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| US11734372B2 |
Enhancing map data based on points of interest
An online system receives a trip request including a location of the user requesting the trip. The online system identifies buildings or geographies based on the received location and determines location boundaries associated with the identified buildings or geographies. The online system identifies a set of hotspots representing locations that are frequently used for pickup or drop off. The online system additionally identifies a set of points of interest. The points of interest are, for example, businesses, landmarks, building names, or other visible information related to the location. The online system scores the set of points of interest based on a relative value of displaying the point of interest for orientation or navigation purposes. The online system modifies a user interface to display a map of the area including the identified location boundaries, hotspots, and one or more points of interest based on the scoring. |
| US11734371B2 |
Multi-sensory content authorship aid
A method, computer system, and a computer program product for recommending additional content to an author generating authored content is provided. The present invention may include monitoring a travel location associated with the author. The present invention may include calculating a multi-sensory region based on the travel location and a maximum sense distance value. The present invention may include selecting at least one piece of additional content from a corpus of additional content based on the multi-sensory region. The present invention may include generating a model based on the at least one piece of additional content. The present invention may include selecting a relevant piece of additional content from the data model based on determining a topic associated with the relevant piece of additional content matches an authored topic associated with the authored content. The present invention may include presenting the selected relevant piece of additional content to the author. |
| US11734369B2 |
Processing complex data records
Methods, servers, and computer programs for processing multiple data records in response to a database request with search indications are provided. The server retrieves multiple data records with parameter values in the fields which correspond to the search indications indicated by the database request, determines weight values for at least two of the fields based on the corresponding parameter values of the at least two fields, calculates an aggregated score for at least a number of the retrieved data records based on the determined weight values, and returns at least a subset of the retrieved data records to the client based on the calculated aggregated scores. |
| US11734366B2 |
Automatic generation of markers based on social interaction
Aspects relate to observing various activities, interactions, behaviors, and other factors associated with a data exchange and creating one or more markers based on significant details associated with the observance. The one or more markers are retained and selectively rendered as a function of one or more conditions that should be satisfied before the marker is presented to the user. Some markers can contain parameters that should be satisfied in order for the marker to be considered complete. If a parameter is not satisfied, subsequent markers can be created as a function of the rendered marker. The subsequent markers can be rendered when a condition associated with the subsequent marker is satisfied. |
| US11734363B2 |
Storage edge controller with a metadata computational engine
Embodiments described herein provide improved methods and systems for generating metadata for media objects at a computational engine (such as an artificial intelligence engine) within the storage edge controller, and for storing and using such metadata, in data processing systems. |
| US11734362B2 |
Tag recommending method and apparatus, computer device, and readable medium
A tag recommending method is performed at a computer device, the method including: obtaining a target account and a target resource for which tag recommendation is to be performed; determining, by using a tag recommending model obtained after tensor decomposition, recommendation values of tags in tag data respectively corresponding to the target account and the target resource, the tag recommending model defining correspondences among account data including the target account, resource data including the target resource and the tag data; and determining n tags with highest recommendation values in the tag data as tags to be recommended to the target account, the n tags being used for marking the target resource, and n being a positive integer. |
| US11734359B2 |
Handling vague modifiers in natural language commands
A computing device receives a user input to specify a natural language command directed to a data source. The device identifies a first keyword, corresponding to a first data field from the data source, in the natural language command. The device identifies a second keyword in the natural language command. The second keyword comprises an adjective that provides context for the first data field. The device generates a visual specification based on the first and second keywords. The visual specification specifies the data source, a plurality of visual variables, and a plurality of data fields from the data source, including the first data field. The visual variables include a first visual variable that specifies filtering of the first data field according to the second keyword. The device generates and displays a data visualization based on the visual specification. |
| US11734357B2 |
System and methods for data supply, verification, matching, and acquisition
A data supply, verification, matching, and acquisition platform comprising a data supply sub-system and interface, a data verification sub-system, a data matching sub-system, and a data acquisition sub-system and interface, with the data supply sub-system configured to obtain a first type of data, the data verification sub-system configured to verify the first type of data, the data acquisition sub-system configured to obtain a second type of data, and the data matching sub-system configured to match the first type of data with the second type of data and return positive matches to the data acquisition sub-system. |
| US11734353B2 |
Multi-sampling model training method and device
The present disclosure provides multi-sampling model training methods and devices. One exemplary training method includes: performing multi-sampling on samples to obtain a training set and a validation set in each sampling; using the training set and the validation set obtained in each sampling as a group, and performing model training and obtaining a trained model using the training set in each group; evaluating the trained model using the training set and the validation set in each group separately; eliminating or retaining the trained model based on the evaluation results and a predetermined elimination criterion; obtaining prediction results of the samples using retained models; and obtaining a final model by performing combined model training on the retained models using the prediction results. The final model obtained using embodiments of the present disclosure can be more robust and stable, and can provide more accurate prediction results, thus greatly improving efficiency of modeling. |
| US11734351B2 |
Predicted data use obligation match using data differentiators
Embodiments provide for predicted data use obligation matching using data differentiators. Embodiments retrieve one or more logical data record set identifiers associated with an intended use request. For each unique logical data record set identifier of the one or more logical data record set identifiers, a cross-link relationship graph structure comprising a plurality of cross-link relationship graph nodes and a plurality of cross-link relationship graph edges is traversed. Based at least in part on a separation measure associated with each cross-link relationship of one or more cross-link relationships associated with the unique logical data record set identifier, one or more data use obligation scores are generated for the unique logical data record set identifier. An aggregated data use obligation score is generated based at least in part on aggregating the one or more data use obligation scores for each of the unique logical data record set identifiers of the one or more logical data record set identifiers associated with the intended use request. Upon determining that the aggregated data use obligation score is below a risk threshold, the intended use request may be granted. |
| US11734342B2 |
Object recognition based image overlays
Systems and methods for distributing photo filters based on the location of the object in the image are described. A photo filter publication system detects that a client device in communication with the system has captured an image, identifies an object in the image, identifies a location of the object in the image, identifies an image overlay associated with the identified location and having object criteria satisfied by the identified object, and provides the identified image overlay to the client device. |
| US11734341B2 |
Information processing method, related device, and computer storage medium
An information processing method is disclosed. The method includes: obtaining initial feature information of to-be-queried information; performing feature processing on the initial feature information of the to-be-queried information, to obtain target feature information of the to-be-queried information, where the feature processing includes at least feature dimension processing used to process a data dimension of the initial feature information of the to-be-queried information to be a preset dimension; performing a first retrieval operation on m pieces of candidate information based on the target feature information of the to-be-queried information, to obtain a first retrieval result; and performing a second retrieval operation on the first retrieval result based on the initial feature information of the to-be-queried information, to obtain result information corresponding to the to-be-queried information. The method can quickly and efficiently implement information retrieval. |
| US11734337B2 |
Identifying digital attributes from multiple attribute groups utilizing a deep cognitive attribution neural network
The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for generating tags for an object portrayed in a digital image based on predicted attributes of the object. For example, the disclosed systems can utilize interleaved neural network layers of alternating inception layers and dilated convolution layers to generate a localization feature vector. Based on the localization feature vector, the disclosed systems can generate attribute localization feature embeddings, for example, using some pooling layer such as a global average pooling layer. The disclosed systems can then apply the attribute localization feature embeddings to corresponding attribute group classifiers to generate tags based on predicted attributes. In particular, attribute group classifiers can predict attributes as associated with a query image (e.g., based on a scoring comparison with other potential attributes of an attribute group). Based on the generated tags, the disclosed systems can respond to tag queries and search queries. |
| US11734332B2 |
Methods and systems for reuse of data item fingerprints in generation of semantic maps
A method for using distributed representations of data items within a first set of data documents clustered in a first two-dimensional metric space to generate a cluster of distributed representations in a second two-dimensional metric space includes clustering in a first two-dimensional metric space, by a reference map generator, a set of data documents, generating a semantic map. A parser generates an enumeration of data items occurring in the set of data documents. A representation generator generates a distributed representation using occurrence information about each data item. A sparsifying module receives an identification of a maximum level of sparsity and reduces a total number of set bits within the distributed representation. The reference map generator clusters, in a second two-dimensional metric space, a set of SDRs retrieved from the SDR database and selected according to a second at least one criterion, generating a second semantic map. |
| US11734328B2 |
Artificial intelligence based corpus enrichment for knowledge population and query response
In some examples, artificial intelligence based corpus enrichment for knowledge population and query response may include generating, based on annotated training documents, an entity and relation annotation model, identifying, based on application of the entity and relation annotation model to a document set that is to be annotated, entities and relations between the entities for each document of the document set to generate an annotated document set, and categorizing each annotated document into a plurality of categories. Artificial intelligence based corpus enrichment may include determining whether an identified category includes a specified number of annotated documents, and if not, additional annotated documents may be generated for the identified category that may represent a corpus. Further, artificial intelligence based corpus enrichment may include training, using the corpus, an artificial intelligence based decision support model, and utilizing the artificial intelligence based decision support model to respond to an inquiry. |
| US11734326B2 |
Profile disambiguation
Techniques for disambiguating which profile, of multiple profiles, is to be used to respond to a user input are described. A device located in a communal space (e.g., a hotel room or suite of rooms, conference room, hospital room, etc.) may be associated with a device profile and a user profile of a user presently occupying the communal space. When the user inputs a command to the device (either by text or speech), a system associated with the device determines the profiles (e.g., a device profile and a user profile) associated with the device. The system determines one or more policies associated with the device. The one or more policies may correspond to rules for disambiguating which profile to use to execute with respect to the user input. Using the one or more policies, the system determines which profile is to be used, and causes a speechlet component to execute using information specific to the determined profile. |
| US11734323B2 |
Electronic list user interface
Processing inputs to electronic list systems. Receiving, from a user device, a user input. Parsing the received user input for a minimum set of product data for querying a shopping service. Upon parsing a minimum set of product data for querying a shopping service, querying at least one shopping service using the parsed data. Receiving, from at least one queried shopping service, at least one product description responsive to the query. Presenting, via the user device, each received at least one product description to the user. |
| US11734320B2 |
Log processing device and log processing method
A log processing device and a log processing method thereof are provided. The log processing device divides the original log data into a plurality of block data, transforms a numeric variable of each of the block data into a representative code, and determines whether to perform a combination process for continuous block data to generate a plurality of combinational block data according to a data integrity of each of the block data. The log processing data takes the combinational block data as a log template, and each of the combinational block data corresponds to an event. |
| US11734318B1 |
Superindexing systems and methods
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods for managing a database and performing database operations. An exemplary method in accordance with embodiments of this disclosure comprises: receiving a request to perform one or more database operations on a dataset comprising one or more data items; inputting the dataset into a statistical model, wherein the statistical model is configured to identify one or more storage locations associated with the one or more data items based on a similarity between one or more properties of the one or more data items; receiving the one or more storage locations associated with the one or more data items; updating the one or more data items based on the received one or more storage locations; and performing the one or more database operations on the one or more updated data items based on the one or more storage locations. |
| US11734317B2 |
Automatic analysis of difference between multi-dimensional datasets
According to implementations of the subject matter described herein, there is proposed a solution for automatic analysis of a difference between multi-dimensional datasets. In this solution, an analysis request is received for a first dataset and a second dataset, each of which including data items corresponding to a plurality of dimensions. In response to the analysis request, data items corresponding to a first dimension in the first and second datasets are compared. Based on the comparison, a first set of influence factors associated with the first dimension are determined, each influence factor indicating a reason for a difference between the first and second datasets from a respective perspective. An analysis result related to the difference between the first and second datasets is presented based on the first set of influence factors. In this way, it is possible to achieve automatic and efficient analysis of the difference between the different datasets. |
| US11734316B2 |
Relationship-based search in a computing environment
Systems and methods for a relationship-based search in a computing environment are provided. An example method includes providing a graph database. The graph database includes nodes representing workloads of the computing environment and edges representing relationships between the nodes. The method also includes enriching the graph database by associating the nodes with metadata associated with the nodes and the relationships. The method also includes receiving a user query including data associated with at least one of the metadata and the relationships. The method also includes determining, based on the user query, a subset of the nodes in the graph database and a subset of relationships between the nodes in the subset of the nodes. The method also includes displaying, via a graphical user interface, a graphical representation of the subset of the nodes and relationships between the nodes in the subset of the nodes. |
| US11734314B2 |
System and method for identifying questions of users of a data management system
Systems and methods are disclosed. An example method may be performed by one or more processors of a system and include retrieving case data indicating, for each respective case of a number of cases, one or more documents retrieved to assist a system user associated with the respective case, generating, from the case data, a case matrix including a plurality of rows each corresponding to a respective case of the number of cases and a plurality of columns each corresponding to the documents retrieved to assist the system user associated with the respective case, and identifying groups of similar cases among the plurality of cases based on a clustering process performed on at least a portion of the case matrix. |
| US11734309B2 |
Nested group hierarchies for analytics applications
Techniques for implementing nested group hierarchies for analytics applications are disclosed. In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method comprises: creating a hierarchy object in a semantic layer based on a request comprising a definition for a nested group hierarchy, the definition specifying a hierarchical relationship structure for non-leaf group nodes and at least one leaf node, the non-leaf group nodes and the leaf node(s) corresponding to data stored in a data source in a non-hierarchical structure, the hierarchy object specifying the hierarchical relationship structure based on the definition; generating a query result based on a request comprising an indication of the hierarchy object using the hierarchy object from the semantic layer to retrieve the data from the data source; and causing the query result to be displayed on a computing device using the hierarchy object to display the retrieved data in a hierarchical format indicating the hierarchical relationship structure. |
| US11734308B2 |
Autonomous caching for views
Techniques are provided for autonomous caching of hierarchical data. In one technique, query log data is stored that comprises multiple entries, each entry (a) corresponding to a different instance of a query that was executed against a database and (b) indicating a tuple (or level grouping) comprising a set of hierarchy levels corresponding to a set of dimensions. Multiple tuples indicated in the query log data are identified. For each tuple: (1) a set of entries that indicate the tuple is identified and the set of entries is associated with the tuple; (2) aggregated performance data is generated for the tuple based on performance data associated with each entry in the set of entries that is associated with the tuple; and (3) based on the aggregated performance data, it is determined whether to create a new auto-cache table or to delete an existing auto-cache table associated with the tuple. |
| US11734306B2 |
Data replication method and storage system
A data replication method and a storage system are provided. The method is applied to a storage system including a first storage device and a second storage device. According to the method, after determining replication information, a first storage system determines a first replication sub-information and a second replication sub-information according to the replication information, where the replication information is used to indicate data that needs to be replicated by the first storage system to a second storage system in a current replication task. Then, the first storage device replicates data to the second storage system according to the second replication sub-information, and the second storage device replicates data to the second storage system according to the second replication sub-information. |
| US11734303B2 |
Query processing distribution
Example caching systems and methods are described. In one implementation, a method identifies multiple files used to process a query and distributes each of the multiple files to a particular execution node to execute the query. Each execution node determines whether the distributed file is stored in the execution node's cache. If the execution node determines that the file is stored in the cache, it processes the query using the cached file. If the file is not stored in the cache, the execution node retrieves the file from a remote storage device, stores the file in the execution node's cache, and processes the query using the file. |
| US11734300B2 |
Archival of digital twin based on IoT sensor activity
In an approach to archive a digital twin in response to a determination to decommission its associated physical asset, a processor monitors for data sent from an Internet of Things (IoT) sensor associated in the physical asset. A processor determines that a pre-configured threshold is met. A processor reviews a digital twin agreement for the digital twin. A processor archives the digital twin. |
| US11734295B2 |
Parallel load operations for ETL with unified post-processing
A computer implemented system and method of performing parallel load operations during an extract, transform, load (ETL) operation. The system generates a single transaction having multiple processes, where each process loads into one target table. The processes are executed in parallel, and the system performs verification on the single transaction. |
| US11734289B2 |
Methods, systems, and media for providing a media search engine
Methods, systems, and media for providing a media search engine are provided. In some implementations, a method for searching for content is provided, the method comprising: receiving a media search query for media assets; identifying web search results from a corpus of web resources that are responsive to the media search query, wherein each of the web search results has an associated relevancy score; determining keyword information and contextual information from a subset of the web search results, wherein the subset of the web search results is selected from the web search results based on the associated relevancy score and wherein media entities are determined from at least a portion of the keyword information and the contextual information; assigning a topic score for the each of the media entities based on occurrence in the web search results; selecting at least one media entity from the media entities based on the topic score; identifying media assets from a corpus of media assets based at least in part on the selected media entity; and causing a subset of the media assets to be presented to a user in response to the media search query. |
| US11734288B2 |
Information providing method
A management server obtains rating information indicating a second user's rating of a dish or restaurant, generates a first evaluation value of the first user's sense of taste based on a measurement test regarding the sense of taste, and generates a second evaluation value of the second user's sense of taste based on a measurement test regarding the sense of taste. One search filter for filtering dishes or restaurants based on rating results of the dishes or the restaurants rated by a second user who has a sense-of-taste characteristic similar to that of the first user is provided on a dish search screen. When the first user uses the search filter to filter dishes or restaurants, and when a first difference between the first and second evaluation values is in a first predetermined range, the second user's rating results are used to filter the dishes or the restaurant. |
| US11734281B1 |
Database management systems using query-compliant hashing techniques
Various embodiments of the present invention provide methods, apparatuses, systems, computing devices, computing entities, and/or the like for facilitating efficient and effective execution of database management operations. For example, various embodiments of the present invention provide methods, apparatuses, systems, computing devices, computing entities, and/or the like for facilitating efficient and effective execution of database management operations using at least one of query-compliant hash databases, segmentation-based hashing models, and hash segmentation models. |
| US11734280B2 |
Pruning index generation and enhancement
A source table organized into a set of micro-partitions is accessed by a network-based data warehouse. A pruning index is generated based on the source table. The pruning index comprises a set of filters that indicate locations of distinct values in each column of the source table. A query directed at the source table is received at the network-based data warehouse. The query is processed using the pruning index. The processing of the query comprises pruning the set of micro-partitions of the source table to scan for data matching the query, the pruning of the plurality of micro-partitions comprising identifying, using the pruning index, a sub-set of micro-partitions to scan for the data matching the query. |
| US11734275B2 |
Estimating string intersections for database systems
Some embodiments provide a non-transitory machine-readable medium stores a program. The program receives a query for data that includes an intersection operation on a first set of strings and a second set of strings. The program further generates a plurality of candidate query execution plans based on the query. The program also determines a plurality of execution costs associated with the plurality of candidate query execution plans. The program further selects a query execution plan from the plurality of candidate query execution plans based on the plurality of execution costs. The program also executes the query execution plan to generate a set of query results for the query. |
| US11734272B2 |
Prescriptive analytics based NoSQL database service optimization system for cloud computing
A system includes a multi-layer throughput optimization (TPO) stack to generate a token containing prescriptions for rightsizing database service throughput. A prescriptive engine layer of the TPO stack may obtain consumed throughputs from the utilization tracking data; predict, based on the consumed throughputs, a prediction-based throughput for the target NoSQL database service; select target consumed throughputs from the consumed throughputs based on a time granularity; determine a statistical throughput consumption value from the target consumed throughputs; calculate a statistics-based throughput over a TPO interval based on the statistical throughput consumption value; extract database service performance metric data from the utilization tracking data; select target performance metric data from the database service performance metric data based on the time granularity; determine a statistical performance metric value from the target performance metric data; select one of the prediction-based throughput and the statistics-based throughput as based on the statistical performance metric value. |
| US11734268B2 |
Document pre-processing for question-and-answer searching
Disclosed are methods, systems, devices, apparatus, media, design structures, and other implementations, including a method that includes receiving a source document, applying one or more pre-processes to the source document to produce contextual information representative of the structure and content of the source document, and transforming the source document, based on the contextual information, to generate a question-and-answer searchable document. |
| US11734262B2 |
Systems and methods for writing updates to and/or reading previously stored updates of assets implemented as smart contracts on a decentralized database
Systems and methods for writing updates to and/or reading previously stored updates of assets that are implemented as smart contracts on a decentralized database are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: receive a first request, from a first client computing device associated with a first user, to write a first update to an individual asset, or to read one or more previously stored updates; transfer the first request to the decentralized database; responsive to transferring the first request, receive the first reference from the decentralized database; generate a second file and a second reference; store the second file on the content-addressable file system; and record the second reference in the state of the individual asset on the decentralized database. |
| US11734261B2 |
Web services platform with integration and interface of smart entities with enterprise applications
One or more non-transitory computer readable media contain program instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including: creating and managing a plurality of smart entities, each of the smart entities including a plurality of attributes; receiving inbound data from one or more enterprise applications; translating the inbound data into values for one or more of the plurality of attributes; writing the plurality of attributes to the smart entities; reading the plurality of attributes from the smart entities; translating the plurality of attributes into outbound data; and providing the outbound data to the one or more enterprise applications. |
| US11734260B2 |
Methods and apparatus for a distributed database within a network
In some embodiments, an apparatus includes an instance of a distributed database at a first compute device configured to be included within a set of compute devices that implement the distributed database. The apparatus also includes a processor configured to define a first event linked to a first set of events. The processor is configured to receive, from a second compute device from the set of compute devices, a signal representing a second event (1) defined by the second compute device and (2) linked to a second set of events. The processor is configured to identify an order associated with a third set of events based at least one a result of a protocol. The processor is configured to store in the instance of the distributed database the order associated with the third set of events. |
| US11734254B2 |
System for managing data
A system (100) for managing data is provided. The system includes at least one processor (102) configured to convert a source dataset (302) to a root dataset (312) by obtaining a plurality of intermediary datasets (306, 308). The root dataset (312) is shorter compared to the source dataset (302) and the intermediary datasets (306, 308) are intermediate to the source dataset (302) and the root dataset (312). At least one of the intermediary datasets comprises reference bits, wherein the reference bits enable identification of one or more functions that should be used to obtain a dataset from which the intermediary dataset comprising the reference bits was obtained in the process of converting the source dataset (302) and the root dataset (312). |
| US11734251B2 |
Database lock management with cache-optimized hash table
Lock table management is provided for a lock manager of a database system, in which lock management is provided in a manner that is fast and efficient, and that conserves processing, memory, and other computational resources. For example, the lock table management can use a hashmap in which keys and values are stored in separate arrays, which can be loaded into separate CPU cache lines. |
| US11734248B2 |
Metadata routing in a distributed system
In some examples, a first computing device may receive, from a second computing device, partition mapping information indicating partitions of a metadata database. The first computing device may be able to communicate with a plurality of metadata nodes, each metadata node maintaining a portion of the metadata database based on the partitioning of the metadata database to distribute the metadata database across the plurality of metadata nodes. The first computing device may determine to send a request to the metadata database based at least on key information. The first computing device may determine, based on the partition mapping information, a first metadata node of the plurality of metadata nodes indicated to maintain a partition of the metadata database corresponding to the key information. The first computing device, may send, to the first metadata node, based on the partition mapping information, a request to perform a database operation. |
| US11734242B1 |
Architecture for resolution of inconsistent item identifiers in a global catalog
Systems and methods are provided for using language-agnostic embedding data to analyze a plurality of items associated with an item identifier in a catalog and determine a characteristic associated with the plurality of items or the item identifier. A distribution may be generated based on the language-agnostic embedding data and groups of items may be identified based on the distribution. Based on the groups of items, the item identifier may be classified as a consistent item identifier or an inconsistent item identifier across the catalog. A primary group of items and secondary groups of items can be identified for the plurality of items. The primary group of items may include items with a verified association with the item identifier and the secondary groups of items may include items with an unverified association with the item identifier. |
| US11734239B2 |
Processing row data for deduplication based on corresponding row numbers
A record processing and storage system is operable to receive a plurality of labeled row data from a data source. Each labeled row data of the plurality of labeled row data includes at least one record and a corresponding row number of a plurality of row numbers. A plurality of pages are generated from records included in the labeled row data. The plurality of pages are stored via a page storage system. A plurality of page metadata corresponding to the plurality of pages is generated, where each of the plurality of page metadata is generated based on at least corresponding one row number of at least one labeled row data with records included in a corresponding one of the plurality of pages. Deduplication of duplicated records included the plurality of pages is facilitated based on the plurality of page metadata. |
| US11734237B2 |
Management of application of data actions to updated data objects in a data store
Systems and methods are described for managing the application of data management actions to one or more data objects in a data store. The systems and methods extract at least a portion of a first set of data objects from a data store to a file, wherein a first data object of the first set of data objects comprises a first set of attributes and a set of data management actions. A second set of data objects is loaded into the data store. A confidence score is generated based on a comparison of the first data object of the first set of data objects and a second data object of the second set of data objects. A determination is made that the confidence score satisfies a condition. In response to the confidence score satisfying the condition, the set of data management actions is applied to the second data object. |
| US11734236B1 |
Managing relational databases
A relational database for migrating data in a workflow between databases in different environments. Graphical user interfaces are generated through which database management scripts are automatically generated for migrating data between environments. Generally, the database management scripts are compatible with database attributes. The database management scripts are executed to update data tables stored on the databases. |
| US11734235B2 |
Automatic drift detection and handling
In various example embodiments, a system, computer readable medium and method for schema update engine dynamically updating a target data storage system. Incoming data records are received. A front-end schema of the incoming data records is identified. The front-end schema and the current target schema are compared. Based on identifying a difference between the front-end schema and the current target schema, the current target schema is updated in order to be identical to the front-end schema. The current target data file is closed and the incoming data records are stored in a new target data file according to the updated target schema. |
| US11734234B1 |
Data architecture for supporting multiple search models
Embodiments include a search and match computing system configured to: access, from a third party computing system, a query regarding at least one entity; determine if the query is a structured query or an unstructured query; process the query with at least one of an application programming interface configured to receive structured queries or a second application programming interface receive unstructured queries; initiate a search and match application configured to execute queries on at least one of: a relational data scheme or a non-relational data scheme; receive search results from the at least one of: the relational data scheme or the non-relational data scheme; and process the received search results to generate an output data packet for access by the third party computing system. |
| US11734225B2 |
Matrix tiling to accelerate computing in redundant matrices
a Systems and methods are provided for matrix tiling to accelerate computing in redundant matrices. The method may include identifying unique submatrices in the matrix; loading values of elements of each unique submatrix into a respective one of the array processors; applying the vector to inputs of each of the array processors; and adding outputs of the array processors according to locations of the unique submatrices in the matrix. |
| US11734224B2 |
Overlay layer hardware unit for network of processor cores
Methods and systems for executing an application data flow graph on a set of computational nodes are disclosed. The computational nodes can each include a programmable controller from a set of programmable controllers, a memory from a set of memories, a network interface unit from a set of network interface units, and an endpoint from a set of endpoints. A disclosed method comprises configuring the programmable controllers with instructions. The method also comprises independently and asynchronously executing the instructions using the set of programmable controllers in response to a set of events exchanged between the programmable controllers themselves, between the programmable controllers and the network interface units, and between the programmable controllers and the set of endpoints. The method also comprises transitioning data in the set of memories on the computational nodes in accordance with the application data flow graph and in response to the execution of the instructions. |
| US11734222B2 |
Scalable communication system
A centralized communication system is disclosed that provides a modular, extendible, and scalable communication system that can exchange information between any information systems or networked devices. Adapter interfaces are provided to modify message communications between medical systems in a hospital network, and a graphic interface is provided for modification of communication topology information pertaining to the adapter interfaces in the centralized communication system. The graphical interface provides one or more controls configured to modify at least a portion of the communication topology information, and displays an indication of the modification. |
| US11734221B2 |
Processing system comprising a queued serial peripheral interface, related integrated circuit, device and method
An embodiment processing system comprises a queued SPI circuit, which comprises a hardware SPI communication interface, an arbiter and a plurality of interface circuits. Each interface circuit comprises a transmission FIFO memory, a reception FIFO memory and an interface control circuit. The interface control circuit is configured to receive first data packets and store them to the transmission FIFO memory. The interface control circuit sequentially reads the first data packets from the transmission FIFO memory, extracts at least one transmission data word, and provides the extracted word to the arbiter. The interface control circuit receives from the arbiter a reception data word and stores second data packets comprising the received reception data word to the reception FIFO memory. The interface control circuit sequentially reads the second data packets from the reception FIFO memory and transmits them to the digital processing circuit. |
| US11734220B1 |
Bi-phase mark code asynchronous decoder using SPI block
Disclosed are techniques for using firmware and hardware blocks of a device to decode signals encoded by signal edge positioning within a data bit width, such as bi-phase mark space coding (BMC) used for encoding in-band communication of wireless charging systems. The first device may use general purpose I/O (GPIO) interrupts to detect the start of a packet. The firmware may synchronize and configure the clock of a serial peripheral interface (SPI) to oversample the signals. The SPI may store the sampled data into a buffer, freeing the firmware from having to expend processing cycles to detect the transitions of the data in real-time. The firmware may read the buffered samples to decode the packet data in a post-processing stage. The firmware may detect the end of the packet by polling and GPIO interrupts or based on the samples read from the buffer to stop the clock of the SPI. |
| US11734217B2 |
Software or firmware managed hardware capability and control configuration for PCIe devices
Embodiments herein describe using software or firmware to manage the device capability list of a PCIe device. That is, rather than relying on pure hardware to advertise the capabilities of a PCIe device, the embodiments herein permit software or firmware executing on a processor in the PCIe device to manage read and write requests associated with discovering the capabilities of the device and configuring the device. |
| US11734216B2 |
Cascade communications between FPGA tiles
A tile of an FPGA provides memory, arithmetic functions, or both. Connections directly between multiple instances of the tile are available, allowing multiple tiles to be treated as larger memories or arithmetic circuits. By using these connections, referred to as cascade inputs and outputs, the input and output bandwidth of the arithmetic and memory circuits are increased, operand sizes are increased, or both. By using the cascade connections, multiple tiles can be used together as a single, larger tile. Thus, implementations that need memories of different sizes, arithmetic functions operating on different sized operands, or both, can use the same FPGA without additional programming or waste. Using cascade communications, more tiles are used when a large memory is needed and fewer tiles are used when a small memory is needed and the waste is avoided. |
| US11734215B2 |
Signal processing system and method for identifying and pairing a signal transmitting device
A method for identifying and pairing a signal transmitting device, including: obtaining a setting value of a master identification key; obtaining a setting value of a slave identification key; determining whether at least one of the setting values equals to an initial value; determining whether the setting value of the master identification key equals to the setting value of the slave identification key when none of the setting values equals to the initial value; and controlling the signal processing device to operate in a limited mode when the setting value of the master identification key and the setting value of the slave identification key are not equal. In the limited mode, a signal processing device does not output any signal to the signal transmitting device or ignores any signal received from a signal transmitting device, or the signal processing device only outputs a limited signal to the signal transmitting device. |
| US11734213B2 |
Integration of multiple communication physical layers and protocols in a process control input/output device
A process control input/output (I/O) device provides traditional I/O support with direct physical layers or interfaces associated with traditional process control communication protocols while at the same time supporting an advanced physical layer or other IP based physical layer and the communication protocols that run on top of them. In addition, the new I/O device is able to nest protocols inside of other protocols for use when protocols, such as safety protocols, require additional handshaking, confirmations, etc. Still further, the new I/O device includes hardware configurable capabilities that enable easy configuration of a process control system that uses multiple different physical layers, including those used by traditional process control protocols such as HART and FOUNDATION Fieldbus protocols, and more advanced physical layers, including those that are used by IP-based, Ethernet based, packet based and other types of advanced communication protocols. |
| US11734209B2 |
Scalable interrupt virtualization for input/output devices
Implementations of the disclosure provide processing device comprising: an interrupt managing circuit to receive an interrupt message directed to an application container from an assignable interface (AI) of an input/output (I/O) device. The interrupt message comprises an address space identifier (ASID), an interrupt handle and a flag to distinguish the interrupt message from a direct memory access (DMA) message. Responsive to receiving the interrupt message, a data structure associated with the interrupt managing circuit is identified. An interrupt entry from the data structure is selected based on the interrupt handle. It is determined that the ASID associated with the interrupt message matches an ASID in the interrupt entry. Thereupon, an interrupt in the interrupt entry is forwarded to the application container. |
| US11734206B2 |
Information processing device
Provided is a unit that causes transmission of smallest payload data to a communication interface to be in standby during a time period from a time, at which it is determined that a transmission time of smallest payload data exceeds a reference value during a control cycle, to a time at which the communication interface transmits the smallest payload data to be transmitted next after the most recent smallest payload data transmitted at the time. |
| US11734200B2 |
Method for accessing data in an external memory of a microcontroller
A method for accessing data in an external memory of a microcontroller, the microcontroller having an internal memory. The method includes: providing a classification data record in the internal memory, the classification data record for data stored in segments in the external memory including a segment-data classification for each segment, the segment-data classification characterizing the data stored in the respective segment; and a read access in which data corresponding to a predetermined data classification are read from the external memory. The read access includes checking a segment, the segment-data classification of the segment being read from the internal memory during the checking and being compared to the predetermined data classification, and: if the segment-data classification read corresponds to the predetermined data classification, reading the data stored in the segment from the external memory, or, if the segment-data classification does not correspond, resuming with the checking step for a further segment. |
| US11734199B2 |
Enforcing memory operand types using protection keys
Enforcing memory operand types using protection keys is generally described herein. A processor system to provide sandbox execution support for protection key rights attacks includes a processor core to execute a task associated with an untrusted application and execute the task using a designated page of a memory; and a memory management unit to designate the page of the memory to support execution of the untrusted application. |
| US11734198B2 |
Multiple memory type memory module systems and methods
The present disclosure provides methods, apparatuses, and systems for implementing and operating a memory module, for example, in a computing device that includes a network interface, which is coupled to a network to enable communication with a client device, and processing circuitry, which is coupled to the network interface via a data bus and programmed to perform operations based on user inputs received from the client device. The memory module includes memory devices, which may be non-volatile memory or volatile memory, and a memory controller coupled between the data bus and the of memory devices. The memory controller may be programmed to determine when the processing circuitry is expected to request a data block and control data storage in the memory devices. |
| US11734197B2 |
Methods and systems for resilient encryption of data in memory
A method for encrypting and decrypting data, that includes using an encryption key and an address associated with a memory device or a software instance. The method for encrypting and decrypting data may be performed by a hypervisor or by a configured processor. The method may include receiving a read or write request specifying an address; performing a first lookup, in an address mapping table, to identify a memory module address of a memory module associated with the address; performing a second lookup to identify an encryption key associated with the read or write request; generating a decryption or encryption request that includes the memory module address; and the encryption key; and sending the decryption or encryption request to the memory module. |
| US11734195B2 |
Adjustable memory operation settings based on memory sub-system operating requirements
A first set of memory access operations is performed at a memory sub-system based on first operation settings that are configured based on a first operating environment of a host system. A detection is made that the host system is operating in a second operating environment that is different from the first operating environment. A level of impact that each operating requirement of a set of operating requirements of the memory sub-system has on a performance of the memory sub-system in view of the second operating environment. A second set of memory access operations is determined based on a respective priority for each operating requirement of the set of operating requirements. A second set of memory access operations is performed at the memory sub-system based on the second set of memory access operation settings. |
| US11734190B2 |
Generating codewords with diverse physical addresses for 3DXP memory devices
Disclosed is a system that comprises a memory device and a processing device, operatively coupled with the memory device, to perform operations that include, selecting, by the processing device, a first partition located on a first die of the memory device. The operations performed by the processing device further include selecting, based on a predefined partition offset reflecting a physical layout of the memory device, a second partition located on a second die of the memory device. The operations performed by the processing device further include generating a codeword comprising first data residing on the first partition and second data residing on the second partition. |
| US11734187B2 |
Validating memory access patterns of static program code
A computer system configured to perform operations for validating memory access patterns of a static variant of a program instruction stream, the operations including randomizing a first set of input arguments, generating an address translation list for virtual addresses based on memory access patterns and storing memory accesses in a first table, and executing the static variant of the program instruction stream on the accelerator processing unit. During execution, the virtual addresses may be discarded and replaced by the addresses provided in the address translation list. The operations may include recording and storing every memory access of executing the static variant of the program instruction stream in a second table and comparing the memory access patterns stored in the second table to memory accesses patterns stored in the first table. Memory access patterns may be validated or discarded. |
| US11734184B2 |
Effective avoidance of line cache misses
A system includes a line cache, a memory device, and a processing device operatively coupled to the line cache and the memory device, The processing device includes a buffer manager and a high-speed mode driver, the processing device to perform operations including: detecting that a received event is located in an events list, wherein events stored in the events list are associated with a set of functions that are known to cause a clock domain crossing between the buffer manager and a host system; enabling access to the line cache; and running, using the high-speed mode driver, in a high-speed mode to execute the set of functions out of the line cache on behalf of the host system. |
| US11734174B2 |
Low overhead, high bandwidth re-configurable interconnect apparatus and method
Described is an low overhead method and apparatus to reconfigure a pair of buffered interconnect links to operate in one of these three modes—first mode (e.g., bandwidth mode), second mode (e.g., latency mode), and third mode (e.g., energy mode). In bandwidth mode, each link in the pair buffered interconnect links carries a unique signal from source to destination. In latency mode, both links in the pair carry the same signal from source to destination, where one link in the pair is “primary” and other is called the “assist”. Temporal alignment of transitions in this pair of buffered interconnects reduces the effective capacitance of primary, thereby reducing delay or latency. In energy mode, one link in the pair, the primary, alone carries a signal, while the other link in the pair is idle. An idle neighbor on one side reduces energy consumption of the primary. |
| US11734173B2 |
Memory access bounds checking for a programmable atomic operator
Devices and techniques for memory access bounds checking for a programmable atomic operator are described herein. A processor can execute a programmable atomic operator with a base memory address. The processor can obtain a memory interleave size indicator corresponding to the programmable atomic operator and calculate a contiguous memory address range from the base memory address and the memory interleave size. The processor can then detect that a memory request from the programmable atomic operator is outside the contiguous memory address range and deny the memory request when it is outside of the contiguous memory address range and allow the memory request otherwise. |
| US11734171B2 |
Snapshot at the beginning marking in Z garbage collector
During execution of garbage collection marking, an application thread receives a first request to overwrite a reference field of an object, the object comprising at least a first reference and the first request comprising a second reference to be written to the reference field. Responsive to receiving the first request, the application thread determines a marking parity for objects being traversed by the garbage collection marking process and loads the first reference from the heap. The application thread determines that marking metadata of the first reference does not match the marking parity. Responsive to that determination, the application thread adds the first reference to a marking list, modifies the second reference to include the current marking parity as the marking metadata, and stores the modified second reference to the first reference field. In subsequent writes to the reference field, the application thread refrains from adding to the marking list. |
| US11734170B2 |
Host-resident translation layer validity check
Devices and techniques are disclosed herein for verifying host generated physical addresses at a memory device during a host-resident FTL mode of operation to ameliorate erroneous or potentially malicious access to the memory device. |
| US11734168B2 |
Storage device and operating method thereof
A storage device can be designed to reduce latency in a read operation. Such a storage device can include: a memory device including a plurality of pages that include a first page and a second page different from the first page, each page including a plurality of memory cells that are configured to store data; and a memory controller in communication with the memory device and for sequentially storing result values of a function with respect to a plurality of input values in the plurality of memory cells, and controlling the memory device to store a result value in a last area of the first page and a start area of the second page. |
| US11734167B2 |
Storage device and method for updating meta slice including map chunks stored in nonvolatile memory device according to journal entries
The present technology relates to an electronic device. According to the present technology, a storage device that manages map data using a volatile memory device having a limited capacity may include a nonvolatile memory device, a memory controller, and the volatile memory device which includes a map chunk buffer, a map chunk status table, a journal buffer, and a meta slice buffer. |
| US11734158B1 |
Methods and systems for emulating physical-device input for an automated-testing framework
The present disclosure is directed to emulating physical-device input for an automated-testing framework. In particular, the methods and systems of the present disclosure may: determine a physical-device input associated with an automated-test script for an automated-testing framework comprising one or more proprietary test devices; emulate, via the automated-testing framework and at least one proprietary physical input device associated with the proprietary test device(s), the physical-device input; receive, from the proprietary test device(s) and via the automated-testing framework, data generated responsive to the emulated physical-device input; and compare the data generated responsive to the emulated physical-device input with expected data specified by the automated-test script for the automated-testing framework. |
| US11734157B2 |
Systems with software engines configured for detection of high impact scenarios with machine learning-based simulation and methods of use thereof
Systems and methods are disclosed for scenario planning by using specially programmed software engines to simulate and detect particular feature variations leading to particular outcomes based on modeling with machine learning techniques. The disclosed technology enables improved model debugging, improved simulation efficiency and accuracy, improved model explainability, improved identification of high risk or high reward scenarios, among other improvements and combinations thereof. Computerized optimization techniques applied via variation generation across a dataset of test input records enable optimization for feature variation along with outcome variation. Moreover, the disclosed techniques may provide and/or realize a minimized variation to input data that correspond to a point of transition from one state to another state in an outcome that results from the input data, where the transition to another state is termed a “significant” variation to the output data. |
| US11734155B2 |
Fully traceable and intermediately deterministic rule configuration and assessment framework
A method includes assessing an input in a buffer against a rule in a first node of a rule tree to determine that an action should be performed and updating the buffer with results of performing the action. The method also includes inserting an indication of the input, the rule, and the results of performing the action into a tracker log and passing the updated buffer to a second node in the rule tree in response to determining that the first node points to the second node. |
| US11734153B2 |
Automated discovery of API endpoints for health check and automated health check generation
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer-readable medium embodiments for providing the ability to automate identification of endpoints of an API for potential health checks based on machine learning and/or similarity search algorithms. The algorithms analyze an API specification according to the algorithm's training and/or search among reference APIs. Rather than having to manually generate health check tests for the web service, a test developer can interact with a test service through a web browser and provide the service an API specification. The test service then can automatically rank identified endpoints according to a ranking system as well as automate health checks by automatically preparing the health check code according to each identified endpoint. |
| US11734146B2 |
Analyzing performance metrics for improving technology environment of a software application
A system is configured to obtain a plurality of performance metrics related to performance of a software application in a current application environment and each of a plurality of model application environments. The system assigns a score to each of the performance metrics collected for the current application environment and each of the model application environments, compares the respective scores assigned to each performance metric collected for the current application environment and each of the model application environments, and detects that at least one model application environment has a higher score associated with at least one performance metric as compared to the respective score of the at least one performance metric collected for the current application environment. The system determines a recommendation to use the at least one model application environment for the software application based on the detecting. |
| US11734145B2 |
Computation of after-hours activities metrics
A system and method for computing a metric indicating a user operation of an application is described. The system accesses online activity data of a user operation of the application. The system filters the online activity data based on a preset time range. An after-hours activity score is calculated based on a type of activity or a duration of an activity from the filtered online activity data, and a weight assigned to the type of activity or the duration of the activity. The system computes an after-hours metric based on the after-hours activity score. A configuration setting for the application based on the after-hours metric is applied to the application. |
| US11734144B2 |
Maintaining workloads during performance testing
Monitoring a set of virtual users during performance testing and reporting virtual user operations data to ensure an ongoing and constant transactions per second load and providing test result data with evidence of constant transactions per second (TPS) during the test. Generating and executing performance tests under constant TPS includes restarting virtual users that are terminated during the performance tests. |
| US11734136B1 |
Quick disaster recovery in distributed computing environment
A method, computer system, and a computer program for quick disaster recovery of cloud-native environments is provided. The present invention may include replicating at a secondary server site software executing in a cloud-native environment on a primary server site. The present invention may also include detecting a failure associated with the software executing in the cloud-native environment. The present invention may then include whether the detected failure is causing down time for the software executing in the cloud environment. The present invention may further include deploying the replicated software on the secondary server site in response to determining that the detected failure is causing down time. |
| US11734135B2 |
Processor health monitoring with failback based on timestamps
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for a processor health monitoring system. An embodiment operates by determining that a plurality of messages are transmitted to both a primary processor and a recovery processor. A functional health of the primary processor is monitored based on one or more metrics, and a failure event is detected at the primary processor based on the one or more metrics. A timestamp of a first message of the plurality of messages is identified, the first message having been successfully processed by the primary processor prior to the failure event. The timestamp of the first message is provided to the recovery processor, wherein the recovery processor is configured to actively process the plurality of messages from the timestamp of the first message. The primary processor is deactivated. |
| US11734126B2 |
Two-phase snapshot recovery
In some examples, a data management and storage (DMS) platform comprises peer DMS nodes in a node cluster, a distributed data store comprising local and cloud storage, and at least one processor configured to perform operations in a method of creating a local consolidated patch file from a patch file chain stored in the cloud storage. Example operations comprise, in a first dry-run phase, creating a patch file image of data blocks in one or more cloud patch files stored in the cloud storage; in a second data-transfer phase, downloading at least some of the data blocks from the cloud patch files identified by the patch file image; and creating and storing, in the local storage, the local consolidated patch file using the downloaded data blocks. |
| US11734124B2 |
Rule-based re-tiering of incremental backup data stored on a cloud-based object storage
Described is a system for rule-based re-tiering of backup data stored on a cloud-based object storage. More specifically, the system may re-tier objects based on one or more storage rules such that the system retains the ability to efficiently perform a full restore of backup data even when incremental backups are performed to a cloud-based object storage. To provide such a capability, the system may maintain a specialized metadata database that stores information indicating the backup time for each backup, and a list of objects required to perform a full restore to each of the backup times. Accordingly, when initiating a re-tiering based on one or more storage rules, the system may intelligently select candidate objects for re-tiering by leveraging the metadata database to ensure that objects that may still need to be referenced are not unnecessarily moved to a lower storage tier. |
| US11734122B2 |
Backup task processing in a data storage system
Malware scan task processing in a data storage system is described herein. A method as described herein can include designating, by a device operatively coupled to a processor, a file stored by a primary cluster of a data storage system for a malware scan; locating, by the device, a secondary cluster of the data storage system having stored thereon a copy of the file, the secondary cluster being distinct from the primary cluster; and, in response to determining that the file stored by the primary cluster matches the copy of the file stored by the secondary cluster, causing, by the device, a second anti-malware server associated with the secondary cluster to perform the malware scan for the copy of the file instead of a first anti-malware server associated with the primary cluster. |
| US11734121B2 |
Systems and methods to achieve effective streaming of data blocks in data backups
Methods and systems for block-level data prioritization during a backup operation are disclosed. According to some embodiments, the method includes extracting a backup data criticality from header information of one or more data blocks. The method further includes based on the extracted backup data criticality, assigning a weighted value corresponding to the backup data criticality. The method further includes for each data block, calculating a Euclidean distance of the data block to a consecutive data block using the weighted value. |
| US11734117B2 |
Data recovery in a storage system
A method for recovering failed chunks, the method may include (i) obtaining a failure indication about a failure of a first number (X1) of failed chunks; wherein the chunks were stored in a group of disks, the group of disks is configured to store a second number (α) stripes of multiple (N) chunks, wherein each stripe comprises a first plurality (K) of data chunks and a second plurality (R) of parity chunks; wherein R exceeds ( X 1 α ) ; and (ii) performing at least one recovery iteration until fulfilling a stop condition. Each recovery iteration of the at least one recovery iteration may include (a.i) selecting valid chunks to provide selected valid chunks, wherein a number of selected chunks is smaller than a product of a multiplication of R by α; (a.ii) retrieving valid data chunks that are relevant to the selected valid chunks; and (a.iii) attempting to reconstruct the failed chunks based on the retrieved chunks. |
| US11734112B2 |
Memory system
According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a nonvolatile memory, a random access memory and a controller. When writing n−1 data portions of a first unit that are included in n−1 error correction code frames of a first size, respectively, in the nonvolatile memory, the controller generates a second error correction code that constitutes an error correction code frame of a second size together with the n−1 data portions of the first unit and a second data portion to be written into the nonvolatile memory by encoding the n−1 data portions of the first unit and the second data portion, and writes the second data portion and the second error correction code into the nonvolatile memory. |
| US11734110B1 |
Storage device reclassification system
A storage device reclassification system includes a storage device reclassification subsystem coupled to a storage device that has a NAND storage subsystem and that is configured to perform first storage operations associated with a first storage device classification. The storage device reclassification subsystem performs testing operations on the NAND storage subsystem and, based on the testing operations, identifies at least one reduced capability of the NAND storage subsystem. Based on the at least one reduced capability of the NAND storage subsystem, the storage device reclassification subsystem determines at least one storage device operation modification and performs the at least one storage device operation modification on the storage device in order to configure the storage device to perform second storage operations that are different than the first storage operations and that are associated with a second storage device classification that is different than the first storage device classification. |
| US11734108B2 |
Semiconductor memory apparatus and operation method of the semiconductor memory apparatus, and memory system having the semiconductor memory apparatus
A semiconductor memory apparatus may include: a memory cell array; an ECC (Error Check and Correction) circuit configured to detect an error from data read from the memory cell array in response to a read command, correct the detected error, and output an error correction signal whenever an error is corrected; and an EF (Error Flag) generator configured to enter a flag output mode when the number of times that the error correction signal is generated during a monitoring period reaches a threshold, and output the error correction signal as an error flag in the flag output mode. |
| US11734104B2 |
Screen response validation of robot execution for robotic process automation
Screen response validation of robot execution for robotic process automation (RPA) is disclosed. Whether text, screen changes, images, and/or other expected visual actions occur in an application executing on a computing system that an RPA robot is interacting with may be recognized. Where the robot has been typing may be determined and the physical position on the screen based on the current resolution of where one or more characters, images, windows, etc. appeared may be provided. The physical position of these elements, or the lack thereof, may allow determination of which field(s) the robot is typing in and what the associated application is for the purpose of validation that the application and computing system are responding as intended. When the expected screen changes do not occur, the robot can stop and throw an exception, go back and attempt the intended interaction again, restart the workflow, or take another suitable action. |
| US11734103B2 |
Behavior-driven die management on solid-state drives
Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein that enhance the management of storage sub-systems with solid-state media. In various implementations, a method comprises collecting time series data indicative of an accumulation of bad blocks within dies on one or more solid-state drives. For one or more of the dies, the method includes identifying one or more behaviors of a die based at least on a portion of the time series data associated with the die and determining to retire the die based at least on one or more identified behaviors of the die. One or more of the dies on the one or more solid-state drives may then be retired accordingly. |
| US11734100B2 |
Edge side filtering in hybrid cloud environments
Various embodiments disclosed herein are related to a non-transitory computer readable storage medium. In some embodiments, the medium includes instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to receive, at a node of a cluster on an edge network, an indication that the cluster received a configuration update, compare a first parameter of a configuration state of the node to a second parameter of the configuration update, determine if the first parameter matches the second parameter, in response to determining that the first parameter matches the second parameter, apply the configuration update, and collect data in accordance with the configuration update. |
| US11734099B2 |
Correlating server power and server utilization for deriving billing from power consumption data
A method for billing server utilization based on power includes receiving power consumption data of a remote server used by a customer, deriving a power-utilization correlation between power consumption of the remote server with utilization of the remote server, determining utilization of the remote server from the power consumption data and the power-utilization correlation, preparing a bill for the customer based on the determined utilization of the remote server, and sending the bill to the customer. |
| US11734097B1 |
Machine learning-based hardware component monitoring
An illustrative method includes identifying, based on an output of a machine learning model that receives data associated with an operation of a hardware component as an input, an anomaly in the data, determining that the anomaly is representative of an issue associated with the hardware component, and performing, based on the determining that the anomaly is representative of the issue associated with the hardware component, a remedial action that affects a performance of the operation of the hardware component. |
| US11734094B2 |
Memory component quality statistics
A method includes monitoring, by a processing device, error characteristics of a particular memory component among a plurality of memory components of a memory sub-system and detecting, by the processing device and based on the monitored error characteristics, an error characteristic associated with the particular memory component that exhibits a value that is greater than or equal to a threshold error characteristic value. The method can further include causing, by the processing device, a counter coupled to the plurality of memory components to be updated in response to the detection that the particular memory component exhibits the value of the error characteristic that is greater than or equal to the threshold error characteristic value. |
| US11734092B2 |
Systems and methods for extending the data model of a monolithic database through a microservice for a multi-tenant platform
A multi-tenant system comprises a monolithic database storing global records, each including global fields common for all tenants; a custom field database storing custom records, each including custom fields for a tenant; a custom field record service processing a custom record storage request by instructing the custom field database to store custom field values of the custom record for the tenant, and processing a custom record fetch request by instructing the custom field database to retrieve the custom field values; a monolithic application configured to receive a record storage or fetch request, configured to partition the record storage request into the global record storage request and the custom record storage request, configured to send the custom record storage request to the custom field record service, configured to partition the record fetch request into the global record fetch request and the custom record fetch request, and configured to send the custom record fetch request to the custom field record service. |
| US11734089B2 |
Dynamic option reselection in virtual assistant communication sessions
Methods and apparatuses are described for dynamic option reselection in virtual assistant (VA) communication sessions. A chat session is established between a VA application and a remote computing device. The VA application captures a first conversation intent generated by a user of the remote device, where the first conversation intent is part of a first workflow. The VA application generates an option selection feature based upon the first conversation intent, comprising a plurality of options and associated with a reference identifier. The VA application receives a selection of a first option in the option selection feature from the remote device. The VA application initiates a second workflow in response to the selected. The VA application detects a selection of a second option in the option selection feature from the remote device and restores the chat session to a state in the first workflow using the reference identifier. |
| US11734088B2 |
Low-power scalable nodes
Various implementations described herein relate to a system including multiple nodes. Each node is one of a storage node, a compute node, or a computer-and-storage node. Each node includes a Bluetooth® connector configured to communicate over a Bluetooth® mesh network. |
| US11734086B2 |
Operation-based event suppression
Techniques for performing operation-based event suppression are described. In an example, a determination may be performed as to whether an event is to be suppressed if the event is received in response to performance of an operation. The determination may be performed based on at least one of number of actions triggered by the event, frequency of occurrence of the event in an event stream in response to performance of the operation, and frequency of occurrence of the event in the event stream without performance of the first operation. |
| US11734084B2 |
Swarm-based resource management
Systems, computer-implemented methods and/or computer program products that facilitate management of resources are provided. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises: employing, by a system operatively coupled to a processor, at least one model to predict respective token needs by a set of processing elements during execution of a workload; and exchanging, by the system, one or more tokens between a subset of the processing elements as a function of the predicted token needs. |
| US11734076B2 |
Method and apparatus for traversing graph database based on allocation of threads to operators
A method includes obtaining a graph traversal statement; determining at least two operators contained in the graph traversal statement and an execution order, of the at least two operators, allocating a respective thread to each operator, creating a buffer queue for each two adjacent operators; for each two adjacent operators, executing an operation of a former operator by a thread, writing an executing result of the former operator to the buffer queue; an executing an operator of a latter operator by reading the execution result of the former operator by a thread from the buffer queue. |
| US11734072B2 |
Stream-based job processing
Systems and techniques for managing and executing digital workflows are described. A technique described includes obtaining a job record from a job queue from a first server; assigning a node associated with a second server to handle a task indicated by the job record; operating, at the second server, a first action block in the node to produce output results in response to executing the task and to forward the output results to batch blocks; operating, at the second server, the batch blocks in the node to respectively accumulate different batch groups of the output results; operating, at the second server, the batch blocks in the node to respectively forward the different batch groups of the output results to respective second action blocks; and operating, at the second server, the second action blocks in the node to respectively process the different batch groups of the output results. |
| US11734069B2 |
Systems and methods for maintaining pooled time-dependent resources in a multilateral distributed register
The present disclosure is directed to a novel system for using a distributed register to generate, manage, and store data for interest-pooled time deposit resource accounts. The invention leverages a pooled resource account approach, allowing for multiple disparate resource accounts to benefit from an enhanced interest return by pooling resource accounts. The system components of the invention contemplate the use of distributed register technology to provide a verified ledger of information related to one or more resource accounts, as well as store system data, user data, and metadata related to the movement and management of resources. By using a distributed register approach to store and verify data related to time-dependent resource account services, the invention provides an automated system and methods for enhancing the flow of sensitive verified information, reducing the need for manual review and increasing the speed at which various resource account services can be validated and executed. |
| US11734064B2 |
Automated virtual machine resource management in container-supported many task computing
An apparatus includes a processor to: receive a request to perform a job flow; within a performance container, based on the data dependencies among a set of tasks of the job flow, derive an order of performance of the set of tasks that includes a subset able to be performed in parallel, and derive a quantity of task containers to enable the parallel performance of the subset; based on the derived quantity of task containers, derive a quantity of virtual machines (VMs) to enable the parallel performance of the subset; provide, to a VM allocation routine, an indication of a need for provision of the quantity of VMs; and store, within a task queue, multiple task routine execution request messages to enable parallel execution of task routines within the quantity of task containers to cause the parallel performance of the subset. |
| US11734063B2 |
Job management based on generated execution time prediction model and prediction accuracy
Execution end timing of a jobnet is predicted with stable accuracy. An information processing apparatus executes jobnet execution time prediction model generation processing for generating an execution time prediction model for predicting execution time of a jobnet to be executed on the basis of information associated with execution time of each of previously executed jobnets, a prediction model accuracy determination processing for calculating prediction accuracy for the execution time of each of jobnets by the generated execution time prediction model, and delay determination processing for determining whether to predict execution end timing of a designated jobnet among a jobnet group that is a set of a plurality of jobnets currently being executed or to be subsequently executed on the basis of the execution time prediction model, on the basis of the calculated prediction accuracy for the execution time of each of the jobnets. |
| US11734061B2 |
Automated software robot creation for robotic process automation
Improved techniques for combining a plurality of distinct recordings pertaining to user interactions with one or more software applications each of which concerns performing a task. Then, the combined recording can be used to form a software automation process for performing the task in an automated fashion. Advantageously, the improved techniques enable a robotic process automation (RPA) system to capture multiple recordings, combine (e.g., merge) the recordings, and form a software automation process to perform repetitive tasks in an automated manner, all with little or no assistance from a user. |
| US11734057B2 |
Method and apparatus for processing a service of an abnormal server
Embodiments of the present application disclose a method and apparatus for processing a service of an abnormal server, and relate to the field of cloud computing. An embodiment of the method comprises: acquiring, according to a service type of a service distributed on the abnormal server, a service migration instruction corresponding to the service type, in response to determining that the abnormal server exists in a public cloud system; generating abnormal report information according to abnormal information on the abnormal server and the service migration instruction, and sending the abnormal report information to a user who has the service of the service type, which corresponds to the service migration instruction; executing the service migration instruction corresponding to the service type of the service to migrate the user's service, according to the migration indication information acquired from the user. |
| US11734055B2 |
Minimizing C-state transitions due to software timer interrupts
C-state transitions due to software timer interrupts can be minimized. A timer interrupt synchronizer can be deployed on a computing device to function as an intermediary between software components that rely on timer interrupts and a timer interrupt architecture of the computing device. When the software components request timer interrupts, the timer interrupt synchronizer can ensure that timer interrupts having the same frequency can be synchronized to occur at the same time. As a result of this synchronization, a CPU can experience fewer C-state transitions due to the timer interrupts. |
| US11734053B2 |
Attribute-based access control using a dynamic expression engine
A computer implemented method manages access to resources of a cloud platform. The method includes retrieving, at a computing device of the cloud platform, context data and load policies for a requestor and an identified resource, combining, by the computing device, loaded policies with context data into a combined data structure, evaluating, by the computing device, a resource request and apply policies for requestor based on role of requestor using the combined data structure, generating, by the computing device, resource permissions for the requestor, and returning, by the computing device, resource permissions to the requestor. |
| US11734045B2 |
Construction management device, information processing system, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
A construction management device includes a processor. The processor configured to acquire virtual port construction data and connection definition data, the virtual port construction data being data for associating a plurality of virtual ports with a physical port used by a physical server for data transfer with a physical storage, and associating a response specification requested by middleware executed by a virtual server that operates in the physical server with each virtual port, the connection definition data being data for associating the virtual port with the physical storage, generate a first command for constructing the plurality of virtual ports in the physical port based on the virtual port construction data, transmit the first command to the physical server, generate a second command for connecting the physical server and the physical storage via the virtual port based on the connection definition data, and transmit the second command to the physical. |
| US11734044B2 |
Configuring virtualization system images for a computing cluster
A plurality of different virtualization system images are configured for deployment to a plurality of nodes in heterogeneous environments. Individual ones of the virtualization system images are configured such that once deployed, the nodes form a computer cluster having a storage pool that is shared across the nodes. When configuring the virtualization system images, information that describes the heterogeneous computing environments is accessed, and constraints pertaining the heterogeneous computing environments are reconciled in advance of configuring the different virtualization system images. A common subnet across the heterogeneous environments is established. The plurality of different virtualization system images are configured to access the common subnet once deployed. The common subnet serves as a storage I/O communication path over which a cluster-wide storage pool is implemented. The virtualization system images are configured to correspond to address portions of a contiguous address space that is used to access data in the storage pool. |
| US11734042B2 |
Providing supplemental information to a guest operating system by a hypervisor
Providing supplemental information to a guest operating system by a hypervisor is disclosed. A hypervisor executing on a host computing device initiates a virtual machine comprising a guest kernel. The hypervisor determines an address of a shared memory area that is accessible by the guest kernel and accessible by the hypervisor. The hypervisor determines that an event has occurred for which supplemental information exists, the event corresponding to a particular event code of a plurality of different event codes. The hypervisor determines a location in the shared memory area that corresponds to the particular event code. The hypervisor inserts the supplemental information at the location in the shared memory area. The hypervisor causes an interrupt of the guest kernel. |
| US11734029B1 |
Path-driven user interface
A method may include retrieving, from a data store, an environment template data file; parsing the environment template data file to identify: path data; an amount of events; and display location information with respect to each event in the amount of events; accessing a user profile identifying scheduled events for a user; for a first event in the scheduled events for the user, predicting using at least one processor, a set of decisions associated with the first event, and a set of impact determinations for each respective decision in the set of decisions; generating, using the processing device, a user interface based on the path data, the amount of events, the display location information, the set of decisions associated with the first event, and the set of impact determinations for each respective decision in the set of decisions; and presenting the user interface on a computing device of the user. |
| US11734028B2 |
Modifying readable and focusable elements on a page during execution of automated scripts
A device may initiate an automated script to perform one or more interactions with a browser application and identify a first element in a page rendered by the browser application that satisfies one or more accessibility criteria, wherein the first element may include text that is readable by a screen reader application and/or an attribute that causes the first element to be navigable using a keyboard. The device may modify the first element to be inaccessible to the screen reader application and the keyboard and insert, into the page, a second element including text that is readable by the screen reader application to describe the one or more interactions that the automated script is performing. The client device may restore the page to an original state based on determining that the automated script has finished executing. |
| US11734025B2 |
Configurable action generation for a remote network management platform
An embodiment includes storage containing configuration and operational data related to a managed network, an action configurator application, and an action execution application. The embodiment also includes one or more processors configured to: receive, by way of the action configurator application, a specification of an action type; receive, by way of the action configurator application, a specification of an input source for actions generated using the action type; receive, by way of the action configurator application, a specification of one or more target users and an output modality for the actions; receive, by way of the action configurator application, a specification of a condition that causes the actions to be generated; determine, that the condition has been satisfied; and cause the action execution application to execute the action generator on the input source, and produce an output for one of the target users by way of the output modality. |
| US11734024B2 |
Device for managing digital twins
A data integration device, including input interfaces to which a device which delivers runtime data to the input interface is connectable in each case. The runtime data of the particular device are characterized with the aid of at least one aspect model that is associated with the particular input interface and that characterizes in each case an aspect of the runtime data. The particular input interface is associated with the particular aspect model. |
| US11734023B2 |
Preloading of applications having an existing task
A method includes, in a processor of a user device, deciding to preload a user application, which has one or more User Interface (UI) displays whose state is retained by the processor in a memory of the user device. At least part of the user application is preloaded, and a state of the preloaded user application is restored, in a background mode, to match the retained state of the one or more UI displays. |
| US11734016B2 |
Method and apparatus for stateless parallel processing of tasks and workflows
A method for parallel processing of a data stream is provided. In the method, a data stream that includes a plurality of segments is received. A split operation is performed on the data stream based on a split buffer to split the plurality of segments into N sub-streams. Each of the N sub-streams includes one or more segments of the plurality of segments, the N being a positive integer. The split buffer includes an input indexed first in first out (iFIFO) buffer, the input iFIFO buffer being configured to receive the plurality of segments of the data stream and output the plurality of segments to N sub-input iFIFO buffers to generate the N sub-streams. N sub-processing tasks are performed on the N sub-streams to generate N processed sub-streams. |
| US11734013B2 |
Exception summary for invalid values detected during instruction execution
An exception summary is provided for an invalid value detected during instruction execution. An indication that a value determined to be invalid was included in input data to a computation of one or more computations or in output data resulting from the one or more computations is obtained. The value is determined to be invalid due to one exception of a plurality of exceptions. Based on obtaining the indication that the value is determined to be invalid, a summary indicator is set. The summary indicator represents the plurality of exceptions collectively. |
| US11734012B2 |
Systems and methods for efficient transfer of log data
According to one general aspect, a non-transitory computer readable medium includes instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause a computing device to read a string of a log file for an application, where the log file comprises multiple strings of log data, compare the string to signatures stored in a memory to find a matching signature, where each of the signatures is encoded with a signature identifier (ID), determine a deviation between the string and the matching signature, encode the string with the signature identifier (ID) of the matching signature and the deviation, and transfer the string to a destination computing device using the signature identifier (ID) of the matching signature, the deviation, and a timestamp of the string. |
| US11734006B2 |
Deep vision processor
Disclosed herein is a processor for deep learning. In one embodiment, the processor comprises: a load and store unit configured to load and store image pixel data and stencil data; a register unit, implementing a banked register file, configured to: load and store a subset of the image pixel data from the load and store unit, and concurrently provide access to image pixel values stored in a register file entry of the banked register file, wherein the subset of the image pixel data comprises the image pixel values stored in the register file entry; and a plurality of arithmetic logic units configured to concurrently perform one or more operations on the image pixel values stored in the register file entry and corresponding stencil data of the stencil data. |
| US11734003B2 |
Non-transitory computer-readable recording medium, compilation method, and compiler device
The present disclosure relates to a compiler for causing a computer to execute a process. The process includes generating a first program, wherein the first program includes a first code that determines whether a first area of a memory that a process inside a loop included in a second program refers to in a first execution time of the loop is in duplicate with a second area of the memory that the process refers to in a second execution time of the loop, a second code that executes the process in an order of the first and second execution times when it is determined that the first and the second areas are duplicate, and a third code that executes the process for the first execution time and the process for the second execution time in parallel when it is determined that the first and the second areas are not duplicate. |
| US11734000B2 |
System and method for automated cross-application dependency mapping
A system and method for automatically generating cross-application dependency maps for enterprise IT environments is described. Automated code parsing techniques are used to identify dependencies between and among different business applications within the IT environment, including for both legacy and modern business applications. A thorough analysis of the enterprise-wide impact of a programming change, such as, for example, a change to the code of a legacy business application, can be conducted. There is the ability to perform canonical and customized searches of dependent elements between components of the IT environment and generate impact reports that can show how desired changes to particular applications may affect the environment. The impact of changes in a code repository, which can include documents in different programming languages that reside in a separate code environment, can be identified and analyzed. |
| US11733999B2 |
Versioning and cataloging application programming interface (API) specifications
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for automatically cataloging updated Application Programming Interface (API) specifications with updated version numbers. The API specifications may have been previously published to an application exchange platform. An automatic cataloging tool installed at an API development system may identify an updated API specification committed to an API specification repository. The automatic cataloging tool may identify a base API specification that has been previously published and confirm that a change has been made. The base API specification may correspond to a particular API development branch that has been updated. The automatic cataloging tool may also apply a versioning strategy to automatically determine an updated version number for the updated API specification. The application exchange platform may then replace the previous API specification with the updated API specification and the updated version number. |
| US11733997B2 |
Code change request analysis and prioritization tool
A code change request prioritization tool that uses weighting values specific to pre-determined factors to concurrently calculate a total weighted prioritization score, is disclosed. The total weighted prioritization score may be calculated using a percentile score for factors as inputs in the calculation. Once a solution is found for a highest priority code change request, similar code defects may be identified so as to provide solutions to all similar defects, simultaneously. |
| US11733994B2 |
System and method for state management
A data processing device for providing data storage services includes memory, persistent storage, and a device manager. The persistent storage stores a code repository. The state manager obtains a code update request for a new state for the device manager; injects state manager code to begin execution of the state manager in response to obtaining the code update request; updates the device manager data using the code repository and a memory region state map to obtain an updated device manager; and extracts the state manager code to resume execution of the updated device manager. |
| US11733992B2 |
Center device
A center device is provided that manages data to be written to electronic control units mounted on a vehicle. The center device includes an update data storage unit that stores update data for a data update target device among the electronic control units. The center device distributes the update data to the vehicle. The center device includes an individual vehicle configuration information storage unit that stores identification information of target vehicles targeted for update using the update data, and update status information regarding update completion status and update-in-progress status acquired as update status from target vehicles. The center device manages the update status information of the target vehicles in a statistically tabulatable manner on basis of the update status information. |
| US11733991B2 |
Data processing method based on intelligent contract, device, and storage medium
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a data processing method based on an intelligent contract, a device, and a storage medium. The method includes: receiving a firmware update request corresponding to a first server node transmitted by an execution node, the firmware update request including an updated version parameter of the first server node; invoking an intelligent contract according to the firmware update request; obtaining, from a blockchain based on the intelligent contract, a firmware version update record and a firmware version release record that are associated with the first server node; and determining validity of the firmware update request according to the firmware version update record, the firmware version release record, and the updated version parameter. The firmware version release record is determined by a release node on the blockchain based on a consensus mechanism. |
| US11733990B2 |
Generating software artifacts from a conceptual data model
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for generating software artifacts operable across diverse platforms from a single conceptual data model. The conceptual data model may be enhanced with metadata that allows the creation of platform-specific logical data models containing additional metadata that is leveraged to create deployable software artifacts. An organization may subsequently modify the conceptual data model and all relevant software artifacts may be updated and redeployed across all integrated platforms. Such a conceptual data model further facilitates the creation of documentation describing data entities in the organization's technical infrastructure, the creation of mapping files for use by a data exchange system, and the processing of federated queries that gather data from multiple data stores across a data landscape. |
| US11733988B2 |
Application deployment for applications offered by multiple deployment sources
A method and system for deploying an application from a deployment source to a device may include determining if the application is available for deployment to the device from a plurality of deployment sources, upon determining that the application is available for deployment from the plurality of deployment sources, identifying one of the plurality of deployment sources as a preferred deployment source for deploying the application; and deploying the application from the preferred deployment source to the device. Deploying the application may include installing the application, loading one or more user interface elements associated with the application and activating the application. |
| US11733983B2 |
Method and apparatus for generating metadata by a compiler
A method includes receiving a high-level function in a high-level code of an application; identifying resources in a hardware to execute a set of low-level instructions that is generated from the high-level function in the high-level code; compiling the high-level function in the high-level code of the application into the set of low-level instructions to be executed on the hardware; and generating a plurality of structured metadata associated with allocation of resources in the hardware to execute the set of low-level instructions. |
| US11733982B1 |
Dynamically changing input data streams processed by data stream language programs
An instrumentation analysis system processes data streams by executing instructions specified using a data stream language program. The data stream language allows users to specify a search condition using a find block for identifying the set of data streams processed by the data stream language program. The set of identified data streams may change dynamically. The data stream language allows users to group data streams into sets of data streams based on distinct values of one or more metadata attributes associated with the input data streams. The data stream language allows users to specify a threshold block for determining whether data values of input data streams are outside boundaries specified using low/high thresholds. The elements of the set of data streams input to the threshold block can dynamically change. The low/high threshold values can be specified as data streams and can dynamically change. |
| US11733980B2 |
Application implementation and buffer allocation for a data processing engine array
Implementing an application can include generating, from the application, a compact data flow graph (DFG) including load nodes, inserting, in the compact DFG, a plurality of virtual buffer nodes (VBNs) for each of a plurality of buffers of a data processing engine (DPE) array to be allocated to nets of the application, and, forming groups of one or more load nodes of the compact DFG based on shared buffer requirements of the loads on a per net basis. Virtual driver nodes (VDNs) that map to drivers of nets can be added to the compact DFG, where each group of the compact DFG is driven by a dedicated VDN. Connections between VDNs and load nodes through selected ones of the VBNs are created according to a plurality of constraints. The plurality of buffers are allocated to the nets based on the compact DFG as connected. |
| US11733967B2 |
Split and duplicate ripple circuits
Methods, systems, and devices for split and duplicate ripple circuits are described. A ripple circuit may be divided into stages, which may operate in parallel. For example, a first stage may have a finite number of possibilities for an output that is relevant for a second stage, and the second stages may be replicated according to the finite number of possibilities. The replicated second stages thus may operate concurrently with each other and the first stage, with each of the replicated second stages assuming a different possible output from the first stage. Once operation of the first stage is complete, the true output of the first stage may be used to select one of the second stages as corresponding to the correct assumed output, and the output of the selected second stage may be or may be included in a set of output signals for the circuit. |
| US11733964B2 |
Method for operating speech recognition service and electronic device supporting the same
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a processor, and a memory, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to receive a user input including a request for performing a first task that requires at least one parameter for execution and not including the entire at least one parameter, transmit first data related to the user input to an external server, receive a first sequence of states of the electronic device for performing the first task from the external server, perform not all but some of the first sequence of the states while displaying at least some of states changed in the first sequence, and after the performing of the some of the first sequence, display a GUI that is required for performing the first task and represents that a user is requested to provide at least one parameter omitted in the user input. |
| US11733959B2 |
Physical companion devices for use with extended reality systems
Implementations of the subject technology provide a small, portable physical object for use in an extended reality system. The system may include a device that allows a user/wearer to interact with virtual representations of content such as stored data and/or applications overlaid on the user's physical environment. The object has a unique identifier that is obtainable by the device or another device. The object may be an inactive device without any internal circuitry, a passive device with circuitry that is activated by another device, or an active device having its own processing circuitry and/or a display housed in the body of the object. The object can be associated with content displayed by the device to provide a user with a physical object that can be moved or manipulated to move, modify, transport, or store the content generated, stored, and/or displayed in an extended reality environment. |
| US11733952B2 |
Wearable electronic device including display, method for controlling display, and system including wearable electronic device and case
A wearable electronic device is provided. The wearable electronic device includes a housing including a first housing portion, a second housing portion, and a third housing portion, glasses surrounded by the second housing portion, a display for displaying screens in an inner direction and an outer direction on display areas of the glasses, a sensor module including a first sensor for identifying whether a user is wearing the wearable electronic device, a second sensor for determining a direction where the wearable electronic device is placed, and a third sensor for determining whether the first housing portion or the third housing portion is folded, a camera module including first cameras for tracking a hand gesture of the user and recognizing a space, second cameras for tracking pupils of the user, and a third camera for capturing the outside, and a processor connected with the display, the sensor module, and the camera module. |
| US11733950B2 |
Function executing device with two types of wireless communication interfaces
A function executing device is configured to send a wireless identifier to a communication device via a first type of wireless communication interface for setting up a wireless connection. The function executing device is configured to determine whether the function executing device is in an error state and, if not, to establish the wireless connection via a second type of wireless communication interface. The function executing device operates in a parent state in the wireless connection. Additionally, print data may be received from the communication device. However, if the function executing device is in an error state the wireless connection is not established via the second type of wireless communication interface. |
| US11733949B2 |
Printing system configured to collect print log of printer, management device therefor, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for management device
A management device is configured to perform collecting a plurality of print logs respectively generated by a plurality of printers. Each of the plurality of print logs contains print amount information and first category information indicating a category of the print amount information, The management device is further configured to identify a category represented by the first category information by referring to a first database, extracting the print amount information from the plurality of print logs collected in the collecting, and generate output data based on the print amount information to output the same. |
| US11733947B2 |
Managing unresolved jobs of devices with cloud server
An example operation method includes receiving unresolved job information about a job, requested by user identification information, from a first device, storing the unresolved job information in user data of the user identification information, receiving the user identification information from a second device, from the second device, and providing the unresolved job information stored in the user data to the second device. |
| US11733946B2 |
Image forming apparatus, control method of the image forming apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium
An image forming apparatus to communicate with an information processing apparatus includes a reception unit and a transmission unit. The reception unit receives information for identifying a print service included in the information processing apparatus. The transmission unit transmits, to the information processing apparatus, a prohibition condition. The prohibition condition represents a condition relating to a print setting that cannot be set depending on capabilities of a printing apparatus and of the print setting. The prohibition condition is for a print service corresponding to the information received by the reception unit. |
| US11733945B2 |
Methods for processing documents using rules in variable data printing operations
Rules for variable data printing operations are defined using statements having text or image variables used in an object for a document template. Statements include conditions that evaluate content or data for the variables to determine whether the resulting content or data for the object is modified. Multiple statements are used within a rule, including those with complex expressions. The rules allow the generations of variety of documents that include different and fixed content. |
| US11733944B2 |
Printer, only when authentication is successful, enables command for set period of time to acquire data and disables command after period of time elapses, communication method, encryption method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium
A printer capable of communicating with an external apparatus is proposed. The printer includes: a processing unit configured to executing one of commands to perform corresponding processing with regard to the printer; a disabling unit configured to disable a first command among the commands, the first command to acquire data from the external apparatus; a determining unit configured to determine whether an authentication result is successful based on predetermined code information; and an enabling unit configured to enable the first command for a period of time, when the authentication result has been successful. |
| US11733942B2 |
Image forming apparatus comprising an operating portion, an input device, and an IC card reader that is disposed beyond a right side wall of an outer casing frame
An image forming apparatus includes an operating portion which is capable of displaying a software key and which is not provided with a hardware key; an input device which is a separate member from the operating portion, which is provided adjacent to a right side of the operating portion when the image forming apparatus is seen from a position opposing the operating portion, and which is provided with a hardware key; an IC card reader which is a separate member from the operating portion and the input device, which is provided adjacent to a right side of the input device when the image forming apparatus is seen from a position opposing the input device, and which is configured to receive user information from an IC card; and a holding member configured to integrally hold the input device and the IC reader. |
| US11733933B2 |
Image recording device
An image recording device includes a cartridge mount configured to hold a cartridge detachably, a cartridge interface, a print engine configured to execute printing, a communication interface configured to connect to a communication network connected to the Internet, memory and a controller. The controller determines whether appropriate authentication information has been obtained from a cartridge memory of the cartridge mounted in the cartridge mount through the cartridge interface, in response to determining that the appropriate authentication information has been obtained, obtains, from the cartridge memory through the cartridge interface, a destination address of an information processing device connected to the Internet, communication setting information in the communication network, and identification information, stores the obtained communication setting information in the memory to execute communication setting, and transmits transmission data including the identification information to the obtained destination address through the communication interface after executing the communication setting. |
| US11733932B2 |
Data management on memory modules
Example implementations relate to managing data on a memory module. Data may be transferred between a first NVM and a second NVM on a memory module. The second NVM may have a higher memory capacity and a longer access latency than the first NVM. A mapping between a first address and a second address may be stored in an NVM on the memory module. The first address may refer to a location at which data is stored in the first NVM. The second address may refer to a location, in the second NVM, from which the data was copied. |
| US11733930B2 |
Global de-duplication of virtual disks in a storage platform
In order to avoid writing duplicates of blocks of data into a storage platform, any virtual disk within the storage platform may have a de-duplication feature enabled. Or, all virtual disks have this feature enabled. For virtual disks with de-duplication enabled, a unique message digest is calculated for every block of data written to that virtual disk. Upon a write, these message digests are consulted in order to determine if a particular block of data has already been written, if so, it is not written again, and if not, it is written. All de-duplication virtual disks are written to a single system virtual disk within the storage platform. De-duplication occurs over the entire storage platform and over all its virtual disks because all message digests are consulted before a write is performed for any virtual disk. A read for a de-duplication virtual desk reads from the system virtual disk. |
| US11733929B2 |
Memory system with dynamic calibration using a variable adjustment mechanism
A memory device includes a processing device configured to iteratively update a center read level according to a first step size after reading a subset of memory cells according to a set of read levels including the center read level; track an update direction for the processing device to use when iteratively updating the center read level, wherein the update direction corresponds to an increase or a decrease in the center read level; detect a change condition based on updating the center read level according to the first step size; and iteratively update the center read level according to a second step size based on detection of the change condition. |
| US11733927B2 |
Hybrid solid-state drive
Systems, methods, and devices are described for writing to a solid-state drive (SSD) that includes a non-volatile memory device, the volatile memory device includes first and second memory regions, the first memory region storing an address mapping table. A write request that includes a host logic block address (LBA) and data is received. A determination of whether the received LBA corresponds to the non-volatile memory device or the second memory region is made. In response to the received LBA corresponding to the non-volatile memory device, a physical address of the non-volatile memory device corresponding to the received LBA is determined based on the address mapping table and the included data is written to the determined physical address of the non-volatile memory device. In response to the received LBA corresponding to the second memory region, the included data is written to the second memory region based on the received LBA. |
| US11733924B1 |
Method for discarding garbage collection data during power loss
Various implementations described herein relate to systems and methods for managing metadata for power loss, including determining first metadata for first data, sending the first data to the non-volatile memory to be programmed to the first new locations of the non-volatile memory, and discarding the first metadata in response to detecting an imminent interruption to operations of the storage device. The first completion status for programming of the first data is unknown at the time of detecting the imminent interruption. The first data is read from first original locations of a non-volatile memory. The first metadata includes a first physical address for each of first new regions of the non-volatile memory. |
| US11733923B2 |
Generating command snapshots in memory devices
Systems and methods are disclosed including a processing device operatively coupled to memory device. The processing device performs operations comprising receiving a memory access command specifying a logical address; determining a physical address associated with the logical address; determining a portion of the memory device that is referenced by the physical address; determine an endurance factor associated with the portion; and increasing, by a value derived from the endurance factor, a media management metric associated with a management unit of the memory device, wherein the management unit is referenced by the physical address. |
| US11733922B2 |
Method for data reconstruction in a RAID system having a protection pool of storage units
A method of performing a reconstruction of data in a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) system with a protection pool of storage units includes receiving a request to perform a reconstruction of a first set of physical extents stored on a first physical disk of a set of physical disks. Each physical extent of the first set of physical extents is associated with an array of a second set of physical extents. The second set of physical extents is distributed across the set of physical disks. The method further includes allocating a third set of physical extents on one or more physical disks of the set of physical disks other than the first physical disk, and distributing data from each of the first set of physical extents of the first physical disk to a corresponding physical extent of the third set of physical extents. |
| US11733920B2 |
NVMe simple copy command support using dummy virtual function
The present disclosure generally relates to data storage devices, such as solid state drives. The data storage device includes a volatile memory, a non-volatile storage unit, and a controller. The data storage device further includes a plurality of virtual functions, where at least one of the virtual functions is only accessible by the data storage device and the remainder of the virtual functions are accessible by both the data storage and a host device. At least one of the virtual functions may be dedicated to completing data storage device storage management operations. |
| US11733917B2 |
High bandwidth controller memory buffer (CMB) for peer to peer data transfer
A PCIe architecture is disclosed incorporating a controller memory buffer (CMB). Write data is written to the CMB and is not read out for processing upon receiving a write command for the write data. The data is read out of the CMB and processed to obtain processed data upon receiving feedback from a NAND channel controller. The processed data may be written directly to the NAND channel controller or may be written to a light write buffer that is read by the NAND channel controller. The processed data may be written to a light write buffer functioning as a cut through buffer. |
| US11733915B2 |
Systems and methods for adaptive read training of three dimensional memory
A memory system is provided. The memory system includes a memory controller and a data bus electrically coupled to the memory controller. The memory system further includes one or more memory devices communicatively coupled to the memory controller via the data bus, wherein the memory controller is configured to derive a read profile for each of the one or more memory devices to account for a time propagation delay of data being sent via the data bus during read operations of the one or more memory devices. |
| US11733913B2 |
Balancing data for storage in a memory device
Methods, systems, and devices related to balancing data are described. Data may be communicated using an original set of bits that may be partitioned into segments. Each of the original set of bits may have a first value or a second value, where a weight of the original set of bits may be based on a quantity of the set of bits that have the first value. If the weight of the original set of bits is outside of a target weight range, a different, encoded set of bits may be used to represent the data, the encoded set of bits having a weight within the target weight range. The encoded set of bits may be identified based an inversion of the original set of bits in a one-at-a-time and cumulative fashion. The encoded set of bits may be stored in place of the original set of bits. |
| US11733910B2 |
Memory sub-system data loss prediction
A method includes utilizing, while delivery of power from a main power supply to a memory sub-system is interrupted, a processing device of the memory subsystem to monitor a characteristic of the memory sub-system associated with data retention at a non-volatile memory component of the memory sub-system. The method further includes utilizing, while delivery of power from a main power supply to a memory sub-system is interrupted, a processing device of the memory subsystem to predict, based on the monitored characteristic, an impending data loss event for the non-volatile memory component. |
| US11733907B2 |
Optimize recovery time objective and costs of cloud based recovery
Disaster recovery operations are disclosed. A copy of data may include segments and delta journals or journals. RTO can be reduced by pre-processing the delta journals after the segments and delta journals are uploaded. The RTO is improved during recovery because the need to process the delta journals is eliminated. Applying the delta journals can be performed to both reduce cost and RTO using graphs. |
| US11733905B1 |
Data warehouse batch isolation with rollback and roll forward capability
Methods and systems disclosed herein allow data to be transferred from a data source to a target database with little to no offline period or data corruptions. The methods and systems describe a server that generates a temporary data repository having a similar configuration as the target data repository; transmits the set of new data records from the data source to the temporary data repository; identifies dependency relationship attributes among the data records stored within the target data repository; and when the server identifies that a predetermined number of data records and their respective dependent data records are stored within the temporary data records, the server merges the set of data records and the set of new data records. The server also stores a pre/post merger record of data such that the server can revert to a previous version of data or roll forward to another version. |
| US11733903B2 |
Data relocation for data units in scale-out storage systems
Data units can be relocated in scale-out storage systems. For example, a computing device can receive, at a first node of a scale-out storage system, a request for a data unit. The first node can include a metadata entry associated with the data unit. The computing device can determine, based on the metadata entry, that a second node of the scale-out storage system includes the data unit. The computing device can determine, from the metadata entry, that a number of versions of the data unit in the scale-out storage system meets or exceeds a threshold. The computing device can output a command to cause the data unit to be relocated to the first node with the metadata entry. |
| US11733901B1 |
Providing persistent storage to transient cloud computing services
Providing persistent storage to transient cloud computing services, including: creating a cloud computing instance, wherein the cloud computing instance is created on on-premises cloud infrastructure; and storing, in non-volatile storage in a storage system that is communicatively coupled to the on-premises cloud infrastructure, data associated with the cloud computing instance. |
| US11733900B2 |
Prompt and gradual migration schemes
Provided are mechanisms for promptly or gradually migrating data from a read-only disk in a storage system to a replacement disk, where, during gradual migration, data is migrated when it is requested of the read-only disk. |
| US11733889B2 |
Generating names for cloud storage containers
Embodiments of the present disclosure include systems and methods for generating names for cloud storage containers. A unique identifier associated with a user of the client device is received from the client device. Next, a hash value is generated based on the unique identifier associated with the user of the client device. A character encoding scheme is then used to encode the hash value into a first encoded value. Instances of a first character in the encoded value is replaced with a defined second character to form a second encoded value. Finally, the second encoded value is sent to a cloud storage service for the cloud storage service to create a storage container using the second encoded value as a name of the storage container. |
| US11733888B2 |
Memory system
According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a nonvolatile memory and a controller electrically connected to the nonvolatile memory. The controller selects a write mode from a first mode in which data having N bits is written per one memory cell and a second mode in which data having M bits is written per one memory cell. N is equal to or larger than one. M is larger than N. The controller writes data into the nonvolatile memory in the selected write mode. The controller selects either the first mode or the second mode at least based on a total number of logical addresses mapped in a physical address space of the nonvolatile memory. |
| US11733885B2 |
Transferring computational operations to controllers of data storage devices
Systems and methods for offloading computational operations. In some implementations a method includes determining whether a data storage device coupled to a computing device is capable of performing a set of computational operations. The data storage device may be hot swappable. The method also includes offloading the set of computational operations to the data storage device in response to determining that the data storage device is capable of performing the set of computational operations. The method further includes performing the set of computational operations on the computing device in response to determining the data storage device is not capable of performing the set of computational operations. |
| US11733882B2 |
Memory device and method of controlling power of the same
A memory device executes a method of controlling power of the memory device. The memory device includes a host interface which receives a command from a host and controls an access to the memory device by the host, a register which is accessible by the host and includes a plurality of different regions, a memory access monitor which monitors which region of the plurality of regions the host accesses, and in response thereto generates a monitoring signal, and a power control manager which selects a power-up group of modules of the memory device in accordance with the monitoring signal and which supplies power to the selected power-up group of modules while not supplying power to any modules of the memory device not belonging to the selected power-up group. |
| US11733878B1 |
Data error correction for magnetic disks
A Data Storage Device (DSD) includes one or more magnetic disks. One or more data blocks are encoded into a first plurality of Error Correction Code (ECC) sub-blocks including a first ECC sub-block. The first plurality of ECC sub-blocks is encoded into a first ECC super-block. The first ECC sub-block is write-verified by reading the first ECC super-block. If the write-verify passes, a second plurality of ECC sub-blocks is encoded into a subsequent ECC super-block. If the write-verify fails, the first ECC sub-block and a subset of the second plurality of ECC sub-blocks are encoded into the subsequent ECC super-block. In another aspect, in response to the first ECC super-block failing to recover the first ECC sub-block, a subsequent ECC super-block is read and a copy of the first ECC sub-block is used if the copy is detected in the subsequent ECC super-block. |
| US11733873B2 |
Wear leveling in solid state drives
A computer storage device having: a host interface; a controller; non-volatile storage media having memory units of different types and having different program erase budgets; and firmware. The firmware instructs the controller to: generate an address map mapping logical addresses to physical addresses of the memory units the different types; and adjust the address map based at least in part on the program erase budgets to level wear across the memory units of the different types. |
| US11733872B2 |
Storage device and system of controlling operation through flow control monitoring
A system includes a transmission device and a reception device that are connected through a link. The reception device includes a reception buffer configured to receive and store transaction layer packets and a reception flow controller configured to generate flow control packets by monitoring an occupation state of the reception buffer. The transmission device includes a transmission buffer, a transmission flow controller and a dynamic frequency controller. The transmission buffer stores pending transaction layer packets to be transferred to the reception device. The transmission flow controller controls a flow of transaction layer packets to be transferred to the reception device based on the flow control packets received from the reception device. The dynamic frequency controller controls a frequency of an internal clock signal of the transmission device by monitoring a state of the transmission buffer and a state of the transmission flow controller. |
| US11733868B2 |
Dynamic processing of storage command based on internal operations of storage system
Disclosed herein is a device and method for dynamically processing of a command within a storage system. This includes identifying a plurality of non-volatile memory storage locations of the storage system that have at least one operation parameter associated with the plurality of non-volatile memory storage locations. For each identified plurality of non-volatile memory storage locations, there is a determination whether a value of the at least one operation parameter exceeds a predetermined threshold value. That value is representative of operation effects of the storage system on a corresponding storage location of the identified plurality of non-volatile memory storage locations. During operation of the storage system, there is a throttling of execution of the command to access a storage location of the identified plurality of non-volatile memory storage locations that has the value determined to exceed the predetermined threshold value by a throttle amount determined to mitigate an effect of the value exceeding the predetermined threshold value. |
| US11733864B1 |
Smart keyboard
The subject matter of this specification describes a method that includes determining when to send a user selection of a first key on a keyboard to an operating system, where the operating system supports shortcut key combinations. The device identifies the user selection of the first key, as input for an application. The device determines that the first key is part of a shortcut key combination. The processing device determines whether a cursor is visible in a user interface provided by the application. Upon determining that the cursor is visible in the user interface, the device waits for another user selection of one or more remaining keys of the shortcut key combinations before sending the first key to the operating system. Upon determining that the cursor is not visible in the user interface, the device sends the first key to the operating system without waiting for another user selection. |
| US11733861B2 |
Interpreting inputs for three-dimensional virtual spaces from touchscreen interface gestures to improve user interface functionality
A user computing device displays a three-dimensional virtual space via a user interface. The user computing device detects a gesture input at a location of the user interface. The user computing device translates the gesture input into a user interface input by predicting, based on the gesture input, a design intended by the gesture input and mapping, based on the design and the location of the gesture input on the user interface, the design to the user interface to generate the user interface input. The user computing device executes, in response to the user interface input, an operation to add an object in the three dimensional virtual space. The user computing device renders an updated three dimensional space displaying the object. |
| US11733858B2 |
Image forming apparatus that receives function restriction information from a management apparatus, image forming system and method for controlling image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus operable to provide at least one function is provided. The apparatus comprises an operation unit configured to accept an operation by a user via a displayed user interface; and a controller that, based on function restriction information indicating availability of each of the at least one function, displays, on the operation unit, a user interface that accepts an instruction for using a function for which usage is permitted and does not accept an instruction for using a function for which usage is restricted. |
| US11733855B2 |
Application identifier display method and terminal device
An application identifier display method includes: receiving a first input performed by a user; and displaying a scroll bar control on a target page in response to the first input. The scroll bar control is used to display at least one of a first-type application identifier or a second-type application identifier, the target page is a page of a desktop of the mobile terminal, the first-type application identifier is an application identifier in a page of the desktop other than the target page, and the second-type application identifier is an application identifier of an area in which the scroll bar control is located on the target page before the scroll bar control is displayed. |
| US11733853B1 |
Parametric modelling and grading
In some implementations, a method for custom fitting and manufacturing parametric products comprises generating a plurality of parametric 3D models of a custom product based on past learned data pertaining to the custom product; generating a first user interface comprising at least a first graphical representation of the custom product; receiving a plurality of adjustment 3D parameters for improving a fit of the custom product in relation to user-specific data; determining two particular parametric 3D models of the plurality of parametric 3D models, each having at least one 3D parameter, of the plurality of corresponding 3D parameters, that is within a particular tolerance of at least one 3D parameter of the plurality of adjustment 3D parameters; generating a parametric 3D fit model having a plurality of 3D fit model parameters by interpolating, for the at least one parameter of the two particular parametric 3D models, between a plurality of corresponding 3D control points of a first parametric 3D model and a plurality of corresponding 3D control points of a second parametric 3D model of the two particular parametric 3D models; transmitting the parametric 3D fit model to a manufacturer to cause the manufacturer to produce a parametric physical product based on the plurality of 3D fit model parameters of the parametric 3D fit model. |
| US11733850B2 |
Slide grid snapping and comment anywhere for presentation slides in a cloud collaboration platform
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for slide grid snapping for presentations slides in a cloud collaboration platform. An embodiment operates by displaying a slide made up of rows and columns of pixels, receiving inputs to select and move an object, interpreting the movement, based on proximity to particular rows and columns, places the object along the particular row and column of pixels, and rendering the resulting slide. By serializing and coordinating design actions using the slide grid, the ease of design and the efficiency of the user experience may be enhanced. The grid system further allows users to comment anywhere in the document, associating those comments with objects or layers, and adjusting or moving the comments in response to grid-based actions. |
| US11733849B2 |
Method and apparatus for user guide, device and storage medium
Provided are a method and apparatus for user guidance, a device and a storage medium. The method includes: acquiring creation guidance information for a user, the creation guidance information being used for guiding the user to use a creation function in an application, and the creation function being used for creating multimedia content. The method further includes: in a case where the application is in an active state, presenting, in an active page of the application, a visual representation corresponding to the creation guidance information. The method further includes: switching, on the basis of interaction associated with the visual representation, from the active page to a creation page associated with the creation function. In this way, the user can be guided and promoted to use the creation function of the application. |
| US11733841B2 |
Matching process system and method
A method for profile matching includes receiving a plurality of user profiles, each user profile comprising traits of a respective user. The method includes receiving a preference indication for a first user profile of the plurality of user profiles. The method also includes determining a potential match user profile of the plurality of user profiles based on the preference indication for the first user profile. The method also includes presenting the potential match user profile to a second user. |
| US11733840B2 |
Dynamically scalable summaries with adaptive graphical associations between people and content
The techniques disclosed herein improve existing systems by providing a system that automatically generates a scalable summary with adaptable graphical associations between people and content. The system can select a level of detail that can be applied to a process for generating a summary of content. The level of detail can be based on a user's engagement with respect to one or more events. The system can improve the usability of the summary by selecting a level of detail that is optimized for the user's contextual status. The system also improves the user's interaction with a computer by providing an adaptable layout of information indicating a source of content. The adaptable layout allows users to readily identify topics, content sources, and high-priority summary sections regardless of the level of detail that is selected for the summary. |
| US11733839B2 |
Customized seek bar
Systems and methods are provided for adjusting a playback position of a media asset at a computing device. One example method includes receiving the media asset comprising a video and/or an audio component and outputting the video and/or audio component of the media asset at a first playback position at the computing device. A seek bar control is initiated and, in response to initiating the seek bar control, a grid is generated at the computing device. A user action for adjusting the playback position of the media asset is detected. The detecting the user action comprises determining a first location on the grid corresponding to a first playback position and determining a second playback position by determining that the user action has ended at a second location on the grid corresponding to the second playback position. The media asset is outputted at the second playback position. |
| US11733838B2 |
Augmented reality enabled autonomous vehicle command center
Among other things, techniques are described for monitoring and controlling autonomous vehicles (AVs). As an example, at least one processor determines that a first AV is in a field of view of a user wearing an augmented reality display device, determines first data regarding an operation of the first AV, and causes at least a portion of the first data to be presented to the user using the augmented reality display device. For example, a graphical user interface is presented in the field of view of the user using the augmented reality display device, and at least the portion of the first data is included on the graphical user interface, such that at least the portion of the first data appears to be arranged spatially proximal to the first AV in the field of view of the user. |
| US11733836B2 |
Display method including widening gap between images and display apparatus
A display method according to the present disclosure includes a display step of displaying an image group including a plurality of images and having a dense region where the plurality of images are so densely arranged that the images partially overlap with each other and a sparse region where the arrangement of the images is sparser than in the dense region, a selection step of selecting any of the images located in the sparse region as a selected image, a movement step of moving the selected image to a predetermined destination in the dense region, a wide gap step of converting a dense state at the destination into a sparse state at the destination by widening a gap between the images adjacent to each other at the destination, and a placement step of placing the selected image at the destination having the sparse state. |
| US11733829B2 |
Monitoring tree with performance states
In some embodiments, in response to the user selecting a first node in the tree to be pinned, the system displays a first detail panel for the first node, wherein the first detail panel displays state information for the first node, wherein the state information is frozen at the time of pinning. Moreover, in response to the user selecting a second node in the tree to be pinned, the system displays a second detail panel for the second node, wherein the second detail panel displays state information for the second node, wherein the state information is frozen at the time of pinning. Note that the first detail panel is displayed concurrently with the second detail panel to facilitate comparing state information between the first and second nodes. |
| US11733828B2 |
Icon moving method and terminal device
An icon display method includes: receiving a first input by a user; in response to the first input, displaying a first pattern on a first screen, where the first pattern is used for selecting a first region, and the first region is a region in which the first input is located; receiving a second input on a first icon by the user on a second scree; and in response to the second input, displaying the first icon in the first region. |
| US11733821B2 |
Touch panel and touch display
A touch panel and a touch display are disclosed. The touch panel mainly comprises a light transmissive substrate and two sensing units. The two sensing units are disposed oppositely through the light transmissive substrate. A mesh width of a metal mesh in the two sensing units is large, which can increase a variation of capacitance value and improve the touch sensitivity. In addition, an angle between metal lines with sensing function is configured in a random manner under a certain condition to reduce an area of nodes, thus a rounding effect at the nodes can be effectively reduced or eliminated. The metal meshes of the two sensing units disposed oppositely are staggered with a non-conductive node-free pattern to form a staggered pattern with irregular polygons, so that no interference fringes would be generated when the touch panel is used together with display panels of various mainstream sizes. |
| US11733820B2 |
Differential touch screen display signal processing
A method includes providing, by a processing module of a differential touch screen display, a plurality of row and column analog reference signals to a plurality of column and row differential drive-sense circuits of the differential touch screen display. The plurality of column and row differential drive-sense circuits is coupled to a plurality of column differential electrode pairs and a plurality of row differential electrode pairs. The plurality of column analog reference signals includes a first oscillating component at a first frequency and the plurality of row analog reference signals includes the first oscillating component and a second oscillating component at a second frequency. The method further includes obtaining a set of column and row sensed signals from a set of column and row differential drive-sense circuits and interpreting the set of column and row sensed signals as one or more of a self-capacitance and a cross mutual capacitance. |
| US11733814B2 |
Touch sensing device and electronic apparatus having improved touch sensing identification
A touch sensing device includes: a first touch sensing unit including a first sensing electrode and a first sensing inductor electrically connected to each other, wherein capacitance of the first touch sensing unit varies depending on parasitic capacitance formed between the first sensing electrode and a human body according to a contact of the human body; a first force sensing unit including a first sensing coil spaced apart from an internal side surface of a frame, wherein inductance of the first force sensing unit varies depending on a change in distance between the first sensing coil and the frame according to a pressing touch; and a circuit unit configured to detect whether a touch of the human body is input, based on variations in the capacitance of the first touch sensing unit and variations in the inductance with the force sensing unit. |
| US11733812B2 |
Single-layer capacitive image sensor
A capacitive sensing array includes a first transmitter electrode, a plurality of first receiver electrodes, a second transmitter electrode, and a plurality of second receiver electrodes disposed in a first row of the array. The first transmitter electrode is disposed in a first column of the array and is coupled to a first transmitter channel. The first receiver electrodes are disposed in a second column of the array, adjacent the first transmitter electrode, and are coupled to a respective one of a plurality of first receiver channels. The second transmitter electrode is disposed in a third column of the array and is coupled to a second transmitter channel. The second receiver electrodes are disposed in a fourth column of the array, adjacent the second transmitter electrode, and are coupled to a respective one of the first receiver channels. |
| US11733811B1 |
Input apparatus and control method thereof
The present disclosure relates to an input apparatus and a control method thereof, and the input apparatus includes a pair of bases having one sides facing each other and rotatably coupled by a hinge part, which forms a horizontal rotation center, and each having an installation groove formed in an upper surface, a touch input unit, a control unit provided in each of the bases, and configured to transmit the finger input signal to the electronic device, a power supply unit provided in each of the bases to be rechargeable or replaceable and configured to supply power to the control unit, a plurality of function selection units provided on a side surface of each of the bases, electrically connected to the control unit, and configured to transmit a selection signal to the control unit when one or more pressing operations are performed. |
| US11733804B2 |
Touch display device
The disclosure is related to a touch display device, a shield electrode separated from a common electrode of a light-emitting element can be disposed on an area overlapping a touch electrode under an encapsulation layer, and a shield driving signal corresponding to a signal supplied to the touch electrode can be supplied to the shield electrode. Thus, the shield electrode prevents or at least reduces formation of a parasitic capacitance between an electrode or a signal line for a display driving and the touch electrode, and a touch detection performance can be improved by implementing a noise blocking function by the shield electrode. |
| US11733803B2 |
Display device including touch panel and touch position identifying method
For a node in which a difference between a base sensor value which is a sensor value obtained at certain time intervals and a first reference value which is a sensor value obtained when an organic EL element does not emit light in normal temperature state is greater than a threshold value, a correction value calculation circuit stores the product of a base computing value and a third reference value as a correction value in a correction value storage unit, the third reference value representing a ratio of the first reference value to a second reference value which is a sensor value obtained when the organic EL element emits light in normal temperature state, and the base computing value being obtained by providing the product of the third reference value and the base sensor value as an input value to a base computing value calculation circuit. |
| US11733799B2 |
Sensing method, touch panel driving device, and touch panel device
There is provided a sensing method of a touch panel driving device configured to perform scanning of sequentially selecting a pair of adjacent transmission signal lines and a pair of adjacent reception signal lines on a touch panel and select between a first mode and a second mode having higher sensitivity than the first mode as reception signal sensitivity of a pair of reception signal lines, comprising: a first sequence of performing the scanning in setting of the second mode to select the first mode or the second mode; and a second sequence of performing the scanning in the setting state of the mode selected in the first sequence to perform touch detection and generating information indicating a touched position. |
| US11733794B2 |
Electronic device to receive fingerprint data and method for the same
An electronic device to receive fingerprint data and a method for the same is provided. The electronic device includes a touch unit including a plurality of touch pixels, a display unit, and a sensing unit including a plurality of sensing pixels. The method includes receiving a finger touch signal through the touch unit, determining a finger touch region in the touch unit, determining a first region in the display unit, determining a sensing region in the sensing unit, wherein the sensing region is overlapped with the finger touch region, and receiving the fingerprint data through the sensing unit, wherein a density of a part of the plurality of touch pixels in the finger touch region is less than a density of a part of the plurality of sensing pixels in the sensing region. |
| US11733788B1 |
Information handling system stylus with single piece molded body
An information handling system stylus includes components to support active tip writing inputs at a touchscreen display controller by buttons integrated in the stylus housing as a thin material formed contiguous with the stylus housing material. A leaf spring biases upwards at the button thin material and has a magnet coupled to it that, upon a press at the button, is detected as increased magnetic flux by a magnetic sensor disposed under the leaf spring. |
| US11733767B2 |
Power management for multiple-chiplet systems
Various embodiments may include methods and systems for power management of multiple chiplets within a system-on-a-chip (SoC). Various systems may include a power management integrated circuit (PMIC) configured to supply power to a first chiplet and a second chiplet across a shared power rail. The first chiplet may be configured to obtain first sensory information throughout the first chiplet. The second chiplet may be configured to obtain second sensory information throughout the second chiplet, and may be configured to transmit a voltage change message to the first chiplet based on the second sensory information. The first chiplet may be configured to transmit a power rail adjustment message to the PMIC based on the first sensory information and the voltage change message. The PMIC may be configured to adjust the voltage of at least one of the first chiplet and the second chiplet. |
| US11733760B2 |
Electronic device and method thereof for controlling power consumption of electronic device in busy-waiting state
A method of an electronic device for controlling power consumption includes the following steps. A busy-waiting command is received, wherein the busy-waiting command indicates that the operating system of a processing device is in a busy-waiting state. The microcode of the busy-waiting command is obtained according to the busy-waiting command. A waiting enabling command is generated and a counting value corresponding to the waiting enabling command is obtained according to the microcode. According to the waiting enabling command, the subsequent microcode is stopped sending to the processing device, so that the processing device enters an idle state, and the counter is enabled to start counting according to the counting value. |
| US11733756B2 |
Electronic device for managing power and method of controlling same
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a battery, a power management integrated circuit (PMIC), that is electrically connected to the battery, adjusts at least part of power received from the battery, and outputs a controlled power, a processor electrically connected to the PMIC, at least one power sensor that is one of electrically connected between the battery and the PMIC and constitutes a part of the PMIC, and a control circuit electrically connected to the at least one power sensor. The control circuit acquires at least one of a current value and a power value input into the PMIC from the battery, determines whether at least one of the acquired current value and power value is greater than or equal to a threshold, and generates a first signal for controlling at least one of the PMIC and the processor, at least partially based on the determination. |
| US11733754B2 |
Electronic device for power management, and operation method therefor
A device and a method for power management of an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a battery, at least one internal circuit, a universal serial bus (USB) connector, and at least one processor operably connected to the at least one internal circuit and the USB connector, wherein the at least one processor can supply power to an external electronic device connected through the USB connector, identify the input voltage of the at least one internal circuit, determine whether to change a power supply method based on the identified input voltage if the identified input voltage is less than or equal to a reference voltage, and change the power supply method of the external electronic device if the power supply method is determined to be changed. |
| US11733749B2 |
Electronic device comprising thermally conductive connector
An electronic device that includes a first device portion, a second device portion coupled to the first device portion, and a uni-directional thermally conductive connector coupled to the first device portion and the second device portion. The first device portion comprises a region that includes a component configured to generate heat. The uni-directional thermally conductive connector is configured to dissipate heat away from the first device portion and towards the second device portion. The uni-directional thermally conductive connector includes a thermally conductive material that primarily dissipates heat along a first direction of the thermally conductive material. |
| US11733738B2 |
Electronic device
According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a housing including a mounting part, installation component installed in the mounting part, and detaching/attaching mechanism capable of detaching the installation component in a first direction. The detaching/attaching mechanism includes an operating lever including a first protrusion which includes a first abutting face and second abutting face, a second protrusion which includes a third abutting face, and a third protrusion which includes a fourth abutting face. At least one of the first abutting face and third abutting face is inclined, and at least one of the second abutting face and fourth abutting face is inclined. |
| US11733737B2 |
Cover structure of mobile device
The present invention provides a cover structure, which includes a body, a first cover and a second cover. The body is provided with a first opening and a second opening. The first opening and the second opening are adjacent and are configured at an interval from each other so as to form a frame between the first opening and the second opening. The first cover includes a first cover plate and a first seat plate. The second cover includes a second cover plate and a second seat plate. The first and second seat plates are disposed in a protruding manner on side edges of the first and second cover plates, and are fixedly connected to the frame. The first and second cover plates cover the first and second openings, and are turnable relative to the first and second seat plates so as to open the first and second openings. |
| US11733728B2 |
Speed regulating hand brake mechanism and method for speed regulation of same
A speed regulating hand brake mechanism and method for speed regulation of the speed regulating hand brake mechanism is disclosed. The mechanism includes: a housing, wherein an installation cavity is defined inside the housing; a speed regulating button is hinged to the side wall of the housing; an installation cavity is internally provided with the driving part hinged to the speed regulating button; the rack is hinged to the driving part and can slide along the inner wall of the installation cavity in a horizontal direction after receiving the pressing force transmitted from the speed regulating button; the encoder is fixed on a first fixing plate in the installation cavity, the rack drives a gear arranged at the top of the encoder to rotate, and changes the code value output by the encoder; the elastic end of the return piece is located inside the speed regulating button. |
| US11733725B2 |
Voltage regulator
In accordance with one embodiment, a voltage regulator includes a transistor having a load current path connecting an input node with an output node, wherein the input node is configured to receive an input voltage and the output node is configured to provide an output voltage. The voltage regulator further includes a main control loop coupled between the output node and a control electrode of the transistor and configured to control a voltage applied to the control electrode so that the output voltage matches a set-point. Furthermore, the voltage regulator includes a supplemental control loop that is coupled between the output node and the control electrode of the transistor and configured to detect a transient in the output voltage and to adjust the voltage applied to the control electrode in response to the detection of a transient. A corresponding method is described. |
| US11733724B2 |
Digital low-dropout voltage regulator
In some embodiments, an integrated circuit device includes multiple rows of functional cells, with each row having a cell height. At least one of rows of functional cells includes at least one digital low-dropout voltage regulator (DLVR) cell with the cell height for the row. The DLVR cell includes: an input terminal, an output terminal, a voltage supply terminal, a reference voltage terminal, and one or more pairs of transistors. Each pair of transistors are arranged in cascode configuration connected between the voltage supply terminal and output terminal. The gate of one of the transistors the cascode configuration is connected to the input terminal, and the gate of the other transistor in the cascode configuration is connected to the reference voltage terminal. The four terminals each comprises a metal track in the bottom metal layer and disposed within the cell height. |
| US11733723B2 |
Economizer temperature extrapolation systems and methods
A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system includes a plurality of sensors including a first sensor configured to measure an outside air temperature of outside air, a second sensor configured to measure a return air temperature of return air, and a third sensor configured to measure a mixed air temperature of mixed air. The system also includes a controller communicatively coupled to the plurality of sensors. The controller is configured to determine that data from one of the plurality of sensors is unavailable and estimate the data from the one of the plurality of sensors based on data from other sensors of the plurality of sensors. |
| US11733721B2 |
Flow rate control device and flow rate control method
A flow rate control device 100 includes a control valve 6 provided in a flow path 1, a flow rate measurement unit 2, 3 for measuring fluid flow rate controlled by the control valve 6, and a controller 7. The controller 7 is configured so as to control the opening/closing operation of the control valve 6 to match the measurement integral flow rate based on the signal outputted from the flow rate measurement unit (Vn+Vd) to the target integral flow rate Vs. |
| US11733719B2 |
User access management for dispensing particulate material
The present inventors have determined that implementation of an authentication process which can be selectively applied to safeguard parameters which modify dispensing of particulate material during agricultural operations can advantageously allow users of varying levels of experience and understanding to maintain ease of conducting field operations while reducing the possibility of waste and expense. A control system can determine a level of access for an operator or user on an individual basis. Upon determining a level of access for the operator to be sufficient for modifying a parameter, the control system can apply an input from the operator to modify the parameter, and can accordingly adjust dispensing of particulate material. |
| US11733717B2 |
Unmanned aerial vehicle control method and system based on moving base
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) control method includes a takeoff process, a following process and a landing process, wherein the takeoff process includes the following steps: unlocking the UAV, and detecting the current horizontal position of the UAV in the horizontal direction and the current altitude of the UAV in the vertical direction; determining whether the current horizontal position and the current altitude meet takeoff criteria, and controlling the UAV to bounce off and enter into a takeoff state if the determination result is positive. The system provided by the present disclosure employs the above-mentioned method to control a UAV. The method and system provided by the present disclosure meet three functional requirements for a UAV on a moving base platform, namely, stable takeoff, following process and accurate landing, thus decrease the difficulties in the use of a UAV on a moving platform. |
| US11733716B2 |
Anticipatory dispatch of UAVs to pre-staging locations
An example method involves determining an expected demand level for a first type of a plurality of types of transport tasks for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the first type of transport tasks associated with a first payload type. Each of the UAVs is physically reconfigurable between at least a first and a second configuration corresponding to the first payload type and a second payload type, respectively. The method also involves determining based on the expected demand level for the first type of transport tasks, (i) a first number of UAVs having the first configuration and (ii) a second number of UAVs having the second configuration. The method further involves, at or near a time corresponding to the expected demand level, providing one or more UAVs to perform the transport tasks, including at least the first number of UAVs. |
| US11733715B2 |
Airflow sensing based adaptive nonlinear flight control of a flying car or fixed-wing VTOL
A fixed-wing vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) vehicle configured with a composite adaptive nonlinear tracking controller that utilizes a real-time accurate estimation of the complex aerodynamic forces surrounding the wing(s) and rotors in order to achieve a high performance flight. The method employs online adaptation of force models, and generates accurate estimation for wing and rotor forces in real-time based on information from a three-dimensional airflow sensor. The novel three-dimensional airflow sensor illustrates improved velocity tracking and force prediction during the transition stage from hover to forward flight. |
| US11733714B2 |
Intelligent aircraft and rotorcraft load factor and stall protection
There is disclosed in one example an inner loop controller for an aircraft flight computer, including: a stall protection circuit to compute, for an attitude angle θ, an attitude limit θmax as a function of a flight path angle (γ) and an angle of attack limit (αmax); a transfer function circuit to convert θ to an attitude rate {dot over (θ)}, wherein {dot over (θ)} is a time derivative of θ; and a load protector circuit to compute a limit on {dot over (θ)} ({dot over (θ)}max) as a function of a load factor limit (Nz,max) and a true airspeed (v). |
| US11733707B2 |
Road surface-based vehicle control
Systems and methods for determining the location of a vehicle are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for localizing a vehicle includes driving over a first road segment, identifying by a first localization system a set of candidate road segments, obtaining vertical motion data while driving over the first road segment, comparing the obtained vertical motion data to reference vertical motion data associated with at least one candidate road segment, and identifying, based on the comparison, a location of the vehicle. The use of such localization methods and systems in coordination with various advanced vehicle systems such as, for example, active suspension systems or autonomous driving features, is contemplated. |
| US11733705B2 |
Moving body and moving body control method
A control unit drives a drive source to move the moving body. A detection unit detects external force applied to the moving body. A movement information deriving unit derives, based on the detected external force, a movement direction and movement speed of the moving body. The control unit drives the drive source based on the movement direction and movement speed derived by the movement information deriving unit. |
| US11733699B2 |
Ultrasonic perimeter ranging sensor systems and methods
Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods to provide perimeter ranging for navigation of mobile structures. A navigation control system includes a logic device, a perimeter ranging system, one or more actuators/controllers, and modules to interface with users, sensors, actuators, and/or other elements of a mobile structure. The logic device is configured to receive perimeter sensor data from ultrasonic perimeter ranging sensor assemblies of the perimeter ranging system and generate an obstruction map based on the received perimeter sensor data. The logic device determines a range to and/or a relative velocity of a navigation hazard based on the received perimeter sensor data. The logic device determines navigation control signals based on the range and/or relative velocity of the navigation hazard. Control signals may be displayed to a user and/or used to adjust a steering actuator, a propulsion system thrust, and/or other operational systems of the mobile structure. |
| US11733696B2 |
Detecting loops for autonomous vehicles
Aspects of the disclosure provide for determining whether a vehicle is in a loop for an autonomous vehicle. For instance, a route from a current location of the vehicle to a destination for a trip may be generated. Locations traversed by the vehicle during the trip may be tracked. Locations of the route may be compared to the tracked locations to determine an overlap value. Whether the vehicle is in a loop may be determined based on the overlap value. |
| US11733694B2 |
Control apparatus, control method, and storage medium
A control apparatus for remotely operating an operation target is provided. The apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information regarding an object that exists in the surroundings of the operation target, and is not to be operated by the control apparatus, from an information providing unit outside the control apparatus, a determination unit configured to determine a virtual object for representing the object, based on the information regarding the object, and a display control unit configured to display the virtual object at a display position corresponding to a geographical location of the object. |
| US11733692B2 |
Systems and methods for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle
Systems and methods for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle are disclosed. The system comprises an image sensor configured to generate output signals conveying visual information, the visual information including one or more images of a user, and one or more physical processors. The one or more physical processors are configured by computer-readable instructions to recognize one or more gestures from the user based on the visual information, interpret the one or more gestures from the user as flight control information, and provide flight control for the unmanned aerial vehicle based on the flight control information. |
| US11733690B2 |
Remote control system for a vehicle and trailer
The disclosure describes systems and methods including a mobile device for remotely controlling the movement of a vehicle and trailer. The mobile device provides an intuitive interface for controlling the movement of the vehicle and trailer by changing the orientation of a vehicle graphic (e.g., of the vehicle and trailer) according to a position of the mobile device around a periphery of the vehicle and trailer. This allows the user to walk around the vehicle and trailer to determine a best position from which to control the vehicle and trailer depending on a given situation without losing the intuitiveness of the user interface. |
| US11733686B2 |
Machine learning systems for monitoring of semiconductor processing
Operating a substrate processing system includes receiving a plurality of sets of training data, storing a plurality of machine learning models, storing a plurality of physical process models, receiving a selection of a machine learning model from the plurality of machine learning models and a selection of a physical process model from the plurality of physical process models, generating an implemented machine learning model according to the selected machine learning model, calculating a characterizing value for each training spectrum in each set of training data thereby generating a plurality of training characterizing values with each training characterizing value associated with one of the plurality of training spectra, training the implemented machine learning model using the plurality of training characterizing values and plurality of training spectra to generate a trained machine learning model, and passing the trained machine learning model to a control system of the substrate processing system. |
| US11733684B2 |
Overlaying production data on rendered 3D printed object
An example system includes an identification engine to determine production data associated with a three-dimensionally printed object. The system also includes an alignment engine to determine a placement of the three-dimensionally printed object relative to a display device. The system includes a rendering engine to generate an image including a visual representation of the production data. The rendering engine is to position the visual representation of the production data so that representations of data points in the production data will overlay corresponding portions of the three-dimensionally printed object upon displaying by the display device. |
| US11733682B2 |
Management device and article management system
A management device includes: a storage unit; a first receiving unit; a communication unit; and a management control unit configured to perform setting control for transmitting a control parameter and device identification information corresponding to the reservation number to each article processing device, which is identified based on the device identification information via the communication unit, when a reservation number is received by the first receiving unit, and to perform storage control for storing adjustment information of a changed control parameter in the storage unit in association with the device identification information and the reservation number when the control parameter transmitted to each of the article processing devices is changed in each of the article processing devices. |
| US11733677B2 |
Method of manufacture and predicting powder degredation in an additive manufacturing process
A method of additive manufacture involves building a container 8 and a structure by fusing powder 12, 13, 14, such that the container contains the structure and unfused powder. The container 8 may be used in a method for predicting powder degradation in an additive manufacturing process. Containers containing different types of structure may be built to measure the effect of building different types of structures on powder degradation. A structure to be built may be characterised by classes of structural features it contains and information obtained used from building containers used to predict how building the structure will degrade powder. |
| US11733671B2 |
Testing system having a control device
This overall control device for a testing system comprises: a plurality of resonance suppression controllers that each generate a torque current command signal for suppressing mechanical resonance between a specimen and a dynamometer upon receiving a base torque current command signal and axial torque detection signal and have different input/output characteristics; a specimen characteristic acquisition unit for acquiring the value of the moment of inertia of the specimen connected to the dynamometer; and a resonance-suppression-controller selection unit for selecting one of the plurality of resonance suppression controllers on the basis of the value of the moment of inertia acquired by the specimen characteristic acquisition unit and mounting the selected resonance suppression controller in a dynamometer control module. |
| US11733668B2 |
Robot access control and governance for robotic process automation
Robot access control and governance for robotic process automation (RPA) is disclosed. A code analyzer of an RPA designer application, such as a workflow analyzer, may read access control and governance policy rules for an RPA designer application and analyze activities of an RPA workflow of the RPA designer application against the access control and governance policy rules. When one or more analyzed activities of the RPA workflow violate the access control and governance policy rules, the code analyzer prevents generation of an RPA robot or publication of the RPA workflow until the RPA workflow satisfies the access control and governance policy rules. When the analyzed activities of the RPA workflow comply with all required access control and governance policy rules, the RPA designer application may generate an RPA robot implementing the RPA workflow or publish the RPA workflow. |
| US11733666B2 |
Smart home bubble creation
A second action is identified by the edged device. The second action is associated with a second networked device of the plurality of networked devices in the environment. The second networked device is unrelated to the first networked device. A relationship is detected between the first networked device and the second networked device by the edge device. A network device bubble is generated by the edge device. The network device bubble is based on the relationship that is detected. |
| US11733664B2 |
Systems and methods for building management system commissioning on an application
A system for building management system commissioning on an application includes one or more memory devices configured to store instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to host a building management system commissioning workflow on an application server; provide data indicating commissioning activities defined by the building management system commissioning workflow from the application server to a user device for display on a user interface; dynamically update a commissioning activity status of the commissioning activities in the building management system commissioning workflow hosted on the application server responsive to data received at the application server from at least one of the user device or a remote device at the building site communicatively connected to the application server; and initiate an automated action based on the commissioning activity status of the commissioning activities in the building management system commissioning workflow application. |
| US11733657B2 |
MIMO different-factor compact-form model-free control with parameter self-tuning
The invention discloses a MIMO different-factor compact-form model-free control method with parameter self-tuning. In view of the limitations of the existing MIMO compact-form model-free control method with the same-factor structure, namely, at time k, different control inputs in the control input vector can only use the same values of penalty factor and step-size factor, the invention proposes a MIMO compact-form model-free control method with the different-factor structure, namely, at time k, different control inputs in the control input vector can use different values of penalty factors and/or step-size factors, which can solve control problems of strongly nonlinear MIMO systems with different characteristics between control channels widely existing in complex plants. Meanwhile, parameter self-tuning is proposed to effectively address the problem of time-consuming and cost-consuming when tuning the penalty factors and/or step-size factors. Compared with the existing method, the inventive method has higher control accuracy, stronger stability and wider applicability. |
| US11733654B2 |
Disengagement of two gear trains
A timepiece mechanism (100) for disengaging a gear train. The timepiece mechanism (100) includes a gear set (110), a disengagement member (120), a holding member (121) and a control member (130). The gear set (110) includes a first wheel (111), a second wheel (112) and an intermediate wheel (113) configured to be driven by or for driving the first wheel (111) and/or for driving the second wheel (112). The holding member (121) holds the first wheel (111) and/or the second wheel (112) when the disengagement member (120), controlled by the control member (130), moves the intermediate wheel (113) between an engaged position (101) and a disengaged position (102). Hence the timepiece mechanism (100) is held in position while disengaging the watch mechanism. |
| US11733650B2 |
Coherent optical holographic imaging
A holographic imaging system may include an optical source configured to output a source beam and a splitter configured to split the source beam into a reference beam and an object beam that may be incident on a target to form a scattered object beam. The system may also include a combiner configured to combine the filtered scattered object beam with the reference beam to form an interference beam, an imaging array configured to receive the interference beam and generate frames of raw holographic data based on measurements of the interference beam over time, and an image data processor. The image data processor may be configured to receive the frames of raw holographic data from the imaging array, remove data components within the frames that are associated with the particle motion having a motion frequency that is less than a movement frequency threshold to form conditioned raw holographic data, and generate an image based on the conditioned raw holographic data. |
| US11733649B2 |
Method of generating volume hologram using point cloud and mesh
Disclosed is a method of generating a volume hologram using a point cloud and a mesh, in which a weight is given to a brightness of a light source according to a direction of a light in order to record a hologram of better quality. The method includes: (a) acquiring multi-view depth and color images; (b) generating point cloud data of a three-dimensional object from the acquired multi-view depth and color images; (c) generating mesh data of the three-dimensional object from the point cloud data of the three-dimensional object; (d) calculating a normal vector of each mesh from the mesh data of the three-dimensional object; (e) extracting three-dimensional data at a user viewpoint from the mesh data of the three-dimensional object by using the normal vector of the mesh; and (f) generating hologram data from three-dimensional data at the user viewpoint. |
| US11733641B2 |
Image forming apparatus including swingable development holder
An image forming apparatus includes a drum unit, a developing device, a development holder, and a sliding member. The drum unit includes a photosensitive drum. The developing device includes a developing roller. The development holder is swung so as to bring and separate the developing roller close to and apart from the photosensitive drum. The sliding member is slidable in an axial direction of the developing roller. The development holder is swung so as to bring the developing roller close to the photosensitive drum in association with a sliding of the sliding member from a first position to a second position, and the development holder is swung so as to separate the developing roller apart from the photosensitive drum in association with a sliding of the sliding member from the second position to the first position. |
| US11733638B2 |
Image forming apparatus having cartridge and waste developer accommodating portion
A photosensitive drum is rotatably supported in a main body. A developing cartridge is detachably mountable on the main body in a state where the photosensitive drum is supported in the main body. The developing cartridge includes a developing device and a frame. The developing device includes a developing roller disposed in confrontation with the photosensitive drum to supply developer to the photosensitive drum when the developing cartridge is mounted in the main body, and a developer-accommodating portion configured to accommodate developer. The frame includes a waste-developer-accommodating portion configured to accommodate waste developer and supports the developing device that is movable relative to the frame. The frame is disposed on an opposite side of the developing roller from the photosensitive drum. An urging member is disposed between the frame and the developing device to urge the developing roller toward the photosensitive drum. |
| US11733636B2 |
Drum unit, cartridge, electrophotographic image forming apparatus and coupling member
A drum unit includes a photosensitive drum in a coupling member. The coupling member includes an engageable member having a driving force receiving portion which is capable of entering a recess of a driving shaft to receive a driving force for rotating photosensitive drum. The coupling member includes a holding member configured to hold said engageable member so as to be slidable at least in a radial direction of said drum unit. |
| US11733635B2 |
Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus includes a control unit to perform a first conveyance process in which a sheet is conveyed in a second direction opposite to a first direction at a first speed by a reverse conveyance roller pair, a second conveyance process in which the sheet is conveyed at a second speed by a decurler, and a third conveyance process in which the sheet is conveyed to an inlet roller pair at a third speed by a conveyance roller pair, with the second speed being slower than the first speed, and the third speed being different from the first and second speeds. An image forming unit conveys the sheet at a fourth speed while transferring the image onto the sheet, the fourth speed being slower than the first speed, the second speed, and the third speed. |
| US11733632B2 |
Image forming device
To provide an image forming device that can be efficiently maintained. According to one embodiment, the image forming device includes a plurality of photoconductors, an exposure device, a developer, and a processor. The exposure device irradiates a corresponding surface of the plurality of photoconductors with light corresponding to an image formed on a corresponding photoconductor of the plurality of photoconductors. The developer supplies a toner to the corresponding surface of the plurality of photoconductors on which an electrostatic latent image is formed by the light emitted by the exposure device. The processor adjusts, for every photoconductor, a contrast potential for supplying the toner from the developer to the electrostatic latent image formed on the corresponding surface of the plurality of photoconductors, and notifies a warning when there is a contrast potential whose difference from another contrast potential exceeds a reference value. |
| US11733631B2 |
Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to convey a recording medium and form an image on the recording medium based on an image forming condition; and a controller configured to control the image forming unit to form a test image and a scale image extending in a conveyance direction in which the recording medium is conveyed, obtain user instruction information related to a density fluctuation of the test image in the conveyance direction, and generate the image forming condition to suppress image density unevenness in the conveyance direction in an image to be formed by the image forming unit based on the user instruction information. |
| US11733630B2 |
System for switching between supplying and cutting off electronic power depending whether a housing cover is open or closed
An image forming system comprises a first housing, a second housing and a third housing. The second housing may comprise a motor, a first door and a first switch. The first switch is provided on an electrical path connecting a power supply and the motor, for switching between a first state and a second state and for switching from the first state to the second state. The third housing may comprise a load. When the first door is opened in a state where the first switch is in the first state, the first switch switches from the first state to the second state to cause supply of electric power to the load to be cut off. |
| US11733628B2 |
Fixing device including a heater inserted into heating roller with being connected to terminals and image forming apparatus including the fixing device
The fixing device includes a heating roller and a pressure roller. The heating roller has a rotating member, a heating member, and a support member. The heating member has a heater, a first terminal, and a second terminal. The heater generates heat by energization. The first terminal is connected to one end of the heater. The second terminal is connected to the other end of the heater. The first terminal protrudes from one end of the rotating member in the longitudinal direction of the rotating member and is hooked on a hook provided on the support member so as to be movable along the longitudinal direction. The second terminal protrudes from the other end of the rotating member in the longitudinal direction and is fixed to the support member so as not to be movable along the longitudinal direction. |
| US11733627B2 |
Heating device, fixing device, and image processing apparatus
A heating device for heating a medium on which an image can be formed includes a cylindrical belt, a first heating unit, and a second heating unit. The first and second heating units are inside the cylindrical belt and face an inner circumferential surface of the belt. A controller is configured to control the heating units to generate heat. When the medium is to be heated to reach an image fixing temperature at which the image can be fixed to the medium, the controller controls the first and second heating units to both generate heat. After the medium is heated to the image fixing temperature, the controllers control the first heating unit to generate heat, but not the second heating unit. |
| US11733622B2 |
Imaging system with steering roller actuator
An imaging system includes a belt roller extending in an axial direction, an endless belt to rotate about the belt roller, a steering roller located inside the endless belt and extending in the axial direction, a steering roller actuator located at an end portion of the belt roller in the axial direction to contact the endless belt, and a support. The steering roller actuator is displaceable in the axial direction in response to a shifting of the endless belt so as to tilt the steering roller with respect to the axial direction. The support supports the endless belt in a gap formed between the belt roller and the steering roller actuator when the steering roller actuator is displaced in the axial direction. |
| US11733618B2 |
Electrostatic image developing toner, electrostatic image developer, toner cartridge, process cartridge, image forming apparatus, and image forming method
An electrostatic image developing toner includes an amorphous polyester resin, a crystalline polyester resin, and C.I. Pigment Red 57:1, wherein a Net intensity NMg of an Mg element, the Net intensity NMg of being determined by X-ray fluorescence analysis, is 0.10 kcps or more and 0.40 kcps or less. |
| US11733615B2 |
Methods and patterning devices and apparatuses for measuring focus performance of a lithographic apparatus, device manufacturing method
Disclosed is a method for selecting a structure for focus monitoring. The method comprises: simulating a Bossung response with focus of a focus dependent parameter, for one or more different structures; and selecting a structure for focus monitoring in a manufacturing process based on the results of said simulating step. The simulating step may be performed using a computational lithography simulation. |
| US11733602B2 |
EUV lighting device using multilayer reflection zone plate and manufacturing method thereof
An EUV lighting device for metrology and inspection of an EUV mask in an EUV exposure process of a semiconductor device manufacturing process includes: an EUV light source for outputting EUV light with a wavelength ranging from 5 nm to 15 nm; and a multilayer reflection zone plate having an EUV reflection multilayer film, which is a planar substrate, and a zone plate pattern. The EUV lighting device radiates EUV light output from the EUV light source to the multilayer reflection zone plate, acquires 1st diffraction light reflected, and creates EUV illumination light. |
| US11733601B2 |
EUV photomask and method of forming mask pattern using the same
An EUV photomask having a main area and a scribe lane area and reflecting EUV light includes a reflective multilayer film and an absorption pattern, wherein the scribe lane area includes first and second lanes, wherein the first lane includes first and second sub-lanes extending in the same direction as an extending direction of the first lane, wherein the first sub-lane includes a first dummy pattern that is a portion of the absorption pattern, and the second sub-lane includes a second dummy pattern that is a portion of the absorption pattern, and when EUV light that is not absorbed by the first and second dummy patterns and is reflected by the reflective multilayer film is irradiated at least twice by overlapping a negative tone photoresist, an amount of light exceeds a threshold dose of light in the negative tone photoresist corresponding to the first lane. |
| US11733596B2 |
Quick-assembly seat, quick-release assembly and photographing apparatus
A quick-assembly seat includes a seat body, a clamping assembly and a driving assembly. The clamping assembly includes a clamping member and a touch member which are slidably connected to the seat body. The driving assembly includes a first driving member and a third driving member, where one end of the first driving member and one end of a third driving member are connected to the seat body, and the other end of the first driving member and the other end of the third driving member are respectively connected to the clamping member and the touch member. The clamping member is configured to move along a first direction toward an inside of the seat body, so that the first driving member accumulates a driving force, and the third driving member releases a driving force to drive the touch member to be clamped with the clamping member. |
| US11733594B2 |
Camera and mount
A camera built into a cylindrical housing couples to a stand with a stand member that inserts into an opening having a magnet attracted to ferromagnetic material integrated in the stand member. The stand member may couple to a bracket that holds the camera at a display or to a tripod that places the camera between the display and an end user participating in a video conference. A lens cover couples over a front face of the camera with magnetic attraction and is stored at a rear face of the camera with magnetic attraction. In various embodiments, sensors detect lens cap and/or stand member position to control camera power and/or camera visual image capture operations. |
| US11733589B1 |
Camera structure and display device
A camera structure includes a support frame, a camera, a camera switch and a latch mechanism. The camera is supported by the support frame. The camera switch is spatially separated from the camera. The camera switch is configured to enable and disable the camera. The latch mechanism includes a slidable latch body and a cover and a connecting rod linking the latch body. The latch body is configured to move between a first position and a second position. When the latch body is at the first position, the camera is exposed from a first opening of the cover and the connecting rod interferes with the camera switch to enable the camera. When the latch body is at the second position, the cover shields the camera and the connecting rod moves away from the camera switch to enable the camera. |
| US11733584B2 |
Wavelength conversion apparatus
A wavelength conversion device that restrains output power of light when a temperature of a wavelength conversion element, including a ferroelectric substrate, is changed. The wavelength conversion device includes, in a casing, the wavelength conversion element, a temperature control element that controls a temperature of the wavelength conversion element, a static elimination mechanism, and a surface potential measurement mechanism, and eliminates static electricity by driving the static elimination mechanism when the surface potential measurement mechanism detects a change in surface potential of the wavelength conversion element. |
| US11733580B2 |
Method for driving two layer variable transmission display
An electro-optic display comprising at least two separate layers of electro-optic material, with one of these layers being capable of displaying at least one optical state which cannot be displayed by the other layer. The display is driven by a single set of electrodes between which both layers are sandwiched, the two layers being controllable at least partially independently of one another. Another form of the invention uses three different types of particles within a single electrophoretic layer, with the three types of particles being arranged to shutter independently of one another. |
| US11733573B2 |
Manufacturing method of a display device comprising a relay electrode electrically connected to a switching element via a contact hole penetrating a color filter layer
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a switching element disposed in a display area including a pixel, a color filter layer including a first color filter of a first color and a second color filter of a second color different from the first color and a conductive layer connected to the switching element via a contact hole penetrating the color filter layer. The conductive layer is in contact with the first color filter and the second color filter in the contact hole. |
| US11733569B2 |
Liquid crystal display apparatus
According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display apparatus includes a display region including a plurality of display pixels arrayed in a matrix, an array substrate including a plurality of first electrodes which are arrayed in a matrix, second electrodes which are arranged on the same layer as a layer of the first electrodes and connect the first electrodes to each. other, and third electrodes which are arrayed in a matrix on the first electrodes and the second electrodes, a countersubstrate which is arranged to face the array substrate, and a liquid crystal layer which is interposed between the array substrate and the countersubstrate. |
| US11733567B2 |
Light modulation device
A light modulation device is disclosed herein. The light modulation device can properly maintain a cell gap by controlling the shape and arrangement of spacers and the like, and is applicable for various applications by effectively controlling omnidirectional light leakage in a black mode, while having excellent optical properties, including transmittance-variable characteristics and haze characteristics, and the like. |
| US11733565B2 |
Liquid crystal display with external retarder
A system includes a spatial light modulator comprising a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. The spatial light modulator is characterized by a first retardation and a first phase retardation and has a first slow axis for light propagation. A voltage source is configured to apply a drive voltage to the spatial light modulator and the first retardation of the spatial light modulator is a function of the drive voltage. A retarder is positioned external to the spatial light modulator and is characterized by a second retardation and a second phase retardation. The retarder includes a second slow axis for light propagation. The second retardation has a value such that all illumination wavelengths in a set of illumination wavelengths are above or below a phase retardation value of 0.25. The set of illumination wavelengths includes at least one illumination wavelength in each of at least three different color spectrums. |
| US11733563B2 |
Optical structure comprising a concave-and-convex-shaped interface between a high refractive-index layer and a low refractive-index layer
An optical structure includes a high refractive-index layer and a low refractive-index layer laminated on the high refractive-index layer and having a refractive index lower than that of the high refractive-index layer, and is disposed on a display surface of a display device. An interface between the layers has a concave-and-convex shape, and each of a concavity and a convexity in the shape has a flat portion extending in a surface direction of the layers. A side surface of the concave-and-convex shape, which extends between the flat portions of the concavity and convexity, is a curved surface or a folded surface that is convex to the low refractive-index layer. A difference between a maximum angle and a minimum angle, which are defined between the side surface of the concave-and-convex shape and a normal direction of the layers, is not less than 3 degrees and not more than 60 degrees. |
| US11733556B2 |
Privacy-mode backlight, privacy display, and method
A privacy-mode backlight includes a light guide configured to guide light having a predetermined collimation factor orthogonal to a length of the light guide and a plurality of scattering line elements arranged along the light guide length. Scattering line elements of the scattering line element plurality are configured to scatter out through an emission surface of the light guide a portion of the guided light as emitted light having an illumination beamwidth in the orthogonal direction determined by the collimation factor. The privacy-mode backlight further includes a directional optical diffuser configured to provide directional diffusion of the emitted light in a direction corresponding to the light guide length. The directional diffusion may provide uniform illumination in the light guide length direction. A privacy display further includes an array of light valves configured to modulate the emitted light to provide a private image. |
| US11733554B2 |
Low non-linear loss silicon waveguides with sweep-out diodes
An optical waveguide includes a core region extending substantially along a lengthwise centerline of the optical waveguide, a first cladding region formed along a first side of the core region, and a second cladding region formed along a second side of the core region. The optical waveguide includes a first diode segment and a second diode segment that each include respective portions of the core region, the first cladding region, and the second cladding region. The second diode segment is contiguous with the first diode segment. The first diode segment forms a first diode across the optical waveguide such that a first intrinsic electric field extends across the first diode segment in a first direction, and the second diode segment forms a second diode across the optical waveguide such that a second intrinsic electric field extends across the second diode segment in a second direction opposite the first direction. |
| US11733553B2 |
Apparatus for reduction of power-dependent optical loss in silicon photonic devices
Optical waveguides may include a substrate and a silicon based optical waveguide supported on the substrate. The silicon based optical waveguide may include a central ridge portion and a plurality of spaced apart wing portions connected through connecting portions. The number of wing portions may be greater than two. The central ridge portion may have a central ridge lateral width extent greater than a lateral width extent of at least one of the wing portions. Optical waveguides may include a substrate, a silicon based optical waveguide supported on the substrate, and a concentrator supported on the substrate and positioned within a lateral width extent of the silicon based optical waveguide and outside of a height extent of the silicon based optical waveguide. The optical waveguides may be included as part of an optical modulator. |
| US11733550B2 |
Ultraminiature dynamic speaker for a fully in-ear monitor
An in-ear device is implemented as part of an audio system to present a user with improved audio content within an artificial reality system. The in-ear device is a fully integrated device with an internal microphone, an external microphone, and a transducer in which portions of the transducer form portions of the body of the device. This integration of transducer into the body of the in-ear device reduces the size of the in-ear device and allows for placement deeper within the ear canal of the user. The transducer generates audio content based on instructions received from an audio system that may be located on a device that is external to the in-ear device. The external microphone provides hear-through functionality, while the internal microphone provides feedback information to the audio system. |
| US11733549B2 |
Eyewear having removable temples that support electrical components
Techniques for providing eyewear with electrical components are disclosed. The electrical components can provide electrical technology to eyewear without having to substantially compromise aesthetic design principles of the eyewear. The electrical components can be partially or completely internal to eyewear, such as within an extended endpiece or a removable temple (or temple part). The electrical components can also be attached to the eyewear as an after-market enhancement. The electrical components can operate independently or together with other electrical components provided elsewhere. Apparatus for presenting after-market electrical components are also disclosed. |
| US11733537B2 |
Super-resolution optical microscope
A super-resolution microscope avoids the need for complex phase plate optics normally used to produce a doughnut-shaped depletion beam by employing low-intensity regions of common diffraction patterns such as an Airy disk. |
| US11733534B2 |
Optics for formation of multiple light spots with controlled spot intensity and variable spot pattern geometry
Systems, devices, apparatuses and methods for formation of multiple separate light spots with adjustable intensity due to lossless redistribution of the light energy between the separate spots, and with a variable geometry of the multi-spot pattern; advantageously, for laser processing of materials by focusing the laser radiation on a workpiece. The multi-spot pattern is created due to angular polarization splitting of the light beam into several beamlets using a beam splitter and further focusing these beamlets onto a workpiece by a focusing optical system, advantageously by the scanning focusing optics. The beam splitter can include optical birefringent prisms, prism groups and waveplates capable to operate simultaneously at two different wavelengths. Some of these optical elements are rotatable, and their rotations are used for lossless redistribution of light energy between the spots and for a change in the geometric shape of the multi-spot patterns. Embodiments can provide various geometrical configurations of 2, 3, 4, 9 and more separate focused spots: linear, rhombus-shaped, square, parallelogram, rectangular patterns composed in the form of a line or a matrix, with the ability to vary portions of the light energy at the specified separate spots. |
| US11733533B2 |
Fabrication of diffraction gratings
The systems and methods discussed herein are for the fabrication of diffraction gratings, such as those gratings used in waveguide combiners. The waveguide combiners discussed herein are fabricated using nanoimprint lithography (NIL) of high-index and low-index materials in combination with and directional etching high-index and low-index materials. The waveguide combiners can be additionally or alternatively formed by the directional etching of transparent substrates. The waveguide combiners that include diffraction gratings discussed herein can be formed directly on permanent transparent substrates. In other examples, the diffraction gratings can be formed on temporary substrates and transferred to a permanent, transparent substrate. |
| US11733526B1 |
Head-mountable device with convertible light seal element
A head-mountable device can provide convertible components that selectively engage the face of the user to exclude light from an external environment or open to provide a direct view to the external environment. A head-mountable device can include a light seal element that includes peripheral portions that transition between extended and collapsed configurations while the head-mountable device is worn by a user. Such peripheral portions can also transition between configurations to facilitate compact storage of the head-mountable device. |
| US11733522B2 |
Advanced monitoring solution of displays
A system is disclosed that display configured to transmit a signal that includes a first light configured as a display image and a second light configured as a reference image. The system also includes a beam splitter, a selectively transmissive mirror and a sensor configured to detect the second light. The beam splitter is configured to receive the signal from the display and reflect the signal to the selectively transmissive mirror. The selectively transmissive mirror is configured to receive the reflected signal, transmit the second light toward a sensor, and reflect the first light, wherein the first light is configured with a first bandwidth, wherein the second light is configured with a second bandwidth. The system further includes a corrector lens configured to receive the first light and transmit the first light to an exit pupil. |
| US11733519B2 |
Optical systems having light homogenization structures
An optical reflective device for homogenizing light including a waveguide having a first and second waveguide surface and a partially reflective element is disclosed. The partially reflective element may be located between the first waveguide surface and the second waveguide surface. The partially reflective element may have a reflective axis parallel to a waveguide surface normal. The partially reflective element may be configured to reflect light incident on the partially reflective element at a first reflectivity for a first set of incidence angles and reflect light incident on the partially reflective element at a second reflectivity for a second set of incident angles. |
| US11733518B2 |
Head-mounted display with low light operation
A display system includes a controller and a head-mounted display. The head-mounted display includes a display, a head support coupled to the display for supporting the display on a head of a user to be viewed by the user, and sensors coupled to the head support for sensing an environment from the head-mounted display unit in low light. The sensors include one or more of an infrared sensor for sensing the environment with infrared electromagnetic radiation, or a depth sensor for sensing distances to objects of the environment, and also include an ultrasonic sensor for sensing the environment with ultrasonic sound waves. The controller determines graphical content according to the sensing of the environment with the one or more of the infrared sensor or the depth sensor and with the ultrasonic sensor, and operates the display to provide the graphical content concurrent with the sensing of the environment. |
| US11733516B2 |
Augmented reality display comprising eyepiece having a transparent emissive display
An augmented reality head mounted display system an eyepiece having a transparent emissive display. The eyepiece and transparent emissive display are positioned in an optical path of a user's eye in order to transmit light into the user's eye to form images. Due to the transparent nature of the display, the user can see an outside environment through the transparent emissive display. The transmissive emissive display comprising a plurality of emitters configured to emit light into the eye of the user. |
| US11733508B2 |
Foot imprinting device for showing foot type
A foot imprinting device includes a plurality of foot imprinting units each of which includes a base seat, a colored pad disposed on the base seat, and a light transmitting sheet flippably disposed on and covering the colored pad. The light transmitting sheet is movable between a first state, in which the light transmitting sheet is configured to be stepped on by a person, and a second state, in which the light transmitting sheet is configured to show a footprint of a foot of the person. |
| US11733506B2 |
User wearable fluorescence enabled visualization system
A user-wearable fluorescence based visualization system comprising a multi-light lamp assembly that provides for the selected output of light using multiple light emitting sources, wherein the outputted light may be tailored to generate response wavelength by the interaction of the emitted light and a tissue illuminated by the emitted light, through the process of fluorescence, and a viewing system that allows a practitioner view the fluorescent light generated by the tissue, and distinguish between healthy and diseased tissues. |
| US11733501B2 |
Systems and methods for color imaging
Provided herein are systems and methods for multi-color imaging using a microscope system. The microscope system can have a relatively small size compared to an average microscope system. The microscope system can comprise various components configured to reduce or eliminate image artifacts such as chromatic aberrations and/or noise from stray light that can occur during multi-color imaging. The components can be configured to reduce or eliminate the image artifacts, and/or noise without substantially changing the size of the microscope system. |
| US11733500B2 |
Surface color and liquid contact angle imaging
Disclosed is an apparatus and method for imaging: a side-view of a object on a surface, a Contact Angle of a liquid object, the color of an object, or combinations thereof. |
| US11733499B2 |
Optical system, optical apparatus and method for manufacturing the optical system
An optical system (ZL(1)) comprises a plurality of lens groups including a first focusing lens group (G2) and a second focusing lens group (G4) that are disposed side by side on an optical axis, and the second focusing lens group (G4) is disposed at a position closer to an image surface than the first focusing lens group (G2). The first focusing lens group (G2) has positive refractive power, and moves toward an object along the optical axis from focusing on an infinite-distance object to focusing on a short-distance object. The second focusing lens group (G4) moves toward the image surface along the optical axis from focusing on the infinite-distance object to focusing on the short-distance object. The optical system (ZL(1)) satisfies the following conditional expression. −020<βF1/βF2<0.50 where βF1 is the lateral magnification of the first focusing lens group at the time of focusing on the infinite-distance object, and βF2 is the lateral magnification of the second focusing lens group at the time of focusing on the infinite-distance object. |
| US11733495B2 |
Imaging lens including seven lenses of +−−+0+−, +−−+−+−, +−−−−+− or +−−−++− refractive powers
There is provided an imaging lens with excellent optical characteristics which satisfies demand of wide field of view, low profile and low F-number. An imaging lens comprising in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface in a paraxial region, a second lens with negative refractive power in a paraxial region, a third lens with negative refractive power in a paraxial region, a fourth lens with positive or negative refractive power in a paraxial region, a fifth lens, a sixth lens with positive refractive power in a paraxial region, and a seventh lens with negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface in a paraxial region, and predetermined conditional expressions are satisfied. |
| US11733492B2 |
Camera optical lens including seven lenses of +++--+- refractive powers
A camera optical lens is provided, including from an object side to an image side: a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having positive refractive power; a third lens having positive refractive power; a fourth lens having negative refractive power; a fifth lens having negative refractive power; a sixth lens having positive refractive power; and a seventh lens having negative refractive power. The camera optical lens satisfies following conditions: 1.50≤f2/f≤5 0.00; −9.50≤(R9+R10)/(R9−R10)≤−1.20; −2.00≤f7/f≤−0.60, where f denotes focal length of the camera optical lens; f2 denotes focal length of the second lens; f7 denotes focal length of the seventh lens; R9 denotes central curvature radius of object side surface of the fifth lens; and R10 denotes central curvature radius of image side surface of the fifth lens. The above camera optical lens may meet design requirements for large aperture, wide angle and ultra-thinness, while maintaining good imaging quality. |
| US11733488B2 |
Optical imaging lens assembly
The present disclosure discloses an optical imaging lens assembly including, sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, a first lens having refractive power; a second lens having refractive power with a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface; a third lens having refractive power; a fourth lens having negative refractive power; a fifth lens having negative refractive power with a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; and a sixth lens having refractive power with a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface. A distance TTL along the optical axis from an object-side surface of the first lens to an imaging plane of the optical imaging lens assembly and a total effective focal length f of the optical imaging lens assembly satisfy: TTL/f<1. |
| US11733486B2 |
Optical imaging system including first to fourth lenses
An optical imaging system includes a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens, a third lens, and a fourth lens, arranged sequentially from an object side along an optical axis. The first lens through the fourth lens are spaced apart from each other along the optical axis in a paraxial region. A total focal length f of a lens unit including the first lens through the fourth lens and half (IMG HT) of a diagonal length of an imaging surface of an image sensor satisfy f/IMG HT>4.9. An effective aperture radius of an object-side surface of the first lens and an effective aperture radius of an object-side surface of the second lens are both greater than effective aperture radii of an object-side surface and an image-side surface of each of the lenses other than the first lens and the second lens. |
| US11733477B2 |
Optical actuator, and corresponding camera module and camera module array
An optical actuator, including: a base; a lens module comprising two first side surfaces opposite each other; and a plurality of shape memory alloy wires forming two wire groups, the two wire groups being disposed on the two first side surfaces, respectively, wherein two ends of each shape memory alloy wire are fixed to a base-end fixing device and a lens-end fixing device, respectively; and the direction of the resultant force acting on the lens module by the two wire groups is consistent with the direction of the optical axis of the lens module, so that the lens module is driven to move along the direction of the optical axis of the lens module by means of expansion and contraction of the shape memory alloy wires of the two wire groups. |
| US11733473B2 |
High precision stable optical alignment and configuration
An optical apparatus includes a plurality of lenses including a first lens affixed to an optics mount holder which is adjustably affixed to an alignment channel part. The optical axis of the first lens passes through a hollow area of the alignment channel part. The lens is mounted on the optics mount holder which is adjustably affixed to one end of the alignment channel part with a plurality of adjustable fasteners. A method is provided for aligning the optical apparatus. |
| US11733467B2 |
Optical module and method of producing the same
An optical module includes a base plate, a carrier, an optical semiconductor device, an optical lens component, and a transmissive resin member in a cured state disposed between the optical semiconductor device and the optical lens component. The optical semiconductor device has an optical end surface, and emits an outgoing beam from the optical end surface or receives an incoming beam at the optical end surface. The optical lens component has a first lens surface and a second lens surface, the first lens surface facing the optical end surface of the optical semiconductor device, the first lens surface being provided between the optical end surface and the second lens surface. The transmissive resin contains either an optical path of the outgoing beam or an optical path of the incoming beam between the optical end surface of the optical semiconductor device and the first lens surface of the optical lens component. |
| US11733464B2 |
Fiber structure, pulse laser device, and supercontinuum light source
A fiber structure includes first and second optical fibers disposed such that end portions thereof butt, a sheet-shaped saturable absorber including a carbon nanotube and disposed between the end portion of the first optical fiber and the end portion of the second optical fiber, and a housing internally accommodating the end portion of the first optical fiber and the end portion of the second optical fiber. A space in the housing including the saturable absorber is airtight. |
| US11733463B2 |
Multicore fibers
A fiber-optic system for use in optical sensing includes a multicore sensing fiber having at least two cores of which each of the at least two cores has a first core diameter, and a multicore lead-in fiber having at least two cores including a position corresponding with the position of the at least two cores of the multicore sensing fiber. Each of the at least two cores of the multicore lead-in fiber have a second core diameter. The second core diameter is substantially larger than the first core diameter. The system further includes an alignment means for aligning the multicore sensing fiber and the multicore lead-in fiber so that the lead-in fiber and the multicore sensing fiber are configured for coupling radiation between the fibers through the cores. |
| US11733460B2 |
Devices and methods for polarization splitting
The invention relates to devices and methods for polarization splitting, where a first optical coupler having at least one input port which receives an input light beam, and at least two output ports at which said light beam, is split into at least a first and a second arms at a first end of said arms. At least one total internal reflection mirror is coupled to the second arm for inducing polarization-dependent phase shifts to the light beam propagating in the second arm, and a polarization-dependent phase difference between the second and the first arm. A second optical coupler having input ports is coupled to the second and opposite ends of the arms. The second coupler has at least one first output port at which light is coupled from said arms, so that the polarization-dependent phase shift of the at least one total internal reflection mirror causes polarization-dependent coupling of light from said input port to said output port. |
| US11733459B2 |
Method for modification of surface of optical fiber preform
The present disclosure provides a method for modification of surface of an initial optical fiber preform. The initial optical fiber preform is manufactured using at least one preform manufacturing process. The surface of the initial optical fiber preform is treated with 50-70 liters of chlorine per square meter of the surface of the initial optical fiber preform. The surface of the initial optical fiber preform is flame polished using a flame polishing module. The treatment of the surface of the initial optical fiber preform with chlorine and flame polishing of the surface of the initial optical fiber preform collectively converts the initial optical fiber preform into a modified optical fiber preform. |
| US11733455B2 |
Amplitude and phase light modulator based on miniature optical resonators
The systems described herein can be used to modulate either the phase, the amplitude, or both of an input light wave using micro-resonators to achieve desired degrees and/or types of modulation. |
| US11733454B2 |
Homogenization of the output beam profile of a multimode optical waveguide
The invention relates to a method for homogenization of the output beam profile of a multimode optical waveguide (10). The method comprises the following method steps: splitting input radiation (2) of coherent light over two or more beam paths (I-IV), modulating the radiation in at least one of the beam paths (I-IV), combining the beam paths (I-IV) by superimposing the modulated radiation onto the input (9) of the multimode waveguide (10), where the radiation forms a temporally variable interference pattern, and propagating the radiation using the multimode waveguide (10). The invention furthermore relates to a device for carrying out the method. At least one splitting device (14) which is designed to split input radiation (2) over two or more beam paths (I-IV), at least one modulator (16) which is designed for modulating the radiation in at least one of the beam paths (I-IV), and at least one superimposition device which is designed for combining the beam paths (I-IV) by superimposing the modulated radiation and for directing the superimposed radiation onto the input (9) of the multimode optical waveguide (10), are components of a photonic integrated circuit (3) according to an embodiment of the device. |
| US11733451B2 |
Hollow-core fibre and method of manufacturing thereof
A hollow-core anti-resonant-reflecting fibre (HC-AF) includes a hollow-core region, an inner cladding region, and an outer cladding region. The hollow-core region axially extends along the HC-AF. The inner cladding region includes a plurality of anti-resonant elements (AREs) and surrounds the hollow-core region. The outer cladding region surrounds the inner cladding region. The hollow-core region and the plurality of AREs are configured to provide phase matching of higher order hollow-core modes and ARE modes in a broadband wavelength range. |
| US11733444B2 |
Method for manufacturing polarizing plate and adhesive composition for polarizing plate
The present specification relates to a method for manufacturing a polarizing plate, and an adhesive composition for a polarizing plate. |
| US11733441B2 |
Dye microenvironment
An optimized photochromic dye microenvironment isolated from and dispersed within a distinct host phase. |
| US11733434B2 |
Optical component and transparent sealing member
The present invention relates to an optical component and a transparent sealing member. An optical component has: at least one optical element; and a package that houses therein the optical element. The package has: a mounting board on which the optical element is mounted; a transparent sealing member bonded on the mounting board; a recessed section surrounding the optical element mounted on the mounting board; and a refractive index matching agent applied to the inside of the recessed section. The package has at least one groove in communication with the outside from the recessed section. |
| US11733431B2 |
Anti-glare film
An anti-glare film is attached on a surface of a display, and includes an anti-glare layer. The anti-glare layer is set to have a sparkle value of 10 or less, which is defined based on a value of a standard deviation of luminance distribution of the display under a state in which the anti-glare film is attached on the surface of the display, a value of specular gloss of 40% or less, which is measured with 60-degree specular gloss, and a value of transmission image clarity of 40% or less, which has an optical comb of 0.5 mm. Consequently, satisfactory anti-glare property can be provided while appropriately suppressing sparkle on the display. |
| US11733427B1 |
Short-term weather forecasting using hybrid data
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating weather forecasting modules from historical weather data, including unstructured and structured data. The weather forecasting modules each comprise at least one model, such as a neural network, that generates a forecast from input weather data. Each module may be focused on a particular region, weather variable, and or forecasting time period. Unstructured data may be analyzed by the system to generate weather-related variables which are combined with structured weather data to generate a combined weather feature set that is input to the model. Alternatively, unstructured data may be input directly in the module, with or without preprocessing. The weather forecasts can then be used to forecast various power-generation related variables or events, including power generation, electrical load, etc. |
| US11733421B2 |
Method for obtaining near-wellbore true borehole sigma and true formation sigma by using a nuclear logging tool during oil and gas exploration
A method for wireline or logging-while-drilling systems that uses pulsed neutron sources coupled to multiple dual-function radiation detectors of neutrons and gamma rays, as well as a non-transitory computer readable memory device that can distinguish using pulse shape discrimination techniques the neutrons from the gamma rays in order to measure thermal neutron time-decay signals and thermal neutron capture gamma ray time-decay signals that are later further process using the non-transitory computer readable memory device to obtain a borehole sigma and formation sigma that are not affected by near-wellbore environments. |
| US11733418B2 |
P/S wave measurement and compensation
A method for use in surveying a subsurface region beneath a body of water by detecting compressional, P, waves propagating through the body of water includes locating one or more sensor systems in the water at or close to the subsurface region, using the or each sensor system to detect P waves in the water, and translating all or a portion of the data representing the detected P waves to a higher level above the subsurface region. In the method, the effects of S waves, propagating in the subsurface and converted at the water/subsurface interface into P waves propagating in the water or along the seabed interface, in the translated data is reduced. |
| US11733412B2 |
Method and device for determining excitation point of seismic source
The present invention provides a method and device for determining an excitation point of a seismic source. The method includes: determining, according to a selected medium type, a distribution region corresponding to the selected medium type in a three-dimensional surface model corresponding to a preset surface range, where a preset position of the excitation point of the seismic source is located in the preset surface range, and a first mapping position corresponding to the preset position of the excitation point of the seismic source is located in the three-dimensional surface model; determining a second mapping position in the three-dimensional surface model according to the first mapping position and the determined distribution region; and determining, according to the second mapping position, a target position of the excitation point of the seismic source corresponding to the second mapping position in the preset surface range. |
| US11733408B2 |
High-performance radiation detectors and methods of fabricating thereof
A radiation detector includes a semiconductor layer having opposing first and second surfaces, anodes disposed over the first surface of the semiconductor layer in a pixel pattern, a cathode disposed over the second surface of the semiconductor layer, and an electrically conductive pattern disposed over the first surface of the semiconductor layer in interpixel gaps between the anodes. At least a portion of the electrically conductive pattern is not electrically connected to an external bias source. |
| US11733406B2 |
Methods of making a radiation detector
Disclosed herein is a method for forming a radiation detector. The method comprises forming a radiation absorption layer and bonding an electronics layer to the radiation absorption layer. The electronics layer comprises an electronic system configured to process electrical signals generated in the radiation absorption layer upon absorbing radiation photons. The method for forming the radiation absorption layer comprises forming a trench into a first surface of a semiconductor substrate; doping a sidewall of the trench; forming a first electrical contact on the first surface; forming a second electrical contact on a second surface of the semiconductor substrate. The second surface is opposite the first surface. The method further comprises dicing the semiconductor substrate along the trench. |
| US11733397B2 |
System and method for computing positioning protection levels
A method or system can include or be configured to receive a set of satellite observations, receiving sensor data, determining a position estimate and associated positioning error for a rover based on the set of satellite observations and the sensor data, determine a protection level associated with the position estimate based on a set of potential faults, and optionally provide an alert when the positioning error exceeds the protection level. |
| US11733394B2 |
Positioning method and device for growing trees, construction elements or geological features
A device measures positions of a plurality of objects. The device comprises a memory arranged to store positioning data for a plurality of objects having mutual constant positions, an input interface arranged to obtain measurement data of relative positions for at least a subset of the plurality of objects, and a processor arranged to calculate an adapted measurement position for at least one of the objects of the subset of the plurality of objects by correlating the measured relative positions for the at least a subset of the plurality of objects with the acquired positioning data. The adapted measurement position is based on the positioning data. Corresponding method and computer program are also disclosed. |
| US11733390B2 |
Architecture for increased multilateration position resolution
Systems, devices, methods, and computer-readable media for improved location determination of an orbiting device. A method can include receiving, at a transceiver of a device, measurement data from a monitor device, the measurement data representative of a physical state of a mobile object, filtering, using a first of a plurality of first filters of the device, the measurement data based on a character parameter of a state transition matrix representative of the physical state resulting in filtered measurement data, filtering, using a Kalman filter, the filtered measurement data resulting in further filtered measurement data, and providing, by the transceiver, the further filtered measurement data. |
| US11733389B1 |
Global navigation satellite system spoofer identification technique based on carrier to noise ratio signatures
Disclosed is a technique that can provide one or more countermeasures against spoofers. A beamformer can control an antenna pattern of a CRPA to generate a survey beam. The survey beam is swept across space to determine a characteristic signature based on carrier-to-noise ratios (C/No) for particular space vehicle signals. Matching C/No signatures can be used to identify the existence of spoofers and invoke a countermeasure, such as nulling. |
| US11733380B2 |
Using an acoustic device to identify external apparatus mounted to a tubular
A method, apparatus and system for locating external apparatus mounted to a tubular in a wellbore. The identification of apparatus, such as cable clamps, enables other tools in the string to operate more precisely. A computer model is used to locate the apparatus from acoustic images, which images are acquired using a downhole device having an acoustic sensor or acoustic array. The model may be a classifier, which may be machine trained to classify whether an apparatus is present, its location and its orientation. Automating this locating enables very long wellbores to be processed quickly. |
| US11733370B2 |
Building radar-camera surveillance system
A building radar-camera system includes a camera configured to capture one or images, the one or more images including first locations within the one or more images of one or more points on a world-plane and a radar system configured to capture radar data indicating second locations on the world-plane of the one or more points. The system includes one or more processing circuits configured to receive a correspondence between the first locations and the second locations of the one or more points, generate a sphere-to-plane homography, the sphere-to-plane homography translating between points captured by the camera modeled on a unit-sphere and the world-plane based on the correspondence between the first locations and the second locations, and translate one or more additional points captured by the camera or captured by the radar system between the unit-sphere and the world-plane based on the sphere-to-plane homography. |
| US11733366B2 |
Method of improving distance measurement accuracy and electronic device for same
A method for improving the accuracy of measuring a distance to an object using a wireless communication signal and an electronic device therefor the same are provided. The method includes transmitting a wireless communication signal to an external object by controlling a wireless communication module, receiving a signal returned based on the transmitted wireless communication signal being reflected from the external object by controlling the wireless communication module, acquiring a first distance to the external object based on a transmission time point of the transmitted signal and a reception time point of the received signal, acquiring a second distance to the external object based on phases of the transmitted signal and the received signal by controlling the phase matching module, and estimating a distance to the external object based on the first distance and the second distance. |
| US11733363B2 |
Parameter loader for ultrasound probe and related apparatus and methods
Programmable ultrasound probes and methods of operation are described. The ultrasound probe may include memory storing parameter data and may also include a parameter loader which loads the parameter data into programmable circuitry of the ultrasound probe. In some instances, the ultrasound probe may include circuitry grouped into modules which may be repeatable and which may be coupled together to allow data to be exchanged between the modules. |
| US11733358B2 |
Electronic circuit and time-of-flight sensor comprising such an electronic circuit
An electronic circuit comprises at least one radiation-emitting element (2), a current regulator (12) with a current-producing terminal (O), and a measurement element (14) generating a signal (Vmes) that is representative of the current flowing therethrough. A switch (6) is controlled by a modulation signal (M) so as to open and close, successively, an electrical path passing through the current-producing terminal (O), the radiation-emitting element (2) and the measurement element (14). A conversion circuit (16) is further interposed between the measurement element (14) and the current regulator (12) so as to transform the representative signal (Vmes) into a smoothed signal (S) that is intended for a regulation terminal (Reg). A time-of-flight sensor comprising such an electronic circuit is also provided. |
| US11733357B2 |
3-dimensional measuring device
A 3-dimensional measuring device includes: a light source unit; a projection optical system; a scanning mirror that is provided to be rotatable about a rotating shaft in a state of being inclined with respect to a shaft center of the rotating shaft to radiate a range-finding light within a plane crossing the rotating shaft in a rotary manner; a light-receiving optical system that receives a reflection range-finding light; a reference light optical system that is provided in a range outside a measuring range within a radiation range to receive and reflect the range-finding light as an internal reference light, the reference light optical system being capable of changing a light quantity of the internal reference light; and a light receiving element that receives the reflection range-finding light and the internal reference light. |
| US11733356B2 |
Sensor apparatus with drainage
A sensor apparatus includes a cylindrical sensor window defining an axis oriented vertically and a ramp. The sensor window includes an exterior surface facing radially outward relative to the axis. The ramp is on the exterior surface of the sensor window. The ramp includes a leading surface and a trailing surface. The leading surface and the trailing surface are elongated parallel to the axis. |
| US11733354B2 |
LIDAR ring lens return filtering
A LIDAR sensor assembly includes a laser light source to emit laser light, and a light sensor to produce a light signal in response to sensing reflections of the laser light emitted by the laser light source from a reference surface that is fixed in relation to the LIDAR sensor assembly. A controller of the LIDAR sensor assembly can process a plurality of samples of reflected light signals, process the samples to remove erroneous readings, and then provide accurate distance measurement. The system can use low-pass filters, or other components, to filter the plurality of samples to enable the “actual,” or primary, reflected light signal (i.e., light signal reflected off of a surface in an environment external to the sensor assembly, as opposed to extraneous, internal reflections off of lenses or other components or noise) to be identified and an accurate time of flight to be calculated. |
| US11733353B2 |
Object detection using local (ground-aware) adaptive region proposals on point clouds
Embodiments include a method for object detection in a Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) point cloud, the method comprising: placing, by a navigation system, a plurality of anchor points in a two-dimensional Bird's Eye View (BEV) of spatial points represented in a segmented ground surface representation of objects detected by a LiDAR system; extracting, by the navigation system, one or more features from the two-dimensional BEV of the spatial points; proposing, by the navigation system, one or more regions of the two-dimensional BEV of the spatial points for object detection; and performing, by the navigation system, object detections on anchor points of the plurality of anchor points in the proposed one or more regions of the two-dimensional BEV of the spatial points. |
| US11733346B2 |
Assistance information to aid with cooperative radar sensing with imperfect synchronization
The apparatus (e.g., a first radar device) may be configured to receive a second radar waveform from a second radar device; determine a transmission timing difference between a transmission time of a first radar waveform and a transmission time of the second radar waveform, where the first radar waveform may be transmitted by the first radar device; and generate a radar point cloud associated with one or more targets based on the received second radar waveform and the determined transmission timing difference. A second radar device may be configured to transmit a second radar waveform; receive, from one or more targets, one or more reflections of the second radar waveform; and transmit, to a first radar device, cooperative radar sensing information regarding the received one or more reflections. |
| US11733344B2 |
Interference source searching method and interference source searching apparatus
An interference source hunting method of hunting for an interference source of electromagnetic waves while moving between multiple measurement points, includes the steps of acquiring strength information of electromagnetic waves, estimating a distance from the measurement point to the location of the interference source, based on the strength information, calculating a first presence probability that the interference source is present at each position, based on whether a distance from the measurement point to the position is within the distance, updating second presence probabilities acquired in hunting in the past, based on the first presence probabilities, determining a position obtained by moving, by a predetermined distance, the measurement point toward a position with the second presence probability higher than the second presence probability at the measurement point, as a new measurement point, and determining, in a case where a size of an area in which each of the second presence probabilities is greater than or equal to a predetermined value is less than a predetermined value, that the location of the interference source is within the area. |
| US11733334B2 |
Image quality assessment of magnetic resonance images using a phantom
A method of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging includes a phantom that is inexpensive to produce and enables simple, practical and fast assessment of image sharpness, in particular for checking image quality of MR imaging with spiral acquisition. The method includes subjecting a phantom, which comprises a volume filled with a bulk of granules of solid material surrounded by a liquid, to an imaging sequence, acquiring MR signals from the phantom, reconstructing an MR image from the acquired MR signals, and deriving a measure of the local image sharpness in two or more different image regions from the MR image, wherein each image region is a representation of a part of the phantom volume. |
| US11733333B2 |
Method for generating at least one image data set and one reference image data set, data carrier, computer program product and magnetic resonance system
In a method for generating an image data set and a reference image data set: a first raw data set is provided that is acquired with a MR system and that includes measurement signals at read-out points in k-space that lie on a first k-space trajectory; a second raw data set is provided that is acquired with the same MR system and at the same examination object at read-out points that lie on a second, different k-space trajectory that is different from the first k-space trajectory; image data sets are reconstructed from the first raw data set; a reference image data set is reconstructed from the second raw data set; the reference image data set is compared with each image dataset to generate respective similarity values; and an image data set is selected having a greatest similarity value. |
| US11733331B1 |
Homonuclear j-coupling spectroscopy using j-synchronized echo detection
A method and a device for performing homonuclear J-coupling spectroscopy on a sample, the method including: a) producing transverse magnetization in the sample by applying an RF excitation pulse at a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) frequency; b) after a delay τ, applying a refocusing pulse to the sample; c) performing a step of, applying another refocusing pulse to the sample after a delay 2τ, N times, where N ranges from Nmin to Nmax; d) following a final one of the refocusing pulses, acquiring an NMR signal from the sample; and repeating steps a)-c) for different values of N, adjusting τ so that a total time T=2(N+1)τ remains constant, where T is a time between a start of the RF excitation pulse and a center or a start of a final one of the NMR signals. |
| US11733330B2 |
Magnetic resonance tomography scanner and method for operating with dynamic B0 compensation
The disclosure relates to a magnetic resonance tomography scanner and to a method for operating the magnetic resonance tomography scanner. The method includes determining a B0 field map. The method further includes determining an excitation of the nuclear spins to be achieved and a spectrally selective excitation pulse for transmission by a transmitter by way of an antenna as a function of the B0 field map. In the method, the excitation pulse is configured here to generate the excitation of the nuclear spins to be achieved in the patient. The excitation pulse is then output by way of the antenna. |
| US11733327B2 |
Local coil apparatus for magnetic resonance imaging
A local coil apparatus for performing a magnetic resonance (MR) scanning on a local part of a subject is provided. The local coil apparatus may include at least one receiving system for receiving the local part. The at least one receiving system may each include an activation member, a receiving member assembly, and a driving mechanism. The receiving member assembly may include one or more receiving members. Each of the one or more receiving members may include a first coil assembly configured to receive MR signals during the MR scanning. The driving mechanism may be physically connected to the one or more receiving members. When the local part is placed on the activation member, the activation member may cause the driving mechanism to drive the receiving member assembly to change from a first configuration to a second configuration to reduce a distance between at least a portion of the first coil assembly and a portion of the local part so that the first coil assembly conforms to the local part. |
| US11733325B2 |
Method for controlling an MR apparatus
In a method for control, input magnetic field map data is received. In this case, the input magnetic field map data for at least one magnetic field type in each case describes a magnetic field map for a state that an examination object is in at an initial location in the MR apparatus. In this case, the estimated magnetic field map data for at least one magnetic field type in each case describes at least one magnetic field map for in each case a state that the examination object is in at an alternative location that is different compared to the initial location. Control data is determined by the system control unit, using the estimated magnetic field map data or using the input magnetic field map data and the estimated magnetic field map data. The control data is suitable for controlling the MR apparatus. |
| US11733324B2 |
Magnetic particle imaging system and magnetic particle imaging method
A magnetic particle imaging system includes a field free region generator and an excited magnetic field generator. The field free region generator generates a field free line with a direction of linear extension of a field free region as a direction of extension. The excited magnetic field generator generates an excited magnetic field in the field free line generated by the field free region generator. The excited magnetic field generator includes a first excited magnetic field generation unit and a second excited magnetic field generation unit. The first excited magnetic field generation unit and the second excited magnetic field generation unit are spaced from each other in the direction of extension of the field free line. |
| US11733322B1 |
SQUID array with non-uniform wire geometry for detecting magnetic fields over a broad operational temperature range
A magnetic field detector for detecting magnetic fields over a broad operational temperature range comprising: a plurality of Josephson junctions connected to each other by superconducting interconnecting paths, wherein the plurality of Josephson junctions are arranged in an array; and wherein the superconducting interconnecting paths connecting the plurality of Josephson junctions in the array are designed to not all have a uniform cross-sectional geometry with respect to each other. |
| US11733320B2 |
Systems and methods for measuring current output by a photodetector of a wearable sensor unit that includes one or more magnetometers
An exemplary controller may include a single clock source configured to generate a single clock signal used to drive one or more components within a plurality of magnetometers and a plurality of differential signal measurement circuits configured to measure current output by a photodetector of each of the plurality of magnetometers. |
| US11733312B2 |
Impedance measurement using a multiplexer and analog-to-digital converters
In some examples, a device can be used for measuring the impedance of a first battery cell. The device includes a first analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and a second ADC. The device also includes a multiplexer configured to connect the first ADC to the first battery cell in a first instance and to connect the second ADC to a current sensor in the first instance. The current sensor is configured to sense current through the first battery cell. The multiplexer is also configured to connect the first ADC to the current sensor in a second instance and to connect the second ADC to the first battery cell in the second instance or in a third instance. |
| US11733309B2 |
Method and system for self-discharge prognostics for vehicle battery cells with an internal short circuit
A system for self-discharge prognostics for vehicle battery cells with an internal short circuit includes a plurality of battery cells and a voltage sensor providing open-circuit voltage data over time for each battery cell. The system further includes a computerized prognostic controller operating programming to monitor the open-circuit voltage data over time for each of the plurality of battery cells and evaluate a voltage drop rate through a time window for each of the plurality of battery cells based upon the open-circuit voltage data. The controller further identifies one of the plurality of battery cells to include the internal short circuit based upon the voltage drop rate and signals an alert based upon the one of the plurality of battery cells including the internal short circuit. |
| US11733304B2 |
Determination apparatus
A determination apparatus (10) includes: a criteria value acquisition unit (11) that acquires a criteria value which is a performance value of a storage battery at a criteria time; a target value acquisition unit (12) that acquires a target value which is the performance value of the storage battery at a determination time; a usage method data acquisition unit (13) that acquires usage method data indicating a usage method of the storage battery from the criteria time to the determination time; a predicted range computing unit (14) that computes a predicted range of the performance value at the determination time on the basis of the criteria value, the usage method data, and a time elapsed from the criteria time to the determination time; and a determination unit (15) that determines that the storage battery is not to be compensated if the target value is within the predicted. |
| US11733299B2 |
Test apparatus and method for synthetically testing at least one switch device for a high-voltage battery of a vehicle
A test apparatus for testing at least one switch device for a high-voltage battery of a vehicle, includes a voltage source for generating an electrical test voltage between a positive high-voltage path and a negative high-voltage path of the at least one switch device. The test apparatus has a first connecting device and a first current source for feeding a first electrical test current into the positive high-voltage path, wherein the first connecting device, the first current source and the positive high-voltage path together form a first circuit when testing the at least one switch device. The test apparatus has a second connecting device and a second current source for feeding a second electrical test current into the negative high-voltage path, wherein the second connecting device, the second current source and the negative high-voltage path together form a second circuit when testing the at least one switch device. |
| US11733298B2 |
Two-port on-wafer calibration piece circuit model and method for determining parameters
The present application provides two-port on-wafer calibration piece circuit models and a method for determining parameters. The method includes: measuring a single-port on-wafer calibration piece circuit model corresponding to a first frequency band to obtain a first S parameter; calculating, according to the first S parameter, an intrinsic capacitance value of a two-port on-wafer calibration piece circuit model corresponding to the single-port on-wafer calibration piece circuit model; measuring the two-port on-wafer calibration piece circuit model corresponding to the terahertz frequency band to obtain a second S parameter; and calculating a parasitic capacitance value and a parasitic resistance value of the two-port on-wafer calibration piece circuit model according to the second S parameter and the intrinsic capacitance value. |
| US11733296B2 |
Screening method for pin diodes used in microwave limiters
A method of testing a PIN diode for a power limiter circuit comprises measuring a reverse bias current of the PIN diode; applying a reverse bias voltage to the PIN diode; increasing the reverse bias voltage until the reverse bias current of the PIN diode reaches a threshold current indicative of a reverse voltage breakdown; and determining whether the reverse bias breakdown voltage of the PIN diode is within an acceptable range of reverse bias breakdown voltages corresponding to a power range at which the power limiter circuit would enter power limiting mode with the PIN diode. |
| US11733294B2 |
Package structure and testing method
A package structure and a testing method are provided. The package structure includes a wiring structure, a first electronic device and a second electronic device. The wiring structure includes at least one dielectric layer, at least one conductive circuit layer in contact with the dielectric layer, and at least one test circuit structure in contact with the dielectric layer. The test circuit structure is disposed adjacent to the interconnection portion of the conductive circuit layer. The first electronic device is electrically connected to the wiring structure. The second electronic device is electrically connected to the wiring structure. The second electronic device is electrically connected to the first electronic device through the interconnection portion of the conductive circuit layer. |
| US11733292B2 |
Testing apparatus for temperature testing of electronic devices
A testing apparatus for Devices Under Test (DUTs) includes at least one intake damper and at least one exhaust damper. At least one fan moves recirculated fluid and exterior fluid across one or more DUTs inside the testing apparatus. In one aspect, the testing apparatus includes a door to provide access to a chamber and the door includes at least one channel. At least a portion of the fluid flows through the at least one channel of the door. In another aspect, the door is configured to provide access to a chamber from the front of the chamber and the fluid is moved in a direction across the one or more DUTs substantially from the front of the chamber towards a rear of the chamber. |
| US11733286B2 |
Vector analysis calculation-based arc crosstalk signal identification method
A vector analysis calculation-based arc crosstalk signal identification method. A new sampling circuit manner is proposed in the method, wherein a current signal is sampled on zero and live lines, and the signal is converted into two digital signals with a sampling rate of 200 MHz by means of a dual-channel ADC, and the digital signals are sent to a hardware digital signal processing unit. Five pass bands are selected to perform band-pass filtering on the two signals separately. Time-sharing processing and vector analysis are performed on the filtered signals, and the amplitude ratio and fluctuation characteristics of two resistor terminal voltages, as well as the phase difference between shunt resistor and inductor terminal voltage signals are extracted as crosstalk feature quantities. According to a zero-crossing signal, a system segments the feature quantities extracted by a hardware processing module and sends same to a neural network for classification and determination. |
| US11733285B2 |
Touch safe DC powering for remote loads
In a line to line fault detection and protection system, a source end power supply supplies power to a remote load over a transmission line and monitors the dynamic behavior of a transmission line power characteristic. If that dynamic behavior is outside a constraint that is actively imposed on the transmission line dynamic behavior by a load end power conditioning system, a possible line to line fault is recognized. The preferred power characteristic is current and the preferred constraint is a maximum rate of change of current drawn from the transmission line by the load end power conditioning system. |
| US11733283B2 |
Method and apparatus for detection and identification of counterfeit and substandard electronics
An apparatus for detecting a condition or authenticity of one or more electronic devices includes an enclosure having an antenna integrated therewithin, a fixture mounted within a hollow interior of the enclosure, the fixture being configured to receive the one or more electronic devices and connect one or more signals to each of the one or more electronic devices and a sensor and controller assembly connected to the antenna and configured to process a signature of an emission of a radiofrequency (RF) energy from of one or more electronic devices having the one or more signals connected thereto. |
| US11733277B2 |
Circuits and methods for voltage measurement
An integrated circuit includes an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) configured to receive input voltage, and first and second reference voltages, and outputs digital code representing ratios between the input voltage and the first and the second reference voltages. The first and second reference voltages are generated by a reference generator using different current densities. During a first stage, the ADC samples the first input voltage and the first reference voltage and transfers equivalent charge of the sampled first input voltage and first reference voltage to an integration capacitor. During a second stage, the ADC samples the second reference voltage and transfers equivalent charge of the sampled second reference voltage to the integration capacitor. The ADC provides one bit of digital code based on total charge stored on the integration capacitor after the transfers of charge of the sampled input voltage, and the sampled first and second reference voltages. |
| US11733274B1 |
Voltage sensing circuit
A voltage sensing circuit includes voltage regulators, oscillator circuits, delay circuits, and a detector circuit. The detector circuit detects characteristics of signaling received from a first oscillator circuit and characteristics of signaling received from a second oscillator circuit. The detector circuit compares the detected characteristics of the signaling from the first oscillator circuit and the second oscillator circuit to determine whether the detected characteristics from the first oscillator circuit and the second oscillator circuit meet a particular criterion for providing voltage manipulation for the voltage sensing circuit. |
| US11733272B2 |
Submersible split core current sensor and housing
A submersible current sensor for sensing a current in a submerged conductor includes: a split core current transformer constructed to generate an output representative of the current carried by the conductor, the split core having a first core member, a first winding disposed about at least a portion of the first core member; a second core member; and a second winding disposed about at least a portion of the second core member; and a housing, the housing including: a first housing member constructed to house the first core member and the first winding; and a second housing member constructed to house the second core member and the second winding. |
| US11733271B2 |
Multi-segmented Rogowski-coil current sensor
A current sensor configured to measure current in a current-carrying conductor. The current sensor includes a Rogowski coil having plurality of conductor segments. The plurality of conductor segments are positionable to form a substantially complete loop. A first conductor segment of the plurality of conductor segments is electrically isolated from a second conductor segment of the plurality of conductor segments. |
| US11733270B2 |
Signal-processing circuit
The invention relates to a signal-processing circuit (1), comprising at least one signal path (2) between an input (3) and an output (4) of the signal-processing circuit (1), wherein: the signal path (2) has a first passive integrating element (5) and an active integrator (6); the active integrator (6) is designed as a non-inverting active integrator (6); the first passive integrating element (5) and the active integrator (6) are connected in series within the signal path (2). According to the invention, the signal path (2) additionally has a second passive integrating element (7) and a differentiating element (20). |
| US11733265B2 |
Method of imaging a surface using a scanning probe microscope
A method includes scanning a probe laterally across a surface so that the probe follows a scanning motion across the surface and steering a detection beam onto the probe via a steering mirror, the detection beam reflecting from the probe in the form of a return beam. The method also includes moving the steering mirror so that the detection beam follows a tracking motion which is synchronous with the scanning motion and the detection beam remains steered onto the probe by the steering mirror and using the return beam to obtain image measurements, each indicative of a measured height of a respective point on the surface. An associated height error measurement is obtained for each point on the surface, each measurement being indicative of a respective error in the measured height. The height error measurements are used to correct the image measurements so as to generate corrected image measurements. |
| US11733263B2 |
3-axis accelerometer
A three-axis accelerometer includes a single, integrated mass including at least one lateral (x-y) proof mass and at least one vertical (z) proof mass. The vertical proof mass is arranged as a teeter-totter mass, which is located within the lateral proof mass. The vertical proof mass is mechanically coupled to the lateral proof mass with one or more torsional springs, and the lateral proof mass is mechanically coupled to one or more anchors with one or more lateral springs. The at least one vertical proof mass may be symmetrically positioned about one or more axes of the three-axis accelerometer, so that the 3-axis accelerometer has in-plane symmetry. The three-axis accelerometer may be less susceptible for mechanical cross-talk or noise and may provide a smaller packaged solution for sensing acceleration in three directions. |
| US11733260B2 |
Angle based speed sensor device
A sensor device is provided with a magnetic field sensitive element being positioned in a magnetic field of a magnet. The magnetic field sensitive element is configured to sense an orientation angle of the magnetic field in the range between 0° and 360° and generate a sensing signal. The electronic circuitry is configured to receive and process the sensing signal from the magnetic field sensitive element to generate an angle signal indicating the orientation angle of the magnetic field and an angular speed of the shaft. |
| US11733257B2 |
Reaction vessel moving member for moving reaction vessels from a processing track to a rotating device in a diagnostic analzyer
A diagnostic analyzer includes a rotating device, a first optical reader, and a second optical reader. The rotating device includes a first darkened compartment, a second darkened compartment, and an optical path along which the first darkened compartment and the second darkened compartment travel. The first optical reader is operable to read the first darkened compartment and the second optical reader is operable to read the second darkened compartment. |
| US11733253B2 |
Workload instrument masking
A method to optimize analyzer use in a laboratory having a plurality of analyzers based on laboratory workload is presented. The method comprises determining current laboratory workload, calculating workload capability of the plurality of analyzers minus one analyzer if the current laboratory workload is below a threshold criteria and if there are two or more analyzers in the plurality of analyzers, masking one of the plurality of analyzers if the current workload is met by the plurality of analyzers minus one analyzer, proceeding with current workload, and repeating the above steps until the current laboratory workload has been completed. |
| US11733251B2 |
Methods and systems of performing an assay
Methods and systems of performing an assay. A system for performing an assay includes an enclosure defining a temperature-controlled space. An imaging system, an actuator and a dispenser are disposed within the space. The actuator receives a well plate having wells. The actuator is to move the well plate relative to the imaging system to enable the imaging system to obtain image data of one of the wells. The dispenser includes a pump, an outlet and a reservoir holder to receive a reservoir containing a compound. The pump is to be fluidly coupled to the reservoir and an outlet. The pump is to pump the compound from the reservoir through the outlet into one of the wells. The system also includes a controller. The controller is to cause the dispenser to dispense the compound into the first one of the wells while the imaging system obtains the image data. |
| US11733250B2 |
Method and kit for the detection of pancreatic dysfunction
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a simple and highly accurate method for detecting pancreatic exocrine dysfunction with minimal invasiveness to a subject. The method comprising in vitro measurement of two APOA2 protein variants, mutants thereof and/or fragments thereof in a body fluid sample derived from the subject and detection of the presence or absence of pancreatic exocrine dysfunction on the basis of the measured amounts, and a detection kit for pancreatic exocrine dysfunction including antibodies that can specifically bind to said proteins are provided. |
| US11733249B2 |
Methods and algorithms for aiding in the detection of cancer
A method of data interpretation from a multiplex cancer assay is described. The aggregate normalized score from the assay is transformed to a quantitative risk score quantifying a human subject's increased risk for the presence of cancer as compared to the known prevalence of the cancer in the population before testing the subject. |
| US11733237B2 |
Methods and reagents for determining immunoglobulin gamma (IgG) antibody isotype concentration from biological samples
Disclosed herein are methods and reagents for determining immunoglobulin gamma (IgG) antibody isotype concentration from biological samples, and for analyzing a plurality of cell samples for IgG antibody production. |
| US11733235B2 |
Method for evaluating immunogenicity of test substance
In one aspect, disclosed herein is a method for evaluating the immunogenicity of a test substance in a short period of time by using, as an indicator of the immunogenicity of the test substance, the proportion of IL-2-secreting cells in a T cell population (preferably a CD4+ T cell population) at a time point during the early stage of IL-2 secretion after stimulation of the T cell population with the test substance (preferably 24 hours to 72 hours after the stimulation with the test substance). |
| US11733229B2 |
Systems and methods for assessing products
In some embodiments, apparatuses, systems, and methods are provided herein useful to assessing products. In some embodiments, an enclosure for use in assessing products comprises a housing including a door configured to allow placement of a product within the housing, a product holding surface located within the housing allowing pictures to be taken through the product holding surface and configured to support the product, a first image capture device configured to capture an image of the product from a first perspective, a second image capture device configured to capture an image of the product from a second perspective, and wherein the image of the product from the second perspective is captured through the product holding surface, and a lighting element, wherein the lighting element is located within the housing, and wherein the lighting element is configured to provide lighting within the housing. |
| US11733228B2 |
Gas sample introduction device, leak check method of gas sample introduction device
A gas sample introduction device includes a sample container connection flow path, a sample loop and a first flow path switching valve, having a first state in which the pressurizing gas is supplied to the sample container connection flow path via the sample loop and a second state in which the pressurizing gas is supplied to the sample container connection flow path without via the sample loop. A leak check method includes a first determination step of determining whether or not there is a gas leak by setting the first flow path switching valve to a first state and a second determination step of identifying a location of a gas leak by performing a second determination of whether or not there is a gas leak by setting the first flow path switching valve to a second state, when there is a gas leak in the first determination step. |
| US11733227B2 |
Method and system for detecting a false alarm event in gas detection
A gas-detecting apparatus, having a gas inlet and a gas outlet, for detecting a false alarm is disclosed. The gas-detecting apparatus comprises a control module, a sensor module, and an air chamber. In an example embodiment, the sensor module is electrically connected with the control module. The sensor module has a sensor inlet and a sensor outlet. The sensor inlet is fluidly coupled to the gas inlet of the gas-detecting apparatus. The air chamber has an air inlet and an air outlet, wherein the air inlet is fluidly coupled to the gas inlet of the gas-detecting apparatus and the air outlet is fluidly coupled to the gas outlet. The control module is configured to receive a first sensing signal for a first level of gas from the sensor module and determine whether magnitude of the first sensing signal is higher than a first threshold value. In an instance when the magnitude of the first sensing signal is higher than the first threshold value, the control module causes the air chamber to supply ambient air to the sensor module through the sensor inlet of the sensor module. |
| US11733226B2 |
Air state detection floating device capable of remaining in air
A device can provide an air state detection floating device capable of remaining in the air, the device comprising: a power supply unit; at least one memory for storing instructions; at least one processor; a communication unit for transmitting and receiving data; a driving unit for generating a driving force; a first sensing unit for detecting information on an air state of an enclosed space; and a second sensing unit for generating location information, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor so as to the processor to perform operations, and the operations comprise: an operation that generates a control signal for movement in the enclosed space on the basis of the data; and an operation that controls the driving unit based on the control signal. |
| US11733225B2 |
Oxygen sensor for high temperature kilns and method of fabrication
An oxygen sensor for a gas, coal, oil or wood fired kiln that is orders of magnitude cheaper than the current state of the art oxygen sensors. It uses a TiO2 tip sintered between and bridging a 1 mm spacing between a pair of 22 gauge Nichrome® series 90 round annealed resistance wires (0.64 mm diameter and having 0.648 Ohms/ft resistance). The Nichrome® 90 wires do not contact each other. One of the wires is a signal wire that resides down the center of an insulating sheath and the other wire is a ground wire that is wound around the outside of a high temperature ceramic insulating sleeve. The sensor needs no temperature compensation and exhibits an approximate 50,000 ohms of resistance change from a neutral (ambient) atmosphere and a fully reduced atmosphere. |
| US11733224B2 |
Multi-sensor gas sampling detection system for radical gases and short-lived molecules and method of use
The present application is directed to a method of measuring the concentration of radicals in a gas stream which includes the steps of flowing a radical gas stream emitted from at least one radical gas generator to at least one processing chamber, providing at least one sampling reaction module having at least one sampling tube therein, establishing a reference temperature of the sampling tube with at least one thermal control module, diverting a portion of the radical gas steam from the radical gas generator into the sampling tube, reacting at least one reagent with at least one radical gas within a defined volume of the radical gas stream thereby forming at least one chemical species within at least one compound stream, the compound stream flowing within the sampling tube, measuring a change of temperature of the sampling tube due to interaction of the chemical species within the compound stream and the sampling tube with sensor module, and calculating a concentration of the chemical species within the compound stream flowing within the sampling tube based on the measured temperature change of the sampling tube. |
| US11733223B2 |
Nanostructured gas sensor array and the apparatus incorporating the same
A gas sensor array comprises a plurality of metal decorated metal oxide film based on three-dimensional nanostructured templates, each including a porous anodized aluminum oxide (AAO) template and a plurality of metal decorated metal oxide films. The porous AAO substrate has a top surface with top gold electrodes, a bottom surface with bottom gold electrodes and a plurality of pores. Each pore has an interior wall and two openings located on the top surface and the bottom surface respectively for allowing air to enter into the pore. Each metal-decorated metal oxide film comprises a metal oxide film and metal decoration particles. The metal oxide film has an internal surface attaching on a respective interior wall and an external surf-ace being decorated with the metal particles. Each decoration metal is different to provide different sensitivities in response to an environmental gas. |
| US11733219B2 |
Detection reagent, detection device, and method for detecting primary amide compound
Detection reagent is formed by reacting a catalyst and xanthydrol. The catalyst includes an active component loaded on a support, wherein the active component includes Pt, Ru, Rh, or a combination thereof, and the support includes carbon material, silica, alumina, or calcium carbonate. The detection reagent can be used to detect the primary amide compound. |
| US11733218B2 |
Automated valve switching setup for ion chromatography (IC) that facilitates equilibration of consumables or allows for normal IC operation
A chromatography system includes an electrolytic eluent generator; a first valve configured to switch between an operating position which directs an output of the electrolytic eluent generator to a continuously generated trap column and a waste position which directs the output of the electrolytic eluent generator to waste; the continuously regenerated trap column; a degasser; a sample injector including a sample injector valve assembly, the sample injector valve assembly configured to switch between an operation mode which directs an output of the degasser to a separation column, a load mode which loads a sample onto the separation column, and a regenerant mode which directs the output of the degasser to a regenerant line; the separation column; a suppressor; and a detector. |
| US11733217B1 |
Methods and systems for opioid detection
The present invention relates to detection systems for detecting an opioid compound by use of pyrolysis, as well as methods thereof. In particular, the systems are configured to detect the presence of a backbone fragment indicative of a class of opioid compounds, including opioid analogues. |
| US11733214B2 |
Sample pre-compression valve for liquid chromatography
A sample pre-compression valve for liquid chromatography applications is described. The valve enables a sample pre-compression while the solvent pump continues to conduct solvent to the chromatography column. Furthermore, the sample pre-compression valve includes an INJECT position, a LOAD position and a PUMP PURGE position, in which all connecting grooves of the valve are flushed with liquid. A use of the sample pre-compression valve is described as part of a sampler for liquid chromatography applications. |
| US11733212B2 |
Method for quantitative analysis of cavity zone of the top of concrete-filled steel tube
A method for quantitative analysis of a cavity at the top of a concrete-filled steel tube is disclosed. By substitution of the determined inner radius of the steel tube, the thickness of the steel tube wall and the propagation speed of ultrasonic waves in the steel tube and in the concrete, the propagation time of the ultrasonic wave between the top and the bottom of the concrete-filled steel tube enables calculation of the height of the cavity. The method can be used to quantify the cavity height at the top of the concrete-filled steel tube, with small relative errors and high accuracy. |
| US11733211B2 |
Method and device for testing a component non-destructively
A method for testing a component non-destructively, particularly for internal defects, includes the following steps: a) providing a rotationally symmetrical component having a plurality of preferably cylindrical recesses, which are arranged at one or more hole circles, b) arranging a transmitter probe serving as an ultrasound transmitter and a receiver probe serving as an ultrasound receiver spaced apart from each other outside the component such that ultrasound waves can be irradiated into a shaded area located behind one of the recesses in the component by the transmitter probe and ultrasound waves which are diffracted at least at one defect present in the shaded area can be received by the receiver probe, and c) using time of flight to determine whether one or more faults are present in the shaded area. An apparatus carries out such a method. |
| US11733204B2 |
Reference electrode
A reference electrode including a casing through which one face at one side of a liquid junction that leaches an internal liquid is exposed, the casing being provided with an overhang portion that hangs out on the one face side of the liquid junction and prevents separation of the liquid junction from the casing; and an open portion that leaves a space on the one side of the liquid junction open toward a lateral direction along the one face. |
| US11733203B2 |
Sensing cell and sensing device
A sensing cell includes: a first electrode coupled to a gate of a transistor, a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode; a protective layer covering sidewalls of the first electrode and the second electrode and having a first opening and a second opening exposing a first part of the first electrode and a second part of the second electrode, respectively; a first well located on the protective layer and surrounding the first electrode and the second electrode and having a third opening exposing the first part of the first electrode, the second part of the second electrode, and the protective layer between the first opening and the second opening; a second well located on the protective layer surrounding the first well and having a fourth opening to limit a flow of a liquid to be tested; and an ion selective membrane located in the third opening. |
| US11733194B2 |
Ceramic smart impact panel
An impact panel for protecting mining equipment may include a plurality of ceramic tiles affixed to a base plate. The impact panel may further include at least one fixing hole disposed within the plurality of ceramic tiles and the base plate with a metal frame disposed around an outer peripheral edge of the plurality of ceramic tiles that is also affixed to the base plate. The impact panel may have at least one plug disposed inside the at least one fixing hole to seamlessly cover the at least one fixing hole. The panels may also be wired with sensors that will communicate with process control circuits allowing data collection on remote process and remote mining equipment. |
| US11733193B2 |
Heat tone sensor as well as measuring element for a heat tone sensor
A heat tone sensor includes a housing with a gas inlet and with a gas outlet as well as a device for generating a gas stream of a gas to be tested between the gas inlet and the gas outlet. A measuring element, around and/or through which the gas stream flows, is configured to catalytically burn at least a portion of the gas stream and to send a measurement signal. The measurement signal indicates a quantity of heat released in the process. |
| US11733191B2 |
Closed-loop controlled chemical apparatus
A closed-loop controlled chemical apparatus includes: a compound sensor including: an analyte sensor and that: produces, by the analyte sensor, a voltage signal; a reference sensor in electrical communication with the analyte sensor; a transistor including a gate terminal such that a drain current of the transistor is maintained at a constant value and operated at an optimal transduction condition of peak sensitivity and minimum noise of the transistor; a feedback controller in electrical communication with the transistor and that: receives a transduction signal; determining a deviation of the transduction signal from a setpoint, the setpoint determined by transfer characteristics of the transistor; produces the feedback control signal that minimizes the deviation of the transduction signal from the based on a control model; and communicates the feedback control signal to the reference sensor for suppression of electrical noise fluctuations in the closed-loop controlled chemical apparatus. |
| US11733190B2 |
Method and system for measurement of impedance of electrochemical devices
The present disclosure provides methods for determining impedance of an electrochemical device by electrically connecting a variable impedance in parallel with the electrochemical device; electrically connecting a power supply to the electrochemical device, the power supply generating a power supply current; modulating a current through the variable impedance; measuring a stack current flowing through the electrochemical device; measuring, at the electrochemical device, a voltage across at least a portion of the electrochemical device; and calculating, based on the measured stack current and the measured voltage, the impedance of the electrochemical device. Systems for performing such methods are also provided. |
| US11733189B2 |
Method for identifying a blend of nucleators useful for preparing a nucleated polyolefin material
The present invention relates to a method for identifying a blend of nucleators with reduced haze in nucleated polyolefin material compared to blends of the same nucleators having different component weight ratios. The method comprises: i) preparing multiple blends of at least two nucleators wherein each blend containing the same nucleators in different weight ratios, wherein the blends include one or more blends in which one of the nucleators is a major weight fraction and one or more blends where the same nucleator is a minor weight fraction; ii) determining, for each blend, a minimum dissolution temperature when the blend completely dissolves in individual samples of the same molten polyolefin resin, wherein the concentration of each blend is substantially the same and below the saturation point in the molten polyolefin resin; and iii) identifying a blend that has a lower minimum dissolution temperature than the majority of the blends. |
| US11733180B2 |
Inspection device and inspection method
An inspection device includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire images obtained by imaging, under at least two illumination conditions with different brightness, solder normally printed on a substrate, and an image processing unit configured to specify a shape of the solder based on a difference in brightness between the images acquired by the image acquisition unit, and generate, based on the shape of the solder, inspection data used for inspecting a state of the solder printed on the substrate. |
| US11733178B2 |
Method and system for inspection of products
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a system and method for the inspection of products, such as tablets, pills, capsules, caplets, softgels, and other discreet units of consumption that may be ingested by a user. In embodiments, a plurality of cameras are used to capture images of the surface of the product. The images are aggregated to a single file and the imaged product features are analyzed for compliance to a product standard. |
| US11733175B2 |
Atmospheric aerosol inversion based on statistical and OTSU segmentation
Embodiments include a method for retrieving atmospheric aerosol based on statistical segmentation. Firstly a multi-band remote sensing image including an apparent reflectance and an aerosol optical thickness look-up table corresponding to a retrieval band is obtained, then pixels are partitioned and screened according to apparent reflectance segments of a mid-infrared 2.1 micrometer band. After that the retained pixel sets are further partitioned and screened according to the apparent reflectance segments of the mid-infrared 1.6 micrometer band. Finally the obtained pixel sets are partitioned into two categories according to the pixel number, one category including pixels having more pixels, the other including those with less pixels. The category with more pixels is taken as the reference part for retrieval. |
| US11733170B2 |
Optical sensor system for quantitative colorimetric liquid analysis
Techniques for quantitative colorimetric liquid analysis with color and turbidity correction are provided. In one aspect, an optical detector includes: a vessel for containing a liquid sample; a light source on a first side of the vessel; a first sensor on a second side of the vessel opposite the first side and along a light path of the light source; and a second sensor on a third side of the vessel at an angle θ with respect to the light path. A method for quantitative measurement of an analyte is also provided, as is a method for color and turbidity analysis. |
| US11733168B2 |
Sensor module for multiparametrically analysing a medium
The invention relates to a sensor module (1) for multiparametric analysis of a medium (105) and to the uses thereof. The sensor module (1) according to the invention is characterised by a combination of photonic and non-photonic measurement principles with parameter-sensitive coatings (103) on a substrate (100). A plurality of properties of a medium (105) can be detected over wide parameter ranges, wherein the most suitable method can be used for the corresponding parameter, at least for example with regard to the accuracy, the long-term stability, the resolution, the reproducibility, the energy consumption, the manufacturing costs, the necessary space requirements. |
| US11733164B2 |
Optical measurement probe
The present disclosure relates to an optical measurement probe for the detection of measurement values correlating with a measurand of a measuring medium, including a probe housing having at least one immersion region structured to be immersed in the measuring medium, a radiation source arranged in the probe housing, a radiation receiver arranged in the probe housing, and an indicator chamber formed in the probe housing and sealed via a membrane arranged in the immersion region of the probe housing, wherein an indicator is contained in the indicator chamber, the indicator including an AIE-active substance dissolved in an indicator solution or in an indicator gel, which AIE-active substance is a substance formed from species, molecules, complexes or clusters whose luminescence efficiency is increased via formation of aggregates containing the species. |
| US11733162B2 |
Ultraviolet detection material and ultraviolet detection device
An ultraviolet detection material includes a composite oxide including aluminum, strontium, cerium, lanthanum and manganese, and a glass having a softening point of 900° C. or lower. The ultraviolet detection material is not excited by an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength longer than 310 nm and is excited by an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength equal to or shorter than 310 nm, thereby emitting light having a peak of an emission wavelength in 480 nm or longer and 700 nm or shorter. |
| US11733161B2 |
Method of determining concentration of subject based on fraction bound measurement
Disclosed herein is a method of determining a concentration of a subject based on fraction bound measurement. The method of determining a concentration of a subject based on fraction bound measurement may include fixing a ligand to a surface of an optical device, measuring a fraction bound of a subject to be detected based on an optical signal when the subject reacts to the ligand fixed to the surface of the optical device, and determining a relative value of a concentration of the subject based on a ratio of measured values of the fraction bounds of the subject and a reference signal. |
| US11733160B2 |
Methods and systems for assessing a health state of a lactating mammal
Methods and systems for detecting the presence of irregularities in milk, and for assessing a health state of a lactating mammal, are provided. A sample of milk is illuminated with a light beam. Scattering data resulting from an interaction between the light beam and the sample of milk is collected. The scattering data is processed to detect the presence or absence of light scattered at a predetermined angle relative to a normal orientation, for instance to determine at least one characteristic of the sample of milk. Based on the presence or absence of light, the presence of irregularities in the sample of milk can be determined, for instance to assess the health state of the lactating mammal based on the at least one characteristic of the sample of milk. |
| US11733158B2 |
Gas imaging system
A spectral imaging system configured to obtain spectral measurements in a plurality of spectral regions is described herein. The spectral imaging system comprises at least one optical detecting unit having a spectral response corresponding to a plurality of absorption peaks of a target chemical species. In an embodiment, the optical detecting unit may comprise an optical detector array, and one or more optical filters configured to selectively pass light in a spectral range, wherein a convolution of the responsivity of the optical detector array and the transmission spectrum of the one or more optical filters has a first peak in mid-wave infrared spectral region between 3-4 microns corresponding to a first absorption peak of methane and a second peak in a long-wave infrared spectral region between 6-8 microns corresponding to a second absorption peak of methane. |
| US11733156B2 |
Semiconductor package for free-space coupling of radiation and method
A sample cell includes an annular support surrounding a sample region. A set of reflectors of the annular support define an optical path that reflects a source beam in a sequence of alternating directions through the sample region at a plurality of different angles such that the source beam exits the set of reflectors after having passed through the sample region a plurality of times. A micro-cell is positionable in the sample region including multi-dimensionally distributed nano-pores. A slidingly adjustable lens forms part of source and detector photomixing packages. |
| US11733155B2 |
Systems and methods for panel design in flow cytometry
Embodiments of the present invention encompass systems and methods for determining detection limits for various antibody-dye conjugates for flow cytometry. Exemplary techniques involve a linear superpositioning approach of spillover-induced enlargements of normally distributed measurement errors. |
| US11733154B2 |
Thermal interface material detection through compression
An apparatus for thermal interface material detection includes a heatsink stack up with a heatsink, a thermal interface material, a heat generating component, and a printed circuit board. The heatsink is disposed on the thermal interface material, the thermal interface material is disposed on the heat generating component, and the heat generating component is disposed on the printed circuit board. A channel in a body of the heatsink is configured for insertion of a compression probe, where a first end of the channel leads to a lower surface of the body of the heatsink and a second end of the channels leads to an upper surface of the body of the heatsink. |
| US11733153B1 |
Method for evaluating environmental erosion of thaumasite in tunnel concrete
Disclosed is a method for evaluating environmental erosion of thaumasite in tunnel concrete, including: acquiring natural corrosion action parameters and environmental influence action parameters, and evaluating a natural corrosion situation based on the natural corrosion action parameters to obtain an initial evaluation result; and modifying the initial evaluation result based on the environmental influence action parameters to obtain a target evaluation result. |
| US11733151B2 |
Assay detection, accuracy and reliability improvement
The present invention is related to, among other things, the devices and methods that improve the accuracy and reliability of an assay, even when the assay device and/or the operation of the assay device has certain errors, and in some embodiments the errors are random. |
| US11733149B2 |
Monitor for environmental particulate matter size, concentration, and complex index of refraction
Apparatus and methods for determining particle size, and optionally, the complex index of refraction for particle suspended in a gas or liquid are provided. The particle to be analyzed is caused to travel through a laser beam having a modified Gaussian profile. The particle causes light from the laser beam to scatter. The scattered light is measured by one or more photodetectors disposed at a particular scattering angle relative to the center of the laser beam. The apparatus and methods can be used in sensors configured to monitor air quality in enclosed environments, such as on-board aircraft and within buildings, and/or detect environmental contaminants. |
| US11733148B2 |
Volatility-resolved chemical characterization of airborne particles
A method and apparatus for evaluating the chemical composition of airborne particles by sequentially collecting and analyzing airborne particles in-situ. The method includes: collecting particles; enlarging the particles through water condensation; accelerating the enlarged particles onto a surface to collect enlarged particles; and analyzing the enlarged particles by: isolating the surface; passing a carrier gas over the surface; heating the surface to thermally desorb collected particles into the carrier gas; transporting this evolved vapor into detectors; and assaying the evolved vapor as a function of a desorption temperature. The apparatus includes: a sample flow inlet; a condensational growth tube; a collection and thermal desorption (CTD) cell; a carrier gas source; a heater coupled to the CTD; one or more gas detectors; and a controller configured to operate valves, the heater, the growth tube, and the CTD cell in at least an in-situ sequential collection mode and analysis mode. |
| US11733143B2 |
External gas detecting device
An external gas detecting device is provided. The external gas detecting device includes a casing, a gas detection module and an external connector. The gas detection module is disposed in the casing and detects a gas transported into the casing to generate a gas information. The external connector is connected to and disposed on the casing. The external connector is used to be connected to an external power supply so as to enable the gas detection module, and is used to transmit the gas information so as to achieve the outward transmission of the gas information. |
| US11733138B1 |
Multi-density array controller
A disclosed system determines the elevation of an emulsion phase in a vessel. The system includes more than one source-detector pairs connected to the vessel and a computing device. Each of the source-detector pairs include a radioactive source and a radiometric detector, and are positioned at an elevation measured from the bottom of the vessel. The computing device is connected to the source-detector pairs, and is configured to identify the height of an emulsion phase using an upper boundary target density and a lower boundary target density. The height of the emulsion phase is identified by obtaining density readings from at least two of the source-detector pairs, calculating an upper boundary emulsion phase elevation and calculating a lower boundary emulsion phase elevation, each calculation using the density readings, and at least one of the upper boundary target density, and the lower boundary target density. |
| US11733134B2 |
Sample preparation mould and sample preparation method for triaxial test of municipal solid waste
A sample preparation mould and a sample preparation method for the triaxial test of MSW are provided. In the present invention, the cylindrical main mould comprises two curved steel pieces, and the two sides of each curved steel piece have a stretched connection part; the two curved steel pieces are connected with each other and clamped by two steel clamps; porous stones are arranged at two ends of the cylindrical main mould and fixed separately by a top limiting lantern ring and a bottom lantern ring; the top limiting lantern ring is detachably connected to the top hopper, from which MSW materials are input; the cylindrical main mould is radially constrained in four positions, and the two ends thereof are axially constrained, thereby significantly improving stability during compacting and hence ensuring the axial and radial sizes of the MSW sample. |
| US11733127B2 |
Power assembly for robotic platform for Global Vehicle Target (GVT) of autonomous driving
The present invention relates to a power assembly for a robotic platform for a Global Vehicle Target (GVT) of autonomous driving. The power assembly includes an assembly housing, a motor, a transmission mechanism, a standby brake, a suspension and wheels, where when the power assembly is in use, a driving force output by the motor is transmitted to the wheels by means of the transmission mechanism, so as to drive the wheels to rotate, the standby brake is used for braking an output shaft of the motor, a top of the suspension supports the assembly housing, and when a load borne by the assembly housing changes, the suspension contracts or extends to drive the wheels to rotate upwards and downwards with a housing of the transmission mechanism as a swing arm and a rotating shaft of the motor as a swing arm rotation center. |
| US11733122B1 |
Toilet monitoring network that detects leaks and flushes
A system that monitors toilets for leaks using in-toilet monitors with pressure sensors that are placed underwater in toilet tanks. Monitors can be dropped into tanks without additional wiring or installation; they may be battery powered and may transmit data wirelessly. Data may be analyzed by a server that detects leaks or other malfunctions. Pressure data may be filtered to remove the effect of barometric pressure, to measure the height of water in the tank. The system may learn the flush pressure change pattern for each toilet; pressure changes that do not match this pattern may indicate problems such as leaks. Data may indicate the type of leak, such as an open flapper or a leaking valve. Toilet monitors may measure temperature, and the system may generate alerts when freezing appears imminent. The system may keep flush counts for each toilet to support maintenance and water consumption measurement. |
| US11733120B2 |
Apparatus and methods for testing the integrity of containment sumps
Methods for testing the integrity of a containment sump in contact with a matrix with a testing apparatus are provided. The testing apparatus may include an underground fixture positioned in contact the matrix, a test chamber, a conduit structure providing fluid communication between the underground fixture and the test chamber, and a pressure source for exerting a pressure that is communicated to the underground fixture via the conduit structure. In some embodiments, a method may include: releasing a test media into the containment sump; generating a negative pressure within the testing apparatus for a time period; and testing for the presence of test media within the testing apparatus. In other embodiments, a method may include: releasing a test media into the testing apparatus; generating a positive pressure within the testing apparatus for a time period; and testing for the presence of test media within the containment sump. |
| US11733115B2 |
Detection devices for determining one or more pipe conditions via at least one acoustic sensor and including connection features to connect with an insert
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided for detecting conditions associated with a fluid conduit. An apparatus includes an insert having an internal conduit to connect with the fluid conduit and a plenum volume, and a detection device including a housing connected to the insert within the plenum volume, an acoustic sensor to receive acoustic signals, an acoustic exciter to apply acoustic signals to the housing, and a controller. The controller is electrically connected to the acoustic sensor and the acoustic exciter. The controller is configured to cause the acoustic exciter to apply an input acoustic signal to the housing, receive the acoustic signals from the housing using the acoustic sensor, analyze the received acoustic signals to determine a pipe condition of a pipe defining the fluid conduit or fluidically connected to the fluid conduit, and cause data representative of the pipe condition to be transmitted to an external device. |
| US11733114B2 |
Electrostatic capacitance detection device capable of calculating shear force
An electrostatic capacitance detection device is provided, which is provided with a first electrode, an insulating layer on the first electrode, and a second electrode on the insulating layer, the electrostatic capacitance detection device being configured to calculate a shear force applied from above an upper portion of the second electrode. |
| US11733112B2 |
Characterization of force-sensor equipped devices
A method of recording measurement data for characterizing a response of a given type of device to an applied force, the given type defining devices of that type as comprising a defined arrangement of a surface and N force sensors of the device concerned, where N≥1, each force sensor configured to output a sensor signal, wherein in the defined arrangement the N force sensors are operatively coupled to a defined input region of the surface so as to sense a force applied to that input region, the method comprising: for a specimen device of the given type, performing at least one measurement procedure, each measurement procedure comprising at least one measurement operation, each measurement operation comprising applying a defined force at a corresponding location on the input region of the device concerned and recording measurement data for that device and location based on the sensor signals of the N force sensors of that device. Also disclosed are a related computer-implemented method of generating a characterization definition for devices of the given type, a computer-implemented method of generating a configuration definition for devices of the given type for a given use case defined by a use-case definition, a method of configuring a candidate device of the given type for the given use case, and a method of assessing or calibrating a candidate device of the given type. |
| US11733111B2 |
Field calibration for torsional vibration sensor
A method for calibrating an output of a torsional vibration transducer can include: providing a torsional vibration transducer proximate to a body of a shaft configured to rotate along an axis of rotation, the torsional vibration transducer configured to measure a torsional vibration of the shaft; actuating the shaft to cause rotation of the shaft; while the shaft rotates, acquiring, using the torsional vibration transducer, a plurality of zero-stress measurements of the shaft across a plurality of gaps between the torsional vibration transducer and the shaft; calculating at least one calibration coefficient using the plurality of zero-stress measurements; and calibrating the output of the torsional vibration transducer according to the at least one calibration coefficient to reduce a sensitivity of the torsional vibration transducer to changes in gap between the torsional vibration transducer and the shaft when the torsional vibration of the shaft is measured. |
| US11733110B2 |
Strain sensor system and machine element comprising strain sensor system
A strain sensor system having a first base plate with an elongate shape defining a first longitudinal axis, a first strain sensor disposed on the first base plate, a second base plate having an elongate shape defining a second longitudinal axis, a second strain sensor disposed on the second base plate, and a control unit configured to process measurement data produced by the first strain sensor and by the second strain sensor, wherein the first base plate and the second base plate are disposed such that the first longitudinal axis is arranged orthogonally or essentially orthogonally with respect to the second longitudinal axis. |
| US11733108B2 |
Method for calibrating short temperature measuring device using dry body temperature calibrator
A method for calibrating a short temperature measuring device using a dry body temperature calibrator; wherein a heat soaking block is placed in the furnace of the dry body temperature calibrator, and two temperature measuring holes are in the heat soaking block, the bottom of the furnace includes a temperature control element. This method includes electrically connecting the first standard temperature sensor to the temperature control element through the measuring module and the control module sequentially to form a closed-loop for temperature feedback control, accurately controlling the temperature of the temperature measuring hole, and calculating the temperature difference between the temperature sensor to be calibrated and the standard temperature sensor in the two temperature measuring holes respectively. Thus quick calculation for the actual temperature of the temperature measuring device to be calibrated and quick calibration for the accuracy of the temperature measuring device to be calibrated can be achieved. |
| US11733106B2 |
Sensor, controller and system
The present invention relates to a sensor for measuring temperature of a fluid within a vessel, the vessel having a first region and a second region and the fluid having a temperature profile extending between the first region and the second region, the sensor comprising an array of elements, each element having a temperature-dependent parameter, the array being capable of deployment within or adjacent the vessel such that the array extends along the vessel for measuring the temperature profile, the elements of the array being coupled together between an input and an output, the input being coupled or capable of being coupled to a driving source for driving the sensors, and the output being coupled or capable of being coupled to a detector for measuring an aggregate of the temperature-dependent parameter from the array of elements. The invention further relates to a fluid temperature controller comprising a first input for receiving a first signal indicating a measurement of an aggregate of a temperature-dependent parameter from a sensor deployed within or adjacent a vessel containing a fluid having a temperature profile, a second input for receiving a second signal indicating a (preferably absolute) temperature of the fluid in the vessel and a processor configured to calculate a total thermal energy of the fluid in the vessel based on the first and second signals. The invention also relates to a combination comprising a sensing arrangement and a controller; a device; and a system. |
| US11733104B1 |
High stability bluetooth temperature measuring probe
The present application relates to the technical field of thermodetector, and discloses a high stability Bluetooth temperature measuring probe, including a needle tube having a hollow mounting chamber, a handle configured to abut against a tail end of the needle tube, a first thermal sensor positioned in the mounting chamber of the needle tube close to the head end, an antenna mounted inside the needle tube and electrically connected to the first thermal sensor, and a locking assembly configured for connecting the handle to the needle tube. The locking assembly includes a locking member, a locking nut and a limiting nut, in which the limiting nut is connected to the antenna and is configured to limit the locking member; and an inner wall of the needle tube is defined with a locking slot. |
| US11733098B2 |
Silicon fourier transform spectrometer and optical spectrum reconstruction method
A silicon Fourier transform spectrometer and an optical spectrum reconstruction method are disclosed. The spectrometer includes a waveguide input coupler, cascaded optical switches, unbalanced subwavelength grating (SWG) waveguide pairs, and a germanium silicon detector, where the cascaded optical switches are connected through unbalanced SWG waveguide pairs. The state of the optical switches are adjusted to digitally configure the optical path, so as to constitute a series of unbalanced Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) arrays with different optical path differences, to realize a Fourier transform spectrometer based on spatial heterodyne. The optical spectrum is reconstructed by using a compressed sensing algorithm. |
| US11733094B2 |
Compact computational spectrometer using solid wedged low finesse etalon
A two-layer hybrid solid wedged etalon was fabricated and combined with a traditional imager to make a compact computational spectrometer. The hybrid wedge was made of Nb2O5 and Infrasil 302 and was designed to operate from 0.4-2.4 μm. Initial demonstrations used a CMOS imager and operated from 0.4-0.9 μm with spectral resolutions <30 cm−1 from single snapshots. The computational spectrometer operates similarly to a spatial Fourier Transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometer with spectral reconstruction using a non-negative least squares fitting algorithm based on analytically computed wavelength response vectors determined from extracted physical thicknesses across the entire two-dimensional wedge. This computational technique resulted in performance and spectral resolutions exceeding those that could be achieved from Fourier techniques. With an additional imaging lenses and translational scanning, the system can be converted into a hyperspectral imager. |
| US11733092B2 |
Channel-specific micro-optics for optical arrays
A multispectral sensor array can include a combination of ranging sensor channels (e.g., LIDAR sensor channels) and ambient-light sensor channels tuned to detect ambient light having a channel-specific property (e.g., color). The sensor channels can be arranged and spaced to provide multispectral images of a field of view in which the multispectral images from different sensors are inherently aligned with each other to define an array of multispectral image pixels. Various optical elements can be provided to facilitate imaging operations. Light ranging/imaging systems incorporating multispectral sensor arrays can operate in rotating and/or static modes. |
| US11733091B2 |
Optical difference detector and inspection device
An optical difference detector includes a first APD and a second APD, a first voltage application unit that applies a first bias voltage to the first APD and a second voltage application unit that applies a second bias voltage to the second APD, a differential amplifier that is connected in parallel to the first APD and the second APD and amplifies a difference between a first signal current output from the first APD and a second signal current output from the second APD, and a feedback control unit that controls the second bias voltage so that a low frequency component of a first monitoring current in the first APD and a low frequency component of a second monitoring current in the second APD are equal. |
| US11733089B2 |
Context encoder-based fiber sensing anomaly detection
Aspects of the present disclosure describe an unsupervised context encoder-based fiber sensing method that detects anomalous vibrations proximate to a sensor fiber that is part of a distributed fiber optic sensing system (DFOS) such that damage to the sensor fiber by activities producing and anomalous vibrations are preventable. Advantageously, our method requires only normal data streams and a machine learning based operation is utilized to analyze the sensing data and report abnormal events related to construction or other fiber-threatening activities in real-time. Our machine learning algorithm is based on waterfall image inpainting by context encoder and is self-trained in an end-to-end manner and extended every time the DFOS sensor fiber is optically connected to a new route. Accordingly, our inventive method and system it is much easier to deploy as compared to supervised methods of the prior art. |
| US11733087B2 |
Fluid container measurement system
A fluid container measurement system is disclosed. The fluid container measurement system is configured to suspend a load measurement assembly a distance above a support surface. The load measurement assembly houses a load cell and a measurement control circuit. The measurement control circuit is coupled to the load cell and configured to receive electrical signals indicative of a force imposed on the load cell. Electrical signals generated by the load cell indicative of the force exerted on the load cell can be used to measure the fluid container attached to the load cell linkage member. |
| US11733085B2 |
Weigh-in-motion sensor constructions
Weigh-in-motion sensors comprise a beam including a plate with a load-bearing surface, and a tube portion including a base wall and a cover and defining a cavity therebetween. A sensing package is disposed within the cavity and is under pre-load with the cover and the base wall. The sensing package comprises a piezoelectric element. The base wall includes an aperture extending from a mounting surface to the cavity. The aperture includes a fastener therein to secure the sensing package within the cavity. The fastener is sized having a cross-section dimension taken through a center axis of the fastener that is greater than that of a cross-section dimension of the piezoelectric element taken along the fastener center axis. In an example, the fastener has a cross-section dimension sized about 10 percent or greater in dimension than that of the respective cross-section dimension of the piezoelectric element. |
| US11733081B2 |
Methods, systems, and apparatus for conducting a calibration operation for a plurality of mass flow controllers (MFCs) of a substrate processing system
Aspects generally relate to methods, systems, and apparatus for conducting a calibration operation for a plurality of mass flow controllers (MFCs) of a substrate processing system. In one aspect, a corrected flow curve is created for a range of target flow rates across a plurality of setpoints. In one implementation, a method of conducting a calibration operation for a plurality of mass flow controllers (MFCs) of a substrate processing system includes prioritizing the plurality of MFCs for the calibration operation. The prioritizing includes determining an operation time for each MFC of the plurality of MFCs, and ranking the plurality of MFCs in a rank list according to the operation time for each MFC. The method includes conducting the calibration operation for the plurality of MFCs according to the rank list and during an idle time for the substrate processing system. |
| US11733079B2 |
Measuring the flow rate of fluids with dielectric contrast analysis
A method for estimating a flow rate of a material (e.g., a multiphase fluid) may include: flowing the material through one or more of a plurality of receptacles of a dielectric contrast analysis structure that includes: a bulk dielectric substance and the plurality of receptacles in the bulk dielectric substance; exposing the dielectric contrast analysis structure to incident electromagnetic radiation; detecting and analyzing a resultant electromagnetic radiation from the exposed dielectric contrast analysis structure to yield a phase fraction in the material and a phase distribution in the material; measuring a differential pressure across the dielectric contrast analysis structure; and estimating the flow rate of the material using the differential pressure, the phase fraction, and the phase distribution in the material. |
| US11733078B2 |
Piezoelectric cell support for an ultrasonic transducer
A piezoelectric cell support for an ultrasonic transducer, the support including a front face having formed thereon: a first shoulder that defines a bearing surface and a bottom of a central cavity surrounded by the bearing surface, the bearing surface being suitable for having a piezoelectric cell placed thereon; retention device(s) for holding the piezoelectric cell on the bearing surface and for positioning it angularly; and a rear face having a sloping surface that gives a top portion of the support a first thickness that is less than a second thickness of a bottom portion of the support. |
| US11733073B2 |
Protective device for a measuring apparatus
A protective device for a measuring apparatus which can be arranged on a tripod includes a housing having a threaded hole and a threaded pin, where the threaded hole is disposed in a housing lower side of the housing and the threaded pin is disposed in a housing upper side of the housing. The protective device further includes an airbag and a filling device having at least one gas-filled gas container, a control device, and an energy source. A connecting line connects the airbag and the filling device for gas exchange. The airbag surrounds a cylindrical interior space in an inflated state. |
| US11733070B2 |
Street light operating status monitoring using distributed optical fiber sensing
Distributed fiber optic sensing (DFOS)/distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) techniques coupled with frequency domain decomposition (FDD) are employed to determine the presence of 120 HZ operating power frequency to determine when street lights are energized and on thereby providing continuous status monitoring of the operational status of street lights and locating affected street lights at a particular utility pole location. |
| US11733069B2 |
Position transducer and method for manufacturing the same comprising a pair of photodiodes surround the entirety of a predetermined region and have an annular shape
The range of operating angles of a position transducer is widened, and its signal-to-noise ratio is improved. The position transducer includes a light source and a detector including at least one pair of photodiodes (PDs) disposed on a predetermined circle. The detector receives light emitted from the light source to output a signal varying depending on the areas of regions where the light is received on two PDs forming a pair. The PDs are formed on separate chips, respectively, and the chips are disposed on a substrate so that one or more pairs of PDs surround the entirety of a predetermined region and have an annular shape as a whole. |
| US11733066B2 |
Assembly having a rotary encoder and a tolerance ring
An assembly includes a rotary encoder having a shaft rotatable about an axis relative to a housing, a tolerance ring and a body accommodating the rotary encoder and the tolerance ring. The housing includes an outer wall having first and second distances from the axis in first and second sections, respectively, the first distance being greater than the second distance. The body has an opening that is: bounded radially by a first inner wall having third and fourth distances from the axis in third and fourth sections, the fourth distance being greater than the third distance; and bounded by a second inner wall which forms an axial stop for the housing. The tolerance ring surrounds the housing and is positioned within the opening such that it is disposed radially between the first and fourth sections and between the second and third sections, and is radially clamped. |
| US11733064B1 |
Optical-path folding-element with an extended two degree of freedom rotation range
Actuators for rotating an optical-path-folding-element with two, first and second, degrees of freedom in an extended rotation range around two respective rotation axes, folded cameras including such actuators and dual-cameras including a folded camera as above together with an upright camera. |
| US11733063B2 |
Position sensor
A position sensor includes a detector and a signal processor. The detector includes: a sensor chip having a surface; a first detection element disposed at the surface of the sensor chip; and a second detection element disposed at the surface of the sensor chip. The signal processor processes a signal input from the detector. The first detection element outputs a first detection signal corresponding to a position of a detection target, based on a change in a magnetic field received from the detection target. The second detection element outputs a second detection signal corresponding to the position of the detection target, based on the change in the magnetic field received from the detection target. A center of balance of the first detection element coincides with a center of balance of the second detection element. |
| US11733060B2 |
Diagnosis of electrical failures in capacitive sensors
A capacitive sensor includes a first conductive structure; a second conductive structure movable relative to the first conductive structure in response to an external force acting thereon, wherein the first and the second conductive structures form a first capacitor having a first capacitance that changes with a change in a distance between the first conductive structure and second conductive structure, wherein the first capacitance is representative of the external force; and a diagnostic circuit configured to detect a first leakage current in the capacitive sensor by measuring an first electrical parameter that is affected by the first leakage current and comparing the measured first electrical parameter to a first predetermined error threshold, wherein the diagnostic circuit is further configured to generate a first error signal in response to the measured first electrical parameter being greater than the first predetermined error threshold. |
| US11733059B2 |
Method, apparatus, and computer program product for generating and communicating low bandwidth map version agnostic routes
Provided herein is a method of generating low bandwidth map format agnostic routes between origins and destinations for route communication between different map formats or versions using reduced bandwidth. Methods may include: receiving one or more intermediate segment anchor points and encoded server-provided route fragments for a requested route between an origin and a destination; identifying one or more intermediate segments corresponding to the one or more intermediate segment anchor points; generating a route between the origin and the destination, the route including the one or more intermediate segments and a plurality of client-generated route fragments; encoding each client-generated route fragment by application of an XOR algorithm to the client-generated route fragment road segments; comparing the encoded client-generated route fragments to the encoded server-provided route fragments; and providing navigational assistance for traveling along the route in response to the encoded client-generated route fragments corresponding with the encoded server-provided route fragments. |
| US11733056B2 |
Decentralized LMV charging infrastructure
Systems, devices and methods are provided for decentralized charging of LMVs. At the conclusion of an active riding session, an available decentralized charging vehicle is displayed to a scooter with low battery charge, and access is provided to a charging interface of the decentralized charging vehicle so that the LMV may be coupled to the charging interface. |
| US11733053B1 |
Method and apparatus for alerting an operator of a carbon impact
An apparatus and method for alerting an operator of a carbon impact is disclosed. The apparatus may include at least a processor, and a memory communicatively connected to the at least a processor. The memory contains instructions configuring the at least a processor to receive operation data of transport vehicle, calculate carbon emission data, wherein calculating carbon emission data includes classifying carbon emissions data to one or more carbon emissions groups and comparing carbon emission data to a preconfigured operational threshold. The memory further contains instructions configuring the at least a processor to display alert related to carbon emissions data as presentation content. |
| US11733049B2 |
Multi-modal transportation system
Methods and systems for detecting when users deviate from a provided transportation route and for correcting the transportation route in response to such user deviations is presented. In one embodiment, a method is provided including detecting a changed condition for a transportation route between a first location and a second location. The transportation route may include multiple transportation segments. A first transportation segment designating a first modality may be identified, wherein the changed condition decreases a likelihood that vehicles associated with the first modality will be available to service the first transportation segment. In response, a second transportation segment designating a second modality different from the first modality is generated. The first transportation segment is then replaced with the second transportation segment in the transportation route. |
| US11733042B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program, and ground marker system
To make it possible to set a parameter, which is used for detection of a mark attached to a ground marker, according to the feature of the mark.Provided is an information processing apparatus including: an acquisition unit that acquires a captured image; a detection unit that detects a feature of a target object in the captured image; and a determination unit that determines, on the basis of the feature, a parameter used for an assessment of whether or not the target object is a predetermined object. |
| US11733039B2 |
Information processing apparatus
When thumbnails of a wide-angle panorama image are displayed, by scrolling and displaying a thumbnail image in which distortion and tilt deviation are reduced, visibility is improved. An information processing apparatus includes an image correction information generating unit, a control unit, and a display unit. The image correction information generating unit is composed of an image distortion determination processing unit and a horizontal/vertical direction determination processing unit, and generate correction information for correcting a partial image composed of an arbitrary image area of the wide-angle panorama image. The control unit corrects the partial image on a basis of the correction information generated by the image correction information generating unit. The display unit 108 displays an image. Then, the control unit causes the display unit to display the corrected partial image as the thumbnail image. |
| US11733037B2 |
Systems and methods for providing a barometric altitude monitor
There are provided systems and methods for providing a barometric altitude monitor that assist pilots by providing alerts when a barometric altitude of the ownship aircraft is may be incorrect. Various embodiments of the present invention determine whether significant errors in barometric altitude occur though comparisons to alternate altitude information sources. Through aspects of the present invention, errors arising from manual entry of barometric pressure information by a pilot may be identified before safety issues arise, thus helping to prevent events such as controlled flight into terrain (CFIT). |
| US11733036B2 |
Adaptive manufacturing system
A system and method for processing a flexible part comprising holding the flexible part securely in an unconstrained position using a holder; and controlling a positioner to process the flexible part based on a comparison of a shape and/or position of the flexible part in the unconstrained position with design specifications of the part not in the unconstrained position. |
| US11733035B2 |
Feed-forward of multi-layer and multi-process information using XPS and XRF technologies
Methods and systems for feed-forward of multi-layer and multi-process information using XPS and XRF technologies are disclosed. In an example, a method of thin film characterization includes measuring first XPS and XRF intensity signals for a sample having a first layer above a substrate. The first XPS and XRF intensity signals include information for the first layer and for the substrate. The method also involves determining a thickness of the first layer based on the first XPS and XRF intensity signals. The method also involves combining the information for the first layer and for the substrate to estimate an effective substrate. The method also involves measuring second XPS and XRF intensity signals for a sample having a second layer above the first layer above the substrate. The second XPS and XRF intensity signals include information for the second layer, for the first layer and for the substrate. |
| US11733029B2 |
Method for estimating shape parameters of the fovea by optical coherence tomography
The invention relates to a method and a computer program for estimating shape parameters of an image data set (1) of a fovea (100), comprising the steps of: Acquiring an image data set (1) of a macula (50), comprising a foveal pit (101) and a foveal rim (102) at least partially, Estimating the center of the foveal pit (101) from the image data set (1), Estimating from the center of the foveal pit (101), radially extending height profiles (c) of the fovea (100), For each height profile (c), fitting a model-function to the height profile (c), Estimating for each height profile (c) a set of fit parameters from the fitted model-function, Determining from the sets of estimated fit parameters at least one shape parameter of the fovea (100), particularly of the foveal pit (101). Determining at least one shape feature of at least a part of the fovea. |
| US11733024B2 |
Use of channel information to generate redundant angle measurements on safety critical applications
A sensor system and method use channel information to generate redundant angle measurements for sensing rotation of magnets about a given axis of rotation. It was observed that magnetic field strength on a circle, centered on the axis of rotation but in a plane perpendicular to it, have a component parallel to the axis that varies sinusoidally as a function of the angle around the circle. By placing magnetic field sensors equiangularly around such a circle, and summing their field strengths with appropriate weights, the angle of magnet rotation may be computed in a manner that is immune to the presence of stray fields. Moreover, fewer than all channels of sense data may be combined to form redundant estimates of the angle of rotation, to permit continued operation when one of the sensors has failed. |
| US11733018B2 |
Measuring device
A measuring device is adapted for measuring a change of linear dimension of a shaft body of a bearing device along an axis due to thermal expansion. The measuring device includes a stationary seat and a strain unit. The strain unit includes an actuator and a strain member. The actuator is adapted to be mounted to the shaft body, and is movable relative to the stationary seat along the axis as a result of the change of linear dimension of the shaft body. The strain member is deformable, is secured to the stationary seat and is connected to the actuator such that movement of the actuator along the axis results in a force applied to the strain member which deforms the strain member. |
| US11733017B2 |
Tournament fishing measurement system device and method
A fish measurement device including a rigid bump board in combination with a slidably engageable assembly and a method for verification of fish measurement when using the device. The assembly design having the capability to mount the board to an underlying support surface as well as provide a user identifier for use in fishing tournaments. |
| US11733016B2 |
Pressure bulkhead structure with integrated selective electronic switch circuitry
Pressure-isolating bulkhead structures with integrated selective electronic switches circuitry are provided. The pressure-isolating bulkhead structure may be a single unit having the integrated electronic switch circuitry, as well as an electrical connector that includes at least one of a wire and a pin contact. Such integrated selective electronic switch circuitry may be fashioned within a self-contained, inner pressure-isolating enclosure body. Such inner pressure-isolating enclosure body may be produced about the selective electronic switch circuitry such that the inner pressure-isolating enclosure body and switch circuitry are produced as a unit, which can be easily placed within a variety of bulkhead structures, and subsequently within a perforating gun. |
| US11733015B2 |
Multi-piece primer insert for polymer ammunition
The present invention provides a two piece and a three piece primer insert for ammunition piece. Each of the individual pieces may be formed by punching, pressing, stamping, molding, milling, coining, or by additive manufacturing. The individual pieces may be joined by clinching, pressing welding soldering, sintering, adhesive gluing, staking, and iterative addition by forming one piece into another piece. |
| US11733012B1 |
Solid core less-lethal projectile
A solid core less-lethal projectile is a frangible projectile which generally includes a hollow body, a solid core, a support structure, and a payload material. The hollow body can be formed by two hollow hemispherical bodies that are joined. The hollow body defines a closed interior cavity in which the core is contained. The support structure is disposed inside the cavity. The support structure can be a plurality of ribs configured to confine the core at a center of the cavity and space the core from the sidewalls of the hollow body. The ribs can protrude from an interior surface the hollow body to the core. The ribs can extend centripetally from the interior surface to the core. The payload material substantially fills the cavity around the core and the ribs. The core is configured to stabilize the projectile during flight toward a target. The core can be a spherical metallic ball. |
| US11733011B2 |
Steering system with power take-off from actuators
A power take-off (PTO) system includes a spur pinion on a shaft, used to turn a sector face gear that is coupled to a surface to be turned, such as a jet vane in a rocket nozzle. These may be parts of a thrust vectoring system, with the PTO system used to connect to a control surface actuator for a control surface such as a fin. The mechanical coupling between the fin and the jet vane may enable steering of a flight vehicle such as a missile at both low speeds and high speeds, with the thrust vectoring by the jet vane effective at low airspeeds and the control surface movement used for steering at high airspeeds. The PTO system may be backward compatible with prior systems, while allowing a more direct connection between the control surface actuator and the thrust vectoring system, with a reduced number of parts. |
| US11733010B2 |
Method of making a metal injection molded ammunition cartridge
The present invention provides a method of making a metal injection molded ammunition cartridge comprising the steps of: providing an ammunition cartridge mold comprising a bottom portion having a primer recess extending into the bottom portion adapted to receive a primer, a flash hole positioned in the primer recess through the bottom surface; side walls extending from the bottom portion to a nose end aperture, wherein a propellant chamber is formed between the nose end aperture and the bottom surface; injecting a metal composition into the ammunition cartridge mold to form a metal injection molded ammunition cartridge; and removing the metal injection molded ammunition cartridge from the ammunition cartridge mold. |
| US11733009B2 |
Automated detonation of fireworks
A fireworks kit can have a set of fireworks having multiple fireworks of different types and a plurality of detonators in communication with the fireworks that are configured to launch or detonate a firework attached thereto. A remote controller or mobile device can be in communication with the detonators and operable to provide dynamic or user customizable control of detonation, launching, or ignition of the fireworks. |
| US11733007B2 |
Target launching machine
A machine for launching targets including a base on which there is arranged an assembly having a launching mechanism and a drum for storing targets, assembly being configured so as to be able to move relative to the base, the machine including a tilting device that allows the assembly to move relative to the base, the tilting device having on one hand a first portion connected to the base and having one from among a curved rail and an element for guiding of the rail in a single degree of freedom of tilting along the rail, and on the other hand a second portion connected to the assembly and having the other from among the rail and the guiding element, wherein it comprises a pivot connection about a rotation axis A2 between the second portion and the rest of the assembly. |
| US11733006B2 |
Internally partitioned revetment container configured for rapid attainment of defense against small arms fire
A revetment container including series of compartments conjoined to form a line of compartments with each compartment including a first sub-compartment and a second sub-compartment with the two sub-compartments having differing thickness in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction of the series of compartments and a thinner of the two sub-compartments including one or more tension bearing members to control thickness expansion of the thinner sub-compartment where the bearing member is longer than the unstressed thickness of the thinner sub-compartment and preferentially located in a top half of the height of the thinner sub-compartment. Additionally, a revetment container compartment may be provided with a sub-compartment sized to accept ballistic panels which can quickly be inserted to attain some level of protection. Furthermore a revetment contain compartment may be augmented with the addition of slat armor. |
| US11733002B2 |
Mounting system for mini red dot sights
A mounting system for securing a viewing optic to a firearm utilizes an oblong dovetail connection component having a first end, a second end, and a contoured perimeter forming a dovetail profile. The viewing optic has a bottom surface comprising a mortise slot open at a first end to receive the oblong dovetail connection component and closed at a second end, the viewing optic further comprising a fastening area on a side of the viewing optic, the fastening area having a first securing structure. A fastening element having a second securing structure, wherein the first and second securing structures correspond to one another and facilitate securing the fastening element to the fastening area. |
| US11732997B2 |
Apparatus and methods for paintball feeding mechanism
A paintball feeding apparatus comprising a foregrip, wherein the foregrip is adapted to be disposed around a barrel and/or attached to a receiver of a paintball marker or gun, a base plate having a feeding port, wherein the base plate is adapted to be attached to the foregrip and/or the receiver, a top shell having a loading port and a feeding guide, wherein the top shell is attached to the base plate, a front paddle attached to a follower, a rear paddle attached a charging handle, and a gear box attached to the follower and the charging handle is discussed. Methods of installing and using the paintball feeding apparatus are also disclosed. |
| US11732996B2 |
Bow holder
A bow holder is vertically and horizontally adjustable for holding limbs of an archery bow during hunting. A securement mechanism couples a fixed limb of the bow holder to the tree stand. A vertically adjustable limb is coupled to the fixed limb. A series of rungs hold variable position o-rings in position for side-to-side securement of the bow to the bow holder. |
| US11732988B2 |
Hybrid carbon—steel firearm barrel
A hybrid metal and composite barrel assembly for a firearm preferably includes a metal inner barrel liner and a composite outer barrel sleeve. The composite outer barrel sleeve preferably includes at least one layer of woven metal mesh material comprising a plurality of metallic fibers, and at least one layer of carbon fiber material comprising a plurality of carbon fibers. The composite outer barrel sleeve is preferably engaged around the metal inner barrel liner, and optionally incorporates a tensioning nut to retain the sleeve on the liner. |
| US11732986B2 |
Magazine loader
Disclosed is a device for loading a cartridge into a magazine having a cartridge loader ramp and a magazine guide. A guide pin can connect the magazine guide to the cartridge loader ramp such that the magazine guide is slidably connected to the cartridge loader ramp about the guide pin. The device can further have a base and the cartridge loader ramp can be inclined with respect to the base. The cartridge loader ramp can have a top and a foot can be disposed on the top of the cartridge loader ramp. When a magazine is inserted in the magazine guide and pressed down, a cartridge on the cartridge ramp can partially compress the magazine spring. The foot can push the cartridge into the magazine. An adapter sleeve can resize the magazine guide for use with a variety of magazines. |
| US11732983B2 |
Bolt lock safety device
A method for operating a semi-automatic firearm as a single-shot firearm comprising: installing a bolt in the firearm, wherein the bolt comprises a bolt lock safety device, wherein the bolt lock safety device extends beyond a face of the bolt when engaged preventing the firearm from automatically reloading; when the bolt lock safety device is engaged, pulling a charging handle back to cause the bolt to move rearward exposing the firearm chamber to reload a cartridge, wherein the adjustable bolt lock is simultaneously rotated by the lock pivot pin to lay flush with the bolt forcing the bolt back into forward position; and upon release of the charging handle, automatically reengaging the adjustable bolt lock via a lock return spring causing the adjustable bolt lock to extend beyond the face of the bolt. |
| US11732977B2 |
Total heat exchange element and method for manufacturing same
A total heat exchange element includes a plurality of partition members made of a material that contains cellulose as a main component, a spacing member made of a material that contains cellulose as a main component, and an adhesive portion bonding the partition members and the spacing member together. The partition members are configured as flat sheets, and are stacked with a predetermined distance between them. The spacing member is disposed between adjacent ones of the stacked partition members to maintain the distance between them. The total heat exchange element has a first air flow path and a second air flow path alternately formed with one of the partition members interposed between the first and second air flow paths. The adhesive portion contains, as an adhesive component, cellulose having a smaller diameter than both of the cellulose forming the partition members and the cellulose forming the spacing member. |
| US11732976B1 |
Rapid heat dissipation device
A rapid heat dissipation device is provided to use for a heat source, and includes a heat conducting plate, a heat dissipating fin group, one or a plurality of heat pipes and a siphon heat-dissipating device. The heat conducting plate is thermally attached to the heat source. The heat dissipating fin group is arranged on one side of the heat conducting plate. One end of the heat pipe is fixed to the heat conducting plate, and another end is fixed to the heat dissipating fin group. The siphon heat-dissipating device is stacked above the heat pipe, and one end is fixed to the heat-conducting plate and another end is fixed to the heat-dissipating fin group. Through the siphon heat-dissipating device overlapping up and down with the heat pipe and having the same direction to achieve uniformly heat dissipating and cooling. |
| US11732975B2 |
Heat exchangers and related systems and methods
A heat exchanger may include a main body with an inlet plenum and an outlet plenum at a first end, and a header at a second end. At least one elongated shaft may extend from the outlet plenum to the header. At least one heat pipe may be coupled to the header and a portion of each heat pipe may be positioned within a corresponding elongated shaft defining an annular space between each heat pipe and each corresponding elongated shaft. A flow skirt may include a manifold located between the inlet plenum and the outlet plenum of the main body. At least one elongated tube may extend from the manifold. Each elongated tube may be positioned within a corresponding annular space between each heat pipe and each corresponding elongated shaft, dividing the annular space into two concentric annular channels comprising an inner annular channel and an outer annular channel. |
| US11732973B2 |
Device for the thermal treatment of test samples
A device for the thermal treatment of test samples is presented. The device comprises a sample holder and one or more thermoelectric elements which are in thermal contact with the sample holder. The sample holder comprises at least two holding positions configured to hold test sample consumables. The sample holder comprises an internal working fluid and a hollow body with an inner bottom surface and an inner top surface connected to each other with a pillar. The pillar extends along a vertical axis perpendicular to the inner bottom surface and substantially in the middle of the distance between the at least two holding positions. A laboratory instrument and a method for the thermal treatment of test samples is also presented. |
| US11732971B2 |
Heat exchanger and air conditioner having the same
A heat exchanger includes: flat pipes each including a passage for refrigerant that are arranged side by side in a predetermined step direction; and a header collecting pipe extending along the predetermined step direction that is connected to the flat pipes. The header collecting pipe includes: a flat pipe-side header forming member; and an opposite-side header forming member facing the flat pipe-side header forming member. The flat pipes are inserted in the flat pipe-side header forming member and an internal space exists between the flat pipe-side header forming member and the opposite-side header forming member. When viewed along the predetermined step direction: the flat pipe-side header forming member has a flat pipe-side curved portion protruding toward the flat pipes and the opposite-side header forming member has an opposite-side curved portion protruding toward a side away from the flat pipes. |
| US11732968B1 |
Air transfer apparatus and evaporative cooler and system
An air transfer apparatus or enclosure having a heat exchanger attached to at least one side of the air transfer apparatus. The air transfer apparatus is an integral or a monolithic structure or enclosure where all internal cavities of the air transfer apparatus are formed from a single piece of material. The air transfer apparatus or enclosure includes a drain apparatus and a drain device. The drain apparatus includes a plurality of plates and the plurality of plates are positioned to make any collected fluid thereon collect in a sump of the air transfer apparatus. |
| US11732961B2 |
Augmented-reality refrigerator and method of controlling thereof
A refrigerator including a main body including a storage room, a door coupled to the main body and rotatable in front of a side of the storage room, and including a display on a front surface of the door, a camera disposed to capture the storage room, and a processor configured to acquire an augmented-reality object corresponding to a food included in an image captured by the camera using a trained artificial intelligence model, to control the display to display the acquired augmented-reality object and the captured image as being overlapped with each other, and based on a user input being acquired while the acquired augmented-reality object is displayed, to provide a response to the user input based on the acquired augmented-reality object. The refrigerator can utilize an artificial intelligence model trained according to at least one of machine learning, neural network or deep learning algorithm. |
| US11732959B2 |
Refrigerator mirror weight monitor apparatus
A refrigerator mirror weight monitor apparatus for weight loss assistance includes a frame and a plurality of mounting strips to selectively engage the frame with a refrigerator or pantry door. A mirror is coupled to the frame and a housing extends from the mirror to a frame top side. A display is coupled to the housing. A CPU is coupled within the housing and is in operational communication with the display. A memory, a receiver, and a battery are coupled within the housing and are in operational communication with the CPU. A sensor has a sensor housing, a weight monitor coupled within the sensor housing, and a transmitter coupled within the sensor housing. The transmitter is in operational communication with the weight monitor and in wireless communication with the receiver. |
| US11732953B2 |
Refrigerator
There is disclosed a refrigerator including a vacuum space formed between an outer case and an inner case to improve an insulation function thereof, which includes an inner case that defines an exterior appearance of a storage space, an outer case spaced apart a predetermined distance from the inner case, a vacuum space provided between the inner case and the outer case, with being maintained vacuum, to insulate the inner case from the outer case, a plurality of spacers for supporting the inner case and the outer case space that are spaced apart from each other, and a radiation blocking film provided in the vacuum space, spaced apart from the inner case and the outer case. |
| US11732952B2 |
Refrigerator
A refrigerator includes a cabinet, a main door having an opening, a sub-door rotatably provided in front of the main door to open and close the opening and filled with a heat insulating material, a locking member protruding from the sub-door to the main door and operated to lock the main door, an operation member provided below the locking member and protruding downward from a lower portion of the sub-door to be directly operated by a user, a connection member connecting the locking member and the operation member such that the locking member operates when the operation member operates, and a connection member case provided inside the sub-door and defining a space in which the connection member is operatively accommodated. The connection member case is formed with a reinforcement part extending in an upper-and-lower direction along the connection member case to prevent deformation of the connection member. |
| US11732950B2 |
Pressure relief jumper drain for an appliance
A jumper drain for a refrigerator appliance, the jumper drain including a housing with a cavity defined therein and that is in fluid communication with a storage compartment of the refrigerator appliance. An inlet and an outlet extend from the housing and are both in fluid communication with the cavity. The outlet is disposed at a location that is offset from the inlet. A pressure equalizer opening is formed in the housing. The pressure equalizer opening is configured to provide fluid communication between the cavity and an ambient environment external to the refrigerator appliance in order to equalize a pressure differential within the refrigerator appliance. |
| US11732949B2 |
Apparatus for cooling high-heat-treated food products, method for performing this, and heat-treatment line for this
The invention relates to an apparatus for cooling high-heat-treated food products with a flash-cooler, having a container for a pre-product to be cooled with an inlet for the pre-product to be cooled and an outlet for the cooled end product of the food product as well as cooling equipment, the cooling equipment having a cooling jacket associated to the container, through which at least one part of the wall of the container is cooled. The invention also relates to a heat-treatment line for food products, having one such apparatus. The invention also relates to a method for cooling high-heat-treated, particularly ultra-high-heat-treated food products, using a flash cooler having a container for a pre-product to be cooled, with an inlet for the pre-product to be cooled and an outlet for the cooled end product of the food product and cooling equipment. |
| US11732948B2 |
Method for controlling refrigerator to alternately cool two storage compartments
A method for controlling a refrigerator comprises: as a first refrigeration cycle for refrigeration of a first storage chamber is operated, operating a compressor and operating a first cold air supply; when the first refrigeration cycle has been operated for a first run time, converting to a second refrigeration cycle for refrigeration of a second storage chamber, and operating a second cold air supply; and if the second refrigeration cycle has been operated for a second run time, stopping the second refrigeration cycle. A first reference time is determined using a representative value obtained based on the temperature of the first storage chamber during a single run cycle, which includes a previous first refrigeration cycle and a previous second refrigeration cycle. A second reference time period is determined using a representative value obtained on the basis of the temperature of the second storage chamber during the single run cycle. |
| US11732947B2 |
Systems and methods for a refrigeration device having a lid assembly
A refrigeration device capable of chilling beverage ingredients and accessories is disclosed. The refrigeration device may include a first compartment that defines a first open top area, a second compartment that defines a second open top area, and a wall disposed between the first and second compartments. The refrigeration device may further include a controller configured to control the temperature in at least one of the first and second compartments, a temperature regulator configured to adjust a thermal communication between the first and second compartments, and a lid assembly movable between an opened and a closed position. |
| US11732941B1 |
Thermal management systems
A thermal management system includes an integrated open-circuit refrigeration system and closed-circuit heat pump system. The thermal management system includes a receiver having a first receiver port and a second receiver port, the receiver configured to store a refrigerant fluid, an evaporator having a first evaporator port and a second evaporator port, the heat pump circuit having a closed-circuit fluid path with the receiver and the evaporator and an open-circuit refrigeration system configured to receive refrigerant from the receiver, with the open-circuit refrigeration system having an open-circuit fluid path that includes the receiver and the evaporator. |
| US11732936B2 |
Condenser and turbo chiller having condenser
A condenser and a turbochiller including a condenser are provided. The turbochiller may include a compressor including an impeller that compresses refrigerant and a motor that drives the impeller; a condenser for heat exchange between the refrigerant introduced from the compressor and cooling water; an evaporator for heat exchange between the refrigerant discharged from the condenser and cold water; an expansion valve provided between the condenser and the evaporator; and a collector configured to collect noncondensable gas inside of the condenser. Accordingly, it is possible to efficiently collect noncondensable gas inside of a condenser of a turbochiller. |
| US11732933B2 |
Magnetic cooling device
Provided is a magnetic cooling device including: in a hollow container, an inert gas; a material filling part containing a refrigerant and magnetic material particles having a magnetocaloric effect; gas storages containing the refrigerant at both ends of the material filling part; and material partitions between the material filling part and the gas storages, in which a volume proportion of the inert gas in the hollow container is 1 vol % or more and 12 vol % or less. |
| US11732924B2 |
Air intake filter assemblies with a multi-level fine filter for heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) systems
The present disclosure relates generally to air intake filter assemblies, and more particularly to air intake assemblies for an outdoor portion of a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system. In an embodiment, a filter assembly is configured to filter an airflow entering an air intake of a HVAC unit. The filter assembly includes a first layer of a first coarse mesh, a second layer of a second coarse mesh, and a fine filter disposed between the first layer and the second layer. Additionally, the fine filter includes an upper level and a lower level with respect to the airflow, and wherein the lower level facilitates accumulation of fine debris captured from the airflow entering the air intake of the HVAC unit. |
| US11732923B2 |
Air flow producer assembly for ceiling mounting
An air flow producer assembly includes first and second elongate mounting elements separated by an elongate gap, a ceiling girder interface member affixed to each of the elongate mounting elements, and a bridge member affixed to each of the elongate mounting elements. The bridge member includes a hollow chamber that spans across the gap and which extends upwards from the elongate mounting elements. A vane assembly is installed in the hollow chamber of the bridge member, which includes a vane that swings across at least a portion of the gap. |
| US11732919B1 |
Temperature control method, device and medium
The present application provides a temperature control method. According to the present application, in response to receiving a state adjustment command for a temperature sensing device, by adjusting a communication connection state between a temperature control device and the temperature sensing device based on the state adjustment command, flexible adjustment of temperature sensing devices included in a target temperature control system is implemented, and further by acquiring temperature collected by each temperature sensing device in the target temperature control system, determining ambient temperature based on the temperature collected by each temperature sensing device and a setting coefficient corresponding to an energy consumption mode state of each temperature sensing device, and adjusting temperature of a set space based on the ambient temperature, temperature control over the set space is implemented more smartly and flexibly through the target temperature control system. |
| US11732916B2 |
Refrigeration leak detection
A refrigerant control system includes: a charge module configured to determine an amount of refrigerant that is present within a first portion of a refrigeration system within a building; and an isolation module configured to selectively open and close an isolation valve of the refrigeration system and to, via the isolation valve, maintain the amount of refrigerant within the first portion within the building below a predetermined amount of the refrigerant. |
| US11732915B2 |
Wind pressure-driven air intake device
This application discloses a wind pressure-driven air intake device for natural ventilation of zero power consumption. Such a device comprises multiple tunnels being arranged around a common central chamber, each having an inflow valve at its inner end connecting the central chamber and an outer end open to ambient airflow. The inflow valve allows only inward flow from a corresponding tunnel into the central chamber. The central chamber has an opening allowing airflow exit to a space to be ventilated. The device is capable of capturing ambient wind flow and wind pressure to be fed to the vented space regardless of wind flow direction towards the device, with no need for a powered air driver. |
| US11732914B2 |
Grille attachment feature for a ventilation system
A ventilation system includes a main housing defining an internal region and a blower contained within the internal region. The ventilation system is positioned adjacent to a room of a building structure and is configured to draw air out of the room to provide ventilation. The ventilation system further includes a grille secured relative to the main housing using an attachment feature. |
| US11732913B2 |
System and method for controlling internal temperature of media library
A media library includes a library housing, a heat-producing device, one or more storage media and an air mover assembly. The library housing can include a library interior where the library interior can include a first wall and a second wall positioned opposite the first wall. The heat-producing device can be positioned near the first wall of the library interior. The one or more storage media can be positioned in the library interior between the heat-producing device and the second wall. The air mover assembly can be is configured to move air into the library interior through the first wall and out of the library interior through the second wall. The heat-producing device can include one or more of a media drive, a power supply and a controller. The air mover assembly can move air through the heat-producing device before the air moves through the one or more storage media. |
| US11732910B2 |
Humidifier arrangements and control systems
The electrical connections of a chamber or enclosure for a water tub can be protected through the use of spill element sensors. The spill element sensors can help to disable the delivery of power to the heater of a water tub in the event that the electrical connections become wet. |
| US11732909B2 |
Cooling recovery system and method
A cooling recover system and method are disclosed. A fluid, such as water, is chilled and provided to a cooling coil to cool and dehumidify air passing over the cooling coil. The fluid is output from the cooling coil through an outlet, and at least a portion of the fluid from the outlet of the cooling coil is provided to an inlet of a heat transfer coil to reheat air passing over the heat transfer coil. The fluid is warmed as it passes through the cooling coil, which warmer temperature serves to reheat the air passing over the heat transfer coil. |
| US11732907B2 |
Protective roofing shield and method of use
The present invention relates in general to the protection of central air conditioning systems during roof demolition and replacement, and more specifically, to a protective roofing shield for an outdoor air conditioning unit and method of use. One aspect of the protective roofing shield includes a framework and canopy that partially encloses the outdoor air conditioning unit to guard against falling debris while not obstructing air flow to the outdoor air conditioning unit to prevent damage to the unit. The protective roofing shield may be adjustable in height and length to be compatible with different sizes, manufacturers and locations of outdoor air conditioning units. The protective roofing shield and method of use is designed to be easily assembled, disassembled, and conveniently transported from one roofing job site to another by a single user to improve efficiency for a roofing contractor. |
| US11732906B2 |
Air conditioner
Disclosed herein is an air conditioner. The air conditioner includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet, and having a first guide surface forming the outlet and a second guide surface facing the first guide surface provided therein, a heat exchanger configured to heat-exchange air suctioned through the inlet, a blower fan configured to suction air from the inlet, heat-exchange the air by passing air through the heat exchanger, and discharge air toward the outlet, and an airflow control unit provided to be movable between a first position adjacent to one end portion of the outlet from which air is discharged and a second position spaced apart from the end portion of the outlet from which air is discharged, and protruding from the first guide surface or the second guide surface when the airflow control unit placed at the first position . |
| US11732905B2 |
Heat pump water heater systems and methods thereto
A fluid heating device comprising a heat pump and an electric heating element can include a system and method that can receive current data from a current sensor and temperature data from a temperature sensor, determine whether the current is greater than or equal to a threshold current and whether the temperature is greater than or equal to a threshold temperature, and output a control signal to heat the fluid using the heat pump only or the electric heating element only based on the current data and the temperature data. |
| US11732902B2 |
Cooking appliance and combustion control method of a cooking appliance
A method for controlling a combustion operation of a cooking appliance, the cooking appliance including a main body having a cooking chamber formed therein, a first heating assembly including a first heater provided inside of the cooking chamber and configured to generate an air circulation flow to circulate heated air inside of the cooking chamber, and a second heating assembly including a second heater provided outside of the cooking chamber and configured to generate heat under the cooking chamber, the method comprising: a simultaneous operation of simultaneously operating the first heating assembly and the second heating assembly; and a partial operation of operating only one heating assembly of the first heating assembly and the second heating assembly. |
| US11732901B2 |
Ventilation apparatus and ventilation system including the same
Disclosed is a ventilation apparatus including an exhaust pipe of an induction hood in which a position change of piping in a discharge direction is freely performed. The ventilation apparatus, which includes a first pipe connected to a suction port through which contaminated air is sucked, a second pipe configured to guide the contaminated air and include a first connection portion connected to the first pipe and a second connection portion extending from the first connection portion, the second pipe being detachably coupled to the first pipe so that the position of the second connection portion is able to be changed, and a third pipe connected to the second pipe and include a discharge port through which the contaminated air is discharged, the third pipe being configured to be rotatable with respect to the second pipe so that the position of the discharge port is able to be changed. |
| US11732900B2 |
Method for operating a cooking oven
The present invention is a method for operating a cooking oven comprising: a cooking chamber; a heating device for heating foodstuff contained in the cooking chamber; a database wherein cooking cycles are stored; a control unit operatively connected to the database and to the heating device, configured for activating/deactivating the heating device according to the cooking cycles; and a user interface operatively connected to the control unit. The method comprises the following phases: (a) selecting, by the user interface, a new list of two or more of cooking cycles stored in the database, to be executed in sequence; (b) sorting, by the control unit, the cooking cycles of the new list, using a sorting algorithm that calculates the order of the cooking cycles of the new list and (c) displaying, via the user interface, a sorted list containing the cooking cycles of the new list. |
| US11732897B2 |
Streamer type flame simulation device
A streamer type flame simulation device includes a casing, some cross-flow fans disposed inside the casing, a first streamer, a second streamer, a supplementary air-supplying device and a light source. The supplementary air-supplying device is arranged in the split joint area between the two cross-flow fans. Since a supplementary air-supplying device is provided between two cross-flow fans for supplying air, the deficiency where air was unable to deliver at the space occupied by the drive motor of the cross-flow fans can be avoided. Various parts of the first streamer and the second streamer can be blown, thus preventing the flame from being cut off and enhancing the overall coordination, which greatly improves the viewing effect of the flame area. |
| US11732892B2 |
Gas turbomachine diffuser assembly with radial flow splitters
A diffuser assembly includes a casing at a compressor aft end; an inner barrel member radially inward of the casing; and an array of radial flow splitters extending between the inner barrel member and the casing. Each radial flow splitter includes a leading edge facing into a flow of air, a trailing end wall opposite the leading edge, a pair of side walls extending between the leading edge and the trailing end wall, and an axis extending through the leading edge and the trailing end wall. A width of each radial flow splitter increases from the leading edge to the trailing end wall. The side walls diverge away from the axis in a downstream direction corresponding to the flow of air. Optionally, the side walls also diverge away from the axis in a radial direction between the inner barrel member and the casing. |
| US11732888B2 |
Sorbents for coal combustion
Sorbent compositions containing calcium and iodine are added to coal to mitigate the release of mercury and/or other harmful elements into the environment during combustion of coal containing natural levels of mercury. |
| US11732883B2 |
Hand held personal care device with a light system
A hand held personal care device (1) with an operative unit (3) connected to a main housing (2), a light source (24), and an optically transparent light guide (23) having a light receiving surface (27), a light emitting surface (6) and a light guiding member (31) extending from the light receiving surface to the light emitting surface for guiding light from the light receiving surface to the light emitting surface. The light source is arranged in a watertight chamber (51) of the main housing. The main housing includes an optically transparent wall portion (52) arranged adjacent to the light source and bounding the watertight chamber. The light guide is arranged outside the watertight chamber and the light receiving surface is arranged adjacent to the optically transparent wall portion in a position for receiving light from the light source via the optically transparent wall portion. |
| US11732878B2 |
T-bar for suspended ceiling with heat dissipation system for LED lighting
The T-bar includes an elongate rigid spine extending between terminal ends including either a fixed anchor or adjustable anchor for attachment to adjacent T-bars or other supports. An upper heat sink is provided on an upper portion of the spine to enhance heat transfer from the T-bar to air surrounding upper portions of the T-bar. A light housing is provided on a lower portion of the T-bar which is configured to support a lighting module therein, such as a light emitting diode (LED) light. A lower heat sink is provided above this light housing and integrated into a rest shelf which supports ceiling tiles adjacent the T-bar. A power supply is provided which can be removably attached to the T-bar and provide appropriately conditioned power for the lighting module. |
| US11732876B2 |
Ceiling lamp and chassis
A ceiling lamp and a chassis are provided. The ceiling lamp includes a chassis and a light source module; the chassis includes a surrounding wall and a partition disposed within the surrounding wall, the partition divides a region surrounded by the surrounding wall into an assembly recess with a downward opening and a wiring recess with an upward opening; part of the partition protrudes upwardly into the wiring recess and forms a light source recess with a downward opening and an upward recess bottom, and the light source module is provided in the light source recess. The chassis includes a surrounding wall and a partition disposed within the surrounding wall, the partition divides a region surrounded by the surrounding wall into an assembly recess with a downward opening and a wiring recess with an upwardly opening. |
| US11732870B2 |
Light distribution element and lamp comprising the same
A light distribution element and a lamp are provided. The lamp includes a plurality of subsections combined with each other, each of the plurality of subsections is a part of a circumference, and the plurality of subsections can be located on at least one virtual circumference by movement. The light distribution element of the present application includes a plurality of subsections combined with each other, which is favorable for providing the lamp with a special-shaped configuration, thus facilitating the use of the lamp. |
| US11732868B1 |
Light emitting device
Disclosed is a light emitting device, which includes a housing having a light transmittable portion, which has a first region and a second region; a light shield layer, covered on a wall surface of the first region; and a light emitting assembly, arranged in the housing, the light emitting assembly is configured to emit a first beam able to travel through the housing and project a pattern to an ambient environment. The light emitting assembly is further configured to emit a second beam able to transmit through the light transmittable portion; and the second beam transmitted through the first region and the light shield layer has a first brightness, the second beam transmitted through the second region has a second brightness greater than the first brightness. |
| US11732867B2 |
Axial orientation of LEDs
Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate an improved positioning of one of more LEDs on a device. A CPE (customer premise equipment) device may include a three-component subassembly composed of an LED module, light tube, and lightguide to allow for uniform lighting with design flexibility. The modularity of the design allows for decoupling from the PCB and reduces the design constraints. |
| US11732866B2 |
Lamp for vehicle and vehicle including the same
Disclosed is a lamp for a vehicle, the lamp including a light source unit including a light source and a board, an optical fiber disposed forward of the light source unit, an inner lens disposed between the light source unit and the optical fiber, provided to be in close contact with the board, and configured to fix or hold one side of the optical fiber, a heat sink disposed rearward of the light source unit and provided to be in close contact with the board, an elastic member disposed rearward of the heat sink, provided to be in close contact with the heat sink, and having elasticity, and an aiming bolt disposed rearward of the elastic member and configured to penetrate the elastic member and press a rear surface of the heat sink, in which the aiming bolt is movable in a forward/rearward direction. |
| US11732864B2 |
Lighting or signaling device and motor vehicle
A lighting or signaling device comprises a first light source and a housing, the housing defining at least a first light exit region and a second light exit region independent of each other, part of light from the first light source exiting as a first light beam from the first light exit region; the lighting or signaling device further comprises a light guide member, which is assigned to the first light source and is positioned and configured to guide a part of the light from the first light source to exit through at least the second light exit region. A motor vehicle is also disclosed. |
| US11732862B2 |
Indicator lamp, vehicle indicator lamp with said indicator lamp, vehicle exterior member, and vehicle
An indicator lamp of the present invention includes a lamp body, a light source unit disposed inside the lamp body, and a light transmissive resin member disposed at a position for transmitting light that is emitted from the light source unit and for outputting the light from the lamp body.The light source unit emits red light having a maximum value of light intensity at a wavelength of 600 nm or longer and 700 nm or shorter. The light transmissive resin member has an L* value of 35 or less, a transmittance of light having a wavelength of 675 nm of 90% or greater and a total light transmittance of 5% or greater in the state in which an optical path length of transmitting light is 2 mm. This configuration provides an indicator lamp with excellent design that shows its presence by showing a red chromatic tone when a light source is turned on and that shows a black color tone when the light source is turned off. |
| US11732860B2 |
Illumination device
With a simple configuration, a clear illumination area with suppressed blurring is formed, and a form such as position, shape, and size thereof is changed. Divergent light from a point light source is shaped by a collimating optical system and emitted to a hologram element. Since the point light source is arranged at a front focal position of the collimating optical system, the light emitted from the collimating optical system is emitted to the hologram element as parallel light, and diffracted light therefrom forms an illumination area at a predetermined position on an illumination target surface. A light scanning part rotating about a predetermined rotation axis is arranged between the point light source and the collimating optical system, and light incident on the collimating optical system is scanned. By this scanning, an incident angle of the parallel light incident on the hologram element changes, and the illumination area changes. |
| US11732856B2 |
Lighting device for vehicles having two light sources and a free form light directing member for emitting two light distributions
A lighting device for vehicles having a first light source, a second light source and a light-shaping apparatus allocated to the first light source and the second light source, wherein the second light source is offset in relation to the first light source, at least in a direction running perpendicularly to the optical axis of the light-shaping apparatus. The light that is incident on the light-shaping apparatus from the first light source is deflected to produce a first light function and wherein the light that is incident on the light-shaping apparatus from the second light source is deflected to produce a second light function, wherein the light-directing surface of the light-shaping apparatus has a free-form surface comprising multiple varyingly curved surface elements. |
| US11732847B2 |
Portable light, such as a stick light
A portable light including an elongated housing having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, and a light-emitting head pivotably coupled to the second end of the elongated housing. The light-emitting head having a housing portion defining a first end and a second end opposite the first end. A first light source is coupled to a first side of the light-emitting head and is positioned between the first end and the second end of the housing portion. A second light source coupled to the second end of the housing portion. A battery cell is removably coupled to the elongated housing to power the first and second light sources. |
| US11732838B2 |
Equipment adaptor assembly and equipment stand
An equipment adaptor assembly and equipment stand is disclosed which generally comprises an adaptor body having a width and a depth, a connector extending from the adaptor body and configured for securement to the equipment, a first brace extending from a first portion of the adaptor body for stabilizing the equipment relative to the adaptor when secured to the connector, and a second brace extending from a second portion of the adaptor body for stabilizing the equipment relative to the adaptor when secured to the connector. The adaptor may be configured to be interchangeably securable to a floor stand and a horizontal support structure while maintaining a level orientation of the equipment relative to horizontal when secured to the adaptor and without rearranging the adaptor. |
| US11732837B2 |
Clip system for securing an insulation blanket to a frame
A clip system is configured to secure an insulation blanket to a frame. The clip system includes a first clamp member including an adjustment arm and a first engagement arm, and a second clamp member including a sleeve and a second engagement arm. The sleeve is configured to adjustably retain the adjustment arm to allow the first clamp member and the second clamp member to be moveably adjusted. The first engagement arm and the second engagement arm are configured to securely clamp portions of the insulation blanket and the frame therebetween. |
| US11732834B2 |
Split-type automatic lifting bracket device and sanitary product
The present disclosure provides a split-type automatic lifting bracket device and a sanitary product. The split-type automatic lifting bracket device comprises an upper bracket assembly and a lower bracket assembly, wherein the upper bracket assembly is used for bearing a water receiver or a waterway control valve; and the lower bracket assembly is used for bearing or supporting and driving a sanitary product to rise and descend, and comprises a self-supporting leg assembly, an auxiliary standing device, an automatic lifting control device, a lifting bracket, a push-pull power device, a rolling guide device, and the sanitary product. The lifting structure of the present application can rise and descend automatically without an additional force to assist in height adjustment. The water receiver and other structures are not provided on the lifting bracket, so that a weight for the lifting structure to rise is reduced. |
| US11732831B2 |
Fluid flow connector
Apparatuses, devices, systems, and methods are described that provide fluid flow connectors. An example fluid flow connector includes a first connector body that defines a first inner bore and a first plurality of outer bores. The example connector further includes a second connector body that defines a second inner bore and a second plurality of outer bores. In an operational configuration in which the first connector body is attached to the second connector body, the first inner bore mates with the second inner bore to form a first fluid channel, and each of the first plurality of outer bores mate with a respective one of the second plurality of outer bores to form a second fluid channel. The example connector further includes a sealing mechanism that, in the operational configuration, seals the first fluid channel from the second fluid channel and seal the second fluid channel from an external environment of the fluid flow connector. |
| US11732824B2 |
Nut for joining conduits
A nut for joining conduits includes a body having a generally cylindrical shape and defining a central opening. A plurality of lugs can extend outwardly from an outer surface of the body and provide one or more strike surfaces. The central opening can include a threaded portion proximate a first end of the nut and a tapered portion extending from the threaded portion. The tapered portion defines a frustoconical surface that expands the central opening beyond the threaded portion. The tapered portion may terminate at an undercut or flange proximate the second end of the nut. |
| US11732818B2 |
Electromagnetic valve, valve device, fluid control device, and electromagnetic valve replacement method
An electromagnetic valve has an inlet port and an outlet port. The electromagnetic valve is configured to open and close a driving fluid passage communicating the inlet port and the outlet port. The electromagnetic valve includes: a housing; a solenoid that includes a bobbin having a coil wound therearound; a moving core that is provided on an axis of the bobbin and is disposed movably in an axial direction; a stationary core that is provided on the axis of the bobbin and is fixed in the housing; and a valve that is configured to be movable together with the moving core and opens and closes the driving fluid passage. The inlet port is opened on one surface side of the housing in the axial direction of the bobbin while the outlet port is opened on the other surface side of the housing in the axial direction of the bobbin. |
| US11732811B2 |
Dual shut-off valve
A dual shut-off valve including a valve body defining an interior cavity and a flow tube passing therethrough, an outer cylinder including a body portion defining an interior cavity and a through hole passing therethrough, the outer cylinder being rotatably disposed within the interior cavity of the valve body, and an inner cylinder including a body portion defining a through hole passing therethrough, the inner cylinder being rotatably disposed within the interior cavity of the outer cylinder, wherein the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder are both rotatable between a first position in which the through holes of the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder are aligned with the flow tube and a second position in which the through holes of the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder are transverse to the flow tube. |
| US11732808B2 |
Explosion protection valve for decoupling system parts or workpieces, comprising a sealing ring
An explosion protection valve for decoupling system parts or workpieces for the installation in a pipeline, comprising a housing, a closing body which is axially guided inside the housing on a guide rod and can be shifted from a defined open position into a sealing closed position in the event of a pressure or suction wave in the pipeline in at least one closing movement direction, a spring assembly, which is in operative connection to the closing body, on the guide rod for holding the closing body in the open position, a sealing ring on the inner side of the housing, against which the closing body can be pressed in its closed position, and a receiving pocket, which is applied to the inner side of the housing and is preferably open counter to the closing movement direction (SB) of the closing body, for holding the sealing ring. |
| US11732806B2 |
Seal ring and valve device
A seal ring is made of resin, applied to a valve body that changes an opening degree of a fluid passage through which a fluid passes, and that seals, when the valve body fully closes the fluid passage, between an inner peripheral surface defining the fluid passage and an outer peripheral edge of the valve body. The seal ring includes a ring main body fitted in an outer peripheral groove formed on the outer peripheral edge. |
| US11732803B2 |
Metal seal
The metal seal has a middle base portion 3 of which cross-sectional configuration is laterally long rectangular, a first main convex portion 1 and a first auxiliary convex portion 11, and a second main convex portion 2 and a second auxiliary convex portion 12 respectively disposed on both ends of long sides 3A of the middle base portion 3. Ridge lines of the convex portions 1, 11, 2, and 12 form common straight lines L10 and L20 continuous to short sides of the rectangular. |
| US11732800B1 |
Apparatus for avoiding disposition of clutch of vehicle speed change device
An apparatus for avoiding disposition of the clutch of the vehicle speed change device includes a first buffer clutch and a second buffer clutch being located on a clutching cam guide track; the clutching cam guide track being serially arranged with a spring seat and a compressible spring; each of the first buffer clutch and the second buffer clutch including a respective clutching cam set; each of the two clutching cam sets having a respective clutching guide track; the clutching guide track of the first buffer clutch having a parking position for receiving a shift fork; and a protecting ring being installed on the clutching cam set of the first buffer clutch; the protecting ring having a hooking opening capable of receiving the shift fork which shifts to the parking position. |
| US11732795B2 |
Drive device
A drive device includes a motor, a housing, an oil passage in the housing, an oil pump in which a portion of the oil passage is provided, and a strainer inside the housing and in which a portion of the oil passage is provided. The oil passage includes an oil sump in which oil is accumulated and a suction path connecting the oil sump and the oil pump. A central axis of the oil pump extends in a direction intersecting the vertical direction. The strainer is in the suction path. The strainer includes a suction port to suction oil from the oil sump, a discharge port to discharge oil toward the oil pump, and a filter. The suction port opens downward in the vertical direction. The discharge port opens in a direction intersecting the vertical direction toward the oil pump. |