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| US11574068B2 |
Methods and systems for tenancy in a multitenant environment
Systems, methods and computer program products for controlling access to an organization's data in a multitenant environment are provided. An organization hierarchy is defined at a multitenant platform, the organization hierarchy comprising an organization and a plurality of sites owned by the organization, each of the plurality of sites representing a data isolation boundary for the organization's data. The sites are associated with subscriptions to applications of the multitenant platform. The organization can designate user partitions within the sites, each user partition designating a corresponding set of site users and a corresponding authentication service. the multitenant platform enables access to each subscription of a site only if a site user is authenticated by the authentication service designated in the user partition corresponding to the site user. |
| US11574067B2 |
Efficient on-device public-private computation
Example systems and methods enhance user privacy by performing efficient on-device public-private computation on a combination of public and private data, such as, for example, public and private graph data. In particular, the on-device public-private computation framework described herein can enable a device associated with an entity to efficiently compute a combined output that takes into account and is explicitly based upon a combination of data that is associated with the entity and data that is associated with one or more other entities that are private connections of the entity, all without revealing to a centralized computing system a set of locally stored private data that identifies the one or more other entities that are private connections of the entity. |
| US11574065B1 |
Parameter-triggered multimedia sharing system
A system of a at least one computing apparatus in connection with a hardware and software network for creating, sending, storing, and revealing multimedia. The system comprises accessing a program graphical user interface with inputs for triggering operably configured software commands to secure, store, lock, unlock, and transmit multimedia collections according to satisfaction of parameter contingencies. |
| US11574062B2 |
Application development assistance system and application development assistance method
An application development assistance system in which optimal security measures can be taken at positions in need of security measures under an application development environment using a flow diagram analyzes an input application description file and outputs application data information and module information. A data importance level judgment unit decides importance levels of data exchanged between modules on the basis of the application data information. A module exploitability judgment unit decides an exploitability score of each module on the basis of the module information and exploitability information read out from a module exploitability database; and a security function disposal position judgment unit decides disposal positions of security functions on the basis of data importance level information decided by the data importance level judgment unit, the exploitability score of each module decided by the module exploitability judgment unit, and security measure information read out from a security measure information database. |
| US11574061B2 |
Rollback resistant security
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for rollback resistant security are disclosed. In one aspect, a method, during a boot process of a computing device, includes the actions of obtaining a secret key derived from device-specific information for the computing device. The method further includes verifying that a signature for a software module is valid. The method further includes obtaining information indicating a current version of the software module. The method further includes using the secret key to generate a first encryption key corresponding to the current version of the software module and a second encryption key corresponding to a prior version of the software module. The method further includes preventing future access to the secret key until the computing device is rebooted. The method further includes providing the software module access to the first encryption key and the second encryption key. |
| US11574060B2 |
Secure initial program load
An initial program load of a system component of a computing environment is performed. A determination is made as to whether one or more signatures of one or more signed binary code components relating to the system component are verified. Based on determining that the one or more signatures are verified, additional verification is performed. The additional verification includes obtaining a select binary code component of one or more binary code components relating to the system component and determining whether the select binary code component is a particular signed binary code component. Based on determining that the select binary code component is the particular signed binary code component, a check is performed. The initial program load is continued based on a successful check. |
| US11574056B2 |
System for identifying suspicious code embedded in a file in an isolated computing environment
Providing an isolation system that allows analysts to analyze suspicious information in way that aids in preventing harmful information from spreading to other applications and systems on a network. A plurality of virtual containers may be used by analysts to analyze suspicious information. The suspicious information may first be checked for signatures or patterns before being analyzed by the analyst or the isolation system. The identified signatures or patterns are then compared with the stored signatures or patterns to determine whether the suspicious information comprises harmful information or not. When the identified signatures or patterns are matched with stored signatures or patterns, the system may determine that the suspicious information comprises harmful information and performs one or more mitigation actions. |
| US11574054B2 |
System, method and apparatus for malicious software detection
The disclosed systems and methods are directed to a method for malicious software detection comprising: recognizing and extracting an EP section in an unrecognized PE file, collecting bytes in the EP section of the unrecognized PE file, converting the bytes to an array of integers, generating one or more n-grams from the array of integers, converting the one or more n-grams into b-MinHash, converting the bytes in an EP function included in the EP section to an array of assembly-based mnemonics; generating one or more n-grams from the array of assembly-based mnemonics and converting the one or more n-grams from the array of assembly-based mnemonics into a-MinHash, generating a similarity matrices, converting, the similarity matrices into a lower dimensionality code representation, and classifying the code as a PE benign or a malware file. |
| US11574053B1 |
System and method for detecting malicious scripts
An endpoint system receives a target file for evaluation for malicious scripts. The original content of the target file is normalized and stored in a normalized buffer. Tokens in the normalized buffer are translated to symbols, which are stored in a tokenized buffer. Strings in the normalized buffer are stored in a string buffer. Tokens that are indicative of syntactical structure of the normalized content are extracted from the normalized buffer and stored in a structure buffer. The content of the tokenized buffer and counts of tokens represented as symbols in the tokenized buffer are compared against heuristic rules indicative of malicious scripts. The contents of the tokenized buffer and string buffer are compared against signatures of malicious scripts. The contents of the tokenized buffer, string buffer, and structure buffer are input to a machine learning model that has been trained to detect malicious scripts. |
| US11574050B2 |
Media agent hardening against ransomware attacks
An information management system implements a method for securing a media agent from unauthorized access, where the method includes configuring a secondary storage computing device to initialize a filter driver at boot time and monitor process calls to a media agent, where the media agent provides read and write operations to a secondary storage device in communication with the secondary storage computing device. The filter driver may detect a process call to the media agent, and determine whether the process call is authorized. In response to a determination that the process call is authorized, the filter driver may allow the process call to request an operation be performed by the media agent, and the media agent may then perform the requested operation. If the filter driver determines that the process call is not authorized, the filter driver may ignore the process call for the requested operation. |
| US11574049B2 |
Security system and method for software to be input to a closed internal network
A security system for software to be input to a closed internal network includes: a kiosk including a registration module configured to read the stored software of a connected portable storage medium, a vaccine module configured to detect malicious code in the software, and an authentication module configured to set inspection authentication for the portable storage medium whose software has been inspected for malicious code; and a client including a check module configured to check the portable storage medium for inspection authentication and authorize the execution of the stored software. |
| US11574046B2 |
Protecting a software program against tampering
In a general aspect, a method of protecting a software program against tampering can include: executing, by a processor of a user device, an executable code of the software program, the executable code comprising integrity check code sections; during execution of one of the integrity check code sections of the executable code, computing by the processor an integrity check result applied to a code segment of the executable code; transmitting by the processor to a server a message containing the integrity check result and an identifier of the code segment; and when the integrity check result does not correspond to a reference result for the code segment of a genuine version of the software program, receiving by the processor from the server a signal that prevents an operation of the software program from being executed by the processor. |
| US11574045B2 |
Automated ID proofing using a random multitude of real-time behavioral biometric samplings
A security platform architecture is described herein. The security platform architecture includes multiple layers and utilizes a combination of encryption and other security features to generate a secure environment. |
| US11574043B2 |
Context-based secure controller operation and malware prevention
In one implementation, a method for providing security on an externally connected controller includes launching, by the controller, a security layer that includes a whitelist of permitted processes on the controller, the whitelist including (i) signatures for processes that are authorized to be executed and (ii) context information identifying permitted controller contexts within which the processes are authorized to be executed; determining, by the security layer, whether the particular process is permitted to be run on the controller based on a comparison of the determined signature with a verified signature for the particular process from the whitelist; identifying, by the security layer, a current context for the controller; determining, by the security layer, whether the particular process is permitted to be run on the controller based on a comparison of the current context with one or more permitted controller contexts for the particular process from the whitelist. |
| US11574040B2 |
Method and system for generating verification codes
Generating verification codes includes selecting at least two verification code generators from a verification code generator set comprising a plurality of verification code generators to compose a current use set, executing each verification code generator in the current use set to obtain corresponding partial verification codes, composing a current verification code from the partial verification codes, outputting the current verification code to a user, receiving a user response that is made in response to the current verification code, and comparing the current verification code and the user response to determine whether the user is verified. |
| US11574027B1 |
Systems and methods for managing obfuscated content
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can determine a content item being posted to a social networking system. A selection of an option to obfuscate at least one portion of the content item can be determined. The at least one portion of the content item can be obfuscated. |
| US11574026B2 |
Analytics-driven recommendation engine
A device may transmit questionnaires to a set of client devices, wherein the questionnaires include a set of questions that relate to an internal entity experience attribute and/or an external entity experience attribute. The device may receive a set of questionnaire responses and correlate the set of questionnaire responses with contextual data relating to an entity. The device may process, using a machine learning model trained based on data relating to one or more other entities, the set of questionnaire responses and the contextual data to identify a set of features and a set of feature ranks. The device may select a subset of features based on the set of feature ranks and a set of influence thresholds. The device may generate a set of recommendations associated with the subset of features and communicate with one or more other devices to implement the set of recommendations. |
| US11574024B2 |
Method and system for content bias detection
The present teaching relates to a method, system, and programming for providing content. A plurality of content items and publication information related thereto are obtained. For each of the plurality of content items, one or more topics are determined in accordance with a model. The related publication information associated with each content item is analyzed to identify at least one source of a plurality of sources that published the content item. A distribution is generated of each of the plurality of content items with respect to the plurality of sources and the one or more topics of the content item, and a bias of a source with respect to publishing content is identified based on the distributions of the plurality of content items. |
| US11574020B1 |
Identifying similar content in a multi-item embedding space
Systems and methods for identifying content for an input query are presented. A mapping model is trained to map elements of an input query embedding vector for a received query into one or more elements of a destination embedding vector. In response to receiving an input query, an input query embedding vector is generated that projects into an input query embedding space. The input query embedding vector is processed by the mapping model to map the input query embedding vector into one or more elements of a destination embedding vector in a destination embedding space, resulting in a partial destination embedding vector. Items of a corpus of content are projected into the destination embedding space and the partial destination embedding vector is also projected into the destination embedding space. A similarity measure determines the most-similar items to the partial destination embedding vector and at least some of the most-similar items are returned in response to the input query. |
| US11574019B2 |
Prediction integration for data management platforms
Techniques are described for integrating prediction capabilities from data management platforms into applications. Implementations employ a data science platform (DSP) that operates in conjunction with a data management solution (e.g., a data hub). The DSP can be used to orchestrate data pipelines using various machine learning (ML) algorithms and/or data preparation functions. The data hub can also provide various orchestration and data pipelining capabilities to receive and handle data from various types of data sources, such as databases, data warehouses, other data storage solutions, internet-of-things (IoT) platforms, social networks, and/or other data sources. In some examples, users such as data engineers and/or others may use the implementations described herein to handle the orchestration of data into a data management platform. |
| US11574018B2 |
Computer data distribution architecture connecting an update propagation graph through multiple remote query processing
Described are methods, systems and computer readable media for computer data distribution architecture connecting an update propagation graph through multiple remote query processors. |
| US11574015B2 |
Natural language interaction based data analytics
Using a natural language processing (NLP) engine executing in conjunction with a machine that is engaged in first natural language interaction, an analytics intent comprising an analysis type to be performed on a dataset is extracted from the first natural language interaction. Within the dataset, a subset of the dataset comprising data having above a threshold relevance measure with respect to the analytics intent is identified. From the subset, a knowledge graph modeling a set of relationships between data in the subset is constructed. Using the analytics intent and the knowledge graph, a conversational template is customized, augmenting the conversational template with a set of entities corresponding to the analytics intent. To obtain a result, the subset is analyzed using the knowledge graph. A second natural language interaction is presented via the machine, the presenting comprising transforming by the NLP engine the result to fit the customized conversational template. |
| US11574011B2 |
Merging feature subsets using graphical representation
A system, method and computer program product provides improved performance in machine learning, decision making and similar processes. In one example method, a plurality of individual subsets of features of a dataset comprising multiple features are received. The subsets may be provided by applying one or more feature selection methods to the dataset. Each subset is represented as a graph based on a predefined graph template. The example method merges the graphs of the plurality of individual subsets by overlaying the graphs on each other to form a merged feature graph. The merged feature graph may be used for identifying a single subset of features for use in machine learning, decision making and similar processes. |
| US11574010B2 |
Advertisement placement and engagement supported video indexing, search and delivery platforms, methods, systems and apparatuses
Advertisements are delivered with videos, the advertisements being cued to begin based on an analysis of metadata associated with the videos such as moments identified from user-submitted comments relative to the video. Credit earned by users based on their viewing and engagement activities may be gifted to other users or applied towards baseline fees assessed in connection with videos delivered to the user. |
| US11574009B2 |
Method, apparatus and computer device for searching audio, and storage medium
The present disclosure relates to a method for searching an audio, pertaining to the technical field of electronics. The method includes: detecting a predetermined trigger event in response to receiving a trigger instruction for searching an audio; recording a time point when a detected trigger event occurs each time upon detecting the predetermined trigger event once until a predetermined end event is detected, and acquiring recorded time points to obtain a time point sequence; selecting a target reference time sequence matching the time point sequence from pre-stored reference time sequences; and determining target audio data corresponding to the target reference time sequence based on a pre-stored corresponding relationship between audio data and the reference time sequence. |
| US11574008B2 |
Audio identification during performance
Methods and apparatus for audio identification during a performance are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes at least one memory and at least one processor to transform a segment of audio into a log-frequency spectrogram based on a constant Q transform using a logarithmic frequency resolution, transform the log-frequency spectrogram into a binary image, each pixel of the binary image corresponding to a time frame and frequency channel pair, each frequency channel representing a corresponding quarter tone frequency channel in a range from C3-C8, generate a matrix product of the binary image and a plurality of reference fingerprints, normalize the matrix product to form a similarity matrix, select an alignment of a line in the similarity matrix that intersects one or more bins in the similarity matrix with the largest calculated Hamming similarities, and select a reference fingerprint based on the alignment. |
| US11574006B2 |
Communication device, communication system, and content collection method
In order to enable a user to acquire a desired content more quickly by performing a matching process by using search target ID information identifying a search target so as to properly acquire a content regarding the search target and to shorten a time required to complete the matching process, a communication device such as router is configured such that, when receiving an interest form a content-centric network, the communication device performs a search process on contents accumulated therein, aiming to find one or more contents which meet a search criteria set specified by the interest, performs the matching process for verifying whether the content found in the search process matches the search target ID information (face image) to acquire a content regarding the search target, and transmits the acquired content to a communication device of a content request source. |
| US11574003B2 |
Image search method, apparatus, and device
Embodiments of the specification provide an image search method, an apparatus, and a device. The method includes: obtaining an input image associated with an image search, wherein the input image includes a plurality of first text blocks; selecting a to-be-processed image from a target database, wherein the to-be-processed image includes a plurality of second text blocks; and generating a first graph structural feature based on the plurality of first text blocks; generating a second graph structural feature based on the plurality of second text blocks; determining that the first graph structural feature and the second graph structural feature satisfy a condition; and in response to determining that the first graph structural feature and the second graph structural feature satisfy the condition, outputting the to-be-processed image as a search result. |
| US11573996B2 |
System and method for hierarchically organizing documents based on document portions
Embodiments as disclosed may generate an organizational hierarchy based on embeddings of portions of documents. Embeddings resulting from the embedding of the portions of the documents can be clustered using a hierarchical clustering mechanism to segment the portion space into a set of hierarchical clusters. Documents can be assigned to these clusters based on the presence of a portion of a document within a cluster. In this manner, the documents may themselves be clustered based on the clusters created from portions across the documents of the corpus. The clusters to which a document is assigned may also be ranked with respect to that document. Similarly, documents assigned to cluster can be ranked within the cluster to which they are assigned. Additionally, in certain embodiments, names or snippets for the clusters of the hierarchy may be derived from the portions comprising that cluster. |
| US11573992B2 |
Method, electronic device, and storage medium for generating relationship of events
A method for generating a relationship of events includes: obtaining a statement of a first event and a statement of a second event; generating a word sequence vector with first granularity and a word sequence vector with second granularity based on the statement of the first event; generating a word sequence vector with third granularity and a word sequence vector with fourth granularity based on the statement of the second event; generating a first fusion vector based on the word sequence vector with first granularity and the word sequence vector with second granularity; generating a second fusion vector based on the word sequence vector with third granularity and the word sequence vector with fourth granularity; and determining a relationship between the first event and the second event based on the first fusion vector and the second fusion vector. |
| US11573991B2 |
Deep reinforcement learning-based multi-step question answering systems
A method includes receiving a user query and performing, using at least one processor, multiple rounds of an answer generation process. Each round of the answer generation process includes selecting one of multiple functions to be performed based on an input state. The input state for each round includes an embedding of the user query in a feature space. The input state for at least one round also includes an embedding of information to be used to identify an answer to the user query in the feature space. Each round of the answer generation process also includes performing the selected function. The multiple functions include (i) an answer generation function that produces the answer to the user query and (ii) at least one additional function that updates the input state for a current round for use during a subsequent round. In addition, the method includes providing the answer to the user. |
| US11573990B2 |
Search-based natural language intent determination
Improved intelligent personal assistant (IPA) software agents are disclosed that are configured to interact with various people, service providers, files, and/or smart devices. More particularly, this disclosure relates to an improved Natural Language Processing (NLP) Intent Determination Service (IDS) that is able to determine the likely best action to take in response to generic user commands and queries. The improved NLP IDS disclosed is said to be ‘search-based’ because, rather than attempt to parse incoming user commands and queries up front, the incoming user commands and queries are searched against a pre-generated database of exemplary user commands (e.g., having associated action or parsing identifiers) to determine the most relevant search result(s). The associated system actions and known grammar/parsing rules of the most relevant search result(s) may then be used to process the incoming user command or query—without having to actually parse the incoming user command or query from scratch. |
| US11573989B2 |
Corpus specific generative query completion assistant
Representative embodiments disclose mechanisms to complete partial queries entered by a user. Users enter a partial query. The partial query is used to search a short text index comprising the titles of documents. The search yields a list results. The top k entries of the list are selected and a language model is created from the top k entries. The language model comprises n-grams from the top k entries and an associated probability for each n-gram. A query completion generator creates query completion suggestions by matching n-grams with the partial query, removing candidate suggestions that to not comply with suggestion rules, and filtering the remaining suggestions according to a filtering criteria. The top N results are returned as suggestions to complete the query. |
| US11573987B2 |
System for detecting data relationships based on sample data
A method of identifying relationships between data collections is disclosed. Each data collection comprises a plurality of data records made up of data fields. The method comprises performing a relationship search process based on a first seed value and a second seed value. A first set of records from the data collections is identified based on the first seed value. A second set of records from the data collections is identified based on the second seed value. The process then searches for a common value across the first and second record sets, wherein the common value is a value which appears in a first field in a first record of the first record set and in a second field in a second record of the second record set, wherein the first record is from a first data collection and the second record is from a second data collection. In response to identifying the common value, an indication is output identifying a candidate relationship between the first field of the first data collection and the second field of the second data collection. |
| US11573981B1 |
Auto-scaling using temporal splits in a time-series database
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for auto-scaling using temporal splits in a time-series database are disclosed. One or more stream processors of a time-series database write time-series data of a plurality of time series into a plurality of two-dimensional tiles, including an individual tile representing spatial boundaries and temporal boundaries. The heat of time-series data written to the individual tile exceeds a threshold. The current time is compared to the temporal boundaries, and the comparison indicates that the current time is beyond a threshold point within the temporal boundaries. Based at least in part on the comparison, a split is performed of the individual tile into a first new tile and a second new tile. The first new tile represents the spatial boundaries and a first portion of the temporal boundaries, and the second new tile represents the spatial boundaries and a second portion of the temporal boundaries. |
| US11573980B2 |
Secure authentication for distribution of aircraft flight data
A portable, hand-held computer functions as an intermediary between a database server and individual aircraft when the aircraft cannot be connected to the database server. By virtue of being portable and being locally linked (over time) to different aircraft, the intermediary computing device can provide the data upload validation and auditing for accurate billing of database usage for a flight database provided from the server. This ensures that each aircraft which receives an uploaded database is entitled to receive the upload based on a paid license. As a result, billing by the database vendor is based on usage. Licensing and data authentication is mediated by the intermediary computing device. |
| US11573977B2 |
Method and system for managing user profile information across plurality of locations in real time
Method and system for managing user profile information across plurality of locations in real time Embodiments herein disclose a system and method for managing user profile information across a plurality of locations in real time. The method includes receiving, by a central server, usage information of a tag associated with a user and determining, by the central server, a zone associated with the user based on the usage information of the tag, where the zone indicates a plurality of locations associated with user. Further, the method includes automatically replicating, by the central server, a user profile information of the user and a tag data of the user into a local database of each of the locations indicated in the determined zone associated with the user. |
| US11573969B1 |
Adding a read-only query engine to perform queries to a point-in-time of a write-accessible database
A database system may add a read-only query engine to perform read-only queries associated with points-in-time of a database. In various embodiments, the read-only query engine may be added in response to a manual request, an automatic refresh of a network endpoint, a query specifying a point-in-time, or a connection request. The read-only query engine may perform the point-in-time queries on a version the database at the point-in-time and return results for the queries. Upon completion of the queries or at a determined time, the database system may remove the read-only query engine. The specified point-in-time may refer to a current time, a prior time, or a future time with respect to the current time. |
| US11573967B2 |
Enterprise knowledge graphs using multiple toolkits
Examples described herein generally relate to a computer system including a knowledge graph storing a plurality of entities. A mining of a set of enterprise source documents within an enterprise intranet is performed, by a plurality of knowledge mining toolkits, to determine a plurality of entity names. The plurality of entity names are linked based on entity metadata by traversing various relationships between people, files, sites, groups, associated with entities. An entity record is generated within a knowledge graph for a mined entity name from the linked entity names based on an entity schema and ones of the set of enterprise source documents associated with the mined entity name. The entity record includes attributes aggregated from the ones of the set of enterprise source documents associated with the mined entity name. |
| US11573964B2 |
Reducing database system query transaction delay
A processing system including at least one processor may obtain a first set of performance records of a database system, train a machine learning model in accordance with the first set of performance records, where the machine learning model that is trained in accordance with the first set of performance records is configured to predict a latency of a query transaction for a designated time period, present a user interface with a plurality of settings of the database system that are user-adjustable, where the plurality of settings is associated with at least a portion of the first set of performance records, calculate a first predicted latency of a query transaction at the designated time period via the machine learning model in accordance with a set of values of the plurality of settings, and present the first predicted latency via the user interface. |
| US11573960B2 |
Application-based query transformations
A computer-implemented method provides application-based query transformations. The method includes determining an application is initiated. The method includes identifying a set of execution units included in the application. The execution units are based on of a set of queries in the application and a set of actions in the application. The method also includes building a query dependency graph (QDG) comprising a plurality of nodes, wherein each node of the plurality of nodes is correlated to an execution unit, and each node is linked to at least one additional node, the link indicating a relative execution order and a common attribute each node and the additional node. The method includes merging, based on a performance architecture, two or more of the set of execution units into a section. The method includes processing the application according to the QDG. |
| US11573958B2 |
In-document search method and device for query
The present invention relates to an in-document search method and device for a query vector, and an object of the present invention is to improve the accuracy of a response by generating sentence data corresponding to data in a table form stored in database. The in-document search method for a query vector includes a step A of receiving a user query from a user terminal, a step B of generating a user query vector for the user query, a step C of extracting candidate table data based on the user query vector in a data storage module, a step D of searching for a response corresponding to the user query vector in the candidate table data, and a step E of providing the response to the user terminal. |
| US11573957B2 |
Natural language processing engine for translating questions into executable database queries
A system and method for translating questions into database queries are provided. A text to database query system receives a natural language question and a structure in a database. Question tokens are generated from the question and query tokens are generated from the structure in the database. The question tokens and query tokens are concatenated into a sentence and a sentence token is added to the sentence. A BERT network generates question hidden states for the question tokens, query hidden states for the query tokens, and a classifier hidden state for the sentence token. A translatability predictor network determines if the question is translatable or untranslatable. A decoder converts a translatable question into an executable query. A confusion span predictor network identifies a confusion span in the untranslatable question that causes the question to be untranslatable. An auto-correction module to auto-correct the tokens in the confusion span. |
| US11573956B2 |
Database creation using table type information
A system, method, and computer-readable medium for proving feedback on database instructions, identifying, for example, existing patterns and providing suggested replacement instructions. This may have the effect of improving the efficiency of instructions used to create and/or manipulate databases. According to some aspects, these and other benefits may be achieved by parsing received instructions into an organizational structure, traversing the organizational structure for known patterns, and suggesting replacement patterns. In implementation, this may be effected by receiving one or more sets of known patterns and corresponding replacement patterns, parsing received instructions, comparing the known patterns with the parsed instructions, and providing suggested replacement patterns based on one or more known patterns matching the parsed instructions. A benefit of may include reducing Cartesian products during the merging of tables. |
| US11573955B1 |
Data-determinant query terms
Systems and methods are disclosed for flexibly applying a query term to heterogeneous data. A query system can receive a query that includes a data-determinant query term. As the system executes the query it can generate interim search results. As the system query processes the interim search results based on the query, it can apply the data-determinant query term to records of the interims search results based on the structure of the records. |
| US11573952B2 |
Private shared resource confirmations on blockchain
A processor may identify one or more transaction verification requests from one or more entities. The processor may convert each of the one or more transaction verification requests into respective hashed transaction verification requests. The processor may send, on one or more private, anonymous channels, the hashed transaction verifications to an orchestrator. The processor my decrypt the hashed transaction verifications with the orchestrator. The processor may determine whether information in each of the one or more transaction verification requests matches. |
| US11573949B2 |
Semantic diff and automerge
Resolving conflicting changes to structured data files. A method includes for a structured data file which has both a generic structure and dialects built on top of the generic structure, for which conflicting changes have been made, and where an original version of the structured data, a first version of the structured data and a second version of the structured data exist, determining a dialect of the structured data. The method further includes, based on the determined dialect performing at least one of merge or diff operations on the original version of the structured data, the first version of the structured data and the second version of the structured data. |
| US11573948B2 |
Predictive determination of constraint data for application with linked data in graph-based datasets associated with a data-driven collaborative dataset platform
Various embodiments relate generally to data science and data analysis, computer software and systems, and wired and wireless network communications to interface among repositories of disparate datasets and computing machine-based entities configured to access datasets, and, more specifically, to a computing and data storage platform to implement predict data constraints to validate one or more portions of a dataset, according to at least some examples. For example, a method may include predicting a subset of constraint data to validate a graph-based data arrangement, and analyzing the graph-based data arrangement against a subset of constraint data to determine an action. At least one action may include validating data in a graph-based data arrangement. Also, the method may include integrating graph-based data arrangement into a graph data arrangement responsive to determining data representing a validation. |
| US11573946B2 |
Management of memory usage using usage analytics
An approach for managing memory usage in cloud and traditional environments using usage analytics is disclosed. The approach may be implemented in a computer infrastructure including a combination of hardware and software. The approach includes determining that space is available within one or more tables which have schema definitions with string fields having a predefined length. The approach further includes creating a virtual table and mapping the available space to the virtual table for population by one or more records. |
| US11573940B2 |
Index splitting in distributed databases
In a distributed database, many nodes can store copies, or instances, of the same record. If the record is split on one node, it should be split on the other nodes to maintain consistency, concurrency, and correctness of the data in the distributed database. In some distributed databases, the records are locked during the update process to ensure data integrity. Unfortunately, locking the records can increase latency, especially for larger databases. But if the records aren't locked and a node fails as a record is being split and updated simultaneously, the split and update may not propagate throughout the distributed database, leading to a loss of data integrity. Exchanging messages about the status of record splitting and forwarding updates internally reduces the likelihood of a loss of data integrity due to a node failure. |
| US11573937B2 |
System and method for automatically resolving metadata structure discrepancies
A system includes first and second subsystems and a third processor. The first subsystem includes a first memory and a first processor. The first memory stores data, which includes metadata associated with transmitted metadata fields. The first processor transmits the data to the second subsystem. The second subsystem includes a second memory and a second processor. The second memory stores expected metadata fields. The second processor receives the data. The third processor determines that the first subsystem transmitted the data to the second subsystem and that a mismatch exists between the transmitted and expected metadata fields. In response, the third processor prevents the second subsystem from executing an application configured to process the data using the expected metadata fields. The third processor resolves the mismatch by modifying the expected metadata fields such that they correspond to the transmitted metadata fields and allows the second subsystem to execute the application. |
| US11573935B2 |
Determining the schema of a graph dataset
A schema for a dataset is identified by identifying a dataset comprising data and relationships between data pairs. An original schema is identified for the dataset. This original schema comprises an organizational structure. An initial fit between the dataset and the original schema is determined. The initial fit quantifying a conformity of the data in the dataset to the organizational structure of the original schema. A plurality of additional schemas are identified. Each additional schema is a distinct organizational schema. The dataset is partitioned into a plurality of subsets. Each subset comprises a modified fit quantifying a modified conformity of subset data in each subset to one of the original schema and the additional schemas. The modified fit is greater than the original fit. |
| US11573933B2 |
Methods and systems for identifying and retrieving hierarchically related files
Embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods for identifying hierarchically related files stored in a database. According to one embodiment, this can be accomplished using a pipeline of worker applications which each use a specific table stored in the database 35 and a sequence or series of queues. Generally speaking, each worker application can read a message identifying tasks to be performed from one queue in the sequence of queues, perform those tasks using the appropriate table from the database to identify a set of files, and write one or more messages to a subsequent queue in the sequence or series of queues to pass results and/or further tasks to be performed to a subsequent worker application in the pipeline of worker applications. |
| US11573925B2 |
Techniques for distributing verification checks incident to data deletion
Techniques described and suggested herein include distributed deletion request processing and verification. For example, incident to migration of original data from a first data store to a second data store, verifications and confirmations related to removing the original data from the first data store may be performed so as to ensure the integrity of the original data represented on the second data store prior to removing the actual original data on the first data store. In some embodiments, the verifications and confirmations performed in connection with a deletion request may be apportioned to multiple entities, each of which may not fully trust the others. As a result, in some embodiments, a given deletion request may only be fulfilled if all of the entities involved in the verification process individually provide authorization to execute the deletion request. |
| US11573924B2 |
System and method for efficient storage of small files on file-system-based storage devices
Methods and systems for storing and managing large numbers of small files. A data processing system includes clients that generate large numbers be stored on a storage device managed by a File System (FS). An Archive Server (AS) receives multiple files from the client, archives the files in larger archives, and sends the archives to the FS for storage. When requested to read a file, the AS retrieves the archive in which the file is stored, extracts the file and sends it to the requesting client. In other words, the AS communicates with the clients in individual file units, and with the storage device in archive units. The AS is typically constructed as an add-on layer on top of a conventional FS, which enables the FS to handle small files efficiently without modification. |
| US11573920B2 |
SERDES link training
Aspects of the embodiments are directed to systems and methods for performing link training using stored and retrieved equalization parameters obtained from a previous equalization procedure. As part of a link training sequence, links interconnecting an upstream port with a downstream port and with any intervening retimers, can undergo an equalization procedure. The equalization parameter values from each system component, including the upstream port, downstream port, and retimer(s) can be stored in a nonvolatile memory. During a subsequent link training process, the equalization parameter values stored in the nonvolatile memory can be written to registers associated with the upstream port, downstream port, and retimer(s) to be used to operate the interconnecting links. The equalization parameter values can be used instead of performing a new equalization procedure or can be used as a starting point to reduce latency associated with equalization procedures. |
| US11573917B2 |
Low latency computing architecture
Deployment of arrangements of physical computing components coupled over a communication fabric are presented herein. In one example, a method includes coupling into a communication fabric a plurality of communication interfaces provided by a baseboard hosting a plurality data processing devices. The method includes establishing a one-hop latency in the communication fabric between the plurality of data processing devices and peripheral card slots, and establishing a two-hop latency in the communication fabric between the plurality of data processing devices and additional peripheral card slots. The method also includes establishing interconnect pathways between a plurality of communication switches that provide the one-hop latency through one or more cross-connect communication switches that provide the two-hop latency. |
| US11573912B2 |
Memory device management system, memory device management method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium erasing data stored in memory device if a value of a first key and second key are different
A memory device management system includes a first key acquisition unit that acquires a first key, a second key generation unit that generates a second key in accordance with a configuration of a memory device that is a management target, an equality determination unit that determines an equality between a value of the first key and a value of the second key, and a data erasure processing unit that erases data stored in the memory device in a case of a determination that the value of the first key and the value of the second key are different. |
| US11573908B1 |
Mapping table management method, memory control circuit unit and memory storage device
A mapping table management method, a memory control circuit unit, and a memory storage device are provided. The method includes: receiving a read command from a host system, wherein the read command indicates reading a first data stored in at least one first logical address; and searching whether a relation management information reflects that a first group static mapping table recording the first logical address is related to a dynamic mapping table. In response to a search result reflecting that the first group static mapping table is related to the dynamic mapping table, the dynamic mapping table is searched to obtain a first physical address mapped by the first logical address. And if not related, the first group static mapping table among group static mapping tables is searched to obtain a second physical address mapped by the first logical address. |
| US11573900B2 |
Proactive data prefetch with applied quality of service
Examples described herein relate to prefetching content from a remote memory device to a memory tier local to a higher level cache or memory. An application or device can indicate a time availability for data to be available in a higher level cache or memory. A prefetcher used by a network interface can allocate resources in any intermediary network device in a data path from the remote memory device to the memory tier local to the higher level cache. Memory access bandwidth, egress bandwidth, memory space in any intermediary network device can be allocated for prefetch of content. In some examples, proactive prefetch can occur for content expected to be prefetched but not requested to be prefetched. |
| US11573896B2 |
DRAM caching storage class memory
A method, system, and computer program product for local DRAM caching of storage class memory elements are provided. The method identifies a cache line with a cache address in a local dynamic random-access memory (DRAM). The cache line is compressed within the local DRAM to generate a compressed cache line and an open memory space within the local DRAM. A cache tag is generated in the open memory space and a validation value is generated in the open memory space for the compressed cache line. The method determines a cache-hit for the cache line based on the cache address, the cache tag, and the validation value. |
| US11573895B2 |
Storage system with interconnected solid state disks
An embodiment of a semiconductor package apparatus may include technology to provide a first interface between a first storage device and a host device, and provide a second interface directly between the first storage device and a second storage device. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed. |
| US11573894B2 |
Tracking garbage collection states of references
Garbage collection (GC) states are stored within references stored on a heap memory to track a progress of GC operations with respect to the references. GC state may be stored in a non-addressable portion of references. Based on the GC state of a particular reference, a set of GC operations are selected and performed for the reference. However, references stored on a call stack do not include any indication of GC state. Hence, loading a reference from heap to call stack involves removing the indication of GC state. Writing a reference to heap involves adding the indication of GC state. References embedded within a compiled method also do not indicate any GC state. Metadata of the compiled method indicate a GC state, which is implicated to the embedded references. GC operations are selected and performed for each embedded reference based on the GC state of the compiled method. |
| US11573893B2 |
Storage system and method for validation of hints prior to garbage collection
A storage system and method for validation of hints prior to garbage collection are provided. In one embodiment, a method is provided comprising receiving a command from a host to store data in a memory; storing, in the memory, the data and a hint that characterizes the data; determining whether the hint is still valid; and in response determining that the hint is still valid, using the hint in performing garbage collection. Other embodiments are provided. |
| US11573891B2 |
Memory controller for scheduling commands based on response for receiving write command, storage device including the memory controller, and operating method of the memory controller and the storage device
An electronic device includes a memory controller having an improved operation speed. The memory controller includes a processor configured to generate commands for accessing data stored in a main memory, a scheduling circuit configured to store the commands and output the commands according to a preset criterion, and a filtering circuit configured to store information on an address of the main memory corresponding to a write command among the commands, provide a pre-completion response for the write command to the scheduling circuit upon receiving the write command, and provide the write command to the main memory. |
| US11573890B2 |
Storage device storing data based on key-value and operating method of the same
A storage device generates and stores a key stream and a value stream by extracting from data a plurality of keys and a plurality of values respectively corresponding to the plurality of keys. The storage device includes a controller and a non-volatile memory. The controller receives from a host information about an invalid key included in the key stream together with a compaction command, and performs a compaction operation on the key stream in response to the compaction command. The non-volatile memory stores the key stream and the value stream. The controller merges the key stream with another key stream based on the information about the invalid key in the compaction operation. |
| US11573888B2 |
Machine learning test result analyzer for identifying and triggering remedial actions
Apparatus and methods for using artificial intelligence to process and remediate test failures are provided. The methods may include monitoring an execution of an automated test on a software application. The automated test may include a plurality of steps. The methods may include receiving a first error message and a second error message during the execution of a step included in the plurality of steps. The methods may include processing each of the first and second error messages individually and, after completion of the step, again as a group. The processing may include determining if the error messages were generated by a defect in the software application. |
| US11573885B1 |
System and method for test selection according to test impact analytics
A system and method for determining a relative importance of a selected test in a plurality of tests, comprising a computational device for receiving one or more characteristics relating to an importance of the code, an importance of each of the plurality of tests, or both; and for determining the relative importance of the selected test according to said characteristics. |
| US11573884B2 |
Techniques for transparently emulating network conditions
In various embodiments, a network emulation application emulates network conditions when testing a software application. In response to a request to emulate a first set of network conditions for a first client device that is executing the software application, causing a kernel to implement a first pipeline and to automatically input network traffic associated with the first client device to the first pipeline instead of a default bridge. In response to a request to emulate a second set of network conditions for a second client device that is executing the software application, causing the kernel to implement a second pipeline and to automatically input network traffic associated with the second client device to the second pipeline instead of the default bridge. Each of the pipelines perform one or more traffic shaping operations on at least a subset of the network traffic input into the pipeline. |
| US11573882B2 |
Systems and methods for optimizing a machine learning-informed automated decisioning workflow in a machine learning task-oriented digital threat mitigation platform
A system and method for adapting an errant automated decisioning workflow includes reconfiguring digital abuse or digital fraud logic parameters associated with automated decisioning routes of an automated decisioning workflow in response to identifying an anomalous drift or an anomalous shift in efficacy metrics of the automated decisioning workflow, wherein the automated decisioning workflow includes a plurality of distinct automated decisioning routes that, when applied in a digital threat evaluation of data associated with a target digital event, automatically compute a decision for disposing the target digital event based on a probability digital fraud; simulating, by computers, a performance of the automated decisioning routes in a reconfigured state based on inputs of historical digital event data; calculating simulation metrics based on simulation output data of the simulation; and promoting to an in-production state the automated decisioning workflow having the automated decisioning routes in the reconfigured state. |
| US11573881B1 |
Role-based failure response training for distributed systems
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for role-based failure response training for distributed systems are disclosed. A failure response training system determines a failure mode associated with an architecture for a distributed system comprising a plurality of components. The training system generates a scenario based at least in part on the failure mode. The scenario comprises an initial state of the distributed system which is associated with one or more metrics indicative of a failure. The training system provides, to a plurality of users, data describing the initial state. The training system solicits user input representing modification of a configuration of the components. The training system determines a modified state of the distributed system based at least in part on the input. The performance of the distributed system in the modified state is indicated by one or more modified metrics differing from the one or more initial metrics. |
| US11573880B2 |
Performance simulation for selected platforms for web products in database systems
In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for facilitating performance simulation for selected platforms for web products in database systems according to one embodiment. In one embodiment and by way of example, a method includes evaluating metadata associated with contents relating to a web product to be delivered through one or more platforms, where the metadata identifies the one or more platforms, and analyzing the one or more platforms to host the web product to deliver the contents. The method may further include identifying one or more performance factors associated with the web product and the one or more platforms, where the one or more performance factors are identified based one or more parameters associated with the one or more platforms to enhance performance associated with the web product when delivering the contents, and facilitating adjustments to one or more virtual dials to facilitate one or more modifications to the one or more parameters. |
| US11573876B2 |
Scalable exactly-once data processing using transactional streaming writes
A method for processing data exactly once using transactional stream writes includes receiving, from a client, a batch of data blocks for storage on memory hardware in communication with the data processing hardware. The batch of data blocks is associated with a corresponding sequence number and represents a number of rows of a table stored on the memory hardware. The method also includes partitioning the batch of data blocks into a plurality of sub-batches of data blocks. For each sub-batch of data blocks, the method further includes assigning the sub-batch of data blocks to a buffered stream; writing, using the assigned buffered stream, the sub-batch of data blocks to the memory hardware; updating a storage log with an intent to commit the sub-batch of data blocks using the assigned buffered stream; and committing the sub-batch of data blocks to the memory hardware. |
| US11573874B2 |
Systems and methods for automated injection of effects in cyber-physical systems and their simulations
Systems and methods for automatically injecting effects in cyber-physical systems and their simulations are provided herein. In one example, the cyber-physical system under test can include one or more watch-point monitors that can analyze messages between components of the system to determine the presence of one or more particular patterns present in the messages being passed between components of the system during operation. In one or more examples, upon detection of one or more conditions matching a watch point, the systems and methods presented herein can activate an effect and inject it into the cyber-physical system under test based on the detected watch point. In one or more examples, the systems and methods can provide a domain-specific “effects language” (EL) that can allow a user to specify a watch point and an effect corresponding to the watch point. |
| US11573873B1 |
Adaptive cell-aware test model for circuit diagnosis
Systems and methods disclosed include receiving defect data from a test of a semiconductor device comprising a circuit, the circuit comprising a cell, the cell comprising a first input, a second input and an output, and modeling a first plurality of cell defect modes of the cell with a first multiple input transition cell fault model (MTCFM), the cell defect modes associated with a first signal transition on the first input, and a second signal transition on the second input or the output. Systems and method further include correlating the first plurality of cell defect modes to the defect data to produce a probability of each of the first plurality of cell defect modes matching the defect data, and providing, to a user, an indication of each of at least one of the first plurality of cell defect modes having the probability exceeding a defect probability threshold. |
| US11573872B2 |
Leveraging low power states for fault testing of processing cores at runtime
In various examples, one or more components or regions of a processing unit—such as a processing core, and/or component thereof—may be tested for faults during deployment in the field. To perform testing while in deployment, the state of a component subject to test may be retrieved and/or stored during the test to maintain state integrity, the component may be clamped to communicatively isolate the component from other components of the processing unit, a test vector may be applied to the component, and the output of the component may be compared against an expected output to determine if any faults are present. The state of the component may be restored after testing, and the clamp removed, thereby returning the component to its operating state without a perceivable detriment to operation of the processing unit in deployment. |
| US11573871B2 |
Debugging method for USB device and USB device
A debugging method for a Universal Serial Bus (USB) device includes: receiving input information of a terminal through a Human Interface Device (HID) device; when report ID of the input information is a serial port ID, transmitting the input information to a buffer of a virtual serial port Teletype (TTY) device; and extracting the input information of the terminal from the buffer of the virtual serial port TTY device, executing a shell command on the input information, and returning execution result to the terminal through an original path. The method uses a USB interface to implement a HID device, thereby realizing drive-free execution. In addition, use of the endpoint of the HID device can save endpoints needed for additional debugging and driving. |
| US11573870B2 |
Zero copy host interface in a scalable input/output (I/O) virtualization (S-IOV) architecture
Examples may include a computing platform having a host driver to get a packet descriptor of a received packet stored in a receive queue and to modify the packet descriptor from a first format to a second format. The computing platform also includes a guest virtual machine including a guest driver coupled to the host driver, the guest driver to receive the modified packet descriptor and to read a packet buffer stored in the receive queue using the modified packet descriptor, the packet buffer corresponding to the packet descriptor. |
| US11573867B2 |
Smart dynamic restore for Kubernetes based applications
One example method includes discovering an application topology, discovering relationships between microservices that are elements of the application topology, ranking the microservices, identifying one or more of the microservices as a persistency microservice, selecting one or more persistency microservices for backup, and defining a backup policy based on the microservice relationships, the microservice rankings, and the selected persistent microservices. A backup operation is then performed that includes backing up persistent data and/or persistent metadata generated and/or modified by one or more of the persistency microservices. |
| US11573866B2 |
Evaluation and reporting of recovery readiness in a data storage management system
An illustrative report server interoperates with one or more enhanced storage managers to evaluate whether backup operations and restore operations meet their recovery point objectives (RPO) and recovery time objectives (RTO), respectively. RTO is evaluated using a tiered approach based on past performance of restore and/or backup operations. The illustrative storage manager executes pre-defined queries that extract relevant information from an associated database that houses information about storage operations. The report server recommends alternative kinds of backup operations for data that fails to meet its RTO using traditional backups. The report server is configured to analyze and report RPO and RTO readiness for several levels of data entities, including multiple systems, single system, groups of clients, single clients, and subclients. |
| US11573863B2 |
Virtual machine backup and restore coordinator
A backup and restore coordinator configured to receive a plurality of backup and restore requests from at least two uncoordinated backup functionalities implemented in a virtual environment, the virtual environment including a hypervisor hosting a plurality of virtual machines and a backup server. The backup and restore coordinator configured to extract respective information from the plurality of backup and restore requests including target data, backup resource information, and a type of request. The backup and restore coordinator configured to order the plurality of backup and restore requests in a prioritized queue based on the information extracted from the plurality of backup and restore requests. |
| US11573860B1 |
Verification of metadata consistency across snapshot copy-on-write (COW) B+tree logical maps
A method for verifying a consistency of snapshot metadata maintained in an ordered data structure for a plurality of snapshots in a snapshot hierarchy is provided. The method includes identifying a first plurality of nodes maintained in a first ordered data structure for a first snapshot that is a child of a second snapshot; for a first node of the first plurality of nodes, verifying the first node by checking for the first node in a second node map maintained in memory for the second snapshot, wherein the second node map includes a plurality of verified nodes in a second ordered data structure; and based on whether the first node is in the second node map: adding the first node to a first node map maintained in memory for the first snapshot, wherein the first node map includes verified nodes of the first plurality of nodes; or triggering an alarm. |
| US11573859B2 |
Content-independent and database management system-independent synthetic full backup of a database based on snapshot technology
The illustrative storage management system uses snapshot technologies and performs block-level analysis thereof and to synthesize full backups of a database, regardless of the database management system (DBMS) and content of the database and without involving native DBMS utilities. Synthetic full copies are created efficiently and use network transport resources sparingly. Successive snapshots of the database may be hardware snapshots and/or software snapshots. The illustrative storage management system tracks which data blocks in the database change over time after a baseline full copy is saved to secondary storage. Only the changed blocks are subsequently moved to secondary storage as incremental backups and are indexed for future reference. A synthetic full backup of the database, at a given point in time, may be created by synthesizing the original full backup with changed blocks from any number of later incremental backups. The synthetic full backup comprises pointers to appropriate data blocks, ignoring intermediate changes, and pointing to the most current data block in secondary storage relative to the given point in time chosen for the synthetic full backup. The illustrative storage management system may restore the synthetic full backup without native DBMS utilities. |
| US11573858B2 |
Systems and methods for operation retry
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for operation retry. The system may determine whether a retry is allowed for a target operation based on a retry strategy included in a retry proxy component. In response to determining that the retry is allowed for the target operation, the system may execute the target operation. The system may detect whether there is an exception associated with the execution of the target operation. In response to determining that there is the exception associated with the execution of the target operation, the system may determine whether a retry is needed for the target operation based on the retry strategy. In response to determining that the retry is unneeded for the target operation, the system may stop the target operation. |
| US11573856B1 |
Transmitting data between regions of varying safety integrity levels in a system on a chip
In various examples, a system includes a memory operating within a first risk level and circuitry operating within a second risk level that indicates more risk than the first risk level. The circuitry reads and/or writes data to a first memory address within the memory, and reads and/or writes an error detection code to a second memory address within the memory. |
| US11573855B2 |
Object format resilient to remote object store errors
Techniques are provided for remote object store error handling. A storage system may store data within one or more tiers of storage, such as a local storage tier (e.g., solid state storage and disks maintained by the storage system), a remote object store (e.g., storage provided by a third party storage provider), and/or other storage tiers. Because the remote object store may not provide the same data consistency and guarantees that the storage system provides for clients such as through the local storage tier, additional validation is provided by the storage system for the remote object store. For example, when data is put into an object of the remote object store, a verification get operation is performed to read and validate information within a header of the object. Other verifications and checks are performed such as using a locally stored metafile to detect corrupt or lost metadata and/or objects. |
| US11573853B2 |
Error checking data used in offloaded operations
Error checking data used in offloaded operations is disclosed. A remote execution device receives a request from a host to store a data block in a memory region. The data block includes data and host-generated error checking information for the data. The remote execution device updates the data block by overwriting the host-generated error checking information with locally generated error checking information for the data. The data block is then stored in the memory region. |
| US11573836B2 |
Resource scheduling method and apparatus, and storage medium
A resource scheduling method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium are provided, which are related to the technical field of system resource scheduling. The resource scheduling method comprises: monitoring whether a current system can bear a load of a target application which has triggered and entered a high-computational-power scenario, subjecting the system to resource scheduling if the system is monitored to be unable to bear the load of the target application, and running the target application in the high-computational-power scenario based on scheduled system resources. |
| US11573834B2 |
Computational partition for a multi-threaded, self-scheduling reconfigurable computing fabric
Representative apparatus, method, and system embodiments are disclosed for configurable computing. A representative system includes an asynchronous packet network; a plurality of configurable circuits arranged in an array, each configurable circuit coupled to the asynchronous packet network and adapted to perform a plurality of computations; and a dispatch interface circuit adapted to partition the plurality of configurable circuits into one or more separate partitions of configurable circuits and to load one or more computation kernels into each partition of configurable circuits. The dispatch interface circuit may load balance across the partitions of configurable circuits by starting threads for execution in the partition having the highest number of available thread identifiers. The dispatch interface may also assert a partition enable signal to merge the one or more separate partitions and assert a stop signal to all configurable circuits of the one or more separate partitions of configurable circuits. |
| US11573831B2 |
Optimizing resource usage in distributed computing environments by dynamically adjusting resource unit size
Embodiments for optimizing resource usage in a distributed computing environment. Resource usage of each task in a set of running tasks associated with a job is monitored to collect resource usage information corresponding to each respective task. A resource unit size of at least one resource allocated to respective tasks in the set of running tasks is adjusted based on the resource usage information to improve overall resource usage in the distributed computing environment. |
| US11573828B2 |
Efficient and scalable enclave protection for machine learning programs
A computer-implemented method for efficient and scalable enclave protection for machine learning (ML) programs includes tailoring at least one ML program to generate at least one tailored ML program for execution within at least one enclave, and executing the at least one tailored ML program within the at least one enclave. |
| US11573825B2 |
System for real-time scheduling in an asynchronous transfer mode communication network
A real-time feasibility device includes circuitry configured to sort tasks into a first scheduling priority order; split the sorted tasks into a first subset which can be scheduled using an inexact condition test and a second subset which cannot be scheduled using the inexact condition test; test the first subset using the inexact condition test; sort the tested first subset into a second scheduling priority order; sort the second subset into a third scheduling priority order; filter out one or more tasks of the second subset which cannot be scheduled using the inexact condition test or the exact condition test; test remaining tasks of the second subset using the exact condition test; sort the tested remaining tasks of the second subset into a fourth scheduling priority order; and execute the sorted and tested first subset and the sorted and tested remaining tasks of the second subset. |
| US11573821B2 |
Executing commands in a virtual environment
An apparatus for executing one or more commands, for use with a virtualization environment operable to execute one or more virtualization functions, the apparatus comprising: an interface operable to determine an identifier associated with a first virtualization function; a parser operable to determine one or more commands available for execution using the first virtualization function; a store for storing each determined command with the first virtualization function identifier; a searcher, responsive to input of a first command, for matching the first command with each determined command in order to determine one or more matching commands; and an executor, responsive to selection of a first matching command, for executing the associated first virtualization function and the first matching command. |
| US11573818B2 |
Containerized computing environments
Building images that enable improved utilization of previously built image layers. An image build system evaluates commands prior to their use and differentiate between stateful and stateless commands. Employing such an approach enables stateless commands to be identified (e.g. labeled), thus enabling the image build system to handle the stateless commands differently from stateful commands. This enables the re-use of cached/stored image layers, thus reducing image size by avoiding the creation of new image layers. |
| US11573817B2 |
Compiler-driver programmable device virtualization in a computing system
Examples provide a method of virtualizing a hardware accelerator in a virtualized computing system. The virtualized computing system includes a hypervisor supporting execution of a plurality of virtual machines (VMs). The method includes: receiving a plurality of sub-programs at a compiler in the hypervisor from a plurality of compilers in the respective plurality of VMs, each of the sub-programs including a hardware-description language (HDL) description; combining, at the compiler in the hypervisor, the plurality of sub-programs into a monolithic program; generating, by the compiler in the hypervisor, a circuit implementation for the monolithic program, the circuit implementation including a plurality of sub-circuits for the respective plurality of sub-programs; and loading, by the compiler in the hypervisor, the circuit implementation to a programmable device of the hardware accelerator. |
| US11573814B1 |
Sharing prepopulated container image caches among container execution environments
Techniques are described for sharing prepopulated container image caches among container execution environments to improve the performance of container launches. The container images used to prepopulate such a cache at a computing device supporting one or more container execution environments can include various container images that are used as the basis for a wide range of user-created containers such as, for example, container images representing popular operating system distributions, database servers, web-application frameworks, and so forth. Existing systems typically obtain these container images as needed at runtime when launching containers (for example, from a container registry or other external source), often incurring significant overhead in the container launch process. The use of a prepopulated container image cache can significantly improve the performance of container launches by making such commonly used container images available to container execution environments running at a computing device ahead of time. |
| US11573807B2 |
Providing user interfaces based on data source semantics
Embodiments are directed to managing user interfaces. User interface (UI) models associated with concepts may be provided such that the UI models include visualizations. Other concepts may be associated with a data model based on fields of the data model. Characteristics of the concepts associated with each UI model and the other concepts associated with the data model may be compared to each other such that results of each comparison may be employed to generate a score for each UI model. The UI models may be ordered based on each score. A report that includes a rank ordered list of the UI models may be provided. |
| US11573792B2 |
Method and computing device with a multiplier-accumulator circuit
Provided is a multiplier-accumulator (MAC) system, circuit, and method. The MAC system includes a MAC circuit, including a plurality of resistors, having respective resistances, a capacitor connected to the plurality of resistors to charge, in response to a plurality of input signals, the capacitor with electric charge, and a time-to-digital converter (TDC) configured to convert information of a charge time of the capacitor, due to the electric charge, into a digital value, wherein the digital value is an accumulation result of the MAC circuit. |
| US11573788B2 |
Creation and execution of customized code for a data processing platform
A method of executing computer-readable code for interaction with one or more data resources on a data processing platform, the method performed using one or more processors, comprising: receiving a request message including an identifier identifying executable code stored in a data repository; determining, using the identifier, an execution environment of a plurality of stored execution environments mapped to the identified executable code, wherein determining the execution environment mapped to the identified executable code comprises: accessing mapping data identifying a mapping between the identifier and the execution environment of the plurality of stored execution environments, the mapping data including configuration data associated with the identifier, wherein the configuration data identifies one or more convention-based data libraries particular to the execution environment; configuring the determined execution environment to access the one or more convention-based data libraries during execution; executing the identified executable code using the determined execution environment; and passing requests made with the identified executable code to the one or more data resources via a proxy. |
| US11573785B2 |
Predicting code vulnerabilities using machine learning classifier models trained on internal analysis states
An example system includes a processor to receive a source code sample to be classified. The processor can execute a hybrid code analysis to generate an internal analysis state. The processor can extract features from the internal analysis state via a trained machine learning model modified using transfer learning. The processor can generate a label based on the extracted features via a machine learning classifier model trained on internal analysis states of hybrid code analyses. |
| US11573784B2 |
Electronic device for updating on-board data of power off status and electronic device package assembly
An electronic device for updating on-board data of power off status is provided, which combines a rewritable memory, an embedded controller, and a second network socket onto a motherboard. The rewritable memory includes a target storage area. The embedded controller includes a second network interface electrically connected to the second network socket, for receiving a writing command and a binary file. After receiving power of a standby mode, the embedded controller executes a data writing program to receive the writing command and the binary file via the second network socket and the second network interface, and writes the binary data file into the target storage area of the rewritable memory by using the data writing program. |
| US11573780B2 |
Automated generation of status chains for software updates
Some examples can accurately determine a status of a software update across a number of development system components. In some examples, a method may involve receiving a software update comprising a set of computer-executable instructions and a reference to a location at which a status chain is to be stored. The method may also involve, in response to receiving the software update, performing at least one software development action with respect to the software update by executing a software development component among a plurality of software development components. The method may further involve determining a status of the software update based on performance of the at least one software development action. And the method may involve automatically causing a block to be added to the status chain at least in part by interfacing with the location, the block indicating the status of the software update and the software development component. |
| US11573779B2 |
Creating and upgrading of solutions for deployment in a virtualized computing environment
A method of creating a software image of a solution to be deployed in a virtualized computing environment includes: retrieving a schema of the solution and determining from the schema software products that are required by the solution and software features that are required by the solution; for each software product, selecting a version of the software product to include in the solution and identifying software features provided by the selected version of the software product; and upon confirming that the selected versions of the software products provide all of the software features that are required, creating the software image of the solution that includes the selected version of each of the software products, and saving the software image in a storage device for deployment in the virtualized computing environment. |
| US11573772B2 |
Mechanism for information propagation and resolution in graph-based programming languages
A visual-programming tool processes nodes of a graph corresponding to operations or functions in program code associated with a plurality of programs, (e.g., games), stored as graph of nodes with logical connections signifying inputs, outputs, and/or units of connected nodes. The visual-programming tool resolves valid types and/or units associated with respective connected nodes and can propagate valid types and/or units throughout the graph. |
| US11573770B2 |
Container file creation based on classified non-functional requirements
A computer-implemented method classifies and creates a container file based on non-functional parameters. The method includes analyzing, by a learning model, a codebase. The codebase includes code for one or more applications. The method also includes identifying, based on the analyzing, a set of functional requirements for each application and a set of non-functional parameters. The method further includes classifying a first application of the one or more applications with a first non-functional parameter. The method includes generating a first container file for the first application. The first container file includes the functional requirements for the first application and the first non-functional parameter. The method further includes creating a first container from the first container file. |
| US11573767B2 |
Calculation processor and calculation method for determining an exponential function
A calculation processor for determining a digital output value from a digital input value based on an exponent value a, the processor comprising a first calculation block, a second calculation block and a final calculation block. The first calculation block initializes an intermediate value and an error value depending on a position of a Most Significant Bit of a significant part of the input value. The second calculation block is configured to perform repeatedly, until an exit criterion is fulfilled, the incrementation of a counter value, the determination of a power error value based on the error value and, if the power error value is larger than or equal to an error threshold, adjustment of the intermediate value y by multiplying the intermediate value with an adaptation value and setting the error value to the power error value divided by the base value. If the power error value is smaller than the error threshold, the error value is set to the power error value. The final calculation block is configured to set the output value to the intermediate value. |
| US11573766B2 |
Floating point to fixed point conversion
A binary logic circuit converts a number in floating point format having an exponent E of ew bits, an exponent bias B given by B=2ew-1−1, and a significand comprising a mantissa M of mw bits into a fixed point format with an integer width of iw bits and a fractional width of fw bits. The circuit includes a shifter operable to receive a significand input comprising a contiguous set of the most significant bits of the significand and configured to left-shift the significand input by a number of bits equal to the value represented by k least significant bits of the exponent to generate a shifter output, wherein min{(ew−1),bitwidth(iw−2−sy)}≤k≤(ew−1) where sy=1 for a signed floating point number and sy=0 for an unsigned floating point number, and a multiplexer coupled to the shifter and configured to: receive an input comprising a contiguous set of bits of the shifter output; and output the input if the most significant bit of the exponent is equal to one. |
| US11573765B2 |
Fused convolution and batch normalization for neural networks
A processing unit implements a convolutional neural network (CNN) by fusing at least a portion of a convolution phase of the CNN with at least a portion of a batch normalization phase. The processing unit convolves two input matrices representing inputs and weights of a portion of the CNN to generate an output matrix. The processing unit performs the convolution via a series of multiplication operations, with each multiplication operation generating a corresponding submatrix (or “tile”) of the output matrix at an output register of the processing unit. While an output submatrix is stored at the output register, the processing unit performs a reduction phase and an update phase of the batch normalization phase for the CNN. The processing unit thus fuses at least a portion of the batch normalization phase of the CNN with a portion of the convolution. |
| US11573762B2 |
Activity-dependent audio feedback themes for touch gesture inputs
Systems and methods that provide audio feedback in response to gesture validity can provide a more intuitive interface that can train users to correctly complete gestures. Moreover, systems and methods that provide line-specific audio feedback can provide more specific feedback that can allow a user to better understand what sensing line is being contacted. The systems and methods can further include basing the audio feedback based at least in part on obtained activity data, such that invalid and valid feedbacks can provide different sounds dependent on the determined activity state. |
| US11573761B2 |
Audio-based near field communication
The disclosed systems and method provide for an audio playback device to form a Bluetooth connection with an audio source device based on audio generated by an acoustic transducer. The audio is encoded with Bluetooth connectivity data corresponding to the audio source device. The acoustic transducer can be arranged on the audio source device, or it can be arranged on an audio playback device connected to the audio source device via a Bluetooth connection. The audio is received by a microphone of an audio playback device. The audio playback device then extracts the Bluetooth connectivity information from the audio, and forms a Bluetooth connection with the audio source device. If the Bluetooth connection is a Broadcast Audio stream, as defined by the LE Audio standard, multiple audio playback devices can be able to connect audio source device, allowing for a communal listening experience. |
| US11573758B2 |
Display device and multi-display system
A display device includes: a video playback unit configured to play video media including multiple frames; a first memory unit configured to store a video signal of the video media that is being played; an acquisition unit configured to acquire a readout control signal representing a readout timing for playing each frame in the video media in a first display device different from an own display device in a multi-display system formed from multiple display devices; a readout control unit configured to cause frames of the video signal corresponding to the readout controls signal to be sequentially read out from the first memory unit in accordance with the acquired readout control signal; and a display control circuit configured to display, on a display unit, the frames of the video signal that have been read out. |
| US11573757B2 |
Communication apparatus, control method, and program for connecting at least two types of wireless communication units according to an operative state of an access point
A communication apparatus capable of performing near field communication acquires communication information of a target apparatus through the near field communication, determines whether or not the target apparatus is connected to an access point to which the communication apparatus is connected, on the basis of the communication information, and accepts the target apparatus as a target to which the communication apparatus is to be connected by using a peer-to-peer communication system, when it is determined that the target apparatus is not connected to the access point to which the communication apparatus is connected. |
| US11573755B2 |
Cache management in a printing system in a virtualized computing environment
A varied least recently used (VLRU) caching technique is used to enable print data to be available at a cache of a client for printing, even after an agent performs a deletion of a hash value for the print data at a cache of the agent. The deletion of the print data (cached at the cache of the client) is postponed at the client device via the use of a waiting list, so that the cached print data can be printed at a physical printer of the client, in response to receiving a delayed print job from the agent that specifies the hash value as a result of a deduplication process performed by the agent. |
| US11573753B2 |
Non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing computer-executable instructions for information processing device, and method of controlling information processing device with driverless printing function
An information processing device is configured to execute a management program and a print server program. The management program determines whether a non-compliant printer is connected to the information processing device, determines whether a print server program is running when the non-compliant printer is connected, starts up the print server program when the print server program is not running, and registers a print server configured by the print server program with an operating system. The print server program receives a print job designating the print server as an output destination, obtains individual print data which is printable by the non-compliant printer, and transmits the obtained individual print data to the non-compliant printer. |
| US11573749B2 |
Image forming apparatus and method for controlling image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus includes one or more processors and one or more memories storing program instructions, which, when being executed by the one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to generate a print image to be printed on a sheet of paper and a position correcting mark for front and back side registration having a brightness lower than a minimum brightness of the print image; control printing of the print image and the position correcting mark on a first side of the sheet of paper; control reading the print image and the position correcting mark from the first side and control generating of read image data; and detect, from the read image data, the position correcting mark on the first side using a brightness difference. |
| US11573748B2 |
Information processing apparatus and information processing system to control emitting light based on illumination information
An information processing system includes an information apparatus configured to process information and a lighting apparatus configured to emit light. The information apparatus includes a reading unit, a first acquisition unit, a second acquisition unit, and a generation unit. The reading unit is configured to read an image including predetermined information. The first acquisition unit is configured to acquire first illumination information from the predetermined information read by the reading unit. The second acquisition unit is configured to acquire second illumination information, which indicates capability information about the lighting apparatus. The generation unit is configured to generate third illumination information, which is to be transmitted to the lighting apparatus, based on the first illumination information and the second illumination information. The lighting apparatus controls emitting the light based on the third illumination information. |
| US11573746B2 |
Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium
An information processing apparatus includes a control unit that emphasizes, in a screen area for a related application program generated from a standard application program, a setting that has been extracted from plural settings to be displayed for the standard application program and whose setting value has been changed from a predetermined state. |
| US11573744B2 |
Using storage managers in data storage management systems for quota distribution, compliance, and updates
Storage managers are used in data storage management systems for license distribution, compliance, and updates. A licensed quota is managed at an aggregate level applicable to a collective plurality of storage operation cells and not by licensing each individual storage operation cell. A multi-cell environment belonging to a given customer is licensed by using an enhanced storage manager in each cell. One storage manager is a “license server” to the other storage managers or “child licensees.” A licensor issues a global license to the customer's designated license server, which distributes child licenses and manages other licensing aspects. Rather than licensing usage for individual storage operation cells, licensed usage is managed at an aggregate level using the license server and child licensees in a “self-service” model. |
| US11573738B2 |
Synchronous destage of write data from shared global memory to back-end storage resources
A synchronous destage process is used to move data from shared global memory to back-end storage resources. The synchronous destage process is implemented using a client-server model between a data service layer (client) and back-end disk array of a storage system (server). The data service layer initiates a synchronous destage operation by requesting that the back-end disk array move data from one or more slots of global memory to back-end storage resources. The back-end disk array services the request and notifies the data service layer of the status of the destage operation, e.g. a destage success or destage failure. If the destage operation is a success, the data service layer updates metadata to identify the location of the data on back-end storage resources. If the destage operation is not successful, the data service layer re-initiates the destage process by issuing a subsequent destage request to the back-end disk array. |
| US11573736B2 |
Managing host connectivity to a data storage system
Techniques are provided for managing host connectivity to a data storage system. A host connectivity management system receives a request from a host system to connect to a data storage system. The data storage system includes storage nodes which include storage volumes, and each storage node includes multiple ports to enable connection to the storage node. The host connectivity management system determines a subset of ports, among all available ports of the storage nodes, to assign to the host system for use by the host system for connecting to the storage nodes of the data storage system to access the storage volumes. The host connectivity management system sends connection information to the host system to enable the host system to connect to the data storage system, wherein the connection information includes port identifiers associated with the subset of ports assigned to the host system. |
| US11573735B2 |
Technologies for media management in column-addressable memory media systems
Technologies for media management for column-based memory systems include a memory controller including an indirection table. The memory controller receives a memory access to a column-addressable memory indicative of a memory row address. The memory controller determines a logical sub-block identifier based on the memory row address and looks up a physical sub-block identifier in the indirection table. The memory controller issues a redirected memory access indicative of the physical sub-block identifier to the column-addressable memory. The memory access may include a column read. The memory controller may perform a media management operation by copying or moving data from a source physical sub-block to a destination physical sub-block. The memory controller updates the indirection table with the destination physical sub-block for the associated logical sub-block identifier. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US11573731B2 |
Memory controller for resolving string to string shorts
A memory controller includes, in one embodiment, a memory interface and a controller circuit. The memory interface is configured to interface with a memory interface configured to interface with a memory having a plurality of memory blocks. Each memory block has a plurality of strings. The controller circuit is configured to perform a string defect leakage check on one of the memory blocks during a first programming operation of the one memory block, determine whether the one memory block has one or more string to string shorts based on the string defect leakage check, and resolve the string to string shorts in response to determining that the one of the memory blocks has the string to string shorts. |
| US11573728B2 |
System and method for dynamically calculating and executing data backup policies for a multi-tenant cluster storage
Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for calculating and executing data backup policies for a multi-tenant cluster storage. The system is configured for accessing one or more audit logs associated with one or more applications, where the one or more applications comprise one or more folders, accessing a footfall database to identify footfall data associated with the one or more applications, determining criticality of the one or more folders associated with the one or more applications based on the footfall data, determining a dynamic backup policy schedule for the one or more applications, storing the dynamic backup policy schedule in a backup policy database, based on the dynamic backup policy schedule, determining that at least one application of the one or more applications needs backup at a current time, and executing a backup policy and take a backup of the at least one application. |
| US11573718B2 |
Disaggregation of control path and data path
A network device includes at least one control path port and data path ports configured to communicate on a network. A connection request is received from a host via a control path port, and a resource of the network device is allocated to the host. A data path port is determined from among the plurality of data path ports for communication between the host and the allocated resource. An indication of the determined data path port is sent to the host via the control path port for communication on a data path between the host and the allocated resource. In one aspect, a network interface includes at least one control path port and a first plurality of data path ports configured to communicate on a network. A connection request is received from a host via a control path port, and a locally connected device is allocated to the host. |
| US11573706B2 |
Data storage device and method for efficient image searching
A data storage device and method for efficient image searching are provided. In one embodiment, a data storage device is provided comprising a memory and a controller. The controller is configured to store a plurality of images and a plurality of keys in the memory, wherein each key of the plurality of keys is generated from a respective image of the plurality of images; receive, from a host, a key generated from a target image desired by the host; and return, to the host, an image from the stored plurality of images that is associated with a key that matches the key received from the host. Other embodiments are provided. |
| US11573705B2 |
Artificial intelligence accelerator
The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods related to memory with an artificial intelligence (AI) accelerator. An example apparatus can include receive a command indicating that the apparatus operate in an artificial intelligence (AI) mode and perform AI operations using an AI accelerator based on a status of a number of register on the controller. The AI accelerator can include hardware, software, and or firmware that is configured to perform operations (e.g., logic operations, among other operations) associated with AI operations. The hardware can include circuitry configured as an adder and/or multiplier to perform operations, such as logic operations, associated with AI operations. |
| US11573700B2 |
Buffer management in memory systems for read and write requests
A memory system having memory components and a processing device to: receive a write request from a host system; store data of the write request in a portion of a buffer of the memory system during a first time period in which the write request is pending in the memory system; receive a read request from the host system; and store data of the read request in a portion of the buffer during a second time period in which the read request is pending in the memory system. The portion of the buffer storing the data of the write request overlaps at least in part with the portion of the buffer storing the data of the read request. |
| US11573695B2 |
Operating modes that designate an interface modality for interacting with an automated assistant
Implementations described herein relate to transitioning a computing device between operating modes according to whether the computing device is suitably oriented for received non-audio related gestures. For instance, the user can attach a portable computing device to a docking station of a vehicle and, while in transit, wave their hand near the portable computing device in order to invoke the automated assistant. Such action by the user can be detected by a proximity sensor and/or any other device capable of determining a context of the portable computing device and/or an interest of the user in invoking the automated assistant. In some implementations location, orientation, and/or motion of the portable computing device can be detected and used in combination with an output of the proximity sensor to determine whether to invoke the automated assistant in response to an input gesture from the user. |
| US11573694B2 |
Gesture based workflows in a collaboration system
A method for invoking a procedure by a first network node in a computer system comprising the first network node and a second network node is provided. The method includes detecting a gesture or a user interaction event contacting a plurality of locations on a screen space of the first network node, obtaining an identification of a workflow procedure in dependence upon an interpretation of the gesture, the workflow procedure having an input parameter, mapping locations, included in the plurality of locations contacted by the gesture, to the location of the graphical object on the screen space, to obtain, from a data set, an identification of corresponding information associated with the graphical object, obtaining an identification of the input parameter of the identified workflow procedure in dependence upon the identified corresponding information, and invoking the identified workflow procedure according to the identified input parameter. |
| US11573693B2 |
Display controlling method, terminal, information processing apparatus, and storage medium
A display controlling method includes displaying content in a first display area on a screen of a terminal; determining whether the content is viewed; and moving the content from the first display area to a second display area in order to display the content if it is determined that the content is not viewed. |
| US11573692B2 |
Apparatus, method, computer-readable storage medium, and smartphone for causing scrolling of content in response to touch operations
An information processing system includes circuitry that causes a first scrolling of a displayed content region within its boundaries in response to a first user operation. The circuitry of the information processing system also causes a second scrolling of the displayed content region beyond its boundaries in response to a second user operation. |
| US11573689B1 |
Trace layer for replicating a source region of a digital image
Techniques are described for trace layer for replicating a source region of a digital image. In an implementation, a user leverages a content editing system to select a source region of a source image to be replicated and a target region of a target image to which portions of the source region are to be replicated. A trace layer is generated that is a visual representation of portions of the source region, and the trace layer is positioned on the target region of the target image. Further, the trace layer is generated based on a visibility factor such that the trace layer is at least partially transparent. The trace layer receives user interaction to select portions of the trace layer and visibility of the selected portions is modified to replicate corresponding portions of the source region to the target region. |
| US11573683B2 |
Systems and methods for reacting to messages
A method includes displaying a message within an interface of a group-based communication platform on a device associated with a user; receiving, from the user, a selection of a first reactive emoji having a first skin tone for display in association with the message; and in response, displaying a first instance of the selected first reactive emoji having the first skin tone in a first grouping with at least a second instance of the first reactive emoji having a second skin tone different than the first skin tone, wherein the first grouping of the first instance and the at least the second instance is displayed in association with the message. |
| US11573675B2 |
Generating visual experience-journey timelines using experience and touchpoint data
This disclosure relates to methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and systems that generate experience-journey timelines that map touchpoints along a journey to experience data representing experiences of an entity at such touchpoints. Specifically, the disclosed systems can identify touchpoints and experience data indicating experiences of a user, organization, or other entity. Subsequently, the disclosed systems can map experience data to the touchpoints corresponding to the entity. Using such mappings, the disclosed systems can generate experience journey timelines that indicate mappings between particular experience indicators and particular touchpoints. Additionally, the disclosed systems can provide experience-journey timelines for display in graphical user interfaces and facilitate functionalities to explore data underlying the experience indicators at each touchpoint in the experience-journey timelines. |
| US11573674B2 |
Annunciator drawer
A dual-screen user device and methods for revealing a combination of selected desktops and applications on single and dual screens are disclosed. Desktops and applications can be shifted between screens by user gestures, and/or moved off of the screens and therefore hidden. Hidden desktops and screens can be re-displayed by other gestures. The desktops and applications are arranged in a window stack that represents a logical order of the desktops and applications providing a user with an intuitive ability to manage multiple applications/desktops running simultaneously. One embodiment provides an annunciator window extending across both screens in a dual screen configuration. The annunciator window provides alerts, notifications, and statuses of the device in an increased area thereby enhancing viewability of the information in the window. The annunciator window can be expanded over a selected screen to view full contents of the window without having to minimize or close running applications. |
| US11573672B2 |
Method for initiating or resuming a mobile control session in a process plant
User interface sessions in a user interface device are initiated or resumed according to stored state data. A session request is received from a first client device. A user profile associated with the session request is identified and a determination made as to whether a previous session exists. If no previous session exists, a new session is instantiated using a default session configuration. If a previous session exists, a new session is instantiated according to the previous session. |
| US11573670B2 |
Touch device
A touch device is provided, including a first substrate and a circuit substrate. The first substrate includes a touch sensing structure and a plurality of first electrodes. The touch sensing structure is disposed on the first substrate. The first electrodes are arranged along a first direction. The first electrodes are disposed on the first substrate and electrically connected to the touch sensing structure, a first gap is formed between two adjacent first electrodes, and a minimum distance between the two adjacent first electrodes is a gap distance. The circuit substrate is partially overlapping the substrate in a vertical projection direction, the circuit substrate including a plurality of second electrodes corresponding to the first electrodes. One of the two adjacent first electrodes has a first electrode side edge facing the first gap. One of the second electrodes has a second electrode side edge located in the first gap. |
| US11573668B2 |
Touch-sensing panel
The disclosure provides a touch-sensing panel, which includes a substrate, a first mesh pattern, an insulating layer, and a second mesh pattern. The substrate has an active area and a peripheral area. The first mesh pattern is located in the active area. The insulating layer is disposed on the first mesh pattern. The second mesh pattern is located in the active area. At least a part of the second mesh pattern is disposed on the insulating layer. Each of the first mesh pattern and the second mesh pattern includes a plurality of mesh lines. A reflectivity of a surface of one of the first mesh pattern and the second pattern is smaller than a reflectivity of a surface of the other of the first mesh pattern and the second mesh pattern, and a width of each of the mesh lines of the one of the first mesh pattern and the second mesh pattern is smaller than a width of each of the mesh lines of the other of the first mesh pattern and the second mesh pattern. |
| US11573666B2 |
Display device with touch control wiring liens having hole patterns and method of manufacturing thereof
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a touch control substrate, a method for manufacturing the same and a display device. The touch control substrate includes a base and touch wiring lines on the base. The touch wiring line includes a plurality of hollowed patterns defined by a plurality of metal lines. |
| US11573665B2 |
Beamforming optimization for segmented thin-film acoustic imaging systems incorporated in personal portable electronic devices
An acoustic imaging system coupled to an acoustic medium to define an imaging surface. The acoustic imaging system includes an array of piezoelectric acoustic transducers formed at least in part from a thin-film piezoelectric material, such as PVDF. The array is coupled to the acoustic medium opposite the imaging surface and formed using a thin-film manufacturing process over an application-specific integrated circuit that, in turn, is configured to leverage on or more beamforming scan operations to drive the array of piezoelectric actuators to generate an image of an object at least partially wetting to the imaging surface. |
| US11573659B2 |
Electronic device configured to detect input
An electronic device includes: a display panel configured to display an image; an input sensor on the display panel; and a sensor controller configured to detect a first input by at least one of a plurality of input devices through the input sensor, and wherein the sensor controller is configured to detect the first input during an input detection frame, wherein the input detection frame includes a search section in which a plurality of search signals are provided to the input sensor, and wherein the plurality of search signals include two or more search signals capable of communicating through two or more different protocols, respectively. |
| US11573658B2 |
Operation device
An operation device according to the present invention has a touch-screen-type operation surface installed in a vehicle. A plurality of operation units having a convex shape or a concave shape associated with a plurality of components mounted in the vehicle, respectively, are formed at different positions on the touch-screen-type operation surface, respectively. The plurality of operation units are configured to accept an input touch operation as an operation instruction for the component associated with each of the plurality of operation units. |
| US11573657B2 |
Interactive white board and data processing method and device for same
An interactive white board, a data processing method and device for same are disclosed. The interactive white board includes a touch component, a device processor, a first control unit and multiple first channel modules, where the touch component is configured to generate first touch data and send it to the device processor; the device processor is configured to mark the first touch data according to a current display channel to generate second touch data and send it to the first control unit, where the second touch data includes an identifier corresponding to the current display channel; the first control unit is configured to send the second touch data to a corresponding one of the first channel modules according to the identifier corresponding to the current display channel; and the first channel module is configured to receive the second touch data through the corresponding display channel and make a touch response. |
| US11573647B1 |
Back-drive of motor based on position data
Techniques for controlling operations of a motor based on position errors are described. In an example, a user device sends an amount of electrical current to the motor to cause the motor to move. The user device also determines the motor is in position for a time interval despite the amount of electrical current. Based at least one the time interval and the amount of electrical current, the user device determines a position difference associated with a target position and a measured position of the motor during the time interval, and reduces the amount of electrical current based at least in part on the time interval. |
| US11573643B2 |
Apparatus and methods for contact-minimized ATM transaction processing using radar-based gesture recognition and authentication
Apparatus and methods for contact-minimized automated teller machine (“ATM”) use and transaction processing using Doppler-radar based gesture recognition and authentication. The apparatus and methods may include an ATM including a millimeter-wave radar transmitter and receiver. Movement of one or more objects, including fingers, within a radar field may be analyzed and translated into gestures and authentication passcode(s). By utilizing the radar field instead of physical buttons or a touchscreen, contact with the ATM may be minimized. |
| US11573639B1 |
Apparatus and methods for localizing one or more effects in a haptic interface
Apparatus and methods for localizing one or more effects in a haptic interface with a user interface having a primary zone and at least one secondary zone are provided. When a desired haptic effect is generated within the primary zone, unwanted resultant haptic effects in the at least one secondary zone may be suppressed. A primary actuator is located in the primary zone, and at least one secondary actuator is located in the at least one secondary zone. At least one controller selectively and controllably generates the haptic effect produced by the primary actuator in the primary zone, and selectively and controllably actuates the at least one secondary actuator within the at least one secondary zone to generate a suppression effect therein. The at least one secondary actuator can be used to localize and/or amplify the haptic effect through constructive and/or destructive interference. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US11573635B1 |
Face mask for accurate location of sensors relative to a users face, a communication enabling face mask and a communication system including the face mask
Face mask communication system 100 includes face mask 10 worn by user 14 and signal receiving hand glove 16 worn by user 18. Glove 16 includes data receiver 66 for data communication with mask 10 and includes multiple vibrotactile devices for generating haptic signals. Mask 10 includes an elastic element of flexible material, and a plurality of EMG sensors 12 fixed to the element, for sensing electrical activity of face regions of the user's 14 face. Mask 10 includes a processor 60; decoding algorithm 110 and transmitter 62 for, respectively, processing signals from the sensors 12; generating command instructions based on the signals; and wirelessly transmitting the signals to receiver 66 of glove 16. Mask 10 includes thread elements connected to the elastic element of mask 10 enabling tensioning of the element to provide for fitment of mask 10 to users of different sizes, for optimal location sensors 12. |
| US11573631B2 |
System for gaze interaction
The present invention provides improved methods and systems for assisting a user when interacting with a graphical user interface by combining gaze based input with gesture based user commands. The present invention provide systems, devices and method that enable a user of a computer system without a traditional touch-screen to interact with graphical user interfaces in a touch-screen like manner using a combination of gaze based input and gesture based user commands. Furthermore, the present invention offers a solution for touch-screen like interaction using gaze input and gesture based input as a complement or an alternative to touch-screen interactions with a computer device having a touch-screen, such as for instance in situations where interaction with the regular touch-screen is cumbersome or ergonomically challenging. Further, the present invention provides systems, devices and methods for combined gaze and gesture based interaction with graphical user interfaces to achieve a touchscreen like environment in computer systems without a traditional touchscreen or in computer systems having a touchscreen arranged ergonomically unfavourable for the user or a touchscreen arranged such that it is more comfortable for the user to use gesture and gaze for the interaction than the touchscreen. |
| US11573628B2 |
Smart mat
A smart mat includes a stepping potential generation unit, a computing processor and a transmission processor for sensing the stepping direction of a stepper to control the operation of a device. The stepping potential generation unit includes an upper mat, an isolating airgap layer, a lower mat and at least one high-resistance strips. When the stepper stands on the smart mat to press the stepping potential generation unit, a part of the stepping potential generation unit is pressed by an open-circuit state to form a closed circuit and generate a potential. The computing processor uses the distributed position of each potential and the time sequence of distributing each potential to compute and analyse a potential stepping process distribution area to obtain a stepping direction, so as to control the operation of the device through the transmission processor. |
| US11573625B2 |
Pictograms as digitally recognizable tangible controls
Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to pictograms as digitally recognizable tangible controls. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a user system can include a processing component and a memory component. The memory component can include instructions of a pictogram digitization module. The user system can capture, via a camera component, an image containing a pictogram that is a digitally recognizable tangible manifestation of a digital control. The user system can determine, via the pictogram digitization module, the digital control associated with the pictogram. The user system can implement, via the pictogram digitization module, the digital control. The digital control can include a digital content, an action, or a context. The user system can create, via the pictogram digitization module, a digital interface that includes the digital control. In some embodiments, the pictogram includes a formal pictogram. In other embodiments, the pictogram includes an informal pictogram. |
| US11573621B2 |
Reduction of performance impacts of storage power control by migration of write-intensive extent
A set of read operations and a set of write operations for a set of drives in a storage system during a first time window is monitored. A write intensity of a first drive in the set is calculated based on the monitoring. The first drive is classified as a candidate for power reduction based on the write intensity. A write-intensive extent is identified on the first drive based on the monitoring. The write extensive extent is migrated to a second drive in the set of drives, and power to the first drive is reduced. |
| US11573619B2 |
Information processing apparatus and method
An information processing apparatus that detects processing to be executed by a processor includes: a display that displays a status of the processing to be executed by the processor; and a switching controller that switches between a first adjustment mode and a second adjustment mode in association with predetermined processing to be executed without displaying the execution status on the display. The first adjustment mode sets, as a target for selection, a first selection range including a plurality of processing power classes classified according to the magnitude of the processing power. The second adjustment mode sets, as a target for selection, a second selection range in which a first processing power class related to relatively high processing power is excluded from among the first processing power class, a second processing power class, and a third processing power class of the first selection range. |
| US11573613B2 |
Display module group, display device, and display device production method
At least one first display module selected from display modules arranged in a matrix to form a display screen for displaying an image has a first screw hole into which a first screw is screwed with the first screw pressed against a second display module placed adjacent to the first display module in forming the display screen. The first display module has a through-hole. The second display module has a second screw hole into which a second screw is screwed after the second screw is put through the through-hole toward the second display module. The second screw includes a shank having an outer diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the through-hole and a head having an outer diameter greater than the inner diameter of the through-hole. |
| US11573611B2 |
Infinite holding pivot mechanisms for dual screen systems
There is disclosed in one example, an encasement for a mobile computer, including: an external casing in a clamshell form factor, the external casing including a base, a secondary display chassis hingedly connected to the base at a secondary hinge, and a primary display chassis hingedly connected to the secondary display chassis at a primary hinge disposed at a removed edge of the secondary display chassis from the secondary hinge, the primary display chassis to substantially overlay the secondary display chassis and the base when the primary hinge is in a closed position; and pivot means disposed to substantially bias the secondary hinge against movement from a selected position in at least one direction in the absence of an electrical input. |
| US11573610B2 |
Rotary shaft link assembly structure
A rotary shaft link assembly structure is connected between a first support and a second support of two articles. The rotary shaft link assembly structure has a rotary shaft assembly and at least one synchronous rotational assembly. The rotary shaft assembly has multiple connection members side-by-side disposed between the first and second supports. Each connection member is correspondingly formed with at least one hollow section. The synchronous rotational assembly passes through the hollow sections of the connection members to respectively connect with the first and second supports, whereby the connection members are transversely serially connected to drivingly bend and connect along with the synchronous rotational assembly. The connection members respectively shield a part of the synchronous rotational assembly to provide a protection effect and reduce the dropped powder and oil leakage caused by the friction. |
| US11573608B2 |
High tolerance connection between elements
This is directed to connecting two or more elements using an intermediate element constructed from a material that changes between states. An electronic device can include one or more components constructed by connecting several elements. To provide a connection having a reduced or small size or cross-section and construct a component having high tolerances, a material can be provided in a first state in which it flows between the elements before changing to a second state in which it adheres to the elements and provides a structurally sound connection. For example, a plastic can be molded between the elements. As another example, a composite material can be brazed between the elements. In some cases, internal surfaces of the elements can include one or more features for enhancing a bond between the elements and the material providing the interface between the elements. |
| US11573606B2 |
Flexible display device
In a flexible display device including a non-bending area and a bending area, the flexible display device may include a circuit structure, a display structure on the circuit structure, and an organic layer under or over the circuit structure, the organic layer including a groove corresponding to the bending area. |
| US11573605B2 |
Display module and method of manufacturing thereof
A manufacturing method of a display device includes providing a display panel including: a first area in which a plurality of pixels is arranged, a second area adjacent to the first area and at which the display panel is bendable, and a third area facing the first area with the second area therebetween; providing a circuit board electrically connected to the display panel at the third area; providing a first force to the third area of the display panel; and bending the second area of the display panel by the first force which is provided to the third area of the display panel. |
| US11573604B2 |
Power supply module, flexible display panel and display apparatus
The disclosure relates to a power supply module. The power supply module may include a flexible substrate and a plurality of battery cells distributed in an array on one side of the flexible substrate. Adjacent battery cells of the plurality of battery cells on each line in a first direction may be connected in series by a flexible connector to form a plurality of lines of battery cells, and the plurality of lines of battery cells may be connected in parallel through a first electrode. |
| US11573600B2 |
Display device
A display device includes: a body, and a display screen portion detachably connected with the body. The body includes a first magnetic assembly; and the display screen portion includes a second magnetic assembly. At least one of the first magnetic assembly and the second magnetic assembly is a magnetic-field controllable assembly, and the first magnetic assembly and the second magnetic assembly are connected with or separated from one another due to magnetic attraction or repulsion respectively. |
| US11573597B2 |
Displaying a unified desktop across connected devices
Embodiments provide for a handheld device with a unified desktop for integrating the functionality of the handheld device with a larger computer system. When connected to a peripheral display and/or a display of the larger computer system, the handheld device provides a unified desktop displayed across the screen(s) of the handheld device and the peripheral display. The unified desktop unifies the functionality provided by the larger computer system and the handheld functionality, e.g., communication applications (e.g., phone, SMS, MMS). A user can seamlessly interact with applications, e.g., open, move, close, receive notifications, on the unified desktop whether the applications are displayed on the screens of the handheld device, or the peripheral display of the larger computer system. |
| US11573591B2 |
Machine joystick with ergonomic features
An input device for performing control functions of a machine having a work tool may include a left-hand joystick mounted on a left armrest of an operator's seat, and a right-hand joystick mounted on a right armrest of an operator's seat. Each of the left-hand and right-hand joysticks may include a base portion configured to conform to and least partially cradle an operator's hand, a handle extending from the base portion with a proximal end of the handle being connected to the base portion, and a distal end of the handle supporting a head portion of the joystick. The head portion of the joystick may include a front surface including a configurable face plate. The configurable face plate may include one of a pair of upshift and downshift buttons or a roller configured to perform one of discrete or continuously variable shifting, respectively, of a transmission of the machine. The handle may include a thumb rest area at the distal end of the handle transitioning into the head portion of the joystick. |
| US11573589B2 |
Reference voltage circuit
A reference voltage circuit is disclosed. In the reference voltage circuit, a comparator compares a reference voltage and a voltage of a capacitor, so as to output a comparison signal; a controller checks conditions of the reference voltage and the leakage current based on the comparison signal; when a voltage of the capacitor is reduced too quickly, the controller adjusts a switching frequency of a switch device to effectively maintain the voltage of the capacitor. |
| US11573586B2 |
Method and apparatus for mitigating performance degradation in digital low-dropout voltage regulators (DLDOs) caused by limit cycle oscillation (LCO) and other factors
A DLDO has a configuration that mitigates performance degradation associated with limit cycle oscillation (LCO). The DLDO comprises a clocked comparator, an array of power transistors, a digital controller and a clock pulsewidth reduction circuit. The digital controller comprises control logic configured to generate control signals that cause the power transistors to be turned ON or OFF in accordance with a preselected activation/deactivation control scheme. The clock pulsewidth reduction circuit receives an input clock signal having a first pulsewidth and generates the DLDO clock signal having the preselected pulsewidth that is narrower that the first pulsewidth, which is then delivered to the clock terminals of the clocked comparator and the digital controller. The narrower pulsewidth of the DLDO clock reduces the LCO mode to mitigate performance degradation caused by LCO. |
| US11573583B2 |
Pressure control using an external trigger
A gas delivery system and associated method includes a flow channel, a control valve, a downstream pressure sensor, and a controller. The control valve controls flow of gas in the flow channel. The downstream pressure sensor, located downstream of the control valve, measures gas pressure in the flow channel. The controller has an external trigger input to receive a trigger signal applied to a shutoff valve downstream from the control valve. The controller operates in separate modes based on a state of the trigger signal. In a non-triggered mode, the controller controls pressure at the pressure sensor via the control valve in accordance with a first gain schedule. In the triggered mode, the controller controls the pressure at the pressure sensor via the control valve in accordance with a second gain schedule that is distinct from the first gain schedule. |
| US11573581B2 |
Commerical touchless sensor bath faucet with integral thermostatic valve
A thermostatic integrated faucet includes a valve assembly having an upper valve body and a lower valve body defining a mixing chamber therein, the mixing chamber configured to receive hot water through a hot water inlet and cold water through a cold water inlet. The thermostatic integrated faucet further includes a diaphragm assembly fluidly coupled to the mixing chamber, a sensor operatively coupled to the diaphragm assembly, a thermostatic unit disposed within the mixing chamber of the valve assembly, and a cam shaft coupled to the thermostatic unit. The thermostatic unit is configured to control a water temperature within the valve assembly and the cam shaft configured to control a range of the water temperature within the valve assembly. In various embodiments, the thermostatic unit includes a wax actuator configured to engage with the cam shaft and a mixing shuttle coupled to the wax actuator. |
| US11573578B2 |
System and method for payload dispersion using UAVs
According to some examples of the presently disclosed subject matter there is provided a system and method for deploying a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) by an airborne carrier aircraft for dispersing payload material, each UAV comprising at least one container containing payload material and being configured to disperse the payload material at a designated dispersion area in an event site. |
| US11573577B2 |
Method and system for optimal trajectory path tasking for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
A method and system for generating an optimal trajectory path tasking for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for collection of data on one or more collection targets by a sensor on the UAV. |
| US11573574B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing system, and storage medium
An information processing apparatus for determining control values for controlling a position of a vehicle for conveying a cargo includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire first information for identifying a three-dimensional shape of the cargo based on a captured first image of the cargo, and second information for identifying, based on a captured second image of an environment where the vehicle moves, a distance between an object in the environment and the vehicle, and a determination unit configured to, based on the first information and the second information, determine the control values for preventing the cargo and the object from coming closer than a predetermined distance. |
| US11573563B2 |
Edge centric communication protocol for remotely maneuvering a tele-presence robot in a geographically distributed environment
Robotic platform for tele-presence applications has gained paramount importance, such as for remote meetings, group discussions, and the like and has sought much attention. There exist some robotic platforms for such tele-presence applications, these lack efficacy in communication and interaction between remote person and avatar robot deployed in another geographic location thus adding network overhead. Embodiments of the present disclosure for edge centric communication protocol for remotely maneuvering tele-presence robot in geographically distributed environment. More specifically, edge-centric tele-presence robot architecture is provided for maneuvering tele-presence robot in distributed geographical environment, wherein the architecture provides a framework that implements both cloud and edge-centric systems together with a first communication protocol for communication between a master device and an edge device and a second communication protocol different from the first communication protocol for communication between the edge device and the tele-presence robot to improve robustness and efficacy in communication. |
| US11573560B2 |
Robot and a system and method of transporting materials using the robot
The invention discloses a material transport method between process points of a photovoltaic production line. A mobile robot receives an instruction to transport materials from one process point to another, and the mobile robot and the process point dock based on near field communication to take or discharge materials. In the operation method and system of the invention, the flower baskets are transported from one process point to another on the photovoltaic production line by means of a mobile robot instead of manual human effort, significantly improving the automation degree and production efficiency of the photovoltaic production line, ensuring transportation safety, and reducing labor cost. |
| US11573557B2 |
Methods and systems of industrial processes with self organizing data collectors and neural networks
Systems and methods for data collection for an industrial heating process are disclosed. The system according to one embodiment can include a plurality of data collectors, including a swarm of self-organized data collector members, wherein the swarm of self-organized data collector members organize to enhance data collection based on at least one of capabilities and conditions of the data collector members of the swarm, and wherein the plurality of data collectors is coupled to a plurality of input channels for acquiring collected data relating to the industrial heating process, and a data acquisition and analysis circuit for receiving the collected data via the plurality of input channels and structured to analyze the received collected data using a neural network to monitor a plurality of conditions relating to the industrial heating process. |
| US11573555B2 |
Tank cleaning system
Systems and methods are disclosed for inspection, maintenance, debris removal, and cleaning of environments that may be difficult to access and hazardous. The system comprises a mast assembly, an arm assembly, a debris removal system, and a drive system. The mast assembly comprises an inner mast and an outer mast having a central axis about which the arm assembly revolves. The arm assembly provides support for the debris removal system. The debris removal system comprises a bucket tool, a plow tool, and one or more hoses for clearing and removing debris. The drive system comprises a plurality of one or more of cables, pulleys, rollers, and hoists to at least one of control motion of the arm assembly, raise and lower the inner mast, and position and control at least one of the bucket tool and the plow tool. The system is at least one of manually or automatically controlled. |
| US11573546B2 |
Remote discovery of building management system metadata
A method of remotely obtaining metadata from a building management system at a building site includes utilizing an intelligent gateway that is disposed at the building site and that is operably coupled with the building management system. A request for the intelligent gateway to obtain metadata from the building management system is received at the intelligent gateway, which applies the metadata request to individual components of the building management system. The intelligent gateway receives the requested metadata from the individual components of the building management system and translates the received metadata into a predetermined format. The intelligent gateway communicates the translated metadata to the remote server. |
| US11573543B2 |
Forming control apparatus, and method and storage medium therefor
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention control a forming unit of a 3D printer so as to additionally form a second object in a free space in the forming unit when receiving an instruction to form the second object and forming data in the middle of a forming process for a first object by the forming unit. |
| US11573539B1 |
Managing edge devices in building management systems
A fixture that includes an electro-mechanical (EM) element; a communication interface; a processor; and a computer-readable storage media coupled to the processor and having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising: receiving, from a service via the communication interface, parameters for scheduling an operation of the fixture; determining, based on the parameters, a plurality of commands for the EM element and a respective time to execute each of the commands; providing, at the respective time, each of the commands to the respective EM element for execution; providing, via the communication interface, an indication of completion of the operation of the fixture to the service. |
| US11573533B2 |
Organ for elastically holding a timepiece component on a support element
An elastic holding organ for fastening a timepiece component on a support element, including a rigid portion provided with an inner face including at least three deformable arms provided with free ends defining an opening into which the support element can be inserted, the arms being configured to perform a coupling with the support element by an elastic clamping in compression of this support element in the opening. |
| US11573531B2 |
Pivot arbor of a regulating member
A timepiece component for a timepiece movement and notably a pivot arbor of a regulating member of a mechanical timepiece movement, made of an alloy containing by weight: between 25% and 55% of palladium, between 25% and 55% of silver, between 10% and 30% of copper, between 0.5% and 5% of zinc, gold and platinum with a total percentage of these two elements comprised between 15% and 25%, between 0% and 1% of one or more elements chosen from among boron and nickel, between 0% and 3% of one or more elements chosen from among rhenium and ruthenium, no more than 0.1% of one or more elements chosen from among iridium, osmium and rhodium, and no more than 0.2% of other impurities, the respective quantities of the components being such that, added together, they do not exceed 100%. |
| US11573529B2 |
Holographic optical system structure and holographic display apparatus using spatial light modulator
A holographic optical system and a holographic display method may be efficiently applied when using a spatial light modulator (SLM). A holographic display apparatus includes a spatial light modulator (SLM) configured to reproduce a hologram, and an optical system configured to perform Fourier transform with respect to the hologram of the SLM using a pair of first and second lenses, the first and second lenses being confocal. A Fourier plane which is a display reference image plane is positioned in the same plane space as the second lens. |
| US11573526B2 |
Imaging system having air flow generator in developer storage container
An imaging system includes a rotatable image carrier; a rotatable developer carrier, a storage container, and an air flow generator. The developer carrier transfers toner to the image carrier at a developing region located between the image carrier and the developer carrier. The storage container stores the developer carrier. The air flow generator is separated from the storage container by a gap, and rotates in a rotational direction that is opposite to a rotational direction of the developer carrier, to channel an air flow through the gap when the air flow generator rotates. |
| US11573522B2 |
Image forming apparatus permitting user to imagine clear detachment procedure of toner cartridge from process cartridge
An image forming apparatus includes a housing and a first process cartridge. The first process cartridge is attachable to and detachable from the housing. The first process cartridge includes a first photosensitive drum, a first developing roller, and a developing frame. The developing frame has a toner inlet opening. The toner cartridge has a toner supply opening. The toner cartridge is positioned above the developing frame such that the toner supply opening and the toner inlet opening face with each other in upward/downward direction. In the state where the first process cartridge to which the toner cartridge is attached is attached to the housing, the toner cartridge is incapable of being detached from the first process cartridge. In a state where the first process cartridge to which the toner cartridge is attached is detached from the housing, the toner cartridge is detachable from the first process cartridge. |
| US11573521B2 |
Image forming apparatus having an opening/closing member that is prevented from closing when a replenishment container is attached to a process unit
An image forming apparatus includes a developer container to and from which a replenishment container is attachable and detachable, the developer container including an accommodating portion, and a supporting portion, wherein the developer container includes a projection portion that is provided at one end portion thereof in the rotation axis direction of the developer bearing member and projects toward the supporting portion more than a center portion of the developer container in a crossing direction crossing the rotation axis direction, the projection portion communicates with the accommodating portion and includes, at a distal end portion thereof, an attachment portion configured such that the replenishment container is attachable thereto in a state of being exposed to the outside of the apparatus, and a replenishment port for replenishing the accommodating portion with developer from the replenishment container is defined in the attachment portion. |
| US11573518B2 |
Housing portion mounting a rocker switch within a sheet conveying/image forming apparatus
Provided is a sheet conveying apparatus provided with: a rocker switch; a plurality of connectors each connected to two terminals; an outer cover; and a housing portion, wherein the connector among the plurality of connectors which is positioned farthest from the center of the rocker switch in the parallel direction of the two terminals protrudes toward an end portion of the end surface of the rocker switch which is on the connector side, and wherein a wall portion of the housing portion is disposed in a position opposing an end portion on the opposite side from the end portion in the parallel direction and in a position closer, in the direction of insertion of the plurality of connectors into the two terminals, to the rocker switch than the end surfaces of the plurality of connectors on the opposite side from the side where the rocker switch is disposed. |
| US11573516B2 |
Measurement device and image forming apparatus
A measurement device is provided with: a measurement unit including a first mode that measures an electrical resistance of a recording medium used in an image forming apparatus in a first predetermined range of electrical resistance values and a second mode that measures the electrical resistance in a second range of electrical resistance values different from the first range, the second range and the first range being set such that with respect to the electrical resistance of multiple brands of recording media, a number of brands belonging to the second range is greater than a number of brands belonging to the first range; and a control unit that controls the measurement unit to prioritize execution of the second mode over the first mode. |
| US11573512B2 |
Image forming apparatus with heating device, heating device with fixing belt, and heating control method for heating device
According to one embodiment, a heating device includes a fixing belt configured to be rotated and a pressure roller configured to abut against the fixing belt and be driven to cause the fixing belt to rotate. A heater is configured to heat the fixing belt. A motor is configured to drive the pressure roller to rotate. A current sensor is configured to measure a driving current of the motor. A controller is configured to stop the heater based on the measured driving current. |
| US11573511B2 |
Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming part, a fixing device, a fixing temperature sensor, a drive device, a printed sheet number counting part, a fixing voltage power supply, a controller, and an apparatus external temperature sensor. The controller can perform a cooling mode in which, when a number of continuous printed sheets at a reference speed exceeds an upper limit number, a number of printed sheets per unit time is gradually decreased to suppress an increase of an apparatus internal temperature. The controller sets the upper limit number based on a temperature difference between the fixing temperature detected by the fixing temperature sensor and the apparatus external temperature detected by the apparatus external temperature sensor. |
| US11573510B2 |
Fixing device
A fixing device for fixing an image comprising a liquid developer on a recording material includes a feeding belt for feeding the recording material; a plurality of air vents, provided in a region of the feeding belt on which the recording material is fed, for sucking the recording material onto the feeding belt; a fan for sucking the recording material toward the feeding belt; and a heating source for heating the image on the recording material fed by the feeding belt, by radiant heat, and satisfies the following equation: db·Φb·K<44.9, wherein K: ρb·cb/λp·ρp·dp·cp cp: specific heat of developer and recording material (J/g·K) ρp: density of developer and recording material (g/cm3) dp: thickness of developer and recording material (mm) λp: thermal conductivity of developer and recording material (W/(m·K)) cb: specific heat of belt (J/g·K) ρb: density of belt (g/cm3) db: thickness of belt (mm) Φb: diameter of air vent of belt (mm). |
| US11573506B2 |
Powder container, developing device, and image forming apparatus with multiple joints to prevent leakage
A powder container case includes a first member, a second member, a main joint, and an additional joint. The first member and the second member are joined to form an edge portion of a case opening. The main joint is disposed between the first member and the second member, and has an end portion at the edge portion of the case opening. The additional joint is disposed adjacent to the end portion of the main joint. |
| US11573504B2 |
Channel state information measurements for license assisted access
Systems and methods relating to accurate Channel State Information (CSI) measurements for a License Assisted Secondary Cell (LA SCell) are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a wireless device enabled to operate in a cellular communications network according to a carrier aggregation scheme using both a licensed frequency band and an unlicensed frequency band operates to determine whether a Channel State Information Reference Symbol (CSI-RS) transmission from a LA SCell of the wireless device is present in a subframe, where the LA SCell is in an unlicensed frequency band. The wireless device further operates to process a CSI-RS measurement for the LA SCell for the subframe upon determining that a CSI-RS transmission from the LA SCell is present in the subframe and refrain from processing a CSI-RS measurement for the LA SCell for the subframe upon determining that a CSI-RS transmission from the LA SCell is not present in the subframe. |
| US11573502B2 |
Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus is operable in a first mode in which a photosensitive drum is rotated at a first rotational speed and a second mode in which the photosensitive drum is rotated at a second rotational speed slower than the first rotational speed. In this image forming apparatus, the light-emitting portions are controlled such that the number of light-emitting rows for multiply exposing regions, each of which corresponds to one pixel on the photosensitive drum in the first mode, is greater than that in the second mode. |
| US11573499B2 |
Process cartridge and electrophotographic apparatus
Provided is a process cartridge detachably attachable to a main body of an electrophotographic apparatus, the process cartridge including: a developing unit including a toner; and an electrophotographic photosensitive member, wherein the toner includes a toner particle, the toner particle has a surface containing a polyvalent acid metal salt particle, and a surface layer of the electrophotographic photosensitive member contains at least one metal oxide particle among an aluminum oxide particle, a silicon dioxide particle, and a tin oxide particle. |
| US11573498B2 |
Fast high power pulsed light source system for high speed metrology imaging
A high-power fast-pulse driver and illumination system for high speed metrology imaging is provided, which includes an illumination source and a driver circuit configured to overdrive the illumination source using high currents and/or high current densities. The high currents are currents higher than manufacturer-recommended currents used to drive the illumination source and the high current densities are current densities higher than manufacturer-recommended current densities used to drive the illumination source. The illumination source is operated using a lifetime preserving technique selected from a first technique of operating the illumination source at low duty cycles of 2% or less or a second technique of operating the illumination source in a burst mode at higher duty cycles for short intervals. The driver and illumination system may be incorporated in a variable focus lens (VFL) system, to define multiple exposure increments for acquiring one or more images focused at one or more focus planes. |
| US11573495B2 |
Control of dynamic gas lock flow inlets of an intermediate focus cap
A control system includes a plurality of pressure sensors, each to detect a pressure in a respective dynamic gas lock (DGL) nozzle control region of a plurality of DGL nozzle control regions. Each DGL nozzle control region includes one or more DGL nozzles. The control system includes a plurality of mass flow controllers (MFCs). Each MFC of the plurality of MFCs is to control a flow velocity in a respective DGL nozzle control region of the plurality of DGL nozzle control regions. The control system includes a controller to selectively cause one or more MFCs of the plurality of MFCs to adjust flow velocities in one or more DGL nozzle control regions of the plurality of DGL nozzle control regions based on pressures detected by the plurality of pressure sensors in DGL nozzle control regions of the plurality of DGL nozzle control regions. |
| US11573490B2 |
Positive-type photosensitive resin composition and cured film prepared therefrom
The present invention relates to a positive-type photosensitive resin composition and a cured film prepared therefrom. The positive-type photosensitive resin composition comprises a nonpolar organic solvent, thereby suppressing the reactivity of the epoxy group in the composition to reduce the production of diol compounds. When a cured film is prepared from the composition, an appropriate level of developability can be maintained to further enhance the pattern adhesiveness, resolution, and sensitivity. Further, since the composition of the present invention has a small difference in the film retention rates at room temperature and low temperatures, the composition may have stable stability over time. |
| US11573489B2 |
Solution, solution storage body, actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition, pattern forming method, and manufacturing method of semiconductor device
An object of the present invention is to provide a solution which contains an organic solvent as a main component (content: equal to or greater than 98% by mass) and has an excellent defect inhibition ability.Another object of the present invention is to provide a solution storage body storing the solution, an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition containing the solution, and a pattern forming method and a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device using the solution.The solution of the present invention is a solution containing at least one kind of organic solvent having a boiling point lower than 200° C. and an organic impurity having a boiling point equal to or higher than 250° C., in which a content of the organic solvent with respect to a total mass of the solution is equal to or greater than 98% by mass, and a content of the organic impurity with respect to the total mass of the solution is equal to or greater than 0.1 mass ppm and less than 100 mass ppm. |
| US11573487B2 |
Imprint apparatus, imprinting method, and method of manufacturing article
An imprint apparatus that molds an imprint material on a substrate with a mold, the imprint apparatus including a applying device that includes a discharge surface in which a discharge opening is formed, the applying device applying the imprint material to the substrate through the discharge opening, and a measuring device that measures the position of the discharge opening by having the measuring device measure a position of an uneven structure formed in a protruded shape or a recessed shape with respect to a direction perpendicular to the discharge surface. |
| US11573486B2 |
Notebook computer
A notebook computer including a screen, a body, and a camera module is provided. The body is pivotally connected to the screen so that the screen is opened and closed relative to the body. The camera module is stored in one of the screen and the body and includes a photosensitive element and a first polarizer. The first polarizer is disposed between the screen and the photosensitive element. The screen includes a display panel and a second polarizer. The second polarizer is disposed between the display panel and the first polarizer. The first polarizer and the second polarizer have different polarization directions. |
| US11573481B1 |
Revolving photography studio
A revolving photography studio is disclosed. The revolving photography studio includes a stationary circular track surrounding a product setup location and an upright wall coupled to a frame defining a studio backdrop, being of a curved configuration, at least partially surrounding the product setup location, and following the stationary circular track for undergoing revolvable movement along the track using wheels. The wall comprises a defined opening for entrance into the product setup location. The revolving photography studio also includes a linear horizontal crossbar across a top of the opening and coupled to the frame. The revolving photography studio additionally comprises a plate coupled to the linear horizontal crossbar. The plate is configured to receive a camera mount. |
| US11573480B2 |
Optical element driving mechanism with different control modes
A driving mechanism is provided. The driving mechanism includes a fixed portion, a movable portion, and a driving assembly. The movable portion is movably connected to the fixed portion. The driving assembly is used for driving the movable portion to move relative to the fixed portion. The driving assembly is driven by a control signal provided by a control assembly. The driving assembly includes shape memory alloy. |
| US11573476B2 |
High frequency optical modulator with laterally displaced conduction plane relative to modulating electrodes
Optical modulators are described having a Mach-Zehnder interferometer and a pair of RF electrodes interfaced with the Mach-Zehnder interferometer in which the Mach-Zehnder interferometer comprises optical waveguides formed from semiconductor material. The optical modulator also comprises a ground plane spaced away in a distinct plane from transmission line electrodes formed from the association of the pair of RF electrodes interfaced with the Mach-Zehnder interferometer. The ground plane can be associated with a submount in which an optical chip comprising the Mach-Zehnder interferometer and the pair of RF electrodes is mounted on the submount with the two semiconductor optical waveguides are oriented toward the submount. Methods for forming the modulators are described. |
| US11573468B2 |
Display substrate including a multi-layer structure of an organic layer and an inorganic layer, display device having the same, and method of manufacturing the display substrate
A display substrate includes a base substrate and a plurality of insulating layers disposed on a surface of the base substrate. A groove is defined in the insulating layers in a non-display area of the display substrate. An end portion of an alignment layer is disposed in the groove. The groove is capable of controlling a flow of a liquid alignment material to prevent the liquid alignment material from overflowing to an edge of the base substrate. The groove is formed simultaneously in a process of forming contact holes in a display area of the display substrate. Accordingly, a structure corresponding to the end portion of the alignment layer to control the flow of the liquid alignment material is formed without increasing the number of masks. |
| US11573462B2 |
Manufacturing method of display panel and display panel
A manufacturing method of a display panel and the display panel are provided, wherein the display panel includes a base substrate, a first metal layer, an insulation layer, an active layer, a second metal layer, and a passivation layer. The passivation layer corresponding to a bonding area further includes hole structures. Surface materials of the second metal layer corresponding to the hole structures are a third metal material. Reducing materials are introduced to make a surface of the second metal layer form the third metal material during a preparation. |
| US11573461B2 |
Display device comprising first subpixels having a first arrangement in which subpixels of a same color are arranged adjacent to each other in a column direction and subpixels of different colors are aligned in a row direction
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a plurality of red subpixels, a plurality of green subpixels, and a plurality of blue subpixels, wherein, in a first direction, the red subpixel and the green subpixel, the green subpixel and the blue subpixel, and the blue subpixel and the red subpixel are arranged to be adjacent to each other, and in a second direction, the red subpixel and the blue subpixel, the blue subpixel and the green subpixel, and the green subpixel and the red subpixel are arranged to be adjacent to each other, and in the subpixels, as to subpixel columns adjacent to each other, when an image signal of the same gradation is input with respect to the subpixels of same color, brightness of one subpixel column is higher than that of another subpixel column. |
| US11573458B2 |
Display device
To improve the display quality of a display device, the display device includes a display section and a frame section surrounding a periphery of the display section. A substrate in the display device includes a conductor pattern constituting a circuit section and an insulating film serving as an organic film covering the conductor pattern. The insulating film extends to a peripheral edge of the substrate. A slit, which penetrates the insulating film in a thickness direction, is formed in a corner part of the insulating film. The slit is formed at a position not overlapping the circuit section. |
| US11573456B2 |
Liquid crystal display device
This application relates to a liquid crystal display which comprises: an upper polarizer; a lower polarizer; and a liquid crystal panel provided between the upper polarizer and the lower polarizer, in which the upper polarizer and the lower polarizer are provided so that absorption axes of the upper and lower polarizers are parallel to each other, a first half wave plate, a positive C plate, and a second half wave plate are sequentially comprised between the upper polarizer and the liquid crystal panel, and the liquid crystal panel is a vertical alignment liquid crystal mode. |
| US11573452B2 |
Method for LCoS DBR multilayer stack protection via sacrificial hardmask for RIE and CMP processes
Processing methods may be performed to forming a pixel material in a semiconductor structure. The methods may include forming a sacrificial hardmask overlying an uppermost layer of an optical stack of the semiconductor structure, the uppermost layer having a thickness. The methods may include forming a via through the sacrificial hardmask in the optical stack by a first etch process unselective to a metal layer of the semiconductor structure. The methods may include filling the via with a fill material, wherein a portion of the fill material extends over the sacrificial hardmask and contacts the metal layer. The methods may include removing a portion of the fill material external to the via by a removal process selective to the fill material. The methods may also include removing the sacrificial hardmask by a second etch process selective to the sacrificial hardmask while maintaining the thickness of the uppermost layer. |
| US11573451B2 |
Display panel, fabrication method thereof, and display apparatus
The present disclosure relates to display panels. The display panels may include an array substrate. The array substrate may include a base substrate, a reflective layer on a surface of the base substrate, and a plurality of reflective color films distributed at intervals in an array mode on a surface of the reflective layer opposite from the base substrate. The plurality of reflective color films may be configured to enable a light being reflected by the reflective layer and then passing through one of the plurality of the reflective color films to have a color. |
| US11573448B2 |
Electro-optical device and electronic apparatus
In a liquid crystal device serving as an electro-optical device, a liquid crystal layer as an electro-optical element is disposed between a base material 10s as a first substrate and a base material 20s as a second substrate which are disposed to face each other via a photo-curable type seal material, the substrate 10s and the substrate 20s are transmissive and include a plurality of light-shielding patterns disposed at intervals in a seal region of the substrate 10s where the seal material is disposed, and on the substrate 10s, a semiconductor layer of a transistor included in a driving circuit for driving the electro-optical element is disposed to overlap, in plan view, with at least one of the plurality of light-shielding patterns. |
| US11573445B2 |
Off-axis pixel design for liquid crystal display devices
A display device includes a plurality of pixels arranged across a display area of a display device, and a black matrix configured to block a portion of light outputted by each pixel of the plurality of pixels. The black matrix is configured to allow light from the second pixel having a first output intensity distribution having a peak intensity corresponding to a first direction to pass through, and to allow light from the first pixel having a second output intensity distribution having a peak intensity corresponding to a second direction to pass through. |
| US11573443B2 |
Liquid crystal display panel and method for manufacturing same, and liquid crystal display
A liquid crystal display panel, including a liquid crystal cell, a liquid crystal, a light-transmitting cover plate and a light-transmitting support structure; where the liquid crystal is located in the liquid crystal cell, the cover plate covers a side where a target surface for emitting light is located of the liquid crystal cell, and the support structure is located between the cover plate and the liquid crystal cell; and an orthogonal projection region of the support structure on the target surface is a partial region of the target surface, and the partial region comprises at least part of an active display region of the target surface. |
| US11573442B2 |
Module structure of liquid crystal display and manufacturing process of module structure
The present disclosure relates to a module structure of a liquid crystal display, the module structure includes a panel glass assembly, a backlight assembly and a display housing retaining wall; an accommodating space formed by the display housing retaining wall accommodates the panel glass assembly and the backlight assembly; the panel glass assembly includes a front glass sheet, a rear glass sheet and a sealant for sealing a liquid crystal accommodating space between the front glass sheet and the rear glass sheet. The module structure is characterized in that, a filling gap is provided between outer peripheral surfaces of the front glass sheet and the rear glass sheet of the panel glass assembly and an inner peripheral surface of the display housing retaining wall facing the outer peripheral surfaces; and a panel edge protective adhesive is filled in the filling gap. The present disclosure also relates to a manufacturing process of the module structure. |
| US11573440B2 |
Method of manufacturing image display device
An image display device is manufactured by: applying a liquid photo-curable resin composition having a total value of cure shrinkage ratios based on pre-curing and complete curing of 3% or more to a surface of the light-transmitting cover member or a surface of the image display member with a thickness greater than that of the light-shielding layer to cancel the step between the light-shielding layer and the light-shielding layer forming surface of the light-transmitting cover member; pre-curing the photo-curable resin composition with the irradiation of ultraviolet rays to form a pre-cured resin layer; bonding the light-transmitting cover member to the image display member such that the pre-cured resin layer is placed inside; and subjecting the pre-cured resin layer to the irradiation of ultraviolet rays to achieve the complete curing thereof. The pre-curing is conducted to obtain a cure shrinkage ratio less than 3% in the complete curing thereof. |
| US11573439B2 |
Optical stack for privacy display
A display apparatus comprises at least one spatial light modulator and at least one curved view angle control element that comprises plural retarders arranged between the display polariser of each spatial light modulator, and an additional polariser. The curvature of the view angle control element provides increased luminance uniformity for a head-on user and increased visual security to an off-axis snooper. |
| US11573435B2 |
Composite substrate for electro-optic element and method for manufacturing the same
A composite substrate for an electro-optic element includes: an electro-optic crystal substrate having an electro-optic effect; a support substrate bonded to the electro-optic crystal substrate at least via an amorphous layer; and a low-refractive-index layer located between the electro-optic crystal substrate and the amorphous layer and having a lower refractive index than the electro-optical crystal substrate. The amorphous layer is constituted of one or more elements that constitute a layer or a substrate contacting the amorphous layer from one side and one or more elements that constitute a layer or a substrate contacting the amorphous layer from another side. |
| US11573433B2 |
Extended range and related intraocular lenses for presbyopia treatment
Apparatuses, systems and methods for providing improved ophthalmic lenses, particularly intraocular lenses (IOLs), include features for reducing dysphotopsia effects, such as haloes and glare, in extended range of vision lenses. Exemplary ophthalmic lenses can include a central zone with a first set of three echelettes arranged around the optical axis, the first set having a profile in r-squared space. An intermediate zone includes a second set of three echelettes arranged around the optical axis, the second set having a profile in r-squared space that is different than the profile of the first set. A peripheral zone includes a third set of three echelettes arranged around the optical axis, the third set having a profile in r-squared space that is different than the profile of the first set and the profile of the second set. |
| US11573432B2 |
Fitting orthokeratology lenses
A method for fitting OK lenses to a patient comprising the steps of: applying a corneal topography apparatus to a patient to capture baseline and post wear maps of a cornea of the patient in a computer to thereby derive a difference map; processing the difference map to fit Zernike polynomials thereto wherein weights of said fitted polynomials comprise features of a test feature vector for the difference map; applying the test feature vector to a classification machine trained to classify the difference map as one of a number of predetermined classes; and subsequently treating the patient taking into account the classification machine's classification. |
| US11573430B2 |
Optical unit with shake correction function
An optical unit with a shake correction function includes a reflection member reflecting light entering from the outside, a movable body turnably holding the reflection member, a fixed body turnably holding the movable body, a drive mechanism structured to turn the reflection member with respect to the movable body and turn the movable body with respect to the fixed body, and a turning axis part structuring a turning center of the movable body with respect to the fixed body. The movable body is capable of turning with respect to the fixed body with a first direction as an axial direction of turning, and the turning axis part includes a first ball disposed on one side of the movable body, a second ball disposed on the other side of the movable body and contacted with the fixed body, and an urging member which urges the first ball toward the second ball. |
| US11573429B2 |
Polarized light irradiation apparatus and method for polarized light irradiation
A polarized light irradiation apparatus includes: a light source unit including a light source, and emitting parallel light derived from the light source; a polarizing plate for polarizing the parallel light emitted from the light source unit to output polarized light; a polarizing plate holder for holding the polarizing plate; a mask holder for holding a mask having a light transmissive part and a light shielding part; a work stage for holding a work that is irradiated with light that has been polarized by the polarizing plate and has passed the mask; a polarization direction changer for changing a direction of a polarization axis of light for irradiating the work held by the work stage; and an irradiation location changer for changing a location of the polarized light that irradiates the work. |
| US11573428B2 |
Imaging method and apparatus using circularly polarized light
A three-dimensional imaging system includes at least one light source, a circular or elliptical polarization beamsplitter, a detector arrangement and an image processor. The light source is configured to provide light in a first circular or elliptical polarization state onto an object to be imaged. The circular or elliptical polarization beamsplitter is arranged to spatially separate the light reflected from an object into a first reflected portion in the first polarization state and a second reflected portion in the second polarization state. The first and second circular or elliptical polarization states are orthogonal to one another. The detector arrangement detects at least the first reflected portion of the light and the image processor is configured to generate image information from the detected first reflected portion. |
| US11573427B2 |
Method of adjusting an image mask
The invention relates to an optical viewing system and a method of aligning an eyepiece image and an image of a camera that is part of an optical viewing system, which enables both the observation of an optical image with one eye and the capturing of the optical image with the camera. The optical viewing system comprises an optical device, an eyepiece with field diaphragm, a beam splitter, and a camera with image capturing level.According to the method, an image mask is adjusted to the eyepiece image for the camera image of the camera as follows: The eyepiece is illuminated from its side facing away from the optical device, and light passes through the eyepiece to the beam splitter so that the light is partially reflected from the first semi-reflective surface to the second semi-reflective surface and from the second semi-reflective surface to the camera, resulting in the camera capturing an image of the field diaphragm of the eyepiece as a light spot on the image capturing level. The position of the center point of the light spot on the image capturing level is determined. The image mask is aligned based on the position of the center point of the light spot on the image capturing level. |
| US11573420B2 |
Augmented reality systems with dynamic see-through transmittance control
An augmented display system with dynamic see-through transmittance control is disclosed. The augmented display system includes: an augmented display screen; a tandem electrochromic (EC) filter disposed over the augmented display screen. The tandem EC filter includes a first window having a dominant first transmittance characteristic and a second window having a dominant second transmittance characteristic; and an augmented display transmittance controller configured to individually control the activation of the first window and the second window of the tandem EC filter, wherein the augmented display transmittance controller is configured to: determine from an ambient light sensor output the transmittance required from the first window and the second window for a selected augmented display luminance; and apply appropriate drive voltage waveforms to the first window and the second window to achieve the determined transmittance. |
| US11573416B2 |
Recirculating programmable photonic circuits and operating method thereof
Disclosed herein is a recirculating programmable photonic circuit including a programmable optical coupler including two first programmable waveguides and configured to adjust optical coupling efficiency of an optical signal based on a vertical movement of one of the two first programmable waveguides, a phase shifter including a second programmable waveguide and configured to change a phase of the optical signal based on a horizontal movement of the second programmable waveguide with respect to the first programmable waveguides, a plurality of core cells connected to each of the programmable optical coupler and the phase shifter to form a predetermined shape, the core cells being selectively driven by moving the optical signal from the predetermined shape according to the optical coupling efficiency and the phase, and an actuator electrically connected to one side of each of the plurality of core cells and configured to control the vertical movement and the horizontal movement. |
| US11573414B2 |
Endoscope system, processor, and endoscope
An endoscope system includes an endoscope in which an actuator moves a movable lens and a position sensor outputs a position detection signal, and a processor including a driver circuit configured to drive the actuator and a driving control circuit configured to subject a deviation of the position detection signal to first correction based on individual processor correction data stored in a processor memory and controls the driver circuit based on a target position and the position detection signal subjected to the first correction. |
| US11573409B2 |
Contactless type optical device
A contactless type optical device includes an image photographing module configured to photograph a subject, the image photographing module including a photographing lens forming an image of light that is scattered from the subject and is incident on the photographing lens; an illuminator configured to radiate illumination light, the illuminator being disposed within a predetermined distance from the image photographing module; a first lens configured to reduce an incidence angle of the illumination light traveling from the illuminator; and a second lens having a first surface to which the illumination light passing through the first lens is incident to be transmitted, and a second surface to which the subject's scattered light scattered from the subject is incident to be transmitted. The photographing lens is disposed such that the subject's scattered light passing through the second lens is incident on the photographing lens. |
| US11573404B2 |
Camera optical lens
The present disclosure relates to the field of optical lenses and provides a camera optical lens sequentially including, from an object side to an image side, first to sixth lenses. The camera optical lens satisfies following conditions: 3.00≤(d1+d2)/d3≤4.00; 1.50≤(d9+d10)/d11≤3.00; and −5.00≤R9/R11≤−4.60, where d1, d3, d9 and d11 denotes on-axis thicknesses of the first, second, fifth and sixth lenses, respectively; d2 denotes an on-axis distance from an image side surface of the first lens to an object side surface of the second lens; d10 denotes an on-axis distance from an image side surface of the fifth lens to an object side surface of the sixth lens; and R9 and R11 denote curvature radiuses of object side surfaces of the fifth and sixth lenses, respectively. The camera optical lens according to the present disclosure can achieve high optical performance while satisfying design requirements for ultra-thin, wide-angle lenses having large apertures. |
| US11573402B2 |
Optical imaging lens assembly
The application discloses an optical imaging lens assembly including, sequentially from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens, wherein the first lens has a positive refractive power, the second lens has a negative refractive power with a convex object side surface and a concave image side surface, the third lens has a refractive power, the fourth lens has a refractive power, the fifth lens has a positive refractive power with a convex image side surface, the sixth lens has a negative refractive power with a concave object side surface and a concave image side surface, and an effective focal length f of the optical imaging lens assembly, an effective focal length f3 of the third lens and an effective focal length f4 of the fourth lens satisfy |f/f3|+|f/f4|≤0.3. |
| US11573399B2 |
Camera optical lens
Disclosed is an optical lens, from an object side to an image side including a first lens, a second lens and a third lens. The camera optical lens satisfies: 1.20≤f1/f≤1.80; −2.00≤f2/f≤−1.00; 0.75≤f3/f≤1.10; −6.00≤R2/R1≤−2.00; 2.20≤R4/R3≤8.00; 1.50≤d2/d4≤3.50; where f, f1, f2 and f3 denote a focal length of the camera optical lens, the first lens, the second lens and the third lens, respectively; R1, R2 denote a central curvature radius of an object-side surface and an image-side surface of the first lens, respectively; R3, R4 denote a central curvature radius of an object-side surface and an image-side surface of the second lens, respectively; d2 denotes an on-axis distance from the image-side surface of the first lens to the object-side surface of the second lens, and d4 denotes an on-axis distance from the image-side surface of the second lens to an object-side surface of the third lens. |
| US11573397B2 |
Optical image capturing module including six lenses of −+−++−, −+++−+, −++++−, −+++−− or +−+−++ refractive powers
A six-piece optical lens for capturing image and a six-piece optical module for capturing image are disclosed. In order from an object side to an image side, the optical lens along the optical axis includes a first lens with refractive power; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; a fourth lens with refractive power; a fifth lens with refractive power; a sixth lens with refractive power; and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the six lens elements is aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras. |
| US11573396B2 |
Multi-axis gimbal extended pixel resolution actuator
A multi-axis gimbal actuator includes a first tilt frame tiltably coupled to a second tilt frame. The second frame is tiltably coupled to a reference frame. The first tilt frame is offset from the second tilt frame and approximately parallel to the second tilt frame while in a neutral position. An optical element is mounted on the first tilt frame. |
| US11573390B2 |
Fiber optic enclosure with internal cable spool
A fiber optic enclosure assembly includes a housing having an interior region and a bearing mount disposed in the interior region of the housing. A cable spool is connectedly engaged with the bearing mount such that the cable spool selectively rotates within the housing. A termination module disposed on the cable spool so that the termination module rotates in unison with the cable spool. A method of paying out a fiber optic cable from a fiber optic enclosure includes rotating a cable spool, which has a subscriber cable coiled around a spooling portion of the cable spool, about an axis of a housing of the fiber optic enclosure until a desired length of subscriber cable is paid out. A termination module is disposed on the cable spool. |
| US11573389B2 |
Flexible optical circuit, cassettes, and methods
A fiber optic cassette includes a body defining a front and an opposite rear. A cable entry location, such as a multi-fiber connector, is defined on the body for a cable to enter the cassette, wherein a plurality of optical fibers from the cable extend into the cassette and form terminations at one or more single or multi-fiber connectors adjacent the front of the body. A flexible substrate is positioned between the cable entry location and the connectors adjacent the front of the body, the flexible substrate rigidly supporting the plurality of optical fibers. Each of the connectors adjacent the front of the body includes a ferrule. Dark fibers can be provided if not all fiber locations are used in the multi-fiber connectors. Multiple flexible substrates can be used with one or more multi-fiber connectors. |
| US11573384B2 |
QSFP-DD (quad small form factor pluggable-double density) modules and methods therefor
In one embodiment, a module for plugging into a QSFP-DD (Quad Small Form Factor Pluggable Double Density) cage is provided that has one or more projections for contacting a QSFP-DD optical module in an adjacent QSFP-DD recess of the QSFP-DD cage so as to evacuate heat from, and or provide power to, the QSFP-DD optical module. |
| US11573383B2 |
OSFP optical transceiver with a dual MPO receptacle
An OSFP optical transceiver having split multiple fiber optical port using reduced amount of MPO terminations is provided that includes two adjacent sockets integrated into the optical port of the OSFP optical transceiver. The two adjacent sockets are vertically oriented with respect to the mounting baseplate of the OSFP optical transceiver, and each of the two adjacent sockets is adapted to receive an MPO receptacle that terminates the proximal end of a bundle of fibers. The OSFP optical transceiver also includes an optical connection between each socket and a corresponding lens in the OSFP optical transceiver, for transmitting optical signals received from other transceivers into the OSFP optical transceiver and optical signals generated in the OSFP optical transceiver to other transceivers. |
| US11573380B2 |
Sealing enclosure for a connector on a cable such as a standardized fiber-optic connector having a compression seal
A sealing enclosure is configured to connect to a mating enclosure. The sealing enclosure loosely receives a connector within a connector volume so that the connector, which may be of a standard type used in electronic or optic data transmission, may be displaced within a plug face at the forward end of the connector volume. The connector may compensate variations in the position of a mating connector with respect to the mating enclosure. The sealing enclosure allows to seal off the connector volume and engage the sealing enclosure with a mating enclosure in a single motion. This is affected by having a cable seal interposed between an inner body and an outer body. If the outer body is moved forward to engage the mating connector, the cable seal is squeezed between the cable and the inner body sealing off the connector volume at the rearward end of the inner body. |
| US11573379B2 |
Laser welding of optical fibers in perforated elements and associated optical elements
Methods, devices, and systems for welding optical fibers and perforated elements by pulsed laser beam are provided. In one aspect, a method includes focusing a pulsed laser beam onto a region of a joining surface formed by an outer circumference of an optical fiber and an inner circumference of a hole of a perforated element, a beam direction of the pulsed laser beam running in an axial direction of the joining surface, and moving a laser focus of the pulsed laser beam in the region axially in or counter to the beam direction to produce at least one weld seam in the region. The optical fiber and the perforated element are locally melted in the region by the pulsed laser beam focused into a material of the optical fiber and a material of the perforated element and are thereby welded to one another. |
| US11573375B2 |
Low loss high efficiency photonic phase shifter with dielectric electrodes
Photonic devices are disclosed including a first cladding layer, a first electrical contact comprising a first lead coupled to a first dielectric portion, a second electrical contact comprising a second lead coupled to a second dielectric portion, a waveguide structure comprising a slab layer comprising a first material, and a second cladding layer. The slab layer may be coupled to the first dielectric portion of the first electrical contact and the second dielectric portion of the second electrical contact. The first dielectric portion and the second dielectric portion may have a dielectric constant greater than a dielectric constant of the first material. |
| US11573372B2 |
Methods for optical dielectric waveguide structures
An optical subassembly includes a planar dielectric waveguide structure that is deposited at temperatures below 400 C. The waveguide provides low film stress and low optical signal loss. Optical and electrical devices mounted onto the subassembly are aligned to planar optical waveguides using alignment marks and stops. Optical signals are delivered to the submount assembly via optical fibers. The dielectric stack structure used to fabricate the waveguide provides cavity walls that produce a cavity, within which optical, optoelectronic, and electronic devices can be mounted. The dielectric stack is deposited on an interconnect layer on a substrate, and the intermetal dielectric can contain thermally conductive dielectric layers to provide pathways for heat dissipation from heat generating optoelectronic devices such as lasers. |
| US11573371B2 |
Lightguide optical element for polarization scrambling
A lightguide optical element (LOE) configured for polarization scrambling is provided. The LOE includes a transparent substrate having a first refractive index, the substrate having a pair of parallel external surfaces configured to propagate light within the LOE through total internal reflection (TIR), and a plurality of mutually parallel partially reflective internal surfaces, those being non-parallel to the pair of parallel external surfaces and configured to couple out said light to a viewer. The LOE further includes a first coating on at least one external surface of the substrate, the first coating being of a coating material having a second refractive index higher than the first refractive index; The LOE further includes an antireflective (AR) coating on at least one external surface of the substrate over the first coating. |
| US11573367B2 |
Resin composition and optical fiber
A resin composition comprises a base resin containing a urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer, a monomer and a photopolymerization initiator, and a hydrophobized spherical inorganic oxide, wherein the inorganic oxide is dispersed in the resin composition and a content of the inorganic oxide is 1 to 60% by mass based on a total amount of the resin composition. |
| US11573363B2 |
Display apparatus
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a display apparatus, including: a display panel; a frame, provided at a side part of the display panel and including a light-transmitting area; a plurality of light guide structures spaced apart from each other, one end of each light guide structure having a photosensitive area, the photosensitive area being provided opposite to the light-transmitting area so that light is irradiated on the photosensitive area through the light-transmitting area; and an optical device provided at an end of each light guide structure away from the photosensitive area, wherein each of the light guide structures is configured to transmit the light irradiated on the photosensitive area to the optical device. |
| US11573361B2 |
Roll of film including multilayer birefringent reflective polarizer and polyvinyl alcohol layer with low pass axis variation
Rolls of film are described. In particular, rolls of film including a multilayer birefringent reflective polarizer and a polyvinyl alcohol layer are described. Such films exhibit low variation in pass axis across a full crossweb width. |
| US11573354B2 |
Liquid crystal display module backlight structure, liquid crystal display, and display device, with each including a matt layer
The disclosure relates to the technical field of liquid crystal display, and discloses a liquid crystal display module backlight structure which includes a light blocking tape, a FPC strip, rubber-iron layer, a reflective sheet, a light enhancement prismatic lens, a light guide plate, and a matt film layer, a first end of the matt film layer overlaps the FPC light strip and a second end overlaps the light enhancement prismatic lens; the first end is bonded to the light blocking tape and the second end is positioned between the light enhancement prismatic lens and the light guide plate. |
| US11573352B2 |
Facilitating hydrocarbon exploration by applying a machine-learning model to basin data
A system includes a processor and a memory. The memory includes instructions that are executable by the processor to cause the processor to receive basin data of a target basin including an area of the target basin, a number of exploration wells in the target basin, and a number of discovery wells in the target basin. Additionally, the instructions are executable to cause the processor to provide the basin data as input to a trained machine-learning model to determine a predicted trajectory of exploration efficiency of the target basin. Further, the instructions are executable to cause the processor to, in response to providing the basin data as input to the trained machine-learning model, receive an output from the trained machine-learning model indicating the predicted trajectory of exploration efficiency in the target basin. |
| US11573351B2 |
Optical sensor having a magnetic optical barrier
An electronic watch includes a frame and a cover. The cover is attached to the frame, and the frame and cover at least partially define an interior volume of the electronic watch. An optical sensor assembly including a light emitter and a light receiver is positioned within the inter volume of the frame. An optical barrier is positioned between the optical sensor assembly and the cover and includes a magnetic material that forms a light blocking-wall between the light emitter and the light receiver. The magnetic material is configured to removably couple the electronic watch with a charging device via a magnetic attraction between the magnetic material and a magnetic component of the charging device. |
| US11573348B1 |
Method and system using nuclear magnetic resonance well logging for T2 cutoff value estimation
A nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) logging system and method is disclosed. The method may include obtaining an NMR well log, a measured downhole temperature, and at least one rock sample for a formation in a subsurface region. The method may further include determining an NMR distribution for each sample and selecting a set of samples based on the determined NMR distribution. For each selected sample, the method may further include determining a first parameter of the NMR distribution, a regression parameter of a relationship, and a first and second fractal parameters of the NMR distribution. The method may further include determining a second parameter of the NMR distribution based on the first and second fractal parameters, the regression parameter, and the downhole temperature. The method may still further include determining a parameter of the formation based on the second parameter of the NMR distributions of the set of samples. |
| US11573344B2 |
Removing electromagnetic crosstalk noise from seismic data
One or more first sensors may be configured to sense seismic signals and one or more second sensors may be configured to sense electromagnetic crosstalk signals. The second sensors are not responsive to the seismic signals. The data from the first and second sensors may be recorded as first data and second data, respectively. The first data may be modified based on the second data to remove the electromagnetic crosstalk noise form the seismic data. |
| US11573343B2 |
Marine object detection survey having source cross cable
A seabed object detection system is provided. The system can include a receiver array including a first streamer and a second streamer. The system can include a first plurality of receivers coupled with the first streamer and a second plurality of receivers coupled with the second streamer. The system can include a receiver array cross-cable to couple with the first streamer and the second streamer. The system can include a source array including a first source and a second source. The system can include a first source cable coupled with the first source and a second source cable coupled with the second source. The system can include a source array cross-cable to couple with the first source cable and the second source cable. The system can include a first lateral cable to couple with a first diverter and second lateral cable to couple with a second diverter. |
| US11573341B2 |
Overlapped scheduling and sorting for acoustic transducer pulses
A device and method used to increase the resolution when imaging, measuring and inspecting wells, pipes and objects located therein. The device comprises an array of acoustic transducers that both transmit and receive acoustic signals. Scan lines may be overlapped by interlacing transmission and receiving windows thus increasing either the resolution or logging speed drastically compared to conventional approaches. The sequence of the scan lines making up an imaging frame is created by stratifying physically close lines and randomly selecting from within each stratum, preventing interference from neighboring transducers, signals and acoustic artifacts that fundamentally limit logging speed and resolution using conventional methods. |
| US11573340B2 |
Reconfigurable seismic sensor cable
Embodiments relate to a sensor cable that may be reconfigurable to have various combinations of seismic sensors. An apparatus may comprise a sensor cable and seismic sensors distributed throughout a volume of the sensor cable and along all three axes of the sensor cable, wherein the seismic sensors are assigned to sampling groups that are reconfigurable and not hardwired. |
| US11573337B2 |
Radiation detection device
A radiation detection device includes a detection element including a substrate having a first surface and a second surface, a first electrode on the first surface, a second electrode adjacent to the first electrode in a first direction, a third electrode adjacent to the first electrode in a second direction; a fourth electrode adjacent to the third electrode in the first direction and adjacent to the second electrode in the second direction and a fifth electrode on the first surface and between the first and second electrode, between the first and third electrode, between the second and fourth electrode, and between the third and fourth electrode; a wiring layer on the second surface and including a first wiring, a second wiring, a third wiring, and a fourth wiring; and a circuit element opposite to the wiring layer and connected to the first to fourth wiring. |
| US11573336B2 |
Perovskite-based detectors with increased adhesion
A detector is for electromagnetic radiation. In an embodiment, the detector includes a first, pixelated electrode layer, a second electrode, and a first layer including at least one first perovskite, located between the first, pixelated electrode layer and the second electrode. An embodiment further relates to a method for manufacturing a corresponding detector. |
| US11573327B2 |
Systems and methods for light detection and ranging
A light detection and ranging system is provided for improving imaging accuracy and measurement range. The light detection and ranging system may comprise: a light source configured to emit a multi-pulse sequence into a three-dimensional environment, in which the multi-pulse sequence comprises multiple light pulses having a temporal profile; a photosensitive detector configured to detect light pulses returned from the three-dimensional environment and generate an output signal indicative of an amount of optical energy associated with a subset of the light pulses; and one or more processors electrically coupled to the light source and the photosensitive detector, and the one or more processors are configured to: generate the temporal profile based on one or more real-time conditions; and determine one or more parameters for selecting the subset of light pulses. |
| US11573318B1 |
Covert distance determination via millimeter wave proximity sensor
A situational awareness system for aerial refueling is disclosed. In embodiments, the situational awareness system may include one or more millimeter wave devices of a tanker aircraft configured to transmit one or more emitter signals toward an aircraft to be refueled, and receive one or more reflected signals reflected from the aircraft to be refueled. In embodiments, the situational awareness system further includes a controller communicatively coupled to the one or more millimeter wave devices and the display device, the controller configured to determine a distance between a refueling assembly of the tanker aircraft and the aircraft to be refueled based on the one or more reflected signals, and generate one or more control signals configured to cause a display substrate of a display device to display at least one of a metric or image indicative of the determined distance. |
| US11573316B2 |
Electromagnetic wave detection apparatus and information acquisition system
An electromagnetic wave detection apparatus comprises a first image formation unit, a travel unit 18, a second image formation unit, and a first detector. The travel unit 18 includes a plurality of pixels px arranged along a reference surface. The electromagnetic wave detection apparatus has at least one of: an arrangement in which respective extension surfaces of the reference surface and a detection surface of the first detector intersect each other and a main axis of the second image formation unit intersects the reference surface and the detection surface of the first detector; and an arrangement in which respective extension surfaces of the reference surface and an object surface of the first image formation unit whose spacing to the travel unit is set and whose image surface is the reference surface intersect each other and a main axis of the first image formation unit intersects the reference surface. |
| US11573314B2 |
Ultra-wideband (UWB) tag and operation methods thereof
The invention discloses an ultra-wideband (UWB) positioning system, UWB base stations (BSs), UWB tags and the operation methods thereof. Because the present invention uses a server aware of the positions of all BSs to determine the BSs that performs distance measurement, and the server assigns different time slots to each BS that performs distance measurement, the present invention can avoid collisions between the BSs in the process of distance measurement. Furthermore, because the tag can select a specific time slot to access the UWB positioning system by monitoring the UWB signals in the air, the present invention can reduce collisions between the tags. By carefully planning the system frames and subframes of the time division multiplexing system, and sophisticatedly arranging the operation timings of the BSs and the tags, the present invention provides practical and stable UWB positioning system, BSs, and tags. |
| US11573309B2 |
Time gain compensation circuit and related apparatus and methods
An ultrasound device, including a profile generator, an encoder configured to receive a profile signal from the profile generator, and an attenuator configured to receive a signal representing an output of an ultrasound sensor and coupled to the encoder to receive a control signal from the encoder, the attenuator including a plurality of attenuator stages, the attenuator configured to produce an output signal that is an attenuated version of the input signal. |
| US11573306B2 |
Solid-state optical receiver driver system and method for testing a solid-state optical receiver driver system
Embodiments of the invention relates to a Solid-state optical receiver driver system, particularly for automotive applications, comprising at least one optical receiver channel, the optical receiver channel being connectable to a respective optical receiver, which is characterized in that the solid-state optical receiver driver system further comprises at least one test signal generation unit, for providing a test signal to the at least one optical receiver channel. The invention further relates to a method for testing a solid-state optical receiver driver system. |
| US11573304B2 |
LiDAR device with a dynamic spatial filter
Embodiments of the invention disclose devices, methods, and computer media for noise rejections in a remote sensing device, such as a LIDAR device. In an exemplary embodiment, a spatial filter includes an aperture dynamically created in synchronization with one or more directions in which emitted laser pulses from the LiDAR device are steered. Photons from all other directions except the one or more directions are blocked by the spatial filter. Reflected photons from the one or more directions pass through the spatial filter via the aperture, and are projected on one or more sets of photodetectors. Noises in the photons that pass through the spatial filter are further to be rejected based on one or more fixed temporal patterns identified in laser pulses emitted by the LiDAR device. The spatial filter can be implemented using an electrochromic display, an array of micromechanical (MEMS) mirrors, a liquid crystal display (LCD), or an electro-wetting display. |
| US11573303B2 |
Time of flight based rotary speed sensor with early fault detection
Disclosed herein is a system for detecting rotational speed and early failures of an electronic device. The system includes a rotating disk affixed to a rotating shaft of the electronic device. The rotating disk has projections extending from its periphery. A time of flight ranging system determines distance to the projections extending from the rotating disk. Processing circuitry determines a rotational speed of the rotating shaft from the determined distances to the projections extending from the rotating disk, and detects whether the electronic device is undergoing an early failure from the determined distances to the projections extending from the rotating disk. Rotational speed is determined from the time between successive peaks in the determined distances, and early failures (for example, due to wobble of the shaft) are determined where the peaks vary unexpectedly in magnitude. |
| US11573302B2 |
LiDAR system comprising a Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode-based receiver having pixels with multiple-return capability
Disclosed are Geiger-mode avalanche-photodiode-based LiDAR systems and methods that interrogate a detection region with a periodic series of optical pulses whose reflections are detected via a receiver comprising multiple Geiger-mode avalanche-photodiode-based pixels. The pixels of the receiver are configured to asynchronously disarm and rearm after absorption of a reflection. As a result, each pixel can detect multiple reflections of the same optical pulse during a single detection frame whose duration is defined by the periodicity of the series of optical pulses. Furthermore, each pixel can store time-of-flight data for each of multiple reflections detected during a detection frame. Each individual pixel of the receiver, therefore, is not blinded and inoperative for the remainder of a detection frame once it detects a first reflection. |
| US11573301B2 |
Electromagnetic wave detection apparatus, program, and electromagnetic wave detection system
An electromagnetic wave detection apparatus (10) includes an irradiator (11), a first detector (17), a memory (19), and a controller (20). The irradiator (11) irradiates electromagnetic waves. The first detector (17) includes detection elements. The detection elements detect, by irradiation position, reflected waves of the electromagnetic waves irradiated on an object (ob). The memory (19) stores first related information including an emission direction of the emitted electromagnetic waves. The controller (20) updates the first related information based on the position of the detection element, among the detection elements, that detects the reflected waves of the electromagnetic waves. |
| US11573296B2 |
Optical module and distance measurement device
An optical module includes a support, a movable part supported by the support so as to be swingable about an axis, a mirror provided to the movable part, a drive coil provided to the movable part, a temperature monitoring element provided to the support, and a magnet that generates a magnetic field acting on the drive coil. The support is thermally connected to the magnet. |
| US11573294B2 |
Switched optical phased array based beam steering LiDAR
A switched optical phased array based beam steering LiDAR (light detection and ranging) system includes an integrated photonics optical phased array (OPA) that includes an optical switching network for selectively connecting a large number of 1D scanning (in a first direction or field-of-view) antenna arrays to a light source. Each array is configured to emit light in a predefined angle of a second direction or field-of-view and can be switched individually to connect to the light source. At any given time, the phase shifters of only one such array, i.e. the one that is switched to connect the light source, are actively adjusted by the control circuits, so that the active power consumption is greatly reduced. The LiDAR system also includes a photo sensor receiver, other control and signal processing circuits, and other necessary optical and mechanical components. |
| US11573293B2 |
Apparatus providing a plurality of light beams
An apparatus comprises an array of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers. Each of the vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers is configured to be a source of light. The apparatus also comprises an optical arrangement configured to receive light from a plurality of the vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers and to output a plurality of light beams. |
| US11573291B1 |
Position locator
A removable position locator having a light source and attachment hardware for attaching the removable position locator to a body, the attachment hardware has at least one hardware light-transmitting through-hole, the removable position locator has at least one locator light-transmitting through-hole and the light from the light source is projected outward through the light-transmitting through-hole, the body has an opening that is substantially the same or bigger than the hardware light-transmitting through-hole and the opening is substantially aligned with the hardware light-transmitting through hole and the locator light-transmitting through-hole when the hardware is attached to the body. |
| US11573286B1 |
Positioning reference signal measurement request for carrier phase-based positioning
Disclosed are various techniques for wireless communication, and in particular, carrier-phase based positioning. In an aspect, a position estimation entity may obtain a first differential measurement based on measurement of a first set of positioning reference signal (PRS) resources by a first node and measurement of a second set of PRS resources by a second node, wherein the first set of PRS resources are phase-coherent with the second set of PRS resources. The position estimation entity may obtain a second differential measurement based on measurement of a third set of PRS resources by the first node and measurement of a fourth set of PRS resources by the second node, wherein the third set of PRS resources are phase-coherent with the fourth set of PRS resources. The position estimation entity may determine a positioning estimate of a target node based on the first differential measurement and the second differential measurement. |
| US11573282B2 |
Artefact reduction in magnetic resonance imaging
Techniques for compensating magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data for artefacts caused by motion of a subject being imaged. The techniques include obtaining spatial frequency data obtained by using a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system to perform MRI on a patient, the spatial frequency data including first spatial frequency data and second spatial frequency data; determining a transformation using a first image obtained using the first spatial frequency data and a second image obtained using the second spatial frequency data; determining a residual spatial phase; correcting, using the transformation, second spatial frequency data and the residual spatial phase, to obtain corrected second spatial frequency data and a corrected residual spatial phase; and generating a magnetic resonance (MR) image using the corrected second spatial frequency data and the corrected residual spatial phase. |
| US11573281B2 |
Magnetic resonance fingerprinting method for recordings with a contrast agent
Systems, methods, and computer program products for determining different states of a contrast agent in different types of tissue can involve generating a magnetic resonance waveform for the contrast agent in an examination region that includes multiple tissue types. The contrast agent may have different relaxation-shortening effects in each different tissue type. The generated waveform may be compared to database waveforms to determine the concentration of the contrast agent in each tissue type in the examination region. |
| US11573274B2 |
Device and method for detecting oscillations of a regulated supply signal
The present disclosure relates to a detection circuit for detecting oscillations of a regulated supply signal. The detection circuit includes a filter circuit to filter the regulated supply signal in order to obtain a filtered supply signal. A peak value detector circuit is designed to detect an extremum of the filtered supply signal. A comparator circuit is designed to compare the detected extreme value with a threshold value and to indicate an understepping or exceedance of the threshold value. |
| US11573272B2 |
Method for calculating process capacity of lithium secondary battery
A method for calculating the process capacity at a specific temperature of a lithium secondary battery includes a correction to a process capacity (Q3) at a specific temperature (T2) is performed using a value (Q1−Q2) obtained by subtracting the charge capacity (Q2) at the time of the shipping charge from the discharge capacity (Q1) measured at a discharge temperature (T1). A system for calculating a process capacity of a lithium secondary battery is provided. |
| US11573271B1 |
Battery fault detection
A control system, responsive to receiving values of one or more parameters of a battery of a vehicle for a particular time in service, generates via a machine learning determination a level of confidence at which the values of the one or more parameters of the battery match values of one or more parameters of a set of batteries for a same time in service, and responsive to the level exceeding a predefined threshold, causes a mitigation action to be implemented. |
| US11573267B1 |
Electronic component handling apparatus and electronic component testing apparatus
An electronic component handling apparatus handles a DUT and includes: an acquiring device that acquires current three-dimensional shape data of a DUT container having a plurality of accommodating portions each capable of accommodating the DUT; and a computer device that: calculates a first correction amount from the current three-dimensional shape data and corrects the current three-dimensional shape data based on the first correction amount; extracts, from the corrected three-dimensional shape data, at least one of a height and a slope of each of predetermined regions of the DUT container; and determines an accommodation state of the DUT based on an extraction result. The first correction amount represents at least one of a movement amount and a rotation amount in a planar direction of the current three-dimensional shape data with respect to an initial state of the DUT container set in advance. |
| US11573266B2 |
Electronic device temperature test on strip film frames
A system includes a platform and a contactor. The platform has a side configured to support a frame with a carrier structure and electronic devices each having first and second sides and a terminal, the first side positioned on the carrier structure, and the terminal exposed in a first portion of the second side. The contactor has first and second sides, a contact and a heater. The contact is exposed on the first side of the contactor to contact the terminal in a first portion of the second side of a selected one of the electronic devices, and the heater is exposed on the first side of the contactor to apply heat to a second portion of the second side of the selected one of the electronic devices. |
| US11573262B2 |
Multi-input multi-zone thermal control for device testing
Disposing a DUT between a cold plate and an active thermal interposer device of the thermal management head. The DUT includes a plurality of modules and the active thermal interposer device includes a plurality of zones, each zone of the plurality of zones corresponding to a respective module of the plurality of modules and operable to be selectively heated. Receiving a respective set of inputs corresponding to each zone of the plurality of zones. Performing thermal management of the plurality of modules of the DUT by separately controlling temperature of each zone of the plurality zones by controlling a supply of coolant to a cold plate, and individually controlling heating of each zone of the plurality zones. |
| US11573257B2 |
Systems and methods for acoustically detecting dielectric breakdown and partial discharge events in electrical devices
A system for acoustically detecting dielectric breakdown of, or partial discharge within, or on, an electrical device includes at least one electroacoustic (EA) transducer configured to detect an acoustic vibration of the electrical device, and a controller electrically connected to the at least one EA transducer. The controller is configured to receive a signal from the at least one EA transducer, and analyze the signal to determine whether the signal includes data associated with an acoustic vibration in a frequency range of dielectric breakdown and/or partial discharge of the electrical device. The applicability of such a system includes, but is not limited to, electronic parts or assembly screening, life characterization testing for materials and processes, diagnostic methods or aides, augmenting testing of components, assemblies or systems, and in service monitoring to support preventative or condition based maintenance to avert an in-service issues. |
| US11573254B2 |
Systems for detecting temperature and current events in a power grid and related methods
A system that detects temperature and current events in a power grid is provided. The system includes at least one sensor associated with an electric meter; a plurality of bus bars connected to the electric meter; at least one temperature sensor uniquely associated with each of the plurality of bus bars; and at least one current sensor uniquely associated with each of the plurality of bus bars. The system detects a plurality of temperatures and/or currents and compares the detected plurality of temperatures and/or currents to expected thresholds or threshold ranges for temperatures and/or currents in the system to provide a comparison result and determines if a notification related to temperature and/or current events in the system should be sent based on the comparison result. |
| US11573253B2 |
Differential RF power detector with common mode rejection
A power detector circuit that rejects the common mode portion of a differential signal is disclosed. The circuit includes a differential input having first and second input nodes. Differential and common mode circuit paths are coupled to the differential input. The common mode circuit path includes first and second capacitors coupled to respective first terminals of first and second input nodes of the differential input. The second terminal of each of the first and second capacitors is coupled to a gate terminal of a first bias transistor. The common mode circuit path is configured to reject a common mode portion of a differential input signal provided to the differential input such that a differential output signal is indicative of an amount of power of a differential portion of the differential input signal. |
| US11573251B2 |
Semiconductor sample inspection device and inspection method
An inspection device includes a reference signal output section, a noise removal section, and an electrical characteristic measurement section. The reference signal output section is connected to an external power supply device in electrical parallel with a semiconductor sample, and outputs a reference signal according to the output of the external power supply device. The noise removal section outputs a noise removal signal obtained by removing a noise component of the output of the external power supply device from the current signal output from the semiconductor sample based on the reference signal. The electrical characteristic measurement section measures the electrical characteristic of the semiconductor sample based on the noise removal signal. The inspection device measures the electrical characteristic of the semiconductor sample to which a voltage is being applied by the external power supply device and which is being irradiated and scanned with light. The inspection device outputs a defective portion of the semiconductor sample based on the electrical characteristic. |
| US11573249B2 |
Apparatus for providing a test signal from a device under test (DUT) to a measurement instrument
An apparatus for providing a test signal from a device under test (DUT) to a measurement instrument is disclosed. The apparatus includes a probe head configured to receive an electrical signal from the DUT. The probe head includes an electro-optic modulator. The apparatus also includes a control box, which includes an optical source. The optical source is configured to provide an input optical signal to the electro-optic modulator, which is configured to provide an output optical signal based on the electrical signal from the DUT. The control box also includes an optical bias control circuit. Only a bias control signal is provided to the electro-optic modulator. |
| US11573246B2 |
Inertial sensor and inertial measurement unit
An inertial sensor includes: a substrate; a fixing part arranged at one surface of the substrate; a moving element having an opening and configured to swing about a rotation axis along a first direction; a support beam supporting the moving element as the rotation axis in the opening of the moving element; and a support part supporting the support beam. The support part includes a first part fixed to the fixing part, and a second part formed only of a part not fixed to the fixing part. A length in the first direction of the second part is longer than a length in the first direction of the first part. |
| US11573244B2 |
Pipettor system
Various embodiments include a system having a pipetting chamber, a set of pipettor cartridges docked in the pipetting chamber, a gantry system mounted on a ceiling within the pipetting chamber, the gantry system including at least one stationary track aligned in a first direction, and a movable track aligned in a second direction distinct from the first direction, the movable track coupled to the at least one stationary track, and a carrier configured to transport each of the set of pipettor cartridges to a pipetting location within the pipetting chamber, the carrier configured to move each pipettor cartridge in a third direction perpendicular to both the first and second directions. |
| US11573243B2 |
Temperature control system
Provided is a temperature control system applied to an apparatus for analyzing a sample using a pipette nozzle and a reaction container, including a pipette tip temperature controller that heats a pipette tip which is fitted on the pipette nozzle and aspirates or discharges liquid and a reaction container temperature controller that heats the reaction container. The pipette tip temperature controller heats, in a concentrated manner, at least a distal end portion of the pipette tip of the pipette nozzle located at a predetermined heating position with hot air emitted from a heat source and is configured such that a distal end is capable of arriving at the reaction container by lowering the pipette nozzle from the heating position. |
| US11573242B2 |
Automated specimen deposition systems and associated methods
Systems and methods that enable automated spray deposition of biological specimens carried on microscope slides are described herein. Aspects of the technology are directed, for example, to automated specimen deposition systems and methods of generating high-quality, reproducible specimen-bearing microscope slides in automated processing systems. |
| US11573240B2 |
Use of receptor-binding domain derived from bovine leukemia virus for the diagnosis or treatment of cationic l-amino acid transporter-related diseases
Disclosed are methods for diagnosing CAT1-related diseases, wherein the methods include detecting CAT1 in a cell by a BLV.RBD ligand, or a variant or a fragment thereof. Also disclosed is a BLV.RBD ligand, or a variant or a fragment thereof for use in the treatment of CAT1-related diseases and/or BLV infections. |
| US11573239B2 |
Methods and systems for de novo peptide sequencing using deep learning
The present systems and methods introduce deep learning to de novo peptide sequencing from tandem mass spectrometry data. The systems and methods achieve improvements in sequencing accuracy over existing systems and methods and enables complete assembly of novel protein sequences without assisting databases. The present systems and methods are re-trainable to adapt to new sources of data and provides a complete end-to-end training and prediction solution, which is advantageous given the growing massive amount of data. The systems and methods combine deep learning and dynamic programming to solve optimization problems. |
| US11573237B2 |
Method for detecting methimazole
A method for analyzing or detecting methimazole (“MTZ”) comprising contacting a sample suspected of containing MTZ with the dendrimer-stabilized silver nanoparticles and performing surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). Graphene-dendrimer-stabilized silver nanoparticles (G-D-Ag). |
| US11573236B2 |
Methimazole adsorbant sample slide
A method for analyzing or detecting methimazole (“MTZ”) comprising contacting a sample suspected of containing MTZ with the dendrimer-stabilized silver nanoparticles and performing surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). Graphene-dendrimer-stabilized silver nanoparticles (G-D-Ag). |
| US11573230B2 |
Rapid verification of virus particle production for a personalized vaccine
Methods for rapidly confirming production of infectious viral vectors, for use in clinical grade personalized neo-antigen vaccines for subjects in need thereof, are provided. |
| US11573226B2 |
Systems and methods for affinity capillary electrophoresis
The presently disclosed subject matter relates to compositions, systems and methods of screening one or more species of polypeptide in a complex mixture of polypeptides, e.g., multi-subunit proteins. For example, the subject matter relates to ligands used in connection with affinity capillary electrophoresis, as well as methods and systems for detecting polypeptides in a mixture of multimers that include multispecific antibodies, e.g., bispecific antibodies. |
| US11573222B2 |
Compositions and methods for in vitro assays of fibrin activity
The present invention provides compositions exhibiting in vivo activity of fibrin in an in vitro setting, in vitro assays comprising such compositions, methods of producing such compositions, and methods of using such compositions and assays. The compositions of the invention include molecules with the biochemical properties of 1) high affinity binding to fibrin receptors and 2) activation of cell-signaling systems comparable to that observed in vivo by fibrin. The fibrin compositions of the invention are compatible both in biochemical assays and cell-based assays, and thus useful for in vitro assays for screening of test agents that modulate cell activation and/or signaling pathways mediated by fibrin or associated with fibrin activity. |
| US11573217B2 |
Low power sensor for NOx detection
Detection and capture of toxic nitrogen oxides (NOx) is important for emissions control of exhaust gases and general public health. The low power sensor provides direct electrically detection of trace (0.5-5 ppm) NO2 at relatively low temperatures (50° C.) via changes in the electrical properties of nitrogen-oxide-capture active materials. For example, the high impedance of MOF-74 enables applications requiring a near-zero power sensor or dosimeter, such as for smart industrial systems and the internet of things, with 0.8 mg MOF-74 active material drawing <15 pW for a macroscale sensor 35 mm2 area. |
| US11573216B2 |
Quick quantitative analysis method and analyzer for mixture based on spectral information
The present invention relates to a quick quantitative analysis method and analyzer for mixture concentration information. A quick quantitative analysis method for a mixture based on spectral information includes: collecting a sample of a mixture solution, and injecting into a DAD to obtain DAD data; then, calculating a spectral library by a quick qualitative analysis method based on a vector error algorithm to obtain a spectral error vector; determining a spectral curve of a component included in the data corresponding to the sample, according to a value of the error vector; and calculating a content flag value of each component in the sample and concentration information of each substance. |
| US11573211B2 |
Sample automation manager
A liquid chromatography system includes a solvent delivery system, a sample manager including a sample delivery system in fluidic communication with the solvent delivery system, the sample delivery system configured to inject a sample from a sample-vial into a chromatographic flow stream, a liquid chromatography column located downstream from the sample delivery system, and a detector located downstream from the liquid chromatography column. The sample delivery system further includes a first needle drive including a first sample needle configured to extract the sample from the sample-vial and deliver the sample to the liquid chromatography column, and a first syringe in communication with the first sample needle configured to meter extraction of the sample from the sample-vial. The sample manager further includes a sample automation system that includes a second needle drive including a second sample needle configured to add a volume of reagent to the sample-vial. |
| US11573208B2 |
Longitudinal and circumferential ultrasound scanner
A scanning device is provided. The scanning device includes a frame having a first portion and a second portion pivotably coupled to the first frame portion. The scanning device also includes a couplant source disposed in the first frame portion along with a couplant assembly. The couplant assembly includes a first couplant line disposed completely within the first frame portion and the second frame portion. The couplant assembly also includes a second couplant line extending from the first couplant line and out of the second frame portion at a first end of the second couplant line. The couplant assembly has a couplant line branch extending from the second couplant line where a sensor assembly of the ultrasound scanning device couples with the couplant line branch at an end opposite the second end of the second couplant line. |
| US11573204B2 |
Photoacoustic sensors and MEMS devices
A photoacoustic sensor includes a first MEMS device and a second MEMS device. The first MEMS device includes a first MEMS component including an optical emitter, and a first optically transparent cover wafer-bonded to the first MEMS component, wherein the first MEMS component and the first optically transparent cover form a first closed cavity. The second MEMS device includes a second MEMS component including a pressure detector, and a second optically transparent cover wafer-bonded to the second MEMS component, wherein the second MEMS component and the second optically transparent cover form a second closed cavity. |
| US11573202B2 |
Evaluation of gaseous and solid byproducts from chemical reactions
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for evaluating reaction molecular byproducts of pyrotechnic reactions. A closed calorimetry bomb holds pyrotechnic material, which is detonated by a charge. The calorimetry bomb is vented directly into a gas chromatography machine, where gas phase molecules are separated based on their polarity. The separated molecules are then injected into a mass spectrometer and characterized by their mass fragmentation. The remaining residual solids within the bomb are extracted and injected into a liquid chromatography instrument where they are separated by their polarity. The separated molecules are then injected into a mass spectrometer and characterized by their mass fragmentation pattern. The method provides a complete picture of the reaction pathways and products to aid in regulatory compliance of incorporating energetic materials into real-world applications, particularly those in the family of PFAS containing compositions. |
| US11573196B2 |
Gas sensor comprising composite structure including graphene and metal particle bonded to each other and method for manufacturing same
Disclosed is a gas sensor. The gas sensor comprises: a substrate; a thermoelectric layer which is disposed on the substrate and has a metal nanowire; a first electrode and a second electrode disposed to be spaced apart from each other on the thermoelectric layer; and a catalyst layer which is disposed on the first electrode and has a composite structure in which a metal particle is bonded to a carbon structure. |
| US11573194B2 |
Reference electrodes including silicone-containing polymer and ionic liquid
Reference electrodes that include a solid electron conductor; an interlayer; and a polymeric membrane layer comprising a polymer composition, the polymer composition comprising at least one silicone-containing polymer and at least one ionic liquid, wherein the polymeric membrane layer and the polymer composition are essentially plasticizer free and the silicone-containing polymer and the ionic liquid are miscible as determined using a thermodynamic method that shows a single glass transition temperature (Tg) of a composition including the at least one silicone-containing polymer and the at least one ionic liquid, wherein the interlayer is disposed between the solid electron conductor and the polymeric membrane layer. Also disclosed are electrochemical measurement systems including such reference electrodes. |
| US11573191B2 |
Measuring gas in shale reservoirs
Methods for determining a volume of stored gas within a rock sample includes loading a rock sample into an overburden cell. A hydrocarbon gas at a gas pressure is applied to the rock sample and a confining fluid at a confining pressure is applied to the overburden cell. The confining pressure and the gas pressure are increased until a first pressure and temperature condition is met. With the rock sample maintained at the first temperature and pressure condition, a nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer is used to scan the rock sample and measure a hydrocarbon gas volume within the rock sample. This measured hydrocarbon gas volume is then corrected using a Real Gas Index to determine the volume of stored gas within the rock sample. |
| US11573184B2 |
Smart container for detecting biological and chemical substances
One embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus for analyzing substances included in a sample. The apparatus includes a physical enclosure for holding the sample and one or more sensors positioned on an inner surface of the physical enclosure. The sensors are configured to provide information associated with the substances included in the sample. The apparatus further includes electrical conductive traces positioned on the inner surface and coupled to the one or more sensors, thereby facilitating transmission of outputs of the sensors. |
| US11573180B2 |
Integrated sensor with reduced skew
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques for reducing skew in an integrated device, such as a CMOS imaging device. In some aspects, multiple pixels of an integrated circuit may be configured to receive a same control signal and conduct charge carriers responsive to the control signal substantially at the same time. In some aspects, an integrated circuit may have modulated charge transfer channel voltage thresholds, such as by having different charge transfer channel lengths, and/or a doped portion configured to set a voltage threshold for charge transfer. In some aspects, an integrated circuit may have a via structure having a plurality of vias extending between continuous portions of at least two metal layers. In some aspects, an integrated circuit may include a row of pixels and a voltage source configured to provide a voltage to bias a semiconductor substrate of the integrated circuit along the row of pixels. |
| US11573176B2 |
NIR broadband emitting phosphors for infrared spectroscopy
A luminescent material is disclosed with emission in the near infrared wavelength range, the luminescent material including Sc1-x-yAyRE:Crx, wherein MO=P3O9, BP3O12, SiP3O12; A=Lu, In, Yb, Tm, Y, Ga, Al, where 0≤x≤0.75, 0≤y≤0.9. A wavelength converting structure including the luminescent phosphor is also disclosed. |
| US11573174B2 |
Optical gas concentration measurement apparatus
An optical gas concentration measurement apparatus is disclosed. The optical gas concentration measurement apparatus includes a thermally insulated enclosure that has a gas sample cell situated within. A thermally-insulating, light-guiding element passes through an access port of the thermally insulated enclosure and is configured to direct light from a light source outside of the thermally insulated enclosure to the gas sample cell. A light detector outside of the thermally insulated enclosure is optically coupled to the gas sample cell and an electronic assembly outside of the thermally insulated enclosure is configured to receive information from the light detector. |
| US11573173B2 |
Real time monitoring of substance concentration, particularly of ammonia, in fish ponds and like environments
Apparatus and method for detecting a dissolved gaseous impurity in an aqueous environment, comprises a tube for isolating liquid surface, or a sampler for obtaining a liquid sample from the aqueous environment, a vacuum pump located to exert a vacuum, leaving the surface to evaporate into the vacuum; and a holding compartment for holding evaporated gas which may then be analyzed using electrochemical or spectroscopic methods. The apparatus is useful for detecting levels of ammonia in fish ponds or indeed any impurity that may be dissolved in the water. |
| US11573172B2 |
Broad range gas illumination and imaging
Systems and methods disclosed herein provide for detecting gas by: illuminating, with a controllable illuminator system, a scene with light including radiation within the infrared (IR) wavelength range; controlling the illuminator system to emit light at a first wavelength corresponding to a first absorption level of a gas and at a second wavelength corresponding to a second absorption level of a gas, such that an equal amount of radiant energy over a time period is emitted onto the scene for each of said first and second wavelengths; and capturing a first IR image of the scene being illuminated with light at said first wavelength and a second IR image of the scene illuminated with light at said second wavelength, and comparing said first and second IR images to determine whether a characteristic for at least one specific gas is represented in said first and/or second IR images. |
| US11573171B2 |
Observation system for acquiring images of culture medium in at least three colors
An observation system includes an observation apparatus including a housing having an arrangement surface for placement of a sample, the sample including a culture medium, and an external illumination unit which is disposed outside the housing and includes at least one light source configured to emit illumination light. At least a part of the arrangement surface is formed of a transparent member having an optically transparent property. The observation apparatus includes an imaging unit which is provided in the housing and includes an image sensor configured to image, via the transparent member, the sample illuminated by the illumination light from the external illumination unit to acquire images of at least three colors. |
| US11573170B2 |
Determination method, analysis method, and analysis system
A determination method includes: using a microchip, including a capillary flow path and a sample reservoir connected to the capillary flow path at an upstream side, to fill the capillary flow path with a first solution for electrophoresis, and supply the sample reservoir with a second solution containing an analyte; applying a voltage between the sample reservoir supplied with the second solution and the inside of the capillary flow path filled with the first solution, to move a component contained in the second solution in the capillary flow path and separate the component in the capillary flow path; optically detecting a value related to a component difference between the first solution and the second solution, other than a value related to the analyte, for the separated component; and determining whether the optical detection is favorable or poor by comparing the optically detected value with a predetermined threshold value. |
| US11573167B2 |
Flow cytometry apparatus and methods
A particle analyzer, comprising a source of a substantially nondiffracting light beam; a flow path configured to produce in a flowcell a ribbon-like core stream having a specific cross-sectional aspect ratio; the flowcell being configured to expose a segment of the core stream to the light beam; a detector configured to receive a signal resulting from an interaction of a particle in the core stream with the light beam; a first sorting actuator connected with the flowcell, downstream of the exposed segment of core stream; a plurality of sorting channels in fluid connection with the flow path and downstream of the first actuator; the actuator having multiple actuation states, each state configured to direct at least one part of the core stream to a corresponding channel; a second sorting actuator connected with the flowcell, opposite the first actuator, and operable in coordination with the first actuator. |
| US11573166B2 |
System and method for calibrating a particle monitoring sensor
A method for calibrating a contaminant detection device includes fluidly connecting the contaminant detection device in series to a test reservoir and a light-obscuration-type particle counter, pumping low-end, intermediate, and high-end test dust dilutions through the contaminant detection device and the particle counter until a particle count measured by the particle counter for each of the successive test dust dilutions stabilizes, and setting a low-end gain, an intermediate gain, and a high-end gain for the contaminant detection device based on the stabilized particle counts for each of the test dust dilutions using a first-sized test dust grade. A bubble counting gain of an aeration threshold for the device may be set according to a second test dust grade greater in size than the first-sized test dust grade, and associated with a voltage signal produced by the contaminate detection device indicative of the presence of an air bubble contained within the fluid during use of the fluid in heavy machinery. |
| US11573163B2 |
Density monitor with integrated low pressure indicator
The invention relates to a density monitor (10) for monitoring a gas density in a gas chamber (20). The density monitor (10) comprises a measuring apparatus (12) having a first measuring device (24) and a second measuring device (28), the two measuring devices (24; 28) being coupled together. The first measuring device (24) is designed to measure a first pressure range (62) in relative terms with respect to an atmosphere, and the second measuring device (28) is configured to measure a second pressure range (64) in absolute terms. The density monitor (10) further comprises an indicator device (50), which is designed to indicate the two pressure ranges (24; 28). The density monitor (10) also comprises a movable drive element (48), which is designed to drive the indicator device (50), wherein at least one of the two measuring devices (24; 28) is designed to move the drive element (48) in order to drive the indicator device (50), wherein the indicator device (50) comprises an indicator element (58) which is designed to indicate the two pressure ranges (62, 64). |
| US11573160B2 |
Evaluation of solid oxide fuel cell cathode materials
A method for determining the oxygen surface exchange property of a material in a solid oxide fuel cell. The method begins by first receiving a data stream comprising of continuous weight measurements of the material and time measurements of when the continuous weight measurements of the material are taken. While receiving the data stream an oxygen concentration test is performed which involves: flowing a degradation gas flow onto the cathode material while simultaneously increasing the temperature of the primary gas flow to a set temperature, flowing the degradation gas flow onto the material at the set temperature, stopping the degradation gas flow and starting a primary gas flow at the set temperature, flowing the primary gas flow onto the material at the set temperature, and stopping the primary gas flow and starting a secondary gas flow at the set temperature. This data stream is then displayed analyzing the weight change of the material over time. |
| US11573159B2 |
Identifying fracture barriers for hydraulic fracturing
Methods, systems, and computer-readable medium to perform operations for identifying fracture barriers in a well. The operations include converting rebound hardness values of a rock specimen from the well to unconfined compressive strength (UCS) values, where each of the rebound hardness values corresponds to a respective coordinate of a measurement grid imposed on the specimen. The operations further include, for each column of the grid, plotting the UCS values versus depth. Further, the operations include mapping, based on a maximum UCS value and a minimum UCS value, a relative strength contour plot for the specimen. Yet further, the operations include mapping, based on a fixed strength range, an absolute strength contour plot for the specimen. In addition, the operations include determining, based on the relative strength contour, the absolute strength contour, and mineralogy of the rock specimen, that the rock specimen is indicative of a fracture barrier in the well. |
| US11573158B2 |
Steam sample concentrator and conditioner for on-line steam purity analysis
The present invention relates to a steam sample concentrator and conditioning (SSCC) system. The SSCC finds use in concentrating impurities carried in steam (e.g., used in power generation and other industrial processes) and facilitating steam analysis. A device for determining steam purity includes an isokinetic flow control device that maintain isokinetic flow of a steam sample stream through a nozzle, and a pump that prevents the steam sample stream from becoming superheated after the isokinetic flow control device. A contactor condenses the steam sample stream, and a separator that separates a condensate sample stream from a residual steam stream sample. A flowmeter measures a flowrate of the condensate sample stream and an analyzer is configured to measure impurities. |
| US11573157B2 |
Air sampling actuator and associated method
An air sampling actuator and associated method are disclosed. The air sampling actuator may include a housing configured to mount on a canister, a motor configured to be accommodated in the housing, and an adaptor. The motor may generate a mechanical action, in response to a control signal received by the motor. The adaptor may be coupled to the motor, and configured to interface with a valve-controlling knob of the canister. In a first configuration of the air sampling actuator, the adaptor may be uncoupled from the valve-controlling knob of the canister, and the hook portion may be unengaged with the canister. In a second configuration of the air sampling actuator, the adaptor may be coupled with the valve-controlling knob of the canister, and the hook portion may be engaged with the canister. |
| US11573154B2 |
System and method for estimating ring-related parameters
A method for estimating at least one ring-related parameter related to at least one piston ring may include estimating a bore distortion of a cylinder bore. The bore distortion may include a plurality of bore distortions corresponding to a plurality of respective piston locations within the cylinder bore. The method may also include receiving the bore distortion in a ring performance model configured to dynamically estimate a plurality of ring-related parameters associated with combustion in the cylinder bore during operation of the internal combustion engine. The ring performance model may be configured to receive a static data signal indicative of static parameters and a dynamic data signal indicative of dynamic parameters related to operation of the internal combustion engine. The ring performance model may be configured to estimate at least one ring-related parameter related to at least one piston ring during operation of the internal combustion engine. |
| US11573148B2 |
Leakage detection in condensing water heater
A water heater system includes a gas burner configured to selectively produce flue gases, and a heat exchanger for heating water in the water heater system. The water heater system is operable in a heating mode, and a standby mode. An exhaust assembly is in communication with the heat exchanger, and includes a condensate collector configured to receive the flue gases and condensate. A first temperature sensor is positioned to sense a temperature of the condensate within the condensate collector. The first temperature sensor is configured to detect a rate of temperature change of the condensate. A controller is configured to determine a leakage when the rate of temperature change adjusts from a first state to a second state when the water heater system is in the standby mode after the water heater system was in the heating mode. |
| US11573146B2 |
Ultrasonic method and device for indirectly measuring cavity pressure of injection molding machine
The present invention discloses a ultrasonic method for indirectly measuring a pressure of a cavity of an injection molding machine, comprising: emitting ultrasonic wave to each pull rod along an axial direction of the pull rod respectively at the same time, detecting an ultrasonic wave echo time difference of each pull rod, and obtaining an average pressure inside a cavity of the injection molding machine. By the detection method and detection device of the present invention, the pressure inside the cavity may be detected in a certain state, the pressure inside the cavity in the injection molding process may be detected in real time, and the detection process is simple and the accuracy is high. |
| US11573145B2 |
Capacitive MEMS pressure sensor and method of manufacture
A method of fabricating a capacitive micromechanical electrical system (MEMS) pressure sensor includes the steps of forming a backing wafer, forming a diaphragm wafer that includes a diaphragm configured to deflect from an applied force and a pressure cavity configured to produce on the diaphragm the applied force which is indicative of a system pressure; fusing the diaphragm wafer to the backing wafer thereby forming a base wafer, forming a top wafer, joining the top wafer to the base wafer, thereby forming a detector wafer. The diaphragm defines a first capacitor surface and the top wafer defines a second capacitor surface. A void separates the second capacitor surface from the first capacitor surface by a separation distance which is a capacitor gap. A capacitive MEMS pressure sensor is also disclosed. |
| US11573144B2 |
Pressure detector with improved deterioration protection
A pressure detector includes a first board with a first pressure inlet, a first groove, and a first board electrode; a second board with a second pressure inlet, a second groove, and a second board electrode; and a sensing unit arranged therebetween with a diaphragm. The first groove is in communication with the first pressure inlet so as to prevent the formation of a closed space between the first board and the diaphragm when they contact with each other. The second groove is in communication with the second pressure inlet so as to prevent the formation of a closed space between the second board and the diaphragm when they contact each other. |
| US11573135B2 |
Tension in post-tensioned rods
A system for estimating tension in a post-tensioned rod is provided. The system includes an impact device for transversely-impacting a post-tensioned rod, an accelerometer configured to generate data indicative of a vibrational response in the post-tensioned rod, and a receiver communicatively coupled to the accelerometer. The receiver includes a display, at least one input device, a communication module, a processor, and one or more memory devices coupled to the processor. Instructions stored on the one or more memory devices, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receiver the data indicative of a vibrational response in the post-tensioned rod, process the received data to determine a difference between a first and a second modal frequency corresponding to the vibrational response, and store the difference between a first and second modal frequency corresponding to the vibrational response. The receiver is configured to transmit the stored difference between a first and second modal frequency. |
| US11573127B2 |
Far infrared sensor apparatus having multiple sensing element arrays inside single package
A far infrared sensor package includes a package body and a plurality of far infrared sensor array integrated circuits. The plurality of far infrared sensor array integrated circuits are disposed on a same plane and inside the package body. Each of the far infrared sensor array integrated circuits includes a far infrared sensing element array of a same size. |
| US11573126B2 |
Method and system to trim asphalt thermal mapping data
In one aspect, a method of determining lateral edges of an asphalt mat deposited by a paving machine includes obtaining thermal image data of the asphalt mat at a thermal measuring device associated with the paving machine, and determining, on the paving machine, the lateral edges of the asphalt mat based on a threshold temperature value and the thermal image data. Other aspects include a method of generating a thermal map of an asphalt mat formed by paving machine, and a system for determining lateral edges of an asphalt mat deposited by a paving machine. |
| US11573119B2 |
Method and apparatus for dynamically estimating vehicle mass
A method for dynamically determining a mass of a vehicle including a propulsion system coupled to a drive wheel is described, and includes monitoring vehicle operating conditions, executing an event-based estimation method based upon the vehicle operating conditions to determine a first vehicle mass state, and executing a recursive estimation method based upon the vehicle operating conditions to determine a second vehicle mass state. A final vehicle mass is determined based upon the first and second vehicle mass states. |
| US11573118B2 |
Line volume calibration systems and methods
Provided are systems and methods for line volume calibration, and measurement of fluid samples delivered to an interrogation point. In various embodiments, a known fluid volume comprising a sample line fluid and a secondary fluid is delivered to a fluid boundary sensor. The fluid boundary sensor assists in determining the position of the boundaries between the various fluids, and the positions of these boundaries are used to determine the sample line fluid volume. |
| US11573112B2 |
Dosing device for dispensing a predetermined amount of liquid, in particular a predetermined amount of water
A dosing device for dispensing a predetermined amount of liquid, in particular a predetermined amount of water, has a housing with a liquid inlet, a liquid outlet, and a flow channel therebetween. A valve element in the flow path can be opened and closed. A measuring device measures the flow rate through the flow channel in the direction of the liquid outlet. A controller has an operating unit or is coupled to an operating unit for signal transmission. The dosing device is actuatable by the operating unit. The controller is further coupled in terms of control technology to the valve element and to the measuring device, the controller holding the valve element in an open position or moving it to an open position when the dosing device is actuated. |
| US11573110B2 |
Mobile fuel measurement system
A mobile fuel monitoring system (MMU) is disclosed. The fuel monitoring system may be skid mounted and is configured to monitor fuel transfers between a fuel source and a vessel, such as a ship. The disclosed MMU is a stand-alone, self-contained unit that can be easily moved from place to place. The MMU is configured to monitor and remotely report custody transfers of fuel performed at any location. Parameters of the fuel transfer operation, such as the amount of fuel transferred, the flow rate, the fuel density, and fuel temperature can be monitored and alarms may be issued if any of the parameters are out of specification. The parameter values may be transmitted to a remote location, for example, via a satellite link. |
| US11573108B2 |
Estimates of flow velocity with controlled spatio-temporal variations in contrast media properties
Provided herein are improved methods for estimating the flow velocity of a fluid in a vessel. Systems and methods are provided herein related to making and/or refining velocity measurements for flowing fluids, both single and multi-phase fluids, in vessels, such as pipes or conduits, utilizing contrast media property agent variations. In one aspect, this disclosure provides a method of determining a flow velocity of a fluid flow in a vessel including: providing a fluid flow having contrast media, the contrast media having a contrast media property variation; providing a detectable signal corresponding to the contrast media property variation; collecting the detectable signal at an upstream receiver to produce a first received signal; collecting the detectable signal at a downstream receiver to produce a second received signal, the downstream receiver being located downstream of the upstream receiver at a distance (L); filtering the first received signal and the second received signal through a contrast media variant filter to produce a first filtered signal and a second filtered signal; cross-correlating the first filtered signal and the second filtered signal to determine a time shift (Δt) between the first filtered signal and the second filtered signal; and estimating the velocity of the fluid flow using this relationship vflow=L/Δt. |
| US11573107B2 |
Hydraulic system for ultrasonic flow measurement using direct acoustic path approach
A flow meter for determining the flow rate of a fluid through a conduit, including an upper body having an inlet chamber, an acoustic channel, an outlet chamber, a sound wave generator, and a sound wave receiver. The inlet chamber, acoustic channel, and outlet chamber are fluidly connected together and are oriented so as to create a symmetrical fluid pathway through the inlet chamber, the acoustic channel the outlet chamber. The sound wave generator and the sound wave receiver are aligned along a longitudinal axis of the acoustic channel and the sound wave generator is creates a sound wave that moves along the longitudinal axis of the acoustic channel as fluid flows through the acoustic chamber. The receiver detects that sound wave that has moved through the acoustic channel and such information is used to determine the flow rate of the fluid through the flow meter. |
| US11573102B2 |
Method of manufacturing multi-layer electrode for a capacitive pressure sensor and multi-layer electrodes formed therefrom
A multi-layer electrode of a capacitive pressure sensor is manufactured by roll to roll printing a conductive layer onto a polymer layer and forming a mutual capacitance sensor layer of the capacitive pressure sensor, co-extruding a conductive polymer layer and a foam dielectric layer and forming a coextruded layer of the capacitive pressure sensor, and pressure rolling the mutual capacitance sensor layer and the coextruded layer together and forming the multi-layer electrode. The conductive polymer layer includes between about 2 wt. % to about 15 wt. % graphene and between about 0.01 wt. % and 5 wt. % of the carbon nanotubes. Also, the conductive polymer layer has a flexural modulus equal to or greater than 5,000 MPa and an electrical resistivity less than or equal to 10 Ohm/mm3, and the polymer layer and/or the conductive polymer layer is formed from recycled polyethylene terephthalate. |
| US11573099B2 |
Module for detecting a rotating handle of a motor vehicle
A module for detecting a rotating handle intended to be attached on a tube of a handlebar of a vehicle next to the handle includes a cylindrical magnet, a probe for detecting the magnetic field produced by the magnet, a support for the probe, a printed circuit board whereon the probe is secured, a support for the magnet and a flange used as a housing for the module. The magneto-sensitive probe detects rotation of the magnetic field emitted by the magnet and is secured to the handlebar, with the magnet and magnet holder being secured to the handle. The magnet and magnet holder form a cavity so that the inner radial surface of the magnet is positioned outside and opposite the magneto-sensitive probe. The magnet has a continuously variable magnetization direction so that the total rotation of the angle of the magnetic field generated by the magnet at the measuring point during the mechanical rotation of the handle is greater than 180°. |
| US11573097B2 |
Location-based features for commute assistant
Some embodiments provide a commute application that provides a first presentation of several stops along a route. The commute application also receives a selection of a stop from the several stops along the route. The commute application further provides a second presentation for displaying several different routes that traverse through the selected stop. |
| US11573094B2 |
Translation of verbal directions into a list of maneuvers
Natural language directions are received and a set of maneuver/context pairs are generated based upon the natural language directions. The set of maneuver/context pairs are provided to a routing engine to obtain route information based upon the set of maneuver/context pairs. The route information is provided to an output system for surfacing to a user. |
| US11573092B2 |
Control system and control method for hybrid vehicle
A control system for a hybrid vehicle includes: an electric heater configured to heat a catalyst of an internal combustion engine; a position determination unit configured to determine whether the hybrid vehicle is located in an exit area of a low emission zone where operation of the internal combustion engine is supposed to be restricted, the exit area being an area adjacent to a boundary of the low emission zone; and a heater control unit configured to turn on the electric heater when the position determination unit determines that the hybrid vehicle is located in the exit area. |
| US11573090B2 |
LIDAR and rem localization
A navigation system for a host vehicle may include a processor programmed to: receive, from an entity remotely located relative to the host vehicle, a sparse map associated with at least one road segment to be traversed by the host vehicle; receive point cloud information from a LIDAR system onboard the host vehicle, the point cloud information being representative of distances to various objects in an environment of the host vehicle; compare the received point cloud information with at least one of the plurality of mapped navigational landmarks in the sparse map to provide a LIDAR-based localization of the host vehicle relative to at least one target trajectory; determine an navigational action for the host vehicle based on the LIDAR-based localization of the host vehicle relative to the at least one target trajectory; and cause the at least one navigational action to be taken by the host vehicle. |
| US11573088B2 |
Methods and apparatus for communicating and/or storing information to enhance experiences relating to visits to sites such as theme parks, zoos and/or other places of interest
Methods and apparatus for communicating information to a visitor of a site, e.g., a theme park, historical site, zoo, etc., providing mementoes of the visit and/or communicating information encouraging future, e.g., repeat, visits are described. In various embodiments costumed characters, vending carts and/or other items of interest may move around a site and thus be at different locations at different times of the day. In some embodiments beacon transmitters are inserted in the costumes of the characters, on the vending carts and/or on other moveable items. Each beacon transmitter transmits a unique wireless signal. |
| US11573086B2 |
Electronic apparatus of estimation of movement direction and method thereof
An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes an acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor, a geomagnetic sensor, and a processor configured to compare geomagnetic data of the geomagnetic sensor and gyro data of the gyro sensor and correct the gyro data, determine a first value based on a principal component analysis (PCA) of acceleration data of the acceleration sensor, and determine a second value based on a PCA of the gyro data, and estimate a moving direction of the electronic apparatus based on the first value and the second value. |
| US11573083B2 |
Vial mounting system for a box beam level
A level includes a level body having top, bottom and side walls, and a window that opens into the interior of the body. A vial is positioned within the window. The vial is carried by, and rotatable relative to, a vial mount. The vial mount and the level body include engagement structure that fixes the vial mount against movement relative to the level body. Securing members, such as screws, are movably carried by the vial mount, and are engageable with the vial in order to selectively adjust the angular position of the vial relative to the level body and to selectively fix the angular position of the vial relative to the vial mount, and thereby relative to the level body. |
| US11573078B2 |
Apparatus and method for determining refractive index, central tension, or stress profile
Apparatus can comprise a cavity at least partially defined by a first major surface of a reference block and configured to receive a sample. The apparatus can comprise a first polarization-switching light source configured to emit a first polarization-switched light beam toward the cavity and a first detector configured to detect a corresponding signal. The apparatus can comprise a second polarization-switching light source configured to emit a second polarization-switched light beam toward the cavity and a second detector configured to detect a corresponding signal. The first reference block can be positioned between the second detector and the second reference block. Methods of determining an estimated stress profile can comprise determining a central tension from a measured retardation profile of the sample. Methods can comprise determining an initial stress profile from a refractive index profile of the sample. Methods can comprise scaling and adjusting stress profiles. |
| US11573077B2 |
Scatterometry based methods and systems for measurement of strain in semiconductor structures
Methods and systems for measuring optical properties of transistor channel structures and linking the optical properties to the state of strain are presented herein. Optical scatterometry measurements of strain are performed on metrology targets that closely mimic partially manufactured, real device structures. In one aspect, optical scatterometry is employed to measure uniaxial strain in a semiconductor channel based on differences in measured spectra along and across the semiconductor channel. In a further aspect, the effect of strain on measured spectra is decorrelated from other contributors, such as the geometry and material properties of structures captured in the measurement. In another aspect, measurements are performed on a metrology target pair including a strained metrology target and a corresponding unstrained metrology target to resolve the geometry of the metrology target under measurement and to provide a reference for the estimation of the absolute value of strain. |
| US11573072B2 |
Magnetic position determination systems and methods
Systems and methods are provided for determining a position of a magnet. The systems and methods utilize a first sensor located at a first sensor position and arranged to measure at least two components of a magnetic field produced by the magnet, a second sensor located at a second sensor position and arranged to measure at least two components of the magnetic field produced by the magnet, and processing circuitry operatively connected to the first and second sensors to receive signals derived from signals outputted by the first and second sensors. A field angle is calculated from a first differential field of a first field dimension and a second differential field of a second field dimension orthogonal to the first field dimension. The first and second differential fields are calculated based on signals outputted by the first and second sensors. |
| US11573064B1 |
Pistol conversion kit
A pistol conversion kit may be constructed and arranged for converting a pistol to a bull-pup format rifle by attaching an elongated barrel to the pistol. The pistol conversion kit may include a two-part chassis defining a compartment into which the pistol and elongated barrel may be seated behind a handle and trigger guard integrated within the chassis such that the pistol is located behind the pistol conversion kit trigger thereby positioning the pistol in a bull-pup configuration within the chassis. The pistol conversion kit may include a number of sub-assemblies for operating the pistol seated within the chassis and may further include a barrel safety system arranged for preventing use of the pistol conversion kit trigger unless a properly sized elongation barrel is attached to the pistol. |
| US11573053B2 |
Cyclone cooler device
A cyclone cooler device includes a housing that defines an interior channel elongated along a center axis. One or more of the fluid passage or configuration of an inlet end of the channel is shaped to induce a swirling flow of a cooling fluid within the channel while the channel is thermally coupled with one or more heat sources. The swirling flow of the cooling fluid removes thermal energy from and cools the one or more heat sources. During the swirling flow, the cooling fluid rotates around the center axis of the channel while also moving along the length of the center axis. The cooling fluid changes phases during the swirling flow to cool the heat source(s). |
| US11573048B2 |
Vacuum adiabatic body and refrigerator
A vacuum adiabatic body includes a first plate; a second plate; a seal; a support; and an exhaust port, wherein an extension tab extending toward the third space to be coupled to the support is provided to at least one of the first and second plates, and the extension tab extends downward from an edge portion of the at least one of the first and second plates. |
| US11573047B2 |
Refrigerator appliance
A refrigerator appliance includes a rear wall, side walls, a bottom wall, and partitions. The side walls are secured to and extend from the rear wall toward a front side of the refrigerator. The bottom wall is secured to the side walls along a bottom end of the rear wall. The side walls and the bottom wall define a cavity below the bottom wall and define an opening to the cavity along the front side of the refrigerator. The rear wall and the bottom wall define a machine compartment. An exterior surface of the rear wall defines an inlet to and an outlet from the machine compartment. A first partition extends outward from the exterior surface and is disposed between the inlet and the outlet. A second partition extends from a bottom of the first partition. The partitions are configured to segregate airflows between the inlet and outlet. |
| US11573045B2 |
Galley refrigeration system
A galley refrigeration system is provided in which a galley cart is positioned in the cavity of a galley compartment comprising at least a cart-facing opening positioned in a vertically intermediate region of the back wall, the galley cart or the galley compartment having a duct-facing opening positioned adjacent to the cart-facing opening. A heat exchanger configured to generate cooling air is provided within the galley compartment, adjacent the vertically intermediate region of the back wall of the galley compartment defining the cavity. An air supply duct, provided at the cart-facing opening, is configured to guide the cooling air from the heat exchanger into the galley cart, and configured to be detachably coupled to the duct-facing opening of the cart or the galley compartment. An electronically actuated valve controls a variable flow rate of the cooling air from the air supply duct into the galley cart. |
| US11573043B2 |
Refrigerator
A refrigerator includes a main body, a door rotatably coupled to the main body, and an ice making chamber provided in the door and into which the ice maker is assembled. The ice making chamber includes an ice making chamber wall and an ice making space having an open front surface, and the ice making chamber wall includes a guide rib protruding toward the ice making space. The ice maker includes an ice making tray having an ice making cell for storing water, an ejector rotatable to separate ice from the ice making cell, and a motor box coupled to one side of the ice making tray in a longitudinal direction to accommodate an ice separation motor for rotating the ejector. The ice making tray is supported on the guide rib, and the motor box and the ice making chamber wall is fastened through a fastening member. |
| US11573041B2 |
Refrigerator icemaking system with tandem storage bins and/or removable dispenser recess
A refrigerator utilizes in some instances an icemaker having a tandem arrangement of storage bins. A first storage bin receives ice produced by an icemaker and includes a reversible ice mover that when operated in a first direction feeds an ice dispenser, and when operated in a second direction feeds a second storage bin disposed below the first storage bin. A refrigerator may also in another aspect include an externally-accessible ice dispenser having a dispenser recess portion that is removable from the refrigerator when the doors of the refrigerator are closed, e.g., for the purpose of accessing an ice storage bin. |
| US11573036B2 |
Gas-liquid separator and heat exchange system
A gas-liquid separator includes a first cylinder, a second cylinder, a heat exchange pipe, a flow guide pipe, a distribution portion, and a lower sealing cover. The gas-liquid separator has a first cavity and a second cavity. The second cavity includes at least the space located in the first cylinder. The distribution portion includes a first passage. One end of the first passage is communicated with that of the flow guide pipe. The other end of the flow guide pipe is communicated with the second cavity. The other end of the first passage is communicated with the first cavity. The lower sealing cover is located at the other side far away from the distribution portion. The gas-liquid separator further includes a flow passage located, at least in part, in the lower sealing cover, communicated with the first cavity and communicated with the second cavity. |
| US11573035B2 |
Air conditioning device, ejector used therein, and method for controlling air conditioning device
An air conditioning device includes a plurality of ejectors which have a refrigerant circuit including a compressor, a condenser and an evaporator, are connected in parallel to the refrigerant circuit, and are formed so as to each have a different maximum refrigerant flow, and a control unit which, according to a driving condition of the air conditioning device, controls so that the refrigerant flows to one ejector among the plurality of ejectors, and the refrigerant does not flow to the rest of the ejectors. |
| US11573029B2 |
Collapsible vent hood for HVAC unit
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to collapsible hood for a heating and cooling system that includes a plurality of panels configured to couple to a housing of the heating and cooling system, wherein the plurality of panels is configured to be translated between a collapsed position and an open position, wherein the plurality of panels is substantially flush against the housing in the collapsed position to configure the heating and cooling system for transportation, and wherein the plurality of panels are configured to extend from the housing to protect openings in an air intake of the housing and to allow passage of air through the air intake in the open position. |
| US11573028B2 |
Heater assembly of a heating unit
A heater assembly for a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system has a heater and a controller enclosure. The heater has a plurality of heating elements in a frame that has two opposing ends. The controller enclosure has two end walls and a plurality of side walls in a non-rectangular polygonal configuration. One of the two opposing ends of the frame is coupled to one of the two end walls such that an orientation of the heating elements may be changed based on respective locations of the plurality of side walls of the controller enclosure. |
| US11573026B2 |
Air handling unit control system
An air handling unit control system is applied to an air handling unit having a plurality of hardware devices. The air handling unit control system includes at least one expansion module and a main controller. The at least one expansion module is configured to be electrically connected to at least one expanded hardware device. The main controller is electrically connected to the expansion module to control the expanded hardware device. The main controller provides a setting interface according to the hardware devices and the expanded hardware device. The setting interface includes a plurality of setting items. When at least one of the setting items is triggered, the main controller executes a corresponding setting procedure according to the triggered setting item to set up the hardware devices and the expanded hardware device. |
| US11573020B2 |
Air-conditioning apparatus including detector to detect contaminant adhered to drain pan
An air-conditioning apparatus includes a drain pan that receives water, and a detector including an ultrasonic sensor that emits and receives ultrasonic waves. The detector analyzes a response signal from the ultrasonic sensor to detect a contaminant generated in the drain pan. A bottom flat surface portion that forms a bottom of the drain pan is located parallel to a flat surface portion that forms a receiving surface of the ultrasonic sensor. |
| US11573019B2 |
Indoor unit for air conditioner
An indoor unit for an air conditioner including: a cabinet assembly forming an external appearance of the indoor unit and having a suction port formed in a rear surface of the cabinet; a filter module movably disposed in rear of the cabinet assembly; a filter module mounted to the filter mounting member and filtering foreign substances in air flowing into the suction port; a mobile member connected to the filter mounting member and moving a position of the filter mounting member; a driving device pressing the mobile member to change the position of the filter mounting member; and a controller configured to, in response to receiving a control command to change the position of the filter mounting member, operate the driving device that presses the mobile member. |
| US11573016B2 |
Water cooled dehumidification system
A dehumidification system includes a compressor, a primary evaporator, a primary condenser, a secondary evaporator, a secondary condenser, and a water pump. The secondary evaporator receives an inlet airflow and outputs a first airflow to the primary evaporator. The primary evaporator receives the first airflow and outputs a second airflow to the secondary condenser. The secondary condenser receives the second airflow and outputs a dehumidified airflow. The compressor receives a flow of refrigerant from the primary evaporator and provides the flow of refrigerant to the primary condenser. The primary condenser receives the flow of refrigerant and outputs the flow of refrigerant at a lower temperature through heat transfer with a flow of fluid. The flow of fluid is directed, by the water pump, to a heat exchanger or an external source, where heat is rejected from the flow of fluid. |
| US11573005B1 |
Building egress lighting apparatus, system, method and computer program product
A modular and decentralized architecture for building illuminated means of egress from a device level to a building system level wherein a plurality of communicatively networked building egress devices with processing capability coupled to sensing and output devices and governed by an artificial intelligence (AI) engine establish local device self-awareness that enhances building life safety performance while providing utility to other building disciplines. |
| US11573003B2 |
Light-transmitting assembly of display device, signal indicator and display device
A light-transmitting assembly of a display device, a signal indicator, and the display device are provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure. The light-transmitting assembly of the display device includes: a light-transmitting adjustment member including a plurality of first patterns, a light transmittance of each first pattern is less than a light transmittance of a region of the light-transmitting adjustment member other than the first pattern, and each light-shielding area ratio of the first patterns is a ratio of a sum of areas of all the first patterns in any one region of the light-transmitting adjustment member to an area of the any one region. |
| US11573002B1 |
Lampshade and lamp
A lampshade and lamp includes a cover body and a plurality of hooks, which are respectively arranged on inner sides of upper and lower ends of the cover body. The cover body is an elongated carrier sheet that is foldable, the ends on both lateral sides of the cover body are provided with matching Velcro, and the cover body is connected in a circle through the Velcro at the ends on both lateral sides. Each hook includes an inserting piece and a spring arm. The inserting piece is vertically arranged in the cover body, and the bottom end of the inserting piece is provided with an inward extending spring arm. The spring arm includes an elastic section, a collision section and a circular arc end. |
| US11572997B2 |
Headlight for vehicles
A headlight for vehicles, with a light source, a reflector arrangement containing at least one reflector module, a first reflector, which has a reflector surface having a first focal point and a second focal point, the light source being arranged at the first focal point, and a second reflector, which has a reflector surface having a focal point that coincides with the second focal point of the first reflector. The first reflector is arranged in front of the light source in the main radiation direction, the reflector surface of the first reflector being curved, with a first opening portion arranged counter to the main radiation direction and with a second opening portion arranged in a manner offset by 90° in relation to the first opening portion and facing towards the second reflector. The reflector surface of the second reflector has free-form parts such that light striking the reflector surface of the second reflector is reflected in such a way that a light distribution having a predetermined light/dark boundary is produced. |
| US11572996B1 |
Vehicle lamp assembly
A vehicle lamp assembly includes an LED disposed on a circuit board, a light collimator operatively coupled to the LED to generate a beam of collimated light, a light pipe operatively coupled to light collimator to transmit the collimated beam of light, and a hybrid optic lens operatively coupled to the light pipe to diverge the collimated beam of light into a beam pattern. The hybrid optic lens includes a plurality of curved lenses for outputting light in a first direction, a first prism lens formed on a lower portion of the curved lenses for directing light downward in a second direction, and a second prism lens provided on a lateral side of curved lenses for directing light sideways in a third direction. An enhanced light illumination with uniform lighting pattern in the trailer hitch target region is achieved for operation of a trailer with the vehicle. |
| US11572994B2 |
Homogeneous light emission and light guide arrangement of an automobile vehicle for a uniform lit appearance
The subject inventive arrangement produces a light guide that may be of any curved shape that produces and obtains a lighting appearance of a uniform or homogenous lit appearance at the light exit face by using a single light source and a single light-reflective coupler. The present invention is premised on a light guide system that includes a light guide; a light source; and a coupler positioned at the light source that is configured to receive generated light. The coupler is adapted to produce a collimated light beam from the light source. A stepped reflective surface is formed along a light reflecting face of the light guide by a plurality of light reflective facets and a plurality of lateral surfaces, which are configured to receive and direct collimated light towards a light-emitting exit face. In addition, a number of light reflective facets are configured to collect collimated light at the light reflecting face's middle portion in intensity amounts less than collimated light at end portions of the light reflecting face. |
| US11572991B2 |
Lamp for projecting a nebula and a starry sky
The present disclosure discloses a lamp for projecting a nebula and a starry sky comprising a housing, a light source assembly, a laser assembly, a rotating assembly, a control board, a base seat, and a power source port. The light source assembly and the laser assembly are disposed in the housing and penetrate through the housing, and the rotating assembly and the control board are disposed in the housing. The rotating assembly is configured to drive a rotating optical sheet and a diffraction sheet to rotate. The light source assembly comprises a light source board, a light reflecting cup, the rotating optical sheet, and a lens assembly having a frosted surface with an array of protrusions. The light source board, the light reflecting cup, the rotating optical sheet, and the lens assembly are successively disposed along a path in which light rays emitted by the light source board move. |
| US11572988B2 |
Half-packaged flexible light strip
A half-enclosed flexible light strip includes a flexible circuit board, a transparent cover with a half-enclosed structure and a plurality of light sources. The plurality of light sources and the transparent cover are all arranged on the same surface of the flexible circuit board. The light sources are located between the transparent cover and the flexible circuit board. The transparent cover is formed by co-extrusion process and connected to the flexible circuit board. The transparent cover with a half-enclosed structure is formed onto the flexible circuit board by co-extrusion process, the use of glue is reduced, so that the light emitted from the two sides of the transparent cover will not cause color drift problem, and this arrangement ensures the consistency of the luminous effect in all directions, thereby improving the light strip use effect. |
| US11572986B2 |
Light-emitting device, display device, and illumination device
A light-emitting device includes: a plurality of light sources configured to be disposed on a substrate; a light diffusion member configured to commonly cover the plurality of light sources; and a plurality of wavelength conversion members configured to be disposed between the light sources and the light diffusion member in a thickness direction and disposed in regions corresponding to the plurality of light sources in a plane, respectively, and configured to convert light with a first wavelength from the light sources into light with a second wavelength. |
| US11572982B1 |
Hydrogen fueling safety indicator
One or more indicators provide an indication of fueling status of a hydrogen powered vehicle. One or more sensors detect temperature and/or other characteristics of the fuel provided to the vehicle and provide an electrical signal to one or more of the indicators to permit an indication of fueling status. The indicators, which may be visual and/or audible, may be positioned on the fueling apparatus and on the vehicle in the vicinity of a fueling receptacle. The indicators may also be positioned elsewhere on the vehicle and may be separate from the vehicle such as on or around a fueling station and/or on separate computerized devices. |
| US11572980B2 |
Lubricant distributor, especially sectional distributor
A sectional lubricant distributor for distributing lubricant to at least one lubrication point, including a distributor body having an inlet opening for lubricant which is fluidically connected to at least one outlet passage, which opens into an outlet opening of the distributor body, a rotary valve is rotatably mounted in the distributor body and is adjustable between an open position of the rotary valve, in which the outlet passage is open in order to allow lubricant to pass through to the outlet opening, and a closed position of the rotary valve, in which the outlet passage is closed, an electromotive drive which is coupled to a control gear, including a control gearwheel having a control toothing section engageable with a toothing of the rotary valve to move the rotary valve between the open position and the closed position. Further, a method for distributing lubricant to at least one lubrication point. |
| US11572976B1 |
Multiple angle pivoting placement (MAPP) stand
A stand for vertically aligning borehole charges on non-level surfaces. The stand has a support base. A ball and socket assembly includes a socket portion connected to the support base and a ball portion disposed in the socket portion. The socket portion includes a grip interface to press against the ball portion. A body is connected to the ball portion. A clamp is attached to the socket portion at an interface of the ball and socket assembly between the socket portion and the ball portion. The body is configured to contain a shaped explosive charge for making a borehole. The ball and socket assembly is substantially hollow. The clamp adjusts compression of the ball and socket assembly. |
| US11572972B2 |
CIPP liner feeder system
A CIPP liner feeder system for efficiently feeding CIPP liner into an air inversion unit. The CIPP liner feeder system generally includes a feed roller attached to an air inverter unit that is adjustable to a first position for feeding a CIPP liner into the air inverter unit from the front or a second position for feeding a CIPP liner into the air inverter unit from the rear. A motor is connected to the feed roller to rotate the feed roller in a first direction when the feed roller is in the first position and a second direction when the feed roller is in the second position. A connecting structure is attached to the air inverter unit for connecting to a lifting/lowering structure of a tractor. |
| US11572971B2 |
Method, apparatus and system for lining conduits
Methods, apparatus or equipment and systems for lining conduits, e.g., preferably subterranean pipelines and passageways, such as sewers, with a liner impregnated with a curable resin in order to secure the conduit against ingress or egress of liquids. |
| US11572970B2 |
Vent pipe isolation balloon for liquefied gas storage tank and vent pipe isolation device
An object to provide a vent pipe isolation balloon for a liquefied gas storage tank, which has excellent physical strength, inflatability, and durability at cryogenic temperatures, and a vent pipe isolation device including the balloon. The vent pipe isolation balloon has inner and outer membranes made of silicon rubber, and a reinforcing substrate sandwiched between the inner membrane and the outer membrane. The balloon has an outer shape of a cylindrical shape or a truncated cone shape with both ends opened, and is inflated when an inert gas is injected into the balloon with the openings sealed. The reinforcing substrate is composed of a fiber bundle and has a network structure. |
| US11572967B2 |
Apparatus and method for lined pipe welding
A joining sleeve configured to connect internal liners of two internally lined pipe sections across a welded pipe section joint and a method of use is disclosed. The joining sleeve comprises a sleeve body having a first end and a second end, the first and second ends configured to couple with opposing ends of first and second internal liners respectively. A collar is disposed around the outer surface of the sleeve body, the collar having a first retracted condition in which it has a first outer diameter, and a second expanded condition in which it has a second outer diameter, larger than the first outer diameter. |
| US11572966B2 |
Dual elastic hose
A highly extendable and retractable dual elastic hose comprises a tubular inner fluid conduit made of an elastomeric material and an elastic tubular outer sleeve of interwoven webbing made out of braided strands of textile yarns wherein embedded a plurality of evenly distributed highly elastic rubber strings extending horizontally along its longitudinal length. The inner tube is secured to the tubular outer sleeve only at an inlet coupler and an outlet coupler. Both the inner tube member and the outer tube sleeve can automatically expand longitudinally up to five times its unexpanded or contracted length resulting from pressurized fluid within the hose. To provide a linearly extendable and retractable dual elastic hose constructed with elastic materials both in the inner tube and the outer sleeve, it shows advantages of an improvement in expandable ratio of the outer sleeve and a reduction of strain forces required for the inner elastic tube to elongate the outer sleeve. A prolonged service life of the dual elastic hose is expected due to an effective reduction of frictional contacts and frictional resistance between the internal wall of the outer sleeve and the outer wall of the inner tube from less relative movements a lubricant layer between the two walls. |
| US11572965B2 |
Automated disconnecting of safety valves in a gas distribution system
A system includes a gas distribution network having sub-networks including a first sub-network, each sub-network including a pipe section having a gas safety device coupled to a gas safety valve. The gas safety device includes a pressure sensor, a shut off controller configured to shut off the gas safety valve, a computing device, and a communications module. A server is communicably coupled to the communications modules of the gas safety devices for that implements artificial intelligence (AI) which based on a current threat condition to the gas distribution network determines affected sub-networks. The server is for sending of a valve closing instruction signal to the gas safety device in the first sub-network during the current threat condition when the current threat condition is determined to affect the first sub-network. Responsive to the valve closing instruction signal, the gas safety device shuts off the gas safety valve in the first sub-network. |
| US11572963B2 |
Pneumatic-hydraulic control valve
A pneumatic-hydraulic control valve includes a valve base and a valve stem movably disposed in the valve base. A first inner oil guiding hole of the valve stem communicates with a first outer oil guiding hole of the valve base. A second inner oil guiding hole of the valve stem does not communicate with a second outer oil guiding hole of the valve base when the valve stem is closed, and communicates with the second outer oil guiding hole of the valve base when the valve stem is opened. Further, the valve stem has a first stressed portion for bearing a fluid closing force and a second stressed portion for bearing a fluid opening force. The outer diameter of the first stressed portion is larger than that of the second stressed portion. Thus, the present invention reduces a valve opening force without affecting the sealing effect. |
| US11572962B1 |
Diverter valve drive mechanism
A diverter valve drive mechanism is provided with a valve body and a driving main body, wherein a valve piece is arranged inside the valve body, and by adjusting the rotation angle of the valve piece, the fluid flow through the valve body can be controlled, and the valve piece is controlled Driven by the drive main body connected to the valve body; the drive main body is provided with a driving assembly, the driving assembly is composed of a motor, a plurality of gear sets and a hand wheel, and the rotation angle of the valve piece can be controlled by a motor Adjusted or adjusted via hand wheel control, the driving assembly is provided with a Bluetooth module that allows the motor to be controlled and driven via the remote. |
| US11572959B2 |
Pressure relief arrangement
The arrangement includes a pressure relief hatch for closing an opening in a wall in an electric cabinet, which. includes a body having an outer surface, an opposite inner surface, an outer perimeter, and a thickness. The body includes a centre portion with a first thickness, an intermediate portion with a second thickness, and an outer portion with a third thickness. The first thickness is greater than the third thickness and the second thickness decreases in a radially outward direction from the first thickness to the third thickness. A spring keeps the pressure relief hatch in a closed position in the opening during normal operation of the electric cabinet. |
| US11572957B2 |
Rotary disc valve
A rotary disc valve is used in a fluid delivery system to control flow of fluid between multiple ports. The valve may include a valve body having multiple ports that are connected to the system. In addition, the valve may include a diverter and seal assembly that are disposed in the valve body. The diverter is configured to rotate about a rotational axis and to control fluid flow through the valve body in such a way that fluid enters the diverter in a first direction that is parallel to the rotational axis, fluid exits the diverter in a second direction that is parallel to the rotational axis, the second direction being opposite the first direction, and between entering and exiting, fluid flows over a portion of the diverter outer surface. |
| US11572953B2 |
Gate valve
In embodiments, a gate valve includes a valve body including a flow passage from a first opening to a second opening, and a gate channel having a first end intersecting the flow passage and a second end delineated by a third opening. A valve cover fits over the third opening. A cap fits over a valve cover opening. In embodiments, a valve cover includes a body with a second sealing surface protruding from a first sealing surface, both around an opening of the body. A cap has a third sealing surface to mate with the first sealing surface, and a fourth sealing surface congruent to the second sealing surface. In embodiments, a valve cover cap includes a body with a first sealing surface on an end of a wall. Pin flanges each have a pin hole having a pin hole axis oriented perpendicular to a center axis of the wall. |
| US11572951B2 |
Gasket-mounting structure
A gasket-mounting structure includes a mounting member and a gasket. The mounting member includes a first base, an outer sleeve protruding from the first base, an inner sleeve protruding from the first base in the same direction of the outer sleeve radially inside the outer sleeve, and a groove surrounded by the first base, the outer sleeve, and the inner sleeve. The gasket includes an annular second base, an annular outer protrusion extending from the second base to be pressed in the groove, and an annular inner protrusion extending from the second base to be axially pressed on the inner sleeve radially inside the outer protrusion such that the inner sleeve is radially placed between the outer protrusion and the inner protrusion. |
| US11572949B1 |
Skin constrained inflatable bellows
An incrementally assembled skin-constrained inflatable bellows system includes a top end cap, a bottom end cap, and a bellows attached to and separating the top end cap and the bottom end cap and configured to hold pressurized fluid between the top and bottom end caps. The system further includes a nozzle configured to allow fluid to enter and exit the bellows, and an inextensible skin attached to each of the top end cap, the bottom end cap, and to the bellows. The top end cap assumes a first position when the bellows is inflated via the nozzle and, when the top end cap is adjusted from the first position to a second position, the skin is configured to maintain the top end cap in the second position and constrains the bellows into a predefined rigid three-dimensional shape. |
| US11572946B2 |
Shift control device and shift control method for vehicle
A shift control device and a shift control method for a vehicle may include a storage to store a table having a target speed corresponding to a speed of the vehicle at a starting point of a coasting operation of the vehicle and a speed profile corresponding to each of gearshifting stages of the vehicle with respect to each downhill slope, and a controller to control gearshifting of the vehicle traveling in the coasting operation on a downhill road, according to the table and the speed profile, to control the speed of the vehicle, according to a driver intent of accelerating the vehicle and a driver intent of traveling the vehicle at a constant speed. |
| US11572945B2 |
All-terrain vehicle and starting protector for all-terrain vehicle
A starting protector for an all-terrain vehicle is provided and includes a shaft, a driven wheel fitted over the shaft and comprising a tooth portion, a sleeving portion and a locking portion, and the tooth portion being configured to be connected with an engine; a driving wheel fitted over the sleeving portion, one side of the driving wheel being attached to the tooth portion, and the driving wheel being configured to be connected with a starting motor; a friction piece fitted over the sleeving portion and being in synchronous rotation with the sleeving portion, the friction piece being attached to the other side of the driving wheel, and when starting torque of the engine exceeds a preset value, the driving wheel and the friction piece slipping relatively; and a compressing assembly fitted over the sleeving portion and the locking portion to compress the friction piece and the driving wheel. |
| US11572944B1 |
Floating spacer for the restriction of planetary gears axial movement
A floating spacer assembly for a gear mounted on a shaft, such as a planet gear mounted to a planet carrier, is disclosed. The gear may be mounted on the shaft with a pair of roller bearings with inner races and bearing rollers, and a gear bore having a gear groove defined therein functioning as the outer races of the roller bearings. The floating spacer assembly may include an annular spacer ring having one or more sector slots circumferentially spaced around the spacer ring, and a spacer sector disposed within each of the sector slots and extending radially outward from the spacer ring and into the gear groove when the floating spacer assembly is installed between the roller bearings. The spacer sectors may engage surfaces of the gear groove and the spacer ring may engage the bearing rollers to limit axial movement of the gear relative to the shaft. |
| US11572943B2 |
Housing member for power transmission device
A housing member for a power transmission device connected to a driving source via a torque converter housed in the housing member includes a torque converter side mating face closer to the torque converter. The torque converter side mating face has a single-wall structure and a double-wall structure, wherein two adjacent fastening regions are connected circumferentially by a wall in the single-wall structure, and wherein two adjacent fastening regions are connected circumferentially by each of two walls in the double-wall structure. The torque converter side mating face includes: an upper half region in which the double-wall structure has a greater proportion in area than the single-wall structure; and a lower half region in which the double-wall structure has a less proportion in area than the single-wall structure. |
| US11572942B2 |
Harmonic speed reducer
A harmonic speed reducer is provided. The harmonic speed reducer includes a wave generator, a flexible gear, a first rigid gear, and a second rigid gear. The wave generator can be driven to rotate relative to a central axis. The flexible gear has a plurality of first outer gear structures, a division groove, and a plurality of second outer gear structures. The first rigid gear has a plurality of first inner gear structures configured to be engaged with the first outer gear structures. The second rigid gear has a plurality of second inner gear structures configured to be engaged with the second outer gear structures. A first intersection line is defined between each of the first inner gear structures and a sectional surface. An angle between the first intersection line and a first horizontal line is within a range from 0.1 degrees to 5 degrees. |
| US11572941B2 |
Wave generator for reducer of harmonic drive structure
Disclosed herein is a wave generator for a reducer of a harmonic drive structure. The reducer of a harmonic drive structure includes: a circular spline of a ring shape; a flex spline mounted inside the circular spline and having teeth engaged with teeth formed at three or more positions of the inner circumferential surface of the circular spline to be rotated; and a wave generator mounted inside the flex spline, and including a cam plate of a circular shape, and three or more protrusions formed at three or more positions of the outer circumferential surface of the circular cam plate so that the protrusions formed on the outer circumferential surface of the cam plate elastically deform the three or more positions inside the flex spline. |
| US11572937B2 |
Ball deflector for a ball screw
A ball screw including a threaded spindle and a spindle nut has a ball deflector arranged in an opening in the lateral surface of the spindle nut. The ball deflector is formed with an upper shell and a lower shell, the lower shell being arranged radially inwardly closer to the spindle nut longitudinal axis than the upper shell. The lower shell has a substantially half-shell-shaped contour. Both the upper shell and the lower shell are fastened in the spindle nut without any further, discrete mechanical fastening elements, and the ball deflector formed thereby does not protrude beyond the outer contour defined by the spindle nut. |
| US11572932B2 |
Coupling structure and modularized coaxial gear train reduction mechanism using same
A coupling structure includes a shaft, a tube, and a connection assembly. An end of the shaft is formed with a plurality of axial insertion troughs extended in an axial direction and arranged in an alternate manner. The tube includes a penetration-axle hole formed in a center thereof and corresponding to the penetration-axle section of the shaft. A plurality of radial insertion troughs, in the form of a recessed surface, are formed in an inner circumferential surface of the penetration-axle hole of the tube. The connection assembly includes a coupling block that has an outer circumference formed with a plurality of radial insertion blocks corresponding to the radial insertion troughs of the tube and a plurality of axial insertion blocks corresponding to the axial insertion troughs of the shaft, so that a fastening member may be used to selectively fasten the coupling block between the shaft and the tube. |
| US11572931B2 |
Cellulose-containing gear
A gear is provided that has excellent continuous moldability for practical use, and both high slidability and high durability. The provided gear is a molded resin constructed of a resin composition comprising a thermoplastic resin (A) and cellulose nanofibers (B) with an average fiber diameter of 1000 nm or smaller, and having a number average molecular weight of the thermoplastic resin (A) in the range of 10,000 to 150,000, wherein a sliding surface of the gear with another gear teeth has an arithmetic mean surface roughness Sa of 3.0 μm or lower. |
| US11572922B2 |
Bearing housing and method of making
A bearing housing for supporting a bearing of a gas turbine engine. The bearing housing comprises an annular body extending around an axis and having an oil inlet and an oil outlet. The bearing housing further comprises an oil manifold integrated into the annular body, the oil manifold having an inner oil channel defined in the annular body and extending circumferentially around the axis, the inner oil channel in fluid communication with the oil inlet and at least one oil jet directed towards the bearing. |
| US11572917B2 |
Sliding bearing and crankshaft support structure
A sliding bearing that is disposed in a cylinder block and supports a journal portion of a crankshaft, including: a semi-annular first split bearing having a first circumferential end surface; and a semi-annular second split bearing having a second circumferential end surface. The first and second circumferential end surfaces contact each other, the first split bearing has a same outer diameter as an outer diameter of the second split bearing, the second split bearing has a thickness at a second circumferentially central position that is greater than a thickness of the first split bearing at a first circumferentially central position, the thickness of the first split bearing is decreased from the first circumferentially central position toward the first circumferential end surface, the thickness of the second split bearing is decreased from the second circumferentially central position toward the second circumferential end surface. |
| US11572916B2 |
Centering screw for aligning two elements relative to each other, centering assembly
A centering screw for aligning two elements, particularly a workpiece and a carrier, relative to each other, the centering screw having a first end section with a first outside diameter and a first length, and a second end section with a second outside diameter and a second length, the first end section having a first thread, at least in sections, and a cone being provided for the centering. In this case, the centering screw has the cone in an intermediate section between the first end section and the second end section, the cone having a diameter changing along the intermediate section, the diameter at an end of the cone facing away from the first end section being larger than the first outside diameter, and the end of the cone facing away from the first end section being assigned an axial stop facing away from the first end section. |
| US11572914B2 |
Screw having a head with different sockets
A screw includes a threaded shank and a head with a first surface. Communicating sockets formed in the first surface include a Pozi-type socket and a drive socket. The drive socket includes rounded portions, arched portions alternating with the rounded portions, and a conical portion connected to the rounded portions and the arched portions to define a first reference line and a second reference line parallel to a central axis of the head. The rounded portions are inclined outwardly from the first reference line, and the arched portions are inclined outwardly from the second reference line. Thus, a first room enclosed by the rounded portions and the arched portions increases gradually towards the first surface. By a combination of the above sockets, the head cooperates with different driving tools for delivering driving force efficiently and is more convenient to use. |
| US11572912B2 |
Expansion anchor and method of making an expansion anchor
A method of making an expansion anchor comprising the steps of: providing a metal rod having a thread along at least part of its outer surface; adapting the metal rod to obtain a required length of metal rod; welding an expansion section to an end of the obtained length of metal rod; and providing an expansion sleeve which in use interacts with the expansion section for increasing the expansion sleeve diameter. An expansion anchor comprising a threaded rod part, an expansion section welded to an end of the rod part and an expansion sleeve which in use interacts with the expansion section for increasing the diameter of the expansion sleeve. |
| US11572910B2 |
Fastener structure
A fastener structure is provided, including a hollow sleeve, a rod body, and a hook assembly. The hollow sleeve is assembled on a first plate, and the rod body is inserted into the hollow sleeve. The hook assembly is rotatably assembled on the first plate, and includes a hook component and an elastic component. The hook component is adapted for being fastened to a positioning opening portion of a second plate, where a first side of the rod body is adapted to lean against the hook component. A first end of the elastic component leans against the first plate, and a second end of the elastic component is fixed on the hook component. |
| US11572900B2 |
Hydraulic power system and method for controlling same
A system and method is provided for monitoring a hydraulic power system having at least one light emitter and a button. The method includes powering on the hydraulic power system, receiving an actuation at the button and detecting a release of the button after a first time interval, and entering a diagnostic state. The method further includes retrieving a code and displaying the code by turning on the emitter in a first pattern. In some embodiments, a system and method is provided for regulating a temperature of a hydraulic power system. In some embodiments, a system and method is provided for controlling operation of a hydraulic torque wrench. |
| US11572895B2 |
Sheet having fan-mounting part
A sheet having a fan-mounting part for mounting a fan is provided. The fan includes a fan body including a cylinder part and a protrusion which is disposed on the cylinder part protruding in a direction substantially perpendicular to a side face of the cylinder part and an engaging member which is fitted on an outer side of the cylinder part and is thus attached to the fan body so as to be opposite the protrusion. The sheet having the fan-mounting part includes a sheet member and a non-stretchable flat ring-shaped reinforcing section. The sheet member has an open hole for receiving the cylinder part of the fan. The reinforcing section has an opening with substantially the same shape as an outer edge of the cylinder part of the fan. |
| US11572894B2 |
Centrifugal compressor and supercharger
A centrifugal compressor (P) is provided with: a casing (10) which forms an impeller inlet flow path (11), an impeller flow path (12), an impeller outlet flow path (13), and a scroll (14); and an impeller (3) which is arranged in the impeller flow path (11), wherein the casing (10) is provided with a casing body (15) and a heat conduction inhibiting part (16) which is disposed to heat conduction paths to the impeller inlet flow path (11) from at least the impeller outlet flow path (13) and the scroll (14) so as to inhibit heat conduction to the impeller inlet flow path (11) from at least the impeller outlet flow path (13) and the scroll (14). |
| US11572892B2 |
Reinforced blower housing component for arrangement on a gas blower
The disclosure relates to a blower housing component with a housing body and a mounting flange extending radially outward from the housing body, at which mounting flange multiple mounting points are arranged for mounting the blower housing component, which mounting points are evenly spaced in the circumferential direction, wherein radial ribs extending radially in a straight line along the mounting flange are formed between the housing body and the mounting points, and wherein the radial ribs are intersected by tangential ribs extending along the mounting flange, which tangential ribs extend tangentially to the housing body between two of the mounting points, respectively, and connect the two mounting points, respectively. |
| US11572891B1 |
Ceiling fan blade
A ceiling fan blade is provided. The ceiling fan blade is configured to be mounted on a rotating base, and includes a main body and a blade holder connected to the main body. The blade holder is configured to be mounted on the rotating base. The main body includes a windward part arranged adjacent to a side of the main body and a plurality of air guiding structures arranged adjacent to the windward part. Each of the air guiding structures and the side of the main body that is adjacent to the windward part is 0.2 to 0.4 times of a width of the main body. |
| US11572887B2 |
Compressor
A compressor has a rotor. The rotor includes a plurality of impellers that include a disk having a solid structure having a buried center, and are adjacent to each other in an axial direction, and a plurality of bolts for fixing the plurality of impellers together. The disk has a disk surface facing the axial direction and a bolt hole penetrating the disk at a position deviated outward from an axis in a radial direction. The disk surface includes a contact surface of which at least a part is located outside the bolt hole in the radial direction, and a non-contact surface which is a region inside the contact surface in the radial direction. |
| US11572882B2 |
Centrifugal air compressor and control
A centrifugal gas compressor fed with a gas and a processing liquid comprises a rotor rotated by a prime mover. The rotor defines an internal axial cavity with a cylindrical surface, an annular peripheral collection cavity, and a tapered radial channel fluidly connecting the internal axial cavity and the annular peripheral collection cavity. With each rotation of the rotor, a portion of the processing fluid is swept into the inlet of the tapered radial channel and travels radially as a fluid piston under centrifugal force pushing and compressing a column of gas entrained in front of said fluid piston, and is expelled into the annular peripheral collection cavity where it undergoes centrifugal separation, leaving the compressed gas to be drawn off through the compressed gas outlet for downstream use. A method for compressing a gas is also provided. |
| US11572880B2 |
Centrifugal turbo-compressor having a gas flow path including a relaxation chamber
The centrifugal turbo-compressor (2) includes a hermetic casing (3); a drive shaft (6) having a longitudinal axis and rotatably arranged within the hermetic casing (3); a compression stage including an impeller (17) connected to the drive shaft (6); a gas suction inlet (42); and a gas flow path (P) fluidly connected to the gas suction inlet (42) and configured to supply the compression stage with a gas flow. The gas flow path (P) includes a relaxation chamber (46) at least partially surrounding the drive shaft (6), the gas suction inlet (42) emerging substantially radially into the relaxation chamber (46); and a plurality of inlet flow guide channels (51) fluidly connected to the relaxation chamber (46) and angularly distributed around the longitudinal axis of the drive shaft (6), the inlet flow guide channels (51) extending radially towards the drive shaft (6) and being axially offset from the gas suction inlet (42) and the relaxation chamber (46). |
| US11572878B2 |
Element for compressing or expanding a gas and method for controlling such element
An element for compressing or expanding a gas including a rigid housing (2) containing an internal chamber; a rotor (3a, 3b) situated in the internal chamber and comprising a rotor shaft (4a, 4b); one or more bearings (7) in which the rotor shaft (4a, 4b) is bearing-supported, wherein the rotor (3a, 3b) with its rotor shaft (4a, 4b) is rotatably mounted with respect to the housing (2) by means of these bearings (7), wherein the rotor (3a, 3b) is mounted with one or more clearances with respect to a wall (5) of the internal chamber, and the element (1) is provided with a separate yielding component (10) which is positionally adjustable with respect to the housing (2) in such a way that at least one of the clearances can be acted upon, wherein the separate yielding component (10) is not directly attached to the rotor (3a, 3b). |
| US11572877B2 |
Universal mount for a variable speed pump drive user interface
Disclosed herein is a user interface that can be universally mounted to a combination variable speed pump and a drive assembly therefor. The user interface is universally configured to be selectively mounted to the drive assembly and/or to an environmental surface that is remotely located from the drive assembly. The user interface is universally configured to be selectively mounted to the drive assembly in any one of a plurality of available positions relative thereto. |
| US11572874B2 |
Systems and methods to pump difficult-to-pump substances
Various embodiments include methods and apparatus structured to pump material, where such material is difficult to pump. In an embodiment, an apparatus can include an injector device capable of self-injecting material into a high pressure line. The apparatus may include multiple valves to control recharge of material into the injector device and to control reinjection of the material into the high pressure line. In an embodiment at a well site, a portion of fluid being injected into a wellbore can be diverted from one or more high pressure pumps to an injector device, where the diverted portion of the fluid can be used to power the injector device to inject material from a mixing tank to add material to the wellbore in addition to the non-diverted portion of the fluid injected into the wellbore. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods can be implemented in a variety of applications. |
| US11572871B2 |
Low-force pumping segment
A pumping segment having a low shut-off force is disclosed. The pumping segment includes a tube having an interior surface with at least two notches on opposite sides of the interior surface. |
| US11572867B1 |
Avian avoidance system for wind turbines
A wind turbine apparatus has a tower and a plurality of blades rotatably mounted relative to the tower. Each of the plurality of blades has a reflective media on a surface thereof. The reflective media has at least a pair of primary colors. Each primary color is different from each other. The reflective media on one of the plurality of blades is arranged in an order different than in order of the reflective media of an adjacent blade. The reflective media can further include a mixed color of white. The reflective media comprises bands extending across a surface of the blade. |
| US11572865B2 |
Method and system for controlling a wind turbine to reduce nacelle vibration
The present invention relates to a method of controlling a wind turbine comprising a tower supporting a rotor comprising a plurality of pitch-adjustable rotor blades. The method includes obtaining a movement signal indicative of a lateral movement of the tower; determining a pitch modulation signal, based on the movement signal, for actuating a rotor blade to produce a desired horizontal force component to counteract the lateral movement of the tower; determining a radial force component acting on a rotor blade; determining a phase offset parameter for the rotor blade based on the radial force component; and, transforming the pitch modulation signal into a pitch reference offset signal for the rotor blade based on the phase offset parameter. |
| US11572863B2 |
Spar cap configuration for a jointed wind turbine blade
A jointed wind turbine rotor blade includes a first blade segment and a second blade segment extending in opposite directions from a chord-wise joint line. Each of the first and second blade segments includes opposite spar caps. The first and second blade segments are connected at the chord-wise joint line by internal joint structure, wherein the joint structure is bonded to the opposite spar caps in at least the second blade segment. The spar caps in the second blade segment have a first section with a first chord-wise width that is unbonded to the joint structure and a second section with a second chord-wise width that is bonded to the joint structure. The second chord-wise width is greater than the first chord-wise width. |
| US11572862B2 |
Segmented blade, method for connecting segmented blades and wind power generator set
A segmented blade, which includes a first blade segment having a first main beam, wherein the first main beam includes a first body portion disposed within the first blade segment and a first engaging portion extending from an end portion of the first body portion toward a direction which is away from the blade root; a second blade segment having a second main beam, wherein the second main beam includes a second body portion disposed within the second blade segment and a second engaging portion extending from an end portion of the second body portion toward a direction which approaches the blade root, and the second engaging portion being engaged in the first engaging portion; and an outer skin, which covers a gap between the first blade segment and the second blade segment. Also provided are a method for connecting segmented blades and a wind power generator set. |
| US11572861B2 |
Method for forming a rotor blade for a wind turbine
The present disclosure is directed to a method for forming a wind turbine rotor blade. The method includes placing first and second prefabricated skin panels defining a portion of a root section of the wind turbine rotor blade, a pressure side of the wind turbine rotor blade, or a suction side of the wind turbine rotor blade in a mold. The first and second prefabricated skin panels partially overlap to define a connection region. A vacuum bag is placed over the mold. The connection region is infused with a resin. |
| US11572860B2 |
Wind power plant
A wind power plant includes a shrouded wind turbine having an annular shroud which defines a longitudinal axis and which is rotationally symmetrical thereto. A radially inner upper side of the shroud forms a flow channel for the wind, wherein a propeller which can rotate about the longitudinal axis and is intended for driving an electrical generator is rotatably mounted in the flow channel. A support, which defines a support longitudinal direction, has arranged thereon an annular shroud bearing element on which the shroud, and hence the wind turbine, can be mounted in different pivoting positions about a pivot axis, which extends transversely with respect to the support longitudinal direction. |
| US11572857B2 |
Suction valve for high-pressure fuel pump
A suction valve of a high-pressure fuel pump for a vehicle includes a housing having an inlet through which a fuel is introduced and a pump chamber configured to press the fuel, a valve installation space arranged between the inlet and the pump chamber, and a solenoid part provided with a rod for performing a linear reciprocal motion, and further includes a valve sleeve inserted into the valve installation space and formed with a flow hole, a valve spring seated on the valve sleeve, a valve plate elastically supported by the valve spring, and moving in conjunction with the rod, and a valve sheet formed with an introduction hole opened and closed by the valve plate, in which the valve sleeve is slid and inserted into the valve installation space, and the valve sheet is fitted into and fastened to the valve installation space to support the valve sleeve. |
| US11572855B2 |
Fuel tank and pump system
An in-tank fuel pump assembly and mounting system is disclosed which may be configured for mounting inside a fuel tank. The assembly includes a pump housing, pump mounted to the housing, and pressure relief valve. The housing may comprise upper and lower pump housing units coupled together. The upper housing unit is configured for mounting to a tank opening, which in one implementation may be the fuel fill opening. The lower housing unit extends into the tank to approximately the bottom of the tank. A fuel fill fluid pathway is created through the housing for adding fuel to the tank while the pump assembly remains in situ. The upper housing unit may include a removable fuel cap. The pump housing may include an integral vapor trap. |
| US11572854B2 |
Filtration device having a latch mechanism
A filtration device may include a filter element and a housing that is configured to receive the filter element. The filter element may include a casing having a first outer surface and a flange connected to the first outer surface. The flange may include a plurality of snap members. A snap member, of the plurality of snap members, may include a fulcrum projecting from the flange and a lever mounted on the fulcrum. The housing may include a shell having a second outer surface and a plurality of ramp members. The plurality of ramp members may be fixedly connected to the second outer surface and may be configured to engage the plurality of snap members of the filter element. A ramp member, of the plurality of ramp members, may include an angled surface that extends from the second outer surface at an acute angle relative to the second outer surface. |
| US11572853B2 |
Multiple intake air filtration device
The Multiple Intake Air Filtration Device of this invention is a superior, highly efficient air cleaner that utilizes an array of multiple-intake cyclonic tubes spinning air at high speed to efficiently remove the specific sizes of dirt and other particulates that can be ingested in off-road and highway vehicle operations. This Multiple Intake Air Filtration Device is well-suited for use with both normally-aspirated engines and turbocharged engines. It is superior to automotive air cleaners that filter out dirt by use of a screen or porous media because it never becomes clogged as dirt and particulates are filtered out, and it is superior to devices that utilize only a single air flow through cyclonic tubes, because the device of this invention cleans intake air more efficiently while providing a strong flow of clean air to the engine or other component. |
| US11572852B2 |
Low pressure gaseous fuel injection system
An engine includes a cylinder, a piston reciprocable within the cylinder in response to the combustion of a mixture of air and fuel, and a venturi having a throat. The venturi is positioned to draw in air and direct the air and fuel to the cylinder. A fuel inlet is positioned to direct gaseous fuel into the throat, a valve is coupled to the fuel inlet, and an engine control module operable to control the valve and the fuel flow into the throat. |
| US11572849B1 |
Systems and methods utilizing gas temperature as a power source
Systems and generating power in an organic Rankine cycle (ORC) operation to supply electrical power. In embodiments, an inlet temperature of a flow of gas from a source to an ORC unit may be determined. The source may connect to a main pipeline. The main pipeline may connect to a supply pipeline. The supply pipeline may connect to the ORC unit thereby to allow gas to flow from the source to the ORC unit. Heat from the flow of gas may cause the ORC unit to generate electrical power. The outlet temperature of the flow of the gas from the ORC unit to a return pipe may be determined. A bypass valve, positioned on a bypass pipeline connecting the supply pipeline to the return pipeline, may be adjusted to a position sufficient to maintain temperature of the flow of gas above a threshold based on the inlet and outlet temperature. |
| US11572844B2 |
Methods and system for stopping an internal combustion engine
A method for stopping an engine within a desired crankshaft angular range is disclosed. In one example, the method may take no control actions if it is determined that the engine will stop within the desired crankshaft angular range. However, if it is determined that the engine may stop outside of the desired crankshaft angular range, expansion combustion may be initiated in a cylinder so that the engine stops in a desired crankshaft angular range. |
| US11572839B2 |
Turbomachine for aircraft comprising a plurality of variable bypass valves and control method
A turbomachine for an aircraft extending axially along an axis X comprising a primary flow path in which an air stream flows intended for the combustion chamber and a secondary flow path in which an air stream flows intended for propulsion, the compressor comprising a plurality of first variable bypass valves, a plurality of second variable bypass valves, the turbomachine comprising a first control system configured to control the movement of the plurality of first variable bypass valves and a second control system configured to control the movement of the plurality of second variable bypass valves, the first control system and the second control system being separate. |
| US11572837B2 |
Buffer fluid delivery system and method for a shaft seal of a gas turbine engine
Systems and methods for delivering a buffer fluid to a shaft seal of a gas turbine engine are provided. An exemplary system includes, a buffer fluid source, one or more first conduits providing fluid communication between the buffer fluid source and the shaft seal along a first route, and one or more second conduits providing fluid communication between the buffer fluid source and the shaft seal along a second route different from the first route. A heat exchanger is also disposed along the first route to facilitate heat transfer between buffer fluid in the one or more first conduits and a cooling fluid. |
| US11572835B2 |
Combustor dilution hole
A turbofan gas turbine engine configured to reduce hotspots within combustors. The engine includes an axis and a combustor that is circumferentially disposed about the axis. The combustor includes an annular combustor liner that includes a front portion and a rear portion. The annular combustor liner is joined to an annular combustor dome via front portion and defines a chamber and a nozzle is mounted within the annular combustor dome and is configured to inject fuel into a plurality of swirlers. At least one or more dilution openings is circumferentially distributed around the liner such that a region is fluidly connected through the annular combustor liner to the chamber. Each one of the pluralities of dilution openings includes an opening and a radial support wall that is positioned aft of the opening such that the radial support wall extends into the chamber. |
| US11572832B2 |
Method for preparing a support and for acoustic management on a turbine engine or a nacelle
The invention relates to acoustic management, on an aircraft turbomachine (3,12) or on a nacelle (1,10), via a panel (30,32). On a support (38) is reserved a recess (34), recessed with respect to a surrounding general surface (36) for contact with moving air. The recess (34) is adapted to receive the panel, as another so-called surface for contact with moving air. The support (38) and/or the panel comprise removable connecting elements for, in the recess (34), mounting it removably with respect to the support, the panel being an acoustic panel or a non-acoustic panel. |
| US11572830B2 |
Method and system for on vehicle compressed air generation
Methods and systems are provided for an air system. In one example, a system includes a boost device configured to be driven by exhaust air from a plurality of cylinder in order to compress ambient air. The compressed ambient air is delivered to a tank configured to store compressed gases. |
| US11572829B2 |
System and method for combining compressor bleed flow and ventilation flow of gas turbine engine
A flow combiner is provided for a gas turbine engine. The flow combiner includes an outlet duct, a compressor bleed inlet duct coupled to the outlet duct, and a ventilation inlet duct coupled to the outlet duct. The compressor bleed inlet duct is configured to receive a bleed flow from a compressor of the gas turbine engine. The ventilation inlet duct is configured to receive a ventilation flow from an enclosure surrounding the gas turbine engine. The bleed flow and the ventilation flow are combined as an outlet flow through the outlet duct. |
| US11572824B2 |
Electrified engine boost components for mitigating engine stalling in a work vehicle
An engine system includes an internal combustion engine, an energy storage device configured to provide electrical power, and an electrified air-boost system powered by the electrical power from the energy storage device to boost intake air to the engine, with the electrified air-boost system further including an electrical machine and a pressure device driven by the electrical machine to output boosted intake air to the engine. The engine system also includes a controller operably connected with the electrified air-boost system, with the controller configured to monitor engine speed and engine load during operation of the engine, identify an impending engine stall condition based on the monitored engine speed and engine load, and when the impending engine stall condition is identified, temporarily operate the electrified air-boost system to boost the intake air to the engine, thereby boosting a torque output of the engine. |
| US11572823B2 |
Variable capacity turbocharger
A variable capacity turbocharger includes a variable nozzle unit having a shroud-side ring in which a first bearing hole is provided, a hub-side ring in which a second bearing hole is provided, a nozzle flow path formed between the shroud-side ring and the hub-side ring, and a nozzle vane disposed in the nozzle flow path and supported by both the first bearing hole and the second bearing hole. A turbine housing having a scroll flow path is connected to the nozzle flow path, in which the first bearing hole penetrates the shroud-side ring and communicates with the scroll flow path through a gap between the shroud-side ring and the turbine housing. Additionally, an opening of the first bearing hole on the gap side is smaller than an opening of the first bearing hole on the nozzle flow path side. |
| US11572819B2 |
End can assembly for an engine exhaust aftertreatment canister
An end can assembly for an engine exhaust aftertreatment canister comprises an end can formed from an end plate and a wall extending from a periphery of the end plate, the end plate and the wall having a first cutaway portion formed therein. A pipe is provided in the first cutaway portion and attached to the end can around the first cutaway portion to form a seal with the end can, the pipe having at least one opening provided therein which opens into an interior of the end can assembly. A bracket, comprising a plate and a shoulder extending at an angle from the plate, is attached to the end plate and to the wall, the shoulder having a second cutaway portion formed therein which is shaped to receive the pipe whereby the shoulder abuts the pipe and provides structural support to the pipe and end can. |
| US11572816B2 |
Vehicle exhaust and air-circulation system for cold start
A vehicle includes an engine having an intake manifold and an exhaust manifold. An exhaust system is connected to the exhaust manifold and has an aftertreatment device. The aftertreatment device has a body defining inlet and outlet cones, a heating element, and a catalyst disposed in the body between the cones. An air-circulation system has conduit extending from downstream of the catalyst to the intake manifold and an air-circulation device configured to circulate air from the outlet cone, through the conduit to the intake manifold, through the engine, to the inlet cone, and through the aftertreatment device. |
| US11572815B2 |
Methods and systems for turbine bypass
Methods and systems are provided for a turbocharger. In one example, a method may include bypassing exhaust gases flowing to the turbocharger in response to a catalyst temperature being less than a threshold temperature. The bypassing includes opening a bypass valve and adjusting a position of one or more turbine nozzle vanes. |
| US11572809B2 |
Thermal energy storage system with alternating discharge operation
An energy storage system converts variable renewable electricity (VRE) to continuous heat at over 1000° C. Intermittent electrical energy heats a solid medium. Heat from the solid medium is delivered continuously on demand. An array of bricks incorporating internal radiation cavities is directly heated by thermal radiation. The cavities facilitate rapid, uniform heating via reradiation. Heat delivery via flowing gas establishes a thermocline which maintains high outlet temperature throughout discharge. Gas flows through structured pathways within the array, delivering heat which may be used for processes including calcination, hydrogen electrolysis, steam generation, and thermal power generation and cogeneration. Groups of thermal storage arrays may be controlled and operated at high temperatures without thermal runaway via deep-discharge sequencing. Forecast-based control enables continuous, year-round heat supply using current and advance information of weather and VRE availability. High-voltage DC power conversion and distribution circuitry improves the efficiency of VRE power transfer into the system. |
| US11572806B2 |
Turbine bearing maintenance apparatus and method
Various embodiments include methods for performing maintenance on a gas turbine bearing area. In some cases, a method includes: separating sections of an inlet bellmouth of the gas turbine without removing the sections of the inlet bellmouth from the gas turbine; removing a housing from over a bearing of the gas turbine; mounting a bearing maintenance apparatus adjacent the inlet bellmouth and the bearing; and performing maintenance on the bearing area while the sections of the inlet bellmouth remain separated. |
| US11572802B2 |
Steam turbine having a steam supplementing structure and operating method therefor
A steam turbine having a steam supplementing structure and an operating method therefor. The steam turbine includes an outer casing and an inner casing, a rotor having a thrust balancing piston, the rotor being rotatably mounted inside the inner casing; and a steam flow channel formed between the inner casing and the rotor. Impeller blades fitted with the rotor and a plurality of guide blades fitted with the inner casing are alternately arranged to form multiple stages of blade groups. Steam is fed from the steam throughflow downstream of a first designated blade staging in multiple stages of blade groups to a thrust balancing piston chamber disposed between the inner casing and the thrust balancing piston of the rotor. An interlayer for the steam to circulate is formed between the inner casing and the outer casing, the interlayer including a supplemental steam chamber which can receive the steam from a sealed chamber between the rotor and the inner casing. The steam is mixed with supplemental steam fed into the steam supplementing chamber via steam supplementing pipelines. The mixed steam then returns, via the communicating pipe in the inner casing, to the steam throughflow downstream of the second designated blade staging in the flow channel. |
| US11572795B2 |
System and method for manufacture of abrasive coating
A component for a gas turbine engine includes an airfoil section including a free end and an abrasive coating sprayed onto the free end, the abrasive coating including a polymer matrix and an abrasive filler, the abrasive filler between about 50%-75% by volume of the abrasive coating. |
| US11572791B1 |
Vibration damping system for turbine nozzle or blade using damper pins with wire mesh members 1HEREON
A vibration damping system for a turbine nozzle or blade includes a vibration damping element including a plurality of contacting members including a plurality of damper pins. Each damper pin includes a body. A wire mesh member surrounds the body of at least one of the plurality of damper pins. The wire mesh member has a first outer dimension sized for frictionally engaging within a body opening in the turbine nozzle or blade to damp vibration. Spacer members devoid of a wire mesh member may also be used. The damper pins can have different sizes to accommodate contiguous body openings of different sizes in the nozzle or blade. The body opening can be angled relative to a radial extent of the nozzle or blade. |
| US11572786B2 |
Dual pump reverse flow through phase behavior measurements with a formation tester
A downhole PVT tool for performing in-situ formation fluid phase behavior characterizations in a wellbore using pressure, volume, and temperature (PVT) measurements of the formation fluid while continuing to pump the formation fluids. The disclosed downhole PVT tool includes an intake mandrel and utilizes two individual pumps to split the formation fluid to perform PVT measurements during the fluid pump out. The downhole PVT tool, two-pump configuration permits a first pump to be used to pump formation fluid along a first flowpath and a second pump to be used to pump formation fluid along a second flowpath, with one or more sensors deployed along one of the flowpaths to perform fluid and/or gas phase behavior measurements to determine one or more properties of the formation fluid in-situ. The first pump may be utilized in the phase behavior analysis while the second pump simultaneously continues flow-through pumping of the formation fluid. |
| US11572784B2 |
ALD-thin layer coating applications for sensing telemetry
Layered coating applications for sensing telemetry are provided. An example method can include depositing an optical waveguide on an inner surface of a wellbore tool, the optical waveguide including a first layer of low refractive-index material, a second layer of high refractive-index material applied to a first surface of the first layer, and a third layer of low refractive-index material applied to a second surface of the second layer; configuring non-uniformities at one or more locations of the optical waveguide, the non-uniformities configured to reflect or scatter light at angles relative to a site of interaction between the light and the non-uniformities; determining a reflection and/or transmission pattern of light propagated through the optical waveguide and reflected or scattered by the non-uniformities; and based on the reflection and/or transmission pattern of the light, determining one or more conditions associated with of the wellbore tool. |
| US11572777B2 |
Constructing digital twins for oil and gas recovery using Ensemble Kalman Filter
A self-adapting digital twin of a wellbore environment can be created. The self-adapting digital twin incorporates a standalone Ensemble Kalman Filter (EnKF) module with a constant parameter digital twin developed for a fixed environment. The standalone EnKF module receives streaming measurement data from multiple sensors and prediction data from the digital twin and executes the standalone EnKF module using the streaming measurement data and the prediction data from the digital twin. The results of executing the standalone EnKF module are input parameter corrections for the digital twin that are communicated to the digital twin. Output predictions of the digital twin are used to modify operational parameters of an oil or gas recovery process. |
| US11572775B2 |
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. |
| US11572774B2 |
Systems and methods to operate a dual-shaft gas turbine engine for hydraulic fracturing
Systems and methods to pump fracturing fluid into a wellhead may include a gas turbine engine including a compressor turbine shaft connected to a compressor, and a power turbine output shaft connected to a power turbine. The compressor turbine shaft and the power turbine output shaft may be rotatable at different rotational speeds. The systems may also include a transmission including a transmission input shaft connected to the power turbine output shaft and a transmission output shaft connected to a hydraulic fracturing pump. The systems may also include a fracturing unit controller configured to control one or more of the rotational speeds of the compressor turbine shaft, the power turbine output shaft, or the transmission output shaft based at least in part on target signals and fluid flow signals indicative of one or more of pressure or flow rate associated with fracturing fluid pumped into the wellhead. |
| US11572770B2 |
System and method for determining load and displacement of a polished rod
An apparatus includes a body. The body includes first and second clamping mechanisms that are configured to grip a tubular member of a beam pump unit at first and second axially-offset locations along the tubular member, respectively. The body also includes a base positioned at least partially between the first and second clamping mechanisms. The apparatus also includes a strain gauge coupled to the base and configured to measure a strain on the tubular member as the tubular member moves. The apparatus also includes a gyroscope configured to measure an orientation, an angular velocity, or both of the beam pump unit as the beam pump unit operates. The apparatus also includes an accelerometer configured to measure an acceleration of the beam pump unit as the beam pump unit operates. |
| US11572767B2 |
Dynamic design method for personalized drill bit for complex difficult-to-drill formation
A design method for a personalized drill bit for a complex difficult-to-drill formation includes: S1, acquiring rock drillability indexes of a drilled formation; S2, performing digital simulation analysis of rock breaking of bit teeth and a composite rock breaking experiment of a ring gear and a drill bit, and establishing a mechanical model of the rock interaction at the bottom of a well; S3, establishing an integrated dynamics model of drill string-drill bit-rock system coupling; S4, designing a tooth shape, a tooth distribution density, a crown shape and a gauge protection structure for rock mechanics properties of a complex difficult-to-drill formation; S5, optimizing bit nozzle and hydraulic structure parameters by using the computational fluid dynamics theory and the numerical simulation method; S6. optimizing a manufacturing process of the drill bit by using the tooth material decarburization strengthening technology, the high-strength bit body material technology and the special tooth-shaped tooth technology. |
| US11572759B2 |
Distributed acoustic sensor with trackable plug
A downhole well system can use a fiber optic cable that can be positioned downhole along a length of a wellbore. The well system may include a top plug, a bottom plug, or both that are used to contain a cement slurry during a cementing operation. The movement of the top plug and bottom plug may cause acoustic noise along the downhole portion of the casing. A reflectometer may detect the acoustic noise from strain in the fiber optic cable and determine a location of the top plug or bottom plug downhole. |
| US11572756B2 |
Rotational drive system for a blowout preventer
The present disclosure relates to a drive system for a blowout preventer (BOP). The drive system includes a first pseudo direct drive (PDD) motor assembly having a first PDD motor and a second PDD motor assembly having a second PDD motor. The first PDD motor is configured to engage with a first shaft coupled to a first ram of the BOP and the second PDD motor is configured to engage with a second shaft coupled to a second ram of the BOP. The first PDD motor and the second PDD motor are operable to induce translation of the first shaft and the second shaft, respectively, to drive the first ram and the second ram toward one another along a longitudinal axis to reach an engaged configuration in the BOP. |
| US11572755B2 |
Sealing arrangement
A sealing arrangement for an oil and/or gas well, including a rotation portion and a sealing portion. Rotation of the rotation portion causes the sealing portion to engage a surface of the oil and/or gas well so as to substantially form a seal therebetween. |
| US11572754B2 |
Freeing stuck subterranean service tools
An assembly disposed within a subterranean wellbore can include a first dislodging tool coupled to a bottom end of a tubing string, wherein the first dislodging tool, when enabled at a first time, performs a first action to free at least one service tool, disposed below the first dislodging tool in the subterranean wellbore, from being stuck. |
| US11572748B2 |
Vacuum device and vacuum assisted digger system
An improved vacuum device for use with a vacuum assisted post hole digger tool. The improved vacuum device includes two suction providing motors with their suction outlets connected in a parallel fashion directly to a filter box. The dual motor configuration provides significantly improved suction power over existing vacuum devices but is still able to be powered on household 120V AC power.The improved vacuum device is paired with a post hole digger apparatus which includes an elongated hollow tubular tool for transmitting vacuum to the base end of the tube. The base end of the tube further comprises a variety bore heads for breaking up soil. A variety of devices for breaking up soil or removing clogs around the bore head are included: a thrasher bar, a hammer bar and an unclogger bar. Each of these devices are designed to be activated either manually by the user by application of force at the upper end of the tool or by application of rotary force by a motor disposed at the top of the housing. |
| US11572746B2 |
Rotary gripping apparatus for a power tong
A power tong including a rotary gripping apparatus having a rotary base having a first jaw and at least one rotary arm movable relative to the rotary base between an open position and a closed position, the at least one rotary arm having a second jaw. A gap is present between the rotary base and the at least one rotary arm for receiving the tubular when the at least one rotary arm is in the open position. The gap is closed when the at least one rotary arm is in the closed position. |
| US11572744B2 |
Casing roller apparatus
A casing roller apparatus including an actuation apparatus for facilitating operation of the casing roller apparatus and an engagement apparatus for securely engaging a unit of casing to permit an oilfield worker to roll the unit of casing. The casing roller apparatus is used in a method of engaging a unit of casing with the casing roller apparatus and rolling the unit of casing from a first location to a second location. |
| US11572742B2 |
Automatic handheld shovel with auger
An electrical handheld shovel system includes a handheld shovel with an auger bit. The shovel includes a motor configured to rotate the auger bit and a portable power source configured to power the motor. The shovel includes an input/output (I/O) device and a controller to control rotation of the auger bit. The shovel has a handle and a shovel portion. In one example, the power source is integrated into the handle, and in another example, the power source is detachably coupled to the handle. The shovel has a gearbox coupled to the motor. The shovel portion includes a blade positioned proximal to the auger bit to retain debris from the auger bit. The auger bit has a flute that is partially covered by the blade, and the blade defines a discharge opening configured to discharge at least some of the debris. |
| US11572741B2 |
Weep-hole drilling
A method for creating a weep hole is disclosed. The weep hole is drilled in an uncured, concrete, hollow core structural component having one or more external surfaces and one or more internal surfaces. The weep hole is drilled using a drilling apparatus comprising a drill, a rotating drill bit with an internal fluid passageway, a power source, and a pressurized fluid source. Loose, uncured concrete material deposited near the weep hole on the one or more internal surface as a result of drilling the weep hole is removed by releasing pressurized fluid which flows from the pressurized fluid source, through the drill and the rotating drill bit. |
| US11572739B2 |
RFID actuated release of mill from whipstock
A bottom hole assembly for use in a subterranean well can include a whipstock, a mill releasably secured to the whipstock, an antenna, and a release mechanism configured to release the mill from the whipstock in response to a predetermined radio frequency signal received by the antenna. A method can include positioning a bottom hole assembly in a well, the bottom hole assembly including a mill and a whipstock releasably secured to the mill, and then releasing the mill from the whipstock by displacing a radio frequency identification tag into the bottom hole assembly. A well system can include a bottom hole assembly comprising an anchor, a whipstock and a mill, and a radio frequency identification tag displaceable with fluid flow into the bottom hole assembly. |
| US11572737B2 |
Shade motor with power supplied by brackets
Shade assembly comprising a roller tube, shade material connected to the roller tube, and a motor disposed inside the roller tube and adapted to rotate the roller tube to roll and unroll the shade material. The shade assembly further comprise a motor head disposed at a terminal end of the roller tube and comprises a contact pin and a first locking member, and an installation bracket adapted to be secured to an architectural structure and comprises a contact pad and a second locking member, wherein the motor head is stationary with respect to the installation bracket when the roller tube rotates. The motor head is adapted to removably attach to the installation bracket by connecting the first locking member to the second locking member and thereby aligning and electrically connecting the contact pin with the contact pad |
| US11572728B2 |
Apparatus and method of controlling door for vehicle
An apparatus can be used to control a door for a vehicle. A sensor unit is provided in the door and is configured to sense an object adjacent to a region outside of the door. A controller is configured to calculate a distance at which the object is positioned based on a signal received from the sensor unit and to control the door to be opened while the distance to the object is gradually reduced in a state where the door is closed, such that the object is sensed within a predetermined range. |
| US11572727B2 |
Door closer adjustment mechanism
Certain embodiments relate to an adjustment indicator mechanism for a door closer including a tubular portion and an adjustment screw mounted to the tubular portion. A housing is configured for mounting to the door closer, and includes a channel and indicia adjacent the channel, each of the indicia corresponding to a respective size of the door closer. An adjustment transmission includes a first component configured for coupling with the adjustment screw. An indicator transmission is engaged with the adjustment transmission and mounted in the housing. An indicator is movably mounted to the housing such that a portion of the indicator is visible via the channel. The indicator is engaged with the indicator transmission such that movement of the indicator transmission causes the indicator to selectively align with the indicia to thereby indicate the current size of the door closer. |
| US11572724B2 |
Collision energy absorbing apparatus, systems, and methods
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for absorbing energy in a hinge are provided. An apparatus may include a first portion, a second portion coupled to the first portion to move relative to the first portion, and a tab configured relative to the first and second portions to absorb energy imparted to the second portion during a collision. The tab may be bendable via rotation as the second portion moves towards the first portion during the collision. The first portion may be a hinge bracket securable to a vehicle body. The second portion may be a hinge arm securable to a vehicle hood. The tab may be positioned at least partially between the first portion and the second portion for selective interference of the tab with one of the first portion and the second portion. |
| US11572719B2 |
Opening apparatus of a hood of a vehicle for emergency escape
An opening apparatus of a hood of a vehicle for emergency escape includes a hood latch and a safety hook, which constrains a striker formed on the hood to open and close the hood, which opens and closes a front trunk in a vehicle equipped with the front trunk. The opening apparatus includes an emergency lever configured to be installed in the front trunk and an emergency opening mechanism configured to operate the hood latch and the safety hook simultaneously when the emergency lever is operated to release the constraint of the striker. |
| US11572714B2 |
Handle device for vehicle
A handle device for vehicle configured to operate a door lock device via a cable device, the handle device includes an operation member connected to the cable device; and a handle case housing the operation member. The handle case includes a cable fixing base in which the cable device is arranged, a cap part configured to fix the cable device to the cable fixing base, and a hinge portion provided between the cable fixing base and the cap part, and rotating the cap part from an open position at which the cap part is open with respect to the cable fixing base to a fixing position at which the cap part faces the cable fixing base and clamps the cable device between the cap part and the cable fixing base. |
| US11572710B2 |
Mechanism of electric lock for door
An improved mechanism of electric lock for door, comprising a case, on both side of the opening of the case arranged keeper arms, drive rods, and rotate member, and a drive mechanism connected to a drive member and a brake member; to achieve lock mode, the drive member drive the brake member to be engaged with the rotate member, making the keeper arms and drive rod unable to rotate, so the keeper arms can block the latch bolt from going through the opening; to achieve unlock mode, the drive member drive the brake member to be separate from the rotate member, making the keeper arms and drive rod able to rotate, so the latch bolt is able to go through the opening. |
| US11572702B2 |
Method and apparatus for managing and controlling breaker waves in a wave pool
A wave pool having multiple wave breaking zones extending across the pool floor, wherein different wave breaking formations with different wave characteristics can be generated within each zone, using the same wave energy derived from the same original wave, wherein surfers with different abilities can surf in different locations within the same pool. Specific features are provided that enable breaker waves to be properly managed and controlled such that intermediate/advanced surfers can surf in one zone and beginner surfers can surf in another zone. Included are special dividers to prevent surfers from crossing from one zone to the next, while at the same time, allowing wave energy to pass through. An attenuating means is provided to help reduce the choppiness of the waves. Unique exit areas are provided along the sidewalls to enable surfers to exit from the wave pool at various locations, such as directly from the zones, so that surfers don't have to surf or traverse all the way to the shallow end to exit the pool. |
| US11572699B2 |
Embedded concrete marking
An improved manner of marking concrete is provided by an embedded concrete marking. The embedded concrete marking is made of concrete that is different than the concrete into which the marking is embedded. A method of creating an embedded concrete marking comprises identifying a location on the surface of concrete where an embedded concrete marking is to be created, cutting a trench into the surface of the concrete at the identified location, pouring a concrete mixture into the trench to a level where a float height of the concrete mixture is above the surface of the concrete, the concrete mixture being different when dry than the concrete into which the trench has been cut, letting the concrete mixture at least partially harden, and removing a portion of the hardened concrete mixture to create a top surface of the concrete mixture that will form an embedded concrete marking. |
| US11572694B2 |
Rooftop equipment support and method of manufacture
A roof equipment support includes a platform, a pair of sidewalls extending from the platform, and a top wall extending between the pair of sidewalls and offset from the platform. The platform, the pair of sidewalls, and the top wall define an interior cavity that extends a length of the support from a first end to a second end. A pair of strut extensions extend above the top wall, and each of the pair of strut extension include a hook at a distal end. The pair of strut extensions and the top wall define a substantially U-shaped channel that extends at least a portion of the length of the support, and the platform, the pair of sidewalls, the top wall, and the pair of strut extensions are unitarily formed. |
| US11572693B2 |
Adjustable awning and retractable canopy system
Provided is an awning system comprising: a) two vertical tracks; b) two arms, with each arm attached at a first end to one of the vertical tracks, the arm configured to move in a vertical direction and pivot in relation to the track, each arm further configured to be extendible; c) a cross-bar, with each end of the cross-bar attached to a second end of one of the arms; d) a piece of fabric attached at one end to the cross-bar; and e) a holder placed on top of the tracks for holding a second end of the fabric; wherein the awning fabric is configured to be adjusted in both the vertical and the horizontal direction; wherein a user can move the arms vertically and extend the arms to adjust a position of the fabric. Provided is a retractable canopy system comprising: a) a track; b) a frame movably attached to the track; c) a support attached to the frame; d) a connector movably attached to the support, e) two or more rods attached to the connector; f) a canopy piece attached to the rods; wherein the awning is configured to have a stowed and deployed position that are obtained by moving the frame against the track. |
| US11572692B2 |
Extrudable building material wall structure and method
A wall structure and a method for forming a wall structure is provided using three-dimensional printing of extruded building material applied to a surface of a building structure. According to one embodiment, the wall structure includes a pair of outer wythes spaced from an inner wythe. The outer wythes can include a core extending between the pair of outer wythes and toward the inner wythe. A protrusion can also extend toward the inner wythe a spaced distance from the inner wythe or entirely toward and adjoining the inner wythe. The core is configured with an inwardly facing spaced opposed surfaces of the outer wythes surrounding a vertically extending rebar, with grout surrounding that rebar. Horizontally extending support pins can be spaced parallel from each other and extend from the protrusions and into the inner wythe. |
| US11572690B2 |
Structural attachment sealing system
A mounting device includes a base having an internal cavity, a top, and an open bottom in communication with the internal cavity. The device includes a first upper member above the base, wherein the first upper member extends upwardly from the base, and a second upper member is above the base, wherein the second upper member extends upwardly from the base. The device further includes a fastener opening formed though the base for receiving a fastener when the mounting device is secured to a roof. The fastener opening is in communication with the internal cavity. |
| US11572688B2 |
Prefabricated, movable, photosensitive, solar landscape pavilion capable of being disassembled and constructed quickly
The disclosure relates to a prefabricated movable photosensitively adjustable solar bionic landscape pavilion capable of being disassembled and constructed quickly. The landscape pavilion comprises a support structure, a ceiling, a movable platform, a linkage system, a lighting system, and an energy system. The support structure is arranged at the center of the movable platform and forms large-area shelter space with the ceiling. The ceiling may rotate around the support structure in the height direction of the support structure, so as to be unfolded or folded. The movable platform is a base of the landscape pavilion, undertakes the support structure and the ceiling above the movable platform, and meanwhile, provides fixing space for the linkage system, the lighting system, and the energy system. |
| US11572686B2 |
Building with roof trusses directly connected to the foundation
The present invention provides a building comprising a foundation; a wall supported by the foundation; and trusses supported by the wall. A plurality of hold down assemblies connects at least some of the trusses directly to the foundation. Each hold down assembly comprises an anchor; a tie-rod connected to the anchor; a bearing plate operably associated with an end portion of an associated truss for transferring load to the tie-rod; and a fastener securing the tie-rod to the bearing plate, thereby tying the associated truss directly to the foundation. |
| US11572683B2 |
Concrete wall panels with flexible insulation material
A structural, load-bearing panel useful in constructing multistory buildings may have a panel height, panel width, and panel thickness, and may include a first layer comprising at least 75 wt. % of concrete, relative to a total weight of the first layer; an insulation layer comprising flexible polymer, the insulation layer having a thickness of at least 5 cm; and a second layer comprising at least 75 wt. % concrete, wherein the insulation layer is sandwiched between the first and second layers, and wherein the panel is suitable to be set in any of a planar, curved, and polyhedral cross-sectional shape. Set panels are not flexible, though the flexibility of the insulation layer, particularly of a polyethylene foam, may allow the panel to have a curved, or polyhedral cross-section while still serving as a structural support. |
| US11572681B2 |
Flush toilet
A flush toilet includes a toilet main body made of ceramics and a rear storage configured to store at least a part of a control unit. The rear storage includes a supporting wall that divides a storage region into upper and lower regions and that joins left and right side walls of the skirt and the water discharge trap. The supporting wall includes a horizontal wall that extends in a horizontal direction from a joining portion between the supporting wall and the water discharge trap, and left and right lower walls that are provided outside the horizontal wall in a left-right direction and below the horizontal wall and that are joined to the left and right side walls of the skirt. The left and right lower walls on a rear side are separated in the left-right direction by the horizontal wall. |
| US11572676B2 |
Shovel
A shovel includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body mounted on the lower traveling body, an excavation attachment attached to the upper turning body, a posture detecting device configured to detect the posture of the excavation attachment, an instability detecting device configured to detect information on the instability of the upper turning body due to an excavation load, and a processor configured to correct the posture of the excavation attachment. The processor is configured to open an arm or a bucket of the excavation attachment in response to determining, based on the outputs of the posture detecting device and the instability detecting device, that the excavation load during deep excavation is more than or equal to a predetermined value. |
| US11572674B2 |
Working vehicle
Provided is a working vehicle capable of increasing lifting operation speed of a working device without increasing cost, even when provided with a circuit configuration that prioritizes a steering operation over a working device operation.A wheel loader 1 comprises a priority valve 451 configured to allow hydraulic oil discharged from a hydraulic pump 41 to flow into a steering drive circuit 43 preferentially over a working device drive circuit 44, and further comprises: an electric steering lever 30; a pair of solenoid control valves 34A, 34B configured to control a steering directional control valve 33; and a controller 5. The controller 5 is configured to control the pair of solenoid control valves 34A, 34B so as to limit operation speed of a steering 3 when determining that an engine 40 is in a low idle state and a lift arm 21 is performing a lifting operation. |
| US11572672B2 |
Method to decouple engine speed from hydraulic pump speed through an electric motor driven variator
A work machine includes an engine for driving a primary working unit. At least one hydraulically powered auxiliary working unit is powered by a hydraulic pump. The engine and an electric motor both provide power to the hydraulic pump via a planetary gear set which sums the power inputs from the engine and the electric motor. The pump speed of the hydraulic pump is thereby decoupled from the engine speed of the engine. |
| US11572670B2 |
Hydraulic control arrangement for an arrangement of mobile machines, and arrangement of mobile machines
A control arrangement for an arrangement of hydraulically couplable machines has an interface for hydraulic coupling of the machines, and a hydraulic machine for supplying pressure medium to at least one hydraulic consumer of the machines in accordance with requirements. An electronic control device is configured, in accordance with a load of the consumer, to generate an electronic control signal, which can be converted by a transducer of the control arrangement into a hydraulic control signal, in accordance with which the hydraulic machine can be operated. |
| US11572669B2 |
Circle drive control system for a grading machine
A control system for a grading machine includes a circle angle sensor coupled to a circle. The circle is coupled to and supports a grading blade, and the circle angle sensor is configured to measure an angular position of the circle. The control system also includes a blade load sensor configured to measure a load on the grading blade. The control system also includes a circle drive system including a circle drive motor and a controller. The circle drive motor is configured to engage with and rotate the circle around a circle axis, and the controller is configured to control the rotation of the circle under a circle rotation command by monitoring the angular position of the circle and the load on the grading blade. |
| US11572667B2 |
Roadway sweeper with multiple sweeping modes
A roadway or pavement sweeper with multiple sweeping modes for the removal of debris from a swept surface may, in some embodiments, include a sweeper vehicle having a pair of side-brooms independently movable between a retracted and extended position for sweeping debris into an area therebetween and at least one material-transfer broom to sweep a portion of the debris accumulated between the side-brooms as the vehicle moves in its direction of travel. A fan-driven suction-inlet may be provided at or adjacent each side of the vehicle. The at least one material-transfer broom may rotate in a first or other direction to transfer debris for entrainment into a selected suction-inlet for transfer to a debris hopper. Other embodiments are also described. |
| US11572666B2 |
Easily transported and assembled modular barrier
Building blocks are provided to be aligned so as to build a modular barrier to stop objects that are moving on a ground. Each building block comprises connecting bracket having at least two receiving pockets, at least one of which is laterally directed and at least another is directed in a predetermined angle, and plurality of poles configured to be received within the receiving pockets so that some of the poles are substantially parallel to the ground while the others are configured to be received within the receiving pockets that are directed in the predetermined angle so as to allow the modular barrier to stop the moving objects. |
| US11572665B2 |
Milling systems and methods for a milling machine
A milling system for a milling machine includes at least one cutting assembly configured to be coupled to a drum. Each of the cutting assemblies includes a base portion and an impact portion. The base portion includes a standoff coupled to the drum, a first base block coupled to the standoff, and a second base block coupled to the standoff at a position upstream of the first base block in a direction of rotation of the drum and at angle from the first base block. The impact portion includes a cutting bit and a tool holder coupled to the first base block, and a protective element coupled to the second base block. |
| US11572657B2 |
Wire, wire manufacturing method, and vehicle door
A wire including a wire body that is made of metal, and a protector that is made of resin, that covers an outer periphery of the wire body, and that is integrally molded with the wire body. |
| US11572653B2 |
Interactive augmented reality
An electronic device having a display on one side of the device and one or more image sensors on the opposite side of the device captures image data using the one or more image sensors. The display displays a portion of the captured image data on the display and a first graphical object overlaid on the displayed portion of the captured image data. A user gesture is detected using the one or more image sensors. In accordance with a determination that the detected user gesture meets a set of criteria, a position of the graphical object is updated based on the user gesture or is the first graphical object is replaced with a second graphical object. In accordance with a determination that the detected user gesture does not meet a set of criteria, the display of the first graphical object is maintained. |
| US11572651B2 |
Method and apparatus for washing machine
The present disclosure relates to a washing machine and a control method of the same. The washing machine includes a tub, a drum, and a detergent supply device configured to supply an additive to the tub. The detergent supply device includes a plurality of cartridges configured to contain the additive, a plurality of check valve assemblies that are respectively connected to the plurality of cartridges and configured to control extracting of the additive from the plurality of cartridges, a pump, a water supply valve configured to receive water from an external water source, and an outlet pipe having a plurality of check valve connection pipes that are respectively connected to the plurality of check valve assemblies, the outlet pipe passing therethrough the water supplied from the water supply valve and the additive extracted from the plurality of cartridges. |
| US11572648B2 |
Method for real time determination during loading of volumetric load size in a laundry treating appliance
A method of operating and a laundry treating appliance, including a rotatable drum at least partially defining a treating chamber into which laundry may be placed for treatment according to a cycle of operation, a processor programmed to at least as the laundry is being placed in the treating chamber, at least one of measure, sense, analytically determine, estimate, or receive as an input used to determined a load size. A laundry fill indicator indicates information related to the determined load size. |
| US11572647B2 |
Laundry treatment apparatus
A laundry treatment apparatus includes a cabinet and a drawer retractably provided in the cabinet. An accommodation unit is disposed in the drawer and defines a space configured to receive washing water. A water supply channel is connected to a water supply source and is configured to supply washing water to the accommodation unit. The laundry treatment apparatus includes a body along which a water supply channel is provided, the body being rotatably provided at the cabinet. A body guider is provided at the cabinet and is configured to guide a rotational movement of the body. |
| US11572646B2 |
Composite building materials and methods of manufacture
An example composite building material includes one or more layers of polymeric fibers, binding agent, and optional fillers, and at least one surface layer of resin-impregnated paper disposed above and/or below the one or more layers. The one or more layers can include a core layer with longer polymeric fibers and top and bottom layers with shorter polymeric fibers. A method of manufacturing the composite building material includes forming the one or more layers, applying the at least one surface layer above and/or below the one or more layers, and heating and pressing the combined layers. |
| US11572645B2 |
Apparatus and method for manufacturing mineral wool as well as a mineral wool product
The invention relates to an apparatus for manufacturing mineral wool. The apparatus includes means (1) for producing molten mineral material, at least one fiberizing device (3) for forming fibres, into which fiberizing device the molten mineral material is fed (2) and by which fibres (12) are formed. The fiberizing device (3) comprises, rotationally arranged around a vertical axis (15), at least one fiberizing plate (13) having a vertical peripheral edge, into which are formed numerous small-sized holes (14), through which the molten material is led by centrifugal force to form fibres (12). Into the fiberizing device (3) are arranged elements to produce a vertical flow of blowing medium (16) to be led around the fiberizing plate (13), the flow causing the fibres (12) to turn downwards and, at the same time, to thin. Downstream the fiberizing device (3) is arranged a collection device (6), into which the formed fibres (12) are led and collected into a mat-like material. In connection with said at least one fiberizing plate (13) is arranged a substantially horizontal, relatively narrow channel (5), through which the fibres (12) are brought into the chamber space (7) of the collection device (6). The invention further relates to a method for manufacturing mineral wool and a mineral wool product manufactured by the method. |
| US11572642B2 |
Upper for an article of footwear having two yarn types
An upper for an article of footwear may include a first area and a second area. The first area may be located on at least one of a lateral and a medial side of the upper, where the first area includes a plurality of first knit courses, and at least a majority of the first knit courses are at least partially formed by a first yarn. The second area may be located adjacent to the first area, where the second area extends through at least one of a lateral side and a medial side of a throat area of the upper. The second area may include a plurality of second knit courses and at least a majority of the second knit courses are formed by a second yarn. The second yarn may have a tenacity of at least 5 g/D. The first yarn may have a tenacity of less than 5 g/D, in some embodiments. |
| US11572641B2 |
Woven fabric and method of production thereof
Woven fabric, particularly a warp faced fabric, such as a denim fabric, comprising a front and a back, a plurality of picks extending in weft direction and a plurality of warp yarns extending in warp direction and bypassing picks at their front side to define over portions and bypassing picks at their back side to define under portions, wherein said plurality of warp yarns comprise frontside warp yarns and backside warp yarns, and the under portions of the backside warp yarns bypass more picks than the under portions of the frontside warp yarns. |
| US11572640B2 |
Organic fiber twisted yarn cord
Provided is an organic fiber doubled-and-twisted yarn cord the twist structure of which is uniform and with which it is possible to reduce weight. A doubled-and-twisted yarn cord comprising an organic fiber characterized in that a total fineness is 5000-15000 dtex inclusive, a coefficient of twisted yarn length difference between untwisting yarns constituting the doubled-and-twisted yarn cord that is obtained by an expression: coefficient of twisted yarn length difference (%)=(maximum value of yarn length difference between untwisting yarns)/(average value of yarn length of untwisting yarns)×100 is 1.5% or less, and breaking strength is 7.0 cN/dtex or greater. |
| US11572627B2 |
Molten Al—Si alloy corrosion resistant composite coating and preparation method and application thereof
The invention provides a molten Al—Si alloy corrosion resistant composite coating and a preparation method and application thereof. The composite coating layer comprises an aluminized layer and a TiO2 film layer from a surface of a substrate to the outside in sequence. The preparation method of the coating layer comprises the following steps: (step S1) making a surface treatment to an Fe-based alloy, and then aluminizing with a solid powder penetrant; (step S2) sand-blasting the aluminized Fe-based alloy; (step S3) washing and drying the Fe-based alloy which has been sand-blasted; and (step S4) depositing the TiO2 film layer on a surface of the dried aluminized Fe-based alloy by using an atom layer vapor deposition. The application of the molten Al—Si alloy corrosion resistant composite coating is used for a solar thermal power generation heat exchange tube. |
| US11572626B2 |
Turbine engine shaft coating
A coated steel substrate has a steel substrate having a surface. A coating layer is atop the surface. The coating layer includes: aluminum activated by indium; and a ceramic binder. The coating also may comprise of multiple layers with different properties to facilitate the galvanic protection capability. |
| US11572623B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus
A substrate processing apparatus includes processing parts performing substrate processing on target substrates, respectively, substrate mounting tables mounting the target substrates thereon in the respective processing parts, gas introducing members introducing processing gases into processing spaces, a common exhaust mechanism evacuating the processing spaces at once and further performing pressure control for the processing spaces at once, and a pressure measuring part configured to selectively monitor a pressure in any one of the plurality of processing spaces by using a pressure gauge. The pressure measuring part includes pipelines having pressure-measuring pipelines configured to connect the processing spaces to the pressure gauge and dummy pipelines configured to communicate with the processing spaces, which adjust a difference between a volume of the pipelines communicating with a monitored processing space of the processing spaces and a volume of the pipelines communicating with each of non-monitored processing spaces. |
| US11572620B2 |
Methods for selectively depositing an amorphous silicon film on a substrate
A method for selectively depositing an amorphous silicon film on a substrate comprising a metallic nitride surface and a metallic oxide surface is disclosed. The method may include; providing a substrate within a reaction chamber, heating the substrate to a deposition temperature, contacting the substrate with silicon iodide precursor, and selectively depositing the amorphous silicon film on the metallic nitride surface relative to the metallic oxide surface. Semiconductor device structures including an amorphous silicon film deposited by selective deposition methods are also disclosed. |
| US11572619B2 |
Method of thin film deposition in trenches
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to processing a workpiece containing a substrate during deposition, etching, and/or curing processes with a mask to have localized deposition on the workpiece. A mask is placed on a first layer of a workpiece, which protects a plurality of trenches from deposition of a second layer. In some embodiments, the mask is placed before deposition of the second layer. In other embodiments, the second layer is cured before the mask is deposited. In other embodiments, the second layer is etched after the mask is deposited. Methods disclosed herein allow the deposition of a second layer in some of the trenches present in the workpiece, while at least partially preventing deposition of the second layer in other trenches present in the workpiece. |
| US11572618B2 |
Method and chamber for backside physical vapor deposition
A method of depositing a backside film layer on a backside of a substrate includes loading a substrate having one or more films deposited on a front side of the substrate onto a substrate support of a processing chamber, depositing, from the sputter target, a target material on the backside of the substrate to form a backside layer on the backside of the substrate, and applying an RF bias to an electrode disposed within the substrate support while depositing the target material. The front side of the substrate faces the substrate support and is spaced from a top surface of the substrate support, and a backside of the substrate faces a sputter target of the processing chamber. |
| US11572616B2 |
Mask strip, mask plate frame, mask plate and welding method thereof
Disclosed are a mask strip, a mask plate frame, a mask plate, and a welding method thereof. The mask strip includes a first welding region, a second welding region, and a pattern region between the first welding region and the second welding region. In addition, a bendable region is disposed both between the first welding region and the pattern region and between the second welding region and the pattern region. |
| US11572615B2 |
Preparation method of a zirconium-titanium-based alloy embedded aluminized layer
A preparation method of a zirconium-titanium-based alloy embedded aluminized layer includes putting a zirconium-titanium-based alloy and an aluminiferous penetrant into a mould from bottom to top in a sequence of a first penetrant layer, a first zirconium-titanium-based alloy, a second penetrant layer, a second zirconium-titanium-based alloy and a third penetrant layer, and compacting to obtain a mixed sample; sequentially covering a surface of a mixed sample with activated carbon powder and alkali metal halide, and then carrying out heating and cooling treatments to obtain a zirconium-titanium-based alloy embedded aluminized layer. The preparation method does not need to adopt a special heating furnace or carry out heat treatment under a vacuum condition in an actual application, which simplifies operation process and condition and is suitable for large-scale production and application due to few technical difficulties and low equipment investment cost. |
| US11572613B2 |
Method for manufacturing a metal sheet with a ZnAl coating and with optimized wiping, corresponding metal sheet, part and vehicle
A steel part includes a steel sheet substrate and a coating on at least one surface of the steel sheet substrate. The coating includes between 0.2 and 0.7% by weight of Al, with a remainder of the metal coating being Zn and inevitable impurities. The steel sheet substrate and the coating have at least one deformation. An outer surface of the coating has a waviness Wa0.8 of less than or equal to 0.43 μm. |
| US11572610B2 |
Steel sheet
A steel sheet includes a predetermined chemical composition and a metal structure represented by, in area fraction, ferrite: 50% to 95%, granular bainite: 5% to 48%, martensite: 2% to 30%, and upper bainite, lower bainite, tempered martensite, retained austenite, and pearlite: 5% or less in total. |
| US11572608B2 |
Aluminum alloy thick plate
An aluminum alloy thick plate is formed of an aluminum alloy including Mg of 2.0 to 5.0 mass %, and has a plate thickness of 300 to 400 mm. A is 700 pieces/cm2 or less and B is 1.3 times or more as large as A, where (i) A (pieces/cm2) is a maximum value in numbers of crystallized products with a maximum length of 60 μm or more per unit area in each of positions located at a center portion in a thickness direction and at positions of 0.39 Wa to 0.48 Wa in a plate width direction; and (ii) B (pieces/cm2) is a maximum value in numbers of crystallized products with a maximum length of 60 μm or more per unit area in each of positions located at the center portion in the thickness direction and at positions of 0.12 Wa to 0.30 Wa in the plate width direction. |
| US11572607B2 |
Zinc alloy-plated steel having excellent corrosion resistance and surface smoothness
Provided is a plated steel to be used for automobiles, electric home appliances, building materials and the like and, more specifically, to a zinc alloy-plated steel having excellent corrosion resistance and surface smoothness, and a method for manufacturing the same. |