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| US11562168B2 |
Clustering for K-anonymity in location trajectory data
An apparatus for providing anonymity in geographic data for probe devices in a geographic region for a location-based service includes at least a database, a clustering calculator and an anonymity controller. The database stores trajectory data based on sequences of sensor measurements of the probe devices. The clustering calculator clusters the trajectory data, according to a first iteration threshold, into clusters each defined by a cluster point and compares distance for a first cluster from the clusters to cluster points of other clusters of the clusters. The clustering calculator selects a second cluster from the clusters based on the comparison of distances and merges the first cluster and the second cluster into a merged cluster. The anonymity controller modifies the trajectory data to provide a predetermined level of anonymity to locations from the trajectory data in response to the merged cluster. |
| US11562167B2 |
Method of training neural network classification model using selected data
Disclosed is a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer program. When the computer program is executed by one or more processors of a computing device, the computer program performs the following operations for processing data, and the operations may include: determining an uncertainty level with respect to labeling criteria for each of one or more data included in a dataset; determining a similarity level for one or more data included in a data subset; and selecting at least some of data included in the dataset based on the uncertainty level and the similarity level, and additionally labeling the selected data. |
| US11562164B2 |
Interleaved frame types optimized for vision capture and barcode capture
A barcode reader configured to capture interleaved frame types optimized for vision capture and barcode capture are disclosed herein. An example barcode reader is configured to operate in a pre-determined repetitive pattern of capturing a first frame and capturing a second frame over a reading cycle having a fixed duration after a triggering event, wherein the first frame is captured over a first exposure period having a first duration, and the second frame is captured over a second exposure period having a second duration, and wherein the first frame is associated with a first brightness parameter, and the second frame is associated with a second brightness parameter. |
| US11562162B1 |
Barcode reader with transflective mirror
Barcode readers with transflective mirrors are disclosed herein. An example barcode reader includes a housing and a window positioned within the housing, an imaging sensor and second imaging sensor positioned within the housing, and a transflective mirror positioned within the housing and in a path of a field-of-view of the imaging sensor. The field-of-view of the imaging sensor passes through the transflective mirror and out the window with the transflective mirror in a transmissive state and the field-of-view of the second imaging sensor is reflected off of the transflective mirror and out the window with the transflective mirror in a reflective state. |
| US11562156B2 |
RFID reader to determine an estimated resonant frequency of a RFID tag
A method begins by a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader transmitting a first and second radio frequency (RF) signal of a plurality of RF signals, which each include a unique carrier frequency and an instruction to an RFID tag to respond with a received power level indication. The method continues by the RFID reader receiving, in response to the first and second signals sent at a first and second carrier frequency, a first and second response from the RFID tag that includes a first and second received power level indication. The method continues by the RFID reader determining an estimated resonant frequency of the RFID tag based on the first and second received power level indications and the first and second carrier frequencies. |
| US11562151B2 |
Generating communications in patient-specified languages
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for communicating healthcare-related information in languages specified by communication recipients (e.g., patients and/or patient proxies) utilizing a healthcare IT platform. Aspects herein provide a tool for applying language maps specific to patient-specified languages to information associated with one or more segments of Health Level 7 (HL7) messages to generate communications that can be consumed and understood by communication recipients regardless of the language in which such communication recipients prefer to communicate and whether or not a communication recipient's preferred language is the same as that of a communicating healthcare provider or organization. |
| US11562149B2 |
Determining conversational structure from speech
Embodiments are directed to organizing conversations. Words may be provided from a conversation stream. Each word may be mapped to a graph model based on characteristics of each word. The graph model may be partitioned based on one or more attributes of a nodes and edges included in the graph model such that nodes associated with relationship strength that exceeds a threshold value may be grouped together. Sentence models may be generated based on sentences included in the conversation stream. Combined models may be generated based on the sentence models and the graph such that each sentence model may be associated with one or more partitions of the graph model. A conversation digest may be generated based on the combined model such that the conversation digest identifies one or more dominant portions of the conversation that include key subject matter. |
| US11562148B2 |
Method, system and computer program product for sentiment analysis
Methods, systems, and computer program product for automatically performing sentiment analysis on texts, such as telephone call transcripts and electronic written communications. Disclosed techniques include, inter alia, lexicon training, handling of negations and shifters, pruning of lexicons, confidence calculation for token orientation, supervised customization, lexicon mixing, and adaptive segmentation. |
| US11562146B2 |
Applied artificial intelligence technology for narrative generation based on a conditional outcome framework
Artificial intelligence (AI) technology can be used in combination with composable communication goal statements to facilitate a user's ability to quickly structure story outlines in a manner usable by an NLG narrative generation system without any need for the user to directly author computer code. Narrative analytics that are linked to communication goal statements can employ a conditional outcome framework that allows the content and structure of resulting narratives to intelligently adapt as a function of the nature of the data under consideration. This AI technology permits NLG systems to determine the appropriate content for inclusion in a narrative story about a data set in a manner that will satisfy a desired communication goal. |
| US11562144B2 |
Generative text summarization system and method
A generative automatic text summarization system and method is disclosed that may adopt a search and reranking strategy to improve the performance of a summarization task. The system and method may employ a transformer neural model to assist with the summarization task. The transformer neural model may be trained to learn human abstracts and may then be operable to generate abstractive summaries. With multiple summary hypothesis generated, a best-first search algorithm and reranking algorithm may be employed to select the best candidate summary as part of the output summary. |
| US11562141B2 |
Mapping of coded medical vocabularies
A system (100) includes a feature extraction engine (130), a finding code comparison engine (140), and a mapping interface (160). The feature extraction engine (130) extracts features of a statement of a finding code in a source vocabulary (110) and features of a second statement of a second finding code in a target vocabulary (112). The finding code comparison engine (140) determines a mapping between the statement of the source vocabulary and the second statement of the target vocabulary by comparing the extracted features based on at least one identified concept that comprises the extracted features. The mapping interface (160) presents the determined mapping on a display device (162). |
| US11562139B2 |
Text data protection against automated analysis
A method, computer system, and a computer program product for text data protection is provided. The present invention may include receiving a text data. The present invention may also include identifying a portion of the received text data having a highest impact on a first confidence score associated with a target model prediction. The present invention may further include generating at least one semantically equivalent text relative to the identified portion of the received text data. The present invention may also include determining that the generated at least one semantically equivalent text produces a second confidence score associated with the target model prediction that is less than the first confidence score associated with the target model prediction. The present invention may further include generating a prompt to suggest modifying the identified portion of the received text data using the generated at least one semantically equivalent text. |
| US11562136B2 |
Detecting programming language deficiencies cognitively
A method and a system for agitation detection and response for a programming language are provided. The method includes collecting software code and activity data pertaining to one or more activities performed by a developer that is using a segment of a programming language. The method also includes evaluating the activity data to generate an agitation level of the developer when using the segment of the programming language. The method can also include generating a developer context by evaluating the software code. The developer context can include insights into the operation of features in the programming language by the developer. The activity and developer context can be provided to a software development provider for independent analysis. |
| US11562134B2 |
Method and system for advanced document redaction
A system and method for advanced document redaction are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a system comprises a parser that analyzes documents to identify structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data from a document. A candidates generator generates a list of words for redaction from the structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data. A replacement engine replaces one or more words from the list of words with one or more of a replacement word, random characters, and random numbers. |
| US11562132B2 |
Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium
An information processing apparatus includes a display, a setter, and a synchronization controller. The display displays a first document in a first window and also displays a second document in a second window. The setter sets a synchronization setting between the first and second documents. The synchronization controller executes an operation performed on one of the first and second documents also on the other one of the first and second documents when a synchronization setting is set by the setter, and cancels the synchronization setting when one of the first and second documents is in a first state in which it is not being used and restarts the synchronization setting when the corresponding one of the first and second documents is changed from the first state to a second state in which it is being used. |
| US11562130B2 |
Client-side 2D rendering of server-side multidimensional data
A multidimensional data cube at a server may store values and functions. The functions may use values stored in the data cube as inputs to generate results. A client application may retrieve values stored at a server in a multidimensional data cube to be updated and viewed locally at the client. Instead of evaluating functions at the server and transmitting the results to the client, the functions themselves may be translated into equivalent functions that can be evaluated in real time at the client. As inputs to the functions are a changed at the client, the function results can be updated at the client without requiring back-and-forth transmissions to the server or additional queries to the data cube. |
| US11562121B2 |
AI driven content correction built on personas
A machine learning (ML) module that analyzes multiple language-influencing factors to correct textual content in a more meaningful and efficient manner. In the context of product support, the ML module considers the factors such as a customer's persona that shapes the words a customer chooses while speaking/writing to a customer support agent, current social trends that create new words in the social media/social platforms related to the customer's support issue, and the device used by the customer to input the textual content because different words may be input by the customer when using a smart phone versus a desktop/laptop personal computer with a traditional keyboard. The ML module also may analyze the agent's persona to modify agent's response to the customer because the agent's persona can influence the content of the agent's text. The ML module automatically corrects textual content in real-time before it is sent to the relevant recipient. |
| US11562120B2 |
Synchronization and tagging of image and text data
A computing system accesses an image-based document and a text document having text extracted from the image-based document and provides a user interface displaying at least a portion of the image-based document. In response to selection of a text portion of the image-based document, the system determines an occurrence of the text portion within at least a portion of the image-based document and then applies a search model on the text document to identify the same occurrence of the text portion. Once matched, alignment data indicating a relationship between a selected tag and both the text portion of the image-based document and the text portion of the text document is stored. |
| US11562118B2 |
Hard-to-fix (HTF) design rule check (DRC) violations prediction
A method includes: training a machine learning model with a plurality of electronic circuit placement layouts; predicting, by the machine learning model, fix rates of design rule check (DRC) violations of a new electronic circuit placement layout; identifying hard-to-fix (HTF) DRC violations among the DRC violations based on the fix rates of the DRC violations of the new electronic circuit placement layout; and fixing, by an engineering change order (ECO) tool, the DRC violations. |
| US11562116B2 |
Detecting deviations from targeted design performance in accelerator/emulator environment
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, a system, and a computer readable storage medium for detecting deviations from targeted design performance in accelerator/emulator environment. In an embodiment, the method comprises loading target vales for a performance metric onto a hardware-accelerated simulator; setting breakpoints to pause the simulator at defined intervals; simulating, by the hardware-accelerated simulator, execution of a circuit design. The method further comprises during the simulating, using said breakpoints to pause the simulating at the defined intervals, and during each pause, comparing a measured value for the performance metric to the target value for the performance metric; and ending the simulation when a specified condition based on said comparing is met. In embodiments, when a difference between the measured value for the performance metric and the target value for the performance metric is within a preset tolerance, the pause is ended and the simulation continues. |
| US11562115B2 |
Configurable accelerator framework including a stream switch having a plurality of unidirectional stream links
Embodiments are directed towards a configurable accelerator framework device that includes a stream switch and a plurality of convolution accelerators. The stream switch has a plurality of input ports and a plurality of output ports. Each of the input ports is configurable at run time to unidirectionally pass data to any one or more of the output ports via a stream link. Each one of the plurality of convolution accelerators is configurable at run time to unidirectionally receive input data via at least two of the plurality of stream switch output ports, and each one of the plurality of convolution accelerators is further configurable at run time to unidirectionally communicate output data via an input port of the stream switch. |
| US11562114B2 |
Apparatus and method for safety analysis evaluation with data-driven workflow
An apparatus and method for system safety analysis evaluation is provided, the apparatus including processing circuitry configured for generating a calculation matrix for a system, generating a plurality of models based on the calculation matrix, performing a benchmarking or convolution analysis of the plurality of models, identifying a design envelope based on the benchmarking or convolution analysis, deriving uncertainty models from the benchmarking or convolution analysis, deriving an assessment judgment based on the uncertainty models and acceptance criteria, defining one or more limiting scenarios based on the design envelope, and determining a safety margin in at least one figure-of-merit for the system based on the design envelope and the acceptance criteria. |
| US11562113B2 |
Process control with digital twins
Real time process control using digital twins. In more detail, the present disclosure relates to the field of modeling distributed event-discrete systems using digital twins and subsequent use of the models for real time control of distributed even-discrete systems. There is provided a virtual twin engine for control of a distributed even-discrete system in real-time. The virtual twin engine has installed at least one executable modeling software kernel which runs subsystem use models in relation to subsystem clusters of the distributed event-discrete system. Also, the virtual twin engine operates the at least one digital twin in a passive manner through real time access to the modeling software kernel modeling the subsystem use model of the at least one digital twin. |
| US11562109B2 |
Computer-readable recording medium storing structural analysis simulation program, structural analysis simulation method, and information processing device
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores therein a program for causing a computer to execute a process for reading design data from a memory which stores the design data that indicates an auxiliary geometric shape and an article, the auxiliary geometric shape being arranged in association with a setting portion for which a condition for performing simulation for structural analysis of the article is set, and being assigned identification information including the condition; identifying the auxiliary geometric shape and the condition from the design data based on the identification information; setting the condition for the setting portion; and performing the simulation based on the condition. |
| US11562108B2 |
Method for analyzing sulfide-based solid electrolyte using computer simulation and program for analyzing sulfide-based solid electrolyte using computer simulation
Disclosed is a method for analyzing a sulfide-based solid electrolyte using computer simulation including connecting, by a user, to a client accessible to a server, inputting information of a sulfide-based solid electrolyte to be analyzed to the client, transmitting, by the client, the information to the server, implementing, by the server, generation of a three-dimensional structure in which anion clusters and lithium ions are disposed, based on the transmitted information, feeding back, by the server, an implementation result to the client, and displaying, by the client, the feedback result. In addition, properties of sulfide-based solid electrolytes, which cannot be observed by experimentation, can be analyzed based on lithium, ion conductivity. |
| US11562104B2 |
Control device, information processing device, and information processing system
A control device of the present embodiment has a communication I/F, a built-in non-volatile memory, a controller, an external-serial-memory I/F, a security management module, and an access controller. The communication I/F enables communication with outside. The built-in non-volatile memory has a first storage region, which stores an initialization program which carries out initialization operation, and a second storage region, which stores currently used firmware which is executed after the initialization operation and acquires firmware for update via the communication I/F. The controller executes the initialization program and the currently used firmware. The external-serial-memory I/F communicably connects the device of its own to an external non-volatile memory via a serial bus. The security-mode management module fixes an access control setting of the built-in non-volatile memory and the external non-volatile memory. The access controller outputs a level signal different from the serial bus. |
| US11562103B2 |
Nucleic acid based data storage
Provided herein are compositions, devices, systems and methods for the generation and use of biomolecule-based information for storage. Additionally, devices described herein for de novo synthesis of nucleic acids encoding information related to the original source information may be rigid or flexible material. Further described herein are highly efficient methods for long term data storage with 100% accuracy in the retention of information. Also provided herein are methods and systems for efficient transfer of preselected polynucleotides from a storage structure for reading stored information. |
| US11562102B2 |
Systems and methods for use in segregating data blocks to distributed storage
Systems and methods are provided for storing data blocks in distributed storage. One example computer-implemented method includes, in response to receipt of a data block comprising data, generating a value N for the data block, wherein the value N includes a variable integer greater than one and dividing the data block into N segments, wherein each segment includes a portion of the data. The method also includes generating a value M for the data block, wherein the value M includes a variable integer greater than or equal to one, and adding M segments of chaff to the N segments. The method then includes encrypting the N segments and the M segments of chaff and distributing the M segments and the N segments in distributed storage, wherein the N segments and the M segments of chaff are stored in multiple different storage devices included in the distributed storage. |
| US11562099B1 |
Sanitization of content displayed by web-based applications
Embodiments enable a displayed webpage containing sensitive information to be accurately and efficiently sanitized. The sensitive information is contained within a text string of the webpage and displayed using a font specified in a style sheet. The text string that is to be sanitized is determined based on a tag for sanitization associated with the text string. When the tag is determined the text string is rendered using a font from the style sheet that is not legible. Upon rendering, the text string of the webpage is redisplayed using the non-legible font, which effectively sanitizes the text string containing the sensitive information. |
| US11562097B2 |
Data processing systems for central consent repository and related methods
A data processing central consent repository system may be configured to, for example: (1) identify a form used to collect one or more pieces of personal data, (2) determine a data asset of a plurality of data assets of the organization where input data of the form is transmitted, (3) add the data asset to the third-party data repository with an electronic link to the form, (4) in response to a user submitting the form, create a unique subject identifier to submit to the third-party data repository and, along with the form data provided by the user in the form, to the data asset, (5) submit the unique subject identifier and the form data provided by the user to the third-party data repository and the data asset, and (6) digitally store the unique subject identifier and the form data in the third-party data repository and the data asset. |
| US11562088B2 |
Threat response using event vectors
A security platform uses a sensor-event-analysis-response methodology to iteratively adapt to a changing security environment by continuously creating and updating entity models based on observed activities and detecting patterns of events that deviate from these entity models. |
| US11562086B2 |
Filesystem view separation for data confidentiality and integrity using lattice-based security domains
A stackable filesystem architecture that curtails data theft and ensures file integrity protection. In this architecture, processes are grouped into ranked filesystem views, or “security domains.” Preferably, an order theory algorithm is utilized to determine a proper domain in which an application is run. In particular, a root domain provides a single view of the filesystem enabling transparent filesystem operations. Each security domain transparently creates multiple levels of stacking to protect the base filesystem, and to monitor file accesses without incurring significant performance overhead. By combining its layered architecture with view separation via security domains, the filesystem maintains data integrity and confidentiality. |
| US11562084B2 |
System and method for secure, trustful internet interactions
A system and method for the creation of an atomic internet platform and system is herein presented. Within the atomic internet users, content providers, and event managers may create content or user atoms each of which has a trust history and trust history tail. The atomic internet facilitates direct interaction between atoms of any type and provides curation of information, content, and other data in a trustless environment. Browsing and searching as well as payment and value exchange are facilitated in the atomic internet in a secure fashion based upon an examination of the trust history tail and trust history. The trust history is built over time based upon interactions between atoms and a trust history tail and accumulated trust history transactions are indicative of level of trust based upon the length of the trust history tail and accumulated trust history of transactions. |
| US11562081B2 |
Method and system for controlling access to secure data using custodial key data
Methods and systems for controlling access to secure data use a custodial TRNG disk. Source data is encrypted using first key data from a first TRNG disk to generate encrypted data which is stored at a first location by a first entity. A second TRNG disk has second key data which is stored at a second location by a second entity. A first TRNG disk copy and a second TRNG disk copy are made identical to the first TRNG disk and the second TRNG disk, respectively, and are stored at one or more locations by a custodial entity. The first key data and the second key data are encoded together, and then transmitted to one or more of the first or second entities. The first quantity of encrypted data is decryptable using the encoded first key data and the second key data. |
| US11562080B2 |
Secure ingress and egress of data fields through legacy computer systems
Aspects include receiving an outbound payload for output to a requestor as part of a response to a call by the requestor to an application programming interface (API). Clear data in the outbound payload is selected for encryption based on policy information. The clear data is encrypted to generate encrypted data, and the encrypted data is inserted into the outbound payload in place of the clear data to generate an updated outbound payload. The response, including the updated outbound payload, is sent to the requestor. |
| US11562079B2 |
System-on-chip and method for operating a system-on-chip
In different example embodiments, a system-on-chip is provided. The system-on-chip can have a control circuit with a plurality of control circuit areas, wherein the control circuit is configured to control a device, a security circuit which has a separately secured key memory and a hardware accelerator for cryptographic operations, wherein the security circuit is configured to electively enable either a read-only access or a read and write access to at least one of the control circuit areas, wherein the security circuit is furthermore configured to provide a communication path by means of the key memory and the hardware accelerator for the secured communication with a diagnostic system disposed outside the security circuit, to make the selection between the read access and the read and write access to the at least one selected area of the control circuit depending on a certificate supplied to the security circuit and authenticated by means of information stored in the key memory, and to execute the read access or the read and write access. |
| US11562078B2 |
Assessing and managing computational risk involved with integrating third party computing functionality within a computing system
In general, various aspects of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatuses, systems, computing devices, computing entities, and/or the like for addressing a modified risk rating identifying a risk to an entity of having computer-implemented functionality provided by a vendor integrated with a computing system of the entity. In accordance various aspects, a method is provided that comprises: receiving a first assessment dataset for computer-implemented functionality; detecting an inconsistency between a value of an attribute for the computer-implemented functionality specified in the first assessment dataset and a corresponding value of the attribute specified in a second assessment dataset for the computer-implemented functionality; modifying a risk rating that identifies a risk to the entity of having the computer-implemented functionality integrated with the computing system to generate a modified risk rating based on the inconsistency; and in response, performing an action with respect to the computing system to address the modified risk rating. |
| US11562074B2 |
Firmware upgrade method and device, and storage medium
A firmware upgrade method can be applied to a terminal, and include: receiving a broadcast message for broadcasting an updated firmware type sent by a cloud server; sending firmware information matching the firmware type to the cloud server; and receiving a firmware upgrade package corresponding to the firmware information pushed by the cloud server. As a result, the space of the storage medium of the terminal is effectively saved, and the efficiency of firmware upgrade is improved. |
| US11562073B2 |
Systems and methods of software load verification
A system configured to perform software load verification. The system includes a memory, a network interface, and a processor. The memory is configured to store first data indicating expected load events. The network interface is configured to receive load verification data and a cryptographic signature from a software update target device. The load verification data is descriptive of particular load events related to loading software at the software update target device. The processor is configured to authenticate that the load verification data is received from the software update target device based on the cryptographic signature. The processor is also configured to, responsive to authenticating that the load verification data is received from the software update target device, performing a comparison of the particular load events and the expected load events. The processor is further configured to perform a response action based on results of the comparison. |
| US11562069B2 |
Block-based anomaly detection
A plurality of blocks of a first storage device are monitored. The first storage device is related to a computer system. A subset of blocks of the plurality a compared to a first storage signature of the first storage device. Based on the comparing of the subset of blocks to the first storage signature, a security anomaly is determined on the computer system. In response to the security anomaly, a security action is performed. The security action is related to the computer system. |
| US11562064B2 |
Machine learning-based security alert escalation guidance
A technique includes receiving, by a processor, a security alert that is generated in response to one or more events occurring in a computer system. The technique includes applying, by the processor, machine learning to the security alert to predict a probability that the security alert will be escalated to an incident; and displaying an output on a display to guide processing of the security alert based on the predicted probability. |
| US11562061B2 |
Systems and methods for authentication
An authentication method for a tag device includes exchanging authentication codes between the tag device and an authentication server to perform mutual authentication. A reader device acts as a communications bridge between the tag device and the authentication server. The reader device may observe mutual authentication between the tag device and the authentication server as an indicator that the tag device is authentic. A failure of mutual authentication indicates that the tag device is not authentic. |
| US11562060B2 |
Secure private portable vault container
A method, system and apparatus are disclosed. A device includes processing circuitry that includes a processor and a memory, where the memory is configured to store a logical container including a plurality of encrypted data portions and a plurality of executable code portions. Each encrypted data portion and executable code portion is separately encrypted with a different encryption key and associated with a user. The processing circuitry receives, from a software application operating in another device, a first request associated with at least one encrypted data portion and one executable code portion of the logical container. The first request includes an encryption token associated with the software application. In response to the first request, the processing circuitry triggers a verification code portion to determine whether the first request is authorized and performs at least one operation to fulfill the first request in response to determining the request is authorized. |
| US11562057B2 |
Ecosystem security platforms for enabling data exchange between members of a digital ecosystem using digital genomic data sets
In embodiments, a VDAX configured with an ecosystem security platform (ESP) and has a digital DNA assigned thereto that includes an eligibility object, a correlation object, and a differentiation object is disclosed. In embodiments, the ESP includes a DNA module configured to: manage and modify the DNA of the VDAX. The ESP also includes a link module that receives and decodes a link from a second VDAX that contains encoded GRI and decodes the encoded GRI based on the eligibility object and a modified correlation object. The ESP includes a sequence mapping module that maps a sequence from a first portion of a digital object to be provided to the second VDAX into a modified differentiation object modified using the GRI to obtain an engagement factor. The ESP includes a transformation module that generates a VBLS object by encoding a second portion of the digital object using the engagement factor. |
| US11562056B2 |
Systems for establishing a digital ecosystem using digital genomic data sets
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, techniques for performing genomic security-related control of a digital ecosystem are disclosed. In embodiments, the digital ecosystem includes an ecosystem VDAX that maintains a progenitor genomic data set corresponding to the digital ecosystem, generates a plurality of respective progeny genomic data sets based on the progenitor genomic data set, and allocates the progeny genomic data set to a respective progeny VDAX of a plurality of progeny VDAXs, wherein the progeny VDAX establishes unique non-recurring engagements with other progeny VDAXs in the digital ecosystem based on the respective progeny genomic data set allocated to the progeny VDAX without any further interaction from the ecosystem VDAX. |
| US11562052B2 |
Computing system and method for verification of access permissions
An example computing platform may be configured to (i) receive a request to access one or more resources on behalf of a given user, (ii) identify a parameter within the request that requires a permission verification, (iii) apply a verification tag to the parameter, wherein the verification tag is set to a first value indicating that a permission verification has not been successfully performed for the given user with respect to the parameter, (iv) perform a permission verification for the given user with respect to the parameter, (v) based on performing the permission verification, either (a) update the verification tag from the first value to a second value indicating that a permission verification has been successfully performed or (b) leave the verification tag set to the first value, and (vi) determine whether to grant or deny the request based at least in part on the verification tag for the parameter. |
| US11562047B2 |
Accelerator for dense and sparse matrix computations
A method of increasing computer hardware efficiency of a matrix computation. The method comprises receiving at a computer processing device, digital signals encoding one or more operations of the matrix computation, each operation including one or more operands. The method further comprises, responsive to determining, by a sparse data check device of the computer processing machine, that an operation of the matrix computation includes all dense operands, forwarding the operation to a dense computation device of the computer processing machine configured to perform the operation of the matrix computation based on the dense operands. The method further comprises, responsive to determining, by the sparse data check device, that an operation of the matrix computation includes one or more sparse operands, forwarding the operation to a sparse computation device configured to perform the operation of the matrix computation. |
| US11562045B2 |
Systems and methods for efficiently-transformed digital self-interference cancellation
An efficiently-transformed digital self-interference canceller, preferably including an FD transformer, a TD transformer, a channel estimator, a composer, and a controller. The canceller can optionally include a channel memory, a predictor, and/or an extender. A method for digital self-interference cancelation, preferably including receiving inputs, transforming the inputs, generating outputs based on the transformed inputs, transforming the outputs, and/or generating a cancellation signal based on the outputs. |
| US11562042B2 |
Intelligent hotspot scattering method, apparatus, storage medium, and computer device
An intelligent hotspot scattering method includes learning request quantity curves of a plurality of URLs based on an artificial intelligence learning model and performing request quantity prediction on the plurality of URLs, determining a first URL from the plurality of URLs, determining a second URL from the plurality of URLs, and performing a hotspot scattering operation on the URLs. A predicted request quantity of the first URL is greater than or equal to a first predetermined request quantity threshold corresponding to the first URL. A request quantity of the second URL is not predictable and an actual request quantity of the second URL is greater than or equal to a second predetermined request quantity threshold corresponding to the second URL. |
| US11562040B2 |
Methods and systems for creating and using a location identification grid
A method and system for generating a location identifier using a location code and a grid coordinate. The location code corresponds to a defined geographical area, such as a postal code or an area code. A grid coordinate can be determined based on destination location information, such as an address, a GPS-determined position, or other reference to a specific physical location. The location identifier is combined with the location code to generate a location identifier, which can be encoded in a computer readable format and placed on items for use in a distribution network. The location identifier can be used to facilitate domestic or international distribution of items using a common format or addressing scheme. The domestic and foreign distribution networks read and interpret location identifiers in order to deliver items. |
| US11562039B2 |
System and method for performing cross-modal information retrieval using a neural network using learned rank images
A system and method perform cross-modal information retrieval, by generating a graph representing the set of media objects. Each node of the graph corresponds to a media object and is labeled with a set of features corresponding to a text part of the respective media object. Each edge between two nodes represents a similarity between a media part of the two nodes. A first relevance score is computed for each media object of the set of media objects that corresponds to a text-based score. A second relevance score is computed for each media object by inputting the graph into a graph neural network. The first relevance score and the second relevance score are combined to obtain a final ranking score for each media object. |
| US11562036B2 |
Unified message search
The disclosed embodiments include computerized methods, systems, and devices, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for generating terms of a search query based on a user's spoken utterances, identifying multiple cross-platform messages based on the generated terms, and to generating, via a presentation device, a single interface that enables the user to interact with identified messages. Based on a spoken utterance, the disclosed embodiments may determine user-specified search terms and/or criteria, and based on the user-specified search terms and/or criteria, may obtain cross-platform message data that corresponds to the search query. The communications device may generate one or more interface elements that describe corresponding ones of the cross-platform messages, which may be presented within a unified graphical user interface or voice-user interface by a communications device. |
| US11562035B2 |
Enhancement of electronic communications and documents with links to contextually relevant information
In an exemplary embodiment, an application server is disclosed that receives user information including textual content from a user device. The application server improves electronic communications and user collaboration by searching public or private databases for information relevant to the received textual information and providing a means for including selected related information such as links with an electronic communication or document when it is sent to a recipient. The application server interfaces with text messaging, instant messaging, email, and document applications to improve the information accuracy and efficiency of generating a document or message as well as improving the ease of communication and collaboration. |
| US11562034B2 |
Transparent referrals for distributed file servers
Examples of systems described herein include a virtualized file server including a first file server virtual machine and a second file server virtual machine configured to manage a distributed file share of storage items. The second file server virtual machine is configured to manage a particular storage item of the distributed file share of storage items. The first file server virtual machine is configured to, in response to receipt of a referral request for a file share path for the particular storage item from a client, look up a file share path for the particular storage item in a map of at least a portion of the distributed file share of storage items, and provide a referral with the file share path that identifies the second file server virtual machine. |
| US11562032B1 |
Apparatus and methods for updating a user profile based on a user file
An apparatus for updating a user profile based on a user file is included. Apparatus may include a processor and a memory communicatively connected to processor. Memory may contain instructions configuring processor to identify a plurality of profile sections in a user profile comprising a profile content; receive a user file; parse document content in user file by identifying a plurality of document sections in user file, categorizing a first document section of plurality of document sections of user file, identifying at least a document subsection of first document section, and categorizing document content in a first document subsection of at least a document subsection; and insert document content in at least one of the plurality of profile sections based on categorization of first document section and categorization of first document subsection. |
| US11562031B2 |
User profiling method using event occurrence time
The present disclosure comprise: acquiring source data for generating a profile of a user and time data related with generation of the source data; clustering the source data based on the time data related with the generation of the source data as a category; generating a profile of the user by using the cluster generated through the clustering; and generating region of interest data including information of a geographic region that may be determined to be of interest to the user based on the profile of the user, and wherein the ROI data may include location information of the user, and the profile of the user associated with the time data may be labeled. The intelligent device of the present disclosure may be associated with an artificial intelligence module, drone (unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV), robot, augmented reality (AR) devices, virtual reality (VR) devices, devices related to 5G services, and the like. |
| US11562026B1 |
Data access using sorted count mapping
A method, a system, and a computer program product for accessing data. A data stream including a plurality of data elements is received. A mapping of the plurality of data elements is generated. Each data element is represented by a data node in the mapping. A linked list of the data nodes with starting and ending elements is generated. Each node is linked to at least another node and stores a count of a data element and the corresponding data element. The count represents a number of times the data element is present in the data stream. Each node is positioned in the generated linked list using the count of each data element. Data elements with a highest count are positioned proximate to the starting element and data elements with a lowest count are positioned proximate to the ending element. Data elements are accessed using the generated mapping. |
| US11562025B2 |
Resource dependency system and graphical user interface
A resource dependency system displays two dynamically interactive interfaces in a resource dependency user interface, a hierarchical resource repository and a dependency graph user interface. User interactions on each interface can dynamically update either interface. For example, a selection of a particular resource in the dependency graph user interface causes the system to update the dependency graph user interface to indicate the selection and also updates the hierarchical resource repository to navigate to the appropriate folder corresponding to the stored location of the selected resource. In another example, a selection of a particular resource in the hierarchical resource repository causes the system to update the hierarchical resource repository to indicate the selection and also updates the dependency graph user interface to display an updated graph, indicate the selection and, in some embodiments, focus on the selected resource by zooming into a portion of the graph. |
| US11562022B2 |
Method for faceted visualization of a SPARQL query result set
Embodiments use successive refinement to allow a user to systematically explore the result set of an arbitrary query over RDF, such as a SPARQL query. A user inputs an arbitrary base query and modifies this query by replacing selected variables with values to which each selected variable is bound within the result set of the base query. Embodiments present, via a GUI, variable facets that may be substituted for query variables. Embodiments also present, through a GUI, a query history graph that represents query versions that a user has created. A user may navigate this query history graph to return to previously-created query versions. The GUI also provides information about the facets, including a number of results that would be included in the result set of the query version resulting from substitution of the facet for the associated variable. |
| US11562014B1 |
Generating visual media collections for a dynamic social networking account
The present disclosure describes systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for generating a visual media collection for a social networking account and provide access to (or distribute) images, videos, or other visual media items from the visual media collection separate from social networking posts uncategorized within such a collection for the social networking account. For example, based on follow requests specific to a visual media collection, the disclosed systems can further distribute visual media items in collections posts from a particular visual media collection differing from other visual media collections and from social networking posts uncategorized within such a collection of a social networking account. In certain implementations, the disclosed systems further provide search results comprising a visual media item from a visual media collection based on a description or annotation for the visual media collection or a shared visual media collection with another visual media item. |
| US11562013B2 |
Systems and methods for improvements to user experience testing
Systems and methods for transcription analysis of a recording are provided. The recording includes an audio and screenshot/video portion. The audio portion is transcribed using a machine learned model. Models may be selected by the recording quality and potentially accents or other speech patterns that are present. The transcription is then linked to the video/screen capture chronology, so that automatic scrolling is enabled, clip selection from the transcription, and searching to a video time is possible. There is improvements to user experience question generation, review of study results, and in managing the study participants. |
| US11562010B2 |
Method and apparatus for outputting information
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for outputting information. A specific embodiment of the method includes: in response to receiving a query, detecting whether there is an entity slot in the query; in response to there being an entity slot in the query, adding the detected entity slot to a candidate slot; detecting, in the query, a relationship-determinative word of an entity; searching in a preset knowledge graph for a peripheral knowledge graph of the candidate slot; and inferring on the basis of the peripheral knowledge graph according to the relationship-determinative word, and outputting an entity word matching the relationship-determinative word. |
| US11562007B1 |
Systems and methods of establishing correlative relationships between geospatial data features in feature vectors representing property locations
In an illustrative embodiment, an automated system engineers customized feature vectors from geospatial information system (GIS) metadata. The system may include computing systems and devices for extracting metadata for GIS features located within a predetermined distance of a property from a GIS map file and storing the extracted GIS features within a feature vector. The system can augment each of the extracted GIS features with amplifying data features extracted from external data sources. The system can calculate a distance between the property and each extracted GIS feature, which establishes a relationship between the property and each GIS feature and associated amplifying data features. Amounts of correlation between each of the extracted GIS features and associated amplifying data features within the feature vector and a market assessment of the property location can be identified using a data model trained with a data set customized to characteristics of the property. |
| US11562005B2 |
List accumulation and reminder triggering
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for list accumulation and reminder triggering. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, at a data processing apparatus, a first input comprising a plurality of terms; determining, by the data processing apparatus, that one or more of the terms in the first input specify an item that belongs to a reminder category, the reminder category being associated with a collection of items that belong to the category and for which reminders may be generated; and in response to the determination, storing data that associates a reminder type with the item specified by the one or more terms. |
| US11562004B2 |
Classifying and filtering platform data via k-means clustering
Systems and methods are provided for classifying and filtering data, including receiving a query via a platform, the platform including platform data; clustering the query to create a query cluster; identifying a domain of the query cluster; clustering the platform data to create platform data clusters; identifying a corresponding platform data cluster, the corresponding platform data cluster being one of the platform data clusters that is in a same domain as the domain of the query cluster; assigning a rank to one or more portions of the platform data within the corresponding platform data cluster; and routing at least one of the portions of the platform data having a rank greater than a threshold. |
| US11562003B2 |
Representing search results via a three-dimensional matrix
An approach is described for representing search results via a three-dimensional matrix. An associated method may include receiving a search query, querying at least one database based upon the search query, and receiving results to the search query from the at least one database. The method further may include representing the results via a three-dimensional matrix graphically depicting a plurality of categories corresponding to the results. Each of the plurality of categories may be associated with the results via a respective tag in the at least one database. Upon detecting activity from an input device, the method further may include filtering the plurality of categories of the three-dimensional matrix, and prioritizing the results based upon the filtering. Representing the results via the three-dimensional matrix may include presenting the results in a list correlated to the three-dimensional matrix, and prioritizing the results based upon the filtering may include prioritizing the list. |
| US11562000B2 |
Storage constrained synchronization engine
A client application of a content management system provides instructions for synchronizing content items and placeholder items using a local file journal and updated file journal. The client application compares entries in the updated file journal to entries in the local file journal to determine modifications to make to content items or placeholder items stored in a shared content storage directory on the client device. Based on the result of the comparison, the client application replaces placeholder items with content items or replaces content items with placeholder items. |
| US11561993B2 |
Generating real-time aggregates at scale for inclusion in one or more modified fields in a produced subset of data
A data processing system for producing a subset of data from a plurality of data sources, including: memory storing a plurality of data sources to be represented in an editor interface; a data structure modification module that selects a plurality of data sources to be represented in an editor interface and generates a subset of data included in the plurality of data sources; memory that stores the selected data structures included in the subset, with at least one of the stored data structures including the one or more modified attributes of the one or more respective fields; rendering module that displays, in the editor interface, representations of the stored data structures; and a segmentation modules that segments a plurality of received data records. |
| US11561992B1 |
Systems and methods for visualizing one or more datasets
In some embodiments, systems and methods for visualizing one or more datasets include importing a plurality of root objects, each root object including linked data attributes and obtaining a joined dataset based on the plurality of root objects, that includes for each or the plurality of root objects, a plurality of rows of related attribute data linked to each root object as a result of a join operation. The systems and methods perform an aggregation computation on the plurality of rows of related attribute data corresponding to each of the plurality of root objects to produce a corresponding single aggregation row of consolidated data for each root object and present a user interface that shows each of the plurality of root objects with their corresponding single aggregation row of consolidated data resulting from the aggregation computation, in a one-to-one manner. |
| US11561991B2 |
System and method using specialized computers and software for creating wine and music pairings
A system, method, specialized computers, and software for improving wine consumption experience is disclosed. In some configurations, descriptors for wine and or music may be determined. Wine and music profiles may be generated. Wine-music pairs may be created in certain configurations. In some configurations, a user may use certain configurations to select a particular wine, have his or her mobile device play a song matched to that wine. |
| US11561990B2 |
Query implementation using synthetic time series
Techniques described herein perform implement a query using a synthetic time series (STS), for example applying an STS on time series data to obtain an answer to the query. In an embodiment, a method receives a times series and query relating to the time series. The method translates the query into a synthetic time series. The method executes a reduce operation on the STS and the time series. The method then returns the result of the operation as an answer to the query. A result of the reduce operation is returned as an answer to the query. |
| US11561989B2 |
Matching system and display method using real-time event processing
The subject matter herein provides for online dating gameplay that offers instant and ongoing new opportunities for content, interaction, communication, and risk, and that rewards communication initiation and persistence, all without increasing the skill level required to find a relationship while providing an incentive to play or engage with the online dating community continuously. The approach employs gamification (and, in particular, a slot machine-style display) to encourage users (sometimes referred to herein as “daters” or “players”) to frequently log in and engage with other daters. |
| US11561986B1 |
Applied artificial intelligence technology for narrative generation using an invocable analysis service
Disclosed herein are example embodiments of an improved narrative generation system where an analysis service that executes data analysis logic that supports story generation is segregated from an authoring service that executes authoring logic for story generation through an interface. Accordingly, when the authoring service needs analysis from the analysis service, it can invoke the analysis service through the interface. By exposing the analysis service to the authoring service through the shared interface, the details of the logic underlying the analysis service are shielded from the authoring service (and vice versa where the details of the authoring service are shielded from the analysis service). Through parameterization of operating variables, the analysis service can thus be designed as a generalized data analysis service that can operate in a number of different content verticals with respect to a variety of different story types. |
| US11561985B1 |
Real-time and historical farming data distribution system
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for the synchronous distribution real-time and historical farming data to user client devices via shared and personal interface rooms. In some embodiments, multiple users can be connected to a shared interface room corresponding to a data collection device to view real-time and historical farming data simultaneously. The shared interface room can then broadcast farming data to each user whenever real-time farming data is received. Historical farming data can be determined based on a pair of timestamps corresponding to data collection device activity and user activity. When one of the connected users requests to view historical farming data, the historical farming data can be provided to the requesting user via a personal interface room. |
| US11561984B2 |
Systems and methods for generating customized filtered-and-partitioned market-data feeds
Presently disclosed are systems and methods for generating customized filtered-and-partitioned market-data feeds. In an embodiment, an output-feed profile is maintained in data storage at a market-data-processing device (MDPD). The output-feed profile specifies a subset of ticker symbols and a ticker-symbol-based feed-partitioning scheme. An input feed of order-book updates to ticker symbols is received at the MDPD from an upstream device. At the MDPD, a customized market-data output feed is generated according to the maintained output-feed profile at least in part by filtering the input feed down to the order-book updates to ticker symbols in the specified subset and partitioning the filtered feed according to the specified ticker-symbol-based feed-partitioning scheme. The customized market-data output feed is transmitted from the MDPD to a downstream device. |
| US11561983B2 |
Online trained object property estimator
This disclosure describes systems and methods for using an estimator to produce values for dependent variables of streaming objects based on values of independent variables of the objects. The systems and methods may include continuously tuning the estimator based on any objects received with pre-populated values for the dependent variables. |
| US11561982B2 |
Intelligent and automatic exception handling
In a database environment including a plurality of logical object definitions having relationships defined according to a schema, and logical object instances following the logical object definitions include attribute names and respective attribute values indicating status of an enterprise in an enterprise resource planning system, the method can receive a starting exception definition specifying a first query against the logical object instances and derive a new exception definition based on the starting exception definition and one or more stored, acted-upon exception definition proposals. The first query can include one or more initial situational trigger conditions. The new exception definition can specify a second query against the logical object instances and the second query can include one or more modified situational trigger conditions. |
| US11561981B2 |
Global indexing techniques for accelerating database functions
A system and method for accelerating relational functions between tables. The method includes: determining a plurality of first index values for a plurality of first unique keys in a first column of a first table; determining a plurality of second index values for a plurality of second unique keys in a second column of a second table; generating a hashed third table based on the first column of the first table and the plurality of first index values; generating a hashed fourth table based on the second column of the first table and the plurality of first index values; and generating a fifth table by performing a JOIN operation between the third table and the fourth table based on at least one third column, wherein each of third column includes a plurality of third unique keys that are common between the third table and the fourth table. |
| US11561977B2 |
Database management system query plan cache management
According to some embodiments, a system to manage a query plan cache for a Database Management System (“DBMS”) includes a DBMS query plan cache data store. The DBMS query plan cache data store may contain, for example, electronic records representing a plurality of query plans each associated with a set of instructions created in response to a query previously submitted by a user. A DBMS query plan cache management platform may then calculate a utility score for each query plan in the DBMS query plan cache data store. At least one query plan may be evicted from the DBMS query plan cache data store based on the calculated utility score, wherein the evicting is not based on a size of the DBMS query plan cache. |
| US11561975B2 |
Dynamic topic adaptation for machine translation using user session context
According to various embodiments, the Query Context Translation Engine identifies a topic of a search query history received during a current user session. The search query history in a first language. The Query Context Translation Engine identifies, in a translation table, target text that corresponds with a query in the search query history, the target text comprising at least one word. The Query Context Translation Engine obtains at least one search result based on a translation of the target text in a second language. |
| US11561974B2 |
Cross-datasource querying using composite shapes
A system and method of performing a cross-datasource query to provide a cross-datasource query result. A composite shape comprises a composite shape query and a plurality of shape identifiers identifying a plurality of shapes. Each of the plurality of shapes comprises a datasource identifier identifying a datasource and a shape query defining a query to be performed on the datasource. The composite shape is used to perform the composite shape query across the datasources identified in the plurality of shapes to provide the cross-datasource query result. |
| US11561972B2 |
Query conversion for querying disparate data sources
Methods, systems, and devices supporting querying disparate data sources are described. Querying disparate data sources may include receiving an input for data stored at a first data source from a plurality of data sources, selecting a first data connector from a plurality of data connectors, wherein the first data connector corresponds to the first data source, and identifying a first query language corresponding to the first data source from a plurality of query languages. Querying the disparate data sources may further include generating a converted query based at least in part on the first query language and retrieving the data from the first data source using the first data connector based at least in part on the converted query. |
| US11561971B2 |
Method and system for keyword search over a knowledge graph
A computer implemented method for keyword search over a knowledge graph. The knowledge graph comprises a large number of vertices representing entities and a large number of edges representing relations between the entities. The knowledge graph is enhanced with static labels. A static label for each vertex includes a list of distances between the vertex and other vertices of the knowledge graph. The method includes receiving a set of keywords, constructing dynamic labels based on the set of keywords and determining a subgraph of the knowledge graph for the set of keywords based on the static labels and based on the dynamic labels. The constructing of the dynamic labels includes obtaining keyword vertices by mapping keywords of the set of keywords to vertices of the knowledge graph and obtaining for the keyword vertices distances between the keyword vertices and predecessors of the keyword vertices from the static labels. |
| US11561969B2 |
Utilizing logical-form dialogue generation for multi-turn construction of paired natural language queries and query-language representations
The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for generating pairs of natural language queries and corresponding query-language representations. For example, the disclosed systems can generate a contextual representation of a prior-generated dialogue sequence to compare with logical-form rules. In some implementations, the logical-form rules comprise trigger conditions and corresponding logical-form actions for constructing a logical-form representation of a subsequent dialogue sequence. Based on the comparison to logical-form rules indicating satisfaction of one or more trigger conditions, the disclosed systems can perform logical-form actions to generate a logical-form representation of a subsequent dialogue sequence. In turn, the disclosed systems can apply a natural-language-to-query-language (NL2QL) template to the logical-form representation to generate a natural language query and a corresponding query-language representation for the subsequent dialogue sequence. |
| US11561968B2 |
Systems and methods for retrieving relevant information content while typing
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs stored on computer-readable media, for retrieving relevant information content while typing are disclosed. Upon identifying text being entered by a user into a text field of a typing-enabled application, one or more keywords may be determined that match the text. The matching keywords may be presented for selection. Upon receiving a selection of a keyword, an information card related to the selected keyword may be retrieved and presented. In addition to presenting the information card, information content associated with the information card may be inserted into the text field of the typing-enabled application. |
| US11561961B2 |
Global uniqueness checking in distributed databases
A distributed database processing system for a database composed of data records organized into tables which processes unique index atoms consistently and concurrently. Each attempt to insert a new key value into such a unique index atom in any given node is routed to a unique index atom chairman for processing. The chairman determines whether the request will be granted. If the request is not granted, the requesting unique index atom continues to try to submit the insert. If the request is granted, the requesting unique index atom modifies the content thereof and broadcasts a replicated given unique index atom all other nodes that contain the replicated unique index atom. |
| US11561955B2 |
Systems and methods for updating a knowledge graph through user input
Methods and systems are disclosed herein for updating a knowledge graph based on a user confirmation. A media guidance application receives a user communication and isolates a term of the user communication. The media guidance application identifies a candidate component of a knowledge graph associated with the term. The media guidance application requests user input directed to confirming whether the term is associated with the candidate component. In response to receiving the user input, the media guidance application modifies a strength of association between the term and the component. |
| US11561954B2 |
Method and system to estimate the cardinality of sets and set operation results from single and multiple HyperLogLog sketches
A system and method for the estimation of the cardinality of large sets of transaction trace data is disclosed. The estimation is based on HyperLogLog data sketches that are capable to store cardinality relevant data of large sets with low and fixed memory requirements. The disclosure contains improvements to the known analysis methods for HyperLogLog data sketches that provide improved relative error behavior by eliminating a cardinality range dependent bias of the relative error. A new analysis method for HyperLogLog data structures is shown that uses maximum likelihood analysis methods on a Poisson based approximated probability model. In addition, a variant of the new analysis model is disclosed that uses multiple HyperLogLog data structured to directly provide estimation results for set operations like intersections or relative complement directly from the HyperLogLog input data. |
| US11561953B2 |
Cosharding and randomized cosharding
The technology relates to cosharding tables within a distributed storage system. A data table including one or more rows may be received. Each row in the data table may include an identifier key and pieces of data. Each piece of data in the data table may be indexed into individual rows of an index table, wherein each row in the index table includes data associated with the identifier key of the data table from which the piece of data in the respective row was indexed. The index table may be sharded into splits, wherein the sharding includes assigning each row of the index table into one of the splits based on the identifier key of the data table from which the piece of data in the respective row was indexed. The splits may be stored into two or more portions of the distributed storage system. |
| US11561949B1 |
Reconstructing deduplicated data
A system and method for efficiently storing data in a storage system. A data storage subsystem includes multiple data storage locations on multiple storage devices in addition to at least one mapping table. A data storage controller determines whether data to store in the storage subsystem has one or more patterns of data intermingled with non-pattern data within an allocated block. Rather than store the one or more pattern on the storage devices, the controller stores information in a header on the storage devices. The information includes at least an offset for the first instance of a pattern, a pattern length, and an identification of the pattern. The data may be reconstructed for a corresponding read request from the information stored in the header. |
| US11561946B1 |
Hyperparameter tuning in a database environment
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe systems, methods, and computer program products for executing and tuning a machine learning operation within a database. An example method can include receiving a data query referencing an input data set of a database, executing a plurality of machine learning operations to generate, in view of the input data set, a plurality of output data sets each having a respective accuracy value, wherein each of the plurality of machine learning operations is executed by a processing device according to one of a plurality of unique sets of hyperparameters, selecting a first output data set of the plurality of output data sets in view of the accuracy values, and returning the first output data set in response to the data query. |
| US11561938B1 |
Closed-loop intelligence
Methods, computer systems, and computer-storage medium are provided for providing closed-loop intelligence. A selection of data is received, at a cloud service, from a database comprising data from a plurality of sources in a Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) format to build a data model. After a feature vector corresponding to the data model is extracted, a selection of an algorithm for a machine learning model to apply to the data model is received. A portion of the selection of data is utilized for training data and test data and the machine learning model is applied to the training data. Once the model is trained, the trained machine learning model can be saved at the cloud service, where it may be accessed by others. |
| US11561937B2 |
Multitenant application server using a union file system
Example methods and systems are directed to a multitenant application server using a union file system. Each tenant has one or more users and a tenant layer in the union file system. Each user has a user layer in the union file system. The union file system provides a logical file system to each user based on the user layer, the tenant layer, and a base layer comprising a set of application layers. A first user shares an application template file with other users of the same tenant by moving the file from the first user's user layer to the tenant layer. After the file is moved, all users of the tenant have access to the application defined by the application template file. The moving of the file is achieved by modifying metadata for the file. |
| US11561934B2 |
Data storage method and method for executing an application with reduced access time to the stored data
The invention concerns a storage method for storing, on data servers (3, 4), data file (5, 61 to 64) slices (51 to 58) from the execution of a plurality of processes (65 to 68) of one or more applications (83, 85), comprising: distributing the stored data file (5, 61 to 64) slices (51 to 58) over different data servers (3, 4), characterized in that: this distribution is carried out in such a way that the data file (5, 61 to 64) slices (51 to 58) likely to be subsequently accessed simultaneously by different application (83, 85) processes (65 to 68) are stored on different data servers (3, 4) so as to reduce the subsequent access, to each of all or part of these data servers (3, 4) by too many application (83, 85) processes (65 to 68) simultaneously, and in that: the determination of the data file (5, 61 to 64) slices (51 to 58) likely to be subsequently accessed simultaneously by different application (83, 85) processes (65 to 68) has been carried out, during a prior phase of executing these application (83, 85) processes (65 to 68), by observing the behavior of these application (83, 85) processes (65 to 68) in order to access these stored data file (5, 61 to 64) slices (51 to 58) over time. |
| US11561930B2 |
Independent evictions from datastore accelerator fleet nodes
A fleet of query accelerator nodes is established for a data store. Each accelerator node caches data items of the data store locally. In response to determining that an eviction criterion has been met, one accelerator node removes a particular data item from its local cache without notifying any other accelerator node. After the particular data item has been removed, a second accelerator node receives a read query for the particular data item and provides a response using a locally-cached replica of the data item. |
| US11561929B2 |
Method, device and computer program product for shrinking storage space
Techniques for shrinking a storage space involve determining a used storage space in a storage pool allocated to a plurality of file systems, and determining a usage level of a storage space in the storage pool based on the used storage space in and a storage capacity of the storage pool. The techniques further involve shrinking a storage space from one or more of the plurality of file systems based on the usage level of the storage pool. Such techniques may automatically shrink storage space in one or more file systems from the global level of the storage pool, which determines an auto shrink strategy according to overall performance of the storage pool, thereby improving efficiency of auto shrink and balancing system performance and saving space. |
| US11561926B2 |
Data exchange pathways between pairs of processing units in columns in a computer
A time deterministic computer is architected so that exchange code compiled for one set of tiles, e.g., a column, can be reused on other sets. The computer comprises: a plurality of processing units each having an input interface with a set of input wires, and an output interface with a set of output wires: a switching fabric connected to each of the processing units by the respective set of output wires and connectable to each of the processing units by the respective set of output wires and connectable to each of the processing units by the respective input wires via switching circuitry controllable by its associated processing unit; the processing units arranged in columns, each column having a base processing unit proximate the switching fabric and multiple processing units one adjacent the other in respective positions in the direction of the column. |
| US11561922B2 |
Communication apparatus, communication method, program, and communication system
Communication is performed more reliably. A CCI (I3C DDR) processing section determines status of an index when requested to be accessed by an I3C master for a read operation. An error handling section then controls an I3C slave 13 to detect occurrence of an error based on the status of the index and to neglect all communication until DDR mode is stopped or restarted by the I3C master, the I3C slave 13 being further controlled to send a NACK response when performing acknowledge processing on a signal sent from the I3C master. This technology can be applied to the I3C bus, for example. |
| US11561918B1 |
Communication bus recovery based on maximum allowable transaction duration
Deselect times can be specified for transactions that are to utilize a communication bus shared by multiple devices. A host can communicate with a multiplexer to select a channel for communication on that bus. If this host communicates with the multiplexer over the bus as well, the host can be prevented from instructing the multiplexer to deselect a channel if the bus is hung. To provide for recovery in such situations, one or more deselect times can be specified for one or more channels of a bus. If a transaction for a device on one of these channels is ongoing when the deselect time is reached, the multiplexer can automatically deselect that channel in order to enable other devices to communicate over other channels on that bus. In some embodiments, a riskiness of a transaction or device can be determined for purposes of applying or determining a relevant deselect time. |
| US11561914B2 |
Storage device and interrupt generation method thereof
An interrupt generation method of a storage device includes executing a command provided by a host, writing a completion entry in a completion queue of the host upon completing execution of the command, and issuing an interrupt corresponding to the completion entry to the host in response to at least one of a first interrupt generation condition, a second interrupt generation condition, and a third interrupt generation condition being satisfied. The first interrupt generation condition is satisfied when a difference between a tail pointer and a head pointer of the completion queue is equal to a first mismatch value. The second interrupt generation condition is satisfied when the difference between the tail pointer and the head pointer is at least equal to an aggregation threshold. The third interrupt generation condition is satisfied when an amount of time that has elapsed since a previous interrupt was issued exceeds a reference time. |
| US11561906B2 |
Rinsing cache lines from a common memory page to memory
A processing system rinses, from a cache, those cache lines that share the same memory page as a cache line identified for eviction. A cache controller of the processing system identifies a cache line as scheduled for eviction. In response, the cache controller, identifies additional “dirty victim” cache lines (cache lines that have been modified at the cache and not yet written back to memory) that are associated with the same memory page, and writes each of the identified cache lines to the same memory page. By writing each of the dirty victim cache lines associated with the memory page to memory, the processing system reduces memory overhead and improves processing efficiency. |
| US11561902B2 |
Cache operations in a hybrid dual in-line memory module
A system includes a first memory device of a first memory type, a second memory device of a second memory type, and a third memory device of a third memory type. The system further includes a processing device to retrieve one or more sections of data from the first memory device comprising a first memory type, and retrieve one or more remaining sections of data from the second memory device comprising a second memory type, wherein the one or more remaining sections of data from the second memory device are associated with the one or more sections of data from the first memory device. The processing device is further to combine the one or more sections of data from the first memory device comprising the first memory type with the one or more remaining sections of each of data from the second memory device comprising the second memory type into a contiguous page, and copy the contiguous page to a third memory device comprising a third memory type. |
| US11561898B1 |
Address expansion
Apparatuses for address expansion and methods of address expansion are disclosed. Memory region definitions are stored, each comprising attribute data relevant to a respective memory region. In response to reception of a first address a region identifier indicative of a memory region to which the first address belongs is provided. Cache storage stores data in association with an address tag and in response to a cache miss a data retrieval request is generated. Address expansion circuitry is responsive to the data retrieval request to initiate a lookup for attribute data relevant to the memory region to which the first address belongs. The address expansion circuitry expands the first address in dependence on a base address forming part of the attribute data to generate an expanded second address, wherein the expanded second address is part of greater address space than the first address. |
| US11561896B2 |
Cache-based trace logging using tags in an upper-level cache
Cache-based trace logging using tags in an upper cache level. A processor influxes a cache line into a first cache level from an upper second cache level. Influxing the cache line into the first cache level includes, based on the first cache level being a recording cache, the processor reading a tag that is (i) stored in the second cache level and (ii) associated with the cache line. Based on reading the tag, the processor determines whether a first value of the cache line within the second cache level has been previously captured by a trace. The processor performs one of (i) when the first value is determined to have been previously logged, following a logged value logic path when influxing the cache line; or (ii) when the first value is determined to have not been previously logged, following a non-logged value logic path when influxing the cache line. |
| US11561895B2 |
Oldest operation wait time indication input into set-dueling
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for dynamically adjusting cache policies to reduce execution core wait time are disclosed. A processor includes a cache subsystem. The cache subsystem includes one or more cache levels and one or more cache controllers. A cache controller partitions a cache level into two test portions and a remainder portion. The cache controller applies a first policy to the first test portion and applies a second policy to the second test portion. The cache controller determines the amount of time the execution core spends waiting on accesses to the first and second test portions. If the measured wait time is less for the first test portion than for the second test portion, then the cache controller applies the first policy to the remainder portion. Otherwise, the cache controller applies the second policy to the remainder portion. |
| US11561892B2 |
Garbage collection adapted to user device access
Systems and methods for adapting garbage collection (GC) operations in a memory device to a pattern of host accessing the device are discussed. The host access pattern can be represented by how frequent the device is in idle states free of active host access. An exemplary memory device includes a memory controller to track a count of idle periods during a specified time window, and to adjust an amount of memory space to be freed by a GC operation in accordance with the count of idle periods. The memory controller can also dynamically reallocate a portion of the memory cells between a single level cell (SLC) cache and a multi-level cell (MLC) storage according to the count of idle periods during the specified time window. |
| US11561886B2 |
Open data protocol performance test automation intelligence (OPT-AI)
A testing scenario (forming part of a computing environment executing a plurality of applications) is initiated to characterize performance of the applications. During the execution of the testing scenario, various performance metrics associated with the applications are monitored. Thereafter, data characterizing the performance metrics is provided (e.g., displayed, loaded into memory, stored on disk, transmitted to a remote computing system, etc.). The testing scenario is generated by monitoring service calls being executed by each of a plurality of automates across the applications, generating a service request tree based on the monitored service calls for all of the applications, and removing cyclic dependencies in the service request tree such that reusable testing components are only used once. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. |
| US11561885B2 |
Automated end-to-end testing platform with dynamic container configuration
Aspects of the disclosure relate to an automated end-to-end testing platform. A computing platform comprising at least one processor, a communication interface, and memory storing computer-readable instructions may receive first test configuration data for a first test and second test configuration data for a second test. The computing platform may generate a first container based on the first test configuration data and may run the first container to generate a first set of test results. The computing platform may determine that a subset of the first set of test results is to be used during an execution of the second test. The computing platform may generate a second container based on the second test configuration data and the subset of the first set of test results. The computing platform may run the second container to generate a second set of test results. |
| US11561884B2 |
Computer-controlled metrics and task lists management
An electronic evaluation device and method thereof for optimizing an operation of computer-controlled metric appliances in a network. The method includes determining whether a fault associated with computer-controlled metric appliance is valid based on a feedback received in real time from a validation entity and updating pre-defined programmable instructions assigned to the computer-controlled metric appliance in response to determining that the fault is invalid. The predefined programmable instructions are used to determine whether the computer-executable metric is achieved or not. The method includes applying a machine learning model on the plurality of parameters and the computer-executable goal to determine a computer-executable task list to be assigned to the computer-controlled metric appliance in order to achieve the computer-executable goal. |
| US11561880B2 |
Method to analyze impact of a configuration change to one device on other connected devices in a data center
Various systems and methods are provided for analyzing the effect(s) that a configuration change to one device has on other connected devices. In one embodiment, the disclosed functionality includes determining connectivity information associated with a data center, where the data center comprises at least a first device and a second device; discovering one or more changes to a configuration of the first device; determining, based at least in part on the connectivity information, that the second device is impacted by the one or more changes to the configuration of the first device; and determining one or more impacts to the second device as a result of the one or more changes, where each of the one or more impacts indicates a positive impact to the second device, a negative impact to the second device, or no impact to the second device. |
| US11561878B2 |
Determining a future operation failure in a cloud system
Examples described relate to determining a future operation failure in a cloud system. In an example, a historical utilization of resources for performing an operation in a cloud system may be determined. A current utilization of resources in the cloud system may be determined. Based on the historical utilization of resources for performing the operation in the cloud system and the current utilization of resources in the cloud system, a determination may be made whether a future performance of the operation in the cloud system is likely to be a failure. In response to a determination that the future performance of the operation in the cloud system is likely to be a failure, an alert may be generated. |
| US11561870B2 |
SSD with compressed superblock mapping table
An improved solid state drive (SSD). The SSD comprising a plurality of non-volatile memory dies, each configured to store at least one block of data associated with one of a plurality of superblocks each containing a plurality of blocks; a volatile memory; and a memory controller. The memory controller configured to store a bit map associated with a first superblock of the plurality of superblocks in the volatile memory, wherein the bit map is configured to indicate whether each of the plurality of blocks is a replacement block, store a block address list in the volatile memory, the block address list is configured to store an address of one or more replacement blocks, and store a replacement block index in the volatile memory associated with the first superblock of the plurality of superblocks, the replacement block index corresponding to the location of an address of a first replacement block of the first superblock in the block address list. |
| US11561868B1 |
Management of microservices failover
Embodiments described herein are generally directed to intelligent management of microservices failover. In an example, responsive to an uncorrectable hardware error associated with a processing resource of a platform on which a task of a service is being performed by a primary microservice, a failover trigger is received by a failover service. A secondary microservice is identified by the failover service that is operating in lockstep mode with the primary microservice. The secondary microservice is caused by the failover service to takeover performance of the task in non-lockstep mode based on failover metadata persisted by the primary microservice. The primary microservice is caused by the failover service to be taken offline. |
| US11561855B2 |
Error handling optimization in memory sub-system mapping
A system including a memory device having blocks of memory cells and a processing device operatively coupled to the memory device. The processing device to perform operations comprising: detecting an error event triggered within a source block of the memory cells; reading data from the source block; writing the data into a mitigation block that is different than the source block; and replacing, in a mapping data structure, a first identifier of the source block with a second identifier of the mitigation block. |
| US11561852B2 |
BMC, server system, device stability determination method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium
A baseboard management controller (BMC) for a server includes a memory configured to store instructions; and a processor configured to execute the instructions to: collect failure information of hardware of the server when a failure of the hardware or a restoration of the hardware is detected by monitoring the hardware; and analyze and determine stability of the server based on the failure information. |
| US11561849B1 |
Intelligently adaptive log level management of a service mesh
Systems, methods and/or computer program products dynamically managing log levels of microservices in a service mesh based on predicted error rates of calls made to the service mesh. A first AI module predicts health, status and/or failures of microservices individually or as part of microservice chains with a particular confidence level. Using health status mapped to the microservices and historical information inputted into a knowledge base (including error rates), the first AI module predicts error rates of the API call for each user profile or generally by the service mesh. A second AI module analyzes the predictions provided by the first AI module and determines whether the predictions meet threshold levels of confidence. To improve the confidence of predictions that are below threshold levels, the second AI module dynamically adjusts application logs of the microservices and/or proxies thereof to an appropriate level to capture more detailed information within the logs. |
| US11561844B2 |
Disaggregated system domain
An approach is disclosed that configures a computer system node from components that are each connected to an intra-node network. The configuring is performed by selecting a set of components, including at least one processor, and assigning each of the components a different address range within the node. An operating system is run on the processor included in the node with the operating system accessing each of the assigned components. |
| US11561843B2 |
Automated performance tuning using workload profiling in a distributed computing environment
Workload profiling can be used in a distributed computing environment for automatic performance tuning. For example, a computing device can receive a performance profile for a workload in a distributed computing environment. The performance profile can indicate resource usage by the workload in the distributed computing environment. The computing device can determine a performance bottleneck associated with the workload based on the resource usage specified in the performance profile. A tuning profile can be selected to reduce the performance bottleneck associate with the workload. The computing device can output a command to adjust one or more properties of the workload in accordance with the tuning profile to reduce the performance bottleneck associated with the workload. |
| US11561842B2 |
Determining and implementing a feasible resource optimization plan for public cloud consumption
Example implementations relate to determining and implementing a feasible resource optimization plan for public cloud consumption. Telemetry data over a period of time is obtained for a current deployment of virtual infrastructure resources within a current data center of a cloud provider that supports an existing service and an application deployed on the virtual infrastructure resources. Information regarding a set of constraints to be imposed on a resource optimization plan is obtained. Indicators of resource consumption relating to the currently deployed virtual infrastructure resources during the period of time are identified by applying a deep learning algorithm to the telemetry data. A resource optimization plan is determined that is feasible within the set of constraints based on a costing model associated with resources of an alternative data center of the cloud provider, the indicators of resource consumption and costs associated with the current deployment. |
| US11561839B2 |
Allocation of resources for a plurality of hosts
It is presented a method for enabling allocation of resources for a plurality of hosts. The method is performed by a server (1) and comprises identifying (S100) a service running on one or more of the plurality of hosts, determining (S140) a stretch factor for a recurring load pattern for the service running on the one or more of the plurality of hosts, and storing (S150) the identified service together with the determined stretch factor. It is also presented a server, a computer program and a computer program product. |
| US11561837B2 |
Resource processing method and apparatus for mobile terminal, computer device and storage medium
A resource processing method includes: determining a current application scenario and usage data of the mobile terminal; inputting the usage data into a machine learning algorithm model corresponding to the current application scenario to obtain predicted recommendation parameters; and configuring resources of the mobile terminal based on the recommendation parameters. |
| US11561836B2 |
Optimizing distribution of heterogeneous software process workloads
A request is received to schedule a new software process. Description data associated with the new software process is retrieved. A workload resource prediction is requested and received for the new software process. A landscape directory is analyzed to determine a computing host in a managed landscape on which to load the new software process. The new software process is executed on the computing host. |
| US11561835B2 |
Unified container orchestration controller
A system to facilitate a container orchestration cloud service platform is described. The system includes a controller to manage Kubernetes cluster life-cycle operations created by each of a plurality of providers. The controller includes one or more processors to execute a controller micro service to discover a provider plugin associated with each of the plurality of providers, and perform the cluster life-cycle operations at a container orchestration platform as a broker for each of a plurality of providers. |
| US11561833B1 |
Allocation and placement of resources for network computation
Techniques for operating a computing system to perform neural network operations are disclosed. In one example, a method comprises receiving a neural network model, determining a sequence of neural network operations based on data dependency in the neural network model, and determining a set of instructions to map the sequence of neural network operations to the processing resources of the neural network processor. The method further comprises determining, based on a set of memory access operations included in the set of instructions, a first set of memory references associated with a first location of an external memory to store the input data and a second set of memory references associated with a second location of the external memory to store the output data, and generating an instruction file including the set of instructions, the first set of memory references and the second set of memory references. |
| US11561832B2 |
Systems and methods for maintaining pooled time-dependent resources in a multilateral distributed register
The present disclosure is directed to a novel system for using a distributed register to generate, manage, and store data for interest-pooled time deposit resource accounts. The invention leverages a pooled resource account approach, allowing for multiple disparate resource accounts to benefit from an enhanced interest return by pooling resource accounts. The system components of the invention contemplate the use of distributed register technology to provide a verified ledger of information related to one or more resource accounts, as well as store system data, user data, and metadata related to the movement and management of resources. By using a distributed register approach to store and verify data related to time-dependent resource account services, the invention provides an automated system and methods for enhancing the flow of sensitive verified information, reducing the need for manual review and increasing the speed at which various resource account services can be validated and executed. |
| US11561829B2 |
Integrated multi-provider compute platform
The present invention includes embodiments of systems and methods for addressing the interdependencies that result from integrating the computing resources of multiple hardware and software providers. The integrated, multi-provider cloud-based platform of the present invention employs abstraction layers for communicating with and integrating the resources of multiple back-end hardware providers, multiple software providers and multiple license servers. These abstraction layers and associated functionality free users not only from having to implement and configure provider-specific protocols, but also from having to address interdependencies among selected hardware, software and license servers on a job-level basis or at other levels of granularity. |
| US11561827B2 |
System and method for executing a dynamic routing service
A system and method are provided for executing a dynamic routing service. The method includes i) subscribing to ingress a first topic for a current task in a process workflow and ii) receiving a data object for the current task. The method also includes iii) querying a first service to determine a next workflow task, the next workflow task having been translated by the first service from a workflow graph to a file and data interchange format. The method also includes iv) updating the data object, v) routing the updated data object to a second topic by a message broker using the data interchange format, and vi) subscribing to ingress the second topic for a next task in the process workflow and repeating ii) to v) while the process workflow is being executed. |
| US11561821B1 |
Controlling placement of virtualized resources based on desirability index for host pools
Various techniques for managing heat and backwards-incompatible updates in cloud-based networks are described. In an example method, a virtualized resource, is identified. At least one first host may include an updated version of an element and at least one second host may include a previous version of the element. The updated version may be incompatible with the previous version. A first desirability index corresponding to the at least one first host may be less than a second desirability index corresponding to the at least one second host. The virtualized resource may be live-migrated from the source host to a target host among the at least one first host. |
| US11561820B2 |
Task optimization method and task optimization device in mobile robot
A task optimization method and a task optimization device in a mobile robot are provided. The task optimization method includes: obtaining at least one task type in a mobile robot and usage information when all users use a task corresponding to each task type; separately performing machine learning on the usage information of all the users corresponding to each task type to obtain at least one piece of user's usage habit information corresponding to each task type and usage probability thereof, thereby performing machine learning on usage information when all users use the task corresponding to the task type; based on the at least one piece of usage habit information corresponding to each task type, the usage probability thereof and the real-time usage information, optimizing the task corresponding to the task type used by the user in real time. |
| US11561816B2 |
Elastic container platform architecture
A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which an elastic platform virtualization service is provided in relation to a virtual device. The elastic platform virtualization service includes logic that provides for the management of a virtualized device during its life cycle. The creation or reconfiguration of the virtualized device is based on a tertiary choice between using dedicated hardware and dedicated kernel; common hardware and common kernel; or a combination of the dedicated hardware, dedicated kernel, common hardware, and common kernel. |
| US11561814B2 |
Browser-driven capture of application installations for application virtualization
Techniques are described for performing browser-driven application capture of application installations. When the browser on the client machine detects a request to begin an application capture session, it downloads an orchestrator binary from an origin server. The orchestrator is a self-extracting executable that decompresses components responsible for preparing the client machine for the application capture session. Preparing the client machine includes starting a local web server, executing a registry script to create the necessary registry state, mounting a virtual disk, and deploying an agent that will record state changes on the client machine. Once the client machine has been prepared, the application installation can begin. During the installation process, the agent intercepts state changes occurring on the client machine and redirects them to the virtual disk. Once finished, the application capture session is completed by adding identity and metadata information to the virtual disk to generate the application package. |
| US11561804B1 |
Virtual assistant transfer protocol
A method may include receiving a request to transfer a personal virtual assistant to a computing device, the personal virtual assistant including response preferences of a user; accessing a virtual assistant transfer protocol associated with the user; the virtual assistant transfer protocol including a sensitivity preference; applying the sensitivity preference to data associated with the personal virtual assistant to generate a virtual assistant transfer package; and transmitting the virtual assistant transfer package to the computing device. |
| US11561802B2 |
System, method, and computer program for a microservice lifecycle operator
As described herein, a system, method, and computer program are provided for a microservice lifecycle operator. In use, at least one specification for a microservice is identified. Further, a lifecycle of the microservice is managed, using a lifecycle operator and the at least one specification. |
| US11561800B2 |
Processing device and related products
A pooling operation method and a processing device for performing the same are provided. The pooling operation method may rearrange a dimension order of the input data before pooling is performed. The technical solutions provided by the present disclosure have the advantages of short operation time and low energy consumption. |
| US11561799B2 |
Execution unit
An execution unit comprising a processing pipeline configured to perform calculations to evaluate a plurality of mathematical functions. The processing pipeline comprises a plurality of stages through which each calculation for evaluating a mathematical function progresses to an end result. Each of a plurality of processing circuits in the pipeline is configured to perform an operation on input values during at least one stage of the plurality of stages. The plurality of processing circuits include multiplier circuits. A first multiplier circuit and a second multiplier circuit are configured to operate in parallel, such that at the same stage in the processing pipeline, the first multiplier circuit and the second multiplier circuit perform their processing. A third multiplier circuit is arranged in series with the first multiplier circuit and the second multiplier circuit and processes outputs from the first multiplier circuit and the second multiplier circuit. |
| US11561792B2 |
System, apparatus, and method for a transient load instruction within a VLIW operation
A transient load instruction for a processor may include a transient or temporary load instruction that is executed in parallel with a plurality of input operands. The temporary load instruction loads a memory value into a temporary location for use within the instruction packet. According to some examples, a VLIW based microprocessor architecture may include a temporary cache for use in writing/reading a temporary memory value during a single VLIW packet cycle. The temporary cache is different from the normal register bank that does not allow writing and then reading the value just written during the same VLIW packet cycle. |
| US11561790B2 |
Orchestrating multi-level tools for the deployment of a network product
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for embedding configuration data in a product for deployment in a network are provided. A method, according to one implementation, includes the step of establishing a toolchain for generating configuration data to be embedded in a product to be deployed in a network. The toolchain can include a plurality of production levels. The method also includes the step of employing a plurality of plug-in modules, where each plug-in module is configured to operate at one of the production levels for orchestrating one or more external production tools at the respective production level. Also, the method includes the step of permitting bi-directional communication among the plug-in modules to coordinate the configuration data at the plurality of production levels. |
| US11561787B2 |
Application invocation on specified operating system version
A computer-implemented method that includes determining that a first version of an operating system (OS) is updated to a second version of the OS. The method further includes determining that an application does not support the second version of the OS. The method further includes associating the first version of the OS with the application as a base OS. The method further includes invoking the application on the base OS by generating an isolated instance running the base OS on a user device, where the user device simultaneously runs the second version of the OS. |
| US11561782B2 |
Upgrade recommendations
An example recommendation device can include a memory resource storing instructions executable by a processing resource to: determine dependencies of a hardware topology, determine properties of an upgrade to be performed on the hardware topology, compare the properties of the upgrade to the determined dependencies of the hardware topology to identify potential events, and generate a recommendation for deploying the upgrade on the hardware topology based on the comparison. |
| US11561777B2 |
System and method for intelligent update flow across inter and intra update dependencies
A method for managing updates of a data manager includes: obtaining a service call graph where the service call graph includes services grouped into service sub-trees and specifies a service hierarchy between the services; identifying the service sub-trees of the service call graph; identifying, using the service hierarchy, independent services among the services of the service call graph; generating, based on identifying the service sub-trees and the independent services, an update sequence for the services; predicting, using the update sequence and the services, an update window for the service sub-trees; and initiating an update of the services using the prediction of the update window. |
| US11561775B2 |
Development system and method
A method, computer program product, and computing system for defining a library of functional modules; enabling a user to select a plurality of functional modules from the library of functional modules; and enabling the user to visually arrange the plurality of functional modules to form a conversational application. |
| US11561773B2 |
Platform for rapid application development
Embodiments are directed to application development. A data model may include one or more complex field types that each include one or more other fields. A separate data object may be included for each complex field type that defines one or more characteristics of one or more other fields included in a complex field type. An application design window may include one or more complex fields for an application, such that each complex field is associated with a complex field type. The data model may be modified to include another separate data object for each complex field type that is associated with the one or more complex fields, such that item values corresponding to each complex field of the same complex field type are stored in the same other separate data object. The modified data model may be deployed to enable one or more application shells to execute the application. |
| US11561771B2 |
System and method for in-ide code review
Methods, system and apparatus for the augmentation of an integrated development environment (IDE). The system and methods provide for the integration of all aspects of a development workflow to be initiated and completed from within the IDE. Every phase of development, including, grabbing a ticket, working on the ticket, asking teammates questions, requesting feedback, initiating code reviews, performing code reviews, creating feature branches, creating pull requests, creating merge requests and generating audit trails of all interactions users have with the IDE are managed and performed from within the IDE, eliminating the need to context switch or open additional application or websites. |
| US11561769B2 |
Random number generator including a plurality of ring oscillators
A random number generator including: a first ring oscillator including a first inverter chain, the first inverter chain including a plurality of serially connected first inverters, the first ring oscillator configured to output a first random signal generated at a first sub-node between two neighboring first inverters among the plurality of first inverters; a second ring oscillator including a second inverter chain, the second inverter chain including a plurality of serially connected second inverters, the second ring oscillator configured to output a second random signal generated at a second sub-node between two neighboring second inverters among the plurality of second inverters; and a signal processing circuit for generating a random number by combining the first random signal with the second random signal. |
| US11561768B2 |
Non-linear feedback shift register
Provided are a method and system for using a non-linear feedback shift register (NLFSR) for generating a pseudo-random sequence. The method may include generating, for an n-stage NLFSR that requires more than two taps to generate a maximal length pseudo-random sequence, a pseudo-random sequence using a feedback logical operation of only a first logic gate and a second logic gate. Two non-end taps suitable for providing an at least near-maximal length pseudo-random sequence are inputs for the first logic gate, an output of the first logic gate and an end tap are inputs for the second logic gate, and an output of the second logic gate is used as feedback to a first stage of the n-stage NLFSR. |
| US11561760B2 |
Electronic device and method of controlling thereof
An electronic device for changing a voice of a personal assistant function, and a method therefor are provided. The electronic device includes a display, a transceiver, processor, and a memory for storing commands executable by the processor. The processor is configured to, based on a user command to request acquisition of voice data feature of a person included in a media content displayed on the display being received, control the display to display information of a person, based on a user input to select the one of the information of a person being received, acquire voice data corresponding to an utterance of a person related to the selected information of a person, and acquire voice data feature from the acquired voice data, control the transceiver to transmit the acquired voice data feature to a server. |
| US11561758B2 |
Virtual sound engineer system and method
A virtual sound engineer system includes a mobile device having a processor connected to an interface, the processor being configured to initiate a first remote access digital mixing session to remotely access a first digital mixing console communicatively coupled to a first plurality of peripheral devices disposed at a first location, initiate a second remote access digital mixing session to remotely access a second digital mixing console communicatively coupled to a second plurality of peripheral devices disposed at a second location different from the first, such that remotely accessing the first console and the second console includes adjusting sound output by at least one of the peripheral devices of the first console and at least one of the peripheral devices of the second console and at least a portion of the first mixing session and at least a portion of the second mixing session occur concurrently. |
| US11561752B2 |
Electromagnetic band gap structures
Devices for mitigating or stopping noise or surface current on a display are provided. An electronic device including a display may include a display substrate, a mid-support plate that is adjacent to the display substrate, and a lower support plate that is adjacent to the mid-support plate. A space exists between the mid-support plate and the lower support plate. The mid-support plate includes one or more electromagnetic band gap (EBG) structures formed through the mid-support plate, one or more electromagnetic band gap structures mounted onto the mid-support plate, or both. The one or more electromagnetic band gap structures may mitigate or stop surface current flow across the display. |
| US11561751B2 |
Display device including plurality of modules and control method therefor
A display device includes a signal receiver configured to receive an image signal; a display including a plurality of modules each including a plurality of light sources, and display an image based on the received image signal; and a controller configured to perform first uniformity calibration between light sources within each individual module with regard to the modules, and second uniformity calibration between the modules, wherein the controller controls the first uniformity calibration to be applied to the image signal received in the signal receiver based on a first coefficient determined for each of the light sources within each individual module, controls the second uniformity calibration to be applied to the image signal subjected to the first uniformity calibration based on a second coefficient determined for each of the modules, and controls a calibrated image to be displayed based on the image signal subjected to the second uniformity calibration. |
| US11561744B2 |
Server and printing system
A server includes: a first interface performing communication based on a predetermined protocol with a client; a second interface performing communication based on a USB standard with a printing device having at least one paper feeder; a controller; and a storage. The controller performs control to acquire medium information of a medium stored in the paper feeder of the printing device, via the second interface, and store the medium information in the storage. When receiving an acquisition request for the medium information from the client, the controller performs control to transmit the medium information read out from the storage to the client via the first interface. |
| US11561739B1 |
Catastrophic event memory backup system
A persistent memory unit for a computer system where the memory unit can detect a catastrophic event and automatically backup volatile memory into non-volatile memory. The memory unit can operate with a limited number of power inputs and detect the loss of power and then initiate a backup after the volatile memory of the memory unit has entered a stable self-refresh mode. The memory unit uses an on-board power management interface controller capable of redistributing power from an input power line and generating different power levels for different components on the memory unit. |
| US11561737B2 |
I/O command control apparatus and storage system
According to one embodiment, an I/O command control apparatus receives authorization information. The authorization information indicates whether or not to permit an execution of an I/O command. The apparatus verifies whether the received authorization information is not tampered with, and whether the received authorization information is issued from a known authorization server. In a case where the authorization information is not tampered with, and is issued from the known server, the apparatus verifies whether or not the authorization information permits to execution of the I/O command. The apparatus permits or prohibits the execution of the I/O command or execution of a control command generated from the I/O command, based on the authorization result. |
| US11561733B2 |
Interrupt mode or polling mode for memory devices
Methods, systems, and devices for event management for memory devices are described. A memory system may include a frontend (FE) queue and a backend (BE). Each queue may include an interface that can be operated in an interrupt mode or a polling mode based on certain metrics. For example, the interface associated with the FE queue may be operated in a polling mode or an interrupt mode based on whether a quantity of commands being executed on one or more memory devices of the memory system satisfies a threshold value. Additionally or alternatively, the interface associated with the BE queue may be operated in a polling mode or an interrupt mode based on whether a quantity of active logical block addresses (LBAs) associated with one or more operations being executed on one or more memory devices of the memory system satisfies a threshold value. |
| US11561730B1 |
Selecting paths between a host and a storage system
Managing input/output (‘I/O’) queues in a data storage system, including: receiving, by a host that is coupled to a plurality of storage devices via a storage network, a plurality of I/O operations to be serviced by a target storage device; determining, for each of a plurality of paths between the host and the target storage device, a data transfer maximum associated with the path; determining, for one or more of the plurality of paths, a cumulative amount of data to be transferred by I/O operations pending on the path; and selecting a target path for transmitting one or more of the plurality of I/O operations to the target storage device in dependence upon the cumulative amount of data to be transferred by I/O operations pending on the path and the data transfer maximum associated with the path. |
| US11561729B2 |
Write determination counter
A method includes performing a memory operation to access memory cells of a memory sub-system. The method can further include determining, for the memory operation, a quantity of memory cells available to be accessed during the performance of the memory operation. The method can further include determining that a quantity of memory cells that are accessed during the performance of the memory operation comprises fewer than the quantity of memory cells available to be accessed. The method can further include incrementing a counter in response to the determination that the quantity of memory cells accessed is fewer than the quantity of memory cells available to be accessed. |
| US11561728B1 |
Methods and systems for efficient metadata management
Methods, computer program products, computer systems, and the like for efficient metadata management are disclosed, which can include receiving a subunit of storage, storing a first metadata portion of the subunit of storage in a first unit of storage, and storing a second metadata portion of the subunit of storage in a second unit of storage. |
| US11561723B2 |
Storage system performing overwrite, host system controlling storage system, and operating method for storage system
A storage system performing an overwrite, a host system controlling the storage system, and an operating method of the storage system, wherein the storage system includes a memory device; and a controller that receives new data and an overwrite request from the host system, wherein the overwrite request includes a first logical address for old data and a second logical address for the new data, and performs an overwrite operation by writing the new data corresponding to the second logical address to the memory device and invalidating the old data corresponding to the first logical address according to the overwrite request. |
| US11561722B2 |
Multi-page parity data storage in a memory device
A processing device, operatively coupled with a memory device, is configured to perform a write operation on a page of a plurality of pages of a data unit of a memory device, to store host data in the page of the data unit. The processing device further generates a parity page for the host data stored in the page of the data unit and adds the parity page to parity data stored at a parity data storage location. Responsive to determining that a first size of the stored parity data satisfies a first condition, the processing device initiates execution of a compression algorithm to compress the stored parity data. Responsive to determining that a second size of the parity data resulting from the execution of the compression algorithm satisfies a second condition, the processing device performs a scan operation to release at least a subset of the stored parity data. |
| US11561721B1 |
Data replication system and data replication method
A first storage system compresses data relating to read and write by a primary site and stores the data in a first physical volume. A second storage system compresses data relating to read and write by a secondary site and stores the data in a second physical volume. When performing replication for transferring the data stored in the first physical volume of the first storage system to the second storage system and storing the data in the second physical volume, the first storage system and the second storage system determine, based on a compression scheme executable by the first storage system and a compression scheme executable by the second storage system, a compression scheme to be applied to transfer target data and transfer the transfer target data compressed by the determined compression scheme. |
| US11561711B2 |
Memory device performing configurable mode setting and method of operating the same
A memory device according to an aspect may include a memory cell array including a first bank region and a second bank region each including a plurality of banks; an operation logic including one or more first processing elements (PEs) corresponding to the first bank region and one or more second PEs corresponding to the second bank region; a control logic configured to control modes of the first bank region and the second bank region based on externally sourced setting information; first and second mode signal generators configured to control enabling the first PEs, wherein the first mode signal generator is configured to output the first mode signal to enable the first PEs and the second mode signal generator is configured to output the second mode signal to disable the second PEs responsive to the first bank region being set to an operation mode and the second bank region being set to a normal mode. |
| US11561710B2 |
Programmable peak power management
The disclosure describes a programmable power management system for NAND Flash devices. In one embodiment, dedicated match logic is provided to store program counters responsible for peak power consumption of one or more NAND Flash dies. Upon detecting that a current program counter equals a stored program counter, a high current enable signal is toggled causing at least one NAND Flash die to suspend operations, thereby reducing peak power consumption of the NAND Flash device. |
| US11561703B2 |
Adaptive tape calibration criteria by number of dead tracks
In an approach to adaptive tape calibration criteria based on the number of dead tracks, the number of rewrite occurrences for each dead track on a tape drive is determined. Responsive to detecting that a head is in a dead track state, the number of dead tracks is stored on the tape drive. A calibration threshold is determined, where the calibration threshold includes the number of dead track rewrites and the calibration reference value for a specific tape drive type. Responsive to the number of rewrite occurrences exceeding the calibration threshold while writing a data set, a calibration of the tape drive. |
| US11561698B2 |
NVMEoF flow control from initiator based on transaction latency
A storage array that uses NVMEoF to interconnect compute nodes with NVME SSDs via a fabric and NVME offload engines implements flow control based on transaction latency. Transaction latency is the elapsed time between the send side completion message and receive side completion message for a single transaction. Counts of total transactions and over-latency-limit transactions are accumulated over a time interval. If the over limit rate exceeds a threshold, then the maximum allowed number of enqueued pending transactions is reduced. The maximum allowed number of enqueued pending transactions is periodically restored to a default value. |
| US11561697B2 |
Disaggregated memory server having chassis with a plurality of receptacles accessible configured to convey data with PCIE bus and plurality of memory banks
Provided is a disaggregated memory server, which in some examples is a rack-mounted hardware appliance comprising a pool of memory for allocation to memory clients. Examples of memory clients may include one or more rack-mounted computing devices co-located on a rack with the disaggregated memory server. The disaggregated memory server may be optimized for high-speed dynamic memory allocation to the other computing devices in the rack. |
| US11561694B2 |
Arithmetic processor and arithmetic apparatus
An arithmetic processor includes a memory access controller configured to control access of a memory based on a memory access request. The memory access controller includes a shift register configured to shift a resource number and a memory access request from a first stage to a subsequent stage of the first stage at a timing according to the operation mode, the first stage is received a resource number and a memory access request. The memory access controller includes a plurality of memory access transmitting circuits configured to receive the resource number and the memory access request held by the plurality of stage. Each of the plurality of access transmitting circuits provided corresponding to the plurality of resource number, and output, to the memory, an access command corresponding to the memory access request when the received resource number matches a resource number of a memory access transmitting circuit. |
| US11561693B2 |
Providing a remote keyboard service
The systems described herein provide a remote keyboard service for a media device on a computing device without having to invoke an application or unlock the computing device. The computing device can receive a message indicating that a text input field on the other device is selected and present a notification to the user prompting the user to invoke the virtual keyboard on the computing device to provide text input to the selected text input field. The computing device can receive user input selecting the notification and present a virtual keyboard for providing text input to the other device. The computing device can receive keyboard input from the user selecting characters and send the characters to the other device. The other device can then user the characters as text input to the selected text input field. |
| US11561691B1 |
Data transfer via tile overlay
A management system of a computing device provides enhanced functionality via selectable icons (e.g., tiles), presented on a home screen, that may be overlaid to perform overlay operations such as data transfer, payment, and/or granting of certain authorizations or permissions. Users are able to more readily perform cross-application and/or cross-entity operations via, for example, the operating system of a computing device without needing to engage with as many entities (or applications thereof). Tile overlay operations may be managed and reviewed via an application. |
| US11561690B2 |
Interactive graphical user interface for customizable combinatorial test construction
A computing device receives a request for a design of a combinatorial test for a test system. The device receives a run indication of a total quantity of test cases for the design, a factor indication of a total quantity of factors, and/or a strength indication for a covering array. The device generates an updated design by: selecting test case(s) to remove from a first design; or adding test case(s) to the first design. The first design comprises a set of test cases that represent the covering array according to the strength indication. The updated design is constrained to the total quantity of test cases as indicated by the run indication. The device outputs a respective setting for each test condition for at least one test case of the updated design for testing the test system. |
| US11561686B2 |
Intelligent content display for network-based communications
Disclosed in some examples are devices, methods, systems, and machine-readable mediums for enhanced meeting room solutions to provide increased inclusiveness for both remote and in-room participants for network-based communication sessions, such as hybrid network-based communication sessions. Content of a first type is placed in a location exclusive of a discontinuity in a display device and content of a second type is placed in a location inclusive of the discontinuity of the display device. |
| US11561683B2 |
Systems and methods for selecting a region of a flexible screen and controlling video playback
Methods and systems are provided for selecting region of a flexible screen based on a detected curvature of the flexible screen. A mobile device detects a vertex and degree of the curvature of the flexible screen. The mobile device selects a region of the flexible screen that is centered at the vertex and whose size is proportional to the degree of curvature. The mobile device highlights the region of the flexible display to visually indicate the selected region. |
| US11561682B1 |
User interface for use with a search engine for searching financial related documents
A method for rendering context based information on a user interface includes receiving a user request to extract the context based information from a database. The database includes a plurality of documents and the request includes at least one search criteria required to determine a context of the user request. The method includes generating a list of documents corresponding to the context of the user request and rendering on a viewing portion of the user interface the list of documents corresponding to the context of the user request. |
| US11561680B2 |
Method and apparatus for adding icon to interface of android system, and mobile terminal
A method for adding an icon to an interface of an Android system, where the Android system has N interfaces, includes: a. obtaining add command information; b. obtaining, according to the add command information, space information of an icon to be added; c. obtaining remaining space information of an Mth interface according to the add command information; d. judging whether the space information of the icon to be added is greater than the remaining space information of the Mth interface; if yes, executing step e; if no, executing step f; e. judging whether the Mth interface is a last interface to be judged; if yes, executing step g; if no, assigning M+1 to M and returning to step c; f. adding the icon to the interface; and g. establishing another interface, and adding the icon to the newly established interface; where M and N are natural numbers, and 1≤M≤N. |
| US11561678B1 |
Automatic zoom on device screen to improve artificial intelligence identification rate
An image of a user interface of a device is captured. A graphical object is identified in the image of the user interface. For example, a menu item or a text object is identified in the image of the user interface. An Artificial Intelligence (AI) process is used to determine a confidence score for the graphical object; the confidence score identifies a confidence of how likely a type of the graphical object can be identified. In response to the first confidence score not meeting a threshold, a zoomed in image of the graphical object is taken or a zoomed-out image of the graphical object is taken. The zoomed in image or the zoomed-out image is used to increase the confidence score to better identify the type of the graphical object. |
| US11561675B2 |
Method and apparatus for visualization of public welfare activities
A method for implementing visualization of public welfare activities includes: displaying to a target user a map of a geographic region for carrying out a public welfare activity in response to the target user's selection, wherein the map comprises a first geographic location associated with a first icon indicating that the public welfare activity has been carried out at the first geographic location and a second geographic location associated with a second icon indicating that the public welfare activity is able to be carried out at the second geographic location; when a relationship exists between the target user and a public welfare activity participant user that has carried out the public welfare activity on the map, displaying on the map user information of the public welfare activity participant user; updating the second icon to be a first icon in response to the target user's selection on the second icon. |
| US11561674B2 |
User interface for proxy modeling of reactive transport modeling
Systems and methods include a method for providing, for presentation to a user, a graphical user interface (GUI) for defining and generating machine learning-based proxy models as surrogates for process-based reactive transport modeling (RTM). User selections of training parameters for generating training sample data are received. The training sample data is generated in response to receiving a parameter files generation indication. A training cases generation indication is received. Training sample cases are executed using the training sample data. User selections of proxy models training parameters are received. A set of parameter-specific proxy models represented by a neural network are trained. Each parameter-specific proxy model corresponds to a specific RTM parameter from a set of RTM parameters. Blind tests are performed using the set of parameter-specific proxy models. Each blind test tests a specific one of the parameter-specific proxy models. Predictions are generated using the set of parameter-specific proxy models. |
| US11561672B1 |
Compatibility-based feature management for data prep applications
A method executes at a computing device having a display, processors, and memory. The device displays a user interface for a data preparation application, including icons in a flow element palette, each icon representing a parameterized operation that can be inserted into data preparation flows in a flow pane of the user interface. A user places icons into the flow pane, visually defining flow elements for a flow that extracts data from selected data sources, transforms the extracted data, and exports the transformed data. The device retrieves the version number of a corresponding server application running on a server. Using a feature matrix, the device determines which flow elements are not supported by the data prep server application according to the version number. When there are flow elements not supported by the data prep server application running on the server, the device indicates this to the user. |
| US11561666B1 |
User interfaces for contextual modeling for electronic loan applications
A system for managing an electronic loan application can include: a loan information pane listing financial information associated with a loan transaction, the financial information including details of the loan transaction and an indicator of a status of an attribute of the loan transaction; an action pane listing upcoming actions associated with the loan transaction; and an assets pane listing assets associated with the loan transaction, the assets pane including: a list with each of the assets, including identification of each of the assets; and a statement pane for a selected asset of the assets, the statement pane listing items associated with a statement for the selected asset, with each of the items including a status indicator and a highlighted excerpt from the statement. |
| US11561665B2 |
Display method, recording medium, and display system
A display method includes: based on at least one of first information obtained by a control device including a display and second information obtained by a device other than the control device, changing an image used as a basic screen that is displayed on the display and is for controlling a control target device other than the control device by a user (S12). |
| US11561657B2 |
Touch panel and manufacturing method therefor, and touch display device
A touch panel and a manufacturing method thereof and a touch display device are disclosed. The touch panel includes: a base substrate; and a first touch electrode on the base substrate, the first touch electrode including a plurality of first touch electrode lines intersecting with one another, wherein in a direction perpendicular to the base substrate, each of the first touch electrode lines include at least two laminated transparent conductive layers, which include a laminate of a first metal oxide layer and a first metal layer, or a laminate of the first metal oxide layer and a first graphene layer. |
| US11561654B2 |
Machine learning-based position determination
An example method of determining the position value reflecting an action applied to the capacitive sensor device comprises: receive a set of capacitance values of a plurality of capacitive cells of a capacitive sensor device; determining a local maximum of the set of capacitance values; identifying a set of neural network parameters corresponding to the local maximum of the set of capacitance values; and processing the set of capacitance values by a neural network using the identified set of neural network parameters to determine a position value reflecting an action applied to the capacitive sensor device. |
| US11561652B2 |
Simultaneous time domain differential sensing and electric field sensing
Systems and methods for determining a touch input are provided. The systems and methods generally include measuring the peak voltage at an electrode over a measurement period and determining a touch input based on the peak voltage. The systems and methods can conserve computing resources by deferring digital signal processing until after a peak electrode capacitance has been sampled. The systems and methods are suitable for capacitive sensors using self-capacitance and capacitive sensors using mutual capacitance. The systems and methods are also suitable for capacitive buttons, track pads, and touch screens, among other implementations. |
| US11561651B2 |
Virtual paintbrush implementing method and apparatus, and computer readable storage medium
A method and an apparatus for implementing a virtual paintbrush are provided. The method includes: acquiring a real shooting scene by a camera of a terminal device; forming, based on an operation performed on the terminal device, a handwriting area of the virtual paintbrush in the real shooting scene; and forming handwriting of the virtual paintbrush based on the handwriting area, where the handwriting is fused with the real shooting scene and a fused image is displayed on the terminal device. |
| US11561647B2 |
Pixelated self-capacitance water rejection
A touch sensor panel is disclosed. In some examples, the touch sensor panel comprises a plurality of touch node electrodes. In some examples, the touch sensor panel comprises a touch controller configured to drive and sense the plurality of touch node electrodes in a fully bootstrapped configuration to obtain a fully bootstrapped touch image, drive and sense the plurality of touch node electrodes in a second configuration, different from the fully bootstrapped configuration, to obtain a second touch image, the second touch image including an effect of water on the touch sensor panel, and determine a final touch image based on the fully bootstrapped touch image and the second touch image, the final touch image not including the effect of the water on the touch sensor panel. In some examples, the second configuration comprises a mutual capacitance configuration. In some examples, the second configuration comprises a partially bootstrapped configuration. |
| US11561645B2 |
Touch display panel and touch display device
Provided a touch display panel includes a signal transmission layer, an insulation layer, and a touch layer disposed in stack. A surface of the signal transmission layer is provided with first concave-convex structure. The insulation layer covers the first concave-convex structure, and a surface thereof is provided with a second concave-convex structure at least partially overlapping the first concave-convex structure in a light exit direction. The second concave-convex structure includes a second convex portion, a second concave portion, and a second connecting portion, thickness of the second connecting portion smaller than either thickness of the second convex portion or thickness of the second concave portion. A connection via hole is further provided, penetrates at least the second connecting portion, exposes part of the signal transmission layer, and the touch layer electrically connected to the signal transmission layer through the connection via hole. |
| US11561643B2 |
Electronic device and interface device including the same
An electronic device in some embodiments includes: a display layer configured to display an image based on image data and having a plurality of regions defined thereon; a sensor layer on the display layer; and a sensor driver configured to receive image information data calculated based on the image data, to generate an output signal based on the image information data, and to provide the output signal to the sensor layer, wherein the image information data includes noise information on the image, the noise information being calculated based on the plurality of regions. Some embodiments may include the electronic device included in an interface device. |
| US11561642B2 |
Touch sensing device supporting a plurality of protocols
In an embodiment, various active pens may be searched for in every frame, so that various active pens may operate in a touch sensing system. |
| US11561638B2 |
Single layer capacitive touch force sensor
There is provided a touch force sensor including a first drive electrode, a second drive electrode and a receiving electrode. The first drive electrode is used to form a first capacitance with the receiving electrode. The second drive electrode is used to form a second capacitance with the receiving electrode. The receiving electrode shields the first drive electrode such that when a conductor approaches the receiving electrode, only the second capacitance is changed but the first capacitance is not changed. The first capacitance is changed only when the conductor gives a force upon the receiving electrode. |
| US11561636B2 |
Touch input device for detecting pressure with display noise compensation
A touch input device capable of detecting a pressure of a touch on a touch surface may be provided. The touch input device includes: a display panel; a substrate disposed under the display panel; and a pressure sensing unit. The pressure sensing unit includes a pressure sensor and a reference pressure sensor. When a pressure is applied to the touch surface, the display panel is bent. Electrical characteristics detected at the pressure sensor change by the bending of the display panel. A magnitude of the pressure applied to the touch surface is calculated based on a difference between a reference electrical characteristic calculated from electrical characteristics detected at the reference pressure sensor and the detected electrical characteristic calculated from the electrical characteristics detected at the pressure sensor. |
| US11561635B1 |
Integrated touch module and touch display device having the same
An integrated touch module and a touch display device are provided. The integrated touch module has a touch sensing structure formed on a polymer film. The polymer film, a liquid crystal phase retardation layer, and a linear polarizing layer constitute a circular polarizing element. The average reflectance of the circular polarizing element in the visible light range is less than 5%, and the standard deviation of the reflectance is less than 0.2%. The touch display device includes the integrated touch module. |
| US11561630B1 |
Menu control device
A menu control device includes a casing and a roller module. The roller module is installed in the casing. The roller module includes a base, an elastic supporting arm, a scroll wheel, an encoder, a switch element and a microprocessor. The elastic supporting arm is connected with the base. The scroll wheel is pivotally coupled to the elastic supporting arm. The encoder is located beside the scroll wheel. The encoder generates an encoding signal in response to the rotation of the scroll wheel. When an external pressing force is applied to the scroll wheel, the elastic supporting arm is swung toward the switch element, and the switch element is triggered to generate a switching signal. The microprocessor performs an item browsing operation on a menu according to the encoding signal. The microprocessor performs an item selecting operation on the menu according to the switching signal. |
| US11561627B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling rotation of displayed image, display apparatus, and computer-program product
A method for controlling rotation of an image displayed in a display screen includes establishing a coordinate system with an origin being set at a center of the display screen. The coordinate system includes a coordinate plane in parallel to an average plane associated with the display screen. The method further includes dividing the coordinate plane to four azimuth intervals corresponding respectively to four display modes with four boundary lines being all intersected at the origin of the coordinate system. Additionally, the method includes defining a respective buffer region in a respective angular range around a respective boundary line. Furthermore, the method includes determining whether an azimuth angle of a gravity acceleration vector component in the coordinate plane is kept in a respective azimuth interval corresponding to a current display mode of the image including two buffer regions respectively associated with two boundary lines of the respective azimuth interval. |
| US11561617B2 |
Input apparatus and input method
An input apparatus includes an operation interface configured to receive an input operation from a user, a piezoelectric element attached to the operation interface, and a controller configured to acquire output based on the input operation to the operation interface from the piezoelectric element and to execute different control with respect to a controlled apparatus in accordance with the output. |
| US11561613B2 |
Determining angular acceleration
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for calculating angular acceleration based on inertial data using two or more inertial measurement units (IMUs). The calculated angular acceleration may be used to estimate a position of a wearable head device comprising the IMUs. Virtual content may be presented based on the position of the wearable head device. In some embodiments, a first IMU and a second IMU share a coincident measurement axis. |
| US11561601B2 |
Method for performing system and power management over a serial data communication interface
A system and method for efficiently transferring data between devices. In various embodiments, a host computing device receives parallel data, encodes the parallel data as a count of pulses as serial data, and conveys the serial data to a peripheral device. The peripheral device decodes the received serial data to determine the parallel data, which is sent to processing logic. The devices send the encoded pluses on a bidirectional line, so the pulses are capable of being sent in both directions. The devices send the encoded pulses on the bidirectional line using a non-zero base voltage level. The devices are capable of using a voltage headroom when conveying encoded pulses between one another. Therefore, a full voltage swing between a ground reference voltage level and a power supply voltage level is not used when conveying the encoded pulses, which reduces power consumption. |
| US11561597B2 |
Memory device power management
Methods, systems, and devices for memory device power management are described. An apparatus may include a memory die that includes a power management circuit. The power management circuit may provide a voltage for operating one or more memory dies of the apparatus based on a supply voltage received by the memory die. The second voltage may be distributed to the one or more other memory dies in the apparatus. |
| US11561593B2 |
Point of sale device power management and undervoltage protection
A point-of-sale (POS) device includes a processor, a battery, a transaction object reader, a printer with a printer controller, and optionally a temperature sensor. The processor determines a present power discharge capability rate of the battery, optionally based on a temperature measured by the temperature sensor. The processor also calculates a first estimated power draw rate based on a first setting value for at least one of the components of the POS device, such as the printer. If the first estimated power draw rate is dangerously close to the present power discharge capability rate of the battery, a second estimated power draw rate is calculated based on a second setting value for the one or more components. If the second estimated power draw rate is no longer dangerously close to the present power discharge capability rate of the battery, the components are set to the second settings value. |
| US11561592B2 |
Power receiving apparatus and control method
A power receiving apparatus includes a power receiving unit and a control unit. The power receiving unit receives a first power from a power supply apparatus via a connection unit. The control unit determines whether or not authentication information including identification information of the power supply apparatus is authentic, and determines whether or not the power supply apparatus has passed a compliance test based on the identification information. The power receiving unit is allowed to receive a second power greater than the first power, in a case where the authentication information is authentic and the power supply apparatus has passed the compliance test. |
| US11561591B2 |
LED display driven by dual-negative-voltage power supply
An LED display driven by a dual-negative-voltage power supply is provided. The LED display includes a power supply interface and a display module. The power supply interface includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode. The display module includes a substrate, the substrate is provided with a connection terminal having a first port, a second port, and a third port. The first electrode is coupled with the first port via a first wiring harness. The second electrode is coupled with the second port via a second wiring harness. The third electrode is coupled with the third port via a third wiring harness. A potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode provides a first voltage. A potential difference between the first electrode and the third electrode provides a second voltage. The display module is configured to be powered with the first and second voltages. |
| US11561590B2 |
Temperature control method for communication system involving adjusting transmission rate according to average temperature of chips
A temperature controlling method is provided, which is suitable for a communication system including a plurality of communication chips. The temperature controlling method includes the following operations: calculating an average temperature of each communication chip; if a first flag parameter corresponding to a first chip of the plurality of communication chips is a predetermined value, adjusting a first transmission rate of the first chip according to the average temperature of the first chip; and if the first flag parameter corresponding to the first chip is different from the predetermined value, adjusting the first transmission rate according to the average temperature of a second chip of the plurality of communication chips. |
| US11561582B2 |
Electronic device comprising flexible display, and electronic component arrangement structure applied to same
According to various embodiments, an electronic device may include a first structure including a first plate including a first face and a second face facing away from the first face, and a second structure including a second plate, which faces the second face of the first plate and has an opening formed therein, and a first side wall extending from a first end portion of the second plate. The first structure may be movable between an open state and a closed state with respect to the second structure in a first direction with respect to the second plate. The second structure may be positioned at a first position from the first side wall when the first structure is in the closed state and positioned at a second distance, which is greater than the first distance, from the first side wall when the first structure is in the open state. The electronic device may further include a flexible touch screen display. The flexible touch screen display may include a planar portion extending across at least part of the first face, mounted to the first face, and having a first width in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a bendable portion extending from the planar portion and positioned from the planar portion to the inside of a space between the first side wall and the first structure when in the closed state. The bendable portion may include a first portion extending from one end of the planar portion and having the same width as the first width, and a second portion extending from the first portion, facing the second plate, and having a second width less than the first width. The second portion of the bendable portion may be exposed visually at least in part to the outside of the electronic device through the opening of the second plate. At least part of the first portion of the bendable portion may be configured to construct substantially the same plane as the planar portion when the first structure transitions from the closed state to the open state. Other various embodiments are possible. |
| US11561581B2 |
Virtual display apparatus, and methods of manufacturing and controlling the same
A virtual display apparatus includes: a flexible display component layer having a light exit surface and a non-light exit surface opposite to the light exit surface; a lens layer disposed at the light exit surface of the flexible display component layer, and configured to converge light; a curvature adjustment layer disposed on the non-light exit surface of the flexible display component layer. The lens layer has a first surface facing the flexible display component layer, and the first surface of the lens layer and the light exit surface of the flexible display component layer have a gap therebetween. The curvature adjustment layer is configured to deform in response to at least one deformation signal, so as to adjust distances between the first surface of the lens layer and different positions of the light exit surface of the flexible display component layer along a thickness direction of the lens layer. |
| US11561580B1 |
Controlled-environment facility communication terminal and personal computer wireless device docking station with integral keypads
A communication system comprising a processing system is configured to support data, voice and video communications. A docking station is coupled to the processing system and is configured to provide power and data connections to a personal computer wireless device. The personal computer wireless device is configured to provide power, data, and analog connections. The docking station may act as a controlled-environment facility communication terminal, providing communication functionality to a user employing an integral, solid-surface keypad defined in, and by, a surface of the docking station's housing, when the personal computer wireless device is not held in the docking station. The docking station is coupled to the processing system over at least one pair of low-voltage wires having an electrical current sufficient to power the personal computer wireless device. The pair(s) of low-voltage wires may provide sufficient electrical current to charge a battery in the personal computer wireless device. |
| US11561578B2 |
Adjustable head-mounted display
A head-mounted display including a front, a back, a first actuator, a second actuator, a first adjustable member extending between the front and the back and operably engaging the first actuator, and a second adjustable member extending between the front and the back and operably engaging the second actuator. The first adjustable member and the second adjustable member may be adjustable in length via the second actuator to vary a gap distance between the front and the back. In some embodiments, the head-mounted display may include a wire routing assembly for routing wire(s) between the front and the back of the head-mounted display. Additionally, in some embodiments, the head-mounted display may include a harness for engaging a user. |
| US11561577B2 |
Electronic device including housing and method for manufacturing the housing
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a front plate, a rear plate facing away the front plate, a side member disposed to surround a space defined between the front plate and the rear plate, wherein the side member is coupled to the front plate and the rear plate to define a housing, wherein the side member is at least partially made of a metallic material, a polymer structure located in the space, and a display received in the space to be viewable through the front plat. The rear plate may be seated on the second surface. |
| US11561572B2 |
Clock distribution and alignment using a common trace
Methods and system for clock alignment are described. In an example, a timing device can distribute a clock signal to a line card via a trace of a backplane. The timing device can further send a pulse to the line card at a first time via the trace. The timing device can further receive a return pulse from the line card at a second time via the trace. The timing device can determine a time difference between the first time and the second time. The time difference can indicate a propagation delay associated with the line card and the trace. The timing device can send the time difference to the line card. The line card can adjust a phase delay offset of the line card using the time difference. |
| US11561570B2 |
Apparatus and methods for low power frequency clock generation and distribution
Described are apparatus and methods for low power frequency clock generation and distribution. A device includes a low power generation and distribution circuit configured to generate and distribute a differential 1/N sampling frequency (FS)(FS/N) clock, wherein N is larger or equal to 2, and a differential frequency doubler configured to generate a single-ended multiplied frequency clock from the differential FS/N frequency clock, and convert the single-ended multiplied frequency clock to a differential multiplied frequency clock for use by one or more data processing channels. |
| US11561563B2 |
Supply-glitch-tolerant regulator
A supply-glitch-tolerant voltage regulator includes a regulated voltage node and an output transistor having a source terminal, a gate terminal, and a drain terminal. The source terminal is coupled to the regulated voltage node. The supply-glitch-tolerant voltage regulator includes a first current generator coupled between a first node and a first power supply node. The supply-glitch-tolerant voltage regulator includes a second current generator coupled between the first node and a second power supply node. The supply-glitch-tolerant voltage regulator includes a feedback circuit coupled to the first current generator and the second current generator and is configured to adjust a voltage on the first node based on a reference voltage and a voltage level on the regulated voltage node. The supply-glitch-tolerant voltage regulator includes a diode coupled between the drain terminal and the first power supply node and a resistor coupled between the gate terminal and the first node. |
| US11561561B2 |
System and method of machine learning and autonomous execution on user preferences for use in garments
The present invention relates to a system with active learning and execution of user's preference functionalities for use in a garment. The present system includes a sensor module, an optional user input panel and/or interface, a printed circuit board, a power source and an output. In an event that a user of the present system voluntarily changes the output setting during the operation of the system, the system performs an active learning action to execute the output setting initiated by the user over a passive learning action triggered by a change in sensor data with respect to the changing environment. In other event, the present system performs passive learning action with respect to the changing environment and also any comparative data from similar user of a particular instance. The present invention also relates to a power management unit and how to use the same in a garment. |
| US11561560B2 |
Flow controller, valve arrangement and method
A flow controller includes a valve unit for influencing the flow of a fluid through a fluid channel, a flow sensor for detecting the flow of the fluid through the fluid channel, a pressure sensor arrangement for detecting a fluid pressure of the fluid, and a control unit which is adapted to, in response to the flow being within a measurement range of the flow sensor, assume a first operating mode, and, in the first operating mode, to perform a first closed-loop flow control on the basis of the flow detected by the flow sensor, and, in response to the flow being outside the measurement range of the flow sensor, assume a second operating mode, and, in the second operating mode, to perform an open-loop flow control on the basis of the detected fluid pressure and/or to perform a second closed-loop flow control on the basis of the detected fluid pressure. |
| US11561553B1 |
System and method of providing a multi-modal localization for an object
An example method includes gathering, via a first module of a first type, first simultaneous localization and mapping data and gathering, via a second module of a second type, second simultaneous localization and mapping data. The method includes generating, via a simultaneous localization and mapping module, a first map based on the first simultaneous localization and mapping data and the second simultaneous localization and mapping data, the first map being of a first map type and generating, via the simultaneous localization and mapping module, a second map based on the first simultaneous localization and mapping data and the second simultaneous localization and mapping data, the second map being of a second map type. The map of the first type is used by vehicles with module(s) of the first and/or second types and the map of the second type is used by vehicles with a module of the second type exclusively. |
| US11561550B2 |
Robotic cleaner having distance sensors for use in estimating a velocity of the robotic cleaner
A robotic cleaner may include a body, one or more driven wheels configured to urge the body across a surface to be cleaned, one or more distance sensors disposed at least partially within the body such that the one or more distance sensors face the surface to be cleaned and a processor. The one or more distance sensors may be configured to output a measure of a detection distance that extends in a direction of the surface to be cleaned. The processor may be configured to determine whether an abnormality has been detected based, at least in part, on the measure of the detection distance and may be configured to determine a first velocity estimate based, at least in part, on the detection of the abnormality. |
| US11561548B2 |
Systems and methods for generating basis paths for autonomous vehicle motion control
Systems and methods for basis path generation are provided. In particular, a computing system can obtain a target nominal path. The computing system can determine a current pose for an autonomous vehicle. The computing system can determine, based at least in part on the current pose of the autonomous vehicle and the target nominal path, a lane change region. The computing system can determine one or more merge points on the target nominal path. The computing system can, for each respective merge point in the one or more merge points, generate a candidate basis path from the current pose of the autonomous vehicle to the respective merge point. The computing system can generate a suitability classification for each candidate basis path. The computing system can select one or more candidate basis paths based on the suitability classification for each respective candidate basis path in the plurality of candidate basis paths. |
| US11561546B2 |
Tunnel-based planning system for autonomous driving vehicles
According to one embodiment, a system receives a captured image perceiving an environment of an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) from an image capturing device of the ADV capturing a plurality of obstacles near the ADV. The system generates a first tunnel based on a width of a road lane for the ADV, where the first tunnel represents a passable lane for the ADV to travel through. The system generates one or more additional tunnels based on locations of the obstacles, where the one or more additional tunnels modify a width of the passable lane according to a level of invasiveness of the obstacles. The system generates a trajectory of the ADV based on the first and the additional tunnels to control the ADV according to the trajectory to navigate around the obstacles without collision. |
| US11561544B2 |
Indoor monocular navigation method based on cross-sensor transfer learning and system thereof
The present disclosure relates to an indoor monocular navigation method based on cross-sensor transfer learning and a system thereof. Determining an preliminary autonomous navigation model according to simulated laser radar data; acquiring actual single-line laser radar data and monocular camera data of the mobile robot simultaneously in an actual environment; determining the heading angle of the mobile robot according to the actual laser radar data; determining a laser radar monocular vision navigation model, according to the generated heading angle of the mobile robot and the monocular camera data at a the same moment and by using a Resnet18 network and a pre-trained YOLO v3 network; determining a heading angle of the mobile robot at the current moment, according to the acquired monocular camera data and by using the laser radar monocular vision navigation model; performing navigation of the mobile robot. |
| US11561531B2 |
Systems and methods for masterbatch feed control based on color feedback
Systems and methods are provided for controlling a color masterbatch feed rate in production of a manufactured part to match a color of the manufactured part to a target color by adjusting a concentration of masterbatch that is mixed with a raw material and fed into a processing machine for producing the manufactured part. Control of the color masterbatch feed rate is based on optical spectral properties of an in-line manufactured part, a known reference part having the target color, and an algorithm for calculating and adjusting the color masterbatch feed rate. |
| US11561521B2 |
Building management system with instant feedback on configuration
A building management system (BMS) provides feedback to a user via a user interface to assist the user in configuring the BMS. It can be challenging for new or less experienced users to understand all of the actions they are performing when configuring a BMS. The feedback presented via the user interface includes graphical and textual feedback to alert the user of actions performed when applying tags. The feedback identifies one or more missing requirements associated with the tags. The feedback presented via the user interface also includes textual summaries of control sequences configured using the BMS. The textual summaries include descriptions of control sequences and instructions for properly configuring the building equipment. |
| US11561520B2 |
Power conversion system with programming support
A power conversion system includes a power conversion apparatus and a programming support apparatus connected to the power conversion apparatus. The power conversion apparatus includes power conversion circuitry, program storage that stores a control program configured to control the power conversion circuitry, and a control unit that controls the power conversion circuitry according to a control program. The programming support apparatus includes a display data generation unit that generates display data of a block diagram illustrating a content of the control program using a plurality of functional blocks, and a link indicating input and output of information between the functional blocks based on the control program stored in the program storage. |
| US11561519B2 |
Systems and methods of gestural interaction in a pervasive computing environment
The technology disclosed relates to selecting among devices room to interact with. It also relates operating a smart phone with reduced power consumption. It further relates to gesturally interacting with devices that lack gestural responsiveness. The technology disclosed also relates to distinguishing control gestures from proximate non-control gestures in a pervasive three dimensional (3D) sensory space. The technology disclosed further relates to selecting among virtual interaction modalities to interact with. |
| US11561516B2 |
Method for processing data using neural network and electronic device for supporting the same
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a switch configured to select a mode of the electronic device, a multiply and accumulate (MAC) array configured to include a plurality of MAC units, and at least one processor configured to include a zero weight skip unit for confirming a first weight having a value of ‘0’ among weights related with input data, and for forwarding a second weight not having a value of ‘0’ among the weights, to the MAC array. The at least one processor is configured to acquire the input data, acquire the weights, select the mode of the electronic device by using the switch, in response to a first mode of the electronic device being selected, perform convolution operations between the input data and the second weight forwarded to the MAC array through the zero weight skip unit, and, in response to a second mode of the electronic device being selected, perform convolution operations between the input data and the weights forwarded to the MAC array. |
| US11561514B2 |
Electronic device, timepiece, and control method
An electronic device including: a positioning module that performs positioning by receiving radio waves from navigation satellites; a movement distance detection sensor that detects movement distance; and a processor that activates the positioning module and, if positioning with the positioning module has not succeeded after a first prescribed period of time has elapsed, suspends the positioning module, wherein if the processor detects that the movement distance detected by the movement distance detection sensor starting from when the positioning module was suspended is greater than or equal to a prescribed distance, the processor reactivates the positioning module. |
| US11561512B2 |
Horological limiting device for a watch that includes an oscillator and means for limiting a variation rate of the oscillator
A horological device including an oscillator of a watch and device for stopping this oscillator embedded in a carriage of a tourbillon or karussel, including a rod arranged to axially push a lifting finger into an active blocking position, against a first spring tending to recall same axially into a rest position in which it bears against a carriage wheel, which lifting finger includes a ramp radially repelling a stop finger against a second spring tending to radially distance same from the axis, which stop finger is remote from the axis when the lifting finger is in the rest position thereof, and, in the active blocking position of this lifting finger, the stop finger can interfere with a stop cam integral with a wheel set of the oscillator, in an angular position remote from the dead center position of the oscillator. |
| US11561509B2 |
Two-dimensional holographic image projection display method and apparatus
A two-dimensional holographic image projection display method. The method includes illuminating a first modulating part of a spatial light modulator with a first incident light beam at a first incident angle with respect to a direction normal to a main surface of the spatial light modulator to form a first projection region on an imaging plane; and illuminating a second modulating part of the spatial light modulator with a second incident light beam at a second incident angle with respect to the direction normal to the main surface of the spatial light modulator to form a second projection region on the imaging plane. The first projection region abuts or partially overlaps with the second projection region at an interface substantially parallel to a lateral direction of the spatial light modulator. |
| US11561508B2 |
Method and apparatus for processing hologram image data
A method and apparatus for processing hologram image data capable of optimizing image quality of a hologram image are provided. The image processing method includes receiving input image data, reading a header included at a predetermined location in the input image data, and generating hologram data configured to display a hologram image by performing a Fourier calculation and pixel encoding on the input image data based on at least one parameter recorded in the header, wherein the at least one parameter recorded in the header includes at least one of depth information, scale information, and gamma information. |
| US11561503B2 |
Image forming apparatus and process cartridge
An image forming apparatus includes a mounting portion for mounting a process cartridge, the process cartridge including a first unit having an image bearing drum, and a second unit having a developing roller, the second unit being movable between a contact position in which the roller contacts the drum and a spaced position in which they are mutually spaced; an engageable member engageable with a force receiving portion provided on the second unit; wherein the engageable member is movable between a first position for maintaining the second unit in the spaced position by engaging with the force receiving portion, a second position for permitting movement of the second unit from the spaced position to the contact position; and a third position for permitting the process cartridge to be mounted, by being pressed by the process cartridge to retract, when the process cartridge is mounted to the mounting portion. |
| US11561501B2 |
Method of manufacturing metal frame of image forming apparatus
A method of manufacturing a metal frame of an image forming apparatus includes assembling a first support, a second support, and a connecting member using a first jig having a base portion, whereafter there is a positioning of a position where the first support, the second support, and the connecting portion are fixed using a second jig having an insertion portion. In the first support, the insertion portion is inserted into a hole portion formed in a second metal plate so that the second metal plate moves upward in the vertical direction with respect to a first metal plate, and a restricting portion formed on one of the first and second metal plates abutted to the other metal plate in the assembly are separated from each other. The first support and the connecting member are fixed to each other, and the second support and the connecting member are fixed to each other. |
| US11561500B2 |
Waste toner storage container and image forming apparatus that detects an amount of waste toner
A waste toner storage container includes a container body, a toner storage chamber, and a paddle. The toner storage chamber includes an introduction port, a first space, and a second space. The introduction port receives waste toner. The first space stores the introduced waste toner, and extends in a first direction. The second space is disposed in an end portion of the first space in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The paddle includes a shaft, a first plate, and a second plate. The shaft is disposed in the first space, extends along the first direction, and is elongated. The first plate is formed on an outer peripheral surface around a central axis of the shaft, and conveys the waste toner in the first direction. The second plate is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the shaft, and conveys the waste toner toward the second space. |
| US11561483B2 |
Electrostatic charge image developing carrier, electrostatic charge image developer, and image forming apparatus
An electrostatic charge image developing carrier includes: magnetic particles; and a resin layer coating the magnetic particles and containing inorganic particles, in which an exposed area ratio of the magnetic particles is 0.1% or more and 4.0% or less, an average particle diameter of the inorganic particles is 5 nm or more and 90 nm or less, and a ratio B/A of a surface area B of the electrostatic charge image developing carrier to a plan view area A of the electrostatic charge image developing carrier is 1.020 or more and 1.100 or less when a surface of the electrostatic charge image developing carrier is three-dimensionally analyzed. |
| US11561480B2 |
System and method for inspecting a wafer
A computer-implemented defect prediction method for a device manufacturing process involving processing a pattern onto a substrate. Non-correctable error is used to help predict locations where defects are likely to be present, allowing improvements in metrology throughput. In an embodiment, non-correctable error information relates to imaging error due to limitations on, for example, the lens hardware, imaging slit size, and/or other physical characteristics of the lithography system. In an embodiment, non-correctable error information relates to imaging error induced by lens heating effects. |
| US11561478B2 |
Determining subset of components of an optical characteristic of patterning apparatus
A method for determining a component of optical characteristic of a patterning process. The method includes obtaining (i) a plurality of desired features, (ii) a plurality of simulated features based on the plurality of desired features and an optical characteristic of a patterning apparatus, and (iii) a performance metric (e.g., EPE) related to a desired feature of the plurality of desired features and an associated simulated feature of the plurality of simulated features; determining a set of optical sensitivities of the patterning process by computing a change in value of the performance metric based on a change in value of the optical characteristic; and identifying, based on the set of optical sensitivities, a set of components (e.g., principal components) of the optical characteristic that include dominant contributors in changing the value of the performance metric. |
| US11561468B2 |
Pattern forming method
A pattern forming method comprises dispensing a curable composition onto an underlayer of a substrate; bringing the curable composition into contact with a mold; irradiating the curable composition with light to form a cured film; and separating the cured film from the mold. The proportion of the number of carbon atoms relative to the total number of atoms in the underlayer is 80% or more. The dispensing step comprises a first dispensing step of dispensing a curable composition (A1) substantially free of a fluorosurfactant onto the underlayer, and a second dispensing step of dripping a droplet of a curable composition (A2) having a fluorosurfactant concentration in components excluding a solvent of 1.1% by mass or less onto the curable composition (A1) discretely. |
| US11561464B2 |
EUV masks to prevent carbon contamination
An extreme ultra-violet mask includes a substrate, a multi-layered mirror layer, a capping layer, a first tantalum-containing oxide layer, a tantalum-containing nitride layer, and a second tantalum-containing oxide layer. The multi-layered mirror layer is over the substrate. The capping layer is over the multi-layered mirror layer. The first tantalum-containing oxide layer is over the capping layer. The tantalum-containing nitride layer is over the first tantalum-containing oxide layer. The second tantalum-containing oxide layer is over the tantalum-containing nitride layer. |
| US11561462B2 |
Optical system and projection device
An optical system and a projection device are provided. The optical system includes a display unit, a first lens group, a second lens group, and a reflector in sequence along a transmission direction of light; both the first lens group and the second lens group have positive focal powers; the optical system satisfies the following relationship: 0.01≤|φ100|≤0.02 and 0.005≤|φ200|≤0.015; φ100 represents a focal power of the first lens group, and φ200 represents a focal power of the second lens group. |
| US11561453B2 |
Truncated non-linear interferometer-based sensor system
A truncated non-linear interferometer-based sensor system includes an input that receives an optical beam and a non-linear amplifier that generates a probe beam and a conjugate beam from the optical beam. The system's local oscillators are related to the probe beam and the conjugate beam. The system includes a sensor that transduces an input with the probe beam and the conjugate beam. The transduction detects changes in the phase of each of the probe beam and the conjugate beam. The system's phase sensitive detectors detect phase modulations between the respective local oscillators, the probe beam, and the conjugate beam and outputs phase signals based on detected phase modulations. The system measures phase signals indicative of the sensor's input resulting from a sum or difference of the phase signals. The measurement exhibits a quantum noise reduction in an intensity difference, a phase sum, or an amplitude difference quadrature. |
| US11561451B2 |
System, method and apparatus for non-mechanical optical and photonic beam steering
An example system includes a bulk steering crystal apparatus having a first lens face and a second concave face. The example bulk steering crystal apparatus further includes a number of steering portions interposed between the first lens face and the second concave face, where each of the steering portions includes a bulk substrate portion including an electro-optical material and a corresponding high-side electrode electrically coupled to the corresponding one of the number of steering portions. |
| US11561448B2 |
Front plate laminate structure and color electrophoretic display having the same
A front plate laminate structure includes a display medium layer, a top adhesive layer, a transparent substrate, a transparent conductive film, and a color filter layer. The top adhesive layer is located on the display medium layer. The transparent substrate is located on the top adhesive layer. The transparent conductive film is located between the transparent substrate and the top adhesive layer. The transparent conductive film includes a bottom surface facing the top adhesive layer. The color filter layer is located between the transparent substrate and the display medium layer. |
| US11561447B2 |
Decoration member and method for producing same
A decoration element including a color developing layer including a light reflective layer, a light absorbing layer provided on the light reflective layer, and a convex portion or concave portion having an asymmetric-structured cross-section; an electrochromic device provided on any one surface of the color developing layer; and an in-mold label layer provided on the other surface of the color developing layer. |
| US11561444B2 |
Display panel and display device
A display panel and a display device are disclosed. The display panel includes a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in an array; gate line light shielding parts extending in a row direction are arranged on horizontal non-display areas between every two adjacent rows of sub-pixels; vertical non-display areas are arranged between every two sub-pixels adjacent in a row direction; at least one of the vertical non-display areas is provided with a vertical light shielding part, and the vertical light shielding part is configured to prevent two sub-pixels on two sides, in the row direction, of the vertical light shielding part from light leakage at a junction; and a gap is formed between the vertical light shielding part and each of two gate line light shielding parts adjacent to the vertical light shielding part. |
| US11561432B2 |
Display device
A display device including a backlight plate, a first panel, and a second panel is provided. The first panel is disposed on the backlight plate and includes a first liquid crystal layer and an upper substrate disposed on the first liquid crystal layer. The second panel is disposed on the first panel and includes a bottom substrate and a second liquid crystal layer disposed on the bottom substrate. The first panel includes a plurality of first pixels. The second panel includes a plurality of second pixels. A ratio relationship between the first panel and the second panel is 0.220 9 × ( Y X ) 2 ≤ R 2 R 1 ≤ 0 . 7 9 2 1 × ( Y X ) 2 wherein Y is a distance between the bottom surface of the upper substrate and the top surface of the bottom substrate, X is a pixel pitch between the second pixels, R1 is the number of first pixels, and R2 is the number of second pixels. |
| US11561429B2 |
Display module and display device
A display module and a display device are provided. The display module includes: a display panel; and a polarizer disposed on a light emitting side of the display panel, and the polarizer includes a polarizer body and an atomizing layer disposed on a side of the polarizer body distal to the display panel, and the atomizing layer includes an uneven surface. |
| US11561424B2 |
Tiled display device
Provided is a tiled display device including a plurality of display devices each having a display panel including a plurality of pixels and a support plate disposed under the display panel, a lower cover including an alignment hole and coupled to a lower portion of the support plate of each of the plurality of display devices, and a first coupling member including a base portion fixed to the support plate and a first coupling portion protruding from the base portion and passing through the alignment hole. A diameter of the first coupling portion is smaller than a diameter of the alignment hole. |
| US11561422B2 |
Display module and vehicle-mounted display device
A display module and a vehicle-mounted display device are disclosed. The display module includes a middle frame, a display panel and an elastic adhesive body; the middle frame includes a first frame body, being arranged around an opening region and having a bearing surface; the display panel includes a middle portion and an edge portion; the adhesive body is located between the bearing surface and the edge portion; the middle frame further includes a second frame body, located at an edge of the first frame body and, the second frame body is located at a side of the first frame body away from the display panel, and an orthographic projection of the edge portion on a plane where the bearing surface is located at least partially overlaps with an orthographic projection of the second frame body on the plane where the bearing surface is located. |
| US11561419B2 |
Eyewear frame customization using machine learning
A design system generates a design for an eyewear frame customized for a user. The eyewear frame provides audio content to the user. The design system captures anthropometric data of the user. Using machine learning techniques, the design system determines features of the user from the anthropometric data and generates a three dimensional (3D) geometry of the portion of the user's head. A design for the customized eyewear frame is generated based on the 3D geometry of the portion of the user's head. The design of the customized eyewear frame includes design parameters that describe a shape of a coupling element that ensures the eyewear frame is customized to the user's head. |
| US11561418B2 |
Transparent projection screen
According to some embodiments, a transparent screen includes a first transparent substrate having a first transparent substrate index of refraction and including a surface relief pattern, a partially reflective coating formed on the surface relief pattern, and a second transparent substrate bonded over the partially reflective coating with an optical adhesive having the first transparent substrate index of refraction. |
| US11561415B1 |
Moving guide actuation of fluid lenses
An example device may include a fluid lens having a membrane assembly including a membrane and one or more membrane attachments, a substrate, a fluid located within an enclosure formed at least in part by the membrane and the substrate, and a support structure, attached to the substrate, including an actuation guide. The device may include an actuator mechanically coupled to the actuation guide and configured to change an orientation of the actuation guide relative to another device component, such as a substrate or frame. An example actuation guide may engage with the membrane attachment, and the movement of the membrane attachment along the actuation guide in response to the change in the orientation of the actuation guide may adjust an optical property, such as a focal length, of the fluid lens. |
| US11561414B2 |
Method for determining an ophthalmic lens
A method for determining an ophthalmic lens adapted to a wearer, the method including: receiving wearer data including at least the ophthalmic prescription of the wearer; receiving a set of object points associated with target optical performances based on the wearer data; determining an ophthalmic lens adapted to the wearer, the ophthalmic lens providing optical performances, for light rays propagating from the set of object points to the center of rotation of the eye of the wearer passing through the ophthalmic lens, the closest to the target optical performances. |
| US11561410B2 |
Driving mechanism for optical element
A driving mechanism for an optical element is provided, including a fixed part, a movable part and a driving assembly. The movable part is configured to connect to the optical element having the optical axis. The movable part is movable relative to the fixed part. The driving assembly is configured to drive the movable part to move relative to the fixed part. |
| US11561402B2 |
Method to reduce diffraction artifacts in a waveguide display and display using the same
A system is provided. The system includes a waveguide configured to guide an image light to propagate inside the waveguide. The system also includes a plurality of diffractive components coupled to the waveguide and switchable between operating in a diffraction state to direct the image light from the waveguide to an eye-box of the system, and operating in a non-diffraction state to transmit a light from a real-world environment to the eye-box. The system further includes a controller coupled with the plurality of diffractive components and configured to switch each of the plurality of diffractive components between operating in the diffraction state during a virtual-world subframe of a display frame and operating in the non-diffraction state during a real-world subframe of the display frame. |
| US11561400B2 |
Wearable heads-up display with optical path fault detection
A wearable heads-up display includes a power source, laser sources, and a lightguide. A photodetector is positioned to detect an intensity of a test light emitted at a perimeter of the lightguide from an optical path within the lightguide. A laser safety circuit provides a control to reduce or shut off a supply of electrical power from the power source to the laser sources in response to an output signal from the photodetector indicating that the detected intensity is below a threshold. |
| US11561397B2 |
Head-up display device
A head-up display (HUD) device includes a plurality of backlight units (BLUs); a base including a base plate and a base body, the base plate being configured to support the plurality of BLUs, and the base body protruding upward from the base plate; a head detachably connected to the base; a sheet of glass disposed on an upper side of the head; and a thin film transistor disposed on a top surface of the sheet of glass, wherein the head includes a material with a higher thermal conductivity than the base. |
| US11561396B2 |
Head-up display device and transportation device
A head-up display device and a transportation device are provided. The head-up display device includes a light source, a scanner configured to scan light emitted from the light source to form scanned light, an angle adjuster configured to change an exit angle of the scanned light, a display unit configured to form an image according to the scanned light from the angle adjuster, and a projection assembly configured to project the image formed on the display component to a selected area. |
| US11561393B2 |
Light guide plate and image display device
To improve brightness of an image to be perceived by a user and enhance visibility there is provided a light guide plate including an incident diffraction grating which diffracts incident imaging light, an exit diffraction grating through which the imaging light goes out, and an intermediate diffraction grating existing in optical paths from the incident diffraction grating to the exit diffraction grating. In this light guide plate, a periodic linear corrugated pattern is formed as the incident diffraction grating, and when an imaginary line is established that passes through an incident point of imaging light onto the incident diffraction grating and is parallel with a periodic direction of the corrugated pattern, the intermediate diffraction grating has a first region on one side of the imaginary line and a second region on another side of the imaginary line. |
| US11561389B2 |
High spatial and temporal resolution synthetic aperture phase microscopy (HISTR-SAPM)
A high spatial and temporal resolution synthetic aperture phase microscopy (HISTR-SAPM) system and methods are provided for sample imaging and metrology. The HISTR-SAPM system includes a sample-illumination path along which a first illumination beam propagates and a reference-beam path along which a second illumination beam propagates. A first digital micromirror device (DMD), a second DMD, and a first scanning objective lens are disposed in the sample-illumination path and at a first side adjacent to the sample. A second scanning objective lens passes the sample information to a beam splitter (BS), where the sample illumination beam and the reference-beam are combined to form an interferogram at a final image plane for imaging the sample. A Fourier spatial spectrum analysis and a synthetic aperture are then used to reconstruct a quantitative phase map of the sample with a high resolution and at a high-speed. |
| US11561388B2 |
Light module
A light module includes an optical element and a base on which the optical element is mounted. The optical element has an optical portion which has an optical surface; an elastic portion which is provided around the optical portion such that an annular region is formed; and a pair of support portions which is provided such that the optical portion is sandwiched in a first direction along the optical surface and in which an elastic force is applied and a distance therebetween is able to be changed in accordance with elastic deformation of the elastic portion. The base has a main surface, and a mounting region in which an opening communicating with the main surface is provided. The support portions are inserted into the opening in a state where an elastic force of the elastic portion is applied. |
| US11561384B2 |
Method and device for adjusting the focus or determining the refractive index of a sample medium, non-volatile computer-readable storage medium and microscope
A method for adjusting a focus of an optical system includes focusing measurement light in a sample space using an optical arrangement. The measurement light is transmitted on a sample side of the optical arrangement through at least one optical medium. The measurement light reflected by a reflector and transmitted through a further optical arrangement is detected using a detector arrangement. A working distance between the optical arrangement and the reflector is ascertained based on the measurement light detected by the detector, wherein a focus of the measurement light lies on the reflector for the working distance. |
| US11561382B2 |
Lighting device for an imaging optical device, and detection method
A lighting device for an imaging optical device such as a microscope is provided. The lighting device illuminates an object to be analyzed in an imaging optical device for microscopic analysis in at least two different contrasting techniques. The lighting device has light sources for the illumination, where the light sources are associated with a contrasting technique are controllable independently from each other. |
| US11561381B2 |
Catadioptric lens and optical system comprising such a lens
A catadioptric lens includes at least two optical elements arranged along an optical axis. Both optical elements are configured as a mirror having a substrate and a highly reflective coating applied to an interface of the substrate. The highly reflective coating extends from the interface of the substrate along a surface normal. At least one of the highly reflective coatings has one or a plurality of layers. The optical total layer thickness of the one layer of the plurality of layers increases radially from the inner area outward. |
| US11561378B2 |
Imaging lens
An imaging lens includes a first lens; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; a sixth lens; a seventh lens; an eighth lens having positive refractive power; and a ninth lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The imaging lens has a total of nine lenses. The eighth lens has at least one aspheric surface. The ninth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side has an aspherical shape. The seventh lens has a specific thickness near an optical axis thereof. The eighth lens has a specific thickness near an optical axis thereof. |
| US11561373B2 |
Imaging lens
An imaging lens includes a first lens; a second lens having positive refractive power; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; and a sixth lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side with spaces in between each of the lenses. The second lens is formed in a shape of a meniscus lens near an optical axis thereof. The third lens has at least one aspheric surface. The fourth lens has at least one aspheric surface. The fifth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side is convex toward the object side near an optical axis thereof. The sixth lens has two aspheric surfaces and the surface on the image plane side is convex toward the image plane side near an optical axis thereof. The second lens has a specific Abbe's number. |
| US11561370B2 |
Optical imaging lens device
An optical imaging lens device includes, in order from the object side to the image side: a first lens element having positive refractive power and an object-side surface convex in a paraxial region thereof; a second lens element having negative refractive power and an object-side surface concave in a paraxial region thereof; a third lens element having positive refractive power, an object-side surface concave in a paraxial region thereof, and an image-side surface convex in a paraxial region thereof; a fourth lens element having negative refractive power, an object-side surface convex in a paraxial region thereof and concave in an off-axis region thereof, and an image-side surface concave in a paraxial region thereof and convex in an off-axis region thereof. When a certain condition is satisfied, the optical imaging lens device may have both a compact size and wide field of view. |
| US11561368B2 |
Imaging lens
An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having positive refractive power; a third lens having negative refractive power; a fourth lens having positive refractive power; a fifth lens; a sixth lens; a seventh lens; an eighth lens; and a ninth lens having negative refractive power, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The ninth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side has an aspherical shape having an inflection point. |
| US11561364B2 |
Optical imaging lens module
An optical imaging lens module is provided, the optical imaging lens module may include a first lens barrel and a second lens barrel, positioned in an order from an image side to an object side along an optical axis; an optical imaging lens, comprising a first lens element group and a second lens element group, disposed in the first lens barrel and the second lens barrel respectively; an actuating unit, disposed on an external side of the second lens barrel to make the second lens barrel to be a movable barrel, which can move along the optical axis relative to the first lens barrel. The optical imaging lens may satisfy EFL/TTL≥0.850, in which a system focal length is represented by EFL, and a distance from an object-side surface of the lens element having refracting power and closest to the object side to an imaging plane along the optical axis is represented by TTL. |
| US11561362B2 |
Lens driving device, and camera module and optical device including same
An embodiment comprises: a housing; a bobbin disposed in the housing; a coil disposed on the bobbin; a magnet disposed in a side portion of the housing, and including a first side surface facing the coil and a second side surface opposite to the first side surface; and a yoke disposed in the upper portion of the housing and overlapping the magnet in the optical axis direction, wherein: the centerline of the magnet is located on one side with reference to a reference line; a first groove adjoining one end of the first side surface of the magnet is disposed at a first end of the magnet; a second groove adjoining the other end of the first side surface of the magnet is disposed at a second end of the magnet; the reference line passes through the center of the housing and is perpendicular to the outer surface of the side portion of the housing where the magnet is disposed; and the centerline of the magnet is a straight line passing through the center between the first end and the second end of the magnet and perpendicular to the first side surface of the magnet. |
| US11561360B2 |
Optical system
An optical system is provided. The optical system includes a first optical module. The first optical module includes a first fixed portion, a first movable portion, a first driving assembly, and a circuit assembly. The first movable portion is used for connecting to a first optical element, and the first movable portion is movably connected to the fixed portion. The first driving assembly is used for driving the first movable portion to move relative to the first fixed portion. The circuit assembly is electrically connected to the first driving assembly. |
| US11561355B2 |
Aerial optical fiber distribution hub
A fiber distribution hub comprises a housing, a first side panel and a second side panel comprising one or more ports, and at least one cover disposed between the first side panel and the second side panel and forming an interior compartment. The interior compartment may include cable managers. A mounting structure aerially strand mounts the fiber distribution hub. Fiber distribution hubs comprising a first fiber distribution hub, a second fiber distribution hub configured to couple to the first fiber distribution hub, and a mounting structure configured to aerially strand mount the fiber distribution hub are also disclosed. |
| US11561353B2 |
Optical circuit
An optical circuit is provided in which electric circuit parts and optical circuit parts are integrated in a stack on a printed substrate. The optical circuit is provided with a lid having a temperature regulation function that uses a temperature control element and an optical fiber block capable of optical input and output. Temperature control of optical circuit elements can be efficiently performed by mounting electric circuit parts and optical circuit parts on a printed substrate in advance by a reflow step using OBO technology and subsequently attaching a lid that includes a temperature control element. |
| US11561348B2 |
Optical alignment systems and methods
A system for optically aligning a photonics die to a fiber array, the fiber array comprising a first and a second fiber channels, the system comprising: the photonics die having: a first and a second optical channels; a first and a second wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) couplers each comprising a bar port, a cross port, and a common port, the first and the second WDM couplers being optically connected to the first and the second optical channels, respectively, via the bar ports and the common ports; and a waveguide crossing optically connecting the cross ports of the first and the second WDM couplers; the system being adapted to couple an optical signal received from the first fiber channel into the cross port of the first WDM coupler and into the waveguide crossing, the optical signal being propagated from the waveguide crossing into the cross port of the second WDM coupler. |
| US11561341B2 |
Cutoff shifted optical fibre
The present disclosure provides an optical fibre. The optical fibre includes a core extended from a central longitudinal axis to a first radius r1. Further, the optical fibre includes a first trench region extended from a second radius r2 to a third radius r3, a second trench region extended from the third radius r3 to a fourth radius r4 and a cladding region extended from the fourth radius r4 to a fifth radius r5. |
| US11561340B2 |
Multi-core optical fiber and multi-core optical fiber cable
An MCF having a structure excellent in mass productivity and suppressing increases in splicing cost and loss are provided. The MCF includes 12 or 16 cores, a cladding, and a coating. The cores are arranged at positions of line symmetry while no adjacent relationship is established between the cores having an adjacent relationship with any core. A coating diameter is 235-265 μm, a cladding diameter CD is from CDnominal−1 μm to CDnominal+1 μm with a nominal value CDnominal of 195 μm or less, an MFD at 1310 nm is from MFD-reference-value−0.4 μm to the MCF-reference-value+0.4 μm with the MFD-reference-value of 8.2-9.2 μm, and a 22 m-cable-cutoff wavelength λcc is 1260-1360 nm. A core's zero-dispersion wavelength is a wavelength-reference-value−12 nm to the wavelength-reference-value+12 nm with the wavelength-reference-value of 1312-1340 nm, and a dispersion slope at the wavelength is 0.092 ps/(nm2·km) or less. A shortest distance from a cover-cladding interface to each core center, a structure, and optical characteristics satisfy predetermined conditions. |
| US11561339B1 |
Edge-lit solid-state lighting apparatus
A lighting apparatus includes a flexible elongate substrate, a supply rail disposed on one surface of the substrate, and first and second ground rails disposed on the other surface. Groups of SSL packages are disposed parallel to the longitudinal axis of the substrate and between the first and second ground rails. Each package has SSL elements disposed on a first side and pairs of contact pads disposed on a second side. The SSL packages in each group are serially coupled from the first package to the last package of the group. One contact pad of each pair of the contact pads of the first package of each group is coupled to the supply rail through the substrate, one contact pad of a first pair of the pairs of contact pads of the last package of each group is coupled to the first ground rail at the first surface of the substrate, and one contact pad of a second pair of the pairs of contact pads of the last package of each group is coupled to the second ground rail at the first surface of the substrate. |
| US11561335B2 |
Light-guide optical element employing complementary coated partial reflectors, and light-guide optical element having reduced light scattering
A transparent substrate has two parallel faces and guides collimated image light by internal reflection. A first set of internal surfaces is deployed within the substrate oblique to the parallel faces. A second set of internal surfaces is deployed within the substrate parallel to, interleaved and in overlapping relation with the first set of internal surfaces. Each of the internal surfaces of the first set includes a first coating having a first reflection characteristic to be at least partially reflective to at least a first subset of components of incident light. Each of the internal surfaces of the second set includes a second coating having a second reflection characteristic complementary to the first reflection characteristic to be at least partially reflective to at least a second subset of components of incident light. The sets of internal surfaces cooperate to reflect all components of light from the first and second subsets. |
| US11561333B2 |
White-light generating device with fluorescent body with inclined side surface
A white light generating device, for generating white light from an excitation light of a laser light having a wavelength of from 280 nm-495 nm, includes a fluorescent body generating a fluorescence having a wavelength longer than a wavelength of the excitation light. The fluorescent body includes an emission-side end surface emitting excitation light and fluorescence, an opposing end surface on an opposite side of the emission-side end surface, and an outer peripheral surface. The emission-side end surface has an area larger than an area of the opposing end surface, and the outer peripheral surface of the fluorescent body includes a part inclined with respect to a central axis of the fluorescent body by from 3.4°-23° over an entire periphery of the fluorescent body. The emission-side end surface has an area of from 0.3 mm2-1.52 mm2. |
| US11561331B2 |
Combination structures and optical filters and image sensors and camera modules and electronic devices
A combination structure includes a hybrid nanostructure array and a light-absorbing layer adjacent to the hybrid nanostructure array. The hybrid nanostructure array includes a plurality of hybrid nanostructures, each hybrid nanostructure includes a stack of a first nanostructure and a second nanostructure. The first nanostructure includes a first material. The second nanostructure includes a second material. The second material has a refractive index that is higher than a refractive index of the first material. The light-absorbing layer includes a near-infrared absorbing material configured to absorb light of at least a portion of a near-infrared wavelength spectrum. |
| US11561330B2 |
Photosensitive module having transparent plate and image sensor
A photosensitive module is provided, for receiving light passing through a lens in an electronic device, including a base assembly, a first transparent plate, an image sensor, and a first plastic member. The base assembly includes a substrate having a main body that includes a metal material. The first transparent plate is located on the first side of the base assembly. The image sensor is located on the second side of the base assembly and adjacent to the main body, wherein the first side is opposite the second side. The substrate is disposed between the image sensor and the first transparent plate. The first plastic member is connected to the base assembly. The image sensor is surrounded by the first plastic member. When the photosensitive module receives light, the light passes through the first transparent plate and an opening of the main body sequentially to the image sensor. |
| US11561327B2 |
Real-time lightning monitor for synthetic vision systems (SVS)
An aircraft-based synthetic vision system (SVS) is disclosed. In embodiments, the SVS includes avionics processors in communication with onboard lightning detection sensors, which provide the SVS with real-time lightning data (e.g., bearing to, and distance from, the aircraft) about proximate lightning strikes. Based on the real-time lightning data, the avionics processors generate flight deck effects (FDE) corresponding to identified areas of lightning activity (e.g., a sufficient quantity of strikes, exceeding a strike threshold, within a particular airspace during a time window), each FDE having a particular bearing to and distance from the aircraft. The FDE data is processed by a display system aboard the aircraft (e.g., a cockpit-based primary flight display (PFD) or head-worn/heads-up display (HWD/HUD)) which incorporates the generated FDEs into the SVS status display provided to the flight crew or pilot at the appropriate bearing and distance relative to the aircraft. |
| US11561325B2 |
Modular weather sensing system and method
An assembly and method for using weather sensors with enhanced modular capability is disclosed. The weather sensor assembly generally comprises a cap module, middle module, and a base module, where the cap module, middle module(s) and the base module are stacked adjacently to provide environmental sealing, weather sensing, and electrical connectivity to the weather sensor assembly. One or more ring mechanisms may be included that interlock the cap module, middle module(s), base module to form the weather sensor assembly into an integrated unit. Moreover, the ring mechanisms enable further modules to be added to the weather sensor assembly for additional capabilities. By doing so, each of the modules in the weather sensor assembly may be independent units that can be removed, reordered, swapped, and added for desired sensing modalities and environments. |
| US11561322B2 |
Use of thermopiles to detect human location
A method of detecting presence and location uses sensor data received from a plurality of thermopiles, each thermopile having a different field of view. In response to detecting a change in the sensor data, stored background values for each field of view are accessed and then the location of a body (e.g. a human or animal)is determined based on differences between the sensor data and sensor values predicted using a forward model and the stored background values for each field of view. Having determined the location, the stored background values are updated based on differences between the sensor data and the predicted sensor values for a body at the determined location. |
| US11561320B2 |
Hand-held portable backscatter inspection system
The present specification describes a compact, hand-held probe or device that uses the principle of X-ray backscatter to provide immediate feedback to an operator about the presence of scattering and absorbing materials, items or objects behind concealing barriers irradiated by ionizing radiation, such as X-rays. Feedback is provided in the form of a changing audible tone whereby the pitch or frequency of the tone varies depending on the type of scattering material, item or object. Additionally or alternatively, the operator obtains a visual scan image on a screen by scanning the beam around a suspect area or anomaly. |
| US11561319B2 |
Software tuning of borehole imagers
A method and a system for tuning a pad. The method may comprise disposing a downhole tool into a borehole, configuring the pad in a first configuration, taking a first measurement of the formation in the first configuration, configuring the pad in a second configuration, taking a second measurement of the formation in the second configuration, determining a tuning coefficient to reduce a tool body effect in the first measurement and the second measurement, computing a first weighted measurement from the tuning coefficient and the first measurement, computing a second weighted measurement from the tuning coefficient and the second measurement, and computing a tuned impedance from a ratio of the first weighted measurement and the second weighted measurement. A system for determining a formation boundary may comprise a downhole tool, an arm, and a pad. The system may further comprise a conveyance and an information handling system. |
| US11561317B2 |
Geographic map updating methods and systems
Methods and systems for updating digital maps by refining map feature positions and improving map position accuracy are disclosed. Geographic map updating may include a base map element and an update element where the base map element may include a representation of the map area displaying features thereof and the update element may include a geographic feature identification element and one or more positioning elements. One embodiment includes identifying a point of interest's position data and updating the map data within a map region surrounding the point of interest. |
| US11561316B2 |
Magnetic field sensor for an access point
A device may monitor an entry to or exit from a space via an access point. The entry access point has a first component and a second component that are separable from each other to create an opening for the entry or exit. The device may comprise a first part for mounting to one of said components and which has a processing component and a sensing component for sensing in multiple dimensions a magnetic field emanating from a second part mounted on the other of the first and second components. The processing component is configured: to receive an indication of the sensed magnetic field; detect a change of condition at the access point when a dynamic quality of the indication of the sensed magnetic field satisfies a predefined criterion; and output an indication of the detected change of condition. There may be a corresponding system, method and memory. |
| US11561314B2 |
Multi-axis, single mass accelerometer
A multi-axis acceleration sensor comprises a frame, a central mass disposed within the frame, and a plurality of transducers mechanically coupled between the frame and the central mass. At least a first set of the transducers are arranged between the frame and the central mass in a manner configured to measure translational and rotational motion with respect to a first predefined axis. |
| US11561311B2 |
Simultaneous acquisition of distributed acoustic sensing for monitoring
An apparatus comprises a distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) optical fiber, a DAS interrogator coupled to the DAS optical fiber, and a connector. The connector couples the DAS interrogator, a first digitizer, and a second digitizer, wherein the first digitizer is to generate a first digitized DAS signal based on an analog DAS signal from the DAS interrogator, and the second digitizer is to generate a second digitized DAS signal based on the analog DAS signal. The apparatus also comprises one or more processors and a machine-readable medium having program code executable to cause the apparatus to simultaneously generate a first set of values that correlate with a first physical property based on the first digitized DAS signal and generating a second set of values that correlate with a second physical property based on the second digitized DAS signal. |
| US11561309B2 |
Ray converter and ray detection panel device
Disclosed are a ray converter and a ray detection panel device. The ray converter (100, 100′) includes a substrate (110) and a conversion body (120). The substrate (110) includes a medium carrier. The medium carrier has a mesoporous structure distributed in an array. A pore of the mesoporous structure extends from an entrance end of the substrate (110) to an exit end of the substrate (110). The conversion body (120) is filled in the pore. The ray detection panel device includes a ray converter (100, 100′) and a light sensor. |
| US11561306B2 |
Position recognizing device
A position recognizing device according to one embodiments of the present disclosure includes a ranging point acquiring section, a region determining section, and a ranging point excluding section. The ranging point acquiring section is configured to acquire ranging point information in which distances to ranging points are associated with each of electromagnetic wave applying directions. The region determining section is configured to determine whether an object region that represents a region encompassed by joining ranging points that are in close proximity to one another exists at a position closer than a specific ranging point representing a certain ranging point among the ranging points. The ranging point excluding section is configured to define the ranging point in front of which the object region exists as a false image point at which no object actually exists and exclude the false image point from the ranging point information. |
| US11561304B2 |
LIDAR system
Techniques for optimizing a scan pattern of a LIDAR system including a bistatic transceiver include receiving first SNR values based on values of a range of the target, where the first SNR values are for a respective scan rate. Techniques further include receiving second SNR values based on values of the range of the target, where the second SNR values are for a respective integration time. Techniques further include receiving a maximum design range of the target at each angle in the angle range. Techniques further include determining, for each angle in the angle range, a maximum scan rate and a minimum integration time. Techniques further include defining a scan pattern of the LIDAR system based on the maximum scan rate and the minimum integration time at each angle and operating the LIDAR system according to the scan pattern. |
| US11561303B2 |
Ranging processing device, ranging module, ranging processing method, and program
A ranging processing device includes: a four-phase ranging operation unit that performs an operation to calculate depth indicating a distance to an object by using all eight detection signals two of which are detected for each of irradiated light of first to fourth phases; a two-phase ranging operation unit that performs the operation to calculate the depth indicating the distance to the object by alternately using four detection signals based on the irradiated light of the first phase and the irradiated light of the second phase and four detection signals based on the irradiated light of the third phase and the irradiated light of the fourth phase among the eight detection signals; and a condition determination unit that makes condition determination based on the detection signals and switch between the four-phase ranging operation unit and the two-phase ranging operation unit to be used. |
| US11561300B2 |
Close-range microwave imaging method and system
A close-range microwave imaging method includes: implementing Fourier transform in a pre-set rotation axis direction on an echo signal reflected from a target object and acquired by rotating an array antenna around the pre-set rotation axis to obtain a first echo signal, wherein the first echo signal is represented in polar coordinates; multiplying the first echo signal by a pre-set reference function to obtain a second echo signal; converting the second echo signal into rectangular coordinates by a pre-set algorithm to obtain a third echo signal; and implementing three-dimensional Fourier transform on the third echo signal to obtain three-dimensional image data of the target object. By means of the method, three-dimensional image data of a target object can be obtained fast, fast imaging of the target object can be realized, the data processing amount is small, the imaging precision is high and the method is easy to implement. |
| US11561298B2 |
Device and method for converting a radar signal, and test bench
The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for converting a radar signal for further signal processing in a test bench with a radar target emulator as well as a test bench having such an apparatus. A divider assembly preferably comprises a divider device configured to reduce a frequency and a bandwidth of the radar signal by a first factor for the further signal processing. A multiplier assembly preferably comprises a multiplier device configured to increase a frequency and a bandwidth of the radar signal by the first factor subsequent the further signal processing. |
| US11561286B2 |
Optical radar apparatus for long distance measurement
Provided is a non-mechanical-scanning-type optical radar apparatus that is capable of long distance measurement and its cost is reduced. The optical radar apparatus includes: a light emitting section; and a light receiving system, the light receiving system at least including a focusing optical element and a distance sensor that includes a light receiver, the target field of view being projected on the light receiver through the focusing optical element, the distance sensor being configured to set an activation region in a part of the light receiver depending on the scanning with the light and measure a distance to the object with use of a signal from the activation region. |
| US11561281B2 |
Selective deactivation of light emitters for interference mitigation in light detection and ranging (lidar) devices
Example embodiments relate to selective deactivation of light emitters for interference mitigation in light detection and ranging (lidar) devices. An example method includes deactivating one or more light emitters within a lidar device during a firing cycle. The method also includes identifying whether interference is influencing measurements made by the lidar device. Identifying whether interference is influencing measurements made by the lidar device includes determining, for each light detector of the lidar device that is associated with the one or more light emitters deactivated during the firing cycle, whether a light signal was detected during the firing cycle. |
| US11561273B2 |
Medical image processing apparatus and method
A medical image processing apparatus including processing circuitry configured to obtain MR dynamic images acquired by MR imaging on a subject, in which a contrast agent has been injected, in accordance with an examination-time imaging condition including magnetic field information, contrast agent information, and/or tissue information, set a standard imaging condition, and calculate a first index value indicating a temporal change of an MR signal value caused by the contrast agent, the index value being standardized by conversion from the examination-time imaging condition to the standard imaging condition based on the MR dynamic images, the examination-time imaging condition, and the standard imaging condition. |
| US11561270B2 |
Apparatus and method for nano magnetic particle imaging
Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for imaging nano magnetic particles. The apparatus may include a measurement head in which a through hole for accommodating a sample including nano magnetic particles is formed and in which an excitation coil and a detection coil are installed, a field-free region generation unit for forming a field-free region, in which there are few or no magnetic fields, in a spacing area between the identical magnetic poles that face each other, and a control unit for applying a signal to the excitation coil when the measurement head is located inside the spacing area of the field-free region generation unit, controlling the field-free region so as to move in the sample, and imaging the 3D positional distribution of the nano magnetic particles included in the sample based on a detection signal output from the detection coil. |
| US11561269B2 |
Dynamical isolation of a cryogenic processor
A device is dynamically isolated via a broadband switch that includes a plurality of cascade elements in series, wherein each cascade element comprises a first set of SQUIDs in series, a matching capacitor, and a second set of SQUIDs in series. The broadband switch is set to a passing state via flux bias lines during programming and readout of the device and set to a suppression state during device's calculation to reduce operation errors at the device. A device is electrically isolated from high-frequencies via an unbiased broadband switch. A device is coupled to a tunable thermal bath that includes a broadband switch. |
| US11561268B2 |
Devices and methods for measuring a magnetic field gradient
A method of determining a gradient of a magnetic field, includes the steps of: biasing a first/second magnetic sensor with a first/second biasing signal; measuring and amplifying a first/second magnetic sensor signal; measuring a temperature and/or a stress difference; adjusting at least one of: the second biasing signal, the second amplifier gain, the amplified and digitized second sensor value using a predefined function f(T) or f(T, ΔΣ) or f(ΔΣ) of the measured temperature and/or the measured differential stress before determining a difference between the first/second signal/value derived from the first/second sensor signal. A magnetic sensor device is configured for performing this method, as well as a current sensor device, and a position sensor device. |
| US11561267B2 |
Magnetic sensor with error signaling capability
A magnetic sensor may include a comparator to receive a first signal indicating a strength of a magnetic field sensed by a first sensing component of the magnetic sensor, receive a second signal indicating a strength of a magnetic field sensed by a second sensing component of the magnetic sensor, perform an error check associated with the first sensing component and the second sensing component, the error check being performed based on the first signal and the second signal, and provide an indication of a result of the error check. The magnetic sensor may include a protocol encoder to receive the first signal, receive the indication of the result of the error check, and provide an output that includes the indication of the result of the error check. |
| US11561266B2 |
Magnetic sensor
Reduction of the S/N in an output from a magnetic sensor using the magnetic impedance effect is suppressed. A magnetic sensor 1 is provided with a sensitive element 31 including: plural soft magnetic material layers 105; and a nonmagnetic amorphous metal layer 106 provided between the plural soft magnetic material layers 105, wherein the soft magnetic material layers 105 facing each other with the nonmagnetic amorphous metal layer 106 interposed therebetween are antiferromagnetically coupled to sense a magnetic field by a magnetic impedance effect. |
| US11561253B2 |
Production management apparatus
There is provided a production management apparatus including: a memory section configured to memorize component data in which ranks of LED components stored in the stocker are associated with identification information of the LED components; a rank input section configured to accept a rank of the LED component in the LED components of the multiple types as a designated rank, the LED component being used in producing the board product; and a component group generating section configured to generate a component group into which the LED components of the multiple ranks including the designated rank are combined so as to satisfy a required specification of the board product, based on the ranks of the LED components which are included in the component data. |
| US11561250B2 |
Electrostatic charge buildup and electrostatic discharge monitoring system and method
A system for monitoring electrostatic charge buildup and electrostatic discharge (ESD) remotely comprises a plurality of electrostatic charge measurement units and a data acquisition device. Each electrostatic charge measurement unit includes a primary charge plate, a static sensor device, a secondary charge plate, and a shielded cable. The primary charge plate is positioned proximal to an object. The static sensor device includes an input sensor at which an electric voltage is measured and outputs an electronic signal whose level varies according to the measured electric voltage. The secondary charge plate is positioned in proximity to the input sensor of the static sensor device. The shielded cable includes an inner conductor electrically connected to the primary charge plate and the secondary charge plate and an outer conductor electrically connected to electrical ground. The data acquisition device receives the electronic signal from the static sensor device of each electrostatic charge measurement unit. |
| US11561247B2 |
Voltage monitor using switching signal for motor
A device configured to monitor a voltage at a voltage rail for driving a motor includes processing circuitry configured to receive an indication of a switching signal for a phase of a plurality of phases of the motor. Inverter circuitry associated with the device is configured to electrically couple the phase to the voltage rail or to a reference rail associated with the voltage rail based on a driving signal that is generated based on the switching signal. The processing circuitry is further configured to determine a measurement time to measure the voltage at the voltage rail based on the switching signal and generate, using an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), a set of measured voltage values based on the voltage at the voltage rail during the measurement time. |
| US11561242B2 |
Test arrangement for testing high-frequency components, particularly silicon photonics devices under test
The invention relates to a probe card (PC) for use with an automatic test equipment (ATE), wherein the probe card (PC) comprises a probe head (PH) on a first side thereof, and wherein the probe card (PC) is adapted to be attached to an interface (IF) and wherein the probe card (PC) comprises a plurality of contact pads on a second side in a region opposing at least a region of the interface (IF), arranged to contact a plurality of contacts of the interface (IF), and wherein the probe card (PC) comprises one or more coaxial connectors (CCPT) arranged to mate with one or more corresponding coaxial connectors (CCPT) of the interface (IF). The invention relates further to pogo tower (PT) for connecting a wafer probe interface (WPI) of an automatic test equipment with the probe card (PC). |
| US11561241B2 |
Spring contact and test socket with same
The present invention relates to a test socket having a thin structure that can reduce durability degradation of a contact itself, have excellent electrical characteristics in processing high-speed signals, and can extend a service life thereof, and relates to spring contacts suitable thereto. The test socket according to the present invention includes: a plurality of spring contacts (100) each of which includes an upper contact pin (110) and a lower contact pin (120) that are assembled cross each other, and a spring (130) supporting the upper and lower contact pins (110 and 120); a main plate (1110) having a plurality of accommodating holes (1111) in which the respective spring contacts (100) are accommodated, with first openings (1113); and a film plate (1120) provided on a lower portion of the main plate (1110), and having second openings (1121). |
| US11561239B2 |
Methods and apparatus for detecting individual health related events
Individual health related events (e.g., handwashing events) can be detected based on multiple sensors including motion and audio sensors. Detecting a qualifying handwashing event can include detecting a qualifying scrubbing event based on motion data (e.g., accelerometer data) and a qualifying rinsing event based on audio data. In some examples, power consumption can be reduced by implementing one or more power saving mitigations. |
| US11561237B2 |
Circuit for sensing an analog signal, corresponding electronic system and method
A circuit configured to sense an input analog signal generated by a sensor at a first frequency and to generate an output digital signal indicative of the sensed input analog signal. The circuit includes a conditioning circuit, an ADC, a feedback circuit, and a low-pass filter. The conditioning circuit is configured to receive the input analog signal and to generate a conditioned analog signal. The ADC is configured to provide a converted digital signal based on the conditioned analog signal. The feedback circuit includes a band-pass filter configured to selectively detect a periodic signal at a second frequency higher than the first frequency and to act on the conditioning circuit to counter variations of the periodic signal at the second frequency. The low-pass filter is configured to filter out the periodic signal from the converted digital signal to generate the output digital signal. |
| US11561235B2 |
Shaft monitoring system
A system for monitoring the axial position of a rotating shaft includes a phonic wheel mounted coaxially to the shaft for rotation with a circumferential row of teeth. The system includes a sensor configured to detect the passage of the teeth by generating an alternating measurement signal. First and second portions of the teeth alternate around the row and contribute respective first and second components to the alternating measurement signal. The first portion of teeth vary in height in an axial direction of the wheel such that the relative height of the first and second portions varies with axial distance across the phonic wheel, and the sensor is positioned relative to the phonic wheel such that axial displacement of the shaft causes the signal to vary the first component's amplitude relative to the second component's amplitude due to the height variation, to monitor the axial position of the shaft. |
| US11561231B2 |
Thrombogenicity test apparatus and associated methods
An apparatus for in vitro testing of medical device thrombogenicity includes an enclosure; a heating element thermally coupled to the enclosure; and a temperature feedback circuit operably coupled to the heating element and configured to control the heating element to maintain an interior of the enclosure within a preset temperature range. Positive, negative, and intermediate control rods are provided as standards against which to compare a medical device test article. Multiple blood test loops can be established through the enclosure using a common blood supply. The medical device test article can be placed in one of the loops, while the remaining loops can contain controls. Blood can be circulated through the test loops at a flow rate similar to that encountered in vivo, and thrombus formation can be assessed thereafter. |
| US11561226B2 |
Detection and quantification of AKT-mTOR pathway proteins
This disclosure relates to the field of mass spectrometry analysis. In some embodiments, the disclosure relates to compositions and methods for detecting and quantifying proteins in the AKT-mTOR pathway by immunoprecipitation enrichment followed by mass spectrometry analysis. |
| US11561218B2 |
Method for detecting a dengue infection
The invention relates to a method for detecting a dengue infection in a patient blood sample, comprising the steps: a) Performing an analysis of prespecified parameters of blood platelets and prespecified types of blood cells in the sample and determining parameter values for the prespecified parameters of the platelets and the prespecified types of cells; b) Obtaining sample parameters from the values determined in step a); and c) Evaluating the sample parameters in relation to a prespecified criterion, wherein, if the criterion is fulfilled, a dengue infection is present. |
| US11561216B2 |
Apparatus for supporting an array of layers of amphiphilic molecules and method of forming an array of layers of amphiphilic molecules
An apparatus for supporting an array of layers of amphiphilic molecules, the apparatus comprising: a body, formed in a surface of the body, an array of sensor wells capable of supporting a layer of amphiphilic molecules across the sensor wells, the sensor wells each containing an electrode for connection to an electrical circuit, and formed in the surface of the body between the sensor wells, flow control wells capable of smoothing the flow of a fluid across the surface. |
| US11561215B2 |
Scale-coupled multiscale model simulation
Overlapping pores in a multiscale model of heterogeneous core formation contributes errors during flow simulations. A scale-coupled multiscale modeling that corrects for contributions of overlapping pores may be used to determine capillary pressure and relative permeability of the heterogenous core formation more accurately. The effects of overlapping pores may be removed by converting pores that have a certain radius or are filled with certain fluids into solid regions. The effects of overlapping pores may also be removed by running flow simulations on a modified model and correcting various fluid properties of the core formation with the results. |
| US11561214B2 |
Isotopic marking and identification of animals and plants
The invention relates to an isotopic identification method making it possible, where appropriate, to link a livestock animal or animal product to a specific farm, or a plant or a plant product to a farm, by analyzing the concentration of ratios or stable isotopes, and comparing with isotopic codes previously generated in a unique fashion for a set of frames. The invention also relates to a method which makes it possible to impose a unique code on the animals of a farm or on the plants of a farm, a computer making it possible to store the unique codes generated in memory, to generate unique codes for new farms and to perform comparisons. |
| US11561200B1 |
Eddy current detector
An eddy probe is provided for identifying non-homogeneous objects in a material. The probe includes a power supply, an oscillator to produce electrical excitation powered by said power supply, a plurality of eddy current detectors, each detector measuring eddy current density, a marker disposed adjacent said plurality for indicating a location on the material in response to a maximum of the eddy current density, and a housing for containing the power supply, oscillator, detectors and marker. The plurality can be two or three detectors. The marker can include a drill bit disposed adjacent the detectors, a transmission connecting to the drill bit; and an electric motor connecting to the transmission and powered by the power supply for rotating the drill bit. |
| US11561197B2 |
Electronic detection of a target based on enzymatic cleavage of a reporter moiety
Apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed for target detection based on collateral cleavage of a reporter by an enzyme. A biologically gated transistor may include a channel and a reporter moiety immobilized to the channel. The state of the reporter moiety may affect one or more output signals from the biologically gated transistor when excitation conditions are applied to the biologically gated transistor and a sample fluid is applied in contact with the channel. A sample fluid may include an enzyme configured to activate in response to a target nucleic acid to cleave the reporter moiety. Excitation circuitry may apply the excitation conditions, and measurement circuitry may measure output signals from the biologically gated transistor. An analysis module may determine a parameter relating to presence of the target nucleic acid, based on the one or more measurements. |
| US11561196B2 |
Systems and devices for high-throughput sequencing with semiconductor-based detection
In one embodiment, a sample surface of a biosensor includes pixel areas and holds a plurality of clusters during a sequence of sampling events such that the clusters are distributed unevenly over the pixel areas. In another embodiment, a biosensor has a sample surface that includes pixel areas and an array of wells overlying the pixel areas, the biosensor including two wells and two clusters per pixel area. The two wells per pixel area include a dominant well and a subordinate well. The dominant well has a larger cross section over the pixel area than the subordinate well. In yet another embodiment, an illumination system is coupled to a biosensor that illuminates the pixel areas with different angles of illumination during a sequence of sampling events, including, for a sampling event, illuminating each of the wells with off-axis illumination to produce asymmetrically illuminated well regions in each of the wells. |
| US11561195B2 |
Monolithic 3D integrated circuit for gas sensing and method of making and system using
A monolithic, three-dimensional (3D) integrated circuit (IC) device includes a sensing layer, a memory layer, and a processing layer. The sensing layer includes a plurality of carbon nanotube field-effect transistors (CNFETs) that are functionalized with at least 50 functional materials to generate data in response to exposure to a gas. The memory layer stores the data generated by the plurality of CNFETs, and the processing layer identifies one or more components of the gas based on the data generated by the plurality of CNFETs. |
| US11561193B1 |
Surface modified electrodes, and methods of preparation thereof
A surface modified electrode is provided. The surface modified electrode includes a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) and a nanomaterial disposed on the glassy carbon electrode. The nanomaterial comprises carbon nanotubes (CNTs), and at least one of thallium oxide nanoparticles (Tl2O3.NPs), thallium oxide (Tl2O3) nanopowder, and thallium oxide carbon nanotube nanocomposites (Tl2O3.CNT NCs). A polymer matrix is configured to bind the glassy carbon electrode with the nanomaterial. A method of preparing the surface modified electrode is also disclosed. The surface modified electrode can be implemented in a biosensor for detecting a biological molecule, like choline. |
| US11561186B2 |
Method for inspecting surface of wafer, device for inspecting surface of wafer, and manufacturing method of electronic component
A method for inspecting a surface of a wafer, includes steps of: irradiating a surface of the wafer with a laser beam having three or more distinct wavelengths; detecting a reflected light from the surface of the wafer when the surface of the wafer is irradiated with the laser beam; and determining whether a foreign matter exists on the surface of the wafer based on reflectances of the surface of the wafer with respect to the laser beam having the three or more distinct wavelengths, wherein the step of determining whether the foreign matter exists includes a step of determining whether the foreign matter is a metal or a non-metal. |
| US11561178B2 |
Artificial fluorescent image systems and methods
The disclosure provides a method of generating an artificial fluorescent image of cells is provided. The method includes receiving a brightfield image generated by a brightfield microscopy imaging modality of at least a portion of cells included in a specimen, applying, to the brightfield image, at least one trained model, the trained model being trained to generate the artificial fluorescent image based on the brightfield image, receiving the artificial fluorescent image from the trained model |
| US11561175B2 |
Detection of hydrocarbon contamination in soil and water
A method for the detection of hydrocarbon contamination in a sample is disclosed. The method includes contacting a sample with a molecular probe. The molecular probe has a photoluminescence which is environmentally sensitive. The photoluminescence from the molecular probe is collected. The method includes determining whether the photoluminescence is indicative of a hydrocarbon contaminated sample. A test strip for the detection of hydrocarbon contamination in a sample is also disclosed. The test strip includes a molecular probe embedded in a substrate and/or immobilized to the substrate, the molecular probe having a photoluminescence which is environmentally sensitive to hydrocarbon contaminated sample. |
| US11561169B2 |
Method for constructing water quality index prediction models and method for monitoring water quality indexes
The present invention relates to the field of environment monitoring. The present invention solves the problem in the prior art of large errors arising when using spectrophotometry to monitor a water quality COD index, and provides a method for constructing a water quality index prediction model and a method for monitoring a water quality index. The technical solution thereof can be summarized as follows: a method for constructing a water quality index prediction model, comprising: acquiring multiple water samples as water inspection samples, and acquiring respective required water quality indexes for the water inspection samples; measuring, for each of the water inspection samples, a spectrum corresponding thereto, obtaining an original spectrum, and acquiring a physical parameter thereof; conducting at least two digestions on the water inspection samples, measuring a spectrum corresponding thereto after each of the digestions to obtain a digestion spectrum, and acquiring a digestion parameter of the digestion and a physical parameter of the water inspection samples after the digestion; and independently constructing, according to data collected from each of the water inspection samples, an individual water quality index prediction model for each of the required water quality indexes. The present invention has an advantageous effect of fundamentally reducing measurement errors, and is applicable to water quality index monitoring. |
| US11561167B2 |
Liquid sensor
Provided is a liquid sensor that can more accurately detect the state of a liquid. The liquid sensor includes a light emitting element, an optical waveguide, a light receiving element, and a detection circuit. The light receiving element is configured to receive light that was emitted by the light emitting element and passed through the optical waveguide. The detection circuit is configured to detect output of the light receiving element. The optical waveguide includes a first pillar portion that extends straight and a second pillar portion that extends straight. The second pillar portion is provided at a position opposing the first pillar portion. A space for liquid is formed between the first pillar portion and the second pillar portion. The first pillar portion includes a first end surface that faces the light emitting element, and a second end surface that is tilted relative to the first end surface and reflects light toward the second pillar portion. The second pillar portion includes a third end surface that faces the light receiving element, and a fourth end surface that is tilted relative to the third end surface and is configured to reflect light from the second end surface toward the light receiving element. |
| US11561165B2 |
Biometric system
The biometric system comprises: a measurement cartridge; and a meter, equipped with the measurement cartridge, for measuring an analyte present in a sample of the measurement cartridge. The measurement cartridge comprises a reagent container, a capillary module, and a reagent rod. The reagent container receives a liquid reagent and has a top sealed with a sealing film. The capillary module comprises a capillary tube which is located on an upper side of the reagent container and collects the sample by a capillary phenomenon, and the capillary tube is introduced into the reagent container by rupturing a contact portion to the sealing film by an applied pressure. |
| US11561163B2 |
Monitoring device and monitoring system
According to one embodiment, a monitoring device includes a detector unit including an image transfer element comprising an incident surface which allows light to enter from a light-transmissive base material on which a microbody is placed and an emission surface which emits the light entering from the incident surface, which transfers two-dimensional image data of the microbody to a semiconductor optical sensor, and the semiconductor optical sensor which receives light from the emission surface. |
| US11561162B2 |
Information processing device, information processing system, and information processing method
It is aimed to provide a technology that enables highly accurate device performance evaluation and device adjustment in optical analysis of microparticles, using the same type of beads. The present technology provides an information processing device including an information processing unit that acquires a plurality of fluorescence intensities at a plurality of light irradiation powers for a fluorescence signal from a sample including particles labeled with a fluorescent dye having a single fluorescence intensity, recognizes an intensity range of each of the plurality of fluorescence intensities detected on the basis of a fluorescence intensity balance of the sample, and calculates information relating to sensitivity of a fluorescence detection unit. |
| US11561155B2 |
Heavy metal ion-hematein-complexes useful as ex vivo contrast agent for a computed tomography scanning of a biological sample, ex vivo method for investigating a biological sample, and use of the complexes
The present invention relates to specific complexes comprising heavy metal ions having an atomic number of 23 or higher and 83 or lower (in particular Ag1+, Ba2+, Pb2+, Gd3+ and Bi3+) and one or more hematein ligand(s). In particular, the invention relates to the use of the complexes as ex vivo contrast agents for a computed tomography scanning of a biological sample. Moreover, the invention relates to specific ex vivo methods for investigating a biological sample by means of computed tomography scanning methods, wherein the method comprises staining the biological sample with a solution comprising one or more of the complex(es); or wherein the method comprises staining the biological sample with a staining solution comprising hematein, and separately contacting the biological sample with one or more staining solution(s) comprising one or more heavy metal ions having an atomic number of 23 or higher and 83 or lower (in particular Ag1+, Ba2+, Pb2+, Gd3+ and Bi3+). |
| US11561154B2 |
Method and device for measuring an oxygen content of a headspace gas in a beverage can
A method and a device for measuring an oxygen content of a headspace gas in a beverage can. The beverage can is oriented upside down to allow the headspace gas to collect at the bottom. A hollow piercer on a piercing head forms a sampling opening in the bottom of the can through which the sampling tube penetrates. The liquid level in the beverage can is lowered to establish a direct connection of the gas-filled headspace and the sampling opening. Then the headspace gas is transported from the headspace to a sensor unit via the sampling tube and/or the hollow piercer or the piercing head. The oxygen content and/or an oxygen partial pressure and/or a headspace volume of the headspace gas are determined by the sensor unit. The sampling opening is closed off airtight by sealing elements arranged on the piercer or the piercing head. |
| US11561150B2 |
Passive leak detection for building water supply
A method and system for detecting small leaks in a plumbing system is disclosed. A temperature sensor coupled to the water in the plumbing system is used to determine if there is a leak. During times of inactivity for fixtures in the plumbing systems, a flow sensor might measure usage of water that would indicate a leak. For very small leaks, the flow is below a minimum measurable flow of the flow sensor. Embodiments of the invention measure temperature of water within a pipe coupled to the plumbing system. Temperature will generally decay in a particular predicable way when there is flow as the temperature of water upon entry to the building is lower than the air temperature within the building. Signal processing, machine learning and/or statistical approaches are used to analyze the temperature and optionally flow and/or pressure over time to determine when a leak is likely. |
| US11561142B2 |
Electromechanical actuator with integrated force sensor
An electromechanical cylinder contains a casing, an actuating rod mounted so as to be able to move longitudinally relative to the casing, an electric motor provided with a rotating rotor shaft, a mechanism for transforming a rotational movement of the rotor shaft of the electric motor into a linear translational movement of the actuating rod, and at least one bearing for guiding the rotor shaft of the electric motor in rotation relative to the casing and for supporting the rotor shaft. The cylinder further contains a sleeve that is fastened to the casing and inside which is mounted the bearing, and at least one load sensor that is mounted on the sleeve while being offset axially relative to the bearing. |
| US11561140B2 |
Deterioration evaluation method
A deterioration evaluation method includes a determination step of determining a shot peening condition for imparting a maximum residual stress to an object formed of a metal material; a first shot peening step of performing first shot peening on the object under the shot peening condition; a first measurement step of measuring a first residual stress of the object after the first shot peening step; a second shot peening step of performing second shot peening on the object after the first measurement step under the shot peening condition; a second measurement step of measuring a second residual stress of the object after the second shot peening step; and an evaluation step of evaluating deterioration of the object based on the first residual stress and the second residual stress. |
| US11561132B2 |
Per-pixel detector bias control
A pixel includes a detector that changes its operating characteristics based on incident energy, an integration capacitor arranged to discharge stored charge through the detector based on changes in the operating characteristics, and an floating gate injection device disposed between the photo-diode and the integration capacitor that controls flow of the charge from the integration capacitor to the detector. The floating gate injection device has a gate, a source electrically coupled to the detector at a first node, and a drain electrically coupled to the integration capacitor. The gate has a control voltage (VT) stored therein to set to a per-pixel bias gate voltage to control a detector bias voltage of the detector at the first node. |
| US11561122B2 |
Tank gauging and inventory management system
The disclosure generally describes computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for gauging tanks. A computer-implemented method includes generating, using an interrogator, a radio frequency signal directed towards a radio frequency identification (RFID) device that is freely floating on the liquid stored within the tank, receiving a return signal from the RFID device, the return signal being associated to a location of the RFID device, processing the return signal to determine a height of the liquid stored within the tank based on a triangulation algorithm, and determining a result data based on the height of the liquid stored within the tank and one or more tank characteristics. |
| US11561120B2 |
Double-sided measuring scoop
A double-sided measuring scoop is provided. The double-sided measuring scoop includes a cylindrical member having a cylindrical sidewall and a substantially planar disc-shaped member positioned within the cylindrical member. The disc-shaped member divides the cylindrical member into a first scoop portion having a first volume, and a second scoop portion having a second volume, where the first volume is larger than the second volume. The double-sided measuring scoop also includes a handle coupled to the cylindrical sidewall at a location directly opposite the disc-shaped member. |
| US11561115B2 |
Sensor device and method
Sensor devices and corresponding methods are provided. When a signal path output (COMP OUT) indicates no threshold crossings, diagnosis is performed with a timing based on a clock. In case threshold crossings are indicated, diagnosis is performed with a timing based on threshold crossings. |
| US11561114B2 |
Pressure-sensitive touch sensor and pressure-sensitive touch sensor module
In a pressure-sensitive touch sensor of a capacitance type, a first electrode and a second electrode are provided on a first surface of a base material sheet. The base material sheet is folded between the first electrode and the second electrode so that a surface of the first electrode and a surface of the second electrode face each other. The base material sheet is folded at a fold line portion in which a slit is formed. An elastic layer is provided between folded parts of the base material sheet. The pressure-sensitive touch sensor is configured to detect pressing on the operation surface based on a change in capacitance, which is caused when the elastic layer is compressed and deformed in a thickness direction by a pressing force to reduce a distance between the first electrode and the second electrode. |
| US11561112B2 |
Current sensor having stray field immunity
Methods and apparatus for a current sensor having an elongate current conductor having an input and an output and a longitudinal axis. First, second, third and fourth magnetic field sensing elements are coupled in a bridge configuration and positioned in a plane parallel to a surface of the current conductor such that the second and fourth magnetic field sensing elements comprise inner elements and the first and third magnetic field sensing elements comprise outer elements. Embodiments of the sensor reduce the effects of stray fields on the sensor. |
| US11561111B2 |
Displacement sensing
A sensing apparatus comprising a displacement sensor element arranged to sense a separation between a first element (2) and a second element (3) movably mounted with respect to the first element; an acceleration sensor element configured to sense an acceleration associated with the first element; displacement measurement circuitry (4A) configured to make a measurement indicative of separation on the basis of the sensed separation; acceleration measurement circuitry (4C) configured to make a measurement of acceleration on the basis of the sensed acceleration; and a processing element (4D) configured to output a signal to indicate there is determined to be a change in the separation of the second element relative to the first element on the basis of the measurement indicative of separation and the measurement of acceleration. |
| US11561108B2 |
Methods and systems for sun-aware vehicle routing
Example implementations may relate to sun-aware vehicle routing. In particular, a computing system of a vehicle may determine an expected position of the sun relative to a geographic area. Based on the expected position, the computing system may make a determination that travel of the vehicle through certain location(s) within the geographic area is expected to result in the sun being proximate to an object within a field of view of the vehicle's image capture device. Responsively, the computing system may generate a route for the vehicle in the geographic area based at least on the route avoiding travel of the vehicle through these certain location(s), and may then operate the vehicle to travel in accordance with the generated route. Ultimately, this may help reduce or prevent situations where quality of image(s) degrades due to sunlight, which may allow for use of these image(s) as basis for operating the vehicle. |
| US11561107B2 |
Vehicle routing evaluation based on predicted network performance
A vehicle routing evaluation system makes predictions about network performance data along road segments relevant to navigation of a vehicle and generates routing instructions or recommendations based in part on the network performance data. The vehicle routing evaluation system may send control signals to automatically control navigation of the vehicle to follow the routing generated routing or may present the navigation instructions to a teleoperator that controls the vehicle. Alternatively, the vehicle routing evaluation system generates a display with a navigational map overlay providing visual cues indicative of predicted wireless performance along various road segments to enable the teleoperator to select between possible routes. |
| US11561101B2 |
Physical quantity sensor, inertia measurement device, vehicle positioning device, electronic apparatus, and vehicle
A physical quantity sensor includes a substrate, a movable body that includes a movable drive electrode, a movable detection electrode, and a connection portion for connecting the movable drive electrode and the movable detection electrode and is allowed to vibrate along a first axis with respect to the substrate, a fixed drive electrode that is fixed to the substrate, is disposed to face the movable drive electrode, and vibrates the movable body along the first axis, and a fixed monitor electrode that is fixed to the substrate, is disposed to face the movable detection electrode and detects vibration of the movable body along the first axis. |
| US11561100B1 |
Exit routes
A computing device equipped with a camera may be used to assist a person in planning and traversing exit routes for a premises. For example, a user may be able to interact with one or more user interfaces generated by the computing device to determine an exit route for the premises. The user may be able to identify various objects, such as stairs or doors, along the exit route. The user may be able to identify graphical or textual information that can be displayed at certain points along the exit route. After determining the exit route, a data structure for the exit route may be shared with other users and/or be used to assist a user in traversing the exit route. For example, the data structure may be used as a basis for overlaying graphics and/or text on a real-time video display as the user traverses the exit route. |
| US11561099B2 |
Devices, systems, and methods for navigation and usage guidance in a navigable space using wireless communication
A system for usage guidance using wireless communication includes a portable computing device, wherein the portable computing device is designed and configured to wirelessly receive a signal from a wireless signal generator located at an item, parse the first signal for at least a textual element, extract a signal generator class identifier from at least a textual element, identify a remote data structure as a function of the signal generator identifier, retrieve, from the remote data structure, at least an identifier-specific datum, and generate identifier-specific usage guidance as a function of the at least an identifier-specific datum. The system includes a user output component coupled to the portable computing device, wherein the user output component is configured to provide the identifier-specific usage guidance to the user. |
| US11561098B2 |
Inertial navigation system
An inertial navigation system includes a first inertial measurement unit with at least a first sensor and a second inertial measurement unit with at least a second sensor corresponding in type to the first sensor. The first inertial measurement unit is rotatably mounted relative to the second inertial measurement unit, The inertial navigation system further include a controller arranged to: acquire a first set of measurements simultaneously from both the first inertial measurement unit and the second inertial measurement unit; rotate the first inertial measurement unit relative to the second inertial measurement unit; acquire a second set of measurements simultaneously from both the first inertial measurement unit and the second inertial measurement unit; and calculate from the first set of measurements and the second set of measurements at least one error characteristic of the first sensor and/or the second sensor. |
| US11561095B2 |
High quality factor mems silicon flower-of-life vibratory gyroscope
A resonator includes an anchor, an outer stiffener ring on an outer perimeter of the resonator, and a plurality of curved springs between the anchor and the outer stiffener ring. |
| US11561091B2 |
Dimension measurement method using projection image obtained by X-ray CT apparatus
In measuring a dimension of an object to be measured W made of a single material, a plurality of transmission images of the object to be measured W are obtained by using an X-ray CT apparatus, and then respective projection images are generated. The projection images are registered with CAD data used in designing the object to be measured W. The dimension of the object to be measured W is calculated by using a relationship between the registered CAD data and projection images. In such a manner, high-precision dimension measurement is achieved by using several tens of projection images and design information without performing CT reconstruction. |
| US11561089B2 |
Three-dimensional shape detection apparatus, three-dimensional shape detection method and plasma processing apparatus
To implement, when a plurality of patterns are included in a field of view during measurement of scattered light in spectral scatterometry, removal of an influence of a pattern outside a dimension (three-dimensional shape) management target from spectral reflection intensity in the field of view without modeling the pattern outside the dimension management target. A three-dimensional shape detection apparatus 100 includes a spectral reflection intensity measurement unit configured to measure spectral reflection intensity in a field of view of a light spot by irradiating a sample 103 as a target with the light spot, and detects a three-dimensional shape in the field of view of the light spot based on the measured spectral reflection intensity. The three-dimensional shape detection apparatus further has a spectral feature value calculation unit configured to calculate a spectral feature value in a first region in the field of view of the light spot in advance in an external control apparatus 102 thereof, and an area ratio estimation unit configured to estimate an area ratio between an area of the first region in the field of view of the light spot and an area of a second region outside the first region in the field of view of the light spot. |
| US11561087B2 |
Water-immersed high precision laser focus spot size measurement apparatus
A measurement apparatus for measuring a laser focus spot size, which includes a two-dimensional image detector and an imaging system which forms a magnified image of a focus spot located an object plane onto the image detector. The imaging system includes at least an objective lens. A sealed liquid container is secured over a part of the objective lens such as the optical surface of the objective lens is immersed in the liquid (e.g. water) within the container. The liquid container has a window through which the laser beam enters. An image processing method is also disclosed which processes the image obtained by the image detector to obtain the focus spot size while implementing an algorithm that corrects for the effect of ambient vibration. |
| US11561086B2 |
Tyre tread depth and tyre condition determination
A method for assessing tyre tread depth and/or tyre condition by taking and analysing a camera image or images of a tyre using portable instrumentation. |
| US11561084B2 |
Polarization sensitive devices, methods and applications
Methods, devices and systems provide improved detection, sensing and identification of objects using modulated polarized beams. An example polarization sensitive device includes an illumination source, and a modulator coupled to the illumination source to produce output beams in which polarization states or polarization parameters of the output beams are modulated to produce a plurality of modulated polarized beams. The device further includes a polarization sensitive detector positioned to receive a reflected portion of modulated polarized beams after reflection from an object and to produce information that is indicative of modulation and polarization states of the received beams. The information can be used to enable a determination of a distance between the polarization sensitive device and the object, or a determination of a polarization-specific characteristic of the object. |
| US11561081B2 |
Method for full-field measurement using dynamic laser doppler imaging
A method for full-field measurement using Doppler imaging, comprising the following steps: turning on a laser and adjusting the laser; adjusting a spatial filter to obtain circular laser spots having uniform intensity distribution; adjusting a quarter-wave plate and a whole polarizer in a system, and requiring two beams in a reference object and a measured object having different frequencies and perpendicular polarization directions; applying slight pressure to the measured object, setting a charge coupled device (CCD) camera into a continuous acquisition mode, observing interference fringes, and adjusting a light path so that the fringes are clear and visible; setting the sampling frequency, sampling time, captured image format and resolution size of the CCD camera; turning on a lithium niobate crystal drive power switch to produce a heterodyne carrier frequency; applying continuous equal pushing force to the measured object by means of piezoelectric ceramics (PZT) so as to make the measured object produce continuous bending deformation; controlling the CCD camera to sample using a computer, and collecting a set of time series light interference images along with the continuous deformation of the measured object; and processing the time series light intensity interference image to obtain a three-dimensional data module comprising continuous deformation of the measured objects distributed in time and space. |
| US11561080B2 |
Optical sensor for surface inspection and metrology
A method of improving axial resolution of interferometric measurements of a 3D feature of a sample may comprise illuminating the feature using a first limited number of successively different wavelengths of light at a time; generating an image of at least the 3D feature based on intensities of light reflected from the feature at each of the successively different wavelengths of light; measuring a fringe pattern of intensity values for each corresponding pixel of the generated images; resampling the measured fringe patterns as k-space interferograms; estimating interference fringe patterns for a spectral range that is longer than available from the generated images using the k-space interferograms; appending the estimated interference fringe patterns to the respective measured fringe patterns; and measuring the height or depth of the 3D feature using the measured interference fringe patterns and appended estimated fringe patterns. |
| US11561072B1 |
Portable wind resistant target and sign stand
A portable wind resistant target and sign stand, that is lightweight, wind resistant and can be stored in a relatively small container approximately two feet tall and five inches in diameter. The stand is made of rigid pipes that can be rapidly and easily assembled and disassembled without tools, The stand can accommodate target or sign panels of varying height or width, as the backdrops can be secured at any position along the vertically adjustable, horizontally disposed, rigid crossbars by a plurality of spring clips or, alternatively, a plurality of magnets if said crossbar is made of ferrous metal. Wind resistance is enhanced by a novel three-way-tee fitting assembly developed for this application. |
| US11561068B1 |
Kinematic mount for a firearm
A kinematic mount assembly is provided. The kinematic mount assembly includes a fixed mount and a pivot mount. The fixed mount and pivot mount together have a plurality of an protrusions and recesses to guide the mounts into a repeatable position when rotating from an opened to a closed position. The protrusions may be semispherical balls and the recesses may be gothic-arch shaped. The pivot mount and fixed mount may be coupled by a pivot pin and rotate about the pivot pin. The pivot mount may contain holes configured to mount an accessory. A latch assembly may hold the fixed mount and pivot mount closed until the latch is actuated, usually by a switch, to allow the system to open. |
| US11561067B2 |
Dual sight scope
To enable a user to quickly adjust power ranges of a scope for firearms, a scope may be provided with a primary sight having a primary sighting line and a secondary sight having a secondary sighting line. The primary sight may include a plurality of optical elements disposed within the first housing and an elevation adjustment mechanism for adjusting a zeroed-in position of the primary sight. To prevent impedance of the secondary sighting line, the elevation adjustment mechanism may be located laterally of the primary sight rather than in the conventional position above the primary sight. |
| US11561066B2 |
Lockable firearm storage box
A lockable firearm storage box is provided. The box includes a lid and a base forming a storage chamber for a firearm. The box is provided with a locking device that includes a plurality of latching members that will secure the lid and base of the box in a closed configuration. A tether is also provided for securing the box at a given location. |
| US11561058B2 |
Weapon usage monitoring system with situational state analytics
Systems and methods are provided for weapon monitoring and event prediction system, comprising an inertial measurement unit located in a weapon that is configured to generate weapon usage data indicative of at least one of a movement of the weapon, an orientation of the weapon, a direction of the weapon, or a location of the weapon, a communication circuit configured to communicate the generated weapon usage data to a device external to the weapon, a storage facility configured to store generated weapon usage data collected sequentially over a specified time period, and a machine learning facility configured to build at least one analytic model specifying weapon longitudinal situational state data and usage data predictive of the occurrence of a specified event or weapon system failure. |
| US11561054B2 |
Cleaning tubesheets of heat exchangers
A heat exchange system includes a shell having an interior with an inlet and an outlet wherein a first fluid circuit is defined from the inlet, through a heat exchange volume within the interior of the shell, to the outlet. A tubesheet is mounted within the shell dividing between the heat exchange volume and a plenum of a second fluid circuit within the interior of the shell. A set of tubes extends through the heat exchange volume, a respective interior passage of each tube being in fluid communication with the plenum through a respective opening though the tubesheet. The second fluid circuit includes the plenum and interior passages of the tubes. A spray nozzle is mounted in the plenum of the second fluid circuit with a spray outlet directed toward the tubesheet for cleaning the tubesheet with a submerged impingement jet issued from the spray nozzle. |
| US11561052B2 |
Heat exchanger and method of operating a heat exchanger
A heat exchanger has flow channels for coolants, which flow channels include turbulence elements having a different flow resistance depending on a direction of a flow, wherein the flow can be passed through the heat exchanger in different directions. As part of a method of operating the heat exchanger, the heat exchanger is flowed through in different directions using a pump that can be operated in different directions. |
| US11561046B2 |
Campfire crucible and method of use
A crucible assembly is suited for use melting aluminum cans at a campfire or similar fire. The crucible assembly may include a handle design that facilitates safe and easy handling of the crucible after it has been heated and contains melted aluminum. The crucible assembly may also include a portion having a convex surface that maintains contact with the ground during rotation of the crucible, thereby providing support and stability to the crucible as melted aluminum is poured therefrom. |
| US11561045B1 |
Power supply and method to deter mold
An apparatus and method to deter mold growth on the interior surfaces of buildings. The apparatus is a corded and plugged power supply with adjustable temperature and humidity sensors, logic circuitry, and split duplex receptacles. The method employs the apparatus, a portable heater, an array of portable fans, and catchments containing a hygroscopic substance such as calcium chloride. One receptacle controls the heater. The other receptacle controls the fans. There are three operative states: a heat-on/fans-on state at low temperature, a heat-off/fans-on state at high temperature and high humidity, and an idle state at high temperature and low humidity. The catchments capture water vapor circulated by the fans. |
| US11561044B2 |
Apparatus for drying spent ion-exchange resins
Apparatus for drying Spent Ion-Exchange Resins (SIER), which can intensify the SIER drying process, reduce power consumption, and accelerate discharge of SIER when the drying process is completed. The apparatus comprises a sealed cylindrical body, and a blow-down choke installed in an upper part of the sealed cylindrical body and a nozzle to feed the spent ion-exchange resins is installed inside the body, and a nozzle to retrieve dried ion-exchange resins is installed in its bottom part and equipped with a locking device. An external heater is provided for the body, and a drive shaft that is installed in alignment inside the body, capable of rotation, and equipped with a stirrer. A lower part of the drive shaft with lower screw winding is installed in alignment inside the nozzle to retrieve dried ion-exchange resins. The nozzle to retrieve dried ion-exchange resins is equipped with a water draining device. |
| US11561042B2 |
Method of cooling boil-off gas and apparatus therefor
The present invention is a modification of a typical single mixed refrigerant (SMR) cycle for LNG re-liquefaction in particular, that allows the use of a cost-efficient oil-injected screw compressor in the mixed refrigerant system. In comparison with the typical arrangement, the present innovation allows for reduced complexity, fewer pieces of equipment, and reduced capital cost. There is shown a method of cooling a boil-off gas (BOG) stream from a liquefied gas tank using a single mixed refrigerant (SMR) comprising at least the step of heat exchanging the BOG stream with the SMR in a liquefaction heat exchanger system to provide a cooled BOG stream, wherein the SMR is provided in an SMR recirculating system comprising at least the steps of: (a) compressing the SMR using at least one oil-injected screw compressor to provide a post-compression SMR stream; (b) separating the post-compression SMR stream to provide an oil-based stream and a first SMR vapour stream; (c) passing the first SMR vapour stream into the liquefaction heat exchanger system to cool the first SMR vapour stream and provide a cooled first SMR vapour stream; (d) withdrawing the cooled first SMR vapour stream from the liquefaction heat exchanger system; (e) separating the cooled first SMR vapour stream to provide a liquid-phase SMR stream and an oil-free SMR vapour stream; (f) passing the oil-free SMR vapour stream through the liquefaction heat exchanger system to provide a condensed SMR stream; and (g) expanding the condensed SMR stream to provide an expanded lowest-temperature SMR stream to pass through the liquefaction heat exchanger system for heat exchange against the BOG stream. |
| US11561040B2 |
Refrigerator
A refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a storage chamber, a drawer door configured to be inserted into and withdrawn out of the storage chamber, a driving device provided at the door part, an elevation device provided at the drawer part and having a scissors lift assembly, and a connecting assembly that couples the driving device to the scissors lift assembly to transfer driving force from the driving device to the scissors lift assembly. The elevation device is configured, based on being uncoupled from the connecting assembly, to be separable from the drawer part, and the elevation device includes a restricting unit configured to restrict the scissors lift assembly from unfolding when the elevation device is separated from the drawer part. The drawer door includes a drawer part and a door part that is configured to, based on the drawer door being inserted into the storage chamber, close the storage chamber. |
| US11561030B1 |
Thermal management systems
Thermal management systems include an open-circuit refrigeration system featuring a receiver configurable to store a refrigerant fluid, an evaporator configurable to extract heat from a heat load when the heat load contacts the evaporator, and an exhaust line, where the receiver, the evaporator, and the exhaust line are connected to form a refrigerant fluid flow path, and a first control device configurable to control a vapor quality of the refrigerant fluid at an outlet of the evaporator along the refrigerant fluid flow path. |
| US11561028B2 |
Heat pump with ejector
A system (20; 300) has: a compressor (22) having a suction port (40) and a discharge port (42); an ejector (32) having a motive flow inlet (50), a suction flow inlet (52), and an outlet (54); a separator (34) having an inlet (72), a vapor outlet (74), and a liquid outlet (76); a first heat exchanger (24); an expansion device (28); and a second heat exchanger (26; 302). Conduits and valves are positioned to provide alternative operation in: a cooling mode; a first heating mode; and a second heating mode. In the cooling mode and second heating mode, a needle (60) of the ejector is closed. |
| US11561027B2 |
Systems and methods for implementing ejector refrigeration cycles with cascaded evaporation stages
Systems and methods for implementing ejector refrigeration cycles with cascaded evaporation stages that utilize a pump to optimize operation of the ejector and eliminate the need for a compressor between the evaporation stages. |
| US11561022B2 |
System and method for characterization of air leakage in building using data from communicating thermostats and/or interval meters
Systems and methods for characterization of retrofit opportunities are described. Some embodiments are directed to methods for determining the air leakage rate of a building, and accordingly, for determining suitability of sealing of air leaks to improve the energy efficiency of a building. The methods may comprise computing, using at least one computing device disposed remote from a building and based at least in part on heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) runtime data associated with the building, one or more thermal characteristics of the building. The HVAC runtime data may be computed based on data received from a thermostat or a meter, such as an electric or a gas meter. To isolate the impact of air leakage, subsets of the HVAC runtime data at time intervals selected to have substantially the same conditions, but different wind speeds, may be computed. |
| US11561016B2 |
Humidifier
A humidifier includes a storage water tank configured to accommodate a predetermined amount of water; a circulation water tank having a smaller capacity than the storage water tank and including a circulation low water level sensor; a supply pump configured to supply water from the storage water tank to the circulation water tank; a circulation pump configured to supply water from the circulation water tank to a humidifying member; a residual water tank configured to accommodate water discharged from the circulation water tank; a drainage member disposed between the circulation water tank and the residual water tank selectively to discharge water from the circulation water tank to the residual water tank and a processor configured to control the drainage member to discharge water from the circulation water tank to the residual water tank when a low water level signal is received from the circulation low water level sensor. |
| US11561012B2 |
Pump assembly and cooking appliance with pump assembly
A pump assembly and a cooking appliance having a pump assembly are provided. The pump assembly may include a cavity that defines a cooking cavity; a water supplier installed outside of the cavity; a connection pipe connected to the water supplier; and a pump assembly disposed outside of the cavity and connected to the connection pipe. The pump assembly may includes at least one pump; and a support made of a flexible material and coupling the at least one pump to an upper surface of the cavity. |
| US11561011B2 |
Elongated member for a rack
A rack for a cooking appliance includes a perimeter rim that has a first end, a second end, a first side rail, and a second side rail. A plurality of spaced rails are disposed between each of the first and second rails and the first and second ends of the perimeter rim. An elongated member is operably coupled to the perimeter rim and is proximate to the plurality of spaced rails. A crossbar is disposed proximate to the elongated member. The crossbar defines an opening directly behind the elongated member along a length of the elongated member and a length of the crossbar. |
| US11561010B2 |
Gas cooking appliance with temperature-based power supply overload protection
A cooking appliance and method control the power consumption of a plurality of electrical loads in response to an ambient temperature sensed by a temperature sensor to maintain a combined power consumption within a temperature-dependent output capability of a low voltage power supply used in the cooking appliance. |
| US11561008B2 |
Fuel nozzle assembly for high fuel/air ratio and reduced combustion dynamics
Fuel nozzle assemblies are provided. For example, a fuel nozzle assembly for a combustor system comprises a fuel nozzle having a pilot swirler and an outlet defined in an outlet end, as well as a main mixer attached to the outlet end and extending about the outlet. A total combustor airflow through the combustor system comprises a pilot swirler airflow that is greater than about 14% and a main mixer airflow that is less than about 50% of the total combustor airflow. In further embodiments, the fuel nozzle also comprises main and pilot fuel injectors that each are configured to receive a portion of a fuel flow to the fuel nozzle. The fuel nozzle provides less than about 80% of the fuel flow to the main fuel injector at a high power operating condition of a gas turbine engine in which the fuel nozzle assembly is installed. |
| US11561007B2 |
Combustor cooling panel stud
A combustor liner for a gas turbine engine, the combustor liner including a panel configured to at least partially define a combustion chamber. The combustor liner further includes a shell configured to mount to the panel and form a gap between the panel and the shell. The panel includes a stud and a plurality of a stand-off pins proximate to the stud defining a cavity therebetween. The shell includes a plurality of angled impingement holes located away from the cavity but extending through the shell at an orientation such that cooling air passing through the angled impingement holes is directed towards the cavity between adjacent stand-off pins and at an acute angle relative to the stud. |
| US11561004B2 |
System for removing and replacing fire-tubes
A system for removing and replacing fire-tubes. The system can include a powered system, a fire-tube puller coupled to said powered system. The fire-tube puller has a puller back which is coupled to a plug rest. A plug rest is approximately perpendicular to the puller back, and the fire-tube will rest upon the plug rest when the fire-tube is being removed or installed. The system can also include a stack adjuster which is coupled to the plug rest. The stack adjuster can couple to a stack so as to reposition the stack. |
| US11560999B2 |
Light fixture with rotatable light source
A light fixture with rotatable light source includes a fixed lamp holder, a rotatable lamp holder, a light source assembly, a power source and a transmission mechanism; and the light of the light source assembly has strong and weak changes while rotating with the rotatable lamp holder within the circumferential range of the rotation centerline; the power source and the transmission mechanism are used to drive the rotatable lamp holder to rotate relative to the fixed lamp holder. The light fixture with rotatable light source drives the light source assembly to rotate through the rotatable lamp holder, the light intensity changes during the light source assembly rotates around the center line of rotation. The light fixture will produce a sparkling effect especially suitable for jewelry lighting, so that jewelry is shining at all times. |
| US11560995B1 |
Lamp for vehicle and vehicle including the same
A lamp for a vehicle including a light source configured to emit light, and a light guide body including a light entering portion, a light exiting portion, and a recessed region disposed between the light entering portion and the light exiting portion and having a shape recessed upward in a lower surface of the light guide body, in which the recessed region includes a first surface formed in a region adjacent to the light entering portion, a second surface connected to the first surface through a first connection portion and extending toward the light exiting portion, and a third surface connected to the second surface through a second connection portion and extending toward the light exiting portion, and in which the second connection portion includes a curved connection portion. |
| US11560993B2 |
Light conversion devices and lighting devices
Lighting devices for providing a secondary light with high luminance are provided. The lighting devices include a light conversion element and a light emitting unit with a light source that emits a primary light. The light conversion element has a front side illuminated with the primary light and, in response to the primary light, to emit a secondary light from the front side. The secondary light has a larger wavelength than the primary light. |
| US11560991B2 |
Portable solar strip lights
A portable solar strip light includes a solar module, a power supply, a strip light assembly and an electrical connector. The solar module is electrically connected to the power supply. The strip light assembly is electrically connected to the power supply via the electrical connector. The strip light assembly includes at least one strip light which is fixedly connected to an external object via a fastener. A mounting member is provided at a bottom of the power supply to mount the power supply on the external object. |
| US11560990B2 |
Lighting apparatus with linear light source
A lighting apparatus with a linear light source is provided. The lighting apparatus includes a light source extending in a longitudinal direction and having terminal parts on both ends of the light source to be connected to a power supply; a spacer having an internal space that is opened in a front-rear direction and accommodates the light source, wherein mounting parts formed on both ends of the internal space to provide the terminal parts; and a reflective bracket mounted on a rear end of the spacer to cover the internal space, and having fixing parts that match the mounting parts to fix the terminal parts when the reflective bracket is mounted on the spacer, wherein an inner surface of the reflective bracket is configured to reflect light emitted from the light source. |
| US11560987B2 |
Light source device
A light source device includes a light source device includes a first light source configured to emit first light, and a first lens that includes a first surface on which the first light having a first optical axis is incident and a second surface from which a second light having a second optical axis is emitted. An intensity of the first light has a first value on the first optical axis of the first light. |
| US11560982B2 |
Fuel system mountable to a vehicle frame
A system for powering a vehicle is provided. The system can include an engine or power generation system to be powered by a fuel and a housing. The housing can be configured to couple to one or more frame rails of the vehicle, receive and protect a cylinder configured to store the fuel to be used by the engine or power generation system. The housing can have one or more access panels allowing access to an interior of the housing. The cylinder can include a first end portion, a second end portion, a central body forming an enclosed cavity for storing pressurized gas, a reinforcement structure disposed over the central body, and a metal foil interposed between the reinforcement structure and central body. The metal foil can be configured to reduce permeation of contents of the cylinder. |
| US11560981B2 |
Membrane finishing sheet and membrane insulation structure comprising the same
A membrane finishing sheet, which is disposed at a membrane finishing part among multiple membrane sheets which form a sealing wall installed at a membrane type cargo, comprises a corrugated part having a structure closed in a direction toward the membrane finishing part. In addition, a membrane insulation structure comprising a membrane finishing sheet according to the present invention comprises a membrane finishing sheet disposed at a membrane finishing part among multiple membrane sheets which form a sealing wall installed at a membrane type cargo. Among four sides of the membrane finishing sheet, a finishing side in contact with the membrane finishing part has a structure in which the corrugated part is closed and thus provides a membrane insulation structure that does not require a separate finishing member for sealing a membrane. |
| US11560977B2 |
Systems and methods for maintaining pipes
A motorized apparatus for use in maintaining a pipe having a sidewall is provided. The motorized apparatus includes a body assembly sized to fit within and to travel along an interior cavity of the pipe. The body assembly includes a first end and a second end and extending along a longitudinal axis. The body assembly also includes a plurality of leg assemblies coupled circumferentially around the body assembly. Each leg assembly includes a telescoping portion, a bias member coupled to the telescoping portion, and a drive mechanism configured to interact with the sidewall as the body assembly travels along the pipe. The body assembly also includes at least one sensor configured to collect data associated with a force between the sidewall and the drive mechanism, and an actuator assembly coupled to each leg assembly and configured to independently actuate each the leg assembly. |
| US11560976B2 |
Hydraulic hose repair clamp
A hose repair system including a first clamping member and a second clamping member, each clamping member including an interior surface with a concave curve along the width and a pair of longitudinal grooves formed at the intersection of the first and second clamping members. Each longitudinal groove extends from end to end of each clamping member. The system also includes at least one fastener for clamping the first and second clamping members together. |
| US11560975B2 |
Pipe lining systems and methods of use
Systems and methods for pipe lining systems and methods of use are described. Systems and methods may include a CIPP lateral liner that is inserted into a bladder forming a CIPP liner assembly that can be inserted into a pipe line for a pipe repair. CIPP liner assembly can include a membrane that produces superior results compared to the prior art. A backing ring may be used with these systems and methods. |
| US11560974B2 |
Fluid coupling, in particular for fuel lines in motor vehicles, combination of the fluid coupling with a corresponding counterpart, and method for establishing a connection of two fluid lines
A fluid coupling for fuel lines in motor vehicles, includes a housing having a receptacle for a counterpart, a blocking member in the receptacle and engageable behind a blocking rib of the counterpart to fix the counterpart in the receptacle, and a detection sleeve axially movable in the receptacle, and having a first engagement portion, which engages with the blocking rib to move the detection sleeve axially into a detection position, and at least one second engagement portion arranged behind the first engagement portion and, when the counterpart is pulled out, engages with the blocking rib to move the detection sleeve out of the detection position, into the initial position, and the detection sleeve includes at least one detection portion (64), received within the receptacle in the initial position so the detection portion is not visible from the outside and, in the detection position, visibly protrudes from the receptacle. |
| US11560972B2 |
Oil and gas pipe connector
Pipe connectors and methods of making and using pipe connectors to connect oil or gas pipe in oil and gas production, refining and distribution. |
| US11560968B2 |
Bleed valve with reduced noise
A bleed valve for a gas turbine engine includes a housing that defines an inlet upstream from an outlet. The bleed valve includes a poppet movable relative to the housing between a first position, in which the poppet closes the inlet, and a second position, in which the inlet is open and configured to receive a fluid flow. The housing defines a tortuous path for the fluid flow from the inlet to the outlet configured to reduce a pressure of the fluid flow from the inlet to the outlet within the housing. The tortuous path is defined by a plurality of rings positioned about the poppet, with each ring of the plurality of rings spaced apart from an adjacent ring of the plurality of rings between the inlet and the outlet to define the tortuous path. |
| US11560967B2 |
Rotation-resistant push-on conduit coupling cartridge
The present disclosure relates to a rotary plug valve and, more particularly, to a rotary plug valve having a fluid conduit cartridge including components that are assembled in a manner allowing for the rotation of a valve handle without rotation of the entire valve or supply line. Illustratively, a retainer ring and a backer ring are coupled with a gripper ring positioned therebetween. Coupling of the retainer ring and the backer ring creates compression on locking tabs of the grip ring, holding the locking tabs in place between tangs of the backer ring and preventing rotation of the gripper ring. |
| US11560966B2 |
Valve and device for storing and dispensing pressurized fluid
A valve for pressurized fluid, including a body having a front face and a rear face and housing an internal fluid circuit having an upstream end configured to be placed in communication with a reserve of pressurized fluid and a downstream end configured to be placed in communication with a user of fluid, the circuit including a collection of valve shutter(s) including at least one shutoff valve shutter for closing or opening the circuit, the valve comprising a member for manually controlling the collection of valve shutter(s). |
| US11560962B2 |
Ventilation component
A ventilation component (1a) is to be attached to a housing (2) at a ventilation opening (5). The ventilation component (1a) includes a gas-permeable membrane (10), a ventilation valve (20), and a structural member (30). The structural member (30) has an inner space (40), and at least one of a first ventilation path (51) and a second ventilation paths (52). The inner space (40) is a space accommodating the gas-permeable membrane (10) and/or the ventilation valve (20). The first ventilation path (51) allows the inner space (40) to communicate with an external space of the ventilation component (1a). The first ventilation path (51) has a first inner opening (51i) and a first outer opening (51e), and the first inner opening (51i) faces the first outer opening (51e). The first inner opening (51i) and the first outer opening (51e) are present along a plane parallel to an outer surface (2s) of the housing. The second ventilation path (52) has a second inner opening (52i) and a second outer opening (52e), and the second inner opening (52i) is present without facing the second outer opening (52e). |
| US11560961B1 |
Inline, elastomeric one-way valve
An elastomeric check valve that may be installed within pre-existing process lines or plumbing that includes an internal bore. In various aspects the disclosed check valve has a stem or stem assembly configured to engage the bore to retain the check valve in place and an elastomeric sealing disk or member. At least a radially outer portion of the elastomeric sealing disk or member is biased or biasable in a selected direction away from a plane that is coincident with a central portion of the elastomeric sealing disk. Fluid may flow through a channel in the stem through a stem assembly and around the elastomeric sealing disk in the selected direction, but is substantially prevented from flowing around the elastomeric sealing disk in a direction opposite to the selected direction, when the check valve is installed within the bore. |
| US11560959B1 |
Trunnion ball valve with controlled ball-seat engagement and disengagement
A trunnion ball valve provides a reliable seal when closed, while minimizing or eliminating frictional resistance during rotation of the ball. A pressurization chamber behind the upstream valve seat can be interconnected by one or more pressurization valves with either the upstream or the downstream process fluid. The interconnection can be via a single 3-way valve. When the valve is closed and the ball is fixed in orientation, the pressurization chamber is automatically connected to the upstream process fluid, thereby pressing the seat against the ball and ensuring a reliable seal. While the ball is being rotated, the pressurization chamber is automatically connected to the downstream process fluid, thereby substantially eliminating valve seat friction. Connection to the downstream process fluid can include connection to a small space in front of the upstream seat. An electronic controller can control both valve stem rotation and the pressurization valves. |
| US11560956B1 |
Liquid treatment apparatus
A control valve (10) includes a valve body with a plurality of ports (A, B, C, D, E, F) and a plurality of annular flow passages (53, 55, 57). A piston (34) which includes a plurality of annular flow passages and a longitudinal flow passage is selectively movable within a bore (32) within the valve body through operation of a valve controller (70). The valve controller is selectively operative to control the position of the piston so as to enable liquid flow through a plurality of flow paths. The valve controller further includes a installable and removable valve controller housing (74) which is releasably engageable with a valve base (72). The valve may include a changeable piston and changeable injector and plug components to adapt the valve to different flow and fluid mixing requirements. |
| US11560955B2 |
Electromagnetic valve device and use thereof
The invention relates to an electromagnetic valve device having an armature (18) which is moveable in an axial direction in a valve housing (10) in response to energizing of a stationary coil (12), and which is designed to interact with a first valve seat (22) associated with a fluid inlet connection (26) of the valve housing, a first fluid flow path (36) being formed in the valve housing such that fluid flowing through the opened first valve seat can flow in order to actuate a plunger (32) moveable relative to the armature (18) and to which a preloading force is applied, the actuation causing a second valve seat (43) interacting with the plunger (32) to be opened to produce a fluid connection to a fluid working connection (42) of the valve housing, and the valve housing having a fastening structure (44, 46) in the form of at least one hole extending at an angle to the axial direction, the fluid inlet connection (26) and the working connection (42) being formed on the same axial side of the valve housing in relation to the structure means. |
| US11560954B2 |
Valve
A valve for controlling a fluid flow, including a valve housing, which is provided with a first fluid connection, a fluid channel and a second fluid connection, further including a valve member which is pivotally mounted in the fluid channel, and a drive for introducing a movement onto the valve member, the valve member having a rigid carrier and a flexible membrane with a sealing region which is provided for a sealing abutment against a valve seat and which is fixed to the carrier and to the valve housing by a circumferentially formed fastening region, wherein a deformation region of the flexible membrane is located between the sealing region and the fastening region and is arranged between a first deformation plane and a second deformation plane, the first deformation plane and the second deformation plane each being aligned parallel to a pivot axis determined by the pivot pin and delimiting a deformation space, and wherein the pivot pin is accommodated at least partially in the deformation space. |
| US11560952B2 |
Variable cylinder wall for seals on plug valve
A rotary valve includes a rotary component configured to rotate about an axis of rotation thereof. The rotary component includes a plurality of fluid openings formed at an exterior surface thereof with each of the fluid openings forming a fluid inlet or a fluid outlet into one of a plurality of fluid passageways formed through the rotary component. The rotary component further comprises a valve body rotatably receiving the rotary component therein. The valve body includes a five fluid ports formed therethrough with each of the fluid ports configured to be selectively aligned with one of the fluid openings of the rotary component depending on a rotational position of the rotary component relative to the valve body to allow the rotary valve to operate as a five-way switching valve. |
| US11560950B2 |
Sealing mechanism
A sealing mechanism including a first seal member, a second seal member arranged so as to face the first seal member, and a deformed nucleus member arranged in a space formed at least partially between the first seal member and the second seal member, and becoming a nucleus of deformation in the sealing mechanism. The deformed nucleus member is configured by a combination of rod-like members and plate-like members respectively formed from a plurality of materials having different linear expansion coefficients, and is fixed to each of the first seal member and the seal member. The deformed nucleus member contracts in at least one direction on a cross-section of the seal groove, along with an increase in temperature of the deformed nucleus member. The first seal member and the second seal member respectively have abutment surfaces abutting on an inner surface of the seal groove or the facing surfaces. |
| US11560949B2 |
Sealing element
Sealing element for producing an electrically conductive connection between a first machine element and a second machine element, comprising at least one disc-shaped conducting element and a support ring, the support ring comprising an axial flange and a radial flanged, the conducting element being formed from an electrically conductive foil, and the conducting element being secured at least in sections along the axial flange between the support ring and the second machine element. |
| US11560948B2 |
Seal system
A seal device for sealing slide-out room opening in recreational vehicles. The seal including a base; a bulb; an alignment aid member; and a positional member. The base having a proximal end, a distal end, an inside portion, an outside portion, and a perpendicular member. The bulb having an arcuate portion, a sidewall portion and a curled end portion. The positional member extending perpendicularly to the base distal end in opposite direction of the alignment aid member. The seal device may further include a flap extending co-linearly from the base distal end and a fastening system. |
| US11560944B2 |
Control device for automatic transmission
A control device for an automatic transmission is provided, which includes a vehicle-propelling friction engagement element configured to be engaged when a vehicle starts traveling, an other friction engagement element, a vehicle-propelling friction engagement element temperature detector configured to detect a temperature of the vehicle-propelling friction engagement element, an input speed detector configured to detect an input speed of the automatic transmission, and a processor configured to execute lubricant supply control logic to control supply of lubricant to the vehicle-propelling friction engagement element and the other friction engagement element. The lubricant supply control logic switches the supply amount of lubricant to the vehicle-propelling friction engagement element according to the temperature of the vehicle-propelling friction engagement element, and switches the supply amount of lubricant to the other friction engagement element according to the input speed. |
| US11560942B2 |
Torque converter with lock-up clutch and torque converter operating method
Torque converter arrangements and operating methods are provided herein. In one example, the torque converter includes a first attachment interface designed to rotationally couple to a prime mover and a second attachment interface designed to rotationally couple to a transmission. The torque converter further includes a lock-up clutch with an engagement spring embedded in an actuation piston, a plurality of separator plates supported by one or more guiding pins that extend through the plurality of separator plates and into a casing, and a plurality of friction plates interleaved with the plurality of separator plates, where the plurality of separator plates and friction plates are axially captured between the actuation piston and an end plate. |
| US11560934B2 |
Speed reducer and speed reducer-equipped motor
A speed reducer includes a helical gear, an eccentric shaft and a slider plate. The speed reducer also includes a transmission gear and an output gear body. The transmission gear is supported at a first support part, transmission gear spinning is restricted by engagement with the slider plate, and the transmission gear revolves by the helical gear rotating with the eccentric shaft. The output gear body rotates by the transmission gear revolving. The transmission gear includes a pair of restricting protrusions protruding toward the slider plate side. The restricting protrusions have engaging surfaces that touch the slider plate wherein the engaging surfaces oppose the slider plate in a radial direction of the transmission gear. Surfaces at opposite sides of the restricting protrusions from the slider plate are formed, as seen in the axis direction of the transmission gear, to be convex to the opposite sides thereof from the slider plate. |
| US11560933B2 |
Tuned mass-spring damper
A wheel/hub assembly includes an axle shaft, a wheel, and a hub supporting the wheel on the axle shaft. The wheel/hub assembly has a target resonant frequency of vibration. A tuned mass-spring damper is vibrationally coupled to the wheel/hub assembly, and has a counteracting resonant frequency of vibration that is predetermined with reference to the target resonant frequency of vibration. |
| US11560932B2 |
Damping device for a suspension of a bicycle
A damping device (1) for a suspension (100) of a bicycle includes: a first tubular body (2) defining a first chamber (4); a second tubular body (3) defining a second chamber (5) fluidically communicating with the first chamber (4); a third tubular body (8) disposed inside the second chamber (5), the interior thereof defining a third chamber (9) fluidically communicating with the second chamber (5); a hollow stem (10) integral with the first tubular body (2), defining a through cavity (11) which establishes a fluid communication between the third chamber (9) and the first chamber (4); a first static valve (12) disposed between the second chamber (5) and the third chamber (9); a second static valve (14), connected to the stem (10), operatively disposed between the third chamber (9) and the cavity (11) of the stem (10); a dynamic valve (15) connected to the first tubular body (2) inside the first chamber (4), operatively disposed between the cavity (11) of the stem (10) and the first chamber (4). |
| US11560929B2 |
Guide assembly for a disc brake
A guide assembly for a disc brake and method of mounting. The guide assembly may have a guide pin that includes a mounting portion and a guiding portion. A retaining bore of a brake carrier may receive the guide pin and retain the mounting portion. The guiding portion may protrude from an inboard-side of the brake carrier and may slidably support a brake caliper. |
| US11560928B2 |
Control and diagnostic method for a differential system
Methods and systems for a differential assembly are provided herein. In one example, a method is provided that includes operating a clutch motor coupled to a differential locking clutch to place the differential locking clutch in a locked configuration. The method further includes, after the differential locking clutch is placed in the locked configuration, reducing electric power delivered to the clutch motor at a first rate and increasing the electric power delivered to the clutch motor when it is determined that clutch disengagement is occurring based on outputs from a motor position sensor or outputs from shaft speed sensors coupled to a pair of shafts coupled to the differential locking clutch. |
| US11560925B2 |
Rotation induction device for vehicle
A rotation induction device for a vehicle includes: an upper case having a piston rod disposed therethrough; a lower case disposed adjacent to the upper case and having the piston rod disposed therethrough; and a center plate disposed between the upper case and the lower case such that the piston rod passes through the center plate, and to be brought into line contact with the upper case and the lower case to induce rotation. |
| US11560924B2 |
Bearing assembly for a charging apparatus
A bearing assembly for a charging apparatus. The bearing assembly comprises a bearing housing and a shaft. The bearing assembly further comprises a compressor-side bearing bushing and a turbine-side bearing bushing which together support the shaft inside a bearing bore of the bearing housing. The compressor-side bearing bushing is configured differently than the turbine-side bearing bushing. |
| US11560920B2 |
Gimbal for image capturing
A method of stabilizing a payload fitted in a carrier includes providing a first carrier component of the carrier, supporting a second carrier component of the carrier using the first carrier component, and supporting a third carrier component of the carrier using the second carrier component. The first carrier component is configured to permit rotation of the payload about a pitch axis. The second carrier component is configured to permit rotation of the payload about a yaw axis. The third carrier component is configured to permit rotation of the payload about a roll axis and connects to the payload. |
| US11560915B2 |
Compact joining and leveling system for parts of furniture and furnishing items
A compact joining and leveling system for parts of furniture and furnishing items with a bottom and a shoulder includes, in combination, a front-foot unit and a rear-foot unit, wherein each front- and rear-foot unit includes a leveling group with a regulation mechanism in height that can be maneuvered with tools, wherein the leveling group of the front-and rear-foot units can be actuated from the front with respect to the piece of furniture through the space between the base and the floor, wherein the system also includes a connection group for stably interconnecting the bottom and the shoulder through a blocking element, and wherein the connection group can be actuated from the front with respect to the piece of furniture through the space between the bottom and the floor. |
| US11560910B2 |
Fastener using lubricated interference fit
The invention relates to a method for installing metallic fastener (10; 40) for the interference fit assembly of at least two structural elements (20, 22) comprising a through hole, the fastener comprising an enlarged head (12; 42), a shaft (14; 44) having an external diameter before installation that is greater than an internal diameter of the hole, said shaft comprising a conductive surface (26; 56). Before installation, at least the conductive surface (26; 56) is coated with a lubricating layer (30), which comprises a mixture of at least one polyolefin and one polytetrafluoroethylene, for example, having sufficient adherence to prevent its abrasion by manual manipulation of the fastener and being weak enough to be at least partly stripped from the conductive surface during the interference fit assembly of the fastener. The invention is applicable to the assembly of aircraft structures. |
| US11560909B2 |
Accessory attachment mechanism
An attachment mechanism including a first clamp member having a V-shaped first clamping end and a second clamp member having a V-shaped second clamping end and an adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a relative position of the first clamp member and the second clamp member. The first and second clamp members are configured to translate toward and away from each other via force exerted by the adjustment mechanism such that the first and second clamping ends translate between an engaged and a disengaged position. |
| US11560906B2 |
Combined valve, power unit body and hydraulic power unit
A combined valve for insertion into an elongated bore of a power unit body of a hydraulic power unit may have an elongated carrier for receiving a relief and a check valve. The valve may also have a register arranged at a first axial position of a longitudinal axis of the carrier for calibration of the relief valve. The valve may also have a check valve coupled to the carrier at a second axial position along the longitudinal axis of the carrier. The valve may also have a relief valve coupled to the carrier at a third axial position along the longitudinal axis of the carrier. A minimal distance between the first and the second axial position may be less than a minimal distance between the first and the third axial position. |
| US11560905B2 |
Multistage aspirator for inflatable assemblies
A multistage aspirator for an inflatable assembly may comprise a first end defining a primary gas inlet and a second end defining a gas outlet. An internal surface of the multistage aspirator may define a flow path extending from the primary gas inlet to the gas outlet. A first stage of the multistage aspirator may include a first stage orifice extending from the internal surface to an external surface of the multistage aspirator. A second stage of the multistage aspirator may include a second stage orifice located downstream of the first stage orifice and extending from the external surface to the internal surface. |
| US11560904B2 |
Modular low-noise motor
A modular fan cover assembly for inclusion on an electric motor is selectively configurable for degrees of reduced noise operation. The modular fan cover assembly includes a plurality of cooperating components arranged to direct fluid communication through the assembly. The components may include, for example, a fan cover defining a fan chamber for enclosing the fan, an inlet cover including an inlet chamber and a plurality of inlet apertures, and a silencing insert selectively includable with the fan cover assembly that may include one or more silencing features. The selective combination of the components can redirect airflow through various turns or bend in the modular fan cover assembly to trap or suppress noise propagating from the electric motor. The modular fan cover assembly may be operatively equipped with a blower assembly. |
| US11560903B2 |
Rotary machine
A rotary machine includes a compression section that is disposed between the pair of radial bearings in a casing and compresses a fluid, an expansion section that is disposed side by side with the compression section and expands the fluid, and a thrust bearing that is disposed at a position close to a first end portion or a second end portion of a rotary shaft in an axial direction with respect to the compression section and the expansion section. Among a compression section suction port, a compression section discharge port, an expansion section suction port, and an expansion section discharge port, the compression section suction port is disposed at a position closest to the first end portion in the axial direction, and the expansion section discharge port is disposed at a position closest to the second end portion in the axial direction. |
| US11560902B2 |
Self-priming assembly for use in a multi-stage pump
A self-priming assembly for a multi-stage pump is provided. The self-priming assembly can have a first diffuser, a second diffuser, and an impeller. The first and second diffusers each include a central portion, a diffuser axis, an arcuate channel within the central portion, and a passage extending through the central portion. The first diffuser and the second diffuser are configured to be combined and receive the impeller therebetween with the first diffuser axis, the second diffuser axis, and the impeller axis aligned. |
| US11560900B2 |
Compressor driveshaft assembly and compressor including same
A compressor system includes a compressor housing and a driveshaft rotatably supported within the compressor housing. The compressor system further includes an impeller that imparts kinetic energy to incoming refrigerant gas upon rotation of the driveshaft, a thrust disk coupled to the driveshaft, and a bearing assembly mounted to the compressor housing. The impeller includes an impeller bore having an inner surface, and the thrust disk includes an outer disk and a hub. The bearing assembly rotatably supports the outer disk of the thrust disk. The hub is disposed within the impeller bore, and includes a hub outer surface in contact with the inner surface of the impeller bore. A first contact force between the hub outer surface and the inner surface of the impeller bore increases with increased rotational speed of the driveshaft. |
| US11560899B2 |
Pump with axially-elongated annular seal element between inducer and impeller
A pump includes a shaft that is rotatable about a central axis. An inducer is mounted on the shaft and has an inducer blade and inducer shroud attached at an outer end of the inducer blade. An impeller is mounted on the shaft downstream of the inducer and has an impeller blade and an impeller shroud attached at an outer end of the impeller blade. There is an axially-elongated annular seal element disposed at an axial end of the inducer shroud that provides sealing between the inducer shroud and the impeller shroud. |
| US11560898B2 |
Fan impeller system for configuring and constructing a fan impeller
A fan impeller system has a rotor element (10), a multiplicity of fan impeller blades (30) and a multiplicity of adapter elements (20). The rotor element (10) has a multiplicity of receptacles (11) that are evenly distributed in a circumferential direction (U) with an adapter element (20). The adapter element (20) is arranged between the respective fan impeller blade (30) and the respective receptacle (11). The adapter elements (20) may differ at least in their shape and/or dimensions. The fan impeller blades (30) may differ at least in their shape and/or dimensions. |
| US11560893B2 |
Method for operation control of compressor and the compressor
In a method for operation control of a compressor, full-load running in which a gas intake control valve is fully open and a target rotation speed of a drive source is set to a full-load rotation speed that is a maximum rotation speed in a speed control band when pressure of compressed gas supplied to the consumption side is a datum pressure or less is carried out; then no-load running in which the valve is fully closed and a no-load rotation speed is set as the target rotation speed of the drive source when the supply pressure is a no-load running pressure or less that is a pressure higher than the datum pressure is carried out. The no-load running is started from the standard no-load rotation speed, however, after a transition time, the target rotation speed is reduced to a low speed no-load rotation speed. |
| US11560891B2 |
Electric hydraulic actuator
An electric hydraulic actuator is provided with an electric motor and a gear pump driven in rotation by the electric motor. The electric motor includes a motor housing and a rotating shaft supported by the motor housing so as to be freely rotatable. The gear pump has a drive gear into which the rotating shaft of the electric motor is inserted and a driven gear meshed with the drive gear. A pump housing is configured to accommodate the drive gear and the driven gear on one end and has an installation concave portion open at the other end for accommodating part of the motor housing. The motor housing is attached to the pump housing with a gap formed between the motor housing and the pump housing in a radial direction of the rotating shaft. The gap includes an O-ring to elastically support the motor housing in the radial direction. |
| US11560889B1 |
Scroll compressor with second intermediate cap to facilitate refrigerant injection
A scroll compressor includes a compressor housing, an orbiting scroll member and non-orbiting scroll member intermeshed to form a compression chamber, a discharge pressure chamber, an intermediate pressure chamber. The housing includes a lower portion, a first intermediate cap, a second intermediate cap, and an upper portion. The discharge pressure chamber configured to receiving a discharge pressure fluid from the compression chamber. The intermediate pressure chamber fluidly connecting an intermediate pressure fluid inlet port and an intermediate pressure fluid injection port of the non-orbiting scroll member. A method injecting an intermediate pressure fluid into a compression chamber of a scroll compressor includes disposing the intermediate pressure fluid in an intermediate pressure chamber. The method also includes injecting the intermediate pressure fluid in the intermediate pressure chamber through the intermediate pressure fluid injection port into the compression chamber. |
| US11560886B2 |
Micropump MEMS device for moving or ejecting a fluid, in particular microblower or flowmeter
A micropump device is formed in a monolithic semiconductor body integrating a plurality of actuator elements arranged side-by-side. Each actuator element has a first chamber extending at a distance from a first face of the monolithic body; a membrane arranged between the first face and the first chamber; a piezoelectric element extending on the first face over the membrane; a second chamber, arranged between the first chamber and a second face of the monolithic body; a fluidic inlet path fluidically connecting the second chamber with the outside of the monolithic body; and a fluid outlet opening extending in a transverse direction in the monolithic body from the second face as far as the second chamber, through the first chamber. The monolithic formation of the actuator elements and the possibility of driving the actuator elements at different voltages enable precise adjustment of flows, from very low values to high values. |
| US11560883B2 |
Rod connector and method
A rod connector for coupling with a rod of a pump includes a cylinder including a bore, an actuator rotatably disposed in the bore of the cylinder, wherein the actuator is configured to actuate the rod connector between locked and unlocked positions, and a first coupler disposed in the bore of the cylinder and configured to releasably couple with a first rod of the pump, wherein the actuator includes an outer surface including a first pair of opposing engagement surfaces and a second pair of opposing engagement surfaces, and wherein a diameter extending between the first pair of engagement surfaces is less than a diameter extending between the second pair of surfaces. |
| US11560882B2 |
Plunger pump tappet assembly and roller thereof
A plunger pump includes a plunger pump tappet assembly and a roller. The roller includes a revolving body configured to revolve along a central axis. The revolving body includes logarithmic parts and a straight part which are integrally formed. The logarithmic parts are symmetrically provided at two ends of the straight part in an axial direction of the central axis. In a cross section of the revolving body along and through the central axis, an outline of the straight part forms a straight line, and an outline of the logarithmic part forms a logarithmic curve, with an X-axis lying along the central axis, and a perpendicular bisector of the X-axis as a Y-axis. |
| US11560879B2 |
Solar-aided coal-fired flexible power generation system and operation method thereof
A solar-aided coal-fired flexible power generation system and an operating method thereof are provided. The system includes a coal-fired thermal power generation system and a high-temperature heat storage system coupled with solar thermal power generation; wherein a heat storage medium heater is arranged in the boiler flue; the flow rates of heat storage medium entering the solar heat collection device and the heat storage medium heater are adjusted by the regulating valve and the pump, eliminating irradiation fluctuation influences and maintaining stable power; a heat storage medium tank is used for peak shaving to reduce steam turbine output under stable boiler combustion; the flow and temperature of the feedwater entering the heat storage medium and feedwater heat exchanger are adjusted to realize rapid load cycling. The present invention can realize solar and coal-fired generation coupling, reduce coal consumption, and greatly improve the flexibility and economy. |
| US11560876B2 |
Stabilized horizontal-axis wind turbine
The nacelle of a horizontal axis wind turbine is fixedly mounted on a tower, and the tower is mounted off-center with respect to a ring around which it is rotatable. The tower is a tripod. Two legs of the tripod are of fixed length and lie in a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the turbine blades. The third leg of the tripod is of adjustable length and is aligned with the axis of rotation of the turbine blades. The third leg thus may be controlled to adjust for pitching of the base and other purposes. Multiple turbines, spaced apart laterally, may be mounted on a platform in a fixed orientation, with the platform rotatably mounted off-center relative to a base. |
| US11560874B2 |
Method for determining a yaw position offset of a wind turbine
A method for determining a yaw position offset of a wind turbine (1) is provided. A neighbouring wind turbine (2) of the wind farm is identified, the neighbouring wind turbine (2) being arranged in the vicinity of the wind turbine (1). Produced power data and/or wind speed data from the wind turbine (1) and from the neighbouring wind turbine (2), is obtained during a period of time, and a yaw position offset of the wind turbine (1) is derived, based on the obtained produced power data and/or wind speed data, and based on the geographical positions of the wind turbine (1) and the neighbouring wind turbine (2). A local maximum and a local minimum being separated by an angular difference in yaw position being substantially equal to 180°. |
| US11560870B2 |
Ignition coil control system and method thereof
An ignition coil control system may include a first ignition coil including a primary coil and a secondary coil; a first switch that selectively electrically-connects the primary coil of the first ignition coil; a second ignition coil including a primary coil and a secondary coil; a second switch that selectively electrically-connects the primary coil of the second ignition coil; a pair of electrodes generating spark discharge by a discharge current generated in the first ignition coil and the second ignition coil; and an ignition controller that controls spark discharge of the pair of electrodes by adjusting an amount and a duration of the discharge current of the first ignition coil and the second ignition coil by turning the first switch and the second switch on or off according to a single pulse signal having a constant voltage including different voltages transmitted from an engine control unit (ECU). |
| US11560869B2 |
Electronic circuit and capacitor discharge system comprising electronic circuit
An electronic circuit (101) for controlling a spark of a spark plug (SP1) in a capacitor discharge ignition system (100) for a combustion engine. The electronic circuit (101) comprises an ignition coil (110) dimensioned and configured to provide current to the spark plug (SP1), an ignition capacitor (C1) dimensioned and configured to supply energy to the primary winding (L1), an voltage source (130) dimensioned and configured to supply energy to at least one of the ignition capacitor (C1) and the primary winding (L1), a first switch (SW1) connected to the first primary terminal (TL1) and the first source terminal (TS1), a second switch (SW2) connected to the second capacitor terminal (TC2) and the second source terminal (TS2), and a third switch (SW3) connected to the second capacitor terminal (TC2) and the first source terminal (TS1). A capacitor discharge ignition system (100) including the electronic circuit (101) and a combustion engine including the capacitor discharge ignition system (100). |
| US11560868B2 |
Injector for injecting a fluid, having a tapering inflow area of a through-opening
An injector for injecting a fluid, including a valve seat, on which a sealing area is situated, and a closing element, which is situated on an injector center line and which, on the valve seat, releases and closes at least one through-opening, the at least one through-opening having a main axis at an angle of inclination with respect to the injector center line, the at least one through-opening having an inflow area, and the inflow area having a tapering design. |
| US11560867B2 |
Fuel flow passage member and fuel injection valve including the same
A first tubular portion forms a part of a fuel flow passage therein. A first joint surface is formed in one end surface of the first tubular portion. A first inner diameter enlarged portion is formed on a side opposite to the first joint surface. A second tubular portion forms a part of the fuel flow passage therein. A second joint surface is formed in one end surface of the second tubular portion and joined to the first joint surface. A second inner diameter enlarged portion is formed on a side opposite to the second joint surface. A welded portion is formed in an annular shape to extend radially inward from the radially outside of the first joint surface and the second joint surface by welding the first tubular portion and the second tubular portion. |
| US11560862B2 |
Engine control device
An engine control device is configured to perform an air-fuel ratio main feedback process based on an output of a front air-fuel ratio sensor, an air-fuel ratio sub feedback process of alternately switching a target air-fuel ratio between a rich side target air-fuel ratio and a lean side target air-fuel ratio based on an output of a rear air-fuel ratio sensor, and a catalyst air-fuel ratio correction process of, when an opening degree of a wastegate valve is large, correcting the target air-fuel ratio to be the air-fuel ratio on the rich side with respect to the air-fuel ratio when the opening degree is small. |
| US11560860B2 |
Processing method for camshaft sensor
The invention relates to a device and a processing method for a camshaft sensor (1) of the type comprising a toothed camshaft wheel (2) and an opposite sensing element (3) able to detect a tooth front, comprising the following steps: detection of a new tooth front (k) by said sensing element; calculation of a rotational speed (Wk) of the camshaft wheel (2) for the new tooth front (k); comparison with the rotational speed (Wk−1) of the camshaft wheel for the preceding tooth front (k−1) detected by said sensing element; if the variation in the rotational speed (Wk) of the camshaft wheel (2) between the new tooth front (k) and the preceding tooth front (k−1) is low, the new tooth front (k) is validated, otherwise the new tooth front (k) is rejected. |
| US11560859B1 |
Methods and systems for diagnosing non-deactivated valves of disabled engine cylinders
Methods and systems are provided for a diagnostic routine of a variable displacement engine (VDE) of a vehicle to detect non-deactivated valves of deactivated cylinders due to a degraded valve deactivation mechanism. In one example, a method comprises, during operation of the VDE with one or more cylinders of the VDE deactivated, calculating a variation in a fast-sampled signal outputted by one or more exhaust gas oxygen (EGO) sensors of the VDE over a plurality of engine cycles; determining that the variation is greater than the threshold variation; and in response, indicating that valves of the one or more cylinders are not deactivated. A second method comprises estimating a throttle air flow rate and an engine air flow rate of the VDE; and indicating non-deactivated valves of one or more deactivated cylinders if the throttle air flow rate exceeds the engine air flow rate by a threshold. |
| US11560852B2 |
Fan drive gear system
A gas turbine engine includes a fan section. A speed change mechanism drives the fan section. The speed change mechanism is an epicyclic gear train. A torque frame includes a ring and a plurality of fingers that extend from the ring with the plurality of fingers surrounding the speed change mechanism. A bearing support is attached to the plurality of fingers. A first fan section support bearing is mounted on a first axial side of the speed change mechanism and a second fan section bearing is mounted on a second axial side of the speed change mechanism. The second fan section bearing is a fan thrust bearing. |
| US11560851B2 |
Geared turbofan engine with high compressor exit temperature
A gas turbine engine comprises a fan includes a plurality of fan blades rotatable about an axis. A compressor section includes at least a first compressor section and a second compressor section, wherein components of the second compressor section are configured to operate at an average exit temperature that is between about 1000° F. and about 1500° F. A combustor is in fluid communication with the compressor section. A turbine section is in fluid communication with the combustor. A geared architecture is driven by the turbine section for rotating the fan about the axis. |
| US11560847B2 |
Transpirationally cooled exhaust center body for an aircraft propulsion system
An assembly is provided for an aircraft propulsion system. This assembly includes an exhaust center body and a duct system. The exhaust center body includes an exterior skin. The duct system is fluidly coupled with a plurality of exterior skin perforations in the exterior skin. The duct system is configured to direct bypass air received from a bypass flow path within the aircraft propulsion system to the exterior skin perforations. |
| US11560845B2 |
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. |
| US11560844B2 |
Inertial particle separator for a turbine section of a gas turbine engine
A gas turbine engine, has: a compressor; a turbine having a rotor; and an inertial particle separator located upstream of the turbine downstream of the compressor, the inertial particle separator having: an intake conduit in fluid flow communication with the compressor and defining an elbow, a splitter, a leading edge of the splitter located downstream of the elbow, the splitter located to divide a flow into a particle flow and an air flow, and an inlet conduit and a bypass conduit located on respective opposite sides of the splitter, the inlet conduit receiving the air flow, the inlet conduit in fluid flow communication with a cavity containing the rotor for cooling the rotor of the turbine section, the bypass conduit receiving the particle flow, the bypass conduit in fluid flow communication with an environment outside the gas turbine engine while bypassing the cavity containing the rotor. |
| US11560840B2 |
Damper engine mount links
Damper engine mount links are disclosed. An example engine assembly includes a core including a fore portion and an aft portion, the fore portion of the core to couple to a fan hub frame, the aft portion of the core to couple to a turbine rear frame or a turbine center frame. The engine assembly further includes a forward mount to couple the fan hub frame to an aircraft, and a damper link to couple the turbine rear frame or the turbine center frame to an aircraft mount. |
| US11560831B2 |
Low-pressure EGR system with turbo bypass
An exhaust gas conduction system for a gasoline engine comprises an exhaust gas line and an intake line which can be connected to an intake manifold, a charge air compressor arranged in the intake line, and a turbine arranged in the exhaust gas line. The exhaust gas line has at least one bypass line with a bypass throttle valve. At least one exhaust gas recirculation line with an EGR throttle valve is provided. At least one particle filter is arranged in the bypass line and an exhaust gas valve is provided in the exhaust gas line. |
| US11560830B2 |
Supercharging device for engine of vehicle
A supercharging device is configured to increase an amount of intake air of an engine of a vehicle, where the supercharging device includes a chamber formed to be open in an ejecting direction of a compressor outside an ejecting portion of a compressor housing of the compressor, and an air adding device configured to supply air not compressed by the compressor to the chamber. |
| US11560825B2 |
Muffler heat protection assembly
A muffler heat protection system for a vehicle includes a muffler heat shield configured to extend circumferentially around a portion of a muffler, the muffler heat shield having a first end and a second end; a heat shield extension secured to the first end of the muffler heat shield; a double wall exhaust pipe including an inner exhaust pipe and an outer covering pipe disposed over the inner exhaust pipe, the outer covering pipe having a first end portion and a second end portion, and the inner exhaust pipe having a first end portion and a second end portion; wherein the second end portion of the outer covering pipe is welded to the muffler at a welded connection seam; and wherein the heat shield extension projects outward from the muffler heat shield over the welded connection seam. |
| US11560824B2 |
Applied-ignition internal combustion engine and method for operating the internal combustion engine
An applied-ignition internal combustion engine includes first and second combustion chambers, an exhaust-gas system with an exhaust-gas purification system is disposed at the first and second combustion chambers, and an exhaust-gas manifold. An exhaust gas from a combustion of a an air/fuel mixture firstly flows through the exhaust-gas manifold and subsequently flows through the exhaust-gas purification system. A first section of the exhaust-gas system from the first combustion chamber to the exhaust-gas purification system is cooled more than a second section of the exhaust-gas system from the second combustion chamber to the exhaust-gas purification system. The first combustion chamber is operated with a lean air/fuel mixture, the second combustion chamber is operated with a rich air/fuel mixture, and an overall exhaust-gas lambda value at an inlet into the exhaust-gas purification system is stoichiometric. |
| US11560821B2 |
Decomposition chamber for aftertreatment systems
A decomposition chamber for an aftertreatment system includes: a body comprising: an inlet configured to receive exhaust gas, an outlet configured to expel the exhaust gas, a thermal management chamber in fluid communication with the inlet, the thermal management chamber configured to receive an exhaust gas first portion from the inlet, an exhaust assist chamber in fluid communication with the inlet, the exhaust assist chamber configured to receive an exhaust gas second portion from the inlet, and a main flow chamber in fluid communication with the inlet, the main flow chamber configured to receive an exhaust gas third portion from the inlet, receive the exhaust gas first portion from the thermal management chamber, and receive the exhaust gas second portion from the exhaust assist chamber. |
| US11560820B2 |
Static mixer for exhaust gas ducts of internal combustion engines, method of manufacturing thereof and exhaust unit incorporating the mixer
A static mixer for exhaust gas ducts of internal combustion engines includes an elongated hollow metal body having a shape which, relative to a symmetry axis, substantially corresponds to a solid of revolution defining at its inside a cavity having opposite bases, at least one of which has an axial opening, and a closed lateral wall connecting the opposite bases and having at least one radial opening over which a concave blade is arranged extending radially outward from a portion of the peripheral edge of the radial opening and surrounding a portion of the radial opening so as to define, in a first angular direction relative to the symmetry axis, a corresponding concave screen or spoon and, in a second, opposite direction, a mouth intended for the passage of gases and located substantially in front of the concave screen or spoon. |
| US11560818B2 |
Lean burn internal combustion engine exhaust gas control
System and methods are described for optimizing exhaust flow rate and temperature during specified operational periods warm-up and keep-warm conditions, by minimizing or maximizing heat flux during those specified operational periods. |
| US11560813B2 |
Recirculating hydraulic fluid control valve
A hydraulic fluid control valve (HFCV) configured to recirculate an exiting hydraulic fluid from a first hydraulic actuation chamber to a second hydraulic actuation chamber is provided. The HFCV includes a selectively movable spool having an outer annulus configured to receive and deliver the exiting hydraulic fluid to one or both of either a sump or one of the first or second hydraulic actuation chambers. |
| US11560811B2 |
Stator outer platform sealing and retainer
A system for retaining stators and reducing air leakage in a gas turbine engine having an axis includes a stator having an inner platform, an outer platform, a low pressure side, a high pressure side, and at least one foot, and designed to turn air. The system also includes a case positioned radially outward from the stator and having at least one recess designed to interface with the at least one foot to resist movement of the stator relative to the case. The system also includes a bladder positioned between the outer platform of the stator and the case and designed to receive pressurized fluid having a greater pressure than ambient pressures experienced at the low pressure side of the stator and to further resist movement of the stator relative to the case in response to receiving the pressurized fluid. |
| US11560809B2 |
Electric module for an aircraft fan comprising blades with improved attachment
An electric module of a fan includes a fan provided with blades which are rotatably movable inside a casing, and an electric machine having a rotor secured to the fan and a stator integrated into said casing. The rotor of the electric machine is integrated into the fan and includes a removable ring which captures axially and transversely from the radially outer ends the blades of the fan and which is received inside said stator which is integrated into the casing. |
| US11560807B2 |
Internal retaining ring for a rotating assembly in a gas turbine engine
An internal retaining ring for placement in a bore of an outer component of a rotating assembly comprises a semi-annular body having an outer circumferential surface with a curvature defined about a first center of curvature and radially outward protruding anti-rotation tabs operable for engagement with a corresponding anti-rotation feature of the outer component. An inner circumferential surface of the semi-annular body has radially inward protruding tabs circumferentially spaced apart around the inner circumferential surface. The radially inward protruding tabs have radially inner surfaces concentric with the outer circumferential surface, and recessed portions between the radially inward protruding tabs and having curvatures defined about a second center of curvature, the second center of curvature different from the first center of curvature. |
| US11560806B1 |
Turbine nozzle assembly
A turbine nozzle assembly for use in a turbine engine is provided. The assembly includes an inner barrel and a turbine nozzle support ring. The inner barrel has a forward end and an aft end. The turbine nozzle support ring includes an annular body that defines a forward end, an opposite aft end, an inner surface, and an opposite outer portion. The forward end of the annular body is coupled to the aft end of the inner barrel. The annular body includes a first arcuate segment and a second arcuate segment removably coupled to the first arcuate segment. The first arcuate segment has a first arcuate length and the second arcuate segment has a second arcuate length. The second arcuate length is shorter than the first arcuate length. |
| US11560794B2 |
Solvent-stabilized colorimetric detection of amine-based additives
A method of detecting an amine-based additive in a wellbore servicing fluid (WSF) comprising contacting an aliquot of WSF with an amine detector compound and an aqueous salt solution to form a detection solution; wherein the aqueous salt solution comprises an inorganic salt and organic carboxylate salt; wherein the WSF comprises the amine-based additive; and wherein the detection solution is characterized by at least one absorption peak wavelength in the range of 380-760 nm; detecting an absorption intensity for detection solution at a wavelength within about ±20% of the at least one absorption peak wavelength; comparing the absorption intensity of detection solution at the wavelength within about ±20% of the at least one absorption peak wavelength with a target absorption intensity of amine-based additive to determine the amount of amine-based additive in WSF; and comparing the amount of amine-based additive in WSF with a target amount of amine-based additive. |
| US11560790B2 |
Downhole leak detection
A leak detection tool is positioned in in a tubing string that is disposed in a wellbore. The leak detection tool is attached to a downhole end of a line and includes a cup. An outside diameter of the cup is substantially the same as an inside diameter of the tubing string. An uphole end of the line is attached to a spool disposed proximate to an uphole end of the wellbore. The leak detection tool is propelled through the tubing string in a downhole direction by pumping a fluid down the tubing string such that a fluid pressure uphole of the cup is greater than a fluid pressure downhole of the cup. A flow of fluid from an interior of the tubing string uphole of the cup to an exterior of the tubing string through a leak in a wall of the tubing string is detected as the cup passes the leak. A depth of the leak is determined based on a length of the line from the spool to the leak detection tool when the flow of fluid from uphole of the cup through the leak is first detected. |
| US11560785B2 |
Determining spacing between wellbores
Techniques for determining a spacing, such as one or more distances, between two or more wellbores formed from a terranean surface to a subterranean formation are described. In some aspects, a wellbore segment is determined for both a first and a second wellbore. One or more distances between the wellbore segments on the first and second wellbores, respectively, is determined. From the determined distance between the wellbore segments on the first and second wellbores, one or more distances between the first and second wellbores may be determined. |
| US11560784B2 |
Automated beam pump diagnostics using surface dynacard
A method for detecting operational issues in a beam pump unit includes receiving sensor data representing a position of and a load on the beam pump unit, using a sensor coupled to the beam pump unit, generating a surface dynacard based on the sensor data, predicting a source of inefficiency in the beam pump unit based at least in part on the surface dynacard using a machine learning algorithm, and identifying one or more corrective actions to take to address the source of inefficiency. |
| US11560780B2 |
Marking the start of a wellbore flush volume
Disclosed are systems and methods for detecting the beginning of a flush volume. A blended fluid is output by a fluid blending apparatus and pumped into a wellbore. The blended fluid transitions from a first composition to a second composition. A blending signal comprising time-varying data relating to characteristics of the blending apparatus or measured from sensors associated with the blending apparatus is received. Based on a first portion of the blending signal corresponding to the first composition, a calibration profile is generated. Based on the calibration profile and a second portion of the blending signal corresponding to the second composition, a transition indicator corresponding to a change in the blended fluid from the first composition to the second composition is determined. Based on the transition indicator, a flush signal indicating the beginning of a flush volume being output by the blending apparatus and pumped into the wellbore is generated. |
| US11560779B2 |
Operation method of a turbine fracturing device and a turbine fracturing device
An operation method of a turbine fracturing device and a turbine fracturing device are provided. The turbine fracturing device includes a turbine engine, a speed reducer, a brake mechanism, and a fracturing pump, the method includes: driving, by the turbine engine, the fracturing pump to perform a fracturing operation through the speed reducer so as to keep the fracturing pump in an operating state, the fracturing pump being configured to suck fluid of a first pressure and discharge fluid of a second pressure, the second pressure being greater than the first pressure; and in response to an idling instruction, the turbine engine entering an idling state and triggering a brake operation so as to keep the fracturing pump in a non-operating state. |
| US11560777B2 |
Filter sub for downhole applications
A filter assembly can include a filter element and a fluid inlet for fluid to flow through the filter element. The filter assembly can include bypass ports that are in a closed position from bypass port plugs until the filter screen becomes sufficiently clogged such that the fluid is restricted or prevented from flowing through the filter screen, which causes pressure to build up within the filter assembly. The increase in pressure can cause the bypass port plug to open the bypass ports such that fluid can flow through the bypass ports. The filter assembly can include a debris sleeve that partially or wholly surrounds the filter screen. |
| US11560774B2 |
Enhanced scale inhibitor squeeze treatment using a chemical additive
Compositions and methods for the use in scale inhibitor squeeze treatments are provided. In some embodiments the present disclosure provides a method including introducing a pre-flush fluid into at least a portion of a subterranean formation, the pre-flush fluid including a choline chloride chemical additive; and introducing a treatment fluid including a scale inhibitor into the portion of the subterranean formation after at least a portion of the pre-flush fluid has been introduced into the portion of the subterranean formation. |
| US11560773B2 |
Drill string mountable wellbore cleanup apparatus and method
A drill pipe mountable wellbore cleaning tool apparatus includes a support sleeve that is mounted to a drill pipe joint in between the connector end portions of the drill pipe joint. Centralizers are attached to the opposing ends of the support sleeve and the support sleeve carries one or more debris cleaning tools in between the centralizers. At least one locking clamp is attached to the cylindrical portion next to a said centralizer, and prevents the support sleeve from moving longitudinally along the drill pipe joint. |
| US11560771B2 |
Wet connect pocket washout, method, and system
A wet connect system including a connector housing, a wet connector disposed in a pocket of the housing, a washout window in the pocket and a washout outlet in the pocket, the washout outlet fluidly connected to a washout pathway, the pathway at least partially within the housing. |
| US11560770B2 |
Hydraulic fracturing plan and execution of same
A hydraulic fracturing plan executable by a hydraulic fracturing system to hydraulically fracture a plurality of oil and gas wells. In one or more embodiments, the execution of the hydraulic fracturing plan implements the following steps: communicating fluid to a first well via a manifold and a first valve, the first valve being associated with both the manifold and the first well; and, in response to determining that the fluid communicated via the manifold has satisfied one or more conditions: opening a second valve; communicating fluid to a second well via the second valve; and closing the first valve after opening the second valve. |
| US11560769B2 |
Wire line deployable metal patch stackable system
A method and apparatus for patching damaged areas in a well includes a top and a bottom patching section which include an anchor/sealing member for securing the apparatus within the well. One or more extension patch sections are connected between the top and bottom patch sections. The top and bottom patch elements are placed above and below the damaged area to isolate the damaged area from the exterior flow portion of the well. |
| US11560766B2 |
Downhole conveyance line cutter
A downhole conveyance line cutter operable to be conveyed downhole within a wellbore along a conveyance line that conveys a tool string within the wellbore and then cut the conveyance line. The downhole conveyance line cutter may have a body, a fluid chamber within the body, a piston slidably disposed within the fluid chamber, a knife that is movable with respect to the body, an arm operatively connecting the piston and the knife, and a fluid source operable to pump a fluid into the fluid chamber to cause the piston to move the arm which moves the knife to cut the conveyance line. |
| US11560765B2 |
Downhole circular cutting torch
A circular cutting torch includes a thermal igniter assembly; a compressed grain magazine, the compressed grain magazine coupled to the thermal igniter; and a severing head assembly. The severing head assembly includes a one-piece severing head and a progressive compression deflector. The one-piece severing head and progressive compression deflector define a radial gap therebetween used to expel a jet of molten combustible material for cutting a downhole tubular member such as pipe or casing. |
| US11560764B2 |
Electric driven hydraulic fracking operation
Certain embodiments of the present application relate to a variable frequency drive (VFD) cabin for a pump configuration including a mobile trailer on which the VFD cabin is to be mounted. The VFD cabin generally includes a medium-voltage VFD and a ventilation system. In certain embodiments, the ventilation system is configured to generate an overpressure condition within the cabin to discourage the entry of dust and debris into the cabin. In certain embodiments, one or more components of the medium-voltage VFD are coupled to the floor of the cabin via a vibration damping system. In certain embodiments, the VFD cabin may be directly coupled to a chassis of the mobile trailer without an intervening suspension being provided between the VFD cabin and the chassis. |
| US11560762B2 |
Elevator locking system apparatus and methods
Aspects of the disclosure relate to elevator locking system apparatus and methods, and associated components thereof. In one implementation, a slip-type elevator assembly includes an elevator body including one or more slips configured to grip a tubular, and a first door pivotably coupled to the elevator body. The slip-type elevator assembly includes a second door pivotably coupled to the elevator body, the first door and the second door movable between an open position and a closed position. The slip-type elevator assembly also includes a locking system including a bolt movable between an unlocked position and a locked position. In the unlocked position the bolt is disposed in a first cavity formed in the first door. In the locked position a first portion of the bolt is disposed in the first cavity and a second portion of the bolt is disposed outside of the first cavity. |
| US11560755B1 |
Ladder moving mechanism
A ladder moving device utilizes an A-frame ladder with a plurality of wheels disposed under each leg, each of which are in mechanical communication to a hand crank. The hand crank is disposed adjacent the upper end of the ladder. Each wheel has a locking mechanism. |
| US11560753B2 |
BLDC motor control system and method for solar tracking motorized window treatment operation
A motorized shade comprising a motor adapted to lower or raise a shade material for selectively covering an architectural opening based on a position of the sun. The motorized shade comprises a controller adapted to drive the motor phase according to a startup sequence by ramping up amplitude form an initial amplitude to a startup amplitude and ramping up frequency from an initial frequency to a drive frequency, drive the motor phase according to a full drive sequence to move the shade material by driving the motor phase according to a sinusoidal waveform at a set maximum amplitude and at a drive frequency, and drive the motor phase according to a wind down sequence by reducing frequency from the drive frequency to an end frequency and reducing the amplitude from the maximum amplitude to an end amplitude. |
| US11560749B2 |
Insulating glazing with double spacer
An insulating glazing includes a first pane, a second pane, an inner spacer frame arranged between the panes, which, together with the panes, delimits an inner interpane space, a surrounding outer spacer frame arranged between the panes, which is arranged on the outward facing side of the inner spacer frame, wherein the inner spacer frame consists substantially of a first hollow profile spacer and the outer spacer frame consists substantially of a second hollow profile spacer, the inner spacer frame and the outer spacer frame are in each case connected together to the first pane and the second pane via a primary sealant, an outer interpane space between the outer side of the outer spacer frame and the first pane and the second pane is filled with a secondary sealant. |
| US11560745B2 |
Door closer diagnostics system
A door closer diagnostics system including a door closer, a server, and a mobile device having a display and at least one sensor. The mobile device is configured to (i) generate, by the at least one sensor, motion data indicative of motion of the door as the door is moved from an open position to a closed position, and (ii) transmit the motion data to the server. The server is configured to analyze the motion data to (i) determine a duration the door was in each of a plurality of door movement zones between the open and closed positions, (ii) determine at least one adjustment to the door closer for a successful installation of the door closer based on the duration the door was in each of the door movement zones, and (iii) transmit at least one installation instruction corresponding with the at least one adjustment to the mobile device. |
| US11560740B2 |
Latch assembly
A latch assembly for a vehicle, in applications such as an armrest console or a glove box, includes a shape memory alloy (SMA) actuator. The SMA actuator includes an actuator housing, an SMA wire, and an actuator lever arm. The actuator lever arm is configured to pivotably rotate or linearly translate with respect to the actuator housing upon activation of the SMA wire. A connecting link is coupled to the actuator lever arm. The connecting link is configured to translate linearly along a connecting link axis when the actuator lever arm pivotably rotates or linearly translates. A striker is coupled to the connecting link and configured to rotate about a striker axis to engage a closing surface. |
| US11560739B2 |
Door handle arrangement for a vehicle
A door handle arrangement for a vehicle, includes a housing and a handle lever which is mounted on the housing such that it can be moved between a rest position and an actuating position for unlocking and/or opening a vehicle door, it being possible for the housing to be oriented on a vehicle body outer part which forms a part of the outer surface of a vehicle body and has a handle cut-out for the handle lever, first positioning projections being provided on the housing, which first positioning projections are configured to bear against an angled-over edge of the vehicle body outer part, which angled-over edge delimits the handle cut-out of the vehicle body outer part at least in regions, and, as a result, to position the handle lever with the housing in at least one spatial direction in relation to the handle cut-out. |
| US11560735B2 |
Container device for storing an identification device, insert for storing an identification device and process for operating an identification device
A container device for storing an identification device in a vehicle includes a key compartment with a cavity in which the identification device can be stored. An insert can store the identification device in the cavity of the container device. A container system and a method of actuating the identification device are provided. |
| US11560733B2 |
Ten-device-in-one reconfigurable adjustable carport, capable of functioning as privacy screen, wind screen, cabana, dog run, retail-tradeshow booth, attic, storage, picnic table, kennel, and carport
A ten-device-in-one reconfigurable adjustable carport (capable of functioning as a privacy screen, a wind screen, a cabana, a dog run, a retail-tradeshow booth, an attic, a storage, a picnic table, a kennel, and a carport) comprises: a canopy, roof spines, roof ribs, leg posts, T-shaped joiners and X-shaped joiners spring-snappingly connected to the roof spines and roof ribs and leg posts for configuring the ten-device-in-one carport as a car canopy and a greenhouse and an enclosure and a barrier and a cabana and a privacy room and a privacy screen and a tradeshow booth and a wind barrier, panels, door-frame panel, panel-to-panel-securing brackets and panel-to-post-securing brackets bolted to the panels and the door-frame panel and the roof spines and the roof ribs and the leg posts for configuring the ten-device-in-one carport as a dog run and a greenhouse and an enclosure and a barrier and bleacher shelves to store or display items and an attic to store items off the ground and a hanging cage to house animals off the ground and structures for displaying signs and roof storage, and bracket heads formed into the panel-to-post-securing brackets for automatically centering the bracket-head ends. |
| US11560727B2 |
Apparatus for screeding concrete
An apparatus for screeding concrete to produce a level finished surface includes a frame assembly having an integral screed head having at least one member for contacting said concrete, a leveling assembly secured to the frame assembly having a plurality of vertically adjustable leveling legs capable of extension and retraction and a plurality of wheels secured to the leveling legs, each capable of rotation around a vertical axis for steering. |
| US11560724B2 |
Configurable tile leveler
For leveling tiles, a tile leveler includes a base, a plurality of joint spacers, and two or more break lines. The brake lines are formed in the base along planar axes. Each joint spacer is within a subdivision distance of a break line. Each joint spacer adjacent to a given break line is on a spacer side of the given break line, and the break lines divide the base into sections. |
| US11560722B2 |
Covering element for raised floor systems, and raised floor system
A covering element for raised floors, comprising a decorative component made of ceramic material, said decorative component having a top side, a bottom side opposite the top side and a thickness greater than 12 mm, wherein the covering element comprises a reinforcing component arranged underneath the bottom surface of the decorative component. |
| US11560721B2 |
Floor panel having drainage protrusions
The present invention relates to a floor panel 10, in particular for the outdoor area or wet areas, with a carrier plate 11 having a front face and rear face, wherein the carrier plate 11 is provided on its front face with a décor and/or protective layer 16. For drainage of liquids and in particular of water, on the rear face of the carrier plate 11 drainage protrusions 22, 24, 26, 32 are applied. |
| US11560718B1 |
Louver roof structure
A louver roof system having a simplified assembly and installation methods. The louver roof system is constructed with multi-functional mechanical components by means of pre-molded parts to reduce skilled installation time. Louvers of the roof system each include a louver body defining an integrally formed channel configured to direct water internally from the louver body, through the integrally formed channel of the respective louver, within a frame, and out of the louver roof system when the louvers are in a closed position. The louver body of each of the louvers includes a top surface with an uppermost portion of the top surface that defines, when in the closed position, a non-perpendicular angle relative to the vertical direction such that water is directed to the integrally formed channel of the respective louver Thus, a water drainage path is an integral part of the main structural assembly. |
| US11560716B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for facilitating producing of an insulated panel
Disclosed herein is an insulated panel for facilitating post-tensioning of the insulated panel, in accordance with some embodiments. Accordingly, the insulated panel may include a frame, a first layer, a second layer, a second layer, a third layer, a fourth layer, and a fifth layer. Further, the frame may include a frame-end arranged in an arrangement forming an interior space. Further, the first layer of a building material is disposed in the interior space. Further, the second layer of an insulating material is disposed on the first layer. Further, the third layer of a cable is disposed on the second layer. Further, the fourth layer of the insulating material is disposed on the third layer. Further, the fifth layer of the building material is disposed on the fourth layer. Further, at least one of the first layer and the fifth layer may be cured for producing the insulated panel. |
| US11560712B2 |
Two-piece track system
A fire-rated receiver channel includes at least one intumescent or other fire-resistant material strip. The receiver channel can nest with a framing member, such as metal tracks, headers, header tracks, sill plates, bottom tracks, metal studs, wood studs or wall partitions, and placed at a perimeter of a wall assembly to create a fire block arrangement. In other arrangements, a track assembly includes two nested tracks, an inner track and outer track. The assembly is designed so that the outside width of the outer track is equal to or less than the outside width of the inner track to present a substantially flush external surface for attachment of exterior sheathing elements when the assembly is used in an external wall. |
| US11560709B2 |
Support bracket hanger assembly and method
A masonry veneer support assembly for mounting masonry veneer to supporting wall structure has a shelf angle, and first and second shelf angle mounting brackets. Each shelf angle mounting bracket has an upwardly extending back that mounts to the supporting wall structure, and a web extending forwardly away from the wall structure. The web has first and second shelf angle mounting seats formed therein. The first shelf angle mounting seat is upwardly spaced from the second shelf angle mounting seat. Hangers in the form of two-part separable brackets are provided to permit masonry veneer to be mounted underneath the shelf angle, thereby concealing it from view. |
| US11560707B2 |
Enclosure component perimeter structures
An enclosure member for a building structure comprising a planar laminate having a first facing layer; a layer of foam having a first face and a second opposing face; and a second facing layer; where the first facing layer is fastened to the first face of the layer of foam, and the second facing layer is fastened to the second opposing face of the layer of foam. An edge of the enclosure is provided with a perimeter structure that can perform one or more of a sealing function, an edge reinforcement function and a pivotable joining function with another enclosure, in accordance with the particular embodiment. |
| US11560704B2 |
Noise reduction pipes, vacuum-assisted toilet systems including the same, and methods of using the same
Embodiments disclosed herein are directed towards noise reduction pipes, vacuum-assisted toilet systems including the same, and methods of using the same. An example noise reduction pipe includes a first end and a second end that is opposite the first end. The first end is configured to be coupled to an outlet of a toilet bowl and the second end is configured to be coupled to an inlet of a flush valve. The noise reduction pipe defines a fluid flow path that extends between the first end and the second end such that waste may flow from the first end to the second end. The noise reduction pipe also includes one or more bends. Each of the bends exhibits a radius of curvature that is greater than about 5 cm or a length that is greater than about 30 cm. |
| US11560702B2 |
Touchless flushing systems and methods
A touchless actuation system for a toilet includes a touchless sensor, a motor assembly, and a processing circuit. The touchless sensor is located within a closed reservoir of the toilet. The processing circuit is configured to receive a signal from the touchless sensor and to detect an object within a detection region based on the signal. The detection region is external to the closed reservoir. The processing circuit is configured to facilitate flushing of the toilet through interaction with the motor assembly when the object is detected. |
| US11560700B2 |
Faucet-less sink assembly
A faucet-less sink assembly for hands-free use of a sink includes a sink bowl that is mounted to a wall of a bathroom. The sink bowl has a plurality of low pressure ports and a high pressure point each being integrated therein. A pumping unit is in fluid communication with each of the low pressure ports and the high pressure port. The pumping unit pumps a fluid into the low pressure ports to facilitate a user to wash their hands and the high pressure port for washing a personal hygiene tool. A temperature control pedal is positioned on a floor beneath the sink bowl for spraying the fluid from the low pressure ports. A high pressure pedal is positioned on the floor beneath the sink bowl for spraying fluid from the high pressure port. |
| US11560695B1 |
Water conservation apparatus
In one aspect, a water conservation apparatus is provided that includes a diverter having an inlet for being connected to a water supply, a primary outlet, and a secondary outlet. The apparatus includes an elongate water storage tank and a supply conduit configured to connect the secondary outlet of the diverter to the water storage tank. The elongate water storage tank has a height and a width perpendicular to the height that is less than the height so that the water from the secondary outlet of the diverter forms a column within the tank. The apparatus further includes a tap having an outlet and a valve, the valve having a closed position that inhibits water flow from the water tank to the outlet and an open position that permits water to be driven out of the outlet by the column of water in the tank. |
| US11560691B2 |
Remote feature activation in power machines
Implementations of the present disclosure are generally directed to activating features in power machines. More particularly, implementations of the present disclosure are directed to remote activation of features in power machines. Implementations include, methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for transmitting a request for an initialization indicator for a software package from an initialization system of a power machine comprising hardware physically capable of executing at least one function, the request being transmitted, by a communication link of the initialization system, from a machine controller of the initialization system to a remote system, communicating, by the communication link, the initialization indicator from the remote system to the machine controller, and in response to receiving the initialization indicator: storing, by the machine controller, the initialization indicator, and executing, by the machine controller, the software package to control the at least one function. |
| US11560689B2 |
Hydro excavation vacuum apparatus having an adjustment system for adjusting a dewatering system screen
Hydro excavation vacuum apparatus that process spoil material onboard the apparatus by separating water from the cut earthen material are disclosed. |
| US11560686B2 |
Membrane-lined wall
A membrane-lined wall for levee reinforcement or leak prevention, prevention of water migration, and pollution control of impoundments. The membrane-lined wall generally includes a cementitious or concrete wall formed within an excavated trench. The concrete may be internally reinforced, and the wall may also comprise a double-layer of impermeable geomembrane liner that forms a barrier between the concrete and the sides and bottom of the trench. The membrane or liner reduces water migration, prevents levee leakage, and prevents the escape of contaminants in impoundments. |
| US11560679B2 |
Mobile barrier
A safety trailer is shown including first and second platforms, at least one of said first and second platforms having an axle and wheels attached thereto; a plurality of interconnected wall sections positioned between and connected to the first and second platforms, the plurality of wall sections defining a protected work area on a side of the trailer; and wherein the trailer supports a ballast member, the ballast member being positioned near a first side of the trailer and the wall sections near a second, opposing side of the trailer, the ballast member offsetting, at least partially, a weight of the plurality of wall sections. |
| US11560676B2 |
Determine optimal frequency to load haul truck
A method of determining optimal frequency to load haul trucks can include a central controller receiving an indication of the amount of paving material at a paving machine, and an indication of production rate of the paving machine. The central controller can then determine when more paving material should be provided to the paving machine. Based on this determination, the central controller can provide alerts or triggers to a paving material plant to indicate when haul trucks should be loaded to provide additional paving materials to the paving machine. |
| US11560673B2 |
Pulp molding production line and processing method thereof
A pulp molding production line including as molding machine, pulp molding robot and press, where a transfer device installed on the pulp molding robot includes a wet pulp transfer mold, with the front of the wet pulp transfer mold including a recessed matching chamber configured to fit over the exterior of a wet pulp product, and a moving rack oriented parallel to the wet pulp transfer mold and connected to the back of the wet pulp transfer mold through a guide mechanism, with a driver connected between the back of the wet pulp transfer mold and the moving rack to drive the moving rack to move relative to the wet pulp transfer mold, and several evenly spaced vacuum chucks provided on a side of the moving rack opposite from the wet transfer mold to acquire the molded pulp product from the press. |
| US11560672B2 |
Methods for deinking UV prints
The present invention aims to develop a technique for efficiently preparing deinked pulp from prints made with UV-curable inks. According to the processes for preparing deinked pulp of the present invention, high quality deinked pulp can be obtained by performing the steps of: disintegrating printed waste paper containing UV prints in water to give a waste paper slurry; and applying a mechanical process to the waste paper slurry using a rotary disintegrator. |
| US11560669B2 |
Fiber dyeing method using mixed fluid medium
The present invention relates to a waterless fiber dyeing method using a mixed fluid medium, in which supercritical carbon dioxide fluid medium is mixed with steam to form a mixed fluid medium, so that the waterless fiber dyeing effect to natural fibers is improved. The method of the invention can effectively modify the hydrophobic supercritical carbon dioxide fluid medium and improve the polarity thereof, thereby increasing the solubility of polar dye under the dyeing condition and simultaneously expanding the fiber. Thus, the present invention significantly improves the dyeability and dyeing behavior of the hydrophilic fibers in supercritical carbon dioxide fluids. The invention has the advantages of simple process, convenient operation and low energy consumption, and avoids consuming a large amount of water resources and discharging pollutants in the traditional process, and has the characteristics of environmentally friendly and high efficiency. |
| US11560667B2 |
Laundry treatment apparatus
A laundry treatment apparatus is disclosed, including a cabinet, a tub configured to store water, a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub, a drawer configured to be withdrawable from the cabinet, a housing including a housing body configured to accommodate the drawer and a cover configured to form an upper surface of the housing body, a storage portion including a storage body configured to store liquid detergent and a discharger disposed on the storage body, a supply pump including a connection pipe formed through the housing body, a supply pipe configured to connect the connection pipe and the tub body, and a conveyor portion configured to covey detergent to the supply pipe, a first pump fastener configured to fix an area located above the connection pipe to the cover, and a second pump fastener configured to fix an area located under the connection pipe to the housing body. |
| US11560663B2 |
Planetary gear assembly for drum washing machine and drum washing machine
A planetary gear assembly for a drum washing machine and a washing machine are provided. The planetary gear assembly includes a planetary gear component. The planetary gear component includes a planet carrier, a plurality of planetary gears rotatably mounted to the planet carrier separately and configured to be meshed with a main shaft separately, the main shaft being configured to drive a drum to rotate in a drum washing machine; and a planetary gear outer teeth casing fitted over an outer side of the plurality of planetary gears, meshed with the plurality of planetary gears separately, and configured to be in transmission connection with an agitator in the drum. |