold level setter/water content index detector calculates a water content index of one leaf which is a total sum Σ Ln (I905/I1550) of the reflection intensity ratio. A controller displays a graph representing the time-serial change of the water content contained in the plant from the start to the end of the measurement period on a UI screen of a monitor. Further, the controller is connected to an environmental control device that controls environmental conditions surrounding the plant, and instructs the control device to change or maintain the environmental conditions based on a change of increase and decrease in the water content contained in the calculated plant.
US11002669B2	Device and method for analyzing objects A device and a method for analyzing objects, including buildings, build environments and/or environment areas is proposed. Image data points of an object are gathered and geo-referenced in order to generate object data points. Properties of the object such as material composition, material state or material properties are determined based spectral characteristics evaluation. Three-dimensional object models are generated in accordance with the evaluation of spectral characteristics.
US11002664B2	Absorption cavity with entrance and exit waveguides for a chemical or biological sensor An optical device for a biological or chemical sensor includes: an absorption cavity configured to receive a biological or chemical medium; an injection waveguide to inject an analysis light beam into the absorption cavity; and an extraction waveguide to extract a measurement light beam, corresponding to the analysis light beam after transit through the absorption cavity. The absorption cavity has a shape of a right cylinder with an elliptical base. One end of the injection waveguide is placed at a first focus of the ellipse and one and of the extraction waveguide is placed at a second focus of the ellipse. A core of the injection waveguide and a core of the extraction waveguide each have a tip-shaped end, with a constant height in a plane parallel to the generatrix of the right cylinder and a tip-shaped cross section in planes parallel to the base of the right cylinder.
US11002653B2	Process and apparatus to determine the degree of separation of two solution streams The invention provides a method, and apparatus, for determining the degree of separation (DOS) of a polymer solution into a polymer-rich stream and a solvent-rich stream, said method comprising the following: adding to a liquid-liquid separation vessel the polymer solution, which comprises a polymer, a solvent and an anti-solvent; separating the polymer solution into a polymer-rich stream and a solvent-rich stream; removing at least some the polymer-rich stream from at least one outlet P on the vessel, and measuring the actual solution density of this polymer-rich stream using at least one flow meter; removing at least some of the solvent-rich stream from at least one other outlet S on the vessel, and measuring the actual density of the solvent-rich stream using at least one flow meter; and wherein the degree of separation (DOS) is determined by the following equation (Eqn. 1): DOS=[actual solution density (polymer-rich steam)−actual solution density (solvent-rich stream)]/[theoretical solution density (polymer-rich stream)−theoretical solution density (solvent-rich stream)] (Eqn. 1).
US11002651B2	Device, method, and system for testing impact resistance of shrink film A device for testing impact resistance includes: a shrink film supporting member, disposed on a horizontal platform, and including a main body, a supporting part, and fixing parts disposed on a sidewall of the main body, the supporting part is configured to support a tested shrink film, the plurality of fixing parts is sequentially disposed in parallel at positions of different heights on the sidewall of the main body, and the fixing parts disposed at the positions of different heights represent different impact resistance levels; a level plate, detachably fixed inside the main body by means of any one of the plurality of fixing parts; and an impact member, configured to move downward from a position above a geometric center of the supporting part at a preset speed to exert a frontal impact on the shrink film supported on the supporting part.
US11002648B2	Real-time video extensometer This disclosure relates to a real-time video extensometer. Typically, the apparatus of the disclosure combines the image source, data processing and electrical output on to a single processing board in order to achieve high frequency images and low latency times on data flow. Further, the video processing engine processes the image on a pixel basis and updating the output the intermediate extension/strain result so that after receipt of the final image pixel, a final extension/strain value is achieved and immediately output for evaluation.
US11002638B2	Multi-zone automatic magnetoscop inspection system A magnetoscop inspection system includes a magnetoscop, a computed tomography unit, and a corrosion model unit. The magnetoscop measures a permeability at a plurality of inspection points of a turbine component. The computed tomography unit generates a measured profile of a hollowed portion of the turbine component based at least in part on the permeability at the measured inspection points. The corrosion model unit stores in memory at least one reference computed tomography profile of a known turbine component. The magnetoscop inspection system determines a structural integrity of the turbine component based on a comparison between the measured profile and the reference profile corresponding to the turbine component currently under inspection.
US11002637B2	Embedded wireless and passive sensor A wear monitoring system for measuring incursion depth into an abradable coating includes a layer of abradable coating including a depth, and a measurement circuit including a plurality of conductive leads disposed within the abradable coating. The conductive leads are spaced radially apart within a common radial plane corresponding to the depth of the abradable coating. A radio frequency identification tag (RFID) is disposed within the abradable coating and connected to the measurement circuit. A plurality of resistor elements corresponds with the plurality of conductive leads. Each of the plurality of resistor elements in electrical communication with one of the plurality of conductive leads is disposed within the common radial plane of the corresponding one of the plurality of conductive leads. An electrical characteristic of the measurement circuit varies responsive to cutting of one or more of the plurality of conductive leads by a passing airfoil.
US11002634B2	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.
US11002633B2	Method for reliability testing of a driven component A method is provided for testing a reliability of a plurality of driven components (22, 24, 30), such as those to be used as power train elements in one or more wind turbines. The method includes conducting physical success run testing on a test bench (42) of a first subset of test specimens (50) provided for the driven components (22, 24, 30), determining a minimum test duration needed for one of a second subset of test specimens (50) that will be required to confirm reliability of the driven components (22, 24, 30) at a predetermined target confidence level, and conducting physical success run testing of the second subset of the test specimens (50). The planning and evaluation of physical testing according to the methods described herein avoid excessive, unnecessary use of the test bench (42) and other resources. As such, results of desired confidence levels for operators of driven components (22, 24, 30) such as wind turbine operators can be reliably provided.
US11002631B2	Fiber-optic testing source and fiber-optic testing receiver for multi-fiber cable testing According to examples, a fiber-optic testing source for testing a multi-fiber cable may include a laser source communicatively coupled to a plurality of optical fibers connected to a connector. The fiber-optic testing source may include at least one photodiode communicatively coupled to at least one of the plurality of optical fibers by at least one corresponding splitter to implement a communication channel between the fiber-optic testing source and a fiber-optic testing receiver. The communication channel may be operable independently from a polarity associated with the multi-fiber cable. The fiber-optic testing receiver may include a plurality of photodiodes communicatively coupled to a plurality of optical fibers. The fiber-optic testing receiver may include at least one laser source communicatively coupled to at least one of the plurality of optical fibers by at least one corresponding splitter to implement the communication channel between the fiber-optic testing receiver and a fiber-optic testing source.
US11002630B2	Systems and methods for modeling, analyzing, detecting, and monitoring fluid networks Systems and methods are provided for determining sensor or infrastructure placement in a fluid network, for determining an anomaly of interest in the fluid network, and for optimally determining sensor coverage in a fluid network, which are based on a model of the fluid network represented by a directed graph.
US11002626B2	MEMS pressure sensor and method for forming the same Provided are a MEMS pressure sensor and a method for forming the same. The method includes: preparing a first substrate including a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other; preparing a second substrate including a third surface and a fourth surface opposite to each other; bonding the first surface and the third surface with each other and forming a cavity between the first substrate and the pressure sensing region of the second substrate; thinning the second substrate from the fourth surface by partially removing the second base, to form a fifth surface opposite to the third surface; and forming a first conductive plug passing through the second substrate from the side of the fifth surface of the second substrate to the at least one conductive layer.
US11002624B2	Method and device for measuring a thrust margin of a turbomachine A method for measuring a thrust margin of a turbomachine, in which data are acquired including the thrust margin which is determined as a function of a specified thrust and a measured thrust, the measured thrust being determined on a measuring bench which includes a bench equipment and on which the turbomachine is, wherein a time evolution of the thrust margin is modelled by at least one linear or affine function which is calculated for at least one determined time interval of the thrust margin, at least one bias of the bench equipment is calculated relative to at least one linear or affine function having been calculated, the thrust margin is corrected by subtracting from it at least one bias of the bench equipment in at least one determined time interval.
US11002616B2	Systems and methods for monitoring food processing and food storage A cloud-based system for monitoring food storage/processing comprising at least one fixed sensor to collect fixed location environment data; at least one handheld sensor to collect mobile location environment data; and a remote monitoring and reporting system to collect the fixed and remote location environment data and to audit the collected data. A portable device comprises a processor configured to: receive the mobile location environment data; and transmit an auditable version of the received mobile location environment data to the remote system. A hub device comprising a processor configured to: receive the fixed location environment data; and transmit an auditable version of the fixed location environment data. The monitoring and reporting system is configured to determine whether the version of the environment data indicates that the monitored environment is operating within the bounds of a model defining correct operation of a food process and to output an alert if necessary.
US11002615B2	Thermochromatic test device for gas turbine engine A gas turbine engine includes a joint and a flexible strip wrapped circumferentially around the joint. The flexible strip includes a lock operable to fasten the flexible strip about the joint. A thermochromatic layer is attached to a surface of the flexible strip and is operable to change color responsive to a change in temperature.
US11002614B2	Low cost container condition monitor Low-cost techniques for sensing ambient temperatures in a container or package using phase change materials are provided. In one aspect, a temperature sensor is provided. The temperature sensor includes: at least one phase change material configured to transition from an amorphous state to a crystalline state upon exposure to temperatures above a predetermined threshold temperature for a given duration. A method of monitoring temperature exposure of a consumer good using the temperature sensor is also provided.
US11002610B2	Temperature detection module A temperature detection module for detecting a temperature of a measurement target is provided. The temperature detection module includes a temperature sensor, and a holder for holding the temperature sensor such that movement is possible in a separation and contact direction in which the temperature sensor is separated from and brought into contact with the measurement target. The temperature sensor includes a sensor main body portion in which a temperature detection element is accommodated, and a spring portion that is integrally provided on the sensor main body portion. The spring portion is of a type that expands and contracts only in a single direction, and expands and contracts only in the separation and contact direction. The spring portion is attached to the holder and biases the temperature sensor such that a detection surface comes into contact with the measurement target.
US11002608B2	Blackbody radiation source The present invention relates to a blackbody radiation source. The blackbody radiation source comprises a blackbody radiation cavity, a black lacquer layer and a plurality of carbon nanotubes. The blackbody radiation cavity comprises an inner surface. The black lacquer layer and the plurality of carbon nanotubes are located on the inner surface. Each carbon nanotube comprises a top end and a bottom end. The bottom end of each carbon nanotube is immersed into the black lacquer layer, and the top end of each carbon nanotube is exposed out from the black lacquer layer. An extending direction of each carbon nanotubes is substantially perpendicular to the inner surface.
US11002607B2	Direct mounting of filters or other optical components to optical detectors using flexures An apparatus includes an optical detector configured to detect at least a portion of incoming radiation. The apparatus also includes an optical component configured to provide at least the portion of the incoming radiation to the optical detector. The apparatus further includes at least one flexure that mounts the optical component to the optical detector. Each flexure is configured to deform in response to expansion or contraction of at least one of the optical component and the optical detector. Each flexure may include a side surface that is flexible in a first dimension and rigid in second and third dimensions, where the dimensions are orthogonal to each other. The optical component may include at least one of a filter, a lens, a polarizer, an aperture, and a cover.
US11002605B2	System and method for calibrating a light color sensor An ambient light color sensor adapted to determine color of ambient light and method for calibrating thereof. The ambient light color sensor comprises a sensor body having at least one diffuser and a light color sensing module disposed below the at least one diffuser. The light color sensing module comprises a plurality of channels adapted to detect light collected by the at least one diffuser at different wavelengths to produce sensor readings. The ambient color sensor is adapted to measure color of ambient light by storing a calibration matrix determined by calibrating a test light color sensor to a test ambient light source, receive the sensor readings from the light color sensing module, determine an interpolated spectral power distribution from the received sensor readings, convert the interpolated spectral power distribution to at least one measured light color value that quantifies color of light, and determine at least one calibrated light color value by correlating the at least one measured light color value through the calibration matrix. The sensor readings received from the ambient light color sensor and test sensor readings received from the test light color sensor during calibration thereof may be normalized by calibrating the ambient light color sensor and the test light color sensor to an artificial light source.
US11002604B2	Correction method of detection signal value in spectrophotometer and spectrophotometer having correction function of detection signal value The purpose is to reduce the influence on the measurement due to high order diffracted light without arranging a filter for removing high order diffracted light between a diffraction grating and a PDA. The correction method includes a correction coefficient determination step of determining a correction coefficient related to a ratio of a portion of a detection signal value to the detection signal value, the portion of the detection signal value being derived from a second order diffracted light of light in the first wavelength range contained in the detection signal value of a long wavelength side photodiode for detecting light in the second wavelength range in the photodiode array, and a correction unit configured to obtain a corrected detection signal value derived from light in the second wavelength range from a different detection signal value of the long wavelength side photodiode by using the correction coefficient determined by the correction coefficient determination step.
US11002603B2	Interlaced diffractive grating An interlaced diffraction grating system and process are disclosed. The interlaced grating system includes an optical dispersive grating with alternating bands of unique grating densities wherein the number of unique grating densities is greater than or equal to two. The optical dispersive grating may be reflective or transmissive, and it may be fabricated by mechanical ruling, holography, or reactive ion etching of a binary mask. An interlaced grating allows additional utility for both point spectroscopic detection as well as hyperspectral imaging.
US11002599B2	Apparatus and method for verifying repeatability of spectroscope, and apparatus for analyzing spectrum data A method of verifying repeatability of a spectroscope that irradiates light to a user sample, detects light reflected from the user sample, and measures spectrum data of the user sample, includes: verifying repeatability of the spectrum data, measured by the spectroscope, based on repeatability verification criteria; and controlling the spectroscope whether or not to remeasure the spectrum data, based on the verifying.
US11002598B2	Electronic apparatus and measuring method of detecting pulses depending on photons comprising dual waveform shaping circuits According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a first avalanche photo diode, a second avalanche photo diode, a first pulse circuit, a second pulse circuit, a first waveform shaping circuit, a second waveform shaping circuit and an adder. The first pulse circuit is configured to shape a signal of the first avalanche photo diode to a first pulse. The second pulse circuit is configured to shape a signal of the second avalanche photo diode to a second pulse. The first waveform shaping circuit is configured to shape the first pulse to a third pulse having a narrower frequency bandwidth than that of the first pulse. The second waveform shaping circuit is configured to shape the second pulse to a fourth pulse having a narrower frequency bandwidth than that of the second pulse. The adder is configured to add the third pulse and the fourth pulse.
US11002597B2	Solar spectrum sensor for determining value of solar spectrum based on determined average photon energy A solar spectrum sensor, a consumer device and a method for determining an ambient solar spectrum. The solar spectrum sensor comprises a sensor unit configured for generating respective photo current outputs responsive to different parts of the solar spectrum; a measurement unit configured for measuring the respective photo current outputs from the sensor unit; and a processing unit for determining an average photon energy, APE, value of the solar spectrum from the measured photo current outputs and for determining the solar spectrum based on the determined APE.
US11002596B2	Photoelectric sensor and manufacturing method thereof Provided is a photoelectric sensor that enables manufacturing of a sensor with high environmental durability in a case in which there is more variation in case bodies. A photoelectric sensor includes: a package that includes an optical unit and a sealing member that seals the optical unit, and the optical unit includes at least any one of a light projecting portion that emits light and a light receiving portion that detects light; and a case body that accommodates the package, and a gap is provided between the package and the case body.
US11002592B2	Laboratory balance with a motorized draft shield A laboratory balance (1) has a housing, a base body (2) with an upper side (20) facing a weighing pan (14) and an underside (21) facing in the opposite direction of the upper side (20). A draft shield (5) is mounted on the upper side of the base body. The draft shield has a top wall (6), a first sidewall (7), a second sidewall (8) that is to the first sidewall, and a front wall (9). The first sidewall is operated by a first motor unit (25) which is located in the base body. The underside has a first opening (37) that provides access to the first motor unit.
US11002591B2	Laboratory balance with a weighing chamber rear wall of modular construction A laboratory balance (1) has a base body (2), a weighing chamber (10) with a weighing chamber floor (3), a weighing chamber rear wall (4), and a draft shield (5,5′,5″). The draft shield has a top wall (6), a first side wall (7), a second side wall (8) arranged parallel to the first side wall, and a front wall (9). The weighing chamber floor, the draft shield and the weighing chamber rear wall act together to enclose the weighing chamber. The weighing chamber rear wall has a modular construction, with at least a base module (15) and a top module (16,16′,16″). The base module is connected to the base body, and the top module is connected to the top wall of the draft shield.
US11002589B1	Multi-lane weight measuring device A fixture includes a plurality of brackets. Accessories such as wire hooks, shelves, bins, and so forth may be supported by one or more brackets. A load cell supports each bracket and generates a signal that is indicative of changes to the bracket as items are added or removed from the accessory. The brackets include features such as tabs that prevent accessories from moving laterally. The fixtures are easily reconfigured to accommodate accessories of different sizes that in turn may support items of different sizes.
US11002588B2	Liquid surface detecting device and method of manufacturing same A liquid surface detecting device includes a movable body, a circuit board, segment electrodes, an output electrode, and a resistive element located across the segment electrodes and the output electrode to be electrically connected thereto. The segment electrodes are arranged on the mounting surface in an electrode region. The resistive element includes first and second resistive portions on both sides of the electrode region in the movement direction. The resistive element is electrically connected to the output electrode at each of the first and second resistive portions. The movement direction in which the movable body moves according to a decrease of the liquid surface level is defined as a reference direction. The second resistive portion located further in the reference direction than the first resistive portion is completely cut off to block a conduction between its output electrode side and electrode region side.
US11002586B2	Device and method for detecting the level of a medium A capacitive level-sensor device, for detecting the level of at least one medium contained in a container comprises: a detection part that includes an array of capacitive elements, the array of capacitive elements comprising at least one set of electrodes on a substrate, the electrodes being set at a distance from one another according to a level-detection axis, the detection part including at least one insulating layer for electrically insulating the electrodes with respect to the medium; and a control circuit having a plurality of first inputs, electrically connected to which are the electrodes. The control circuit is prearranged for carrying out a sequential sampling of the inputs of the plurality of first inputs and for comparing a value representing the capacitance associated to each electrode with at least one corresponding reference threshold.The detection part further comprises at least one temperature sensor, connected to at least one respective second input of the control circuit.The control circuit is moreover prearranged for carrying out a compensation of at least one of the following: the value representing electrical capacitance associated to each electrode; a value indicating the medium facing each electrode and the at least one reference threshold, according to information representing at least one temperature value acquired on the at least one second input.
US11002585B2	Liquid flow indicator device and method of use A Liquid Flow Indicator Device comprising: a sight glass having one or more cages positioned around the sight glass for containing one or more indicator objects, so a user can see the indicator objects, which are visible to the user looking through the sight glass, thereby providing visual notification to the user. When the liquid is flowing through the cages and also the sight glass, the indicator objects will float around inside the cage, thereby providing visual notification to the user that the liquid is flowing through the cage and the sight glass. The indicator objects can also make a sound when the liquid flows through the sight glass and through the cage by banging around inside the cage, thereby providing audio notification to the user that the liquid is flowing through the sight glass. As such, this invention provides Audio notifications and/or Visual notifications regarding the flow of liquid. A fluid transport system and a method of using the device.
US11002584B2	Volume measurement apparatus A volume measurement apparatus is for a storage container and has an elongated member having a measurement scale marked thereon and an attachment mechanism configured to attach the elongated member onto a storage container. The storage container is capable of holding a liquid or granular substance. The volume measurement apparatus further has an adjustment mechanism configured such that a position and orientation of the elongated member can be adjusted relative to the storage container to align a minimum or maximum capacity marker on the measurement scale with a topmost level of the substance held in the storage container. The measurement scale is adapted such that it can be used to measure a volume of the substance held in the storage container.
US11002583B2	Flow measurement method and a flow measurement device for optical flow measurement A flow measurement method for optical measurement of a volume flow of a fluid in a closed cross-section, and a flow measurement device for this purpose, has at least one light source and at least one sensor unit. Particles present in the fluid are detected within a measurement plane by the sensor unit. At least one measurement plane and the particles present therein are illuminated with the light source. The sensor unit is provided with at least two or with a plurality of individual detectors with which sensor signals are outputted. A computing unit is connected downstream of the sensor unit, with which the sensor signals are processed in real time by integrating and weighting the individual signals of the individual detectors using a spatial-filtering technique and outputted as an output signal.
US11002577B2	Fiber optic flow sensor A fiber optic flow sensor includes a fiber optic cable, a light emitter, an optical power meter, and a processing circuit. The fiber optic cable allows light to enter a first end of the fiber optic cable, reflect off a second end of the fiber optic cable and exit the fiber optic cable through the first end. The fiber optic cable is at least partially exposed to fluid flow at the second end. The light emitter emits light at an input power into the first end of the fiber optic cable. The optical power meter measures an output power of the light exiting the fiber optic cable at the first end. The processing circuit calculates a flow rate of the flow of fluid based on the input power of light entering the fiber optic cable and the output power of light exiting the first end of the fiber optic cable.
US11002568B2	Inductive position sensor An inductive position sensor is configured to determine a position of a target device. The inductive position sensor comprises at least two coils for determining said position. At least two of the at least two coils for determining the position at least partially overlap. The at least two coils each have a plurality of portions being equally distributed over N substantially parallel planes, with N being an integer larger than or equal to two. For each of the at least two coils the portions distributed over the N substantially parallel planes are substantially identical, so that mutual inductance between the at least two coils is substantially unaffected by misalignments between the N substantially parallel planes.
US11002563B2	Transimpedance amplifier-based reduction of hall sensor parasitic impedance A first amplifier has an input to receive a Hall-signal output current from a first Hall element and has an output to output feedback current in response to the received Hall-signal output current. The Hall-signal output current is impeded by an impedance of the first Hall element. The feedback current is coupled to counterpoise the Hall-signal output current at the input, and a voltage at the output is an amplified Hall output signal. A second amplifier generates a high-frequency portion output signal in response to a difference between the amplified Hall output signal and a Hall-signal output signal from a second Hall element. A filter reduces high-frequency content of the high-frequency portion output signal and generates an offset correction signal. A third amplifier generates a corrected Hall signal in response to a difference between the amplified Hall output signal and the offset correction signal.
US11002562B2	Encoder using a magnetic sensing assembly and an optical sensing assembly and position detection method for a motor An encoder includes a magnet, an optical coded disc, a magnetic sensing assembly, an optical sensing assembly and a signal processing unit. The optical coded disc has a first incremental pattern track and a second incremental pattern track. The magnet and the optical coded disc are structurally coaxial and rotatable. The magnet sensing assembly senses the magnet rotation to obtain an absolute position signal. The optical sensing assembly senses the optical coded disc rotation to obtain a first incremental position signal and a second incremental position signal. The signal processing unit receives and integrates those signals to obtain a high precision absolute position information.
US11002559B1	Navigation application providing supplemental navigation information Navigation applications may utilize various input data to determine various navigation routes. One example method of operating may include providing at least one navigation instruction to a navigation device via a navigation application, detecting the at least one instruction via a detection application, obtaining an image of a physical object, performing a holo-acoustic object manipulation of the physical object, and providing a visual display of the holo-acoustic manipulation as an additional navigation instruction.
US11002554B2	Navigation system with customization mechanism and method of operation thereof A method of operation of a navigation system includes: determining a start guidance area excluding a current location; determining an end guidance area excluding a destination; and generating a navigation guidance with a control unit for traversing from the start guidance area to the end guidance area to reach the destination.
US11002553B2	Method and device for executing at least one measure for increasing the safety of a vehicle A method and device for generating a highly precise map, including a step of receiving surrounding-area data values, which represent a surrounding area of a vehicle, the surrounding area encompassing at least one static surrounding-area feature and at least one mobile surrounding-area feature; including a step of receiving movement data values, which represent a movement of the at least one mobile surrounding-area feature in the surrounding area of the vehicle; including a step of generating a highly precise map on the basis of the surrounding-area data values, using the at least one static surrounding-area feature, and excluding the at least one mobile surrounding-area feature, the exclusion occurring as a function of the movement; and including a step of providing the highly precise map.
US11002542B1	Laser level with a measurement display window A laser level with a measurement display window is disclosed herein. The self-leveling laser level and measurement locating instrument includes a rectangular body with multiple laser light outputs wherein the color of the light beam can be changed from either green or red. Additionally, the leveling tool can be secured to a metal surface using a magnet and can be mounted to a tripod or hand carried. The laser level also has a display window for displaying the measurement indicia acquired by the laser lines. Furthermore, the laser level is configured to take measurements either horizontally or vertically.
US11002531B2	CMOS image sensor for RGB imaging and depth measurement with laser sheet scan An imaging unit includes a light source and a pixel array. The light source projects a line of light that is scanned in a first direction across a field of view of the light source. The line of light oriented in a second direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction. The pixel array is arranged in at least one row of pixels that extends in a direction that is substantially parallel to the second direction. At least one pixel in a row is capable of generating two-dimensional color information of an object in the field of view based on a first light reflected from the object and is capable of generating three-dimensional (3D) depth information of the object based on the line of light reflecting from the object. The 3D-depth information includes time-of-flight information.
US11002529B2	Robot system with supplementary metrology position determination system A supplementary metrology position determination system is provided for use with a robot. The robot includes a movable arm configuration and a motion control system configured to control an end tool position with a robot accuracy (i.e., based on sensors included in the robot). The supplementary system includes cameras and 2D scales, each of which is attached to the movable arm configuration (e.g., as attached on arm portions and/or rotary joints). The cameras are operated to acquire images for determining relative positions of the scales. The scales may be coupled to rotary joints (e.g., as may be utilized to determine rotary motion as well as any motion transverse to a rotary axis), and/or to arm portions (e.g., as may be utilized to determine any bending or twisting of the arm portions). Such information may be utilized to achieve higher accuracy (e.g., for measurement operations and/or control of the robot, etc.).
US11002523B2	Double feed training cartridge for firearms A training cartridge for use in firearm malfunction training is disclosed. The training cartridge is used in a firearm including a clip or magazine to prevent conventional ammunition cartridges from being properly fed into the firing chamber of the firearm. The training cartridge includes a generally cylindrical body, a skirt portion extending outwardly relative to an outer surface of the body, an annular rim spaced from a lower surface of the skirt that is oriented toward the rim such that an annular recess is formed between the lower surface of the skirt and the rim. A feed malfunction is induced when a conventional ammunition cartridge, as it is fed into the firing chamber, is snagged by the adjacent training cartridge.
US11002521B2	Broadhead The present disclosure describes a broadhead for an arrow. The broadhead includes a first portion, as defined along a longitudinal axis of the broadhead. The first portion includes multiple cutting walls that extend radially from the longitudinal axis and define a first plurality of voids between the cutting walls. The outer edges of the cutting walls form edges of a generally pyramid-shaped volume that includes the first portion and the first plurality of voids. The broadhead also includes a second portion that abuts the first portion. The second portion includes multiple concave lopes defining a second plurality of voids. The concave lobes have an inner surface that extends radially outward from the first end along the longitudinal axis to an opposite, second end of the second portion.
US11002520B2	Automated detonation of fireworks A fireworks kit can have a set of fireworks having multiple fireworks of different types and a plurality of detonators in communication with the fireworks that are configured to launch or detonate a firework attached thereto. A remote controller or mobile device can be in communication with the detonators and operable to provide dynamic or user customizable control of detonation, launching, or ignition of the fireworks.
US11002518B2	Ballistic resistant panel A ballistic resistant panel can be configured to be quickly and easily installed in a vehicle door. The ballistic resistant panel can include a plurality of ballistic sheets arranged in a stack. The stack can have an outer perimeter sized to fit within a cavity of the vehicle door. The panel can include a cover disposed over the stack, and the cover can be sealed around a perimeter of the stack to form a waterproof barrier that prevents moisture from reaching and altering the performance of the ballistic sheets. At least one anti-wear strip can be adhered to an outer surface of the cover. The anti-wear strip can provide a low friction surface that protects the panel from damage caused by moving internal door components, such as moving window components that repeatedly rub against the panel.
US11002517B1	Firearm optical sight adapter A firearm optical sight adapter is disclosed. The optical sight adapter can include an adapter plate with first and second opposing mounting surfaces, and a registration pin integral with the mounting plate and extending orthogonally from the first mounting surface. The optical sight adapter may further include a socket having a recess extending from the second mounting surface to a bottom wall intermediate between the first and mounting surfaces and an aperture extending from the bottom wall of the recess through the first mounting surface along a first longitudinal axis, and wherein a periphery of the recess is not circularly symmetric relative to the first longitudinal axis. The optical sight adapter may still further include a recoil buffer extending upright from the first surface a distance at least 0.3 times a length of the adapter plate, the recoil buffer defining an opening therethrough.
US11002515B2	Intelligent artillery fire supporting device and operation method thereof Disclosed are an intelligent artillery supporting apparatus and a method of operating the same which can support a movement of a scheduled fire point of impact for each artillery weapon displayed as a result of a scheduled fire simulation for a target area to a new point of impact which an operator desires and automatically calculate and provide new firing data according to the movement of the scheduled fire point of impact, thereby effectively supporting artillery tactics.
US11002511B2	Thumb-actuated locking holster A holster for receiving and withdrawing a handgun has a proximal wall portion with a handgun retention mechanism thereon. The mechanism having a first lever with a tab portion for actuation and release of a trigger guard, the lever having a snap fit into a lever region without a separate pin. A belt engaging member covers the lever region capturing the first lever therein. If a second retention mechanism is used, another lever with a tab portion is positioned so the tabs are stacked, depressing one also depresses the tab behind it, such that both mechanisms are released. Overmolded polymer layers in the holster body provides a softer interior handgun engagement surfaces. The holster body is split forwardly with a threaded fastener for clamping onto the handgun. No holster body is beneath or rearward of the tab portion, configured as a thumb button, allowing smooth transition to gripping the handgun.
US11002510B2	Firearm component carrier A firearm component carrier apparatus is disclosed. The firearm component carrier apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a main body, an insert member, and a wrap member. The insert member is coupled to the main body and is oriented to insert into a firearm component. The wrap member is coupled to the main body. The wrap member is shaped to wrap at least partially around the firearm component to secure the firearm component relative to the main body.
US11002507B2	Device, method and energy product-by-process for launching magnetic projectiles and motivating linear and rotational motion, using permanent magnets or magnetized bodies A magnetic apparatus and related method and energy product-by-process to motivate linear or rotational motion, comprising: at least one magnet ring tier comprising a ring of a plurality of permanent magnets; a central core comprising a permanent magnet projectile movement channel, an axis of the channel aligned in a direction normal to a geometric plane defined by the magnet ring, and running through a geometric center of the magnet ring; and each of the permanent magnets mounted in the ring at a mount angle thereof, with the components of their polar alignments parallel to the central core all oriented in the same direction; wherein: if the polar alignment of a permanent magnet projectile was introduced with a particular duality-dependent orientation into the permanent magnet projectile movement channel, the magnetic forces between the ring magnets and the projectile would be capable of motivating the permanent magnet projectile relative to the channel.
US11002498B2	Aluminum alloy fin material for heat exchanger excellent in strength, electrical conductivity, and brazeability, method for manufacturing aluminum alloy fin material for heat exchanger, and heat exchanger comprising aluminum alloy fin material for heat exchanger An aluminum alloy fin material for a heat exchanger in the present invention comprises an aluminum alloy having a composition containing Mn: 1.2 to 2.0%, Cu: 0.05 to 0.20%, Si: 0.5 to 1.30%, Fe: 0.05 to 0.5%, and Zn: 1.0 to 3.0% by mass and a remainder comprising Al and an unavoidable impurity, further containing one or two or more of Ti: 0.01 to 0.20%, Cr: 0.01 to 0.20% and Mg: 0.01 to 0.20% by mass as desired, and, after heating in brazing, has a tensile strength of 140 MPa or more, a proof stress of 50 MPa or more, an electrical conductivity of 42% IACS or more, an average grain diameter of 150 μm or more and less than 700 μm, and a potential of −800 mV or more and −720 mV or less.
US11002497B1	Multi-stage microchannel heat and/or mass transfer system and method of fabrication Multi-stage microchannel heat and/or wherein said heat and/or mass transfer system includes a system selected from a group of heat exchanger, mass transfer system, and combination thereof, mass transfer system attains an enhanced heat transfer, low pressure drop, and optimized flow distribution and stability for a single- and two-phase applications by combining microchannels formed on industrially available fin tubes, and a multi-stage flow distributing manifold, and directing the flow of a heat exchanging medium through multiple passes formed by short length of respective microchannels, while controllably by-passing some microchannels when migrating the flow of the heat exchanging medium from the microchannels into multiple mixing stages provided by a specific configuration of the manifold. Multiple stages of variable length correlated with the mixing zones are provided in the flow distributing manifold to enhance operational parameters of the system for different applications including evaporators, condensers, and gas-liquid absorbers.
US11002490B2	Heat exchanger with housing parts connected by flange ring connection A heat exchanger may include a tubular housing, a flange ring, two bases, and heat exchanger tubes that run through the housing and are each held in the bases at a longitudinal end side. A first flow channel may be formed in the heat exchanger tubes, and a second flow channel may be formed between the heat exchanger tubes and the housing. The housing may be formed from two one-piece and pot-shaped housing parts. Each housing part may have a housing section, a flange ring section, and a base. The two housing parts may be connectable to one another via the two flange ring sections.
US11002487B2	Counter flow heat exchanger A counter flow heat exchanger: has an inner container with radially outwardly projecting helical webs, a cylindrical housing, wherein an inner circumferential surface of the housing and the radially outer edges of the helical webs of the inner container are in contact such that a flow path is developed in which a first heat transfer fluid can flow between the helical webs of the inner container and the inner circumferential surface of the housing; a helical heat exchanger tube extending between the helical webs of the inner container such that a second heat transfer fluid can flow within this heat exchanger tube counter to the direction of flow of the first heat transfer fluid. A method for the production of a counter flow heat exchanger is also provided.
US11002486B2	Solid-state heat exchanger module The invention relates to a novel solid heat exchanger module containing a plurality of heat exchanger tubes having a particular shape and being arranged in a special manner.
US11002485B2	Apparatus for stirring and methods of stirring A method of stirring and apparatus for stirring using electromagnetic stirrer units is provided. The method and apparatus are particularly useful in relation to molten metal stirring. Each stirrer unit is mounted on a moveable carriage so that it can be moved between a first location, a second location and potentially further locations. The same stirrer unit is used to provide stirring at each location, so allowing multiple locations to be stirred but only requiring a single stirrer unit to do so. The method and apparatus also provide convenient connection of air cooling to the stirrer unit.
US11002481B2	Method for removing a foulant from a gas stream without external refrigeration A process for removing a foulant from a gas stream is disclosed. The gas stream, containing a foulant, is cooled across a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger, producing a solid foulant entrained in cryogenic liquid as a foulant slurry, and a foulant-depleted gas stream. The foulant-depleted gas stream is passed through a cryogenic turbine and a first separation vessel, producing a light gas stream and further solid foulant. The solid foulants are recovered by a combination of pressurization, melting, and distillation to produce a liquid foulant product. Heat is recovered from the various streams in the various heat exchangers and the melter.
US11002477B2	Vacuum insulated panel for counteracting vacuum bow induced deformations A vacuum insulated cabinet structure includes first and second cover members having pre-deformed portions and perimeter portions. The perimeter portions of the first and second cover members are disposed along first and second planar levels and the pre-deformed portions of the first and second cover members include portions thereof extending outwardly relative to the first and second planar levels. A thermal bridge interconnects the first cover member and the second cover member at the perimeter portions thereof to define an insulating cavity therebetween. The insulating cavity is a sealed cavity having a vacuum drawn therefrom. The pre-deformed portions of the first and second cover members move inwardly towards the first and second planar levels under a force of the vacuum within the insulating cavity.
US11002474B2	Refrigerator A refrigerator includes a cabinet in which a storage space is formed; a main evaporator which is installed at one side of an inner portion of the storage space to cool the storage space; a case which is installed on the other side the inner portion of the storage space and defines a deep-freezing storage chamber; a drawer which is accommodated in the case so as to be retractable and withdrawable and in which food is stored; and a rapid cooling module which is provided on a rear side of the inner portion of the case and rapidly cools the deep-freezing storage chamber, in which the rapid cooling module may includes an auxiliary evaporator; and a thermoelectric device which is coupled to the auxiliary evaporator and cools the deep-freezing storage chamber through heat exchange by heat conduction.
US11002473B2	Portable frozen confection machine The disclosure extends to apparatuses, methods, and systems, for producing frozen confections and conditioning ice for use in frozen confections. A frozen confection machine includes a hopper portion for receiving ice into an interior, and a motor configured to rotate a drive shaft, a blade to condition the ice in the hopper during rotation of the motor. The frozen confection machine also includes a lid for selectively covering the interior of the hopper, a bias member for biasing the lid away from a closed position, and a switch for causing the motor to actuate in response to the lid being pressed to a closed position.
US11002472B2	Ice cube tray assembly An ice cube tray assembly having an insulating box, a lower chamber and an upper chamber. The insulating box having a base and an upstanding structure, with a cavity. A top surface has an inner and outer perimeter, with the inner perimeter defining the opening of the cavity. The lower chamber includes an upper deck portion and container structure depending therefrom. The upper chamber includes a top wall and an inner container structure depending from the top wall. The upper and lower chambers are positioned in sealing engagement.
US11002471B2	Refrigeration installation, refrigeration installation system and method with refrigerant displacement The invention relates to a refrigeration installation (1), to a method for same, and to a refrigeration installation system for controlling the temperature of air, including at least one compressor (3), at least one expansion element (39), and at least one first (5) and a second (7) heat exchanger, each of which can be operated as a condenser or a gas cooler, wherein at least one of the heat exchangers can be operated as an evaporator or at least one additional heat exchanger is provided which can be operated as an evaporator. A refrigerant line is equipped with a first valve (11) downstream of at least one compressor (3) at or downstream of a branch (9) and upstream of or at the condenser or gas cooler inlet (15) of the first heat exchanger (5), and a second valve (19) is arranged at or downstream of the condenser or gas cooler outlet (17) of the first heat exchanger (5) and upstream of or as an expansion element. The refrigeration installation (1) contains at least one valve controller (13) for the first (11) and second valve (19) with at least one first and second possible valve set-up in order to displace the refrigerant, wherein the first valve (11) is open while the second valve (19) is closed at the same time in the first set-up and vice versa in the second set-up. The valve controller (13) comprises an automatic regulator which sets the first valve switch set-up for at least one heat exchanger (5, 7) which is not being used as a with refrigerant flowing through condenser or gas cooler at the moment when a specified refrigerant quantity is exceeded in the refrigerant circuit through which refrigerant is flowing.
US11002470B2	Injection devices for injecting additives Injection devices are provided for injecting additives into a refrigeration or air conditioning systems, which include a tubular element defining an inner chamber, the inner chamber having a volume at least equal to the volume of the quantity of additive to be injected. An inlet fitting is attached to a first end of the tubular element; an outlet fitting is attached to a second end of the tubular element. The devices are also provided with an additive inlet port, distinct from the inlet and outlet ducts, fluidically communicating with the inner chamber and configured for removable connection to an additive injection device. The inlet port is engaged by a one-way valve suitable for allowing the passage of the additive only from the injection device to the inner chamber. Kits and methods are also provided.
US11002469B2	Integral heat superconducting plate heat exchanger and fabrication method therefor An integrated thermal superconducting plate heat exchanger and a manufacturing method thereof. The integrated thermal superconducting plate heat exchanger comprises a heat exchange plate of a composite plate structure, a fluid pipe having a certain structure shape and a thermal superconducting pipe having a certain structure shape are formed in the heat exchange plate; two ends of the fluid pipe are formed with openings; and the thermal superconducting pipe is an enclosed pipe and is filled with a heat transfer working medium therein.
US11002468B2	Method and system for circulating combined cooling, heating and power with jet cooling device A method and system for circulating combined cooling, heating and power with a jet cooling device. An outlet of a working medium pump which is used to pressurize liquid working medium is connected to an inlet of a heater. An outlet of the heater is connected to an inlet of an expansion component. An outlet of the expansion component is connected to an inlet of a cooler. An outlet of the cooler is connected to a primary inlet of a jetting device. Primary outlets of the jetting device are respectively connected to an inlet of the working medium pump and an inlet of a throttle valve. An outlet of the throttle valve is connected to an inlet of an evaporator. An outlet of the evaporator and a gaseous outlet of the jetting device are both connected to an inlet of a pressurization component.
US11002467B2	Refrigeration cycle apparatus A refrigeration cycle apparatus capable of performing pump down operation while suppressing degradation in performance is provided. The refrigeration cycle apparatus includes an outdoor heat exchanger, a compressor including an inlet side and an outlet side, at least one indoor heat exchanger, a four-way valve, a check valve including an inlet side and an outlet side, a pipe serving as a first flow path connecting the outlet side of the check valve to the inlet side of the compressor, a first on-off valve, and a refrigerant leak detection device. The refrigeration cycle apparatus is configured such that, when a refrigerant leak is detected by the refrigerant leak detection device, pump down operation is performed as refrigerant transfer operation of transferring the refrigerant from the indoor heat exchanger to the outdoor heat exchanger.
US11002465B2	PTC heater A heating apparatus is disclosed. The heating apparatus comprises a PTC heating element, a first electrode, a second electrode, a first protection layer, a second protection layer, a first interlayer, and a second interlayer. A hardness of the first protection layer is greater than that of the first interlayer. A hardness of the second protection layer is greater than that of the second interlayer.
US11002460B2	Building control system with oversized equipment control and performance display A thermostat for a conditioned space includes a sensor that measures a value of a performance variable of the conditioned space, a user interface that receives a setpoint value from a user and displays information to the user, and a controller. The controller receives values of the performance variable from the sensor over a time period, stores the values of the performance variable, receives the setpoint value from the user interface, and determines a value of a manipulated variable based on the setpoint value and the values of the performance variable. The controller is configured to adjust an operation of HVAC equipment that affect the conditioned space based on the value of the manipulated variable. The controller is configured to determine a smoothed value of the performance variable based on the values of the performance variable and cause the user interface to display the smoothed value.
US11002451B2	Air conditioner An air conditioner according to an aspect of the present invention includes a housing arranged to be mounted on or embedded in a ceiling, a cover panel coupled to a lower portion of the housing, the cover panel including an inlet and an outlet, a blower fan configured to draw in air into the housing through the inlet and discharge air out of the housing through the outlet and a blade configured to open and close the outlet, the blade including a plurality of through holes to control the air discharged out of the housing through the outlet while the blade closes the outlet. With this structure, the air conditioner can discharge air in various ways by varying the wind direction, the wind speed, and the air amount of the discharged air.
US11002448B2	Burner for a portable stove and portable stove The present invention relates to a burner (2) for a portable stove comprising a burner head (3), a mixing tube (4), a plurality of primary air ports (7) being disposed on the mixing tube (4) and an orifice (5) through which a gaseous combustible enters into the mixing tube (3) to form a gaseous mixture with ambient air. The burner head (3) is composed of an upper burner part (8) with a plurality of burner ports (11) and a burner lower part (9), the lower burner part being connectable to the mixing tube (4). The invention is characterized in that a dividing means (13) is disposed within the burner head (3). The dividing means (13) and the lower burner part (9) forming a first flow channel (C1) for the gaseous mixture, and the dividing means (13) and the upper burner part (9) forming a second flow channel (C2) for the gaseous mixture being connected to the first flow channel (C1).
US11002447B2	Electric starter An electric starter is disclosed, for lighting solid fuel such as charcoal or wood. The lighter includes a handle and a heating element coupled to the handle. The heating element may include multiple ignition layers vertically spaced apart.
US11002444B2	Light bulb apparatus with heat dissipation and isolation A light bulb apparatus has a bulb shell, LED modules, a light source plate, an inner tube and an outer cup. The light source plate has a substrate plate. The substrate plate and the inner tube are made of heat dissipation material like metal material. There is a pressing portion of a lateral side of the substrate plate pressing against an inner side of the inner tube part and there is a spacing portion of the lateral side of the substrate plate not engaging the inner side of the inner tube. The outer cup part has top part and a bottom part. The inner cup is placed inside the top part of the outer cup and pressing against the outer cup.
US11002443B2	Lighting system with deformable heat bridge A lighting system includes a lamp that is configured to illuminate. The lamp is coupled to a fixture. A heat bridge is made of a metallic material and is configured to contact the lamp and the fixture, conduct heat from the lamp to the fixture, and deform in response to at least one governing condition.
US11002437B2	Head-mounted illumination devices Illumination devices as include a frame intended to be worn by a user and one or more light sources (e.g., LEDs) positioned by the frame so as to be near a user's zygomatic bones and oriented to project light in a direction of the user's view when the illumination device is worn on the wearer's head. The frame may be shaped to be worn over the user's ears and behind the user's head, and may be made of one or more of plastic, metal and/or a metal alloy, carbon fiber, wood, cellulose acetate, natural horn and/or bone, leather, and an epoxy resin. An optional strap may be retractably attached to connect portions of the frame over the wearer's head. The LEDs may be included in respective panels swivelly mounted to booms of the frame and the panels may further include imaging devices, such as a camera, and/or a projector.
US11002433B2	Light fixture and method for mounting light fixture A light fixture assembly for mounting on a mounting surface of a building material includes: a light fixture. The light fixture comprises a main body comprising a back side surface and a light transmissive side surface opposing the back side surface. The main body has a first dimension from a first lateral edge to a second lateral edge opposing the first lateral edge that is greater than a second dimension from the back side surface to the light transmissive side surface. The assembly further includes a mounting adapter provided at the back side surface, and a plate spring provided at the back side surface and extending along a first direction from the first lateral edge to the second lateral edge. The plate spring is configured to apply a restoring force to the first lateral edge and the second lateral edge.
US11002432B2	Lighting appartus in closet A lighting apparatus includes a light source module, a light passing cover, a base housing, a first end module and a second end module. The light source module includes a plurality of LED modules. These LED modules may have different types. Each type has a different optical parameter, like color temperature, color, light intensity, color rendering index. The light passing cover allows a light of the light source module to pass through. The base housing is connected to the light passing cover forming a container space. The base housing has an elongated shape. The first end module and the second end module are attached at two opposite ends of the base housing for sealing the container space. The first end module is selectively connected to another second end module of another lighting apparatus for routing electricity and a control signal.
US11002429B2	Magnetically coupled movable lighting device A lighting device for illuminating a room or enclosed space comprising: a light source; and a support adapted to support the light source, the support having a surface which defines a guide path. The light source is adapted to be movable relative to the support along the guide path between first and second lighting positions.
US11002428B2	Light regulation device and lighting device A light regulation device includes: a first substrate on which a first electrode layer is provided; a second substrate on which a second electrode layer is provided; and liquid crystals interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first electrode layer includes a plurality of electrode units. Each of the electrode units includes a plurality of electrode strips. Each of the electrode strips is configured to be loaded a different driving voltage signal. The second electrode layer is configured to be loaded a common voltage signal. An exiting direction of light passing through liquid crystals at a position corresponding to each of the electrode units is deflected in the same direction.
US11002427B2	Light emitting device A light emitting device has a covering member. The covering member includes light reflecting material and a second fluorescent material, and a dominant wavelength of an emission spectrum of the second fluorescent material differs from a dominant wavelength of an emission spectrum of the light emitting device by 30 nm or less. The light emitting device emits light with chromaticity that is within a four-sided region on a CIE 1931 chromaticity diagram, where chromaticity coordinates (x, y) are (0.645, 0.335) at a first point, (0.665, 0.335) at a second point, (0.735, 0.265) at a third point, (0.721, 0.259) at a fourth point, and a first line joins the first and second points, a second line joins the second and third points, a third line joins the third and fourth points, and a fourth line joins the fourth and first points to define the four-sided region of the chromaticity diagram.
US11002426B2	Lighting apparatus The present disclosure discloses a lighting apparatus, including a lamp body, an optical element connected with the lamp body, a driving power source assembly, a light source assembly and a reflecting device configured to provide a secondary light distribution for the light source assembly which are received in the lamp body; the reflecting device is provided with a light inlet, a light outlet and a reflecting wall located between the light inlet and the light outlet; the reflecting wall is transparent, and includes an internal surface and an external surface; the internal surface includes a plurality of saw-tooth structures, each of the saw-tooth structures includes a first refracting surface and a second refracting surface intersected with each other, two ends of each of the saw-tooth structures extend towards the light inlet and the light outlet; and the light source assembly is disposed at the light inlet of the reflecting device.
US11002424B2	Configurable lighting system A system can configure a luminaire for providing illumination of a selected color temperature, a selected lumen output, or a selected photometric distribution. The luminaire can comprise at least two light sources that have different illumination characteristics, for example different color temperatures, different lumen outputs, or different photometric distributions. The system can configure the luminaire to operate a first of the two light sources, a second of the two light sources, or both of the light sources based on an input. When the luminaire is configured to operate both of the light sources, the luminaire can produce illumination having a color temperature, a lumen output, or a photometric distribution that is different than either of the two light sources.
US11002423B1	Glass LED bulb and method of production A light device comprising a light emitting diode (LED) enclosed in a glass tube is described. The first closed end of the glass tube has a tapered cross section with a conical shape and a ball at the tip. The second closed end of the glass tube has a melted region encasing a pair of lead wires that pass into the lumen of the glass tube and connect to the LED.
US11002422B1	Vehicle lamp with reflashing access and method of flashing a vehicle lamp A vehicle lamp assembly includes, a lamp housing defining an interior cavity and an exterior surface, a circuit board disposed within the interior cavity, the circuit board including a memory device, microprocessor and a connector for establishing a communication link with the memory device and the microprocessor. A vent opening within the lamp housing aligned with the connector on the circuit board and a permeable membrane is attached over the vent opening. Alignment of the vent opening with the connector provides access for reflashing upon removal of the permeable membrane.
US11002419B2	Linearly polarized light emission by a vehicle headlight for use in a camera-based driver assistance system This disclosure relates to a driver assistance system for a motor vehicle comprising a vehicle headlight, which is designed to illuminate the surroundings of the motor vehicle, and an image capture unit, which is designed to evaluate light having a pre-definable first polarization direction for generating image data as a function of the surroundings of the motor vehicle. The vehicle headlight is designed, during normal operations, in which a pre-definable light output is provided by the vehicle headlight, according to a pre-definable modulation pattern and/or with a pre-definable portion of the light output, to generate linearly polarized light with a second polarization direction to provide lighting for the surroundings. In addition, this disclosure relates to a motor vehicle with such a driver assistance system and a corresponding method.
US11002412B2	Interfitting adapters for lamps First adapter (10) and second adapter (40) are each separately securable to a respective automotive light bar (200, 201) at mutually facing lateral light bar end caps (206). The adapters (10, 40) interfit, such as first adapter (10) having one or more tenons (14; 18) received in shape-conforming recess or mortise (44) of second adapter (40). The coupling assembly formed from interfit first and second adapters (10, 40) sufficiently supports a midspan region of conjoined light bars (200, 201) to permit omission of mounting L-brackets (208) conventionally required at the mutually facing light bar ends (206), thus allowing fewer holes to be drilled in vehicle roof or bumper (212) and resulting in an aesthetically cleaner presentation of the overall lengthened light bar assembly.
US11002408B2	Drainage rack A rack for supporting containers upside down for drainage. The rack includes container holders for maintaining the containers in a desired orientation during the drainage process.
US11002400B2	Piping insulation insert A piping insulation insert that may be inserted in a cut-away portion of insulation wrapping a pipe, wherein the piping insulation insert supports the weight of the pipe against a system by which the insulated pipe is suspended and supported. The insert includes: a length of unistrut having a u-shaped cross-sectional profile, wherein: the exterior surface of the u-shaped unistrut is covered with a first insulating material; a volume defined by the interior surface and the two upper edges of the u-shaped unistrut is packed with a second insulating material; and the two upper edges of the u-shaped unistrut are covered with the first insulating material.
US11002395B2	Push to connect conduit fitting with ferrule A push to connect fitting includes a body member adapted to receive a conduit end, a conduit comprising a first end that can be axially inserted into the body member and a conduit gripping device attached to an exterior surface of the conduit, and a retainer that retains the conduit in place when said conduit is fully inserted into the body member. Additional embodiments include providing a seal with the fitting that seals the exterior surface of the conduit, an optional load retaining sleeve for the conduit gripping device, and an optional gimbal. The push to connect aspect may be realized in the form of a single action unthreaded mechanical connection.
US11002392B2	Pipeline system with automatically closing port A pipeline assembly includes a hollow body having a first opening and a second opening. A valve port fluidly coupled to the first opening is provided on the body and a valve port seat is disposed in the valve port. A shutter is urged against the valve port seat by a spring fluidly de-coupling the second opening from the first opening and the valve port. A valve plug includes a check valve. When the valve plug is disposed in the valve port, the valve plug decouples the shutter from the valve port seat to fluidly couple the first opening and the second opening with a fluid flow in only a first direction when the check valve is in an open condition.
US11002389B2	One-touch pipe connection device A one-touch pipe connection device includes a socket main body portion including a plurality of pipe fitting portions in each of which a pipe is inserted; a sealing portion that provides sealing between the socket main body portion and the pipe; and a cap portion having a through hole through which the pipe is inserted into the pipe fitting portion and configured to be coupled to the pipe fitting portion by rotation while moving towards the pipe fitting portion such that the sealing portion is pressed and deformed to closely contact the pipe.
US11002386B2	Low erosion fluid conduit with sharp section geometry A fluid conduit has a longitudinal flow passage which includes a transverse cross section that is configured as a polygon, such as a convex or a concave polygon.
US11002383B2	Combination securing clips A combination securing clip is provided that includes at least two different connectors each securable to a desired surface and a region securable to a conduit. The region can be directly and/or indirectly secured to the conduit. In some embodiments, the at least two connectors include two different types of connectors—and include a push-in connector and a slide-on connector. Thus, the combination securing clip can include a slide-on connector configured to slide on to a surface to secure the clip to the surface, a push-in connector configured to push in to an opening in the surface to secure the clip to the surface, and a directly and/or indirectly region securable to a conduit.
US11002382B2	Cable guide and detection device with cable guide A cable guide is configured to be detachably attached to a detection device having a cable lead-out portion from which a cable extends in a predetermined direction. The cable guide includes a guide portion configured to change a lead-out direction of the cable with respect to the cable lead-out portion, and an attachment portion configured to attach the guide portion to the detection device.
US11002376B2	One-way check valve A sealing assembly for controlling a flow of fluid through a fluid line has a housing having a first end opposite a second end with a hollow interior extending therebetween and an elastically resilient plug disposed within the hollow interior of the housing. The plug has a body engagable with a seat within the housing and a tension member having a first end connected to the body and a second end connected to the housing. The tension member is pre-loaded in tension to urge the body of the plug against the seat to seal the hollow interior of the housing. The body is movable away from the seat when the plug is acted upon by a fluid pressure greater than a pre-load force of the tension member.
US11002375B2	Multi-channel disc valve assembly A multi-channel disc valve assembly including: a first inlet chamber having a first inlet port; a second inlet chamber having a second inlet port; a multi-channel mixing chamber body having at least one first chamber opening fluidly communicable with the first inlet chamber and at least one second chamber opening fluidly communicable with the second inlet chamber; a first disc valve sub-assembly positioned between the first inlet chamber and the multi-channel mixing chamber body, the first disc valve sub-assembly including a first movable disc; and a second disc valve sub-assembly positioned between the second inlet chamber and the multi-channel mixing chamber body, the second disc valve sub-assembly including a second movable disc; the first and second movable discs being rotatable to respectively alter fluid flow pathways from the first inlet chamber to the multi-channel mixing chamber body and from the second inlet chamber to the multi-channel mixing chamber body.
US11002374B2	Pressure balanced mixing device The invention discloses a pressure balanced mixing device comprising a balanced module including a fixed tube and a movable element including a cylinder which connects with two cups and is between the two cups blocking a cold-water inlet and a hot-water inlet of the fixed tube, wherein each cup has an opening and a base plate, each opening is in communication with a cold-water outlet and a hot-water outlet of the fixed tube. The cylinder has two side walls and two connecting rods. One of the two side walls is separated from the base plate of one of the two cups by a cold-water space, the other side wall is separated from the base plate of the other cup by a hot-water space. The cold-water space and the hot-water space are in communication with the cold-water inlet and the hot-water inlet of the fixed tube, respectively.
US11002371B2	Flow control switch valve A flow regulating switch valve includes a valve core that includes a switch assembly configured to drive a diaphragm assembly to open or close a water outlet, and also includes a flow regulating assembly that comprises a rotating ring, a sliding block, and a magnet. A control key is configured to control the switch assembly. The rotating ring is connected to the control key and includes an inclined plane that transitions from high to low and is configured to drive the sliding block to slide up and down such that the sliding block drives the magnet to move up and down. The magnet is configured to control the diaphragm assembly to regulate a size of the water outlet.
US11002370B2	Apparatus for converting rotational movement to linear movement An apparatus for converting rotational movement into linear movement is disclosed. The apparatus comprises: a screw member having a threaded external surface and a sleeve member having a threaded interior surface for receiving the threaded external surface of the screw member, wherein the threaded surfaces are configured so that rotation of the screw member relative to the sleeve member, in use, causes the screw member to move axially relative to the sleeve member. The apparatus may also comprise a force applicator for applying pressure to the region between the screw member and sleeve member so as to urge the external surface of the screw member and the opposing interior surface of the sleeve member apart from each other.
US11002368B2	Valve assembly with equal percentage flow control A valve assembly is provided. The valve assembly includes a valve body having a valve chamber and a plurality of ports into the valve chamber. The plurality of ports include a first port, a second port, and a third port. The first port and the second port are aligned with a common axis and located on opposite sides of the valve chamber. The system further includes a valve member located within the valve chamber. The valve member is a rotatable ball having a fluid passage that extends through the ball and includes an opening at the end of the ball. The fluid passage is substantially oval-shaped when viewed at the opening in a direction parallel to the fluid passage. The valve assembly further includes a valve stem that is coupled to a valve member and has a first end that extends from the valve body.
US11002363B2	Seal A seal includes: a sealing ring made of a sealing material; and at least one shielding ring made a soft magnetic material for shielding against electromagnetic interfering waves. In an embodiment, the at least one shielding ring is formed by a ferrite ring. In an embodiment, the at least one shielding ring includes at least two shielding rings, the at least two shielding rings being arranged in a functional series connection.
US11002362B2	Shaft seal assembly A shaft seal assembly may include a stator and a rotor. The rotor may be configured to rotate with a shaft, and the stator may be engaged with a housing. The stator and rotor may be configured with radial and/or axial recesses and/or radial and/or axial projections. These various features may be configured such that the stator and rotor cooperate to form a ring cavity. A cooperating ring may be positioned in the ring cavity, and the cooperating ring may be configured such that is circumferentially expandable so that the cooperating ring changes size and/or shape when it rotates as opposed to when it is not rotating.
US11002361B2	Shift control device A shift control device has stepless and stepped shift modes in which a transmission gear ratio of a continuously variable transmission is controlled in stepless and stepwise fashions, respectively, and includes a mode setting unit that switches the shift mode to the stepped shift mode if an engine rotation speed in the stepless shift mode exceeds a switch threshold, a correction-value setting unit that sets a correction value based on the engine rotation speed if the shift mode is to be switched to the stepped shift mode, a shift-threshold setting unit that sets a shift threshold by adding the correction value to the switch threshold if the shift mode is to be switched to the stepped shift mode, and an upshift controller that switches the transmission gear ratio toward a higher side when the engine rotation speed in the stepped shift mode reaches the shift threshold.
US11002360B2	Shift range control apparatus The present disclosure may provide a shift range control apparatus that controls on-off operations of switching elements in a driver circuit, drives a motor, and switches a shift range. The shift range control apparatus may be configured to determine an abnormality of a rotation angle sensor detecting a rotation angle of the motor, to control a drive of the motor using a detection value, and to execute a control which switches an energization phase every energization phase switching period without using the detection value of the rotation angle sensor in response to that the rotation angle sensor is abnormal.
US11002358B2	Method for controlling the displacement of a pump for a hydraulic assistance A method for controlling a transmission device of a vehicle. The device includes a hydraulic transmission. The displacement of the hydraulic pump is controlled so that it delivers to the n hydraulic motors a constant flow that is proportional to the speed of the wheels rotated by the drive. The displacement control of the hydraulic pump is carried out by a correction constant and a correction variable. The correction variable is determined in real time. The correction constant includes the sum of a theoretical constant and an adjusted constant. The theoretical constant is defined according to the theoretical behaviour of the hydraulic transmission. The adjusted constant is defined and corrected when the vehicle is in predetermined conditions of use, in order to reflect the real state of the vehicle.
US11002354B2	Toothed wheel for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle A toothed wheel system for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle is provided. The least one tooth system has a plurality of teeth that follow one another in the circumferential direction of the gear wheel, and at least one elastomer track adjoining the tooth system in the axial direction. The elastomer track is formed as a regular polygon on the outer circumferential side. The number of sides of the polygon correspond to the number of teeth.
US11002351B2	Range-change transmission device A range-change transmission device includes a main shaft, an output shaft, and a range-change unit. The range-change unit has at least one planetary gearbox, which includes at least one first gearbox element, at least one second gearbox element, and at least one third gearbox element. The range-change unit also has at least one shifting device, which is provided at least for the selective connection of the main shaft to the first gearbox element and/or to the second gearbox element.
US11002347B1	Actuator systems and methods An actuator system can be used to adjust a position of a component in a spatial light modulator. The actuator system has a pair of actuators that are coupled together by a frame that is used to adjust the height of the component relative to the substrate. The frame includes a pair of moment arms that are coupled to the actuators and a pair of connecting arms that are coupled to the moment arms. The connecting arms are then connected together at about the center of the frame, which portion of the frame can be used to raise or lower the plate. The center of the frame can be raised or lowered by a shortening or lengthening of the connecting arms relative to each other.
US11002346B2	Rotational drive apparatus with ratcheting mechanism A hand held, hand operated apparatus for rotating, or spinning, rotatably oscillating and/or inducing back and forth longitudinal movement in a device, such as an elongated medical device. A drive shaft of the hand held, hand operated rotational drive apparatus includes a ratcheting mechanism capable of enabling oscillating (repeated forward and reverse) rotation of a device that has been coupled thereto when there is little or no resistance on the rotated device, and of enabling an actuator to return to a position that will enable further forward, or driving, rotation of the drive shaft and the rotated device when resistance on the rotated device prevents the rotated device and the drive shaft from rotating in a reverse direction.
US11002343B2	Tensioner Provided is a tensioner capable of reducing a machining or mounting load and preventing leakage of oil from a surface for mounting a tensioner with a simple configuration. A tension body having a plunger-receiving hole into which a plunger is slidably inserted is configured to have a projection portion on a mounting surface that face a wall surface having an oil discharge hole of amounting target object. The projection portion is configured to be inserted into the oil discharge hole and to be continuously connected to the oil supply path formed in the tensioner body to form an oil passage.
US11002339B2	Power transmission apparatus for a vehicle A power transmission apparatus for a vehicle may include a first input shaft directly connected to a motor/generator, a second and third input shafts coaxial and selectively connectable to the first input shaft, a torque mediating shaft coaxial with the first input shaft, an intermediate shaft and output shaft disposed in parallel with the first input shaft, a first shifting section receiving torque from the third input shaft and outputting a modified torque to the torque mediating shaft, a second shifting section including first planetary gear set, shifting torque of the first input shaft to output the shifted torque to the torque mediating shaft, and selectively stopping the torque mediating shaft, and a third shifting section including second planetary gear set, forming an output torque in combination of torques from the first and second shifting sections and the second input shaft, and outputting the output torque to the output shaft.
US11002335B2	Controllable magneto-rheological device for gas turbine engine A controllable magneto-rheological device includes an annular cylinder formed by inner and outer walls connected at first and second opposing ends and forming an inner shaft configured to receive an operational component of an engine, generator or other device including one or more rotating structures. A magneto-rheological fluid is provided to fill a volume between the inner and outer walls of the annular cylinder. A plurality of electro-magnetic coils are positioned around the outer wall of the annular cylinder. One or more current controllers are coupled to the plurality of electro-magnetic coils for introducing a current through each of the electro-magnetic coils and corresponding magnetic flux through the magneto-rheological fluid. A level of current provided to each of the plurality of electro-magnetic coils directly affects the viscosity of the magneto-rheological fluid and thus the stiffness and damping levels of the controllable magneto-rheological device.
US11002322B2	Clutch and motor A clutch includes a roller arranged between a clutch housing and a driven side rotating body. The roller is rotated about a rotation axis of a drive side rotating body together with the drive side rotating body when the drive side rotating body is rotationally driven. The roller hinders rotation of the driven side rotating body by being sandwiched between the clutch housing and the driven side rotating body when the drive side rotating body is not rotationally driven. The support member sandwiches the roller between the clutch housing and the driven side rotating body. The support member rotates about the rotation axis of the drive side rotating body together with the drive side rotating body. The grease is arranged between the clutch housing and the roller. The support member restricts rotation of the roller about a central axis of the roller.
US11002321B2	Return stop and transfer case comprising a return stop A return stop selectively locks a rotatable inner ring to a stationary outer ring. A cage supports at least two roller pairs, each of which consists of two rollers, wherein a spring element spring-loads the two rollers against the outer ring. Each spring element is a double spring having two spring sections and a connecting section connecting the two spring sections to each other and to the cage. In response to rotation of the cage relative to the inner ring, one roller of each roller pair comes to bear against a ramp of the inner ring and the outer ring. The cage has a driver element at one end face which protrudes axially into the inner ring and can be connected to a contoured section on the inner ring in order to produce positive-locking attachment.
US11002315B2	Rolling bearing having electrical insulating material, and manufacturing process of such rolling bearing A rolling bearing having an annular inner ring and an annular outer ring in relative rotation around a central axis and rolling elements housed between raceways provided in the two rings. At least one of the rings includes two concentric annular ring parts made of metallic material, and an annular layer made of electrically insulating material, the layer being accommodated between the two parts.
US11002314B2	Spherical roller bearing A spherical roller bearing providing an inner ring, an outer ring, rollers for rolling on raceways arranged on the rings, and a cage for holding the rollers spaced apart from each other. The cage having an annular core and a plurality of bars delimitating a plurality of pockets for the rollers, the annular core including two side faces from which the bars protrude axially outwardly, the inner and outer rings being rotatable with respect to each other around a bearing axis. The annular core further provides a plurality of spacing elements that protrude from the side faces of the annular core designed to come into contact with side faces of the rollers in order to prevent the rollers from moving axially towards the center of the bearing.
US11002313B2	Active aerostatic bearing An active aerostatic bearing comprises a first plate and a force actuator. The first plate has a central recess area including an orifice forming an inlet restrictor for pressurized air from a central nozzle. The pressurized air forms an air gap between a guiding surface and the first plate. The force actuator is configured to act to deform the first plate so as to change a shape of the air gap, wherein the actuator is configured to cause a conical deformation of the first plate.
US11002311B2	Vehicle weight measurement device A vehicle weight measurement device includes a diaphragm which covers an opening area of a groove portion of a mounting part to form an oil chamber of a predetermined space together with the groove portion; a pressure sensor which detects a change in pressure of measurement fluid in the oil chamber; a first piston which presses the diaphragm; a second piston which presses the first piston; and a bearing unit interposed between the second piston and a spring bush which receives one end of a spring of a suspension device and is relatively rotatable. The bearing unit includes a thrust needle bearing which swingably supports a load in a longitudinal direction of the suspension device, and a slide bush which does not receive a load in the longitudinal direction and receives a load in a radial direction while causing constant damping to swinging.
US11002307B2	Connecting arrangement between joint partners in the chassis region of a vehicle that can be braced separably against one another A connecting arrangement is provided between joining partners which are braced separably against each other in the chassis region of a vehicle, wherein the joining partners are braced against each other via their contact surfaces by at least one releasable fastening element. Hard particles are applied to the contact surface at least of one of the joining partners before the production of the connecting arrangement and therefore before the bracing mounting of the joining partners and of the fastening element. The hard particles at least partially project into the respectively other contact surface as a result of the bracing mounting. The hard particles are applied so as to be at least approximately abrasion-proof, for example by a blasting process.
US11002305B2	Fastener with continuous detent region A fastener includes a shank having a first end and a second end. The fastener also includes a thread provided on the shank, the thread including a first region having a first thread angle and a second region with a second thread angle, at least a portion of the thread having said first thread angle. The fastener also includes an arcuate detent region in the shank between respective turns of the thread.
US11002301B1	Material flow modifier and apparatus comprising same Material flow modifiers as disclosed herein overcome drawbacks associated with known adverse flow conditions (e.g., surface erosion, head losses, particulate drop-out, and the like) that arise from flow of certain types of materials (e.g., fluids, slurries, particulates, flowable aggregate, and the like) through a material flow conduit. Such material flow modifiers provide for flow of flowable material within a flow passage of a material flow conduit (e.g., a portion of a pipeline, tubing or the like) to have a rotational flow profile. Advantageously, the rotational flow profile centralizes flow toward the central portion of the flow passage, thereby reducing magnitude of laminar flow to overcome the aforementioned adverse flow conditions.
US11002300B2	Flow conditioning system A flow conditioning system for a duct. The flow conditioning system includes a preconditioner that modifies upstream fluid flow that is maldistributed, providing predictable downstream flow to fluid flowing within the duct. The directional flow conditioner also includes a stationary flow geometry structure downstream of the preconditioner. The stationary flow geometry structure further conditions the upstream fluid flow from the preconditioner to provide a downstream flow with a substantially uniform flow profile. The flow conditioning system transforms upstream fluids having a maldistributed flow profile such as may be caused by a component, structure or obstruction within the duct to a substantially uniform flow profile downstream of the flow conditioning system within the available axial duct length so that the fluid may interact efficiently with equipment such as heat exchangers positioned within the duct downstream of the flow conditioning system.
US11002299B1	Pressure wave generator with dynamic reflector of pressure impulse A pressure wave generator with dynamic reflector of pressure impulse is disclosed which comprises an outer fixed and an inner coaxially-rotating cylindrical elements with the given profiled openings of the given shapes and sizes in the solid walls and a dynamic reflector of pressure impulse, configured in the solid wall of the inner rotating cylindrical element having a longitudinal radial-azimuthal variable-concave surface. Such concave surface provides a decomposition of the reflected pressure impulse to a radial and azimuthal component, especially important on the stage of decrease of the pressure amplitude from a maximal value to zero. Variation of the curvature of the radial-azimuthal shape of the concave surface provides a maximal azimuthal component and a minimal radial component of the mechanical reaction of the shaft of the pressure wave generator. The helicoidally-shape of the inner surface of a collector add an azimuthal motion to reflected pressure impulse.
US11002297B2	Method to automatically detect parameter for pressure dynamics control Systems and methods for auto-commissioning first and second valve assemblies associated with an actuator in an electro-hydraulic system are disclosed. In one method, a controller performs an automatic test protocol to determine a bulk modulus over fluid volume parameter used by the controller to control the valve assemblies. In one aspect, the test protocol can include pressurizing each side of the actuator to two different pressures with one of the first and second valve assemblies and blocking the other side of the actuator with the other of the first and second valve assemblies. The bulk modulus over fluid volume parameter for each valve assembly can be calculated based on recorded fluid pressures at the actuator and consumed flow at the first and second valve assemblies.
US11002290B2	Heat exchanger for embedded engine applications: curvilinear plate A curvilinear plate for a heat exchanger is provided. The curvilinear plate can include an inner plate defining a plurality of first grooves and an outer plate defining a plurality of second grooves. The outer plate is attached to the inner plate with the plurality of first grooves and the plurality of second grooves substantially aligned to define a plurality of channels therebetween. Each channel extends from a first opening on a first portion of a first end of the curvilinear plate to a second opening on a second portion of the first end. A method is also generally provided for forming a curvilinear plate.
US11002287B2	Turbo compressor having an inner passage for cooling the motor A turbo compressor includes a driving unit including a stator and a rotor that are configured to generate a rotational force and a rotary shaft that is connected to and rotated by the rotor, an impeller connected to the rotary shaft to pressurize a suction refrigerant in the radial direction of the rotary shaft and a casing that receives the driving unit and the impeller and supports the rotary shaft. The casing includes a first shell to which the stator is fixed and that rotatably supports the rotary shaft, and a second shell that is spaced apart from the first shell and surrounds the first shell. A shell passage is defined between the first and second shells. The discharged refrigerant cools the driving unit, which improves the efficiency of the compressor.
US11002284B2	Impeller shroud with thermal actuator for clearance control in a centrifugal compressor A system for controlling the clearance distance between an impeller blade tip of a centrifugal compressor and a radially inner surface of an impeller shroud in a turbine engine. The system comprises a thermal driver coupled between the impeller shroud and engine casing by hinged linkages. The thermal driver includes an annular ring and annular seal which together define thermal driver cavity. Relatively warm or relatively cool air supplied to the thermal driver cavity cause expansion and contraction, respectively, of the annular ring which is translated by linkages into axially forward and aft motion, respectively.
US11002275B2	Compressor with Oldham assembly A compressor may include a non-orbiting scroll, an orbiting scroll, a driveshaft and an Oldham coupling. The orbiting scroll meshingly engages the non-orbiting scroll. The driveshaft includes a crankpin engaging the orbiting scroll and driving the orbiting scroll in an orbital path relative to the non-orbiting scroll. The Oldham coupling may include an annular body and a plurality of first keys extending from the annular body and slidably received in slots formed in the orbiting scroll. Each of the first keys may include a first post and a first cap attached to the first post. The first posts may be integrally formed with the annular body from a first material. The first caps may be formed from a second material.
US11002274B2	Scroll fluid machine including first and second scroll members Provided is a scroll fluid machine which can appropriately set a tip clearance between a tooth base and a tooth crest having an inclined portion and can achieve desired performance. An inclined portion in which a distance between opposing surfaces of an end plate of a fixed scroll and an end plate of an orbiting scroll facing each other gradually decreases from an outer peripheral side toward an inner peripheral side is provided. A tip clearance between a tooth crest of a wall of the orbiting scroll and a tooth base of the end plate of the fixed scroll facing the tooth crest at normal temperature is greater on the inner peripheral side than on the outer peripheral side.
US11002270B2	Cooling methods for electrically operated diaphragm pumps A diaphragm pump includes motor that drives an armature in a reciprocating linear motion. A first diaphragm is coupled to a first end of the armature, the first diaphragm positioned in a first pumping chamber and configured to pump fluid into and out of the first pumping chamber in response to the reciprocating linear motion of the armature. A cooling intake valve and a cooling exhaust valve are in operative communication with the first diaphragm, wherein as the armature advances to flex the first diaphragm to decrease a volume of the first pumping chamber, the first diaphragm draws ambient air behind the first diaphragm through the cooling intake valve, and wherein as the armature reverses course to cause the first diaphragm to increase the volume of the first pumping chamber, the first diaphragm forces ambient air out of the first pumping chamber through the cooling exhaust valve.
US11002258B2	Port plate for integrated drive generator A port plate for use in an integrated drive generator has a body defining a semi-cylindrical charge port communicating with two circumferentially smaller charge port portions. A diametrically opposed working pressure port has three smaller working pressure ports. A center plane is defined extending through a center axis of a bore within the body and equidistance between circumferential ends of the charge port and the working fluid port. A first angle is defined between the plane and a circumferential end of the smaller charge port. The first angle is between 15 and 25 degrees. An integrated drive generator and a method are also disclosed.
US11002256B2	Movable device A movable device includes an actuator element that deforms about an actuator axis in response to increase or decrease in energy of the actuator element. A driven body is coupled to the actuator element on the actuator axis and turned by deformation of the actuator element. A guide mechanism guides turning of the driven body about a turning axis coaxial with the actuator axis such that torsional deformation of the actuator element is directly transferred to the turning of the driven body.
US11002252B2	Wind installation comprising a wind turbine and an airborne wind energy system A wind installation comprising a wind turbine (1) and an airborne wind energy system (12, 13), e.g. in the form of a kite (12) or a glider (13) is disclosed. The wind turbine (1) is electrically connected to the power grid via a power transmission line (27). The wind installation further comprises an airborne wind energy system (12, 13), e.g. in the form of a kite (12) or a glider (13), for generating electrical energy. The airborne wind energy system (12, 13) comprising a separate generator is coupled to the wind turbine (1) via a cable (6) and the separate generator is electrically connected to the power transmission line (27).
US11002245B2	Agricultural machine with a hydraulically driven generator A hydraulic motor assembly includes a flow controller, a displacement controller and a hydraulic motor. The flow controller controls the flow of hydraulic fluid through the hydraulic motor and the displacement controller controls motor displacement. The hydraulic motor converts the pressure and flow into angular displacement of a drive shaft. An electrical generator is connected to the motor drive shaft and provides electrical power to accommodate a varying electrical load. As the electrical load varies, the flow controller and displacement controller vary the flow and displacement of the hydraulic motor to vary the torque applied to the generator by the drive shaft so that the drive shaft rotates at a desired speed.
US11002244B2	Hydrostatic axial piston machine A hydrostatic axial piston machine includes a housing, a connection plate closing the housing, working connections formed on the connection plate, a drive shaft, a swashplate, a cylinder drum coupled to the shaft in the direction of rotation, bores formed in the drum and each including a piston, a control plate against which the drum bears, a retraction plate for removing a piston from the bores, and a retraction ball arranged in front of the first end face of the drum which surrounds a drum neck of the drum and the shaft and by which the retraction plate is loaded in the direction of the swashplate. A pressure chamber is defined by seals between the retraction ball, the drum, and the shaft, and is configured to be acted upon by a pressure above a housing pressure. The retraction ball is sealed against the drum neck and against the shaft.
US11002240B2	Capacitive car jump starter Disclosed is a capacitive car jump starter. The capacitive car jump starter includes a storage capacitor configured to store electrical energy to start an engine of a motorcar, a standby power supply device configured to input electrical energy to the storage capacitor, a test and indication device configured to test and indicate a power storage condition of the storage capacitor, and a control and protection device configured to control and protect an operation of a connection circuit from overload when the storage capacitor discharges to start the engine of the motorcar. The standby power supply device and the control and protection device are electrically connected to the storage capacitor, and the test and indication device is electrically connected to the control and protection device.
US11002239B2	Control device A control device includes an engine, a starter motor configured to perform engine start, a direct-current-to-direct-current converter, a battery coupled to the starter motor with the direct-current-to-direct-current interposed therebetween, and a controller. The controller is configured to execute control of switching between first and second traveling modes. The direct-current-to-direct-current converter is configured to supply an electric power of the battery to the starter motor, and to lower an output voltage to be supplied thereto. The controller is configured to execute output limit control of lowering the output voltage to lower the output current, in a case where an output current of the direct-current-to-direct-current converter becomes equal to or higher than a threshold. The controller is configured to initiate boost permitting control when initiating the engine start in association with switching from the second to first traveling mode. The boost permitting control makes the threshold higher than a usual threshold.
US11002238B2	Method and system for starting an engine Methods and systems for starting an aircraft propulsion engine are described herein. Operation of the engine is controlled by an engine controller having a first channel and a second channel. An engine start request is received on the second channel while the first channel is inactive. It is determined which one of the first channel and the second channel was used to conduct a last successful engine start. Responsive to determining that the last successful engine start was conducted on the second channel, a predetermined time period is waited to elapse and for the first channel to reinitialize before commanding, via the first channel, an engine start based on the engine start request.
US11002236B2	High-pressure fuel supply pump An object of the present invention is to supply a high-pressure fuel supply pump capable of holding a spring holding member while reducing the height of the pump body.A high-pressure fuel supply pump is provided with a pump body for forming a pressurizing chamber at an inner wall portion, and a flange portion for fixing the pump body to a high-pressure fuel supply pump mounting portion. The high-pressure fuel supply pump is provided with a cylinder and a spring holding member. The cylinder is inserted into a hole portion of the pump body from a lower side and in which the pressurizing chamber is formed further above an uppermost end surface. The spring holding member has an outer peripheral portion press-fitted and fixed to the pump body and a holding portion holding a spring portion for biasing the pump body between the outer peripheral portion and the inner peripheral portion. A spring-side lowest end portion of the holding surface of the spring holding member is disposed above the lowermost end portion of the flange portion.
US11002233B1	Single-fluid common rail fuel injector with fuel recovery fitting and engine system using same An internal combustion engine system includes an engine head, a pressurized fuel supply conduit, and a fuel return conduit. Fuel injectors are positioned in fuel injector bores in the engine head, and each include an intensifier plunger, a nozzle check, an injection control valve, and an intensifier control valve. Fuel recovery fittings are coupled to the plurality of fuel injectors and each fluidly connect an actuation fuel outlet in one of the fuel injectors to the fuel return conduit.
US11002230B2	Air cleaner There is provided an air cleaner including: an outlet pipe through which air is discharged; an airflow meter that is inserted toward an interior of the outlet pipe through a wall of the outlet pipe; and a flow-regulating member that is formed projecting from an inner surface of the outlet pipe at a side of the airflow meter, the flow-regulating member including an edge that is formed with a peaked shape with respect to the inner surface and that runs along a direction of flow of air, a rear end that is formed at a downstream end of the edge in the direction of flow, and that is shaped cut sharply toward the inner surface and a width-narrowing portion that decreases in width in a circumferential direction of the outlet pipe on progression downstream in the direction of flow.
US11002227B2	Engine and mixed-gas intake device thereof A mixed-gas intake device of an engine comprises an air intake duct. A side wall of the air intake duct is provided with an exhaust inlet. The mixed-gas intake device is characterized in that the same also comprises blades disposed in the air intake duct and a flow control device used for adjusting the distance between two adjacent blades. The blades are arranged at an exhaust inlet end. The multiple blades are arranged in a ring. An exhaust intake space is formed between the side wall of the air intake duct and the blades. The mixed-gas intake device uses the flow control device to adjust the distance between two adjacent blades, so as to adjust the amount of input exhaust, thereby eliminating the need to install a dedicated valve. The multiple blades are arranged in a ring, such that exhaust is evenly mixed with air after entering the air intake duct, thereby eliminating the need to install a dedicated mixer, and effectively reducing the overall volume of the mixed-gas intake device. Further disclosed is an engine comprising the mixed-gas intake device.
US11002222B2	Systems and methods for thrust reverser with temperature and fluid management A thrust reverser system for a gas turbine engine includes at least one hinge coupled to the thrust reverser system so as to be adjacent to at least one opening defined in the thrust reverser system. The thrust reverser system includes at least one body coupled to the at least one hinge. The at least one body has a first body end and an opposing second body end. The body pivotally coupled to the hinge such that a portion of the body is positionable within the at least one opening and the body includes at least one counterweight at the first body end or the second body end. The body is positioned within the at least one opening based on an operating condition of the gas turbine engine.
US11002221B2	Acoustic cavity tailored synthetic jet An acoustic cavity tailored synthetic jet employs a body having a cavity with a wall including a taper from a first extent to an aperture. The cavity is configured to produce a matched acoustic resonance. A drive system has a piston engaged to the cavity at the first extent. The drive system and piston are configured for oscillatory motion inducing a synthetic jet at the aperture.
US11002216B1	Cylinder liner and cylinder liner-piston assembly for abnormal combustion protection in an engine An engine includes a cylinder liner and a piston movable within the cylinder liner, a crevice formed between a top land of the piston and the cylinder liner, and an oil entry clearance formed between a top ring of the piston and the cylinder liner. The engine also includes an abnormal combustion inhibitor having an oil recapture surface exposed to the crevice and oriented to limit migration of oil from the crevice toward a combustion chamber in the engine. The abnormal combustion inhibitor includes a groove structure having as a substrate at least one of the cylinder liner or the piston. Related methodology is also disclosed.
US11002215B2	Engine control device, engine control method, and engine system A controller for controlling a fuel injection valve and a fuel pressure adjustment mechanism integrates a deposition amount of deposits per unit time, and estimates a deposition amount of deposits on an injection hole of the fuel injection valve. The controller causes the fuel pressure adjustment mechanism to increase a fuel pressure, when the estimated deposition amount exceeds a predetermined value, and corrects the unit deposition amount acquired by the deposition amount estimation according to the set fuel injection timing of the fuel injection valve. The controller corrects such that as compared with the unit deposition amount when the fuel injection timing is set to a first timing away from a top dead center of the piston by a first period, the unit deposition amount decreases when the fuel injection timing is set to a second timing away by a second period longer than the first period.
US11002213B2	Internal combustion engine control device and control method Provided are an internal combustion engine control device and control method in which a multi-injection process comprises performing an intake synchronized injection and an intake asynchronous injection to inject a required injection amount of fuel by operating a port injection valve for injecting fuel into an intake passageway. A variable process includes variably setting an injection timing for the intake synchronized injection on the basis of at least two of three parameters. The injection timing for the intake synchronized injection is expressed by the rotation angle of a crank shaft of an internal combustion engine. The three parameters include a rotational speed of the crank shaft of the internal combustion engine, a valve-opening start timing of an intake valve, and a temperature of an intake system of the internal combustion engine.
US11002210B2	Method and system for improving efficiency of a particulate filter An engine system and method for operating an engine that includes a particulate filter is described. In one example, soot loading of a green particulate filter is increased to improve efficiency of the green particulate filter. The soot loading of the green particulate filter may be expedited so that by the time a vehicle reaches a customer or testing facility, the green particulate filter may be operating at a desired efficiency level.
US11002208B2	In-vehicle control device An in-vehicle control device carries out fuel cut-off for stopping fuel injection from a fuel injection valve when a prescribed fuel cut-off condition including that a lockup clutch with which a torque converter is equipped is engaged and that an accelerator is off is fulfilled. Besides, the in-vehicle control device performs a fuel cut-off suspension process for carrying out fuel injection from the fuel injection valve and releasing the lockup clutch when there is a request to suspend fuel cut-off with the accelerator off. Also, the in-vehicle control device performs a speed increase process for performing shift control of an automatic transmission such that the rotational speed of a turbine impeller with which the torque converter is equipped becomes higher while the fuel cut-off suspension process is performed than when fuel cut-off is carried out.
US11002207B2	Method for setting an ignition point of a drive device and a corresponding drive device utilizing the method A method for operating a drive device with an internal combustion engine and an exhaust gas turbocharger associated with an internal combustion engine. The internal combustion engine is connected to an intake tract provided with a throttle valve. A specified ignition point is determined from a rotational speed of an internal combustion engine. At the same time with a target load jump of the internal combustion engine from an actual torque to a target torque with a full opening of the throttle valve by setting a first target ignition point which is later than the specified ignition point, a target reserve is built up and the actual torque is increased at the same time. The target reserve is used prior to reaching the target torque with the actual torque by setting a second target ignition point which is earlier than the first ignition point, and in addition is used to increase the actual torque.
US11002200B2	Evaporated fuel processing device An evaporated fuel processing device includes a relationship learning unit that, during a learning operation, learns the relationship between a valve opening start amount and a pressure difference. In particular, the relationship learning unit learns this relationship when a valve opening detection unit detects a plurality of different valve opening start amounts and a pressure difference detection unit detects a plurality of different pressure differences. Then, the relationship learning unit creates a relationship map between the valve opening start amount and the pressure difference. The evaporated fuel processing device then corrects the valve opening start amount based on this relationship map.
US11002198B2	Vehicle generator control method and system thereof Provided is a vehicle generator control method. An engine ECU controls the generator according to an operating condition of the engine, and the control process is as follows: when the engine ECU determines that the engine is in a starting condition, the engine ECU controls a generator separately excited loop to be disconnected, so that the generator does not generate electricity; and when the engine ECU determines that the engine enters an idling condition, the engine ECU controls the generator separately excited loop to be closed, so that the generator is started to generate electricity, and after the generator is started to generate electricity, the generator carries out normal electricity generation until the engine stops operating. Through the vehicle generator control method, the starting load of the engine can be effectively reduced, and cold starting capacity is improved. Also provided is a vehicle generator control system.
US11002197B2	Control device for internal combustion engine A control device for an internal combustion engine includes an intake air amount controller and a variable valve controller. The intake air amount controller includes an exhaust manifold pressure calculator, an engine intake air amount calculator, a volumetric efficiency correction coefficient calculator, a cylinder intake air amount calculator, an exhaust gas flow rate calculator, and a cylinder intake air amount controller. The volumetric efficiency correction coefficient calculator calculates a volumetric efficiency correction coefficient based on a pressure ratio between an intake manifold pressure and an exhaust manifold pressure, a rotational speed of the internal combustion engine, and an actuation state of at least one of an intake valve and an exhaust valve.
US11002195B2	Intercooled cooling air with auxiliary compressor control A gas turbine engine includes a main compressor section with a downstream most location. A turbine section has a high pressure turbine. A tap line is connected to tap air from a location upstream of the downstream most location in the main compressor section. The tapped air is connected to a heat exchanger and then to a cooling compressor. The cooling compressor compresses air downstream of the heat exchanger, and is connected to deliver air into the high pressure turbine. A bypass valve is positioned downstream of the main compressor section, and upstream of the heat exchanger. The bypass valve selectively delivers air directly to the cooling compressor without passing through the heat exchanger under certain conditions.
US11002193B2	Fuel injector systems and support structures A turbomachine fuel injector system includes an air distributor configured to be mounted to and contained within a casing and to provide air to mix with a fuel from one or more fuel distribution systems. The system includes a fuel manifold configured to be mounted indirectly to the casing such that the fuel manifold system is contained within the casing but is independent such that fuel manifold does not touch or directly mount to either an interior of the casing or touch the air distributor within the casing to prevent or reduce thermal transfer from the air distributor to the fuel manifold.
US11002189B2	Mobile gas turbine inlet air conditioning system and associated methods A system, as well as associated methods, for increasing the efficiency of a gas turbine including an inlet assembly and a compressor may include a housing configured to channel airstream towards the inlet assembly, an air treatment module positioned at a proximal end the housing, and at least one air conditioning module mounted downstream of the air treatment module for adjusting the temperature of the airstream entering the compressor. The air treatment module may include a plurality of inlet air filters and at least one blower configured to pressurize the air entering the air treatment module.
US11002185B2	Compounded internal combustion engine There is disclosed a method of operating an engine assembly, including: driving a load with an internal combustion engine and an output of a turbine section, the turbine section driven by combustion gases from an exhaust the internal combustion engine; and injecting fuel upstream of the turbine section and downstream of the exhaust of the internal combustion engine. An engine assembly having a secondary injector for injecting fuel upstream of the turbine section and downstream of the combustion engine is also disclosed.
US11002184B2	Power generator management system A power generator management system comprises a plurality of power generators, and an information processing apparatus configured to process information acquired from the plurality of power generators. Each power generator comprises: a detection unit configured to detect a remaining fuel amount in a fuel tank of the power generator; a position acquisition unit configured to acquire position information of the power generator; a state acquisition unit configured to acquire information representing an operating state of the power generator; and a communication unit configured to transmit the remaining fuel amount, the position information, and information representing the operating state to the information processing apparatus, and the information processing apparatus comprises a processing unit configured to acquire a margin level of power supply in each of the plurality of power generators and provide a result of the acquisition.
US11002183B1	Portable generator set A portable generator set (1) comprises an engine (6), a generator (7), a fuel tank (8), and a housing (5). The engine (6), the generator (7), and the fuel tank (8) are accommodated in the housing (5). The fuel tank (8) is constructed by a fuel tank housing (805), a fuel tank port (801), a fuel tank cap (802), and a fuel tank top surface (808). A protrusion structure protruding outward is provided on the fuel tank top surface (808). A hollow cavity (809) communicated with the inner cavity of the fuel tank (8) is formed on the inner side of the protrusion structure, such that fuel in the fuel tank (8) can enter the hollow cavity (809) when the generator set (1) is obliquely reclined. The generator set can be obliquely reclined, thereby improving security and facilitating transportation and storage of the generator set.
US11002180B2	Method and apparatus for securing communications using multiple encryption keys The disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for acquiring an electronic file. The method for acquiring an electronic file comprises: sending a first request message for acquiring an electronic file to a platform server, wherein the first request message carries a first identifier of an information providing server providing the electronic file; receiving first prompt information returned from the platform server according to the first request message; determining first verification information for identity authentication according to the first prompt information, and sending the first verification information to the platform server; and receiving the electronic file forwarded by the platform server, wherein the electronic file is from the information providing server, and private information in the electronic file is encrypted through a first encryption key of the information providing server. The technical solutions in the disclosed embodiments can effectively protect private information of a user from being leaked by a platform server, thereby ensuring privacy security of the user.
US11002179B2	Methods and systems for control of coolant flow through an engine coolant system Methods and systems are provided for controlling coolant flow through parallel branches of a coolant circuit including an AC condenser and a charge air cooler. Flow is apportioned through each of an air-conditioning condenser, a charge air cooler (CAC), and a transmission oil cooler (TOC) of the coolant circuit to maintain an estimated transmission oil temperature (TOT) below a threshold. The TOT is estimated from a torque converter slip ratio.
US11002178B1	Methods and systems for a pre-chamber Methods and systems are provided for a pre-chamber. In one example, a pre-chamber comprises a plurality of venturi passages fluidly coupling it to a primary combustion chamber. The plurality of venturi passages may be configured to assist in drawing out residual gases from a previous combustion event during a current combustion event.
US11002177B2	System and method for staged pre-chamber purging An internal combustion engine includes low and high pressure turbochargers connected in series. An engine cylinder has an intake valve that fluidly connects a main chamber of the engine cylinder with an outlet of the high pressure compressor through an intake passage. An exhaust gas recirculation passage is fluidly interconnected between exhaust and intake conduits. A pre-chamber encloses a spark plug and is fluidly open with the main chamber of the engine cylinder. A first fluid path extends from the intake passage directly to the pre-chamber, and a second fluid path extends from the intermediate passage directly to the pre-chamber.
US11002175B2	System and method involving a variable speed cooling fan used with a compressor and an internal combustion engine A system and method of a variable speed cooling fan for a skid mounted compressor. A magnetic variable speed clutch is mounted to the cooling fan drive shaft. The clutch mechanism is driven via by a drive pulley on the crankshaft of the engine driving the compressor. The speed of the fan is varied dependent upon the temperature of the fluids being cooled.
US11002172B2	Method and system for exhaust-gas heat management A exhaust-gas heat management system includes a catalytic converter in the exhaust-gas train of an internal-combustion engine, a cover enclosing the catalytic converter, and thereby realizing a cavity for holding a latent-heat storage PCM, at least two fluid connections between the cavity and the collecting vessel, and a pump device for activating and deactivating a PCM circuit between the cavity and the collecting vessel by means of the fluid connections. A method comprises determining an operating state of the internal combustion engine, determining the catalytic converter temperature, determining the PCM temperature, activating the PCM circuit if the PCM temperature is above a phase transition temperature of the PCM, and the internal combustion engine is in a switched-on operating state or the internal combustion engine is in a switched-off operating state and the catalytic converter temperature is below a light-off temperature of the catalytic converter.
US11002169B2	Process for manufacturing an exhaust system and exhaust system A process for manufacturing an exhaust system for an internal combustion engine includes the steps: a) providing at least one exhaust gas-carrying component (12, 18) for the exhaust system (10); b) applying a basic material layer (24, 26) to at least one area of a surface of at least one of the exhaust gas-carrying components (12, 16) in a high-temperature application process; and c) applying a catalytically active material layer (28, 30) to the basic material layer (24, 26) in a low-temperature application process.
US11002168B2	Ashing a particulate filter in a motor vehicle A method is provided for operating an internal combustion engine in a motor vehicle, The internal combustion engine has at least one cylinder with a combustion chamber, a water injection unit with a tank and at least one injection nozzle for directly or indirectly injecting water into the combustion chamber, an exhaust gas system with at least one exhaust gas catalytic converter and a particulate filter device which has a particulate filter for filtering particles out of an exhaust gas flow guided in the exhaust gas system. A control unit is provide for a state monitoring process and for controlling the combustion in the cylinder.
US11002165B2	Muffler for an internal combustion engine A muffler has a housing enclosing a plurality of chambers. A first flow path extends from an inlet to an outlet passing through a bypass chamber. A flow tube has a plurality of perforations being open to a chamber other than the bypass chamber. A second in flow path passes from the inlet to the outlet without passing through the bypass chamber and passing through the perforations. Exhaust gas is introduced into the muffler via the inlet and discharged therefrom via the outlet. A first portion of the exhaust gas flows from the inlet to the outlet along the first flow path. A second portion of the exhaust gas flows from the inlet to the outlet along the second flow path, the first and second portions mixing at least in the outlet chamber. A semi-closed tube has an open end being open to one of the chambers and a closed end.
US11002149B2	Ice crystal protection for a gas turbine engine A gas turbine engine includes a fan mounted to rotate about a main longitudinal axis; an engine core, including a compressor, a combustor, and turbine coupled to the compressor through a shaft; and reduction gearbox; wherein the compressor includes a plurality of stages, each stage including a respective rotor and stator, a first stage of the plurality of stages being arranged at an inlet and including a first rotor with a plurality of blades; each blade extending chordwise from a leading edge to a trailing edge, and from root to tip for a span height, wherein 0% of the span height corresponds to the root and 100% of span height corresponds to tip; wherein the ratio of a maximum leading edge radius of the first rotor blades to a minimum leading edge radius of the first rotor blades is included between 2.2 and 3.5.
US11002148B2	Method for forming a composite part of a gas turbine engine A method for forming a composite part of a gas turbine engine. The method includes assembling the composite part of a first composite material and a second composite material. The second composite material defines an outer surface of the composite part, and is selected to be curable at a cure temperature generated by heat from operation of the engine. The first composite material is selected to have an operating temperature limit less than the cure temperature. The method includes placing the composite part within the engine so that, in use, the second composite material is cured by exposure to the heat generated from operation of the engine. The second composite material thermally shields the first composite material from the heat generated from operation of the engine. The method includes operating the engine to cure the second composite material.
US11002145B2	Method for manufacturing a turbine engine casing with abradable coating A method for manufacturing a panel for supporting at least one cartridge of abradable material for a turbine engine casing, the panel including at least one block of material and a rigid panel covering the at least one block of material, except for a free outer surface configured to be fixed to an inner surface of the casing, including: a step of machining the outer surface of the block of material according to a three-dimensional profile configured to match that of the inner surface of the casing, and a step of fixing the machined block to the rigid panel.
US11002139B2	Cooled polymer component A polymer airfoil assembly is disclosed and includes at least one cooling passage for circulating coolant to remove heat from the polymer airfoil portion.
US11002127B2	Rock drilling device A method of monitoring a rock drilling and a rock drilling device includes generating a stress wave, which propagates in a tool of the rock drilling device, measuring the stress wave propagating in the tool and measuring a drilling parameter indicating a drilling penetration rate. The method further includes identifying, from the measured stress wave propagating in the tool, at least one of a compressive stress wave and a tensile stress wave of a reflected stress wave reflected from a rock to be drilled back to the tool, determining at least one property of the at least one of the compressive stress wave and the tensile stress wave of the reflected stress wave, detecting, on the basis of a change in the at least one property of the at least one of the compressive stress wave and the tensile stress wave, that the tool is approaching the cavity.
US11002124B2	Downhole device and downhole system The present invention relates to a downhole device for being moved downwards in a well by fluid to assist stimulation of a production zone of the well, the well comprising a well tubular structure having a first opening and a first movable sleeve arranged opposite the first opening, and the well tubular structure having an inner diameter, the downhole device having an axial extension, and comprising: a first part comprising two projection elements having a profile matching grooves in the sleeve, and a second part comprising: a body, two anchor elements projectable from the body for anchoring the second part in the well tubular structure, and a sealing element configured to seal against the well tubular structure, the downhole device further comprising: a displacement mechanism comprising a piston movable within a piston cylinder to displace, in the axial extension, the first part in relation to the second part when anchored in the well tubular structure to operate the sleeve. The invention also relates to a downhole system for stimulating a formation surrounding a well tubular structure of a well. Finally, the present invention relates to a stimulation method for stimulating a formation by means of a downhole system according to the invention.
US11002116B2	Parallel-processing of invasion percolation for large-scale, high-resolution simulation of secondary hydrocarbon migration A parallel-processing hydrocarbon (HC) migration and accumulation methodology is applied to basin data to determine migration pathways and traps for high-resolution petroleum system modeling. HC is determined in parallel to have been expelled in source rocks associated with a plurality of grid cells divided into one or more subdomains. Potential trap peaks are identified within the plurality of grid cells. An invasion percolation (IP) process is performed until the HC stops migrating upon arrival to the plurality of trap peaks. A determination is made as to whether the grid cells containing HC contains an excess volume of HC. An accumulation process is performed to model the filling of the HC at a trap associated with the identified potential trap peaks. The trap boundary cell list is updated in parallel together with an HC potential value. Trap filling terminates when excess HC is depleted or a spill point is reached.
US11002113B2	Parallel-processing of invasion percolation for large-scale, high-resolution simulation of secondary hydrocarbon migration A parallel-processing hydrocarbon (HC) migration and accumulation methodology is applied to basin data to determine migration pathways and traps for high-resolution petroleum system modeling. HC is determined in parallel to have been expelled in source rocks associated with a plurality of grid cells divided into one or more subdomains. Potential trap peaks are identified within the plurality of grid cells. An invasion percolation (IP) process is performed until the HC stops migrating upon arrival to the plurality of trap peaks. A determination is made as to whether the grid cells containing HC contains an excess volume of HC. An accumulation process is performed to model the filling of the HC at a trap associated with the identified potential trap peaks. The trap boundary cell list is updated in parallel together with an HC potential value. Trap filling terminates when excess HC is depleted or a spill point is reached.
US11002108B2	Systems and methods for smart multi-function hole cleaning sub Systems and methods for drilling optimization of a subterranean well include securing a multifunction sub in line with a tubular string. A nozzle provides a fluid flow path from the central bore through a sidewall of the sub body, the nozzle oriented in a direction so that the fluid flow path directs a wellbore fluid from within the central bore in a direction uphole. A valve system can move between a closed position where the fluid flow path of the nozzle is closed, and at least one open position where the wellbore fluid can pass through the fluid flow path. A control system is operable to receive information and provide a signal to move the valve system. The tubular string is moved into a bore of the subterranean well and information is delivered to the control system to regulate the flow of wellbore fluid through the nozzle.
US11002105B2	Downhole tool with recessed buttons A downhole tool includes an engaging member configured to increase in radial dimension from a run-in configuration to a set configuration, and to engage a surrounding tubular in the set configuration, and a plurality of buttons embedded in the engaging member. The plurality of buttons are positioned in radial alignment with or radially inward of an outer surface of the engaging member until at least a portion of the engaging member is increased in the radial dimension. The plurality of buttons are configured to extend radially outward of the outer surface of the engaging member and engage the surrounding tubular in when the radial dimension of the at least a portion of the engaging member is increased.
US11002103B2	Downhole system with sliding sleeve A downhole system for completing a well includes a well tubular metal structure including an inside having an inside pressure, an opening and an axial extension, and a sliding sleeve movable along the axial extension between a first position in which the sliding sleeve seals off the opening and a second position in which fluid communication between the borehole and the inside of the well tubular metal structure is allowed. The sliding sleeve has a first sealing element arranged on one side of the opening and a second sealing element arranged on the other side of the opening in the first position A pressure reducing mechanism is arranged in relation to the first sealing element for reducing a pressure exerted on the first sealing element while moving the sliding sleeve from the first position to the second position.
US11002100B2	Fishing tool with electric release A fishing tool (1) configured to retrieve a fish (100) from a wellbore, having a fish engagement arrangement (3) with fish engagement means (5) configured to lock the fishing tool to the fish inside a well. The fishing tool (1) has an electrically actuated fish disengagement arrangement (4), which is configured to unlock the fishing tool from the fish, wherein the fish disengagement arrangement (4) comprises an electric actuator (13). The fish disengagement arrangement (4) comprises a direct mechanical force link (6) between the electric actuator (13) and the fish engagement means (5), wherein the direct mechanical force link is configured to connect a mechanical force from the electric actuator (13) to the fish engagement means (5).
US11002098B2	Downhole patching setting tool A downhole patch setting tool for expanding a patch over a distance of 10+ metres in a well, has a top and a tool body having a bore, an outer face, a first end and a second end, the second end being arranged closer to the top than the first end, the bore at least extending from a first bladder assembly to a second bladder assembly, an expandable metal patch, the first bladder assembly and the second bladder assembly creating an annular space therebetween, the expandable metal patch having an inner diameter in an unexpanded condition, the tool body having a first and second openings, providing fluid communication between the bore and the first bladder assembly and the second bladder assembly to allow pressurised fluid to expand the bladder assemblies, and a valve arrange to control passage of the pressurised fluid from the bore to the annular space.
US11002095B2	Down well pipe cutter having a plurality of cutting heads A cutting head assembly uses multiple cutting heads directing ultra-high pressure fluid in different directions towards an inner surface of a pipe to be cut in order to complete a full cut of the pipe while rotating or revolving the multiple cutting heads less than 360 degrees relative to central axis. The ultra-high pressure fluid mixes with abrasive inside fittings on or near each of the nozzles to further assist with cutting through the pipe. Some cutting head assemblies have two nozzles, while other cutting head assemblies have three or four nozzles.
US11002094B2	Three-dimensional hydraulic oscillator A three-dimensional hydraulic oscillator includes an upper casing, a lower casing screwed with the upper casing, an upper joint screwed with the upper casing, a lower joint screwed with the lower casing and a screw. An upper rotating shaft is mounted in the upper casing. A turbine group is mounted on the upper rotating shaft. An upper cam is fixed to the upper rotating shaft. A lower cam is movably mounted in the upper casing. The upper cam contacts with the lower cam. The screw is mounted in the upper casing and fixed to the lower cam. A lower rotating shaft is mounted in the lower casing. An eccentric block is fixed on the lower rotating shaft. A lower roulette is fixed to the lower rotating shaft. A shaft cap is disposed above the lower roulette. An upper roulette is mounted on the screw and meshed with the lower roulette.
US11002090B2	Handling apparatus and method for supplying drill rods The invention relates to a handling apparatus and a method for supplying drill rods or casings to a drilling rig, comprising a track for receiving and supplying a drill rod or casing, a rear sledge, on which a rear end portion of the drill rod to be supplied is mounted and which can be moved along the track by means of a sledge drive arrangement, and a front sledge, on which a front end portion of the drill rod or casing to be supplied is mounted and which can be moved along the track, wherein the rear sledge and the front sledge can be releasably connected to each other by means of a linking device.
US11002087B2	Elevator with independent articulation of certain jaws for lifting tubulars of various sizes A system including an elevator to move a tubular, the elevator including two or more remotely operable latches that can configure the elevator to handle various tubular diameters. A portion of the latches can be laterally offset from each other and another portion can overlap adjacent latches. The elevator can be Atmosphere Explosible (ATEX) certified or International Electrotechnical Commission for Explosive Atmospheres (IECEx) certified according to explosive (EX) Zone 1 requirements with an electronics enclosure contained within a sealed chamber. The elevator can be rotated greater than 90 degrees relative to a pair of links that support the elevator. The elevator can use rotary actuators to operate the latches and rotate the housing of the elevator.
US11002086B2	Pipe handler A pipe handler comprising a body defining an axis; a slide adapted to translate in a direction parallel with the axis; and a plurality of grippers, wherein at least one of the plurality of grippers is adapted to translate in a direction generally perpendicular to the axis upon translation of the slide and selectively contact a threaded interface of an inner surface of a tubular.
US11002085B2	Offshore drilling vessel and method An offshore drilling vessel includes a floating hull subjected to heave motion. The hull includes a moonpool and a drilling tower near the moonpool. A drilling tubulars storage rack is provided for storage of drilling tubulars. The vessel includes a heave motion compensation support that is adapted to support a slip device whilst performing heave compensation motion relative to the heaving motion of the vessel. A racking device is provided with a heave motion synchronization system that is adapted to bring a tubular retrieved from the storage rack in heave motion into a vertical motion that is synchronous with the heave compensation motion of the string slip device. The racking device includes vertical rails and at least two separate motion arm assemblies mounted on said vertical rails. Each separate motion arm assembly includes its own vertical drive which is electrically connected to the heave motion synchronization system.
US11002082B2	Millable bit to whipstock connector A departure device couples to a bit using a connector that facilitates release of the bit from the departure device. The connector may be more millable than the departure device and can transmit axial and torque loads between the bit and the departure device. The connector may include a material having lesser strength or hardness than the departure device, and may be millable by the bit. Another example connector may have connection points with the bit, and a movable member of the departure device may a force to the connector and contribute to releasing the connection between the bit and the departure device. A tensile connector between the bit and the movable member may apply a tension force to the movable member, urging the movable member toward an extended position in which the movable member is aligned coherently with a sloped face of the departure device.
US11002081B2	Polycrystalline diamond cutter with high wear resistance and strength A cutting element has a thermally stable polycrystalline diamond layer formed on an upper side of a polycrystalline diamond layer. The cutting element has a cutting face opposite the polycrystalline diamond layer, a transition layer on a side of the polycrystalline diamond layer opposite the thermally stable polycrystalline diamond layer, and a non-planar interface between the transition layer and the polycrystalline diamond layer. The non-planar interface has a perimeter exposed around a side surface of the cutting element encircling an interior of the non-planar interface and an uppermost portion of the perimeter is a distance from the cutting face greater than an axial distance between the cutting face and the interior.
US11002080B2	Staged underreamer cutter block A cutter block includes a formation facing surface having a staged cutting profile and one or more stabilizer pads may be located between reaming portions. A shorter stabilizer pad or no stabilizer pad may be at the gauge of the cutter block. A spline on the cutter block and used by a downhole cutting apparatus to move the cutter block may intersect the formation facing surface. The spline may form an extension that increases a width of the formation facing surface. The extension may be located at a stabilizer pad to expand the stabilizer pad, such that the extension rotationally leads or trails cutting structure of the cutter block. When the cutter block is expanded, a stabilizer pad may be at a pilot diameter of a wellbore, while some cutting elements may be radially outside, and others radially within, the pilot diameter of the wellbore.
US11002075B1	Mine drilling system and related method A system for drilling one or more boreholes in a face of a mine passage including markers attached to the mine passage. A drilling machine includes one or more drills for drilling the one or more boreholes, and a first sensor for sensing a position of the markers. Based on the sensed position of the at least two markers, a computer determines: (i) a survey vector generally parallel to the line; and (ii) a face plane generally orthogonal to the survey vector and coincident with a location where the survey vector intersects the face. A controller may be provided for automatically controlling the feeding of the drill(s) based on the location of the face plane and the back plane to form the boreholes in the face. A back plane may also be determined to ensure that all boreholes are drilled to a corresponding depth. Related methods are also disclosed.
US11002073B2	Apparatus and method for extending door brake lifespan The present disclosure includes a retrofitted door brake cam. The retrofitted door brake cam may, in various embodiments, comprise a hub comprising a cylindrical central axle, a plurality of projections extending radially away from an outer circumference of the central axle, and/or a cam comprising a plurality of pins that hold the projections away from a channel wall of a brake housing. The pins may be configured to break away from the cam to release the projections into contact with the channel wall, and the pins may be fitted with a cover, such that the pins are capable of withstanding abrasion and wear. The cover may comprise a cylinder having an axially running aperture, and/or a beveled edge that shaves a layer of the outer surface from one of the plurality of pins as it is fitted over the pin.
US11002071B2	Architectural roller shade housing with adjustable battery compartment A battery operated shade is provided adapted to adjustably cover a structural opening. The shade generally comprises a shade material extending from a top end to a bottom end and a motor drive unit operably connected to the top end of the shade material and adapted to raise and lower the shade material between an upper limit and a lower limit to adjustably cover and uncover the structural opening. The shade also comprises a shade housing adapted to at least partially conceal the motor drive unit, wherein the shade housing defines a bottom opening at a bottom of the shade housing from which the shade material exits the shade housing. The shade further comprises a battery compartment adapted to removably retain batteries for providing power to the motor drive unit. The battery compartment is attached to the shade housing proximate to the bottom opening below the motor drive unit. The battery compartment is adapted to swivel from a first position where the battery compartment is at least partially concealed by the shade housing, through the bottom opening, and to a second position where the battery compartment is positioned out of the shade housing.
US11002068B2	Methods for manufacturing continuous sheets for roller shades In one aspect, a method for manufacturing a continuous sheet for use within a roller shade may generally include positioning a portion of a first sheet web adjacent to a mandrel, positioning a portion of a second sheet web adjacent to the mandrel and winding the first and second sheet webs around the mandrel such that a folded segment of the first sheet web is secured to a base segment of the second sheet web.
US11002067B2	Cellular material for window coverings and method of making same In a cellular material a first panel having a series of lengthwise accordion folds across the width of the panel, alternate folds projecting toward the front of the panel and the back of the panel is attached to a second panel of material in a manner to create a series of P-shaped cells having a back, an upper cell wall and a lower cell wall in which the upper cell wall and the lower cell wall are curved in a same direction.
US11002066B2	Systems with dynamic pixelated windows A system such as a vehicle system or building system may have an enclosing structure such as a wall that surrounds an interior region and separates the interior region from an exterior region. An occupant of the system may be located in the interior region. An adjustable window in the enclosing structure may be located between the interior and exterior regions. Control circuitry in the system may use an exterior sensor system in the exterior region to capture an image of the environment surrounding the system, to locate external objects such as light sources, and to make other measurements. User input can be gathered from the occupant of the system and the location of the occupant and inanimate objects in the interior region can be gathered using an interior sensor system. The control circuitry can adjust the window based on the gathered information.
US11002062B1	Door sill towers with tapered bases A door sill including: a sill base including a bottom member and a top member defining a cavity therebetween; and a tower extending from the sill base in a vertical direction and defining a bottom end proximate to the bottom member of the sill base and a top end distal from the bottom member of the sill base and offset from the top member of the sill base, the tower including a first leg and a second leg, a width of the tower where it intersects with the bottom member of the sill base greater than a width of the tower at the top end.
US11002059B2	Electric door opener for multi-door trailer A merchandise container comprises a body having a longitudinal axis, which comprises a floor, a roof and a side wall, each comprising an exterior face and an interior face, and a plurality of bays in the side walls. A plurality of bay doors adapted to controllably closing the bays. A door opening system comprising a plurality of door axles each driving individually one of the plurality of bay doors between a closed position and an open position; an intermediate axle in driving arrangement with the plurality of door axles; and a motor connected in driving arrangement with the intermediate axle comprising a driving axle controls the position of the bay doors by driving the intermediate axle which in turn drives the plurality of door axles to move the plurality of bay doors between the closed position to the open position.
US11002052B2	Sliding device for doors and wardrobe doors provided with multiple adjustments A sliding device for doors and (24) wardrobe doors provided with multiple adjustments consists of a carriage or slider (10), provided with rollers or bearings (22) for sliding the doors to which a profile section (28) is secured having an embossed and shaped portion (22{circumflex over ( )} of a shape complementary to the profile section of said rollers (22). The carriage or slider (10) comprises a first body or front body (12), having a substantially rectangular plan, and a second body or rear body (14) intended to be connected to the first front body (12); said rear body (14) is provided with opposed substantially cylindrical appendages (16, 18) with a vertical passing-through hole (32) in which respective cylindrical bodies are inserted along which an offset and passing-through threaded hole (36) is bored, to form as many eccentrics (34). In each of the holes (36) a threaded stem or screw (38) is entered, which protrudes from the upper side of the front body (12) on which corresponding holes or slots (32y) are bored.
US11002049B2	Quick turn latch mechanism A latch mechanism having a quick turn and release feature where the latch mechanism comprises a first body member having at least one actuation device. A second body member is coupled to the first body member and includes at least one aperture and pin receiving channel formed therein. A pin element is coupled to the second body member and includes a first pin portion and a second pin portion. The first pin portion and the second pin portion are respectively arranged to extend axially within the pin receiving channel of the second body member such that an upward rotation of the actuation device in a counterclockwise direction releasably disengages the pin element from a shaft of one or more hinges of the door assembly to allow an operator to exit an operator cab of the work vehicle.
US11002046B2	High offset hook latch A latch mechanism includes a hook, a displaceable handle, and links connected between the handle and hook for the operation of the latch mechanism. The handle and links cooperate with the hook to hold the latch mechanism in a locked position.
US11002044B2	System composed of a door handle and of an actuation device for the door handle An example door handle system, includes a handle, an actuation lever, a first spring, and an unlocking lever. The handle includes a first mounting section and a second mounting section. The first mounting section is opposite the second mounting section. The actuation lever is pivotably connected to the first mounting section. The first spring is engaged with the actuation lever and the first mounting section to urge the handle to pivot in a first rotational direction relative to the actuation lever. The unlocking lever is pivotably connected to the second mounting section.
US11002036B1	Pull-down type device that unlocks locking of a pull rod in a foldable tent A pull-down type device, including a base, a supporting plate, two locking tongues slidably positioned on the supporting plate, a cap and a pull rod; the supporting plate is fixed to the cap; each locking tongue has a body, a latch, a vertical column, and a slanted surface at a bottom end of the vertical column; the latch passes through a reset spring abutting against an inner side of the cap; a column having a body and an accommodation space is provided at the center of the base; a protrusion of the pull rod is fitted in the space. The space has a diameter larger than the column; slanted surfaces are provided at outer surfaces of the space, slidably cooperating with the slanted surfaces of the vertical columns; the space is located beneath the body of the locking tongue. The pull rod can be unlocked by pulling down the base.

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