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US12033126B2 Systems and methods for take-out order management
Systems and methods for automating a take-out ordering process. In an embodiment, menu data is imported from a restaurant Point-of-Sale (POS) system over at least one network. The menu data may comprise a plurality of menu items. A menu user interface is generated. The menu user interface may comprise one or more menu screens, which comprise a subset of one or more of the plurality of menu items. A selection of at least one menu item from the subset may be received from a user. Up-sell options can be determined and provided to the user. Once completed, an order is sent to the restaurant POS system over the at least one network. The order can comprise the selected menu item(s) and any of the up-sell options selected by the user.
US12033122B2 Systems and methods for configuring serverless authorization stream access (ASA) for virtual bank account transactions
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving customized schema parameters associated with a request for a customized transaction schema associated with a payment processor from an external server associated with the payment processor by servers of a receiver processor platform, retrieving a pre-configured transaction schema comprising pre-configured schema parameters, generating the customized transaction schema associated with the payment processor by integrating the customized schema parameters into the pre-configured transaction schema, wherein the servers of the receiver processor platform are configured to generate transaction resource configurations based on the customized transaction schema, each transaction resource configuration being configured for processing transaction authorization requests to authorize respective transactions associated with a transfer of resources to a receiving entity from a user associated with the payment processor, and storing the customized transaction schema associated with the payment processor.
US12033119B2 Integrated home scoring system
A processor-implemented method is disclosed. The method includes: obtaining sensor readings from a plurality of sensors associated with a plurality of homes; receiving, from a computing device associated with a first one of the plurality of homes, a request for a live home score; determining, based on first sensor readings for at least one sensor associated with the first one of the plurality of homes and second sensor readings from corresponding sensors associated with at least a second one of the plurality of homes, a live home score for the first one of the plurality of homes; and sending the live home score to the computing device associated with the first one of the plurality of homes.
US12033117B2 Productivity entity containers and unified view interface for different productivity entity types
A productivity entity container data structure is created that includes information for a first productivity entity and a link to a second productivity entity. The information for the first productivity entity includes either a link to the first productivity entity or details for the first productivity entity stored directly in the productivity entity container data structure. The first productivity entity and the second productivity entity are of different productivity entity types (e.g., an assigned task associated with a scheduled calendar event). By using the productivity entity container data structure to link together multiple different productivity entities of different productivity entity types, computer-based productivity systems are configured to directly access and display information for related productivity entities of different productivity entity types in a unified-view interface.
US12033109B1 Generating a range of estimated fulfillment times for an order based on characteristics of an order
An online concierge system delivers items from retailers to customers. The online concierge predicts a range of times during which an order may be fulfilled for presentation to a user. The online concierge system uses a trained maximum time prediction model to determine a maximum time for order fulfillment based on an order. A trained minimum time prediction model determines a minimum time for order fulfillment from the order and the maximum time. The minimum time may account for one or more rules (e.g., a percentage of orders fulfilled before the minimum time, a desired rate of selection of a range including the minimum time). A range bounded by the maximum time and the minimum time is transmitted to a customer to enable the customer to select a time interval for order fulfillment.
US12033108B2 Control device, unmanned vehicle, and method
A control device (100) includes an acquirer (110) that acquires transport article information expressing a characteristic of an article to be transported, and a generator (130) that generates, on the basis of the characteristic expressed in the acquired transport article information, transport control information that causes an unmanned vehicle to transport the article.
US12033103B1 Systems and methods for risk data navigation
A computer implemented system, method, or computer readable medium for providing a interactive digital tool that permits users to investigate and evaluate financial, trade, and business-related risks. The system, method, or computer readable medium can be configured to include a software engine that identifies risk subgraphs or other subgraph features in accordance with automated traversal based on a set of rules.
US12033100B2 Prediction device, prediction method, and non-transitory computer readable medium
According to one embodiment, a prediction device includes: first processing circuitry and second processing circuitry. The first processing circuitry corrects a demand result value on a particular date on a basis of an adjustment coefficient depending on the particular date; and generates a prediction model of a demand on a basis of the corrected demand result value on the particular date and a demand result value on a non-particular date. The second processing circuitry calculates a demand predicted value on a date of a prediction target on a basis of demand result values on one or more dates, an adjustment coefficient depending on a particular date among the one or more dates, and the prediction model. The second processing circuitry inversely corrects the demand predicted value using an adjustment coefficient depending on the date of the prediction target if the date of the prediction target is a particular date.
US12033099B2 System and method for on-demand launching of an interface on a compute cluster
Systems, methods, and devices are described for on-demand launching of an interface on a compute cluster. The interface enables a user to interact with an application while the application is executing on the compute cluster. A job request associated with the application is received. Responsive to the job request, a determination is made if the interface has already been launched on the compute cluster responsive to an earlier-received job request. If the interface has not already been launched, launch instructions are transmitted to the compute cluster to cause the interface to be launched on the compute cluster. Job instructions are transmitted to the compute cluster to cause the application to be executed on the compute cluster.
US12033097B2 Utilizing machine learning and predictive modeling to manage and determine a predicted success rate of new product development
A new product development system may provide, to one or more client devices and server devices, one or more tools to enable development of a new product. The new product development system may receive current project data identifying a current project for developing the new product, historical project data identifying historical projects for developing historical products, and industry data associated with the new product. The new product development system may process the current project data, the historical project data, and the industry data, with a machine learning model, to identify one or more variables for a predictive model and may process the one or more variables, with the predictive model, to predict a predicted success rate of the current project. The new product development system may perform one or more actions based on the predicted success rate of the current project.
US12033093B2 Interactive display interface having multiple, editable views
A business process related computer software that displays a tabular view of a business process. Also, assigning types and/or attributes to worksteps of a business process and filtering the view of the business process based on the workstep types and/or workstep attributes. Also: (i) method for searching for worksteps based on a string pattern; (ii) a method for bulk update of worksteps satisfying search/filter criteria; (iii) a method for combining consecutive tasks into sub-tasks, or elevating sub-tasks to higher level tasks; (iv) a method for automatically setting the successor(s)/predecessor(s) workstep(s) as new worksteps are added or existing worksteps are removed; (v) a method for drilling down through a path in the process flow; (vi) a method for computing estimated duration for reaching a workstep along a path through the process flow; (vii) a method for identifying sequential and parallel worksteps and/or total duration through a timeline diagram; (viii) a method for printing process summary in tabular format; and/or (ix) methods of importing and exporting Microsoft projects.
US12033090B2 Information processing device, PUBO solver, information processing method and non-transitory storage medium
According to one embodiment, an information processing device includes a first storage and a first processing circuit. The first storage is configured to store constraint data which includes a constraint of a combinatorial optimization problem expressed in a formal language. The first processing circuit is configured to generate logical expression data from the constraint data and generate a penalty term data including a penalty term having a binary variable parameter by converting the logical expression data.
US12033087B2 Categorical input machine learning models
There is a need for more effective and efficient predictive data analysis based at least in part on categorical input data. This need can be addressed by, for example, solutions for performing predictive data analysis that utilize at least one of categorical level merging, mutual-information-based feature filtering, feature-correlation-based feature filtering to generate training data feature value arrangements, as well as training and using categorical input machine learning models trained using the training data feature value arrangements.
US12033082B2 Maintaining fixed sizes for target objects in frames
Techniques are provided for processing one or more frames. For example, a region of interest can be determined in a first frame of a sequence of frames. The region of interest in the first frame includes an object having a size in the first frame. A portion of a second frame of the sequence of frames (occurring after the first frame in the sequence of frames) can be cropped and scaled to cause the object in the second frame to have a same size (and in some cases a same location) as the object in the first frame.
US12033080B2 Sparse recovery autoencoder
A sparse dataset is encoded using a data-driven learned sensing matrix. For example, an example method includes receiving a dataset of sparse vectors with dimension d from a requesting process, initializing an encoding matrix of dimension k×d, selecting a subset of sparse vectors from the dataset, and updating the encoding matrix via machine learning. Updating the encoding matrix includes using a linear encoder to generate an encoded vector of dimension k for each vector in the subset, the linear encoder using the encoding matrix, using a non-linear decoder to decode each of the encoded vectors, the non-linear decoder using a transpose of the encoding matrix in a projected subgradient, and adjusting the encoding matrix using back propagation. The method also includes returning an embedding of each sparse vector in the dataset of sparse vectors, the embedding being generated with the updated encoding matrix.
US12033078B2 Sequence-of-sequences model for 3D object recognition
Systems and methods are disclosed for capturing multiple sequences of views of a three-dimensional object using a plurality of virtual cameras. The systems and methods generate aligned sequences from the multiple sequences based on an arrangement of the plurality of virtual cameras in relation to the three-dimensional object. Using a convolutional network, the systems and methods classify the three-dimensional object based on the aligned sequences and identify the three-dimensional object using the classification.
US12033074B2 Vertical federated learning with compressed embeddings
For a plurality of client computing devices of a federated learning system, obtain initial compressed embeddings, compressed by clustering, and including output of initial local models for a current minibatch, and initial cluster labels corresponding to the initial embeddings. Recreate an initial overall embedding based on the initial embeddings and the initial labels. At a server of the federated learning system, send a current version of a server model to each of the client computing devices; and obtain, from the client computing devices: updated compressed embeddings, compressed by clustering, and updated cluster labels corresponding to the updated embeddings. Based on local training by the plurality of clients with the overall embedding and the current server model, at the server, recreate an updated overall embedding based on the updated embeddings and the corresponding updated labels, and locally train the server model based on the updated overall embedding.
US12033073B2 Batch normalization layers
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for processing inputs using a neural network system that includes a batch normalization layer. One of the methods includes receiving a respective first layer output for each training example in the batch; computing a plurality of normalization statistics for the batch from the first layer outputs; normalizing each component of each first layer output using the normalization statistics to generate a respective normalized layer output for each training example in the batch; generating a respective batch normalization layer output for each of the training examples from the normalized layer outputs; and providing the batch normalization layer output as an input to the second neural network layer.
US12033071B2 Generalized operational perceptrons: new generation artificial neural networks
Certain embodiments may generally relate to various techniques for machine learning. Feed-forward, fully-connected Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs), or the so-called Multi-Layer Perceptrons (MLPs) are well-known universal approximators. However, their learning performance may vary significantly depending on the function or the solution space that they attempt to approximate for learning. This is because they are based on a loose and crude model of the biological neurons promising only a linear transformation followed by a nonlinear activation function. Therefore, while they learn very well those problems with a monotonous, relatively simple and linearly separable solution space, they may entirely fail to do so when the solution space is highly nonlinear and complex. In order to address this drawback and also to accomplish a more generalized model of biological neurons and learning systems, Generalized Operational Perceptrons (GOPs) may be formed and they may encapsulate many linear and nonlinear operators.
US12033066B2 Optical processing systems
An optical processing system comprises at least one spatial light modulator, SLM, configured to simultaneously display a first input data pattern (a) and at least one data focusing pattern which is a Fourier domain representation (B) of a second input data pattern (b), the optical processing system further comprising a detector for detecting light that has been successively optically processed by said input data patterns and focusing data patterns, thereby producing an optical convolution of the first and second input data patterns, the optical convolution for use in a neural network.
US12033064B2 Neural network weight matrix adjusting method, writing control method and related apparatus
The present disclosure provides a neural network weight matrix adjusting method, a writing control method and a related apparatus, The method comprises: judging whether a weight distribution of a neural network weight matrix is lower than a first preset threshold; if yes, multiplying all weight values in the neural network weight matrix by a first constant; if no, judging whether the weight distribution of the neural network weight matrix is higher than a second preset threshold, wherein the second preset threshold is greater than the first preset threshold; and dividing all weight values in the neural network weight matrix by a second constant, if the weight distribution of the neural network weight matrix is higher than the second preset threshold; wherein the first constant and the second constant are both greater than 1, thereby improving the operation precision.
US12033058B1 Iterative neural network training using quality assurance neural network
In some implementations initially training a first neural network includes inputting the training inputs and corresponding training labels into the first neural network to produce output labels, comparing the output labels to the corresponding training labels using a second neural network that learns and applies a comparison metric, and adjusting parameters of the first neural network based on the comparing. The device then inputs additional inputs into the first neural network to produce additional output labels and corresponding confidence values from the second neural network. The device selects, based on the confidence values, an automatically-labeled training set of data including a subset of the additional inputs and a corresponding subset of the additional output labels. During a second training stage, the device trains the first neural network and the second neural network using the automatically-labeled training set of data.
US12033053B1 System and method of determining and executing deep tensor columns in neural networks
Embodiments of the invention may execute a NN by executing sub-tensor columns, each sub-tensor column including computations from portions of a layers of the NN, and each sub-tensor column performing computations entirely within a first layer of cache (e.g. L2 in one embodiment) and saving its output entirely within a second layer of cache (e.g. L3 in one embodiment). Embodiments may include partitioning the execution of a NN by partitioning the execution of the NN into sub-tensor columns, each sub-tensor column including computations from portions of layers of the NN, each sub-tensor column performing computations entirely within a first layer of cache and saving its output entirely within a second layer of cache.
US12033050B1 Generating context specific electronic communications utilizing a neural network
This disclosure describes embodiments of systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable storage media that can utilize language neural networks to automatically generate draft electronic communications for a user account. For example, the disclosed systems leverage composition parameters of a user account (determined from historical electronic communications of the user account, digital content items corresponding to the user account, and/or other application data) with a neural network to automatically generate draft electronic communications that reflect a composition style of a user account and accurately addresses a context of a communication thread. In addition, the disclosed systems can generate electronic communications using the communication generation neural network and save the electronic communication as a draft (e.g., for review by a user of the user account) and/or automatically transmit the electronic message to a recipient user account.
US12033048B1 Anomaly detection using feedback
Techniques for performing anomaly detection are described. An exemplary method includes receiving a request to detect potential anomalies using an anomaly detection system having at least one anomaly scoring model; processing the received data using the anomaly detection system to score the data to determine when the data is potentially anomalous based on one or more thresholds; requesting feedback of at least one determined potential anomaly; receiving feedback on the least one determined potential anomaly; and adjusting at least one of one or more of thresholds used to determine potential anomalies and what is considered an anomaly without adjusting the at least one anomaly scoring model.
US12033047B2 Non-iterative federated learning
Techniques for non-iterative federated learning include receiving local models from agents, generating synthetic datasets for the local models, and producing outputs using the local models and the synthetic datasets. A global model is trained based on the synthetic datasets and the outputs.
US12033046B2 Ancestry painting
Displaying an indication of ancestral data is disclosed. An indication that a genetic interval corresponds to a reference interval that has a likelihood of having one or more ancestral origins is received. One or more graphic display parameters are determined based at least in part on the indication. An indication of the one or more ancestral origins is visually displayed using the one or more graphic display parameters.
US12033039B2 System and method for maintaining network integrity for incrementally training machine learning models at edge devices of a peer to peer network
A method and a system for maintaining network integrity for incrementally training machine learning (ML) models at edge devices is provided. The method includes registering, by a certifying node, one or more edge devices with a peer to peer network. Upon registration, an incrementally updated ML model is received from a first registered device at the certifying node. The certifying node accepts the incrementally updated ML model if a contribution of the first edge device is within a predetermined threshold, and else rejects the updated ML model if the contribution is beyond the predetermined threshold. Limiting the contribution by each edge device enables prevention of skew by any of the edge devices at the certifying node. Upon accepting the updated ML model, the certifying node certifies the updated ML model and transfers the certified ML model to one or more other edge devices in the peer to peer network.
US12033037B2 Open feature library management
In an approach for managing an open feature library, a processor collects feature metadata from a data source, the feature metadata being data related to features for training a machine learning model. A processor builds a feature pipeline for the features based on the collected feature metadata. The feature pipeline may be a set of defined and active features. A processor executes the feature pipeline including computing the features. A processor executes a machine learning model using the computed features. A processor evaluates the features and corresponding model results.
US12033036B2 Systems and methods for implementing an intelligent tuning of multiple hyperparameter criteria of a model constrained with metric thresholds
Systems and methods for tuning hyperparameters of a model include receiving a tuning request for tuning hyperparameters, the tuning request includes a first and a second objective function for the machine learning model. The first and second objective functions may output metric values that do not improve uniformly. Systems and methods additionally include defining a joint tuning function that is based on a combination of the first and second objective functions; executing a tuning operation; identifying a Pareto efficient frontier curve defined by a plurality of distinct hyperparameter values; applying metric thresholds to the Pareto efficient frontier curve; demarcating the Pareto efficient frontier curve into at least a first infeasible section and a second feasible section; searching the second feasible section of the Pareto efficient frontier curve for one or more proposed hyperparameter values; and identifying at least a first set of proposed hyperparameter values based on the search.
US12033027B2 Short path quantum procedures for solving combinatorial optimization problems
Disclosed herein are example quantum algorithms to solve certain problems (e.g., exactly) in combinatorial optimization, including weighted MAX-2-SAT as well as problems where the objective function is a weighted sum of products of Ising variables, all terms of the same degree D; this problem is called weighted MAX-ED-LIN2. In some cases, it is desirable that the optimal solution be unique for odd D and doubly degenerate for even D; however, example algorithms still work without this condition and it is shown how to reduce to the case without this assumption at the cost of an additional overhead.
US12033026B2 Devices having a turn counter and associated production methods
A device comprises a magnet and an angle sensor, wherein the angle sensor is configured to detect a rotation angle of the magnet. The device also contains a rotation counter, wherein the rotation counter is configured to record a number of rotations of the magnet. The angle sensor and the rotation counter are implemented in physically separate components.
US12033025B2 Touchless utility controller
A touchless utility controller is provided. In examples, the utility controller comprises a housing encompassing circuitry configured to receive a signal, and based on the received signal, provide an activation signal to a valve control device for a valve. The housing may comprise a face having an illuminated portion to allow for a visual indictor to illuminate the illuminated portion, wherein the face does not include any physically activated interface elements. In addition, the housing may include at least one of an outer side perimeter connected to the face or a back side, wherein at least one of the outer side perimeter or the back side defines at least one through hole for receiving a input power wiring and output transmission wires for connecting to the valve control device for the valve controlling one of gas or water.
US12033019B2 Key entry device
A key entry device including a housing, a keypad array disposed within the housing and including a plurality of keys, a key contact array disposed within the housing below the keypad array and including a plurality of contact pairs, a dome array underlying the keypad array and the key contact array and including a plurality of domes, and a protrusion array underlying the dome array and including a plurality of protrusions, whereby depression of one of the plurality of keys of the keypad array causes a corresponding one of the domes of the dome array to be displaced downwardly and to be deformed by pushing engagement with a corresponding one of the protrusions of the protrusion array into contact with at least one of the contact pairs of the key contact array.
US12033017B2 Transaction card including removable chip
Provided are approaches for removing a chip of a transaction card using a chip removal element. In some approaches, the transaction card may include a body including a first main side opposite a second main side, a chip coupled to the first main side of the body, and a chip removal element disposed between the chip and the body. A first end of the chip removal element may be positioned within a tab recess along the first main side of the body, wherein the chip removal element is operable to decouple the chip from the body when the chip removal element is moved away from the body.
US12033015B2 Wireless destructible tags
An apparatus implements wireless destructible tags. The apparatus includes a first side with multiple identifiers and a second side with an adhesive. The apparatus further includes a controller with a memory storing a code corresponding to an identifier. The apparatus further includes a proximal end with the controller, a distal end, and an antenna connected to the controller and extending between the proximal end and the distal end. The apparatus further includes a substrate extending between the proximal end and the distal end and with multiple notches to promote tearing the substrate and the antenna.
US12033011B2 Printer-verifiers and systems and methods for verifying printed indicia
A printer-verifier is provided for printing and verifying a printed indicium. Printer-verifier includes imaging module for capturing image of printed indicium on print media, memory communicatively coupled to imaging module and configured to store print quality verification program, and processor communicatively coupled to memory. Processor is configured by print quality verification program to evaluate print quality of printed indicium, determine if print quality meets print quality standard, reject printed indicium on print media as rejected printed media when print quality does not meet print quality standard, and one of output location-specific feedback about rejected printed media or send a command signal to cutting device to destroy rejected printed media. Location-specific feedback is in same language as language associated with printer-verifier. A printer and methods for verifying the printed indicium are also provided.
US12033010B2 Systems and methods for embedding service meshes into applications
In one embodiment, a method includes generating an application stack. The application stack includes an application logic module. The method also includes embedding a service mesh module into the application stack. The method further includes managing, by the service mesh module, security of a network packet while maintaining separation of memory regions between the application logic module and the service mesh module.
US12033007B2 Enforcing application programming interface limits in a document management system
A document management system processes application programming interface (API) requests received from entities. The document management system processes the API requests to perform operations such as modifying a document, executing a document, or sending a set of documents to another entity. The document management system enforces API limits on API requests received from entities and processed by the document management system. The document management system allows an entity to request a modification to an API limit to a target API limit and determines whether to approve the requested modification. The document management system determines whether to approve the requested API limits based on a comparison with other entities that are similar to the entity based on past API requests received from the other entities.
US12033005B2 Disaggregated computing for distributed confidential computing environment
An apparatus to facilitate disaggregated computing for a distributed confidential computing environment is disclosed. The apparatus includes a programmable integrated circuit (IC) comprising secure device manager (SDM) hardware circuitry to: receive a tenant bitstream of a tenant and a tenant use policy for utilization of the programmable IC via the tenant bitstream, wherein the tenant use policy is cryptographically bound to the tenant bitstream by a cloud service provider (CSP) authorizing entity and signed with a signature of the CSP authorizing entity; in response to successfully verifying the signature, extract the tenant use policy to provide to a policy manager of the programmable IC for verification; in response to the policy manager verifying the tenant bitstream based on the tenant use policy, configure a partial reconfiguration (PR) region of the programmable IC using the tenant bitstream; and associate a slot ID of the PR region with the tenant use policy.
US12033004B2 Dynamically provisioning computing pods in a computing resource cluster based on a resource request from a storage manager of an information management system
An information management system includes a storage manager for managing backup and/or restore operations for one or more client computing devices. The storage manager may be in communication with a resource administrator of a computing resource cluster, wherein the resource administrator instantiates one or more computing pods using the computing resource cluster. The resource administrator may receive a request for computing resources from the storage manager and provision the computing pods based on the request. The resource administrator may then select a pre-configured container image from one or more pre-configured container images based on the computing resource request, wherein the pre-configured container image configures a computing pod to create secondary copies of primary data from a particular primary data source of the information management system. The resource administrator may then communicate a message to the storage manager informing the storage of the availability of the provisioned computing pods.
US12033002B2 Systems and methods for optimized execution of program operations on cloud-based services
Disclosed herein are systems and method efficiently executing a program operation on a cloud-based service. In an exemplary aspect, a method comprises receiving a request to perform a program operation on a cloud-based service and at least one user constraint for performing the program operation, and determining a plurality of sub-operations that are comprised in the program operation. The method comprises identifying a plurality of service component combinations offered by the service provider that can execute the program operation, and identifying, based on a status of each service component, at least one processing constraint of each service component. The method comprises determining, by a machine learning algorithm, a service component combination from the plurality of service component combinations for executing the program operation based on the at least one user constraint and processing constraints. The method comprises executing the program operation by the determined service component combination.
US12033001B2 Optimizing machine learning as-a-service performance for cellular communication systems
Example implementations described herein involve systems and methods to select machine learning models that will be executed in a cellular Mobile Edge Computing for cellular enabled applications. In contrast to related art implementations, the example implementations described herein considers different data fidelities of received data due to the cellular wireless channel and also performs service resource allocation accordingly.
US12033000B2 Automated device selection and provisioning for distributed computing workloads
In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a communication interface to communicate over a network, and a processor. The processor is to: receive a workload provisioning request from a user, wherein the workload provisioning request comprises information associated with a workload, a network topology, and a plurality of potential hardware choices for deploying the workload over the network topology; receive hardware performance information for the plurality of potential hardware choices from one or more hardware providers; generate a task dependency graph associated with the workload; generate a device connectivity graph associated with the network topology; select, based on the task dependency graph and the device connectivity graph, one or more hardware choices from the plurality of potential hardware choices; and provision a plurality of resources for deploying the workload over the network topology, wherein the plurality of resources are provisioned based on the one or more hardware choices.
US12032999B2 System for intelligent allocation of a resource into an auxiliary tangible source retainer
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for intelligent allocation of a resource into an auxiliary tangible source retainer. The present invention may be configured to determine a difference between a transferred amount of resources provided to an entity by a user and a total amount of a resource distribution, where the difference includes a primary amount of resources corresponding to primary tangible resources and a secondary amount of resources corresponding to secondary tangible resources. The present invention may be further configured to determine, based on a machine-readable code on an auxiliary tangible resource provided by the user, an auxiliary tangible source retainer associated with the auxiliary tangible resource and allocate, from a source retainer associated with the entity, the secondary amount of resources to the auxiliary tangible source retainer associated with the auxiliary tangible resource.
US12032998B2 Resource synchronization method, electronic device and storage medium preliminary class
Provided are a resource synchronization method, an electronic device and a storage medium. The method includes: in response to listening to a resource change event, adding a target resource to a preset cache region; determining at least two target edge clusters from edge clusters establishing a connection with a cloud according to deployment information carried by the target resource; and pushing the target resource in the cache region to the at least two target edge clusters for deployment.
US12032996B2 Processing device and method for managing tasks thereof
A neural processing device and a method for managing tasks thereof are provided. The neural processing device includes a neural core configured to perform a task and generate a completion signal for completion of the task, a core global configured to transfer task information for the task to the neural core and receive the completion signal of the task from the neural core, and a task manager configured to generate and transmit the task information to the core global, receive the completion signal from the core global, generate a completion report, and transmit the completion report.
US12032992B2 Methods and systems for performing tasks based on a global model
An embodiment takes the form of a method carried out by a task-execution device. The task-execution device applies a first local-model update to a local model of the task-execution device. The first local-model update is applied based on a first global-model update to a global model of a global-model repository. The task-execution device generates an execution policy based on (i) a received task request identifying a requested task and (ii) the local model including the first local-model update. The task-execution device executes a performance of the requested task based on the generated execution policy, and obtains an observation of the performance of the requested task. Additionally, the task-execution device applies a second local-model update to the local model based on the obtained observation of the performance of the requested task, and provides the global-model repository with an indication of the second local-model update.
US12032991B2 Continuous liveness and integrity of applications during migration
Managing application migration is provided. An API server on a controller node is invoked to update a configuration map of a reverse proxy on a worker node for the reverse proxy to route user service requests corresponding to unmigrated applications of a set of applications from a first computing platform to a second computing platform to maintain liveness of the unmigrated applications during migration. The API server is invoked to build an image for an application of the set of applications based on source code of the application obtained from the second computing platform. The API server is invoked to generate a pod on the worker node to perform a workload of the application using the image. The API server is invoked to update a service on the worker node to select the pod on the worker node performing the workload of the application.
US12032990B2 Electronic device which prefetches application and method therefor
In certain embodiments, an electronic device comprises a display; a first memory; a second memory storing a plurality of applications; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: switch a screen displayed on the display from a first screen to a second screen, wherein the second screen includes a plurality of objects respectively indicating the plurality of applications; identify applications which are not running among the plurality of applications, in response to the switching to the second screen; and load data of at least one application from the second memory to the first memory, based on a predetermined criteria, before receiving an input selecting the at least one application.
US12032986B2 Automated training environment selection
A time series forecasting system is disclosed that receives a forecast request identifying a forecast to be made for a future time point and a time series dataset to be used for making the requested forecast. The system selects a model to be used for making the requested forecast and determines a set of one or more attributes of the time series dataset. Based on the set of attributes, the system selects a compute instance either from a shared node pool or a dedicated instance having a shape to be used for training the selected model and generating a forecast. The system then generates a forecast result for the future time point using the trained model and provides the forecast result as a response to the forecast request.
US12032985B2 Managed virtual machines
Examples of enterprise management using managed virtual machines are described. Virtual machine files can be extracted from a virtual machine package and stored on a host device. The virtual machine files can include a managed virtual machine configuration file, an NVRAM file, and a virtual disk file, as well as other files. A digital signature of the managed virtual machine package can be verified. The digital signature can be based on the managed virtual machine configuration file, the NVRAM file, and a virtual disk file. The managed virtual machine can be added to a virtual machine inventory of the host desktop hypervisor and executed.
US12032977B2 Container-first architecture
In one embodiment, a computing device comprises memory circuitry and processing circuitry. The memory circuitry is to store a plurality of container images, comprising: a first container image comprising a first set of applications; and a second container image comprising a virtual machine, a guest operating system, and a second set of applications. The processing circuitry is to: instantiate a plurality of containers on a host operating system, wherein the plurality of containers comprises a first container and a second container; execute the first set of applications in the first container, wherein the first set of applications is to be executed on the host operating system; and execute the virtual machine in the second container, wherein the guest operating system is to be executed on the virtual machine and the second set of applications is to be executed on the guest operating system.
US12032973B1 Methods and apparatus for configuring wearable devices
A method includes providing with a first wearable smart device, a plurality of identification signals associated with a first user, receiving with a second wearable smart device, the plurality of identification signals, determining with a processor of the second wearable smart device, configuration data for the second wearable smart device in response to the plurality of identification signals, configuring with the processor, the second wearable smart device in response to the configuration data, receiving with an input portion of the second wearable smart device a user input, and directing with the processor, performance of a tangible action in response to the configuration data and to the user input.
US12032972B2 Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to improve performance of a compute device by detecting a scene change
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to improve performance of a compute device by detecting a scene change. An example apparatus includes scene change detection circuitry and interrupt circuitry. The example scene change detection circuitry is to determine a first score value for a first metric of similarity between a first image of a field of view (FOV) of an image sensor and a second image of the FOV, determine a second score value for a second metric of similarity between the first image and the second image, and compute a composite score value based on the first score value and the second score value. The example interrupt circuitry is to generate an interrupt to processor circuitry of the compute device to cause the processor circuitry to adjust a computation condition of the compute device based on the composite score.
US12032970B2 Reducing the startup latency of functions in a FaaS infrastructure
Techniques for reducing the startup latency of functions in a Functions-as-a-Service (FaaS) infrastructure are provided. In one set of embodiments, a function manager of the FaaS infrastructure can receive a request to invoke a function uploaded to the infrastructure and can retrieve information associated with the function. The retrieved information can include an indicator of whether instances of the function may be sticky (i.e., kept in host system primary memory after function execution is complete), and a list of zero or more host systems in the FaaS infrastructure that currently have an unused sticky instance of the function in their respective primary memories. If the indicator indicates that instances of the function may be sticky and if the list identifies at least one host system with an unused sticky instance of the function in its primary memory, the function manager can select the at least one host system for executing the function.
US12032969B2 Management controller as bios
An information handling system may include a host system comprising a host basic input/output system (BIOS); a management controller configured to provide out-of-band management of the information handling system; and an information handling resource including a plurality of components. The management controller may be configured to: query the information handling resource for information regarding capabilities that are supported by individual ones of the components; and provide an application programming interface (API) configured to allow access to the capabilities.
US12032968B2 Method and system for creating server cluster on edge location
A method includes automatically configuring a cluster using pre-defined templates of one or more servers positioned in an edge location. The method also includes creating a plurality of configuration profile templates. The method also includes obtaining one or more parameter values. The method also includes defining a plurality of parameters in each of the plurality of configuration profile templates based upon the one or more parameter values obtained. The method also includes creating a master template based on the plurality of configuration profile templates. The method also includes storing the master template in a repository. The method also includes automatically creating a planned inventory file based on the master template. The method also includes configuring the cluster of the one or more servers based on the planned inventory.
US12032966B2 Reducing overhead in processor array searching
A processor with instruction storage configured to store processor instructions, data storage configured to store processor data representing an array, the array including plural data elements, a controller, and an instruction pipeline. The instruction pipeline includes: a load stage circuit configured to load an array element from the data storage, a compare stage circuit configured to compare the array element to a reference value, a store stage circuit configured to store a set of results that includes a result of the comparison of the array element to the reference value, and a loop hit detect stage circuit configured to determine whether any of the set of results is associated with a hit on the reference value.
US12032959B2 Non-volatile memory die with latch-based multiply-accumulate components
Latch-based multiply-accumulate (MAC) operations implemented on the die of a non-volatile memory (NVM) array are disclosed. The exemplary latch-based MAC procedures described herein are linear procedures that do not require logic branches. In one example, the MAC operation uses a set of linear MAC stages, wherein each linear stage processes MAC operations corresponding to one bit of a first multi-bit multiplicand being multiplied against a second multi-bit multiplicand. Examples are provided wherein the MAC procedures are performed as part of a neural network feedforward procedure where the first multiplicand is a synaptic weight and the second multiplicand is an activation value. Multiple plane and multiple die NVM array implementations are also described for massive parallel processing.
US12032958B2 Image forming device and program
An image forming device to which an external device is detachably attached, including an interface that is able to attach to the external device, a storage that stores multi-tier architecture software, and a computer that executes the multi-tier architecture software. The multi-tier architecture software includes a lower layer that includes an operating system that manages the external device, an upper layer that includes an application program that accesses the external device via the lower layer, and an intervening abstraction layer that hides implementation of the lower layer from the upper layer. The upper layer includes an access control program that is able to save path information to access the external device to the storage, and relays access from the application program to the external device by accessing the lower layer without going through the abstraction layer and accessing the external device using the path information.
US12032956B2 Techniques to deploy an application as a cloud computing service
Techniques are described to automate deployment of an application as a cloud computing service. Such deployment may be accomplished on any underlying host infrastructure. As mentioned above, a typical application may engage in a number of build and deployment processes in order to run on a host computer with an infrastructure type. The techniques described herein may leverage an artificial intelligence computation library to identify which build and deployment processes are required by the application. Once identified, the user may select a host infrastructure type and create a container package with a runtime machine and components configure to run these build and deployment processes for that host infrastructure type. The container package may be used to generate an image from which the host computer can run the application as the cloud computing service. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US12032955B2 Development-time configuration change recommendation using deployment templates
Techniques are described herein that are capable of providing a development-time configuration change recommendation using deployment templates. During development of a software program, a proposed configuration of the software program is identified. A reference configuration defined by a reference template is determined based on a similarity between the proposed configuration and the reference configuration. A determination is made that the proposed configuration has an attribute having a first value corresponding to a first cost. A determination is made that the reference configuration has the attribute having a second value corresponding to a second cost. During the development of the software program, an action is performed, including causing a recommendation to be provided via a user interface, based at least on the second cost being less than the first cost. The recommendation recommends changing the attribute of the proposed configuration to have the second value in lieu of the first value.
US12032954B2 Issue tracking system
An issue tracking system (ITS) is disclosed. The ITS comprises a user interface configured to receive user input defining one or more issues and an interface module configured to interface with a source code management system (SCM) and receive from the SCM, data pertaining to linked SCM-repository events. The received data is processed to generate an order for the SCM-repository events to which the issue is linked. A display module is configured to concurrently display a plurality of issues, each issue being displayed with issue information and issues having linked SCM-repository events being displayed with linked SCM-repository event information, said linked SCM-repository event information being displayed according to the generated order.
US12032952B2 Service upgrade method, apparatus, and system
A method includes adding, by a first apparatus, a first node to the first apparatus, where the first apparatus is configured to store and manage service-related data, and where the first node is configured to perform a grayscale upgrade on a first service; configuring, by the first apparatus, a grayscale rule; identifying, by the first apparatus and according to the grayscale rule, a grayscale user to test the first service; sending, by the first apparatus to a second apparatus, the grayscale rule, wherein the second apparatus is a front-end apparatus of the first apparatus; and performing, by the first node, the grayscale upgrade on the first service of the grayscale user.
US12032940B2 Multi-platform application integration and data synchronization
Systems, devices, computer-implemented methods, and tangible non-transitory computer readable media for providing multi-platform application integration and data synchronization with third-party applications. For example, a computer-implemented method performed by a computing device may include obtaining third-party application data associated with a third-party application that is separate from a computing system that comprises organizational data of an organization, analyzing the third-party application data based on one or more rules associated with the computing system and integration information for integrating the third-party application with the organizational data of the organization, processing the third-party application data based on the integration information associated with the third-party application, and performing one or more operations associated with the organizational data based on processing the third-party application data.
US12032937B2 Programming support program for preventing work efficiency from lowering as a result of conversion
A programming support program causes an electronic computer to execute: a first conversion step of converting a first program described in a ladder language into a second program described in an intermediate language; a second conversion step of converting the second program into a third program described in a procedural language; a circuit display component generation step of, when a result of analysis of each block of the second program satisfies a predetermined condition, generating a circuit display component representing a content of a block satisfying the condition; and a display step of displaying the third program and the circuit display component in a format enabling recognition of correspondence between the circuit display component and a block of the third program.
US12032931B2 Compiling method and apparatus for neural networks
Disclosed are compiling methods and apparatuses, where a compiling method includes receiving a single-core-based code and input data for an operation to be performed based on the single-core-based code, generating kernel clusters by performing graph clustering based on one or more operation kernels in the single-core-based code and the input data, and generating a multi-core-based code based on the kernel clusters.
US12032930B2 Method, system and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for generating description code of user interface
This disclosure discloses a method and a system for generating a description code of a user interface, and the method includes the steps of displaying a programmable user interface having a first object and a second object; grouping the first object and the second object to form a grouping block; cutting the grouping block into a first sub-block and a second sub-block; setting a first interval between the first object and the second object as having a first display attribute or a second display attribute; displaying a first attribute element; detecting whether the first attribute element is selected; when the first attribute element is detected as selected, switching the first interval between having the first display attribute and having the second display attribute; and generating a first description code corresponding to the first object and the second object according to the first display attribute or the second display attribute.
US12032921B2 Controllable reading guides and natural language generation
Disclosed embodiments include a computer readable medium that may include instructions that when executed by one or more processing devices cause the one or more processing devices to perform a method. The method may include: identifying at least one reviewer-generated comment in an electronic document; based on analysis of the at least one reviewer-generated comment, generating one or more text output options each responsive to at least one aspect of the reviewer-generated comment; causing the one or more text output options to be displayed to a user; receiving an input from the user indicative of a selection of one of the one or more text output options; and automatically revising text implicated by the reviewer-generated comment in accordance with the selected one of the one or more text options.
US12032919B1 Post-calibration of large language model confidence scoring via combined techniques
Examples provide a large language model confidence scoring post-calibration based on a combination of temperature scaling, softmax denominator top-k probabilities selection, and polynomial regression. A secure machine learning system receives results generated by a machine learning (ML) model, the results including at least one confidence score. The secure ML system identifies at least one challenge in accuracy of the results generated by the ML model configured to perform document processing and understanding. The secure machine learning system implements confidence scoring recalibration to address at least one challenge, the confidence scoring recalibration including functionality to assess reliability of the results generated by the ML model, and applies post-processing calibration to the at least one confidence score generated by the confidence scoring recalibration to enhance performance of the ML model, the post-processing calibration including adjusting the at least one confidence score generated by the confidence scoring recalibration.
US12032918B1 Agent based methods for discovering and documenting user expectations
Techniques are described herein for using artificial intelligence to select, curate, normalize, enrich, and synthesize the results of user experience (UX) tests. In some embodiments, a system identifies a set of unstructured textual elements associated with one or more UX tests. The system may configure agents using generative language model services, including a reviewing agent that reviews and edit outputs of a machine learning classification model applied to the unstructured textual elements and/or a curating agent that selects unstructured textual elements to represent themes within the user experience test classified using the machine learning classification model. The outputs may be used to enhance the scalability, function, and efficiency of applications directed at improving product designs.
US12032916B2 Structure self-aware model for discourse parsing on multi-party dialogues
A method, computer program, and computer system is provided for parsing multi-party dialogue. Dialogue data having one or more elementary discourse units is received. A local representation and a global representation are determined for each of the elementary discourse units based on performing a pairwise comparison on the elementary discourse units. Relationships between the elementary discourse units are identified based on the determined local and global representations. A contextual link is predicted between non-adjacent elementary discourse units based on the identified relationships.
US12032915B2 Creating and interacting with data records having semantic vectors and natural language expressions produced by a machine-trained model
A computer-implemented technique uses a machine-trained model to convert input information provided by a user into a natural language expression and a semantic vector. The semantic vector provides a distributed representation of the natural language expression. The technique then uses the generated semantic vector to find a target data record having a target semantic vector that is within a prescribed distance to the generated semantic vector. The technique then outputs at least a target natural language expression that is associated with the target data record. The target data record is produced in an offline process that converts one or more attribute values in an existing structured data record into the target semantic vector and the target natural language expression. Also described herein is a technique for training the machine-trained model and for updating existing collections of data records using the machine-trained model.
US12032911B2 Systems and methods for structured phrase embedding and use thereof
A system and method for training and using a text embedding model may include creating structured phrases from an input text; creating turn input samples from the input text, each turn input sample based on only or consisting of input from a single turn within the text and being formed by removing structure from structured phrases; and training an embedding model using the structured phrases and turn input samples. Call input samples may be created based on input from more than one turn within the text. At each level of resolution (e.g. phrase, speaker, call), a different level of resolution may be used to create input samples. At inference an embedding may be based on a weighted combination of the sub-terms within an input phrase, each weight being based on an inverse document frequency measure for the sub-term associated with the weight.
US12032910B2 Joint intent and entity recognition using transformer models
Systems described herein may use transformer-based machine classifiers to perform a variety of natural language understanding tasks including, but not limited to sentence classification, named entity recognition, sentence similarity, and question answering. The exceptional performance of transformer-based language models is due to their ability to capture long-term temporal dependencies in input sequences. Machine classifiers may be trained using training data sets for multiple tasks, such as but not limited to sentence classification tasks and sequence labeling tasks. Loss masking may be employed in the machine classifier to jointly train the machine classifier on multiple tasks simultaneously. The user of transformer encoders in the machine classifiers, which treat each output sequence independently of other output sequences, in accordance with aspects of the invention do not require joint labeling to model tasks.
US12032909B2 Perceptual associative memory for a neuro-linguistic behavior recognition system
Techniques are disclosed for generating a syntax for a neuro-linguistic model of input data obtained from one or more sources. A stream of words of a dictionary built from a sequence of symbols are received. The symbols are generated from an ordered stream of normalized vectors generated from input data. Statistics for combinations of words co-occurring in the stream are evaluated. The statistics includes a frequency upon which the combinations of words co-occur. A model of combinations of words based on the evaluated statistics is updated. The model identifies statistically relevant words. A connected graph is generated. Each node in the connected graph represents one of the words in the stream. Edges connecting the nodes represent a probabilistic relationship between words in the stream. Phrases are identified based on the connected graph.
US12032906B2 Method, apparatus and device for quality control and storage medium
A method, apparatus and device for quality control and storage media relate to the field of artificial intelligence technology, particularly to the field of natural language understanding and knowledge graphs, which may be applied in the medical field. The method includes: acquiring text information to be detected and domain of the text information; acquiring preset questions and machine reading comprehension model according to the domain; inputting the questions and the text information into the machine reading comprehension model to obtain extracted answers; outputting quality control information in response to the answers being not empty.
US12032904B2 Method and apparatus for generating statement
A method implemented in an electronic device is provided. The method includes determining at least one update of content of at least one application, wherein the at least one update is associated with an activity related to the content accessed by a user, generating at least one statement corresponding to the at least one update of the content of the at least one application in accordance with the activity related to the content.
US12032901B1 Enabling secure auto-filling of information
A system is disclosed in which an infrastructure device analyzes a source code associated with a known network element to determine a characteristic associated with a field portion that is configured to accept a known type of input information; determines a correlation between the characteristic and the known type of input information; calculates a training signature to classify the field portion; trains an ML model based on the training signature; and transmits a trained ML model to a user device. The user device analyzes an observed source code associated with an observed network element to determine an observed characteristic associated with an observed field portion that is configured to accept a given type of input information; calculates an observed signature; utilizes the trained ML model to determine the given type of input information; and auto-fills, in the observed field portion, input information according to the given type of input information.
US12032899B1 Revision content summarizing apparatus, image forming system, and revision content summarizing method
Provided is a revision content summarizing apparatus that can summarize revision content without knowing the chapter structure (composition). A document revision acquisition unit acquires pre-revision document data, post-revision document data, and detailed information having format of revision part. A relationship acquisition unit acquires relationship information between a reviewee, who is a user making the revision, and a reviewer, who is a user reviewing the revised content. A summary generation unit generates summary data from the post-revision document data, the pre-revision document data, and the detailed information acquired by the document revision acquisition unit with the relationship information acquired by the relationship acquisition unit. The summary generation unit determines the number of summary characters from the relationship distance between the reviewee and the reviewer in the relationship information.
US12032898B2 System and method for document analysis of a design document having design elements
A computer implemented method includes displaying a design creation user interface operable by a user to create or edit a design document comprising a plurality of design elements. Data identifying each of the plurality of design elements and data identifying attributes of the plurality of design elements is maintained. A processor determines, based on the attributes, that at least one rule with an associated diagnostic is invoked and indicia is displayed corresponding to the diagnostic associated with the at least one rule.
US12032891B2 Semiconductor system and operation method thereof
The invention provides an operation method of a semiconductor system, which includes providing a system which includes a layout pattern to scanning electron microscope (SEM) pattern prediction model (LS model) and a novelty detection model (ND model), inputting a layout pattern to the ND model, and the ND model judges whether the layout pattern is a novel layout pattern, and if the layout pattern is confirmed as the novel layout pattern after judgment, performing a process step on the novel layout pattern to form an SEM (scanning electron microscope) pattern.
US12032888B2 Batched quantum circuits simulation on a graphics processing unit
Systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products to facilitate batched quantum circuits simulation on a graphics processing unit are provided. According to an embodiment, a system can comprise a first processor that executes computer executable components stored in memory. The computer executable components can comprise a generalization component that generates a first defined matrix representation of a qubit gate and that employs a control mask to generate a second defined matrix representation of a multi-qubit gate. The computer executable components can further comprise an execution component that executes a kernel overhead operation using the first defined matrix representation and the second defined matrix representation to generate a batched kernel.
US12032887B2 In-graph causality ranking for faults in the design of integrated circuits
In some aspects, a graph is used to assist users in cause analysis of faults. The graph represents signal flow through a design of an integrated circuit The graph includes graph elements, such as nodes and edges. The nodes may represent cells and nets in the circuit design, and the edges may represent signal flow between the cells and nets. A propagation model for the propagation of faults through the graph is constructed. The propagation model includes local propagation models for the propagation of faults through the graph elements. Propagation of a known fault backward through the graph is modeled using the propagation model. This results in a causality ranking of the graph elements as possible causes of the known fault. Information indicative of the causality ranking is displayed in a user interface that shows the design of the integrated circuit.
US12032886B2 Verifying a hardware design for a multi-stage component
Methods and systems for verifying a hardware design for a multi-stage component configured to receive input data and generate output data by processing the input data at each of a plurality of successive stages wherein each stage is independently enabled is stall independent. For each stage from the second stage to the last stage: a relevant portion of the output data of an instantiation of the hardware design is verified as the same if the instantiation is in the same state when that stage is enabled in a cycle by any set of inputs and any subsequent stages are enabled in subsequent cycles by a first minimal sequence of inputs. The relevant portion of the output data of the hardware design is verified as the same if the instantiation is in the same state (i) when that stage is enabled in a cycle and any subsequent stages are enabled in subsequent cycles by a second minimal sequence of inputs and (ii) when that stage is stalled, then that stage is enabled in the next cycle and the subsequent stages are enabled in subsequent cycles by the second minimal sequence of inputs.
US12032885B2 Material-based subdomain hybrid cellular automata algorithm for material optimization of thin-walled frame structures
The present invention provides a material-based subdomain hybrid cellular automata algorithm for solving material optimization of thin-walled frame structures, including an outer loop and an inner loop: the outer loop is to define and update the target cost for the inner loop; the inner loop is to adjust material using a PID control strategy according to the nominal flow stress of a current cell and the nominal flow stress of candidate materials, so that a current cost of the inner loop converges to the target cost. During the execution of the inner loop, the cellular material update rule based on the PID control strategy is employed to update cellular material, to define the candidate material library and the nominal flow stress, to update the nominal flow stress of current cell, to compare the nominal flow stress with the actual flow stress of each material in the candidate material library, to select the candidate material closest to the nominal flow stress as the selected material grade for the current cell and to replace the material parameters of the current cell with the mechanical parameters of the selected material. The present invention can efficiently solve nonlinear the dynamic response optimization problems containing a large number of material variables, significantly improving the robustness of the algorithm.
US12032882B1 Spectrum usage databases for cognitive radio
Access to data representations of relatively dynamic actual usage and patterns of spectrum usage across channels, geographies (locations), and times can be advantageous in planning for resource utilization, and in structuring pricing for spectrum resources. Actual usage of spectrum resources can vary dynamically. Significant opportunities to advantageously utilize spectrum resources can be identified from relatively dynamic representations of actual usage.
US12032881B2 Photovoltaic and optoelectronic devices based on photon confinement effect
A photon confinement theoretical model is proposed, and a solar cell structure model is designed based on the theoretical model, thereby providing a photonically-confined solar cell and optoelectronic device to effectively reduce the probability of photons escaping from the cell. The theoretical model is established by the following steps: obtaining a relationship between a photocurrent density and an incident photon energy; obtaining a relationship between a radiative recombination photocurrent density and the incident photon energy; determining a relationship between the radiative recombination photocurrent density and a total recombination photocurrent density; obtaining a relationship between the photocurrent density generated by the standard spectral irradiance, the total recombination photocurrent density and an external current density of the solar cell; obtaining an output open-circuit voltage of the cell; obtaining an output short-circuit current density of the cell; obtaining a fill factor (FF); and obtaining a maximum power conversion efficiency (PCE).
US12032875B2 Methods of presenting as built data relative to an agent position in an augmented virtual model
Methods for presenting an augmented virtual model of a physical building. A headgear on an Agent is used to scan a physical building and capture aspects of the building at respective locations. The aspects are stored a As Built Data. A portion of the As Built Data is associated with a location in the physical building. A user interface includes a representation of an agent position and presents the portion of the As Built Data in a position relative to the agent location.
US12032873B2 Registration apparatus, registration method, and non-transitory storage medium
The invention addresses the problem of improving labor of a registration operation of a product and enabling a checkout operator to recognize a recognition result. In order to solve the problem, the invention provides a registration apparatus (10) including: an image acquisition unit (11) that acquires an image obtained by imaging a placement surface of a table, on which a product is placed; an analysis unit (12) that recognizes the product included in the image, a registration unit (14) that registers the recognized product as a checkout target, and an output unit (13) that outputs a name of the recognized product by voice.
US12032871B2 Audio routing determination for speaker devices
When a speaker device is within communication range of an electronic device, various rules are used to determine whether to connect to or route audio data to the speaker device. For example, the electronic device may prompt the user to choose whether to connect to a wireless speaker device. In situations in which the user rejects connecting to the wireless speaker device, subsequent attempts by the speaker device to connect to the electronic device are also rejected or ignored without further prompting the user, or the wireless speaker device may be connected to the electronic device but audio data not routed to the wireless speaker device. By way of another example, the electronic device may determine whether to route audio data to a wireless speaker device based on signal strength and link quality metrics for wireless communication between the electronic device and one or more wireless speaker devices.
US12032869B2 Resolving time-delays using generative models
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating audio output samples predicted to be communicated by a user. One example system includes a first user device having a first user. The first user device initiates a communication session between the first user and a second user of a second user device. The first user device obtains a neural network model of the second user. The neural network model is trained to generate, conditioned on audio input samples received up to a current time step, an audio output sample predicted to be communicated by the second user at a next time step. The user device repeatedly provides received audio input samples as input to the neural network model and plays audio output samples generated by the neural network model in place of received audio input samples communicated by the second user.
US12032868B2 Multiple video stream generation based on different pixel sets within an initial video stream
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media related to multi-stream video encoding for screen sharing a communications session. The system may determine an active pixel area and a remaining pixel area of a video region. of a video region. A first video stream of the active pixel area is generated at a first frame rate. A second video stream of the remaining pixel area is generated at second frame rate, where the second frame rate is a frame rate lower than the first frame rate. A client device may transmit the first video stream and the second video stream to a second client device.
US12032863B2 Creation of component templates and removal of dead content therefrom
In one example of the disclosure, a set of electronic document templates is accessed and instances of duplicated document content are identified. Display of a user notice for first duplicated document content is caused. Responsive to receipt of data indicative of a user instruction to create a component template for the first duplicated content, the component template is created and stored.
US12032850B2 Memory controller performing booting operation and method of operating the same
A memory controller includes a buffer, a prefetch controller, and a boot controller. The buffer stores workload information including a history of an expected I/O request expected to be received from a host during booting operation. The prefetch controller is configured to, before a target I/O request is received from the host after start of booting, read expected data corresponding to the expected I/O request from memory devices based on workload information, and store the expected data in the buffer. The boot controller updates the workload information based on the target I/O request depending on whether target data corresponding to the target I/O request is included in the expected data, and stores updated workload information in an area in which data is readable with a minimum number of accesses from a plurality of the memory devices.
US12032845B2 Memory controller partitioning for hybrid memory system
A compute system includes an execution unit (e.g. of a CPU) with a memory controller providing access to a hybrid physical memory. The physical memory is “hybrid” in that it combines a cache of relatively fast, durable, and expensive memory (e.g. DRAM) with a larger amount of relatively slow, wear-sensitive, and inexpensive memory (e.g. flash). A hybrid controller component services memory commands from the memory controller component and additionally manages cache fetch and evict operations that keep the cache populated with instructions and data that have a high degree of locality of reference. The memory controller alerts the hybrid controller of available access slots to the cache so that the hybrid controller can use the available access slots for cache fetch and evict operations with minimal interference to the memory controller.
US12032839B2 Hierarchical power management of memory for artificial reality systems
The disclosure describes techniques for hierarchical power management of memory of an artificial reality system to reduce power consumption by the memory. An example device may be a peripheral device configured to generate artificial reality content for display or a head-mounted display unit (HMD) configured to output artificial reality content for display. The device includes memory divided into multiple memory blocks configurable to operate in a plurality of power modes. The device also includes memory block controllers controlling memory blocks. Each memory block controller controls which power mode in which the corresponding memory block is to operate, independent of any of the other memory blocks. The device includes a memory power controller configured to configure control registers of the memory block controllers to direct the memory block controllers to select one of the plurality of power modes for the memory blocks when the memory blocks are not being accessed.
US12032821B2 Method and apparatus for providing tactile message
The present invention relates to a tactile message providing method and a tactile message providing device. The tactile message providing method in a mobile device includes driving a tactile message program in a first mobile device, receiving a tactile pattern in the first mobile device, converting the tactile pattern into a tactile signal, and transmitting the tactile signal to a second mobile device. The tactile message program includes a tactile switch icon, and the tactile switch icon switches a text input window to a tactile pattern input window and the tactile pattern input window receives the tactile pattern to generate a digital signal.
US12032820B2 Fast data copying method and electronic device
Embodiments of this application provide a data processing method and an electronic device. The method may be implemented on an electronic device having a touchscreen, and may specifically include: displaying a graphical user interface of a first application on the touchscreen, where the graphical user interface includes a text; detecting, by the electronic device, a touch event that a user touches and holds a fingerprint button; enabling, by the electronic device, a fast copying function in response to the event; detecting, by the electronic device, a slide gesture for some data in the text; and in response to the slide gesture, storing, in a clipboard by the electronic device, the some data corresponding to the slide gesture. According to the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of this application, efficiency of the electronic device is improved, user operations are reduced, and user experience is improved.
US12032819B2 Electronic device for performing function matched with graphic affordance and operating method of electronic device
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes: a touch display; and a processor configured to: control the touch display to display a first graphic affordance; control the display to replace, based on an input indicating the first graphic affordance, display of the first graphic affordance with a second graphic affordance; control the display to deform the second graphic affordance according to an action of a user while the input is maintained; and execute a function matched to the first graphic affordance based on a moving distance of the input and whether the input is maintained.
US12032817B2 Vehicle user interface
A vehicle autonomous drive system including a steering wheel, a sensor operable to identify each gesture component within a set of gesture components performed on the steering wheel by a driver of the vehicle, the set of gesture components including thumb-tap, thumb touch-and-hold, thumb-glide, hand-grab and hand-tap, a processor for an autonomous drive system in the vehicle, receiving from the sensor, a series of time-stamped, contact coordinates for the gesture components identified by the sensor, and a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to construct compound gestures based on the series of time-stamped, contact coordinates, and to activate features of the autonomous drive system in response to the compound gestures.
US12032815B2 Slidable electronic device and control method therefor
An electronic device includes a housing; a flexible display at least partially exposed to an outside through the housing; and at least one processor operatively connected to the flexible display, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: based on receiving a first user input on the flexible display for a sliding operation to expose a second part including at least part of a first part of the flexible display to the outside in a state in which the first part of the flexible display is exposed to the outside, identify an edge area of the flexible display to be slid, control the flexible display to display an indicator in at least part of an area of the first part of the flexible display corresponding to the edge area of the flexible display, and expose the second part to the outside by sliding at least part of the flexible display including the edge area after the indicator is displayed.
US12032810B1 Media generating system and method
A media generation system and method are provided. The system has a media generation computer that has a store that contains a marked-up script with a scene having a plurality of shots that each has a plurality of splitscenes and a computing device that uses a streaming protocol and receives a rendered sceneplay from the media generation computer. The media generation computer automatically directs actors with stage and blocking directions to generate recorded splitscenes and automatically edits and combines the recorded splitscenes.
US12032806B2 N-column explorer
The present disclosure involves system, methods, and media for displaying and exploring software object relationships in an interactive manner. In general, complex structures can have relationships between objects, such as parent/child relationships, general associations, and dependencies. Additionally, some objects may have multiple dependencies. For example, an object representing “low battery” may be a child object for both a screen failure object and a GPS failure object. The n-column explorer allows for exploring relationships between objects of arbitrary categories and in hierarchies of arbitrary depth, without the need to duplicate objects. For example, the “low battery” object need not be duplicated for both the GPS failure and the screen failure.
US12032801B2 Adjusting cursor speed
Adjusting a cursor speed may include a sensor with at least one capacitance sense electrode, a controller in communication with the sensor, memory in communication with the controller, and programmed instructions stored in the memory and configured, when executed, to cause the capacitance controller to detect movement of an object moving proximate the sensor at an object speed, apply a cursor speed to a cursor depicted in a display based at least in part on a cursor-to-object speed relationship, detect a trigger event in the detected object movement, and change the cursor-to-object speed relationship in response to detecting the trigger event.
US12032796B2 Detection device having peripheral detection electrodes
A detection device includes a plurality of first detection electrodes disposed in a matrix of rows and columns in a detection region of a substrate, at least one second detection electrode disposed in a peripheral region outside the detection region, positioned adjacent to some of the plurality of the first detection electrodes, and provided along a side of the detection region, and a coordinate calculation circuit configured to calculate a detection position of a detection target body.
US12032795B2 Touch sensing unit and display device including the same
A touch sensing device includes first sensor electrodes disposed in a first area, second sensor electrodes disposed in a second area, first sensor lines each connected to the first sensor electrodes in the first area, and second sensor lines each connected to the second sensor electrodes in the second area. Each of the second sensor lines includes a first sub-sensor line disposed in the second area, and a second sub-sensor line disposed in the first area and the second area and connected to the first sub-sensor line.
US12032791B2 Verification of a user input of a user interface
In some aspects, a device may cause a light emitter to emit light waves within a light plane that is parallel to a surface of an input component. The device may receive, from a sensor arrangement, a measurement associated with the light waves in the light plane. The measurement may be indicative of an intended input of a user. The device may perform an action that is associated with a user input of the input component based at least in part on the intended input. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12032785B2 Multi-scan touch sensing system and method
In some examples, a touch screen can perform a first touch scan to obtain first touch data and a second touch scan to obtain second touch data. The touch data resulting from the second touch scan may exclude respective noise (e.g., display-to-touch crosstalk (DTX) noise) or may include a reduced amount of the respective noise. In some examples, the electronic device can subtract the second touch data from the first touch data to obtain an estimate of the noise in the first touch data. In some examples, this noise estimate can be subtracted from the first touch data and an action can be performed based on the first touch data with the noise estimate removed.
US12032784B2 Methods and apparatus for alternative input or alternative feedback
A beverage dispenser and method are provided in which, upon failure of the primary user input device (30), an alternative user input device and/or alternative feedback device is activated to receive beverage selections and/or provide feedback.
US12032783B2 Touch sensing device and method of driving the same
A touch sensing device for preventing occurrence of electromagnetic interference (EMI) due to a clock includes a touch controller configured to operate in a write mode during a display period and operate in a read request mode or a read operation mode during a touch sensing period, and a touch driver configured to receive touch sensing data from a touch sensor during the touch sensing period and transmit the touch sensing data to the touch controller through a first bus and a second bus. The first bus is used for clock transmission in the write mode and the read request mode and is used for data transmission in the read operation mode. The second bus is used for data transmission in the write mode, the read request mode, and the read operation mode.
US12032778B2 Touch display device and display panel
A touch display device and a display panel uniformly distributing capacitances between the touch lines and the touch electrodes are provided. The device includes a display panel in which a plurality of X-touch electrodes are electrically connected to form a X-touch electrode line and a plurality of X-touch electrode lines arranged in parallel to receive a plurality of touch driving signals, and a plurality of Y-touch electrode lines to transmit a plurality of touch sensing signals, and a touch driving circuit. A plurality of X-touch lines transmit the touch driving signals connect together the plurality of X-touch electrodes constituting a same X-touch electrode line through a plurality of contact holes. Distances between at least one Y-touch electrode line and the plurality of contact holes through which the plurality of X-touch lines are electrically connected to the X-touch electrodes adjacent to the at least one Y-touch electrode line are uniform.
US12032775B2 Touch panel and display device including the same
A display device includes: a plurality of first electrode patterns; a plurality of second electrode patterns; a plurality of first touch signal lines; and a plurality of second touch signal lines. The plurality of first electrode patterns respectively include a plurality of first electrode cells physically separated from each other and arranged in a first direction. The plurality of second electrode patterns include a plurality of second electrode cells physically separated from each other and arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction. The plurality of first touch signal lines are connected to the first electrode cells. The plurality of second touch signal lines are connected to the second electrode cells. The first and second electrode patterns and the first and second touch signal lines are all positioned at the same layer on a substrate. The first touch signal lines are independently connected to each first electrode cell.
US12032772B2 Display scanning frequency patterns to convey data
A computing device includes signal generation circuitry and also includes a location on the computing device that is operative to couple a signal generated by the signal generation circuitry into a user. For example, the computing device includes signal generation circuitry that generates a signal that includes information corresponding to a user and/or an application that is operative within the computing device. The signal generation circuitry couples the signal into the user from a location on the computing device based on a bodily portion of the user being in contact with or within sufficient proximity to the location on the computing device that facilitates coupling of the signal into the user. Also, the signal may be coupled via the user to another computing device that includes a touchscreen display that is operative to detect and receive the signal.
US12032766B2 Apparatus and method for driving display
A display driving device capable of operating a source driver integrated circuit (IC) in a low power mode during a touch sensing period includes a source driver IC configured to operate in a first low power mode in which an analog data processing unit is deactivated or operate in a second low power mode in which both of the analog data processing unit and a digital data processing unit are deactivated, during a touch sensing period of a first frame; and a readout IC configured to supply touch sensor driving signals to touch sensors during the touch sensing period and receive touch sensing data from the touch sensors according to the touch sensor driving signals.
US12032762B2 IP KVM devices
One example of an internet protocol (IP) keyboard, video, mouse (KVM) device includes a universal serial bus (USB) port, a display port, a network port, a Bluetooth transceiver, a processor, and a memory. The USB port is to be communicatively coupled to a host device. The display port is to be communicatively coupled to the host device. The network port is to be communicatively coupled to a network. The processor is communicatively coupled to the USB port, the display port, the network port, and the Bluetooth transceiver. The memory stores a unique identifier to be transmitted to a client device via Bluetooth in response to establishing a Bluetooth connection between the client device and the IP KVM device. The unique identifier is used by the client device to establish a remote connection to the IP KVM device.
US12032761B2 Display control system using knob
A display control system using a knob includes an input part to receive a touch input signal for a display area, a memory to store a display control program according to the touch input signal, and a processor to execute the program, such that the processor moves a position of a knob to perform function control of an area of the display to which the touch input signal is applied.
US12032749B2 Electronic keyboard
An electronic keyboard comprises a plurality of keys and a housing comprising a cavity. The cavity accommodates a circuit board, a pressing layer and at least one pressure sensor arranged therein. Each pressure sensor is provided between a lower portion of the cavity and the circuit board, the pressing layer is moveably connected to each of the keys and the circuit board is provided between the pressing layer and the lower portion. Each pressure sensor is connected to the circuit board, and a force-receiving surface of each pressure sensor aligns with a projection area of the corresponding one of the keys.
US12032747B1 Infrared based dimming gesture detection
The present disclosure is directed to devices and methods for detecting dimming gestures using infrared detection. Infrared signals are detected using a thermal metal-oxide-semiconductor (TMOS) infrared (IR) sensor solution. The TMOS IR sensor is highly accurate and has low power consumptions compared to traditional IR sensors that utilize IR receivers.
US12032743B2 Virtual reality communication interface with haptic feedback response
Method starts with processor causing virtual reality (VR) interface for communication session to be displayed on first user interface of a first head-wearable apparatus and on second user interface of second head-wearable apparatus. Processor detects first touch input from first VR input device and second touch input from second VR input device. Processor monitors location of the first touch input within the first user interface and location of the second touch input within second user interface. Processor determines distance between location of the first touch input within first user interface and location on first user interface corresponding to location of second touch input within second user interface. Processor causes first and second VR input devices to generate haptic feedback response based on the distance. Haptic feedback response increases in intensity or speed as distance decreases and decreases in intensity or speed as distance increases. Other embodiments are described herein.
US12032741B2 Systems and methods for increasing control using a neural signal
Systems and methods for a brain-computer interface (BCI) to increase a number of degrees of freedom (DOF) of one or more neural signals that are used to interact with the BCI.
US12032740B2 Closed-loop extended reality stimulus presentation and perception feedback using multi-channel physiological signals
In example embodiments, a method includes obtaining a first measurement of at least a first physiological parameter of a user from a time before presentation of an information item to the user. The information item may be, for example, a notification, an advertisement, or an emergency alert, among other possibilities. A second measurement of the first physiological parameter is obtained from a time after a beginning of the presentation of the information item to the user (e.g. during the presentation). Based at least on a comparison between the first and second measurements, a determination is made of whether the user has perceived the information item. The determination may also be based on a corruption coefficient indicating an amount by which an activity of the user is likely to interfere with the first physiological parameter.
US12032739B2 Virtual reality wearable system
A virtual reality wearable system. The system includes a sensor, an actuator, a sleeve-type first wearable part fittable over a user's bodily part, the at least one second wearable part being wearable over the first wearable part. The first wearable part and the second wearable part are releasably connectable to each other. The at least one second wearable part supports the sensor and the actuator. A cable or cables connect the sensor and the actuator with a portion of the second wearable part distant from the sensor and the actuator. The at least one second wearable part comprises a first portion and a second portion that are separate from each other. The first portion is placeable on a first bodily part of a user, and said first portion supports the sensor and the actuator, and the second portion is placeable on a second bodily part of the user distant from the first bodily part. The cable or cables extend without connection to the first wearable part from the sensor and the actuator on the first portion of the second wearable part to the second portion of the second wearable part.
US12032738B2 Display control device, display control method, and recording medium
A display control device includes: at least one display, among a plurality of displays, that displays a message; storage that stores a first table for displaying the message; and a processing unit that determines, when information about a vehicle is generated and a display is present in an eye-gaze direction of the user that an eye-gaze detector detects, whether to cause the display to display the message, based on the first table and the eye-gaze direction detected, the display being one of the plurality of displays.
US12032735B2 Method and apparatus for real-time data communication in full-presence immersive platforms
Real-time two-way communication between a user immersed in a virtual reality (VR) environment and another party who is not in the VR environment. The sequence of video frames being presented to the VR user on, e.g., a head mounted display, i.e., the VR user's “field of view” in the VR environment, is shown to a guest user on their computing device. Simultaneously, video from a camera in a guest user computing device is shown to the VR user in a window in the VR environment. Audio is also exchanged in real time between the VR user and guest user by use of a microphone and loudspeaker in both the VR system and the guest user computing device. The VR user's system can also support both rotational and translational user movement thus properly changing the VR user's apparent distance from objects displayed in the VR environment.
US12032731B2 Self-tracking controller for interaction in an artificial reality environment
A controller for interacting with an artificial reality environment and related methods, systems, and storage media are disclosed. The controller may include a base. The base may include at least one sensor for self-tracking movements by the controller. The controller may include a thumb plate coupled to the base. The thumb plate may include a touchpad, one or more actuators, and/or a joystick. The one or more actuators may include buttons. The controller may include a handle coupled to the base. The handle may include one or more triggers. The controller is configured to activate a precision pinch feature based on inputs received from the touchpad and at least one trigger.
US12032730B2 Methods and systems for using artificial intelligence to evaluate, correct, and monitor user attentiveness
In an aspect, a system for using artificial intelligence to evaluate, correct, and monitor user attentiveness includes a forward-facing camera, the forward-facing camera configured to capture a video feed of a field of vision on a digital screen, at least a user alert mechanism configured to output a directional alert to a user, a processing unit in communication with the forward-facing camera and the at least a user alert mechanism, a screen location to spatial location map operating on the processing unit, and a motion detection analyzer operating on the processing unit, the motion detection analyzer designed and configured to detect, on the digital screen, a rapid parameter change, determine a screen location on the digital screen of the rapid parameter change, retrieve, from the screen location to spatial location map, a spatial location based on the screen location, and generate, using the spatial location, the directional alert.
US12032728B2 Machine interaction
Interaction with a Computer is provided via an autonomous virtual embodied Agent. The Computer outputs Digital Content, which includes any content that exists in the form of digital data and is representable to a User. A subset of, or all, Digital Content is configured as Shared Digital Content which is representable to both the User and to the Agent.
US12032727B2 Providing automated personal privacy during virtual meetings
Systems and methods for providing automated personal privacy during virtual meetings are provided herein. The method may include establishing, by a video conference provider, a video conference having a plurality of participants. The method may also include receiving, from a first client device associated with one of the plurality of participants, a first audio stream and a first video stream, and recording responsive to an indication from one of the plurality of participants, one or more audio or video streams within a recording. The method may include receiving, from the first client device, a personal privacy request. In response to the personal privacy request, the method may include modifying, by the video conference provider, at least one of the first audio stream or the first video stream in the recording and storing the least one of the first audio stream or the first video stream as modified to the recording.
US12032725B2 Data scrambler for persistent memory
Techniques and mechanisms to provide one or more substrates, and logic coupled to the one or more substrates. In an embodiment, the logic is to generate a pseudo-random sequence of bits, and to permute one or more bits of binary unscrambled data. In another embodiment, the logic is further to generate scrambled data based on an exclusive-or operation between the pseudo-random sequence of bits and the permuted data.
US12032724B2 Encryption in a storage array
A method includes compressing data to generate compressed data having a first block size corresponding to a block-size requirement of a client device. The method further includes encrypting the compressed data to generate an encrypted data packet. The method further includes adding, by a processing device, a padding bit pattern to the encrypted data packet to generate a data block for storage, the data block having a second block size determined by a buffer size of a storage array.
US12032721B2 Synthesizing user transactional data for de-identifying sensitive information
As described herein, a system, method, and computer program are provided for synthesizing user transactional data for de-identifying sensitive information. In use, transactional data of a plurality of users is identified. Additionally, the plurality of users are clustered based on the transactional data, to form groups of users having transactional data representing similar transactional behavior. Further, synthesized transactional data is generated for the users in each group by: identifying a subset of the transactional data that corresponds to the users in each group, shuffling the transactional data in the subset across the users in each group, and perturbing portions of the shuffled transactional data.
US12032718B1 System, method, and computer program for securely handling and storing customer data without enabling human access to the data
A system for securely handling and storing customer data without enabling human access to the data receives and processes the customer data for storage where the customer data is granularly encrypting without storing a key for decryption. The granularly-encrypted customer data is transmitted over a secure network to a cloud-based data storage system that has no access to the key for decryption. The system receives a request from the customer to transmit the customer data to an external destination. The system retrieves the granularly-encrypted customer data from the cloud-based data storage system over a secure network and receives the key for decryption from the customer. The system decrypts the granularly-encrypted customer data using the key and discards the key. The system processes the customer data for transmission and transmits the customer data to the external destination over a secure network.
US12032714B2 Distributed governance for sharing of big data
Methods and systems for secure, encrypted and distributed ownership and usage of big data are provided. According to one example, a server maintains a local key management data store, a data blockchain copy, an audit blockchain copy, and a metadata blockchain copy. A data operation from a user electronic device is received. The server verifies that the user electronic device has access against the local key management data store, runs the data operation and records metadata about the data operation, and writes data blocks to the data blockchain copy, the audit blockchain copy, and the metadata blockchain copy. The server broadcasts the updated blockchain copies to the peer-to-peer network for replication.
US12032713B1 Systems and methods for sending and receiving encrypted submessages
Systems and methods are provided for sending and receiving encrypted submessages. A method for sending and receiving encrypted submessages includes generating a first submessage comprising a first portion of content stored onto a first computer, generating a second submessage comprising a second portion of the content, encrypting the first submessage and the second submessage, transmitting the encrypted first submessage to a second computer via a first path, transmitting the encrypted second submessage to the second computer via a second path, wherein the first submessage and the second submessage are transmitted to the second computer in a batched manner, transmitting an encryption key to the second computer, wherein the encryption key is transmitted to the second computer in real time, wherein the encryption key indicates a decrypting algorithm to decrypt the encrypted first submessage, and wherein the second computer recreates the content by decrypting the encrypted first submessage.
US12032710B2 Document creation and management system
Described herein is a method, for managing creation and publication of a document in a documentation management system (DMS), that includes causing display of a first graphical user interface (GUI) on a first client device. The method includes authenticating a first user of the first client device, and causing display of an author view of a hierarchical document structure in a navigational pane of the first GUI. The method includes saving content received in an editor pane of the first GUI as a page in the DMS and associating the first user as an author of the page. The method includes generating a document entry displayed with a draft status indicator corresponding to the draft status of the page. The method includes causing display of a reader-view of the hierarchical document structure on a second GUI with the content of the page displayed in accordance with the draft status.
US12032709B2 Selectively obscuring and/or revealing sensitive information in a display of a computing device
A computer-implemented method may include (1) providing, on a display screen of a computing device, a display that obscures an item of information in a secure field in a display layout without obscuring an entirety of the display; (2) detecting, by the computing device and after providing the display, a user action or user orientation; (3) in response, causing the display to show the item of information in the secure field; and/or (4) after causing the display to show the item of information in the secure field, (i) detecting, using at least a camera of the computing device, a change in orientation of the user relative to the computing device, and (ii) in response to detecting the change in orientation of the user, causing the display to again obscure the item of information in the secure field without obscuring the entirety of the display.
US12032703B2 Automatically rating the product's security during software development
According to an aspect, a method is provided that includes: receiving a first report from at least a first vulnerability evaluation tool; pre-processing the first report by at least tokenizing the first report and generating a first vector for a first text portion of the first report; providing, to a machine learning model, the first vector as an input; classifying, by the machine learning model, the first vector based on a plurality of vulnerability vectors generated from a database of vulnerability policies required for an evaluation of the application; and outputting, by the machine learning model, a first indication of a first match between the first vector and a first vulnerability vector of the plurality of vulnerability vectors, the first indication representing a presence in the application of a first vulnerability mapped to the first vulnerability vector of the plurality of vulnerability vectors generated from the database of vulnerability policies.
US12032699B2 Storage device and method of operating the same
A storage device and an operating method are provided. The storage device includes a non-volatile memory comprising a first area configured to store a plurality of normal firmware images and a second area configured to store a plurality of trusted firmware images, a firmware table configured to store information about the plurality of normal firmware images and the plurality of trusted firmware images, and a storage controller configured to control the non-volatile memory, perform a self-test for the storage device and write at least one of the plurality of trusted firmware images over a boot image based on a result of the self-test. The firmware table is configured to store a first hash value calculated before encryption of the plurality of trusted firmware images, and a second hash value calculated after encryption of the plurality of trusted firmware images.
US12032695B2 Reducing malware signature redundancy
Redundancy in a malware signature list is reduced by processing a plurality of pairs of records in a known malware signature list, where each pair of records comprises a file identifier and an associated malware detection. At least one of the file identifiers and the associated malware detections are mapped to symbols representing the file identifiers and the associated malware detections, the symbols taking less memory than the file identifiers and the associated malware detections. The mapped symbols representing the file identifiers and the associated malware detections are processed to remove at least some malware detections that are not needed to provide a desired degree of representation of each file identifier in the processed known malware signature list, and a processed known malware signature list is stored.
US12032683B2 Abnormality detection in log entry collection
Log entries and baseline log entries have timestamps, and can be structured over columns of respective data types. Temporal inconsistency can be identified by comparing a probability distribution of time differences between the timestamps of the log entries with a probability distribution of time differences between the timestamps of the baseline log entries. Data type inconsistency can be identified by comparing a data type of each column of the log entries with a data type of a corresponding column of the baseline log entries. Columnar inconsistency can be identified by comparing a number of the columns of the log entries with a number of the columns of the baseline log entries. In response to identification of temporal, data type, and/or columnar inconsistency, that an abnormality exists in collecting the log entries is detected.
US12032676B2 Secure hardware signature and related methods and applications
This disclosure provides techniques for recovering a root key from measurement of a circuit function. In some embodiments, a checkpointing feature is used to periodically mark measurements of this function and thereby track drift in the value of the root key over the life of a digital device; the checkpointing feature permits rollback of any measurement of the function in a manner that negates incremental drift and permits recovery of the root key for the life of a device (e.g., an IC circuit or product in which the IC is embedded). This disclosure also provides novel PUF designs and applications.
US12032669B2 Biometric skin contact sensing apparatus and method
Disclosed herein is a biometric skin-contact sensor comprising: a contact sensing area comprising an array of pixels, each pixel comprising a thin film transistor and a capacitive sensing electrode for sensing contact; and a controller coupled to the contact sensing area and configured to operate the array of pixels to switch between a low resolution mode and a high resolution mode. In the low resolution mode the sensor is operable to obtain contact location data comprising an indication of a sub-region of the contact sensing area in which contact is sensed. In the high resolution mode the sensor is operable to obtain biometric data for skin interacting with the contact sensing area by identifying a difference in capacitance between valleys and ridges of the skin.
US12032664B2 Systems and methods for network security using identity management data
Systems and methods for embodiments of artificial intelligence systems for identity management are disclosed. Embodiments of the identity management systems disclosed herein may support the correlation of identities determined authoritative source systems with uncorrelated accounts within an enterprise using artificial intelligence techniques.
US12032662B2 Programmable model-driven license management and enforcement in a multi-tenant system
A device may receive license data identifying device licenses and organization licenses associated with an organization of users of a multi-tenant system, and may identify, in the license data, entitlements for licenses associated with the organization. The device may combine the entitlements to generate combined entitlements, and may determine an entitlement count of the combined entitlements. The device may add quantities of new entitlements to the entitlement count, and may identify, in the license data, roles of the users and capabilities associated with each of the roles. The device may map the entitlements and the capabilities to generate a mapping, and may authorize a particular user based on the mapping. The device may process usage of the entitlements, with a machine learning model, to predict future usage of the entitlements, and may determine entitlement recommendations based on the future usage. The device may provide the entitlement recommendations for display.
US12032658B2 Method and system for improving cancer detection using deep learning
A method and system to generate a probabilistic prediction of the presence/absence of cancer in longitudinal and current image datasets, and/or multimodal image datasets, and the location of the cancer, is described. The method and system uses an ensemble of deep learning models. The ensemble includes a global model in the form of a 3D convolutional neural network (CNN) extracting features in the datasets indicative of the presence of cancer on a global basis. The ensemble also includes a two-stage prediction model which includes a first stage or detection model which identifies cancer detection candidates (different cropped volumes of 3D data in the a dataset containing candidates which may be cancer) and a second stage or probability model which incorporates the longitudinal datasets (or multimodal images in a multimodal dataset) and the extracted features from the global model and assigns a cancer probability p to each of the cancer detection candidates. An overall prediction of probability of cancer is obtained from the probabilities assigned by the second stage model, e.g., using a Noisy-OR approach.
US12032656B2 Concept for generating training data and training a machine-learning model for use in re-identification
Examples relate to a concept for generating training data and training a machine-learning model for use in re-identification. A computer system for generating training data for training a machine-learning model for use in re-identification comprising processing circuitry configured to obtain media data, the media data comprising a plurality of samples representing a person, an animal or an object. The processing circuitry is configured to process the media data to identify tuples of samples that represent the same person, animal or object. The processing circuitry is configured to generate the training data based on the identified tuples of samples that represent the same person, animal or object.
US12032655B2 Asynchronous document ingestion and enrichment system
Provided are asynchronous data ingestion and enrichment systems and methods. The systems comprise a plurality of components (e.g., ingestion components, enrichment components, and/or publishing components). Instead of passing data from one component to another, the data is sent to a messaging queue that formats and hold the data until the subsequent component is ready to receive it. Additionally, each component comprises a central microservice and a plurality of instances, the central microservice configured to communicate with each instance of the plurality of instances.
US12032651B2 Method and system for extracting information from input document comprising multi-format information
Disclosed herein is method and a system for extracting information from an input document comprising multi-format information. In an embodiment, a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) document corresponding to the input document is created by analyzing the input document comprising documents of multiple data formats. Further, the HTML document is realigned based on a number of columns in each page of the HTML document. Furthermore, a document Identifier (ID) associated with each of the documents is determined in realigned HTML document by classifying information in each of the document pages using a pretrained Machine Learning (ML) model. Subsequently, a hierarchy configuration file, corresponding to the realigned HTML document, is generated based on the document ID. Finally, information from the hierarchy configuration file associated with each of the document ID is extracted by orchestrating one or more data extractors for extracting data attributes from the hierarchy configuration file.
US12032650B2 Methods and apparatuses to assemble, extract and deploy content from electronic documents
Embodiments of the present invention permit the specification and servicing of aggregations of content constituent parts that derive from electronic documents. An incorporated content constituent part may correspond to any constituent part of any accessible document. In various embodiments, information derived from the intended layouts of source documents is employed to construct specifications of the constituent parts. The specifications may include search conditions. Graphic methods may be employed to construct the specification. Embodiments of the present invention enable content aggregations to appear in display presentations whose layouts may be adaptive to varying degrees. In various embodiments, flexible content-shifting methods are employed for display presentations of content aggregations. Resultantly, the display of content aggregations on mobile and other devices may be effectuated without wasting download bandwidth and display screen real estate.
US12032649B2 Systems and methods for utilizing connectors to obtain web content
Systems that utilize connectors are provided. An example system includes a first computer configured to generate web content that comprises at least one reference that is indicative of at least one asset stored on an external system that is remote to the first computer and at least one local asset stored on a local content repository that is local to the first computer, the at least one local asset comprising content; a second computer configured to publish the web content when requested by an end user; and a third computer configured to provide a connector that is accessible to both the first computer and the second computer, the first computer being further configured to generate the at least one reference, the second computer being configured to resolve the at least one reference and obtain the at least one asset from the external system using the connector.
US12032645B2 Tailored messaging
The disclosed embodiments generally relate to techniques for tailoring messages for network communication. More specifically, the disclosed embodiments relate to systems and methods to provide customized information updates based on recipient preferences. For example, a recipient may prefer receiving updates less frequently than the system creates updates and/or may prefer to receive different levels of data in the updates. In some embodiments, a deltasnap technique is provided which allows for more efficient tailoring of the rate that update messages are provided. In some embodiments, a partitioning technique is provided which allows for more efficient tailoring of the content of update messages. In some embodiments, the deltasnap technique is provided in combination with the partitioning technique which allows for more efficient tailoring of the rate and content of the update messages.
US12032643B2 Method of and system for inferring user intent in search input in a conversational interaction system
A method of inferring user intent in search input in a conversational interaction system is disclosed. A method of inferring user intent in a search input includes providing a user preference signature that describes preferences of the user, receiving search input from the user intended by the user to identify at least one desired item, and determining that a portion of the search input contains an ambiguous identifier. The ambiguous identifier is intended by the user to identify, at least in part, a desired item. The method further includes inferring a meaning for the ambiguous identifier based on matching portions of the search input to the preferences of the user described by the user preference signature and selecting items from a set of content items based on comparing the search input and the inferred meaning of the ambiguous identifier with metadata associated with the content items.
US12032642B1 Systems and methods for sharing user data
A data sharing system may facilitate sharing of data with third party systems. In one example, the data sharing system can provide a graphical user interface that displays an available subset of user data for sharing. The available subset may be based on previously shared user data with the third party system. The third party system can provide a selection of data of interest within the available subset, and the selected data can be shared.
US12032634B1 Graph reclustering based on different clustering criteria
An illustrative method includes generating a logical graph by performing a clustering operation with respect to log data associated with one or more machines, the clustering operation performed using a first clustering criteria and causing the logical graph to initially include a first set of nodes generated in accordance with relationship requirements of an underlying model and a first set of edges representing communication between nodes included in the first set of nodes; and reclustering, using a second clustering criteria, the logical graph to include, in place of the first set of nodes, a second set of nodes generated while maintaining the relationship requirements of the underlying model and a second set of edges representing communication between nodes included in the second set of nodes.
US12032625B2 Display control apparatus, display control method, and computer program product
According to an embodiment, a display control apparatus includes a clustering unit, a sub-clustering unit, and a display control unit. The clustering unit is configured to classify images into a plurality of clusters based on similarity degrees of the images and a first threshold. The sub-clustering unit is configured to further classify images within each of the plurality of clusters into a plurality of sub-clusters based on the similarity degrees and a second threshold that is higher than the first threshold. The display control unit is configured to display, on a display unit, display information including a cluster representative indicative of a representative of images included in a cluster and a sub-cluster representative indicative of a representative of an image included in a sub-cluster.
US12032624B2 Systems and methods for generating targeted media content
Systems and methods for generating targeted media content capture an image from an image capture device. The system may analyze the image to recognize a visual identifier for each entity in the image, each of which may have one or more group identifiers. The system may aggregate the group identifiers to identify the number of each group in the audience area and select media content to display to the audience based on the aggregate numbers of each group identified in the audience area. The system may also derive time restrictions for groups identified in the audience area to help optimize how groups traverse through one or more areas.
US12032617B2 Ontology creating apparatus, method, and program
An ontology creation apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a first selection unit that receives an input operation that is performed based on information that represents definitions of candidate classes of ontology; an acquisition unit that acquires a candidate class of a subject when the selected class is determined as the object, based on information that represents definitions of properties that indicate connection relationships between classes that serve as objects and classes that serve as subjects; a second selection unit that receives an input operation for selecting an instance that belongs to a class of a subject when the selected class is determined as an object, based on the candidate; a relationship setting unit that sets a connection relationship between instances that belong to the selected class and the selected instance; and an output unit that creates and outputs ontology that indicates the selected class, the instance, and the set connection relationship.
US12032611B1 Responding with unresponsive content
This disclosure describes systems and techniques receiving a request for information from a user and, in response, outputting the requested information along with unsolicited, interesting content that is related to, yet nonresponsive to, the requested information. In some instances, if the requested information is unknown, the techniques may output an indication that the information is unknown, followed by the additional, unsolicited, interesting content.
US12032608B1 Systems and methods for generating query suggestions
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to generating query suggestions. In some embodiments, a system for generating query suggestions for retail comprises a database comprising a query index including queries and query scores, and a control circuit configured to receive a query prefix from a user interface of a retail channel, retrieve, from the query index and based on the query prefix, query correction candidates, calculate edit distances for each of the query correction candidates, select, based on the edit distances, one or more query suggestions from the query correction candidates, calculate, based on the edit distances, a prefix completion cost for each of the query suggestions, calculate, based on the prefix completion costs and the query scores, the query correction costs for each of the query suggestions, and sort, based on the query correction costs, the query suggestions.
US12032603B2 Method and system for interpreting inputted information
Methods and systems for interpreting inputted information are described herein. In some embodiments, a method comprises processing inputted information wherein processing inputted information uses one or more intelligence modules using one or more intelligence models to process the inputted information; making, by the one or more intelligence modules, one or more decisions about inputted information based on the one or more intelligence models; learning, by the one or more intelligence modules, to update the one or more intelligence models; and interpreting inputted information based on the one or more decisions.
US12032598B2 Personal data association method
A computer-implemented method of identifying an individual independently of the individual's personally identifying information includes providing independent data stores for elements of personal identifying information for a population and fuzzy searching the data stores independently for the elements. Each data store associates each element value and its known variations with a unique static code. The search returns the unique static code associated with each of the elements found and a new independent code is generated if no code is found. The returned 10 codes are concatenated to form a person code. The person codes link information to produce a relationship between disparate data without a master database of people and PII.
US12032597B1 Authorized roles and contact master
Various examples described herein are directed to systems and methods that retrieve data from an information source. The data includes a first data set for a party and a second data set. The second data set has an entity associated with the party and a role of the party at the entity. The first data set is stored at a database and the second data set is stored at a cross-reference table associated with the database. A data request for requested information is received and the first data set is retrieved from the database. The second data set is retrieved from the cross-reference table based on the first data set. A hierarchical structure is created based on the second data set, where the hierarchical structure has different lists based on one of the entity and the role of the party at the entity.
US12032596B1 System and method for managing storage of partitioned datasets in a distributed database
Disclosed herein is a system, comprising a distributed database comprising a plurality of partitions allocated in memory for storing a plurality of datasets. Wherein each dataset stored in the distributed database comprises at least a primary data portion stored in a respective primary partition of the plurality of partitions and at least zero additional data portions stored in respective secondary partitions of the plurality of partitions. Wherein each data portion of each dataset is mapped to a respective partition in which it is stored by a respective identifier. Wherein the primary data portion of each dataset comprises metadata stored in the primary partition, the metadata is indicative of the identifier of all additional data partitions of the respective dataset.
US12032593B2 Real-time data replication monitoring and management
A system and method for monitoring and managing a real-time data replication process. The method includes generating a validation key, sending a first copy of the validation key to a primary data storage (PDS) system and a second copy of the validation key to a secondary data storage (SDS) system, and determining if the SDS system stores a third copy of the validation key received from the PDS system via a data replication system. The method further includes determining a replication lag time of the data replication system, and, in response to determining that the replication lag time is less than or equal to a replication lag time threshold value, determining a status of application data stored in the SDS system as not stale.
US12032591B2 Content delivery using distributed ledger and AI-based transcoding technologies
Examples of the present disclosure relate to content delivery using distributed ledger and AI-based transcoding technologies. In examples, a content distribution network (CDN) receives content from a content source for distribution to client devices. A content record is generated for the content, which comprises a content hash for the content. The content record may be stored in a distributed ledger. A smart contract associated with the content may be generated, where the smart contract facilitates CDN analytics or accounting for CDN service payments, licensing fees, or royalty payments, among other examples. The smart contract may be associated with the content hash and may be executed based on any of a variety of triggers, such as content playback and/or distribution via the CDN.
US12032590B1 Machine learning techniques for normalization of unstructured data into structured data
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatus, systems, computing devices, computing entities, and/or the like for classifying unstructured data by: (i) generating probability scores of natural language classification labels for classifying unstructured data elements using an NLP-based model, (ii) generating probability scores of structured data classification labels for classifying the unstructured data elements using a classification-based model, and (iii) assigning classifications labels based on: a) the probability scores of the natural language classification labels if a distance measure difference associated with the natural language classification labels is greater than a predetermined distance, or b) a determination using an ensemble model if the distance measure difference is less than a predetermined distance.
US12032588B2 Accessing listings in a data exchange
A method includes creating, by a first provider, a first listing referencing first shared data and comprising first access controls, wherein access to the first shared data by a second provider is filtered based on the first access controls, creating, by the second provider, a second listing referencing second shared data and the first shared data filtered based on the first access controls, and adding the second listing to a catalog in a data exchange, the catalog comprising metadata describing the second shared data.
US12032584B2 Data management method and system for a security protection terminal, device and storage medium
Provided are a data management method and system for a security protection terminal, a device and a medium. The method includes: respectively generating an initial universally unique identifier for each security protection terminal; determining a target search field, calculating corresponding search field identifier information, and inputting the same into the initial universally unique identifier to obtain a target universally unique identifier; storing data corresponding to the security protection terminals in corresponding sub-databases based on a horizontal partitioning and modulus mode according to the target universally unique identifier; and receiving a data search request, and locating to the sub-databases based on the horizontal partitioning and modulus mode according to the target search field identifier information, thereby facilitating subsequent data search in the sub-databases.
US12032582B2 Bi-gram cardinality estimation in a graph database
A method and apparatus for estimating the cardinality of graph pattern queries using graph statistics and metadata is presented. In various embodiments, node and edge labels are used to compute estimates for graph patterns (bi-grams) and the estimates for these patterns as composed to provide cardinality estimates of longer paths. The computation of bi-grams is low cost and requires only minimal changes to the existing query planner in the existing database machinery to be useful. The resulting estimates are used during query execution to minimize the amount of work needed to complete a query and return a faithful and accurate answer to the user. The apparatus includes modules containing computer-executable instructions to perform the above method.
US12032579B2 Method, electronic device and computer program product for sample selection
Techniques perform sample selection. Such techniques involve: in response to receiving a query time range for samples input by a user, obtaining a plurality of groups of samples from a sample set, each group of samples being collected within a corresponding time range. Such techniques further involve: determining a relationship between the query time range and time ranges corresponding to the plurality of groups of samples. Such techniques further involve: determining, based on the determined relation and from the plurality of groups of samples, a group of samples with a corresponding time range matching the query time range. Accordingly, these sets of samples may be presented accurately and efficiently to the user in a selective manner.
US12032577B2 Distributed cardinality optimization
A cardinality query associated with a specific attribute is received. One or more in-scope attribute cardinality partitions is enforced on session record analytics. Vertical data compression is performed to eliminate a time dimension. Horizontal data compression is performed to eliminate one or more out-of-scope attributes. One or more like in-scope session records is aggregated. Magnitudes of each in-scope attribute of each enforced cardinality partition are summed. The sum is returned as a response to the cardinality query.
US12032575B2 Query execution including pause and detach operations after first data fetch
Aspects of the current subject matter are directed to providing query results to clients by incorporating pause and/or detach operations into the query execution after a first fetch of results. The pause and the detach operations for query execution consistent with implementations of the current subject matter result in reduced times and conserved resources in providing query results by computing only results necessary to satisfy a first fetch call prior to computing results necessary to satisfy subsequent fetch calls.
US12032574B2 Systems and methods for intelligent database report generation
Systems, devices, computer-implemented methods, and tangible non-transitory computer-readable media for generating reports from one or more databases that store disparate datasets are provided. Specifically, the proposed systems enable the intelligent generation of reports from multiple datasets by automatically determining a proposed set of join configurations for combination of the multiple datasets. The proposed set of join configurations can be executed as proposed and/or can be edited or customized by the user to generate reports from the multiple datasets. Thus, the proposed systems and methods can provide intuitive and user-friendly tools for generating data reports that accurately synthesize and summarize data contained in multiple different datasets.
US12032573B2 Structured cluster execution for data streams
A system for executing a streaming query includes an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to receive a logical query plan. The processor is configured to determine a physical query plan based at least in part on the logical query plan. The physical query plan comprises an ordered set of operators. Each operator of the ordered set of operators comprises an operator input mode and an operator output mode. The processor is further configured to execute the physical query plan using the operator input mode and the operator output mode for each operator of the query.
US12032571B2 AI model optimization method and apparatus
In a method for AI model optimization, an optimization device receives an original AI model and search configuration information that comprises a plurality of search items each indicating its search categories for performing optimization information search on the original AI model. The device obtains a plurality of search operators corresponding to the plurality of search items, and arranges the search operators in an operation sequence based on the search configuration information. The device then executes the search operators in the arranged operation sequence on the original AI model to obtain an optimized AI model. In the execution of the operation sequence, each search operator, except for the first search operator in the operation sequence, is executed utilizing operation results of a preceding search operator in the operation sequence, the operation results including generated network structures and search space information.
US12032570B2 Computer-readable recording medium storing information generating program, information generating method, and information generating apparatus
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores an information generating program causing a computer to execute processing of: in an information search using a trained machine learning model generated by machine learning using training data in a first language, converting a search condition in a second language different from the first language to the search condition in the first language; searching information in the first language by inputting the search condition converted to the first language to the machine learning model; and generating training data with the search condition converted to the first language as a feature value and the searched information in the first language as a correct answer label.
US12032568B2 Multi-layer extensibility for enterprise portal
Some embodiments may be associated with facilitating extensibility for an enterprise portal in a cloud computing environment. A computer processor of a multi-level extensibility framework server may provide to a user a graphical view of existing services of the enterprise portal using information from the business enterprise portal data store and a sample data model. The processor may also receive from the user extension information for at least one of the technical layers and, based on the received extension information, automatically generate and provide an intelligent extension proposal to the user. The processor may also display simulated results to the user based on the intelligent extension proposal and the sample data model. The processor may then receive from the user a confirmation of the intelligent extension proposal and automatically transfer extension fields, entities, and mapping to multiple technical layers of the enterprise portal.
US12032560B2 Distributed transaction execution management in distributed databases
Client systems of a distributed database system manage execution of transactions on data stored within the distributed database system. The client systems communicate directly with database nodes of the distributed database system in order to manage transactions. The client systems interact with the database nodes of the distributed database system via a client-side interface that performs various operations to execute transactions at the distributed database nodes, including retrieving records, staging mutations or insertions, committing mutations or insertions, or rolling back mutations or insertions on records stored on the distributed database nodes. Interactions between the client-side interface and the database nodes of the distributed database system are further configured to prevent conflicts between different transactions executed by the same or different client systems at the database nodes.
US12032557B2 Method, device, and computer program product for data management
A method, a device, and a computer program product for data management are provided in embodiments of the present disclosure. A method for data management comprises: acquiring, from a storage system, a torrent file associated with downloading of a target file, the target file being stored in the storage system, and the torrent file comprising at least a plurality of data digests of a plurality of data blocks of the target file; generating metadata for the plurality of data blocks based on the torrent file, the metadata being in a format supported by a unified management system, and the unified management system being configured for data access across the storage system and at least one other storage system; and storing the metadata for data-block-level access to the plurality of data blocks through the unified management system.
US12032552B2 Application suggestion features
This application relates to features for a mobile device that allow the mobile device to assign utility values to applications and thereafter suggest applications for a user to execute. The suggested application can be derived from a list of applications that have been assigned a utility by software in the mobile device. The utility assignment of the individual applications from the list of applications can be performed based on the occurrence of an event, an environmental change, or a period of frequent application usage. A feedback mechanism is provided in some embodiments for more accurately assigning a utility to particular applications. The feedback mechanism can track what a user does during a period of suggestion for certain applications and thereafter modify the utility of applications based on what applications a user selects during the period of suggestion.
US12032544B1 Systems, methods, and computer products for model-based query assignment
Systems and methods comprise maintaining a data structure comprising historical value and condition data, receiving a query with submitted value data requesting a streamlined process, instantiating a value model based on the query by obtaining the historical value data, determining a modeled value ratio based on the value data, determining a submitted value ratio based on the submitted value data, making a first assessment whether the submitted value ratio is within a predetermined range of the modeled value ratio, making a second assessment whether the modeled value ratio exceeds a predetermined maximum, assigning a first flag to the query based on the first assessment and the second assessment, obtaining historical condition data from the database, assigning a second flag to the query based on the historical condition data, and determining whether to assign the query to the streamlined process based on the first flag and the second flag.
US12032540B2 Data management system, data management method, and recording medium having recorded thereon data management program
A data management system is provided, which includes a data acquiring unit that acquires measurement data generated by measuring a measurement target from each of a plurality of sensors; a data storage unit that stores the acquired measurement data; and a data-amount reducing unit that deletes part of the measurement data acquired from a target sensor based on the measurement data acquired from another sensor among the plurality of sensors to reduce an amount of data to be stored.
US12032537B2 Deduplicating metadata based on a common sequence of chunk identifiers
A first group of chunk identifiers associated with a first content identifier structure of a first metadata element and a second group of chunk identifiers associated with a second content identifier structure of a second metadata element are determined. A common sequence of chunk identifiers across at least a portion of the first group of chunk identifiers associated with the first content identifier structure and the second group of chunk identifiers associated with the second content identifier structure is determined. A portion of the first group of chunk identifiers associated with the first content identifier structure and a portion of the second group of chunk identifiers associated with the second content identifier structure is updated to reference a common sequence identifier in place of the determined common sequence of chunk identifiers.
US12032536B2 Efficient method to optimize distributed segment processing mechanism in dedupe systems by leveraging the locality principle
One example method includes receiving at a dedupe system, from a client, a request that comprises a set of fingerprints, where each fingerprint in the set corresponds to a particular data segment, filtering, at the dedupe system, the set of fingerprints into a set of unique fingerprints and a set of non-unique fingerprints, reading, at the dedupe system, from a container where copies of the non-unique fingerprints are stored, an additional set of non-unique fingerprints, sending, from the dedupe system to the client, a single response that comprises both the set of unique fingerprints and the additional set of non-unique fingerprints, and receiving from the client, at the dedupe system, data segments that respectively correspond to the unique fingerprints in the set of unique fingerprints, but no data segments corresponding to the non-unique fingerprints in the set of non-unique fingerprints are received by the dedupe system from the client.
US12032532B2 System and method for automatic inference of a cube schema from a tabular data for use in a multidimensional database environment
In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for automatic inference of a cube schema from a tabular data for use in a multidimensional database environment. A cube schema inference component can successively perform column-wise splits to calculate information gain ratios between each pair of a plurality of columns in the tabular data. A cross correlation matrix can be constructed from the information gain ratios between each pair of columns. The system can determine relationships among the plurality of columns based on the cross correlation matrix; create a hierarchy directed graph to represent the relationships; and further transform the hierarchy directed graph into a cube schema that can be used to create a cube for loading the tabular data, or to map the tabular data into an existing cube in the multidimensional database environment.
US12032530B2 Data storage in a cloud-based storage system
Data resiliency in a cloud-based storage system, including: receiving, for storage within a first tier of cloud storage of the cloud-based storage system, one or more segments of data; generating, for each of one or more shards of data of the one or more segments of data, self-describing information for recoverability of the one or more shards of data; and storing, within a second tier of cloud storage of the cloud-based storage system, both the one or more shards of data and the generated self-describing information for recoverability of the one or more shards of data.
US12032528B2 Information sharing method, apparatus, electronic device, and storage medium
An information sharing method, an apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: determining, in response to a file sharing request initiated by a sharing party, a file-for-sharing corresponding to the file sharing request; determining a sharing strategy for the file-for-sharing, including determining the sharing strategy for the file-for-sharing based on attribute information of the file-for-sharing, where the attribute information comprises a storage address; and sharing, based on the sharing strategy, the file-for-sharing to preset clients participating in sharing. In the method, the sharing strategy for the file-for-sharing is based on based on the storage address of the file in response to the storage address being a cloud address.
US12032527B2 File de-duplication for a distributed database
A device configured to identify a file in a network device, to generate a first set of block hash codes for data blocks for a first instance of the file, and to generate a second set of block hash codes for data blocks for a second instance of the file. The device is further configured to determine the first set of block hash codes matches the second set of block hash codes and to generate an entry in a file list for the instances of the file. The device is further configured to count the number of entries that are associated with the file and to determine the number of entries is greater than the redundancy threshold value. The device is further configured to delete one or more instances of the file in response to determining that the number of entries is greater than the redundancy threshold value.
US12032526B2 Systems and methods for data distillation
Systems and methods are described for distilling data. First data associated with a user may be received. The first data associated with the user may comprise an anonymized hash of an identifier associated with the user. A database may be determined to comprise a first record indicating the anonymized hash. The first record may comprise second data associated with the user. Based on the determining that the database comprises the first record, a second record may be generated. The second record may comprise the first data associated with the user, the second data associated with the user, and the anonymized hash. Based on the determining that the database comprises the first record, the example method may be stored to the database. These and other user and/or data distillation methods and systems are described herein.
US12032524B2 Data decompression apparatus
A decompression apparatus comprises a number of stages including: a first stage which always reads a binary symbol from a first stage indicator file for each symbol which is to be decoded; one or more mid stages which conditionally read a binary symbol from successive indicator files based on the value of the last symbol read from a previous indicator file; and a final stage which conditionally reads a symbol from a reduced file based on the value of the last symbol read from the last stage indicator file.
US12032519B2 Generation of transaction tags for enhanced searching
Tags for transaction records can be generated to represent characteristics of the transaction records not represented by typical characteristics of the records. Once generated, the transaction records can be modified to include the tags. Responsive to requests for transaction information, a set of transactions can be identified based on tags of the transactions and information about the transactions can be provided to a user interface.
US12032518B2 Context-based file selection
A method for context-based file selection that includes receiving a request pertaining to searching one or more files for a user; in response to receiving the request, identifying file request context information associated with the request, wherein the file request context information pertains at least in part to a topic; analyzing, based on the file request context information, contents of the one or more file; in response to analyzing the contents of the one or more files, extracting, from the contents of the one or more files, information pertaining to the file request context information; determining one or more suggested contents based on the extracted information; and providing, for display to the user, a display portion of a user interface for presentation pertaining to the one or more files and the one or more suggested contents, the display portion including a representation of at least one of the one or more files and at least one of the one or more suggested contents.
US12032515B2 Data migration management and migration metric prediction
A query specifying a source repository and a target repository is received from a client device. A source index is generated that corresponds to the source repository and represents a snapshot of metadata associated with data contained in the source data repository. The source index is filtered based on filtering criteria specified by the query to obtain a filtered source index. Attributes of data corresponding to the filtered source index are determined as well as data retrieval type parameters. Without initiating a data migration of the data corresponding to the filtered source index from the source repository to the target repository, predicted data migration metrics associated with the data migration are determined and presented to an end user of the client device. The end user is provided with the capability to initiate or forego the data migration based on an evaluation of the predicted data migration metrics.
US12032510B1 Self-recovery mechanism for multi-hosts and multi-devices emulation and prototyping system bus
A configuration to address a bus stall during data packet transmission also allows for bus recover due to data packet transmission errors. If a downstream node is not ready to receive data from a buffer of an upstream node, a timer counts a timeout value. The time count increments on each clock cycle in which the downstream node is not ready to receive data. The buffer is cleared at the upstream node when the count reaches a predetermined threshold value. Alternately, the configuration also operates to receive a packet header from an upstream node, the packet header identifying a number of data in a packet. If no data downstream is received on a clock cycle, a counter triggers and is incremented for each cycle in which no date is received. When a threshold is reached dummy data fills a data packet to then transmit the data.
US12032508B2 Interface clock management
The timing of the synchronous interface is controlled by a clock signal driven by a controller. The clock is toggled in order to send a command to a memory device via the interface. If there are no additional commands to be sent via the interface, the controller suspends the clock signal. When the memory device is ready, the memory device drives a signal back to the controller. The timing of this signal is not dependent upon the clock signal. Receipt of this signal by the controller indicates that the memory device is ready and the clock signal should be resumed so that a status of the command can be returned via the interface, or another command issued via the interface.
US12032504B2 Device for interconnecting two terminals
A device for interconnecting two communication terminals. More particularly, the device interconnects a first terminal with a second terminal. The device includes a first male connector, intended to be inserted into a corresponding female connector of the first terminal and a second male connector intended to be inserted into a corresponding female connector of the second terminal. The first male connector is a reversible connector including at least two sets of functionally identical pins. The device also includes a female connector, at least partially connected to a first set of pins of the first male connector by a transfer circuit and the second male connector is at least partially connected to a second set of pins of the first male connector by an interconnection circuit.
US12032502B2 Method and electronic device for communication on single wire interface preliminary class
A first electronic device for communication with a second electronic device on a single wire interface, includes: a memory; and a processor executing an application stored in the memory. The processor is configured to: receive, from the second electronic device, interrupt signals related with a frequency and a time space, over the single wire interface; decode an input data associated with the interrupt signals based on an interrupt protocol table; and provide the decoded input data to the application on the first electronic device.
US12032496B2 Efficient data sharing for graphics data processing operations
An apparatus to facilitate efficient data sharing for graphics data processing operations is disclosed. The apparatus includes a processing resource to generate a stream of instructions, an L1 cache communicably coupled to the processing resource and comprising an on-page detector circuit to determine that a set of memory requests in the stream of instructions access a same memory page; and set a marker in a first request of the set of memory requests; and arbitration circuitry communicably coupled to the L1 cache, the arbitration circuitry to route the set of memory requests to memory comprising the memory page and to, in response to receiving the first request with the marker set, remain with the processing resource to process the set of memory requests.
US12032494B2 Kernel integrity protection method and apparatus
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to kernel integrity protection methods and apparatuses. In an embodiment, a method includes: sending, by a first program executing at a first exception level, a request message to a second program executing at a second exception level, wherein the first exception level has lower execution privilege than the second exception level, the request message requests to perform memory access, and wherein the memory access is a preset register access or a preset memory space access, and; in response to receiving the request message, obtaining, by the second program, event information corresponding to the memory access; sending, by the second program, the event information to the first program; and processing, by the first program, the event information.
US12032491B2 Method for remapping virtual address to physical address and address remapping unit
A method for remapping a virtual address to a physical address is provided. The method is used in an address remapping unit and includes: receiving, by a remapping processing unit of the address remapping unit, a remapping request, decoding the remapping request and determining whether the remapping request has a direct memory access (DMA) remapping request; and executing, by the remapping processing unit, a remapping procedure: translating a virtual address corresponding to the remapping request to a physical address, when the remapping request has the DMA remapping request.
US12032485B2 64-bit virtual addresses having metadata bit(s) and canonicality check that does not fail due to non-canonical values of metadata bit(s)
Techniques to allow use of metadata in unused bits of virtual addresses are described. A processor of an aspect includes a decode circuit to decode a memory access instruction. The instruction to indicate one or more memory address operands that are to have address generation information and metadata. An execution circuit coupled with the decode circuit to generate a 64-bit virtual address based on the one or more memory address operands. The 64-bit virtual address having a bit 63, an X-bit address field starting at a bit 0 to store an address generated from the address generation information, and one or more metadata bits to store the metadata. The execution circuit also to perform a canonicality check on the 64-bit virtual address that does not fail due to non-canonical values of the metadata stored in the one or more metadata bits. Other processors, methods, systems, and instructions are disclosed.
US12032470B2 Dynamic cloud based alert and threshold generation
Embodiments monitor for faults in a cloud based network for a plurality of features comprising an application and dependent features. Embodiments generate a graphical representation of the plurality of features comprising a plurality of nodes and corresponding relationships between the nodes, each node corresponding to one of the plurality of features. Embodiments monitor for events for the plurality of features, the events corresponding to one or more of the nodes, to generate monitored events. Embodiments populate a graph database with the monitored events and classify each of the nodes with a trained graph neural network (“GNN”), the classification comprising a prediction of a failure of at least one node. Based on the classifying, for a failure node corresponding to the prediction, embodiments generate a new alert for the failure node or revise a threshold for an existing alert for the failure node.
US12032457B2 Intelligent discovery of clustered assets
Techniques described herein relate to a method for improving the performance of discovery in a failover cluster or similar cluster-based system. More specifically, by mapping shared volumes to a cluster client instead of individual data nodes, one or more embodiments of the invention avoid duplicative backups and/or restorations of the same shared assets by the each of the data nodes. To map the one or more shared volumes to a cluster client, the cluster manager and/or data protection manger must determine which of the volumes in the cluster are associated with either an active/passive shared volume or a cluster shared volume (CSV). Therefore, the cluster environments assets may be efficiently mapped and accessed.
US12032450B1 Resource recovery service
Provided is a system for facilitating recovery of deleted computing resources in a cloud network environment. A centralized resource recovery service may be in network communication with a plurality of resource management services that are each configured to create, modify, or delete their respective computing resources such as data storage volumes, databases, compute instances, and the like. The resource recovery service may be configured to receive a delete request associated with a resource managed by one of the resource management services, and cause the resource to be retained in a recovery bin based on the resource satisfying one of a plurality of resource recovery conditions used to manage resource recovery across the resource management services.
US12032447B2 Methods, apparatuses and computer program products for updating a card data object rendering interface based on card action inputs, reversal card action inputs, reinstate card action inputs, and replicate card action inputs
Various embodiments herein described are directed to methods, apparatuses and computer program products configured for improving human-user interactions and interfaces in card-based collaborative workflow management systems. In some embodiments, a client device may generate card action data objects that may monitor, track, and/or support a sequence of user inputs associated with a card data object, such that one or more user inputs can be reverted, reinstated, and/or replicated on another data object. Additional example embodiments provide various example card data object rendering interfaces that facilitate various user inputs and software operations in a card-based collaborative workflow management system.
US12032446B2 Recovery support techniques for storage virtualization environments
Recovery support techniques for storage virtualization environments are described. In one embodiment, for example, a method may be performed that comprises defining, by processing circuitry, a storage container comprising one or more logical storage volumes of a logical storage array of a storage system, associating the storage container with a virtual volume (vvol) datastore, identifying metadata for a vvol of the vvol datastore, and writing the metadata for the vvol to the storage system. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US12032445B2 Specialized data management for performing incremental backups to a cloud-based object storage
Described is a system (and method) for specialized data management when performing incremental backups to a cloud-based object storage. When backing up client data, the server may utilize incremental backups to conserve the amount of storage space required on the object storage. However, the server may implement a configuration that enables full reconstruction of the client data at the time of recovery. To provide such capabilities, the server may leverage a specialized metadata database. The metadata database may be an embedded database maintained by the server. The server may leverage the metadata database to provide further storage efficiencies by storing certain incremental backup data exclusively within the metadata database. Accordingly, the server may implement a data management configuration as part of a backup service that conserves storage usage, and as a result, storage costs when using on a third-party cloud-based object storage.
US12032444B2 Error correction with syndrome computation in a memory device
Methods, systems, and apparatus for error correction with syndrome computation in a memory device are described. A first syndrome for first encoded data is generated in a memory device. The first syndrome and the first encoded data are transmitted to a controller that is coupled with the memory device. A second syndrome for first and second encoded data is generated. The first encoded data and the second encoded data are interrelated according to an error correction code. The second syndrome is transmitted to the controller without the second encoded data and the controller is to decode the first encoded data based on at least one of the first syndrome, the second syndrome, or a combination thereof.
US12032440B2 Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to determine memory access integrity based on feedback from memory
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to determine memory access integrity based on feedback from memory. An example apparatus includes an access reconstruction controller including an output, a first input configured to be coupled to memory, and a second input configured to be coupled to a memory signal generator; a comparator including a first input coupled to the output of the access reconstruction controller, a second input configured to be coupled to an arbiter, and an output configured to be coupled to the arbiter; and a data integrity monitor including an input coupled to the second input of the comparator and configured to be coupled to the arbiter and an output coupled to the output of the comparator and configured to be coupled to the arbiter.
US12032435B2 Rule generation apparatus, rule generation method, and program
To enable more accurate determination of a failure cause event, an event mapping acquiring unit acquires an event mapping file defining a normalized alarm message indicating a normalized alarm content, a resource type indicating an event failure location, an alarm type, and an event type indicating event classification of the alarm in association with one another. An event type conversion unit determines whether input alarm information matches the definition of the event mapping file acquired, when the input alarm information matches the definition, sets the event type to a value defined in the event mapping file, when the input alarm information does not match the definition, sets the event type to the alarm type of alarm information, and registers the event type and the alarm information in association with each other as a failure event in the database.
US12032430B1 Condition-based maintenance techniques
Systems and methods that combine multiple techniques such as supervised learning, data analytics, measurement hardware modelling and scalable sensing hardware to quickly deliver a highly optimized and production ready solution to cover the condition-based maintenance requirements of a specific physical asset.
US12032426B2 Smart resource allocation framework for dynamic allocation of system resources in personal computing devices (PCDs) that employ wireless modems
Systems, methods and computer-readable mediums may be used in portable computing devices (PCDs) for dynamically allocating system resources in a way that prevents or lessens degradation of power and performance KPIs while also avoiding temperature increases in the PCD that can create unpleasant user experiences. A smart resource allocation framework (SRAF) is triggered when a call is received or placed. Once triggered, the SRAF framework monitors a preselected set of state conditions to determine whether or not to place the wireless modem in a modem power-performance (Mod. Pow.-Perf) mode. If it determines that modem is to be placed in the Mod. Pow.-Perf. mode, a Mod. Pow.-Perf. process is performed dynamically allocates system resources and preferably also triggers a thermal framework that performs power reduction in one or more non-modem processing cores.
US12032424B2 Filtering-based power supply apparatus, power sourcing equipment, and power supply system
A filtering-based power supply apparatus used in a power sourcing equipment (PSE) includes a power supply control circuit and an adaptive filter circuit. The power supply control circuit includes a power supply channel and a detection module. The power supply channel includes a control switch configured to control on and off of the power supply channel. The detection module is configured to send a detection signal to the power supply channel to detect whether a peer device connected to the power supply channel is a valid powered device. The control switch is turned off in a detection process of the power supply channel. The adaptive filter circuit is configured to filter noise in the detection signal in the detection process of the power supply channel.
US12032423B2 Network identification of portable electronic devices while changing power states
Systems and methods for maintaining knowledge of a network address (e.g., a MAC address) for a playback device while changing power states are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for maintaining knowledge of the network identity of a playback device while changing power states includes determining that a playback device is entering a sleep state, sending state information from the playback device to a central data repository over a network responsive to the determination that the playback device is entering sleep state, where state information includes a MAC address, receiving the state information about the playback device at a waking device from the central data repository, waking the playback device periodically at predetermined time intervals while in sleep state to listen for messages addressed to the MAC address, and receiving a wake-up message at the playback device from the waking device and responding by changing from sleep to active state.
US12032422B2 Power supplying apparatus that supplies power to external apparatus based on power flow information and the role of the power supplying apparatus and a method of controlling the same
A power supplying apparatus stores power flow direction information related to a power role of the power supplying apparatus relative to an external apparatus in a storage, and performs control, in a case where the external apparatus has been connected to a connecter of the power supplying apparatus, to match a power role of the power supplying apparatus and a power role corresponding to the power flow direction information stored in the storage based on the power flow direction information stored in the storage unit.
US12032412B2 Foldable apparatus and electronic device
A foldable apparatus and an electronic device are provided in the present disclosure. The foldable apparatus includes a rotating shaft base and two main bodies. Each main body is provided with a rotating member rotatably connected with the rotating shaft base, a housing rotatably connected with the rotating member, a first support plate fixed to the housing, and a second support plate fixedly connected with the rotating member. When the two main bodies are folded relative to each other, the second support plate rotates relative to the housing along with the rotating member to be inclined relative to the first support plate, and an accommodating space is defined between two second support plates. When the two main bodies are unfolded relative to each other, the second support plate rotates relative to the housing along with the rotating member to be flush with the first support plate.
US12032411B2 Foldable display screen
A foldable display screen is disclosed. The foldable display screen includes a first substrate and a second substrate spliced to form a complete substrate; a flexible display screen having a first display area on front surfaces of the first substrate and the second substrate, a second display area on a back surface of the second substrate, and a side-surface bending display area between the first display area and the second display area; and a transparent protective structure covering the side-surface bending display area.
US12032409B2 Electronic device
An electronic device is provided, including first and second bodies, a processing module, a touch display panel, and at least one sensing unit. The second body is rotatably connected to the first body. The processing module is disposed in the first body or the second body. The touch display panel is disposed on the second body, is coupled to the processing module, and has a main display part, and first and second display parts. The sensing unit is disposed in the first body or the second body and coupled to the processing module. When the sensing unit detects the first and second bodies are folded relative to each other, the processing module is switched to a second mode, wherein in the second mode, the main display part is activated, the first display part and the second display part are adapted to operate synchronously or operate individually.
US12032408B2 Display device
A display device comprising: a display panel comprising a first non-folding area, a second non-folding area, and a folding area, wherein the display device is configured to operate in a first mode in an unfolded state, and the display device is configured to operate in a second mode in a folded state; an insulation plate under the display panel and comprising a folding portion corresponding to the folding area; and a digitizer under the insulation plate, the folding portion comprising: a first area; a second area; and a third area, wherein each of the first area and the third area comprises a first stress control pattern comprising first grooves defined in an upper surface of the insulation plate, and the second area comprises a second stress control pattern comprising at least one of second grooves or openings defined in a lower surface of the insulation plate.
US12032400B2 Non-contact power supply facility, impedance adjustment method for non-contact power supply facility, and impedance adjustment program for non-contact power supply facility
An adjustment system causes a target power supply device to execute first processing and second processing while causing at least one adjacent power supply device to perform a regular power supply operation. The first processing is processing for measuring a first voltage value while a power supply circuit of the target power supply device does not output an alternating current. The second processing is processing for measuring a second voltage value while the power supply circuit of the target power supply device outputs an alternating current. The adjustment system obtains a feeder circuit reactance of a feeder circuit based on the difference between the first voltage value and the second value, and executes adjustment processing for adjusting circuit characteristics with use of an adjustment unit in accordance with the obtained feeder circuit reactance in such a manner that the feeder circuit impedance is a predetermined impedance.
US12032398B2 Regulator circuit and methods thereof
Disclosed herein is an adaptive voltage regulator that includes a voltage regulator circuit configured to provide a regulated output voltage at an output node of the adaptive voltage regulator circuit. The adaptive voltage regulator also includes an adaptation circuit coupled to the output node that is configured to adapt a charging characteristic associated with a charging of the output node to a predefined output voltage as a function of a load coupled to the output node. The adaption circuit may be configured to selectively provide additional charging current that charges the output node to the predefined output voltage depending on the load.
US12032391B2 Virtual safety shrouds for aerial vehicles
An aerial vehicle and system for automatically detecting an object (e.g., human, pet, or other animal) approaching the aerial vehicle is described. When an approaching object is detected by an object detection component, a safety profile may be executed to reduce or avoid any potential harm to the object and/or the aerial vehicle. For example, if the object is detected entering a safety perimeter of the aerial vehicle, the rotation of a propeller closest to the object may be stopped to avoid harming the object and rotations of remaining propellers may be modified to maintain control and flight of the aerial vehicle.
US12032388B2 Guidance system for landing a drone
The invention relates to a method for automatically guiding a drone with a computer, with a view to landing the drone on a docking and recharging platform, the drone comprising a first luminous means that emits a first light signal and a second luminous means that emits a second light signal different from the first light signal, the first luminous means and the second luminous means being fastened at two separate points to the drone, the station receiving images captured by a camera, said method comprising: —analyzing the images captured by the camera so as to locate the first and second luminous means, —determining the position and orientation of the drone depending on the determined position of the first and second luminous means, —generating, with the computer, piloting instructions intended for the drone, said instructions being configured to guide the drone towards the docking and recharging platform, —transmitting said instructions to the drone, —the drone receiving and implementing said instructions.
US12032378B2 Automation control using stop trajectories
In an embodiment, an automation controller periodically generates stop trajectories and controls actuators to follow the stop trajectories. As long as new stop trajectories continue to be generated, the automation controller may follow a destination trajectory that is formed from the first portion of each stop trajectory. If stop trajectories are not generated for a period of time (e.g., due to failure in one or more computers generating the stop trajectories), the automation controller may continue to follow the most recent stop trajectory and bring the mobile machine to a stop.
US12032376B2 Intelligent solar powered pool skimming robot
Systems and methods can support an autonomous pool skimming system. The pool skimming system may have a body with two or more hulls. Two or more paddlewheels may be coupled to the body. An independent motor may drive each paddlewheel. The motors may be independently controllable to support steering. The pool skimming system may have one or more processing units, two or more distance sensors, one or more solar cells, and a power supply operable to power the processing units and the motors from energy supplied by the solar cells. One or more processing modules may configure the processing units to plan and execute a traversal path across the surface of a body of water, such as a swimming pool, to collect debris into a removable basket. A portion of the traversal path may be established according to signals from distance sensors.
US12032375B2 Multi-perspective system and method for behavioral policy selection by an autonomous agent
A system and a method for autonomous decisioning and operation by an autonomous agent includes: collecting decisioning data including: collecting a first stream of data includes observation data obtained by onboard sensors of the autonomous agent, wherein each of the onboard sensors is physically arranged on the autonomous agent; collecting a second stream of data includes observation data obtained by offboard infrastructure devices, the offboard infrastructure devices being arranged geographically remote from and in an operating environment of the autonomous agent; implementing a decisioning data buffer that includes the first stream of data from the onboard sensors and the second stream of data from the offboard sensors; generating current state data; generating/estimating intent data for each of one or more agents within the operating environment of the autonomous agent; identifying a plurality of candidate behavioral policies; and selecting and executing at least one of the plurality of candidate behavioral policies.
US12032373B2 Spherical autonomous underwater vehicle
The invention relates to an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). The AUV includes a frame and tunnel thrusters for propelling and orientating the AUV, where the tunnel thrusters have inlets and outlets, each of outlets being directed in a different orientation, and are mounted to the frame. The AUV further includes fasteners for connecting the frame to a hull, where the fasteners have an orientation that is substantially parallel to the tunnel thrusters. The hull has a substantially spherical shape and further includes (1) a bottom plate with inlet openings, (2) a top plate with outlet openings, where the top plate and the bottom plate are affixed to the fasteners and hold plate rings of the hull in place, and (3) each of the plate rings that further includes a corresponding retention ring and corresponding central plates.
US12032370B2 Supporting an aircraft on a mission in which an intent of the aircraft is conveyed responsive to a lost-link event
A method is provided for supporting an aircraft to execute a mission in which the aircraft maneuvers in an airspace system. The method includes detecting a lost-link event in which a datalink between the aircraft and a control station is interrupted or lost, and responsive to which the aircraft is preconfigured to execute a procedure. The method also includes conveying an intent of the aircraft to execute the procedure over a radio channel assigned for voice communication in the airspace system. In this regard, conveying the intent includes composing a message that indicates the intent of the aircraft to execute the procedure. The message is applied to a text-to-speech engine to convert the message to a corresponding verbal message in which the intent of the aircraft is conveyed. The corresponding verbal message is then sent over the radio channel assigned for voice communication in the airspace system.
US12032369B2 Method, software system, server and physical terminal of analytical calculation of power supply reliability indexes of complex power distribution networks with multi-connections
A method of analytical calculation of power supply reliability indexes of a power distribution network includes (A1) acquiring parameters of the power distribution network; (A2) building a reliability calculation model, which includes treating the power distribution network as a node-branch calculation unit and numbering nodes and branches in the power distribution network; (A3) building correlation matrices, and calculating a power supply path matrix and a tie-line matrix, wherein the correlation matrices are a node-branch association matrix, a section switch matrix and a fuse matrix; (A4) deriving a fault incidence matrix through the power supply path matrix, the section switch matrix, the fuse matrix and the tie-line matrix, and calculating the reliability indexes of the nodes and the power distribution network; and (A5) identifying vulnerable links by performing sensitivity analysis through partial derivative transformation for quantifiable parameters or perturbation transformation for unquantifiable parameters on an expression of the reliability indexes.
US12032367B2 Systems and methods for processing objects, including automated mobile matrix bins
A processing system for processing objects using a programmable motion device is disclosed. The processing system includes a perception unit for perceiving identifying indicia representative of an identity of a plurality of objects received from an input conveyance system, an acquisition system for acquiring an object from the plurality of objects at an input area using an end effector of the programmable motion device, wherein the programmable motion device is adapted for assisting in the delivery of the object to an identified processing bin, and the identified processing bin is associated with the identifying indicia and said identified processing location is provided as one of a plurality of processing bins, and a delivery system for bringing the identified processing bin toward the object, where the delivery system includes a carrier for carrying the identified processing bin toward the object.
US12032366B2 Method and apparatus for simulating the machining on a machine tool using a self-learning system
A method and a device for simulating a machining process of a workpiece on an NC-controlled machine tool by means of a self-learning artificial neural network. Process parameters both from a machining process on a real machine tool located in a manufacturing section and a digital machine model implemented in a simulation section are provided to the artificial neural network to learn the behavior of the machine tool including the tools and workpieces used and are reformatted into input parameters by means of mathematical transformation. By learning the behavior of the machining process, the artificial neural network ca, send output files back to the simulation software of the simulation section and optimally adapt the behavior of the digital machine model to the conditions of the real machine tool by adapting the simulation parameters and make it more efficient in order to optimize the machining process on the machine tool.
US12032363B2 Method and apparatus for reconfiguring a material processing plant
A dual positioned recirculating chute that would allow the operator to run the plant in either closed circuit or open circuit position. While in closed circuit position, the plant will run rock through and the chute will provide as a recirculating chute for oversized rock to travel from the recirculating conveyor back into the feeder hopper for re-crushing. The operator can then reposition the chute to the open circuit position, which will change the direction of the chute away from the feeder hopper and discharge material off the side of the plant. This can be oversized rock material to form an additional stock pile or be redirected to an off-plant conveyor. This can also allow for the removal of trash and unwanted material from the plant cycle without the need for a full plant shutdown, locking out the proper equipment, and manually removing before restarting the crushing process again.
US12032362B2 Multi-user collaboration across domains for industrial automation design
The present disclosure is directed to systems, methods and devices for facilitating user communication for industrial automation system design. A first user's input for flagging an issue for review by a second user may be received in relation to a software object integrated in an industrial automation routine. A flag may be associated with the software object. A request to access the flagged issue may be received from the second user, and a location in the industrial automation routine corresponding to the flagged issue and the software object may be caused to be displayed on a computing device associated with the second user.
US12032360B2 Method, apparatus and system for presenting spraying operation
Disclosed are a method, apparatus and system for presenting a spraying operation, wherein the method comprises: acquiring a spray coefficient of an operating device at an operation position corresponding to a sampling point, wherein the spray coefficient is used for representing a spray quantity of the operating device at the operation position (S102); acquiring color information corresponding to the spray coefficient of the operation position (S104); and presenting the operation position and the color information corresponding to the operation position (S106). The method solves the technical problems that a spray quantity at a specific position in a target region cannot be determined, and spray efficiency is low.
US12032357B2 System and method for logging process steps
A system and a method for executing a work process on an object are provided, the system includes at least one work station, an acquisition device and an auditor device. The system and method can be used to log process steps of a work process.
US12032356B2 Method and system for automated toolpath generation
A method for facilitating part fabrication, such as by automated toolpath generation, can include one or more of: receiving a virtual part; modifying the virtual part; and/or determining toolpaths to fabricate the target part. The toolpaths preferably define an ordered series of additive and subtractive toolpaths, more preferably wherein the additive and subtractive toolpaths are interleaved, which can function to achieve high manufacturing efficiency and/or performance. The method can additionally or alternatively include: generating machine instructions based on the toolpaths; fabricating the target part based on the machine instructions; calibrating the fabrication system; and/or any other suitable elements.
US12032355B2 Virtual metrology model based seasoning optimization
A method for detecting an endpoint of a seasoning process for a plasma tool includes (a) operating the plasma tool to run a seasoning recipe on at least one seasoning wafer before running a monitoring recipe on at least one monitoring wafer; (b) collecting, while running the monitoring recipe on the monitoring wafer, monitoring data associated with the running the monitoring recipe; and (c) generating an estimated product parameter using a virtual metrology (VM) model that is configured to estimate a product parameter using the monitoring data. The VM model is based on production data associated with running a production recipe on production wafers and product parameters of the production wafers measured after the running the production recipe. The endpoint of the seasoning process is obtained by repeating (a), (b) and (c), and the endpoint is obtained when the estimated product parameter stabilizes.
US12032352B2 Servo joint safety position monitoring apparatus and method
A safety apparatus and method for monitoring the position of a servo joint in a servo joint driving system are introduced. The safety apparatus includes modules for measuring powerline signals to determine a servo motor position and/or speed safely. By analyzing the synchronization between the motor and powerline signals, loss of synchronization, unexpected resistance experienced by the motor, and other fault conditions are detected so that power can be cut from the servo motor for safety. The safety apparatus and method achieve a functional safety position and/or speed generating and monitoring and reduce reliance on expensive position sensors and encoders. Robots utilizing the safety apparatus and a method of its use are also disclosed.
US12032349B2 Controller
A control device includes a program in a first execution format in which an overall program is executed per execution and a program in a second execution format in which parts of the program are sequentially executed. The device includes a processor that calculates, based on execution of the program in the second execution format, a second command value for controlling a control target in accordance with an intermediate code generated by an interpreter and calculates the second command value for controlling the same control target in response to the execution of the program in the first execution format, and a permitter that permits, in response to overlap between the execution times of the two programs, execution of one of the two programs accessing a second processor earlier than the other.
US12032348B2 Fishing reel and history data management system equipped with the reel
A fishing reel includes a spool that winds a fishing line; an operation portion that rotates the spool; a clutch that switches from being power transmissible to power non-transmissible and vice versa between the operation portion and the spool; a rotation detector that detects the rotation of the spool; a casting preparation commencement detector that detects casting is ready; a casting completion detector that detects completion of casting; a history data generator that generates history data from when casting is ready to when the casting is completed; and a storage that stores the history data.
US12032347B1 Systems and methods for providing power consumption predictions for selected applications within network arrangements featuring devices with non-homogenous or unknown specifications
Systems and methods are described herein for novel uses and/or improvements to artificial intelligence applications in an environment with limited or no available data. In particular, systems and methods are described herein for providing power consumption predictions for selected applications within network arrangements featuring devices with non-homogenous or unknown specifications.
US12032346B2 Control system and control device
A control system includes one or a plurality of functional units, and a control device for exchanging communication data transmitted circularly among the functional units. The control device selects, in accordance with an instruction from a user or in accordance with a predetermined condition, one transfer system of a first transfer system in which a computation processing unit transfers the communication data and a second transfer system in which a DMA controller transfers the communication data.
US12032345B2 Systems and methods for configuring a brain control interface using data from deployed systems
Universal switch modules, universal switches, and methods of using the same are disclosed, including methods of preparing an individual to interface with an electronic device or software. For example, a method is disclosed that can include measuring brain-related signals of the individual to obtain a first sensed brain-related signal when the individual generates a task-irrelevant thought. The method can include transmitting the first sensed brain-related signal to a processing unit. The method can include associating the task-irrelevant thought and the first sensed brain-related signal with N input commands. The method can include compiling the task-irrelevant thought, the first sensed brain-related signal, and the N input commands to an electronic database.
US12032343B2 Control system for controlling a machine using a control agent with parallel training of the control agent
A machine control system including a first data processing device having a first central processing unit, which implements a control agent, the first data processing unit communicating control commands to the machine and receiving process and environmental data from the machine, which contain state information about the state of the machine and/or an environment of the machine. A second data processing device receives the state information from the first data processing device and implements a copy of the control agent. The second data processing device ascertains, with the aid of one or multiple graphics processing units and/or one or multiple tensor processing units, an update of the copy of the control agent by reinforcement learning, using the state information, and communicates the update to the first data processing device.
US12032340B2 Time-to-digital converter circuitry
A time-to-digital converter (TDC) circuitry for converting a phase difference between an input reference signal and an input clock signal to a digitally represented output signal. The TDC circuitry comprises multiple constituent TDCs, a reference signal provider, and a digital signal combiner. Each TDC is configured to convert a phase difference between a constituent reference signal and a constituent clock signal to a digitally represented constituent output signal. The reference signal provider is configured to provide the respective constituent reference signals to each of the TDCs. In at least a parallel operation mode of the TDC circuitry, each respective constituent reference signal comprises a respectively delayed version of the input reference signal with different respective delays for at least two of the respective constituent reference signals. The digital signal combiner is configured to provide the digitally represented output signal based on the digitally represented constituent output signals of the TDCs.
US12032336B2 Measuring system for a plurality of mechanical horological movements
A case configured to receive a plurality of mechanical watch movements in the wound state, each movement being housed inside a compartment, configured to receive and maintain the movement according to a predefined orientation. In this position, the winding buttons of the movements are positioned facing respective microphones which are mounted inside the case. The microphones are configured such that they cancel the noises detected, such that the acoustic measurements of each of the movements are essentially not disturbed by the noises produced by the adjacent movements. Also, a method for testing a plurality of mechanical movements installed in the case, and to a testing system which includes the case. The movements are measured by a plurality of cycles of consecutive and successive measurement periods.
US12032334B2 Escapement system and measuring device comprising said escapement system
The present invention relates to an escapement system that can be used, for example, in a measuring device such as in a timepiece. The escapement system comprises a drive axle and at least one escape wheel that has at least one impulse tooth. The at least one impulse tooth is connected to the drive axle via at least one spring element and has a starting position in which it is fixed such that the spring element has a preload torque.
US12032333B2 Time difference correction mechanism and timepiece with time difference correction mechanism
A time difference correction mechanism includes a cylinder index star wheel that includes teeth and is connected to an hour hand, a cylinder index gear that includes teeth and is connected to a minute hand, the cylinder index gear provided radially outward of the cylinder index star wheel on a same plane as the teeth, a cylinder index lever disposed in the cylinder index gear on a same plane as the cylinder index gear, and a cylinder index spring disposed in the cylinder index gear on the same plane as the cylinder index gear. The cylinder index lever is movable between an engaged position where a claw engages with at least one of the teeth and a disengaged position where the claw disengages with the at least one of the teeth . The cylinder index spring is configured to bias the cylinder index lever to the engaged position.
US12032328B2 Image forming apparatus having improved access to drive unit
An image forming apparatus that forms an image on a recording material includes a frame body, an image forming unit, a first electric component unit, a first electric component board, a second electric component unit, and a second electric component board. The second electric component board communicates with the first electric component board and controls the image forming unit. The first electric component unit pivots about a first pivot axis positioned on a first side in a width direction. The second electric component unit pivots about a second pivot axis positioned on a second side in the width direction. When the first electric component unit and the second electric component unit are in closed states, the second electric component unit is positioned between the first electric component unit and the image forming unit in a front-back direction of the image forming apparatus.
US12032325B2 Cartridge and image forming apparatus
A cartridge includes a photosensitive drum and a developing roller, with the developing roller being configured to develop a latent image formed on the photosensitive drum with toner. The cartridge also includes a first electrical contact electrically connected to the charging roller and the second electrical contact electrically connected to the developing roller. As viewed along the axis of the photosensitive drum, the first electrical contact and the second electrical contact are positioned on opposite sides with respect to a line that passes through an axis of the photosensitive drum and an axis of the developing roller.
US12032323B2 Image forming apparatus and process cartridge
An image forming apparatus includes an electrophotographic photoreceptor that includes a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive substrate, the electrophotographic photoreceptor having an outermost surface layer that contains a binder resin, a charge-transporting material, and a fluorine-containing resin particle, the fluorine-containing resin particle containing 0 or more and 30 or less carboxy groups per 106 carbon atoms, a charging device that charges the electrophotographic photoreceptor, an electrostatic latent image forming device that forms an electrostatic latent image on the electrophotographic photoreceptor that is charged, a developing device that houses a developer containing a toner and that develops, with the developer, the electrostatic latent image formed on the electrophotographic photoreceptor into a toner image, a transfer device that transfers the toner image onto a transfer-receiving medium, and an optical discharging device that, after the toner image is transferred onto the transfer-receiving medium and before the electrophotographic photoreceptor is charged, irradiates the electrophotographic photoreceptor with discharging light with a light quantity of 1.0 μW or more and 50.0 μW or less to perform discharging.
US12032317B2 Image forming apparatus including positioning of suction belt conveyance unit
An image forming apparatus includes a transfer unit including a transfer nip portion, a fixing unit including a fixing nip portion, a suction belt conveyance unit arranged between the transfer unit and the fixing unit and conveying the sheet toward the fixing nip, a first casing, a second casing connected to the first casing and supporting the fixing unit, a first positioning portion, and, a second positioning portion. The first positioning portion is disposed in the first casing and performs positioning of the suction belt conveyance unit in a predetermined direction along a surface perpendicular to a width direction of the sheet. The second positioning portion is disposed in the second casing and performs positioning of the suction belt conveyance unit in the predetermined direction.
US12032316B2 Sheet conveyance apparatus and image forming apparatus
A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a sheet conveyor configured to convey a sheet, a guide configured to form a conveyance path through which the sheet is conveyed by the sheet conveyor, and a sensor disposed on a same side as the guide with respect to the conveyance path. The guide includes a retracted portion disposed over a first region in a sheet width direction perpendicular to a sheet conveyance direction, the retracted portion being retracted with respect to a second region of the guide in the sheet width direction so as not to come into contact with the sheet passing through the conveyance path, the first region including a detection region of the sensor in the sheet width direction, the second region being a sheet passing region of the sheet in the sheet width direction excluding the first region.
US12032315B2 Paper discriminating device, image forming apparatus, paper type discriminating method, and recording medium
A technology aimed at improvement of paper discriminating accuracy is provided. In an image forming apparatus, a control unit derives a discriminating result for types of paper. To be specific, the control unit derives the discriminating result for types of paper using a first detection value based on absorption by the paper of the light having the first wavelength and a second detection value based on absorption by the paper of the light having the second wavelength. The first wavelength ranges from 750 nm to 1100 nm. The second wavelength ranges from 400 nm to 500 nm.
US12032314B2 Image forming system
An image forming system includes an image forming unit, a varnish coating unit, a reception unit, and a control unit. The image forming unit executes an image forming process of forming an image on types of recording media including a first type of recording medium with a coated layer and a second type of recording medium without a coated layer. The varnish coating unit executes a varnish coating process of varnish coating a recording medium on which an image is formed by the image forming unit. The reception unit receives a printing job from a user. The control unit controls the varnish coating unit. When the printing job received by the reception unit is a printing job for executing the varnish coating process on the second type of recording medium, the control unit controls the varnish coating unit to prevent the varnish coating unit from executing the varnish coating process.
US12032312B2 Connector member
A connector member connectable to a heating unit inside a heating roller of a fixing device includes a cover having a recess into which an end of a substrate of the heating unit in a first direction parallel to a rotation axis of the heating roller can be inserted, and an energizing terminal stored in the cover and including a contact portion on one side of the recess and to be in contact with a contact point on the substrate, and a connecting portion to which a conducting wire for receiving electric power is connected and located on the other side of the recess.
US12032305B2 Alignment method and associated alignment and lithographic apparatuses
A method of, and associated apparatuses for, performing a position measurement on an alignment mark including at least a first periodic structure having a direction of periodicity along a first direction. The method includes obtaining signal data relating to the position measurement and fitting the signal data to determine a position value. The fitting uses one of a modulation fit or a background envelope periodic fit.
US12032301B2 Substrate support, lithographic apparatus and loading method
A substrate support for supporting a substrate. The substrate support includes a main body, a clamping device and a dither device. The main body includes a support surface for supporting the substrate. The clamping device is arranged to provide the clamping force to clamp the substrate on the support surface. The dither device is configured to dither the clamping force. The dither device may be configured to dither the clamping force while the substrate is being loaded onto the support surface.
US12032297B2 Method for monitoring lithographic apparatus
A method of determining a parameter of a lithographic apparatus, wherein the method includes providing first height variation data of a first substrate, providing first performance data of a first substrate, and determining a model based on the first height variation data and the first performance data. The method further includes obtaining second height variation data of a second substrate, inputting the second height variation data to the model, and determining second performance data of the second substrate by running the model. Based on the second performance data, the method determines a parameter of the apparatus.
US12032296B2 Fluid handling system, method and lithographic apparatus
A fluid handling system that includes a liquid confinement structure configured to confine immersion liquid to a space between at least a part of the liquid confinement structure and a surface of a substrate. The fluid handling system also includes a mechanism configured to vibrate a vibration component in contact with the immersion liquid.
US12032293B2 Composition for forming organic film, patterning process, and polymer
A composition for forming an organic film contains a polymer having a partial structure shown by the following general formula (1A), and an organic solvent. The polymer is crosslinked by dehydrogenative coupling reaction involving hydrogen atoms located at the trityl position on the fluorene ring in each partial structure. Thus, the present invention provides: a composition for forming an organic film the composition containing such a thermosetting polymer with high carbon content as to enable high etching resistance and excellent twisting resistance; a patterning process using the composition; and a polymer suitable for the composition for forming an organic film
US12032283B2 Imprint apparatus and method of manufacturing article
The present invention provides an imprint apparatus that forms a pattern in an imprint material on a substrate using a mold including a pattern region, the apparatus comprising: a stage configured to be movable while holding the substrate; and a dispenser configured to discharge the imprint material, wherein a sensor, a receptor, and a mark are provided around a holding region where the substrate is held, in an upper surface of the stage, and the upper surface of the stage includes a first region that passes below the pattern region during movement of the stage between a position below the dispenser and a position below the mold, and a second region that does not pass below the pattern region during the movement, and the sensor, the receptor, and the mark are arranged in the second region.
US12032280B2 Reflective mask blank, reflective mask, and method for manufacturing reflective mask
A reflective mask blank includes: a substrate; a multilayer reflective film configured to reflect EUV light; a protective film; and a phase shift film configured to shift a phase of EUV light, in this order, in which the phase shift film includes a first layer including one or more first elements selected from a group consisting of ruthenium, rhenium, iridium, silver, osmium, gold, palladium, and platinum, and a second layer including one or more second elements selected from a group consisting of tantalum and chromium, the first layer includes a region A1 in which a content of an element having a highest content among the one or more first elements increases in a thickness direction from a side opposite to the second layer toward the second layer, and the region A1 is present adjacent to the second layer.
US12032279B2 Camera module and optical device comprising same
An embodiment comprises: a lens barrel moving in the direction of the optical axis; a holder disposed below the lens barrel and having a seating portion recessed in the top surface thereof; a filter disposed on the bottom surface of the seating portion of the holder; a blocking member disposed on the upper surface of the filter; and an image sensor disposed below the filter, wherein the seating portion includes an inner side surface facing the side surface of the filter, the inner side surface of the seating portion includes a first surface and a second surface located below the first surface, the separation distance from the first surface to the side surface of the filter is greater than the separation distance from the second surface to the side surface of the filter, and the thickness of the filter is greater than the separation distance from the second surface to the side surface of the filter.
US12032276B2 Light emitting diode, light emitting device and projector device
A light emitting diode includes a semiconductor layer sequence stack, a reflective polarizing layer and a diffuse reflection structure. The semiconductor layer sequence stack includes first and second semiconductor layers, and a light emitting layer disposed therebetween. The reflective polarizing layer is disposed on the semiconductor layer sequence stack. The diffuse reflection structure is disposed on the light emitting layer opposite to the reflective polarizing layer. A light emitting device including the light emitting diode, and a projector including the light emitting device are also provided.
US12032273B2 Adjustable backup camera for vehicle tailgate
A backup camera for mounting on a vehicle tailgate. The backup camera includes a mounting base and an optical support housing rotatably engaged to the mounting base, the optical support housing rotatable between a first housing position and a second housing position; A lens element, generating a field of view, is mounted on the optical support housing and a digital imaging sensor is in communication with the lens element. The field of view is at least partially perpendicular to the tailgate plane when the optical support housing is in the first housing position. The field of view is at least partially parallel to the tailgate plane when the optical support is in the second housing position.
US12032272B2 Polymer composition for use in a camera module
A camera module comprising a polymer composition that includes a polymer matrix containing a liquid crystalline polymer and a mineral filler is provided. The liquid crystalline polymer contains repeating units derived from naphthenic hydroxycarboxylic and/or dicarboxylic acids in an amount of about 10 mol. % or more of the polymer. Further, the polymer composition exhibits a melt viscosity of from about 30 to about 400 Pa-s, as determined at a shear rate of 400 seconds−1 and at a temperature 15° C. higher than the melting temperature of the composition in accordance with ISO Test No. 11443:2005.
US12032269B2 Wavelength conversion apparatus
In a wavelength conversion apparatus, reflection suppressors are provided on surfaces of optical elements indicating lenses, dichroic mirrors, and sealing windows excluding a wavelength conversion element in the apparatus between optical fibers F1 and F2 on the input side and optical fibers F3 and F4 on the output side, and on end surfaces of the optical fibers F3 and F4 on the output side. With this, even when light having a wavelength of a sum frequency component of signal light and excitation light is generated at the operation time of wavelength conversion of the wavelength conversion element, because the reflection suppressors suppress the reflection of unwanted light of the wavelength band, the unwanted light is unlikely to return to the wavelength conversion element and it is also possible to suppress a situation in which the unwanted light is mixed into the optical fibers F3 and F4.
US12032268B2 Optical modulator
An optical modulator in which an optical signal is input from one side of a package, includes in the package, a chip that optically modulates the optical signal and in which an input waveguide and an output waveguide of the optical signal are led to mutually different destinations each being one end of the chip facing the one side of the package and a side surface of the chip orthogonal to the one end of the chip; an input optical system coupled to the input waveguide of the chip; and an output optical system coupled to the output waveguide of the chip.
US12032267B2 Light modulating device and electronic apparatus including the same
Provided a light modulating device including a variable mirror including a plurality of lattice structures, the plurality of lattice structures including a material having a refractive index that changes based on a temperature of the material, a distributed Bragg mirror spaced apart from the variable mirror and provided above the variable mirror, the distributed Bragg mirror including a first material layer and a second material layer that are alternately stacked, and a refractive index of the first material layer being different from a refractive index of the second material layer, and a heating portion configured to heat the plurality of lattice structures and provided below the variable mirror opposite to the distributed Bragg mirror.
US12032264B2 Electro-optic displays
A method for driving an electro-optic display, the display having at least one display pixel coupled to a storage capacitor, the method include applying a waveform sequence to the at least one display pixel and connecting the storage capacitor to a first bias voltage, and maintaining a last frame voltage level on the display pixel after the completion of the applied waveform.
US12032260B2 Optically transparent polymer electrolyte films
Provided are electrolyte films or cells for use in variety of applications, such as electrochromic windows. An electrolytic film comprises a polymer layer, such as thermoplastic polyurethane or polymethyl methacrylate, and an electrolyte within the polymer layer. The electrolyte comprises a salt and a plasticizer. The plasticizer comprises one or more materials that are selected to provide sufficient conductivity and optical transparency for operation of the electrolyte film in an application requiring substantial optical clarity and switching speed, such as a smart window.
US12032256B2 Display device
A display device includes a first substrate, a gate wiring on the first substrate, a first insulating layer on the gate wiring, a source wiring on the first insulating layer and intersecting the gate wiring, a second insulating layer on the source wiring, a pixel electrode on the second insulating layer; and a first buffer layer between the first substrate and the first insulating layer. A refractive index of the first buffer layer is higher than a refractive index of the first substrate, at an interface between the first buffer layer and the first substrate, and the refractive index of the first buffer layer is lower than a refractive index of the first insulating layer, at an interface between the first buffer layer and the first insulating layer.
US12032255B2 Display device
According to an aspect, a display device includes: a first light-transmitting substrate; a second light-transmitting substrate; a liquid crystal layer that is disposed between the first and second light-transmitting substrates; scan lines that are provided to the first light-transmitting substrate and extend along a first direction; signal lines that extend in a second direction; a switching element; a pixel electrode provided in an area surrounded by the scan lines and the signal lines; an undercoat film provided so as to cover a principal surface of the first light-transmitting substrate; and a gate insulating film between a gate electrode and a semiconductor layer of the switching element. The gate insulating film has a first opening in an area overlapping the pixel electrode. The pixel electrode is directly stacked on the undercoat film in the area overlapping the first opening.
US12032254B2 Display substrate, display panel and display apparatus
A display substrate, a display panel and a display apparatus. The display substrate including: a substrate having a display area; a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in an array and located in the display area of the substrate; and a plurality of data lines arranged in the display area of the substrate; the plurality of data lines extend in a column direction of the sub-pixels, and a column of sub-pixels are electrically connected with at least one of the plurality of data lines; and for at least one of the plurality of data lines, a side of an orthographic projection of the at least one of the plurality of data lines on the substrate facing orthographic projections of sub-pixels electrically connected with the at least one of the plurality of data lines has a plurality of first concave-convex structures.
US12032250B2 Display module with circut boards
A display module is provided. The display module includes: a display panel, a light control panel, at least one first circuit board for the display panel, and at least one second circuit board for the light control panel. The display panel and the light control panel are stacked, the display panel is on a light-emitting side of the light control panel, a light-emitting surface of the display panel is on a first surface, and at least part of an orthographic projection of any one of the at least one first circuit board on the first surface does not overlap with an orthographic projection of the at least one second circuit board on the first surface in a direction perpendicular to the first surface.
US12032247B2 Liquid crystal display device having pixels with different aperture areas
According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a display panel including a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel and a blue sub-pixel and an illumination device including a red light-emitting element, a green light-emitting element and a blue light emitting element and irradiating a mixture of light emitted by the light emitting elements onto the display panel. Further, of the red sub-pixel, the green sub-pixel and the blue sub-pixel, an aperture area of a sub-pixel having a lowest wall plug efficiency of the light emitting element of a respective color is greater than aperture areas of the sub-pixels of other colors.
US12032246B2 Pixel unit
The present disclosure provides a pixel unit, wherein a first sub-pixel electrode trunk, a second sub-pixel electrode trunk, and a sub-pixel frame electrode divide a sub-pixel area into a first partition, a second partition, a third partition, and a fourth partition; the fourth partition is provided with a fourth sub-pixel electrode branch, the fourth partition is located in a lower right area of the sub-pixel area, and an included angle between the fourth sub-pixel electrode branch and a left side of a lower frame electrode of the sub-pixel frame electrode is an obtuse angle.
US12032241B2 Display apparatus and light source apparatus including an optical member
Disclosed herein is a display apparatus and a light source apparatus thereof. The light source apparatus includes an optical member; a substrate disposed on a first side of the optical member; and a supporter disposed between the optical member and the substrate, wherein the supporter comprises: a supporter body on the substrate; and a protective member disposed at a first end of the supporter body that is nearest to the optical member, the protective member comprising a material having at least one of stretchability and elasticity.
US12032237B2 Display panels and display apparatuses
A display panel and a display apparatus. The display panel includes an array substrate and a color filter substrate opposite to each other, the array substrate being provided with a plurality of pixel regions arranged in an array, and the pixel regions closest to corners of the array substrate being first-type pixel regions, where the color filter substrate includes: a base substrate; a sealant between the base substrate and the array substrate; and a color filter layer on the base substrate and including a plurality of filter units, where the filter units includes first filter units corresponding to the first-type pixel regions, a portion of an orthographic projection of the first filter unit onto the base substrate facing a corner of the base substrate has a non-right-angle contour, and orthographic projections of the first filter unit and the sealant onto the base substrate do not overlap with each other.
US12032235B2 Information handling system edge-to-edge display
An information handling system display has an edge-to-edge appearance with a polarizer disposed as an outer layer in a housing perimeter and supported by a stainless steel support structure coupled to an underlying display module that frames the display area and extends to the housing perimeter. Flowable optically clear adhesive disposed between the display module and polarizer provides a planar outer surface relative to a height of the support structure.
US12032233B2 Light stippling display device
A display device according to the present invention is a light stippling display device that performs light stippling. In the device, a plurality of hole portions are formed on a display plate portion including a magnetized sheet which is magnetized on both sides, and the hole portion is opened and closed by a light shielding body made of a magnetic ball. Thereby, the position of the light shielding body is switched between a light transmitting state and a light shielding state. The light shielding body has directivity for a center of the hole portion in the display plate portion which is magnetized on both sides in a case where the light shielding body is switched to the light shielding state. Therefore, the reliability of display can be improved, and the operability can be improved.
US12032231B2 Optical signal processing apparatus and manufacturing method thereof
The present invention realizes an optical signal processing device that enables using a thermal oxidation silica film as the under clad of a silica PLC while also increasing the thickness of the under clad and reducing the time required for film growth during manufacturing. The optical signal processing device is formed as a planar optical circuit that includes an optical waveguide formed on a silicon substrate, and has a phase modulation element that employs a thermo-optical effect. A plurality of silica films are provided between a core of the optical waveguide and the silicon substrate, and at least one of the silica films was formed by thermal oxidation.
US12032230B2 Optical filter for snow conditions
This invention relates to an optical filter for use in eyewear such as ski googles, as well as eyewear using the filter. For improving visibility in snow dominated locations, the filter has a transmission spectrum having a first transmission peak in the wavelength range of 620 nm-670, with a maximum at approximately 650 nm.
US12032227B2 Bespoke eyewear and system and method for manufacturing bespoke eyewear
The present disclosure provides a bespoke eyewear and a system and a method for manufacturing the bespoke eyewear. In one aspect, the method for manufacturing the bespoke eyewear frame includes capturing one or more facial images of a user using an image capturing device, generating a facial model from said one or more facial images, extracting a plurality of facial parameters from the facial model, generating a three-dimensional digital model of an eyewear frame based at least in part on one or more of the facial parameters of the user, and transmitting the three-dimensional digital model to an additive manufacturing apparatus for additively manufacturing the bespoke eyewear frame.
US12032221B2 Follow focus apparatus
A follow focus apparatus for adjusting the focus of a camera lens includes a gear ring and a sizing ring. The gear ring includes an outer surface, an inner surface, and at least one through-hole extending radially therethrough. The outer surface has a plurality of teeth extending radially outwardly therefrom, and the inner surface has a cavity defined therein. The sizing ring is releasably coupled to the gear ring and includes an outer ring body coaxially coupled to an inner ring body.
US12032219B2 Camera module
A camera module includes a housing; a plurality of movable lens modules disposed in an internal space of the housing and configured to be movable in an optical axis direction, each of the plurality of movable lens modules comprising at least one lens; and a stopper configured to prevent contact between at least two of the plurality of movable lens modules, wherein the stopper includes a frame mounted on the housing; an extension portion extending from the frame into the internal space of the housing to face a side of one movable lens module of the plurality of movable lens modules in the optical axis direction; and a damping member disposed on the extension portion to face the side of the one movable lens module in the optical axis direction.
US12032216B2 Integrated circuit packages having electrical and optical connectivity and methods of making the same
Integrated circuit packages (100) having electrical and optical connectivity and methods of making the same are disclosed herein. According to one embodiment, an integrated circuit package includes a structured glass article (120) including a glass substrate (122), an optical channel (132), and redistribution layers. The integrated circuit package (100) further includes an integrated circuit chip (160) positioned on the glass substrate (122) and in optical communication with the optical channel (132) and in electrical continuity with the redistribution layers (136).
US12032214B2 Optical communication system
An optical communication system comprises N server racks, first and second distribution frames, and first and second optical fiber cables. Each of the first and second optical fiber cables has N optical connector groups for racks and an optical connector group for distribution frame including M optical connectors. The closer the number of an optical connector of the M optical connectors is to the last number, the longer a wiring distance from the optical connector group for distribution frame to a corresponding optical connector group of the N optical connector groups for racks in the first optical fiber cable. The closer the number of an optical connector of the M optical connectors is to the last number, the shorter a wiring distance from the optical connector group for distribution frame to a corresponding optical connector group of the N optical connector groups for racks in the second optical fiber cable.
US12032212B2 Ferrules, alignment frames and connectors
Ferrules, alignment frames and connectors having at least one flexing element are provided. A ferrule or an alignment frame may include a body and first and second flexible arms, and a connector may include the ferrule or the alignment frame. A ferrule may have a first flexible arm that has a first fixed end attached to a first side of the body of the ferrule and an opposite first free end, and may have a second flexible arm having a second fixed end attached to a second side of the body, opposite the first side, and an opposite second free end. When the ferrule is mated with a mating ferrule, the first and second flexible arms are flexed away from the respective first and second sides of the body, and the first and second free ends contact the mating ferrule.
US12032210B2 Method of optical modulation for photonic computing
A system for photonic computing, preferably including an input module, computation module, and/or control module, wherein the computation module preferably includes one or more filter banks and/or detectors. A photonic filter bank system, preferably including two waveguides and a plurality of optical filters optically coupled to one or more of the waveguides. A method for photonic computing, preferably including controlling a computation module, controlling an input module, and/or receiving outputs from the computation module.
US12032207B2 Fusion splicer
A fusion splicer includes: a heater that heats a glass of an optical fiber; a pair of clamps that clamp a coated part of the optical fiber, wherein the pair of clamps is constituted by: a lower clamp on which a coated part of the optical fiber is disposed; and a coated part clamp that presses the coated part of the optical fiber against the lower clamp; a windproof cover that covers the heater and the coated part clamp; a retreat mechanism that causes the coated part clamp to retreat from the lower clamp; an opening/closing mechanism that opens and closes the windproof cover; and a pair of glass clamps attached to an inner surface of the windproof cover.
US12032204B2 Photonic structure and method for forming the same
A photonic structure is provided. The photonic structure includes a semiconductor substrate, and an oxide structure embedded in the semiconductor substrate, and an optical coupling region directly above the buried oxide layer. A side surface of the oxide structure is exposed from an edge of the semiconductor substrate. The optical coupling region is tapered to a terminus of the optical coupling region at the edge of the semiconductor substrate.
US12032199B2 Systems and methods for optical sensor protection
The present disclosure relates to an optical sensor protection system. The system may have a sensor for receiving an incoming optical signal, a passive sensing and modulation component, and an active sensing and modulation subsystem. The passive sensing and modulation component is configured to sense when a first characteristic is associated with the incoming optical signal is present that adversely affects operation of the sensor, and redirects at least a portion of the incoming optical signal thereof away from the sensor to thus reduce an intensity of the incoming optical signal reaching the sensor. The sensor is located on an image plane downstream of the ISM subsystem, relative to a path of travel of the incoming optical signal. The active sensing and modulation subsystem has an active modulation component and is located upstream of the passive sensing and modulation component, relative to the path of travel of the incoming optical signal, and is also located on a conjugate image plane, and is configured to use the redirected portion of the incoming optical signal as feedback in controlling a modification of the incoming optical signal to reduce a risk of damage to the passive sensing and modulation component.
US12032196B2 Display device
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first transparent substrate, a second transparent substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a third transparent substrate having a first side surface, a second side surface, and an inner surface, a transparent layer arranged on the inner surface, and light emitting elements. The transparent layer includes a band-shaped portion extending from the first side surface toward the second side surface and a frame-shaped portion formed in a frame shape surrounding the band-shaped portion. The band-shaped portion is separated from the frame-shaped portion. A width of the band-shaped portion on a first side surface side is larger than a width of the band-shaped portion on a second side surface side.
US12032193B2 Optical element and method for manufacturing the same
An optical element includes a three-dimensional structure having a curved surface; and a retardation plate bent along the curved surface. The retardation plate includes a transparent substrate and a liquid crystal layer formed over the transparent substrate. The retardation plate has a slow axis and a fast axis. A glass-transition temperature, Tgne, in a slow axis direction of the retardation plate is higher than a glass-transition temperature, Tgno, in a fast axis direction of the retardation plate.
US12032186B2 Spectral filter, and image sensor and electronic device including spectral filter
Provided is a spectral filter, and an image sensor and an electronic device each including the spectral filter. The spectral filter includes a first metal reflection layer and a second metal reflection layer spaced apart from each other, a plurality of cavities disposed between the first metal reflection layer and the second metal reflection layer, and a bandpass filter disposed between the plurality of cavities and selectively transmitting light of a certain wavelength region. Each of the plurality of cavities may have a multi-mode structure having a plurality of central wavelengths.
US12032185B2 Color filter substrate, method of manufacturing the same, and display panel
A color filter (CF) substrate includes a CF structure disposed on a base, and multiple pixel regions each including multiple sub-pixel regions. The CF structure includes a nanostructure layer including multiple nanostructures and a light guide structure layer including multiple light guide structures, sequentially provided on the base. Each light guide structure is in a corresponding pixel region, and includes multiple light guide sub-portions. Each light guide sub-portion is in a corresponding sub-pixel region. Each sub-pixel region corresponds to a nanostructure, and each nanostructure is in a corresponding sub-pixel region. Each of the light guide sub-portions in one pixel region is configured such that light incident on the light guide sub-portions exits at different angles and enters into the nanostructure in the sub-pixel region corresponding thereto. Each nanostructure is configured such that light exiting from the sub-pixel region corresponding thereto has a predetermined color.
US12032184B2 Terahertz wave lens and method for producing terahertz wave lens
A terahertz wave lens concentrates or collimates a terahertz wave. The terahertz wave lens includes a substrate having a surface provided with an uneven structure that changes a phase of the terahertz wave. The uneven structure includes a plurality of pillars that are periodically arranged. The uneven structure includes a plurality of regions where the plurality of pillars are arranged. A height of the pillar in a thickness direction of the substrate and a width of the pillar differ for each of the regions. A distance (period) between centers of the pillars adjacent to each other is constant. Outer end portions of the uneven structure in the thickness direction are located on the same plane.
US12032183B2 Spatial frequency filter device for use with a laser beam, spatial frequency filter assembly having such a spatial frequency filter device, and method for spatial frequency filtering of a laser beam
A spatial frequency filter device is for use with a laser beam. The device includes: a neutral region, which is configured to transmit or reflect the laser beam; and a deflecting region, which radially adjoins the neutral region and is configured to deflect beam components of the laser beam from a beam axis of the laser beam. The deflecting region has a constant portion, in which a deflecting effect on the beam components of the laser beam for each location in the constant portion is configured to be independent of a distance of a location from the neutral region. the deflecting region has a variation portion, in which the deflecting effect on the beam components of the laser beam is configured to vary, dependent on a distance from the neutral region.
US12032182B2 Diffractive grating
The invention relates to a selective diffractive grating and applications thereof. The grating comprised in a periodic alternating pattern first material having a first dispersion curve (n1), and second material having a second dispersion curve (n2) different from the first dispersion curve (n1). According to the invention, the first and second dispersion curves (n−i, n 2) intersect each other at two or more different wavelengths (λ1 λ2).
US12032181B2 System and method for high-resolution, high-speed capsule endomicroscopy
A probe for performing endomicroscopy, including: a light source; a waveguide coupled to the light source; a diffraction grating, the waveguide directing light from the light source to the diffraction grating; and a lens having a first aspheric surface and a second biconic surface, diffracted light from the diffraction grating being directed into the aspheric surface of the lens and being emitted from the biconic surface of the lens towards a transparent cylindrical surface of the probe.
US12032174B2 Steerable hybrid display using a waveguide
A system including a steerable mirror, a waveguide, first optics, intermediate optics, and final optics. The system includes a first light path for a foveal image element, the first light path including the first optics, the steerable mirror to steer a position of the foveal image element to a particular orientation, intermediate optics, and the final optics to direct the foveal image element to an in-coupling region of the waveguide. The system further includes a second light path for a field image element, the second light path including final optics.
US12032172B2 Retaining device for an optical module having at least one spring element
The present invention relates to a retention apparatus comprising a) a retention body, which delimits an inner region at least on a first side and a further side opposite to the first side, and b) at least one spring element; wherein the retention body comprises, on the first side, a first receiving portion facing the inner region and, on the further side, a second receiving portion facing the inner region; wherein the retention apparatus is embodied to retain at least one optical module, which has a light input side and an opposing light output side, by means of the first receiving portion, the second receiving portion, and the at least one spring element in a retention state, in such a way that the at least one optical module in the retention state is retained a. in a first direction extending from the light input side to the light output side by means of an interlock of i. the at least one optical module with the first receiving portion and ii. the at least one optical module with the second receiving portion, and b. in the opposite direction to the first direction by means of a spring force of the at least one spring element directed against the at least one optical module. Further, the invention relates to a luminaire having the retention apparatus according to the invention; a printing machine having the luminaire according to the invention; a production method using the luminaire according to the invention; and uses of the retention apparatus according to the invention; and of the luminaire.
US12032171B1 Thermal hinge system
A method and system to conduct thermal energy between two hinged portions of an electric device. In examples, the method employs a thermal hinge system configured to transfer or spread thermal energy, and optionally electrical energy, through a mechanical articulation or hinge in an electronic device. A thermal hinge may include a thermally conductive living hinge, complementary and/or mating thermal interface components, or a combination of both.
US12032168B2 Geometry modeling of eyewear devices with flexible frames
An eyewear device with flexible frame for Augmented Reality (AR) is disclosed. At least two sensors and a display are mounted on the flexible frame. When in use, the real time geometry of the eyewear device may change from factory calibrated geometry, resulting in low quality AR rendering. A modeling module is provided to model the real time geometry of the eyewear device on the fly using sensor information of the at least two sensors. The modeled real time geometry is then provided to a rendering module to accurately display the AR to the user.
US12032167B2 Optical element, image display unit, and head-mounted display
Provide are an optical element that can improve a utilization efficiency of light while increasing an optical path length, an image display unit, and a head-mounted display. The optical element includes, in the following order: a first absorptive linearly polarizing plate; a first reflective linearly polarizing plate; a first retardation plate; a partially reflecting mirror; a second retardation plate; and a second reflective linearly polarizing plate, in which a turning direction of circularly polarized light that is reflected from the first reflective linearly polarizing plate in a case where light transmits through the first retardation plate and is incident into the first reflective linearly polarizing plate is opposite to a turning direction of circularly polarized light that is reflected from the second reflective linearly polarizing plate in a case where light transmits through the second retardation plate and is incident into the second reflective linearly polarizing plate.
US12032165B2 Glasses type display device
A glasses type display device including a front end assembly and a pair of legs is provided. Each of the pair of legs includes a front segment, a rear segment, a torsion mechanism, and a rotation mechanism. The torsion mechanism is disposed between the front end assembly and the front segment. The rotation mechanism is disposed between the front segment and the rear segment.
US12032163B2 Wearable device, control device, system, control method, and non- transitory computer readable medium
A wearable device that is usable in a plurality of usage forms which has a notification unit that notifies a user of information indicating a recommended usage form out of the plurality of usage forms, the information being determined based on information relating to an external environment.
US12032161B2 Systems and methods for reducing stray light in augmented reality and related applications
Systems and apparatus for managing stray light in augmented reality, mixed reality, enhanced reality, and similar applications.
US12032160B2 Data projection system
An imaging apparatus has a plurality of light-emitting elements arranged in a first direction along a line for generating a plurality of modulated light beams wherein the plurality of light-emitting elements comprises a plurality of optical elements, which are arranged in the first direction, and a laser projector apparatus for scanning the optical elements in the first direction. A deflection apparatus is included for adjustably deflecting the plurality of modulated light beams in a second direction, wherein the second direction differs from the first direction; and wherein the deflection apparatus comprises a rotating element and the optical elements are arranged on the rotating element.
US12032156B2 Apparatus to enable differently abled users to communicate and a method thereof
The present disclosure envisages an apparatus for communication to enable differently abled users to communicate their requirements to others. The apparatus comprises an eye wearable device adapted to emit infrared light signal from a certain area of at least one eye of the user. The apparatus further includes a monitoring device configured to receive the transmitted infrared light signal from the at least one eye of the user and further configured to identify the requirement of the user corresponding to the transmitted infrared light signal.
US12032155B2 Method and head-mounted unit for assisting a hearing-impaired user
A head-mounted unit for assisting a user, such as a hearing-impaired user, is provided. The head-mounted unit comprises tracking sensors for monitoring a user wearing the head-mounted unit in order to determine a gaze direction which the user is looking. A sensor detects a sound source located in the identified gaze direction. Sound from the sound source may be recognised using speech recognition on captured audio from the sound source or computer vision on images of the sound source. A user interface provides information to the user to assist the user in recognising sound from the sound source.
US12032153B2 Endoscope objective optical system and endoscope
An endoscope objective optical system includes in order from an object side, a front group having a positive refractive power, an aperture stop, and a rear group having a positive refractive power. The front group includes a negative lens which nearest to object, a rear group includes a positive lens which is nearest to image, and the endoscope objective optical system satisfies following conditional expressions (1″′), (2) and (3″′). −15.0
US12032152B1 Articulating bridge system for panoramic night vision devices
Disclosed is a panoramic night vision system having an articulating bridge system having two independently rotatable hinges and tube subassemblies that rotate to bring the sides of the subassemblies towards the center of the panoramic night vision system and above the users eyes for protection of the subassemblies and increased user experience. Implementing the articulating bridge system permits independent actuation of panoramic subassemblies and provides three stowed positions.
US12032149B2 Imaging method and apparatus for self-luminous object on biological sample film
Provided are an imaging method and apparatus for a self-luminous object on a biological sample film (A); said imaging apparatus comprises a housing (1), a photographic conversion element (2), and an image correction device (3); the inside of the housing (1) forms a darkroom space; the photographic conversion element (2) is arranged in the housing (1); the photographic conversion element (2) is used, when the biological sample film (A) is not inserted, for obtaining a first dark field image inside the housing (1); after affixing the biological sample film (A) to the surface of the photographic conversion element (2), the photographic conversion element (2) is also used for obtaining a second dark field image inside the housing (1); the image correction device (3) is used for correcting the second dark field image according to the first dark field image to obtain a target image corresponding to the self-luminous object. The imaging apparatus and imaging method can effectively and more accurately obtain a higher-definition target image of the self-luminous object; the operation process is simple and the time required for imaging is short; furthermore, the imaging apparatus has the advantages of a small structure, low cost of manufacture, convenient operation, and portability.
US12032146B2 Camera lens system
A folded optical system that comprises two prisms with refractive power and in which at least one surface of at least one of the prisms is not rotationally symmetric. The materials and surfaces of the prisms in the folded optical system may be selected to provide a low F-number (e.g., <=2.4), full field of view (FOV) of 30 degrees or less. The folded optical system may be implemented in a small package size while still capturing sharp, high-resolution images, making embodiments of a camera including the folded optical system suitable for use in small and/or mobile multipurpose devices.
US12032145B2 Imaging optical system, imaging device, and imaging system
An imaging optical system has an image circle defined on an imaging element. The imaging optical system includes: lens elements arranged from an object side to an image plane side, and a diaphragm arranged between two of the lens elements. The lens elements include freeform lens elements, each having a freeform surface that is an asymmetrical surface with respect to a first cross section and a second cross section, the first cross section being defined by a first direction and an optical axis direction, the second cross section being defined by a second direction and the optical axis direction, the first direction crossing the second direction, and the optical axis direction being orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction. At least two of the freeform lens elements are located on an object side of the diaphragm.
US12032141B2 Optical lens set
An optical-lens-set includes a first lens element of a concave image-side surface near its optical-axis, a sixth lens element of negative refractive power and of a concave image-side surface near its optical-axis to go with a fifth lens element of a concave object-side surface near its optical-axis or with a seventh lens element of negative refractive power. The Abbe number υ1 of the first lens element, the Abbe number υ3 of the third lens element, the Abbe number υ4 of the fourth lens element, the Abbe number υ5 of the fifth lens element, the Abbe number υ6 of the sixth lens element and the Abbe number υ7 of the seventh lens element together satisfy 5≤5υ1−(υ3+υ4+υ5+υ6+υ7).
US12032139B2 Optical image capturing system
An optical image capturing system includes, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens. At least one lens among the first to the fifth lenses has positive refractive force. The fifth lens can have negative refractive force, wherein both surfaces thereof are aspheric, and at least one surface thereof has an inflection point. The lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the fifth lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.
US12032138B2 Optical image capturing system
An optical image capturing system includes, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens. At least one lens among the first to the fifth lenses has positive refractive force. The fifth lens can have negative refractive force, wherein both surfaces thereof are aspheric, and at least one surface thereof has an inflection point. The lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the fifth lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.
US12032137B2 Optical imaging lens assembly
The disclosure provides an optical imaging lens assembly, which sequentially includes from an object side to an image side along an optical axis: a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having a negative refractive power; a third lens having a refractive power; a fourth lens having a refractive power and an image-side surface of the fourth lens being a concave surface; and a fifth lens having a refractive power. ImgH, half of a diagonal length of an effective pixel region on an imaging surface of the optical imaging lens assembly, TTL, a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging surface on the optical axis, and f, a total effective focal length of the optical imaging lens assembly satisfy: ImgH/(TTL/f)>45 mm, which makes the optical imaging lens assembly have the features of long focus, a large image surface, etc.
US12032136B2 Optical imaging lens
An optical imaging lens includes first to ninth lens elements sequentially arranged along an optical axis from an object side to an image side. Each of the first lens element to the ninth lens element includes an object-side surface facing the object side and allowing imaging rays to pass through and an image-side surface facing the image side and allowing the imaging rays to pass through. The second lens element has negative refracting power. The fifth lens element has negative refracting power and a periphery region of the object-side surface of the fifth lens element is concave. An optical axis region of the object-side surface of the sixth lens element is concave. The seventh lens element has negative refracting power. Lens elements of the optical imaging lens are only the nine lens elements described above to meet a condition ImgH/Fno≥2.700 mm.
US12032134B2 Optical imaging lens
An optical imaging lens, including a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element, and a seventh lens element sequentially arranged along an optical axis from an object side to an image side, is provided. Each of the first lens element to the seventh lens element includes an object-side surface and an image-side surface. An optical axis region of the object-side surface of the first lens element is convex. A periphery region of the image-side surface of the second lens element is concave. The fourth lens element has positive refracting power, and an optical axis region of the object-side surface of the fourth lens element is concave. An optical axis region of the image-side surface of the fifth lens element is convex.
US12032130B2 Camera optical lens
A camera optical lens includes, from an object side to an image side: a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens and a sixth lens. The camera optical lens satisfies conditions of −4.00≤f1/f≤−2.20, 1.50≤f2/f≤3.50, 3.00≤R7/R8≤8.00, 1.50≤(R9+R10)/(R9−R10)≤8.00, and 1.50≤d8/d10≤5.00. Here f denotes a focal length of the camera optical lens, f1 denotes a focal length of the first lens, f2 denotes a focal length of the second lens, R7 denotes a curvature radius of an object-side surface of the fourth lens, R8 denotes a curvature radius of an image-side surface of the fourth lens, R9 denotes an curvature radius of an object-side surface of the fifth lens, R10 denotes a curvature radius of an image-side surface of the fifth lens. The camera optical lens of the present disclosure has excellent optical performances, and meanwhile can meet design requirements of a wide angle and ultra-thin.
US12032127B2 Camera optical lens
A camera optical lens is provided. The camera optical lens includes, from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens, an eighth lens, and a ninth lens. The camera optical lens satisfies following conditions: 2.00≤f1/f≤4.50; and 3.00≤d9/d10≤12.00, where f denotes a focal length of the camera optical lens, f1 denotes a focal length of the first lens, d9 denotes an on-axis thickness of the fifth lens, and d10 denotes an on-axis distance from an image side surface of the fifth lens to an object side surface of the sixth lens. The camera optical lens according to the present disclosure has good optical performance while meeting design requirements for large aperture, wide angle and ultra-thinning.
US12032126B2 Optical imaging system
An optical imaging system includes a first lens having a concave image-side surface, a second lens having a concave image-side surface, and a third lens having a positive refractive power. The optical imaging system includes a fourth lens having a positive refractive power and a concave object-side surface, a fifth lens, a sixth lens having a positive refractive power, and a seventh lens having a concave object-side surface. The first lens to the seventh lens are sequentially disposed at intervals from an object side toward an imaging plane.
US12032123B2 Optical body, display device, and method for manufacturing optical body
There is provided an optical body with improved antireflection capability, a display device, and a method for manufacturing an optical body, the optical body including: a first concave-convex structure formed on a surface of a base material; and a second concave-convex structure superimposed on the first concave-convex structure. An average concave-convex period of the first concave-convex structure is larger than a wavelength in a visible light region, an average concave-convex period of the second concave-convex structure is less than or equal to the wavelength in the visible light region, and projecting parts of the second concave-convex structure extend in a direction normal to a flat plane of the base material.
US12032122B2 Long-wave infrared anti-reflection protective film on ZnS substrate and preparation method thereof
The present application provides a long-wave infrared anti-reflection protective film on a ZnS substrate and a preparation method thereof, wherein the ZnS substrate long-wave infrared anti-reflection protective film comprises a ZnS film layer and a Y2O3 film layer sequentially arranged on the ZnS substrate. The ZnS substrate has a thickness of 2-15 mm, and the ZnS film layer has a thickness of 80-120 nm, the Y2O3 film layer has a thickness of 1000-1300 nm, and a film structure of Y2O3 layer gradually changes from an inside to a surface. The method for preparing a long-wave infrared anti-reflection protective film on a ZnS substrate comprises the following steps: 1) performing a polishing treatment and surface treatment on the ZnS substrate; 2) depositing a ZnS film layer on the ZnS substrate; 3) depositing a Y2O3 film layer on the ZnS film.
US12032120B2 Primer for TAC film and laminate
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to primer compositions for increasing the adhesion between a polarizing film laminate to a cast-polymerized lens. The chemisorptive primers may react with cast-polymerized lens monomers and/or interact with the polarizing film laminate to provide exceptionally strong adhesion between the film laminate and the ophthalmic lens.
US12032119B2 Optical stack structure
An optical stack structure includes a metal nanowire layer and an organic polymer layer. A crosslinking degree of the organic polymer layer is greater than or equal to 80% and less than or equal to 100%, and a content of volatile organic compounds in the organic polymer layer is less than or equal to 1%. The content of the volatile organic compounds in the organic polymer layer is defined as a difference between a thermal weight loss of the organic polymer layer measured at a measuring temperature and a water content of the organic polymer layer measured at the measuring temperature.
US12032116B1 Geolocating sources of acoustic signals with a balloon-borne aeroseismometer
Various embodiments described herein provide for a balloon-borne aeroseismometer that can detect infrasonic signals and concurrent vibrations caused by the infrasonic signals. Through a set of motion sensors that can detect acceleration in three planes, the aeroseismometer can determine the direction of vibration and thus determine a travel path of the infrasonic signal relative to the aeroseismometer. The aeroseismometer can also translate the direction of the source from a reference frame of the aeroseismometer to an external reference frame, such as a planetary coordinate system, in order to identify potential locations of a source of the infrasonic signals.
US12032113B2 Through tubing cement evaluation based on rotatable transmitter and computational rotated responses
In some embodiments, a method includes conveying a downhole tool in a tubing, positioned in a casing which forms an annulus between the casing and a wellbore formed in a subsurface formation, the downhole tool having a rotatable transmitter and a receiver array. The method includes performing the following until an acoustic transmission has been emitted for each of a number of defined azimuthal positions: rotating the rotatable transmitter to one of the number of defined azimuthal positions, emitting the acoustic transmission, and detecting, by the receiver array and without rotation of the downhole tool beyond a rotation threshold, an acoustic response of a number of acoustic responses that is derived from the acoustic transmission. The method further includes computationally rotating, by a processor and after detecting, data of each of the number of acoustic responses in a pre-determined direction to generate a computationally rotated multipole response.
US12032111B2 Method and system for faster seismic imaging using machine learning
A method may include obtaining seismic data regarding a geological region of interest. The seismic data may include various pre-processed gathers. The method may further include obtaining a machine-learning model that is pre-trained to predict migrated seismic data. The method may further include selecting various training gathers based on a portion of the pre-processed gathers, a migration function, and a velocity model. The method may further include generating a trained model using the training gathers, the machine-learning model, and a machine-learning algorithm. The method may further include generating a seismic image of the geological region of interest using the trained model and a remaining portion of the seismic data.
US12032109B2 Method for acquiring a seismic dataset over a region of interest
The method comprises providing at least one seismic source in a seismic source area and providing a plurality of seismic receivers in said seismic source area, said method comprising measuring a first type of ground vibrations induced in a subsurface of the area of interest by the at least one seismic source with the plurality of seismic receivers. The method further comprises measuring with the plurality of seismic receivers at least one second type of ground vibrations induced by a mechanical source different from the or from each seismic source and analyzing the second type of ground vibrations to determine at least one information among: a physical parameter of the subsurface and/or, a presence of human and/or an animal and/or a vehicle.
US12032107B2 Methods for PET detector afterglow management
Disclosed herein are methods and devices for the acquisition of positron emission (or PET) data in the presence of ionizing radiation that causes afterglow of PET detectors. In one variation, the method comprises adjusting a coincidence trigger threshold of the PET detectors during a therapy session. In one variation, the method comprises adjusting a gain factor used in positron emission data acquisition (e.g., a gain factor used to multiply and/or shift the output(s) of a PET detector(s)) during a therapy session. In some variations, a method for acquiring positron emission data during a radiation therapy session comprises suspending communication between the PET detectors and a signal processor of a controller for a predetermined period of time after a radiation pulse has been emitted by the linac.
US12032104B2 Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and method of determining scanning condition
According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires a parameter relating to a predetermined imaging mode, the parameter including at least information on an instruction for executing transmit aperture synthesis, and determines a scanning condition for executing the transmit aperture synthesis together with step-alternating scan based on the parameter.
US12032102B2 Real-time sensor calibration and calibration verification based on detected objects
Improved calibration of a vehicle sensor based on static objects detected within an environment being traversed by the vehicle is disclosed. A first sensor such as a LiDAR can be calibrated to a global coordinate system via a second pre-calibrated sensor such as a GPS IMU. Static objects present in the environment are detected such as signage. Point cloud data representative of the static objects are captured by the first sensor and a first transformation matrix for performing a transformation from a local coordinate system of the first sensor to a local coordinate system of the second sensor is iteratively redetermined until a desired calibration accuracy is achieved. Transformation to the global coordinate system is then achieved via application of the first transformation matrix followed by application of a second known transformation matrix to transition from the local coordinate system of the second pre-calibrated sensor to the global coordinate system.
US12032099B2 Adaptive motion compensation of perception channels
A method may include obtaining sensor data describing a total measurable world around a motion sensor. The method may include processing the sensor data to generate a pre-compensation scan of the total measurable world around the motion sensor based on the sensor data. The method may include determining a delay between the obtaining the sensor data and the generation of the pre-compensation scan. The method may include obtaining motion data corresponding to motion of the motion sensor and generating a motion model of the motion sensor based on the motion data. The method may include generating an after-compensation scan of the motion sensor using the delay and the motion model to compensate for continued motion during the delay.
US12032093B2 Radome for on-board radar device
A radome for on-board radar devices 1 is provided with heater wires 3 wired in parallel so as to be separated from each other in a plane direction of an electromagnetic-wave-transmitting base member. A line pitch d of the heater wires 3 arranged in parallel in an electromagnetic-wave transmission region R of the base member is set to 0.2 to 2.5 times a wavelength of electromagnetic waves of the radar of an on-board radar device. A surface occupancy rate of the heater wires 3 arranged in parallel in the electromagnetic-wave transmission region R of the base member is set to be greater than 10% to 35%. The present invention provides a radome for on-board radar devices with which it is possible to obtain an electromagnetic-wave transmission property required of a radome, and to melt snow satisfactorily with a high heater performance.
US12032090B2 Air-coupled type ground penetrating radar antenna
The present invention relates to an air-coupled type bistatic ground penetrating radar (GPR) antenna and, more specifically, to an air-coupled type ground penetrating radar (GPR) antenna which reduces reception of a direct wave, which is a factor limiting imaging performance of a system when being received at a receiving side of the GPR antenna, by placing a loop antenna at a receiver point so as to be vertical to an antenna plane with respect to a polarization direction of a transmitting antenna and configuring a feeding direction to be orthogonal to a feeding direction of a transmitter and the ground surface. The air-coupled type GPR antenna, which is spaced apart from the ground, comprises: the transmitting antenna directed towards the ground and penetrating a radio wave into the ground; and a receiving antenna receiving a radio wave, which is radiated from the transmitting antenna and then reflected from the ground, and fed in a direction perpendicular to the ground surface and the feeding direction of the transmitting antenna. The transmitting antenna uses an antenna, such as a horn antenna, having directivity and the receiving antenna uses a loop antenna in which a physical plane of the antenna is positioned to be perpendicular to the ground surface with respect to the polarization direction, thereby resulting in the effect of improving radar detection performance of an air-coupled type GPR system.
US12032089B2 FMCW radar with interference signal suppression using artificial neural network
A radar device may include a radar receiver to receive a radio frequency (RF) radar signal and generate a digital signal based on the RF radar signal. The digital signal may comprise a plurality of signal segments. The radar device may include a neural network comprising a plurality of layers to process the plurality of signal segments. Each layer of the plurality of layers may have one or more neurons. The plurality of layers may process the plurality of signal segments using weighting factors having values selected from a predetermined set of discrete values. At least one neuron in an output layer of the plurality of layers may provide an output value that indicates whether a respective signal segment or a sample, associated with the at least one neuron, is overlaid with an interfering signal.
US12032088B2 Device for radar sensor, IC for a radar sensor and a radar sensor
A device for a radar sensor is disclosed, the device comprising: transmission circuitry configured to generate transmission signals with a linear frequency chirp modulation in a predetermined frequency band for output to a radar antenna; reception circuitry configured to receive reflection signals corresponding to reflection of the transmitted radar signals from one or more physical objects; and control circuitry configured to select a frequency range within said predetermined frequency band and/or a timing pattern for said transmission signals; wherein said device is configured to: receive a further signal from a further radar sensor; determine, from said further signal, a frequency range and/or timing pattern in use by said further radar sensor for transmission of further transmission signals; and select a frequency range within said predetermined frequency band and/or a timing pattern for said transmission signals which does not conflict with the frequency range and/or timing pattern of said further transmission signals.
US12032087B2 Systems and methods for remotely controlled device position and orientation determination
A system for a remotely controlled device to determine its location and orientation is disclosed. The system includes a remotely controlled device, at least one sensor connected to the remotely controlled device, the at least one sensor comprising a processor, and at least one emitter, wherein the at least one sensor is configured to receive the signal from the at least one emitter and the processor is configured to determine the location and orientation of the remotely controlled device.
US12032085B2 Sidelink anchor group for sidelink position estimation
Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a position estimation entity provides assistance data to sidelink anchors and a UE. The assistance data may include a set of proximity-based sidelink positioning reference signal (PRS) pre-configurations for on-demand PRS position estimation. The target UE transmits a sidelink PRS trigger to trigger an on-demand sidelink PRS position estimation session with a dynamic sidelink anchor group, the sidelink PRS trigger configured to indicate a sidelink zone associated with the UE and a proximity requirement for participation in the on-demand sidelink PRS position estimation. At least one sidelink anchor determines that the proximity requirement to the sidelink zone is satisfied, selects a proximity-based sidelink PRS pre-configuration based on a dynamic proximity to the sidelink zone, and performs a sidelink PRS exchange with the UE.
US12032083B2 Reconfigurable intelligent surface assisted radio frequency fingerprinting for positioning
Disclosed are techniques for wireless positioning. In an aspect, a network entity, such as a location server, may determine information characterizing a channel associated with a wireless device within a region of interest. The network entity may determine a location of the wireless device within the region of interest based on that information and a set of radio frequency fingerprints (RFFPs), where each RFFP identifies a geographic location within a region of interest and a channel condition at that geographic location within the region of interest, and where each geographic location within the region of interest is represented by a set of RFFPs having different channel conditions due to different states of at least one reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) within the region of interest.
US12032081B2 System and method for application of doppler corrections for time synchronized transmitter and receiver
A system may include a transmitter node and a receiver node. Each node may include a communications interface including at least one antenna element and a controller operatively coupled to the communications interface, the controller including one or more processors. Each node may be time synchronized to apply Doppler corrections to said node's own motions relative to a stationary common inertial reference frame. The stationary common inertial reference frame may be known to the transmitter node and the receiver node prior to the transmitter node transmitting signals to the receiver node and prior to the receiver node receiving the signals from the transmitter node.
US12032078B2 System and method for optimizing bitrate of a wireless hotspot device
A wireless hotspot device is equipped with a directional antenna. A method optimizes a bitrate of the device in a mobile network with distributed cells, each cell covered by a fixed transceiver. The method includes: rotating the antenna substantially azimuthally at least 90 degrees, in steps of N degrees, wherein N is a fixed or variable number; scanning for available cells for each step of rotation; observing a signal to noise ratio for each available cell in each step; saving an optimized azimuthal direction for each available cell, the optimized direction corresponding to the highest signal to noise ratio; repeating the steps for a number of frequency bands, setting up a data connection and running a speed test for all optimized directions of each frequency band; automatically selecting an azimuthal operation position of the antenna based on the speed tests; and moving the antenna to the operation position.
US12032077B2 System and method for compensating for scintillation and for facilitation of long-baseline RTK
The system and method facilitates Real-Time-Kinematic (RTK) GNSS with long baseline between a rover receiver and a base station receiver, even in the presence of scintillation or ionospheric disturbances that spatially fluctuate. Residual atmospheric errors can be estimated by a dual error model in a filter to promote efficient fixing or resolution of carrier phase ambiguities.
US12032075B2 Satellite-based source of positioning system-independent position navigation and time
For global navigation satellite system (GNSS)-independent operation of auxiliary PNT systems, one or more ground stations of the auxiliary system have access to a non-GNSS source of precision timing. That source and known locations of the ground stations may be used to derive timing corrections to account for imperfect clocks in the satellites for non-purpose-built satellite systems being used for PNT. Crosslinks between satellites and/or propagation of timing correction through other ground stations are used to better control the timing and resulting precession of PNT in the PNT auxiliary system. The timing correction may be provided as a service to end users, other constellations, and/or other satellite operators.
US12032073B2 Drone carrying a physical identifier
A system that has an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and a physical cell identity (PCI) scanner coupled to the UAV, the scanner covering frequencies using an omni-directional or directional antenna for capturing PCI data. The system further has logic configured to geotag the PCI data with a latitude, a longitude, an altitude, and a direction of the UAV, save the data in files for analyzation, and generate three-dimensional models using the geotag PCI data to find weak points in signal coverage.
US12032068B2 Satellite constellation system for transmitting a navigation signal
A satellite orbiting in one of a plurality of orbital planes of a satellite constellation system at an altitude range corresponding to low earth orbit includes at least one processor configured to generate satellite state data, and to generate a navigation signal based on the satellite state data. The satellite includes at least one transmitter configured to transmit the navigation signal for receipt by at least one client device on earth. Each of the plurality of orbital planes includes a corresponding one of a plurality of satellite subsets of a plurality of satellites of the satellite constellation system. Each of the plurality of orbital planes is within the altitude range, and the plurality of orbital planes includes a set of inclined orbital planes at a non-polar inclination.
US12032065B2 System and method for histogram binning for depth detection
Provided is a depth detection system and method of histogram binning for depth detection. The depth detection system includes a light source configured to emit a light pulse toward an object, an optical sensor configured to detect the light pulse reflecting off the object, the optical sensor including a first sensing pixel configured to detect the light pulse for a first event count according to the light pulse reflecting off the object, and a second sensing pixel configured to detect the light pulse for a second event count according to the light pulse reflecting off the object, and a processing circuit configured to determine a first aggregated histogram corresponding to the first sensing pixel based on the first event count and the second event count and determine a first peak of the first aggregated histogram to determine a first time of flight associated with the first sensing pixel.
US12032062B2 Obstacle detection apparatus
An obstacle detection apparatus that detects an obstacle existing around a vehicle is provided to include an ultrasonic sensor and a controller. The ultrasonic sensor is provided in the vehicle at a position having a predetermined height from a road surface. The ultrasonic sensor includes a plurality of ultrasonic elements configured to transmit an exploration wave toward outside of the vehicle, and receive a reflected wave reflected by an obstacle as a reception wave. The controller is configured to derive (i) an obstacle distance and (ii) an obstacle height based on an intensity of the reception wave received by each of the plurality of ultrasonic elements and a phase difference in the reception wave received by each of the plurality of ultrasonic elements.
US12032060B2 Ambiguity mitigation based on common field of view of radar systems
A method includes obtaining an initial point cloud for each of two or more radar systems that share a common field of view. Each initial point cloud results from processing reflected energy at each of the two or more radar systems. Each point of the initial point cloud indicates one or more hypotheses for a range, a Doppler, and a direction of arrival (DOA) to an object that resulted in the reflected energy. A point cloud, obtained from the initial point cloud, has a same number of hypotheses for the range, the Doppler, and the DOA. Resolving ambiguity in the common field of view is based on the point clouds to obtain resolved and unresolved points in the common field of view. A radar image obtained from each of the two or more radar systems is used to control an aspect of operation of a vehicle.
US12032059B2 Radar-optical fusion article and system
A radar-optical fusion article for attachment to a substrate is described. The radar-optical fusion article includes a first retroreflective layer which is configured to retroreflect at least a portion of light having a wavelength in a range from about 400 nm to about 2500 nm. The radar-optical fusion article includes a second retroreflective layer disposed adjacent to the first retroreflective layer. The second retroreflective layer is configured to retroreflect at least a portion of an electromagnetic wave having a frequency in the range from about 0.5 GHz to about 100 GHz.
US12032058B2 Adaptive radar calculator
The present disclosure is directed to a plurality of different software models allowing a processor to perform calculations associated with different sets of criteria using data associated with variables that have a strong correlation with one or more of the different criteria sets. Methods consistent with the present disclosure may use several different sets of software that include instructions associated with the collection and evaluation of data associated with a vehicle and with an automated driving system. Different criteria sets may be associated with a range of operating modes, spectral content of received signals, phases of radar signals, and an angular coverage/field of view of the radar apparatus. Results generated by each of the software models may allow a processor to assign weights to the results generated by the different models to generate a combined result that in turn is used to update an operational mode of the radar apparatus.
US12032057B2 Distance measurement system for a vehicle
Distance measurement system for a vehicle, wherein the distance measurement system includes a measurement unit for non-contact determination of a distance to an object and the measurement unit includes: a sensor unit configured to emit a signal and to receive a signal reflected by the object; an evaluation unit determining a distance between the measurement unit and the object from the signals emitted and received by the sensor unit; and a signal deflection apparatus arranged in the area of the sensor unit with a reflector surface deflecting the signal emitted by the sensor unit in a direction deviating from the propagation direction of the signal, in particular at an essentially right angle to the propagation direction of the signal, in the direction of the object.
US12032053B2 Angle measuring device, angle measuring method, and in-vehicle device
An angle measuring device includes: a signal extracting unit for extracting a signal that includes a first reflection wave and does not include a second reflection wave as a first demodulated signal and a signal that includes the second reflection wave and does not include the first reflection wave as a second demodulated signal from reception signals output from one or more reception antennas among a plurality of reception antennas; an elevation calculating unit for calculating an elevation of a target by performing monopulse angle measurement using a sum signal of the first demodulated signal and the second demodulated signal and a difference signal between the first demodulated signal and the second demodulated signal; and an azimuth calculating unit for calculating an azimuth of the target using reception signals output from the plurality of reception antennas.
US12032052B2 Emergency rescue equipment comprising a harmonic reflector circuit
An emergency rescue equipment having a harmonic reflector circuit comprising an antenna connected to a non-linear circuit via a matching circuit and a casing that in part enclose the harmonic reflector circuit, wherein the harmonic reflector circuit is configured to receive a signal at a receive frequency (fRX), and configured to transmit said received signal at a transmit frequency (fTX), where the transmit frequency is a multiple of the receive frequency, the harmonic reflector circuit wherein the receive frequency (fRX) is in an interval from a first frequency to a second frequency, where the first frequency is at least 800 MHz; and the second frequency is at least 34 MHz larger than the first frequency; the received signal is transmitted at the transmit frequency (fTX) with an output power (Pout) of at least 70% of the maximum available output power (Pmax).
US12032050B2 Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus, sensitivity distribution calculation method, and sensitivity distribution calculation program
To calculate a high-resolution coil sensitivity distribution that does not depend on a shape or a structure of a subject with high accuracy. An MRI apparatus of the invention includes: a measurement unit that includes a reception coil including a plurality of channels, a measurement unit that measures a nuclear magnetic resonance signal of a subject for every channel of the reception coil; and an image computation unit that creates an image of the subject by using a sensitivity distribution for every channel of the reception coil, and a channel image obtained from the nuclear magnetic resonance signal measured by the measurement unit for every channel. The image computation unit includes a sensitivity distribution calculation unit that calculates a sensitivity distribution on a k-space for every channel by using the channel images and a composite image obtained by combining the channel images.
US12032049B2 Measurement apparatus, detection apparatus, and measurement method
A measurement apparatus that includes a static magnetic field application part that applies a static magnetic field in a first direction to a measurement subject, a deflection magnetic field application part that applies a deflection magnetic field in a second direction different, to a portion of the measurement subject via a coil, a plurality of magnetic field detection elements respectively detect a magnitude of a magnetic field on the basis of an electromagnetic wave generated and propagated in a portion of the measurement subject due to an application of the deflection magnetic field, a calculation part that calculates an impedance distribution of at least a portion of a region where the electromagnetic wave is propagated inside the measurement subject, and an image information output part that generates and outputs an image showing information about inside the measurement subject.
US12032046B2 Sensor for measuring magnetic field by utilizing principle of optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR)
A sensor includes two magnetic sensors detecting a magnetic field around an object, and outputting at least one of a magnetic field signal and a temperature signal, an optical system emitting the excitation light to the two magnetic sensors, and a processor calculating a difference between a magnetic fields corresponding to the magnetic field signal detected by the two magnetic sensors, wherein each of the magnetic sensors includes an element disposed around the object and having color centers, an antenna radiating a microwave magnetic field to the element, an optical sensor detecting an intensity of a fluorescence generated by the element, and outputting an intensity signal, and a controller calculating at least one of a magnetic field and temperature around the measurement object, and output at least one of a magnetic field signal indicating the calculated magnetic field and a temperature signal indicating the calculated temperature to the processor.
US12032043B2 Magnetic sensor
In a magnetic sensor using a magnetic impedance effect, sensitivity is improved as compared to the case where a width of a sensitive element in the short direction is equal from one end to the other end in the longitudinal direction. The magnetic sensor includes: a non-magnetic substrate; and a sensitive element that is provided on the substrate, composed of a soft magnetic material, having a longitudinal direction and a short direction, provided with uniaxial magnetic anisotropy in a direction crossing the longitudinal direction, having a width at a center portion in the longitudinal direction that is smaller compared to a width at each of both end portions in the longitudinal direction, and sensing a magnetic field by a magnetic impedance effect.
US12032041B2 Magnetic field sensor
The present disclosure relates to sensors and, more particularly, to magnetic field sensors. More specifically, a structure includes a package with a wraparound geometry and discontinuous ends, and includes a low permeability magnetic material.
US12032038B2 Load short-circuit detection method and load short-circuit detection device
A load short-circuit detection method is a load short-circuit detection method executed in a load drive device including: a power storage element that stores electric power for driving a load; a first switch that is connected to a low-potential side of the load and controls a current flowing through the load; and a voltage detection circuit that detects a voltage of a current flow path flowing from the power storage element to a low-potential side power supply via the first switch. The load short-circuit detection method includes: PWM-driving the first switch at a predetermined duty ratio; and detecting that the load is being short-circuited in a case where a state in which the voltage of the current flow path detected by the voltage detection circuit is lower than or equal to a predetermined threshold voltage continues for a predetermined period of time or longer.
US12032035B1 Method for estimating the resistive state of health of at least one electrical energy storage element of an electric battery
The invention relates to a method, implemented in a management system of an electric battery of a vehicle, for estimating the resistive state of health of at least one electrical energy storage element, the method comprising the next steps: —determining (10) at least one operating range for which the direct current resistance of the element changes linearly with respect to the state of charge of the element and to temperature; —measuring (14) the variation in the strength and the voltage of an electric current generated by the element during a running phase of the vehicle; —calculating (16), based on the measured values of variation in strength and voltage, at least one direct current resistance value of the element; and —calculating (18) at least one value of the resistive state of health of the element based on the calculated direct current resistance value.
US12032024B2 Monitoring system for a low voltage, medium voltage, or high voltage circuit breaker
A system and method for monitoring a circuit breaker monitoring system includes a vibration sensor, a processing unit, and an output unit. The vibration sensor is mounted to a circuit breaker acquires a temporal vibration signal over at least a temporal portion of a closing operation of the circuit breaker, wherein the closing operation comprises: initiation of the closing operation, latch release, movement of a moveable contact towards a fixed contact, contact touch of the moveable contact with the fixed contact, and stop of movement of the moveable contact. The vibration sensor provides the temporal vibration signal to the processing unit, which determines a plurality of features of the closing operation and an indication of operational functionality of the circuit breaker.
US12032023B1 Bit-corrector circuits for photonic circuits with cascaded photonic gates
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to an integrated circuit with photonic bit-corrector circuits. The integrated circuit includes a photonic circuit, a photonic bit-corrector circuit, a photodetector array coupled to the photonic bit-corrector circuit, and an electronic circuit coupled to the photodetector array. The photonic circuit includes a plurality of cascaded photonic gates configured to generate a first photonic output signal for a set of photonic input signals applied to the photonic circuit. The photonic bit-corrector circuit is configured to generate a second photonic output signal for the set of photonic input signals applied to the photonic bit-corrector circuit. The photodetector array is configured to generate an electrical signal based on the second photonic output signal. The electronic circuit is configured to compare the electrical signal with a label signal and output a corrected version of the first photonic output signal based on the comparison.
US12032019B2 Clock conversion device, test system having the same, and method of operating test system
Provided are a clock conversion device, a test system including the same, and a method of operating the test system. The clock conversion device includes a first clock generator configured to receive a first input clock signal from test logic and generate a first clock signal of which a frequency is multiplied and a phase is locked; a clock conversion circuit configured to receive the first clock signal and generate one or more second clock signals by converting at least one clock characteristic of the first clock signal; and an output selector configured to output any one of the first clock signal and the one or more second clock signals as an output clock signal, wherein the clock conversion device is configured to provide the output clock signal to a device under test (DUT).
US12032002B2 Chevron interconnect for very fine pitch probing
An apparatus an apparatus comprising: a substrate having a plane; and an array of at least one conductive probe having a base affixed to the substrate, the at least one conductive probe having a major axis extending from the plane of the substrate and terminating at a tip, wherein the one or more conductive probes comprise at least three points that are non-collinear.
US12031999B2 Air velocity measuring device
A fluid-flow measuring apparatus is made of an enclosure housing that supports a plurality of flow-receiving tubes, each one of which has a plurality of apertures the either face substantially towards the source of fluid flow or away therefrom, a dispersing blade with a surface located in a plane that is parallel to a plane that is tangent to the surface of at least one of the plurality of flow-receiving tubes, a hub intersecting at least one of the plurality of flow-receiving tubes, and a facilitator structure that separates at least two of the plurality of flow-receiving tubes.
US12031990B2 Method of assessing risk of PML
The invention relates to methods of assessing a patient's risk of developing Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML).
US12031987B2 System and method for transistor pathogen detector
Disclosed herein is a system and method for transistor pathogen virus detector in which one embodiment may include a substrate layer, a silicon dioxide layer on the substrate layer, a nanocrystalline diamond layer on the silicon dioxide layer, a graphene oxide layer on the nanocrystalline diamond layer, fluorinated graphene oxide portions; and a linker layer, the linker layer including a plurality of pathogen receptors.
US12031985B2 Detection of targets
Methods and cartridges for detecting targets are provided. A biological sample is introduced to a cartridge. Targets in the sample are photonically labeled with fluorescent particles in a first liquid layer in the cassette. Photonically-labeled targets are separated out of the sample into a second liquid layer within the cassette, detected, and counted to show presence of the targets in the subject. Cartridges include a receiving reservoir, a mixing well for introducing the sample to photonic labels and magnetic particles, and an imaging well for detecting and counting targets from the sample. The sample may be a human stool sample. A filter may be used to filter particulates out of the sample.
US12031978B2 Method for determining susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection
A method for determining a susceptibility of a patient to infection by SARS-CoV-2 virus includes obtaining a tissue sample from the patient. The method also includes obtaining first cells from the tissue sample. The method further includes adding the first cells to second cells infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Moreover, the method includes measuring a property of the second cells related to death of the second cells after adding the first cells to the second cells. In addition, the method includes calculating a susceptibility of the patient to infection by the SARS-CoV-2 virus using at least the property of the second cells.
US12031975B2 Methods of assessing or monitoring a response to a cell therapy
Provided are methods and articles of manufacture for use with cell therapy for the treatment of diseases or conditions, e.g., cancer, including for predicting likelihood of the subject responding to a therapy, such as a cell therapy, e.g., a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy. In some aspects, the predicting is based on detecting certain biomarkers of immune cells associated with and/or that correlate with response following administration of the therapy. The methods generally involve detecting a marker by assaying a biological sample from a subject that is a candidate for treatment, optionally with a cell therapy, to determine if the subject is likely to respond to the therapy. The present disclosure also provides methods for treating a subject having a disease or condition, in some cases involving administration of the cell therapy, based on assessment the biomarker. Also provided herein are reagents and kits for performing the methods.
US12031967B2 Emissions detection system and methods
In one illustrative configuration, a method of locating an emission source of a target substance at a site is disclosed. The method may include obtaining predicted substance concentrations of the target substance from a prediction model to generate a mapping of a weighted mean of the plurality of the predicted substance concentrations grouped in a predetermined number of feature groups. A simulated plume model is generated for each emission source present at the site to calculate representative circular normal distributions for each air quality monitor. By performing an analysis of the plurality of representative circular normal distributions in relation to the mapping, a target emission source is identified.
US12031966B2 Networked environmental monitoring system and method
A system and method for monitoring environment employ a dense network of sensor nodes. The method includes obtaining environmental information by combining a plurality of observations; wherein the plurality of observations are made with in-situ sensors and remote sensors; wherein the sensors form a high-density network comprising a plurality of distributed sensors; and wherein an individual sensor node, comprising of one or more sensors, can perform automatic zero-drift or other correction by deriving calibration information from other nearby nodes' observational data. The system can monitor gas concentrations over urban areas, industrial, forest, farm, wetland, power plants and other types of surfaces.
US12031956B2 System and method of monitoring vibration of a blasting model test for a jointed rock mass
A system of monitoring vibration of a blasting model test for a jointed rock mass and a method are provided. The system includes: a loading subsystem for three-way load, a model-surface blasting-vibration acquisition subsystem, and a model-interior dynamic stress-strain acquisition subsystem. The system and the method are provided, and a blasting model for a transparent jointed rock mass and a monitoring method that are obtained can analyze the influence of a joint inclination angle on propagation and attenuation laws of blasting stress waves in the jointed rock mass, and can analyze the influence of different millisecond blasting modes on the stability of an existing tunnel in the jointed rock mass, and can capture a real-time dynamic evolution process of cracks. The stress and strain measurement technologies used can perform omnibearing monitoring and recording for large deformations of surrounding rock under blasting load, and can resist the electromagnetic interference.
US12031955B2 Collision performance evaluation test method and apparatus for automobile body part
A translation control and rotation control mechanism support jig for supporting a front end portion of an automobile body part includes a pair of support members, a rotary box having an L-shaped plate, a rotary shaft pin, a compression pin, and a connection plate. The translation control mechanism includes a support plate, a slide guide, an automobile body part securing disk, a translation plate, and a compression pin. Energy-absorbing members are disposed in an arcuate guide groove on a side surface of the rotary box and a linear guide groove arranged on the support plate or the translation plate. A collision punch collides at a test speed with the L-shaped plate of the rotary box. The compression pin deforms the energy-absorbing members to apply torque opposite to a rotation direction and a reaction force in an opposite direction to a translation direction.
US12031954B2 Force sensing strains in soft materials for millisecond-scale blast and impact characterization
A method of measuring millisecond-scale blast and impact characterization in soft materials includes embedding one or more sensors in soft material, wherein the one or more sensors have mechanical properties approximately matching the soft material; applying a constant current to the one or more sensors; subjecting the soft material to a shock or impact event; measuring a response as a change in voltage; and converting the measured voltage to strain or pressure.
US12031948B2 Acoustic model acoustic region of influence generation
Systems and methods are disclosed for conducting an ultrasonic-based inspection. The systems and methods perform operations comprising: receiving a plurality of scan plan parameters associated with generating an image of at least one flaw within a specimen based on acoustic echo data obtained using full matrix capture (FMC); applying the plurality of scan plan parameters to an acoustic model, the acoustic model configured to determine a two-way pressure response of a plurality of inspection modes based on specular reflection and diffraction phenomena; generating, by the acoustic model based on the plurality of scan plan parameters, an acoustic region of influence (AROI) comprising an acoustic amplitude sensitivity map for a first inspection mode amongst the plurality of inspection modes; and generating, for display, a first image comprising the AROI associated with the first inspection mode for capturing or inspecting the image of the at least one flaw.
US12031947B2 Sonic inspection device, sonic inspection method, and contact member
A sonic inspection device according to an embodiment includes: a sonic probe that includes a transducer configured to perform at least one of transmitting a sound wave and receiving a sound wave and has a sonic function surface constituting at least one of a transmitting surface of the sound wave and a receiving surface of the sound wave; a contact member that includes a couplant and a sheet-shaped member, the couplant having a first surface, which is in contact with the sonic function surface of the sonic probe directly or while interposing an intermediate member, and a second surface on an opposite side of the first surface, and containing an elastomer, and the sheet-shaped member laminated with the couplant to be in contact with the second surface and containing a polymer; and a loading mechanism configured to apply a load to the contact member.
US12031943B2 Ion analyzer
An ion analyzer for analyzing product ions generated by irradiating precursor ions derived from a sample component with radicals, the ion analyzer including a reaction chamber 2, a radical supply unit 5, 6 configured to generate radicals and supply the radicals to the reaction chamber, a radical temperature acquisition unit 911, 912 configured to acquire a temperature of the radicals to be supplied to the reaction chamber, a standard substance supply unit 11 configured to supply a predetermined amount of predetermined precursor ions to the reaction chamber, the predetermined precursor ions being generated from a standard substance whose activation energy of a reaction in which the radicals attach to the standard substance is known, an ion measurement unit 92 configured to measure an amount of predetermined product ions generated from the precursor ions derived from the standard substance by the reaction with the radicals, a reactive radical amount calculation unit 93 configured to obtain an amount of reactive radicals based on the amount of the predetermined product ions, and a radical density calculation unit 94 configured to obtain a radical density based on the temperature of the radicals, the activation energy, and the amount of the reactive radicals.
US12031942B2 Method and device for determining the ammonia concentration and the nitrogen monoxide concentration in the exhaust gas flow of a motor vehicle
Various embodiments include a method of ascertaining the ammonia concentration and the nitrogen monoxide concentration in the exhaust gas stream from a motor vehicle comprising: measuring a pumping current at least three times; and determining an ammonia concentration and a nitrogen monoxide concentration based on three successive pumping current measurements.
US12031941B2 Methods to automatically calibrate pH sensors without sampling
Methods of calibrating a pH sensor fixed within an enclosed vessel are disclosed. The methods include introducing a buffer into the enclosed vessel, introducing a gas mixture comprising CO2 into the enclosed vessel, measuring a pH signal of the solution, measuring a CO2 concentration of a headspace gas of the solution, and calculating a pH value with a buffer calibration curve. The methods include calculating a calibration parameter with a sensor calibration curve and calibrating the pH sensor with the calibration parameter. Reactor systems are also disclosed. The systems include an enclosed reactor, a pH sensor, a CO2 sensor, a temperature control subsystem, and a controller. Methods of facilitating pH sensor calibration without sampling in a bioreactor system are also disclosed. The methods include providing a controller and providing instructions to operably connect the controller to the pH sensor and the CO2 sensor.
US12031938B2 Gamma-irradiation-compatible reference gel
A gel for use in a pH or an ORP sensor, components of the gel comprising water, a reference electrolyte salt, a buffering system for adjusting pH of the gel, and a polymeric gelling agent, and the gel does not degrade under gamma irradiation.
US12031936B2 Gas sensor element
A gas sensor element has an electrolyte layer, a first insulator, a second insulator, a measurement gas chamber, and a reference gas chamber. The electrolyte layer includes a holding plate and a solid electrolyte body. The first insulator is laminated on one side of the electrolyte layer, and the second insulator is laminated on the other side of the electrolyte layer. At least a part of the boundary portion between the placement hole and the solid electrolyte body is sandwiched between a first sandwiching portion of the first insulator and a second sandwiching portion of the second insulator.
US12031932B2 System and method for monitoring resistance of a conductive coating as an indicator of a condition of the conductive coating
A system for monitoring a condition of an article including a conductive coating includes: a measurement device electrically connectable to the conductive coating of the article configured to sense an electrical property of the conductive coating; and a processor electrically connected to the measurement device. The processor is configured to: receive the sensed electrical property of the conductive coating from the measurement device; determine a resistance of the conductive coating based on the received sensed electrical property; determine an estimated remaining usable life of the article based on the determined resistance of the conductive coating; and generate an output signal representative of the determined estimated remaining usable life.
US12031930B2 Gas sensor
A gas sensor includes a substrate, a support layer, a base layer, a heater layer disposed on or above the base layer, a gas sensing layer that is disposed on or above one of the heater layer and the base layer and that has a gas concentration dependent electrical impedance, and a detection electrode that is electrically connected to the gas sensing layer and that detects the impedance of the gas sensing layer. The substrate has a cavity and an opening formed by the cavity. The support layer is disposed on the substrate so as to cover at least an entire periphery of the opening. The base layer is supported by the support layer above the cavity so as to be separated from the substrate. A portion of the support layer in contact with the cavity has a first phononic crystal structure structured by a plurality of regularly arranged through-holes.
US12031927B2 Method and device for analyzing diffraction pattern of mixture, and information storage medium
Provided is a method of analyzing a diffraction pattern of a mixture, the method including: a first step of fitting, through use of a fitting pattern including a term obtained by multiplying a known target pattern indicating a target component by a first intensity ratio, and a term obtained by multiplying an unknown pattern indicating a residual group consisting of one or more residual components by a second intensity ratio, and having the first intensity ratio, the second intensity ratio, and the unknown pattern as fitting parameters, the fitting pattern to the observed pattern by changing the first and the second intensity ratio in a state where the unknown pattern is set to an initial pattern; and a second step of fitting the fitting pattern to the observed pattern by changing the unknown pattern while restricting the changes of the first and the second intensity ratio.
US12031926B2 Mesh-based crystal sample holder for serial crystallography
The present invention relates to a sample holder on which a crystal sample for serial crystallography is mounted, or the like. Compared to an existing sample holder, the sample holder according to the present invention can be manufactured by a very simple manufacturing process and at low costs, and does not physically and chemically affect other equipment therearound while collecting X-ray diffraction data. Therefore, it is possible to stably operate a beam line, to increase beam time efficiency, and further to perform raster scanning so that many diffraction images can be obtained even in a small-sized chip. In addition, since the problem of evaporation of a crystallized solution does not occur even when the crystallized solution is stored in the air for a long time, the sample holder is generally easy to use compared to a previously reported sample holder. Therefore, it is expected that the sample holder is very likely to be variously applied to the fixed-target serial crystallographic research field using various samples.
US12031925B2 Adaptable X-ray analysis apparatus
The present invention relates to an X-ray analysis apparatus and a method of X-ray analysis. The X-ray analysis apparatus enables a user to carry out a plurality of X-ray analysis applications, for analysing a sample by measuring X-ray diffraction and/or X-ray fluorescence, using the same X-ray source. The apparatus comprises an X-ray source for irradiating the sample with X-rays, the X-ray source comprising a solid anode and a cathode for emitting an electron beam. It also comprises a focusing arrangement for focusing the electron beam onto the anode, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive X-ray analysis application information and to control the X-ray analysis apparatus to selectively operate in either a first X-ray analysis mode or a second X-ray analysis mode based on the X-ray analysis application information. In the first X-ray analysis mode the X-ray source operates at a first operating power and has an effective focal spot size that is less than 100 μm. In the second X-ray analysis mode the X-ray source operates at a second operating power that is higher than the first operating power, and the area of the effective focal spot is larger than the area of the effective focal spot in the first X-ray analysis mode.
US12031919B2 Methods and sensors for detection
Described are chromogenic sensors, methods of use, and kits including sensors. The sensors can have a polymer structure with a waveform cross-section in a programmed state. Upon exposure to a first liquid, the polymer structure in the programmed state changes to polymer structure in an activated state. Methods for measuring the presence of a liquid using the sensor are described, as are kits including the sensors.
US12031917B2 Raman scattering from orbital and spin angular momentum in materials
A method for obtaining a polarized orbital angular momentum Raman spectrum using vector vortex beams, includes the steps of emitting a polarized laser light from a laser source. The polarized laser light is passed through a narrow band filter that is then passed through a section of wave plates (quarter or half wave plate) to generate polarized light (linear, circular, radial and azimuthal), then through a q-plate (vortex retarder or spiral plate) to give a vortex structure topology carrying orbital angular momentum with a helical phase. The polarized vector vortex light is then directed to contact a sample, thereby producing a Raman scatter beam. The Raman scatter beam is passed back and collected into a spectrometer, thereby obtaining a Raman scattering spectrum of the sample to investigate the matching of the multipoles of the material and the multipoles of the light. A method for transmission with Multiple expansions of orbital angular momentum in rat cerebellum tissue is also disclosed. In general, we use polarized Laguerre-Gaussian vector vortex beams as a topology multipole model to describe and study the light matter interaction for Raman and transmission using the fact that the optical vortices and material can possess Multipoles denoted as L in form of monopole (L=0), dipole (L=1), quadrupole (L=2), octupole (L=3), hexidecapole (L=4) and higher orders. These multipoles can be involved with the matching up with the symmetry of the moments involved with vibrational states in Raman processes.
US12031916B2 Optical systems and methods for biological analysis
An instrument for processing and/or measuring a biological process comprises a sample processing system and an excitation source exhibiting a spectral function of output power or intensity verses wavelength of output power or intensity. The spectral function has a minima wavelength corresponding to a local minima value of the output power or intensity; a first maxima wavelength corresponding to a first local maxima of output power or intensity, the output power or intensity at the first local maxima being greater than the output power or intensity at any wavelength less than the minima wavelength; a second maxima wavelength corresponding to a second local maxima of output power or intensity, the output power or intensity at the second local maxima being greater than the output at any wavelength greater than the minima wavelength; the minima wavelength is between the first maxima wavelength and the second maxima wavelength.
US12031913B2 Microchip and manufacturing method therefor, and multi-channel fluorescence detection device
Efficient simultaneous laser-irradiation-fluorescence detection is performed for a plurality of channels of a microchip and simple and highly sensitive parallel analysis of a plurality of samples is enabled. In a microchip 1 made of an optically transparent solid material m1 with a refractive index n1, a plurality of channels 2 filled with a material m2 with a refractive index n2 and a plurality of channels 3 filled with a material m3 with a refractive index n3 are alternately arranged in parallel on the same plane. Here, m1, m2 and m3 are selected such that a relation of n2
US12031908B2 Fabry Perot interferometry for measuring cell viability
A method for studying cell viability and protein aggregation involves establishing a Fabry Perot etalon signal within an optical spectroscopic feature, e.g., in the near infrared region. Protein aggregation and cell viability can be reflected by changes observed in the magnitude of the Fourier Transform peaks observed in the frequency or space domain associated with the contrast of the etalon. In short, the presence of viable cells and protein aggregates can degrade the etalon contrast of an etalon window. In some cases, the concentration of cells and monomeric protein can be measured as well.
US12031904B2 Optical fluid analyzer
Aspects relate to an optical fluid analyzer including a fluid cell configured to receive a sample fluid. The optical fluid analyzer further includes optical elements configured to seal the fluid cell on opposing sides thereof and to allow input light from a light source to be sent through the fluid cell and output light from the fluid cell to be input to a spectrometer. The optical fluid analyzer further includes a machine learning (ML) engine, such as an artificial intelligence (AI) engine, that is configured to generate a result defining at least one parameter of the fluid based on a spectrum produced by the spectrometer.
US12031901B2 System and method for detecting biofilm growth in water systems
A system and method for monitoring or detecting a level of biofilm growth in a fluid system and controlling operating parameters of the fluid system based a measured level of growth. The monitoring system and method comprises a dye injection system for periodically injecting dye into a portion of fluid from the fluid system, passing the portion of fluid though a narrow lumen tube to achieve laminar flow and using a light source and optical sensor to detect a transmission or emission indicating a level of biofilm growth in the tube corresponding to a level of growth on components in the fluid system. Information based upon the measurements or calculations made by the monitoring system may be used to manually or automatically alter various operating parameters to control the fluid system and aid in maintaining stable operation of the fluid system within preferred specifications.
US12031895B2 Method of identifying biologic particles
A method of analysing and identifying particles in an input fluid by electrical field analysis preferably in combination with imaging analysis and towards establishing characterises of the particles that can be compared with characteristics of known particles, preferably biologic particles such as bacteria and viruses. Preferably in a focusing step, the particles are focused as in a microfluidic particle sorting cartridge followed by electrical field analysis to determine impedance data. Preferably, the electrical field analysis is carried out in a water and alcohol solution.
US12031888B2 Methane watchdog system, a cost effective approach to longwall methane monitoring and control
Various examples are provided related to methane detection in harsh environments. In one example, a method includes drawing a sample of air from at least one first location; delivering the sample to a volume within a sensor block at a second location, where the sensor block includes a gas concentration sensor in communication with the volume; and where a vacuum is applied to the volume within the sensor block to facilitate delivery of the sample to the second location. In another example, a system includes a sampling unit that houses a sensor block, where a sample tube is coupled to an inlet of the sensor block, which includes a gas concentration sensor; an ejector that facilitates delivery of a sample of air from the first location via the sample tube; and a control unit that can receive a gas concentration sensor output from the sampling unit for processing.
US12031885B2 Leak detection for gas sticks
A method and system for monitoring and detecting a gas leak in a gas stick assembly is provided. The method includes measuring a pressure in a mass flow controller of the gas stick assembly at different time points and determining whether there is a difference in pressure at the different time points that exceeds a difference threshold.
US12031881B2 Test stand having a bearing housing and a bearing unit
A test stand includes a base frame and a bearing housing defining a frustoconical recess. A bearing unit has a bearing sleeve defining a through-going bearing bore coaxial with a rotation axis. A bearing shaft is rotatably mounted in the bearing bore. A contour of an outer conical wall of the bearing sleeve is at least partially identical with a contour of the frustoconical recess, where the bearing unit is detachably arranged in contact with the frustoconical recess. A fixing element on the distal end of the bearing shaft is configured for detachably fixing a test object. A test stand drive is arranged on the base frame and has a test shaft configured to be driven in rotation about the rotation axis, where the test shaft is configured to be connected coaxially to the bearing shaft of the bearing unit.
US12031874B2 Integrated temperature control within a diagnostic test sensor
The invention relates to a test sensor and a heater and thermocouple device for use in a test sensor and other assays, such as a diagnostic test sensor or strip and to a method of manufacturing a test sensor and a device and a method of conducting an assay using the test sensor or device. The invention relates to a test sensor comprising a heater and thermocouple device (100), the heater and thermocouple device (100) comprising: a substrate (10); on the substrate (10), a first layer (12) of a first conductive material of a first conductivity comprising: a first thermocouple element (14); a first connector track (16) connected to the first thermocouple element (14); a resistive heater element (20); and in which at least part of the first thermocouple element (14) is comprised of a portion of the resistive heater element (20); a second layer (22) of a second conductive material of a second conductivity comprising: a second thermocouple element (24) in contact with the first thermocouple element (14) (e.g. together with the first thermocouple element (14) forming a thermocouple junction (50)); a second connector track (26) connected to the second thermocouple element (24); two heater connector tracks (36A, 36B) spaced apart and connected to respective portions of the resistive heater element (20), each on a respective side of the thermocouple elements (14, 24).
US12031872B2 Individual control of inner and outer Peltier elements
The present invention introduces a temperature calibrator arrangement, which comprises inner and outer Peltier elements as heating and cooling elements for the calibrator block. The arrangement comprises a first and second variable current or voltage source, and, in an embodiment, a first and second mechanical relay for switching polarities of the Peltier elements. The present invention controls the first and second current sources independently of one another. Furthermore, some methods are presented for getting rid of mechanical relay switchings while using the temperature calibrator during normal use, resulting in less clicking sounds and less physical wear as well.
US12031871B2 System and method for determining changes of an optical fibre
A method is provided for determining temperature changes of an optical fibre having Fiber Bragg Grating patterns provided in at least one portion of the optical fibre. The method involves: emitting light into the optical fibre in a first direction from a first detector arrangement, receiving reflections from the patterns of such emitted light by the first detector arrangement, and processing the reflections for determining a current temperature change related to the optical fibre; and on the basis of predetermined criteria, emitting light into the optical fibre in an opposite, second, direction from a second detector arrangement, receiving reflections from the patterns of such emitted light by the second detector arrangement, and processing the reflections for determining a current temperature change related to the optical fibre. A computer program product comprising program code for implementing the above-described method is also provided, along with an associated system and platform.
US12031870B2 Sensor assembly and method for using the same
The present invention provides a sensor assembly including housing; a sensor, disposed in the housing; a conductive member, having an inner portion located inside the housing and an outer portion located outside the housing. The outer portion receives a physical quantity from a component to be sensed and transmits the physical quantity to the sensor through the inner portion, so that the sensor senses the physical quantity and generates a sensing signal; a wireless communication module, receiving the sensing signal and transmits an output signal corresponding to the sensing signal. The invention also provides a method for using a sensor assembly as above.
US12031866B2 Colorimeter, colorimetric system, and communication method
A colorimeter includes: a colorimetric section that performs colorimetry; a first wireless communicating section that performs first wireless communication according to a first wireless communication standard; a second wireless communicating section that performs second wireless communication according to a second wireless communication standard; and a processor that controls the first wireless communicating section and the second wireless communicating section. The processor transmits colorimetric data acquired by the colorimetry in the first colorimetric mode by the first wireless communication when colorimetry in a first colorimetric mode is performed. The processor also transmits colorimetric data acquired by the colorimetry in the second colorimetric mode by the second wireless communication when colorimetry in a second colorimetric mode is performed.
US12031864B2 Spectrometer
A spectrometer capable of providing information, to a measurer, necessary for determining whether a sample set to the spectrometer is a sample expected by the measurer or not before a main measurement includes a data processor and a display. The data processor calculates a preliminary spectral information of the sample based on at least n of a latest detected signal and a BKG information retained in advance, calculates and updates the preliminary spectral information based on at least n of the latest detected signal and the BKG information again, and repeats these calculations and updates. The display shows the preliminary spectral information that is calculated and updated in the preview display. The data processor starts integration of N (N>n) of the detected signal during a preview display of the preliminary spectral information, and acquires a spectral information of the sample.
US12031862B2 Optical energy measuring device
An optical energy detector and a method for detecting a broad range of optical energy are disclosed. The detector comprising a superconducting nanowire filament on a substrate, an electrical current pulse source, a laser pulse source, a first pickup probe, and a second pickup probe for measuring the voltage across the filament. The filament is maintained below a supercomputing critical temperature. The filament is biased with an electrical current pulses slight below the critical current of the filament which creates nonequilibrium state. The filament is excited by the laser pulses, and as a result, a voltage appears after a delay time. The voltage is measured for determining the amount of the optical energy. A reference curve of the voltage and the corresponding delay time can be used for calibrating any light source.
US12031860B2 Photometer
A photometer includes a luminous flux splitter that splits a luminous flux incident from a single light receiving optical system and guides the luminous flux to a finder optical system and a photometric part. A light receiver is arranged at a position to receive at least a part of light split into the finder optical system by the luminous flux splitter and generates an output for light emission profile analysis according to a light reception result.
US12031858B2 Aerial optical fiber cable inspection method, aerial optical fiber cable inspection device, and program
It is an object of the present invention to provide an aerial optical fiber cable inspection method, an aerial optical fiber cable inspection device, and a program which can identify a cable sagging section from vibration sensing results. In the aerial optical fiber cable inspection method according to the present invention, a vibration distribution waveform along the longitudinal direction of an aerial optical fiber cable measured using an optical fiber vibration sensing device is received as an input, a standard deviation of the amplitude of vibration at each position in the vibration distribution waveform is calculated, and a section with a standard deviation larger than that of other sections is identified as a cable sagging section.
US12031852B2 Magnetic flowmeter with flow tube liner having adhesion feature in an exterior surface
A magnetic flowmeter for sensing process fluid flow includes a flow tube configured to receive the process fluid flow there through and a plurality of electrodes disposed to contact process fluid. At least one electromagnetic coil is disposed proximate the tube. A flow tube liner is provided in the flow tube having an interior surface configured to contact process fluid and an exterior surface mounted to the flow tube. The flow tube liner has at least one adhesion feature in the exterior surface which promotes adhesion between the flow tube liner and the flow tube. A method is also provided.
US12031848B2 Method and computing device for detecting anomalous sensor data
A computer-implemented method for detecting anomalies in data from a sensor comprises receiving a plurality of data points from the sensor; determining a first anomaly score component, the first anomaly score component varying according to a Cook's Distance value; determining a second anomaly score component, the second anomaly score component varying according to a singular spectrum analysis value; determining a third anomaly score component, the third anomaly score component varying according to a rolling variance rate of change value; determining a fourth anomaly score component, the fourth anomaly score component varying according to whether a current data point is within an upper bound and a lower bound; determining a total anomaly score as a function of the anomaly score components; comparing the total anomaly score to an anomaly score threshold value; and determining the data point is an anomaly if the total anomaly score is greater than the threshold value.
US12031845B2 Vial with improved visibility for level
A level including level vial(s) having enhanced visibility are provided. The level may include a level vial including a material that is attracted to the interface or border of a globule within the level vial which improves visibility of the interface. The level may include a solid level indicator having easy to see end surfaces that are generally vertically oriented when in the level position. The end surfaces of the solid level indicator may allow the user to more easily compare the position of the solid level indicator to indicating lines formed on the level vial. The level may include a level vial including a first liquid and an immiscible second liquid forming a globule with the first material. The globule formed from the second material may improve visibility compared to a typical air bubble.
US12031844B2 Tilt sensor and detecting system
A tilt sensor includes a notification unit adapted to provide notification about occurrence of tilt; a water storage chamber that contains an electrolytic solution; and a unit cell that includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator placed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. When the water storage chamber tilts, the electrolytic solution is injected into the separator and the unit cell starts generating power and supplies electric power needed to drive the notification unit.
US12031843B2 Method for determining a distance using a laser range finder
A digital counting and display system and methods for use with a laser rangefinder that counts backscattered laser beams and displays a distance between a laser and a target. The laser rangefinder includes a laser configured to emit a pulsed laser beam, an afocal Gallilean telescope configured to receive backscattered laser pulses and generate a series of focused backscattered laser pulses, a silicon avalanche photodetector connected to the afocal Gallilean telescope, configured to generate a series of currents signal proportional to the series of focused backscattered laser pulses, a low noise, multistage amplifier connected to the silicon avalanche photodetector, configured to generate a series of linearly changing amplified voltage signals from the series of current signals, an analog-to-digital converter configured to convert the series of linearly changing amplified voltage signals to a series of digital voltage signals, and a digital counting and display circuit connected to the analog-digital converter.
US12031837B2 Method and device for updating map
The present application discloses a method and device for updating a map. The method for updating a map according to the present embodiment includes: in a process of movement of a robot, when it is detected that an actual environment is different from an environment that is indicated by a global map that has already been established, starting up map updating, and establishing an initial local map; determining a locating point according to acquired sensor data and the global map, and optimizing the initial local map according to the locating point, to obtain an optimized local map; and covering a corresponding area of the global map by using the optimized local map, to complete updating of the global map. The embodiments of the present application improve the locating accuracy, ensure the speed and efficiency of the map updating, and save time.
US12031833B2 Devices for range estimation in battery powered vehicles
Systems, methods, devices, and models for range estimation and analysis in battery powered vehicles are described. Energy consumption over vehicle trips is collected, to evaluate weighting factors for a weighted sum. The weighted sum is evaluated based on determined weighting factors and expected trip data, to determine an energy consumption of a trip or trips of a vehicle. Determined energy consumption for trips is used for evaluating suitability of the vehicle for performing the trips.
US12031832B2 Systems and methods for energy efficient mobility using machine learning and artificial intelligence
Systems and methods for energy efficient mobility are provided. The method may include identifying a vehicle moving on a road, calculating a first energy required to complete a trip, determining a size of an air pocket zone of the vehicle, calculating a second energy required to transition to the air pocket zone of the vehicle and to complete the trip in the air pocket zone of the vehicle, and transitioning to the air pocket zone of the vehicle if the second energy is more energy efficient than the first energy.
US12031831B2 Systems and methods for ranking routes based on driving complexity
Systems and methods for ranking routes based on driving complexity are provided. The systems and methods may generate routes for a user based on factors indicative of difficulty levels of the routes (for example, based on the types of road features that exist on the route, among various other factors). The difficulty levels of the generated routes may then be used to automatically select, by a navigation system of a vehicle, a route that is suitable for the user based on their driving experience level. Alternatively, the routes may be presented to the user via the vehicle or a mobile device for selection by the user. The systems and methods may also be dynamic in that the difficulty levels of the routes may be adjusted as the user gains more driving experience.
US12031828B2 Method for optimising a flight plan
The invention relates to a method for optimising a flight plan consisting of an air route for an aircraft of a fleet of aircraft, each aircraft being designed to record flight data, the method comprising a preliminary step of learning a network of air routes specific to the fleet of aircraft, the method comprising a step of determining a fuel consumption model specific to the aircraft based on the flight data, the method comprising the subsequent steps of: —collecting meteorological data associated with the aircraft environment, and —determining an optimised flight plan for reaching the destination waypoint, based on a current position of the aircraft, the flight conditions of the aircraft, the predefined air route, the consumption model of the aircraft, the meteorological conditions and the previously defined optimal air routes.
US12031825B2 Calibration-free positioning method and system
Provided is a calibration-free positioning method and system. The positioning method includes: setting a positioning period, acquiring a first coordinate of a positioned object in a base station coordinate system at the end of one positioning period, performing an inertial navigation within the one positioning period to obtain a first inertial navigation result; controlling, within a next positioning period, the positioned object to move to obtain a second coordinate in the base station coordinate system at the end of the next positioning period, performing an inertial navigation on the positioned object within the positioning period to obtain a second inertial navigation result, and calculating displacement vectors in the base station coordinate system and in the inertial navigation coordinate system; calculating a rotation quaternion; transforming, through the rotation quaternion, a coordinate obtained by the inertial navigation to the base station coordinate system, output a position of the positioned object after transforming.
US12031824B2 Augmentation of global navigation satellite system based data
A vehicle computing system validates location data received from a Global Navigation Satellite System receiver with other sensor data. In one embodiment, the system calculates velocities with the location data and the other sensor data. The system generates a probabilistic model for velocity with a velocity calculated with location data and variance associated with the location data. The system determines a confidence score by applying the probabilistic model to one or more of the velocities calculated with other sensor data. In another embodiment, the system implements a machine learning model that considers features extracted from the sensor data. The system generates a feature vector for the location data and determines a confidence score for the location data by applying the machine learning model to the feature vector. Based on the confidence score, the system can validate the location data. The validated location data is useful for navigation and map updates.
US12031820B2 Micromechanical system, method for operating a micromechanical system
A micromechanical system which includes a movably suspended mass. The micromechanical system includes a damping system, the damping system including a movably suspended damping structure, the damping structure being deflectable by applying a voltage. The damping structure is designed in such a way that a frequency response and/or a damping of the movably suspended mass are/is changeable with the aid of a deflection of the damping structure.
US12031819B2 Laser level meter
A laser level meter, comprising a housing, wherein a laser assembly is mounted on the housing, the lower end portion of the housing is further provided with an end cover, the end cover is recessed towards the interior of the housing to form a cavity, and an air suction port is provided in the cavity. The laser level meter further comprises a suction device arranged in the housing, wherein the suction device comprises a fan, and the fan rotates so as to suck air between the cavity and a mounting surface of the laser level meter from the air suction port.
US12031815B2 Magnetic linear sensor
A magnetic response section provided by a scale of a magnetic linear sensor is configured so that changes in magnetic influence on a magnetic detection head appear alternately and repeatedly every first pitch in a displacement detection direction. The magnetic detection head is provided on one side of the scale in the first direction, which is a direction perpendicular to the displacement detection direction, and provided with a base substrate section and a plurality of signal output sections. The signal output sections are arranged on an insulating plate and in the displacement detection direction at a second pitch based on a first pitch. The first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern included by each of the signal output sections are formed to arrange coil elements side by side in an elongated area in a second direction orthogonal to both the displacement detection direction and the first direction.
US12031813B2 Support element for a precision device, support frame for a precision device and precision device having such a support element or support frame
A support member for a precision device includes a vertical support element and a horizontal support element. The vertical support element extends along a vertical main direction of extent and includes a material with a low thermal expansion coefficient. The horizontal support element horizontally surrounds at least a portion of the vertical support element and is configured to horizontally support the vertical support element against tilting from the main direction of extent. The horizontal support element bounds a thermally insulating interior space in which the vertical support element is partially accommodated.
US12031811B2 Object size estimation apparatus and method
The disclosure relates to an object size estimation device and method. According to the disclosure, an object size estimation device comprises a reception unit receiving a reception signal reflected by the object, through the reception antenna, an object length calculation unit calculating a reflection point based on a position frequency of measurements included in the reception signal, calculating a horizontal length of the object based on a distance between a first straight line passing through the calculated reflection point and a measurement and calculating a vertical length of the object based on a distance between a second straight line orthogonal to the first straight line and a measurement, and an object size estimation unit estimating a size of the object formed with the horizontal length and the vertical length.
US12031810B2 Measuring device, inspection device, and surface mounter
A measuring device includes a projector, a camera and a calculation device. The projector projects, on a target object, first stripe pattern light having a first period, second stripe pattern light having a second period, and third stripe pattern light having a third period. A relation of the periods is the first period
US12031803B2 Wedge system for characterization of fragmentation from warheads during arena testing
An arena test system for characterizing fragments from a warhead. An entry panel and an exit panel are arranged in a wedge configuration with a wedge-shaped air space between them. Fragments are imaged as they pass through this wedge. A soft catch box is located behind the exit panel such that fragments that pass through the exit panel enter the soft catch box and are decelerated within the soft catch box.
US12031801B2 Device and method for mine disposal
A projectile for piercing a casing of a mine containing an explosive material. The projectile includes a projectile body having a nose portion and a tail portion and a longitudinal axis, a switch, and electrodes separated such that in use an electrical discharge can flow between them through an explosive material contained within a mine, or to initiate an energetic material provided between the electrodes to detonate an explosive material contained within a mine. Also provided is a method of mine disposal.
US12031798B2 Remotely operable weapon mount
A weapon mount for controlling targeting of a weapon includes a base, an arm that extends from the base, and an attachment component that is rotatably coupled with the arm. The base is attachable to a platform and is rotatable to control a yaw of the weapon relative to the platform. The attachment component is configured to couple with the weapon and is rotatable to control a pitch of the weapon relative to the platform. The arm is positioned relative to the base so that a recoil vector of the weapon is within 0.5 inches radially of an axis of rotation of the base.
US12031796B2 Optical system with cant indication
An electronic indicator on a see-through optical scope indicates whether an optical system is canted. The indicator may include illuminable visual indicators positioned on opposite sides of a field of view through the optical scope. The indicator may be visual, haptic, or aural. The visual indicator may include one or more LEDs positioned on the periphery of the field of view, and may be optically coupled to an appropriate position on the face of the reticle using a suitable waveguide. The LEDs are coupled to a microprocessor which is, in turn, coupled to a solid-state electronic inclinometer that is incorporated into the internal structure of the optical system. The microprocessor is configured to selectively illuminate one or more of the visual indicators based on the output of the inclinometer, thereby indicating how the reticle is canted, if at all.
US12031792B2 Blank firing system
A blank firing system for a firearm includes a barrel configured to mount to the firearm and having a smooth bore at least a portion of a length of the barrel; a blank firing adapter plus bullet trap configured to attach to the barrel; and a magazine configured to accept a stack of blank rounds and up to two live rounds.
US12031783B2 Tube cleaning robot
A robot is disclosed for cleaning the exterior of tubes of a heat exchanger. The robot comprises a lance for directing a jet of fluid into spaces between the tubes, a carriage for transporting the lance in a direction of travel parallel to axes of the tubes of the heat exchanger, and traction assemblies for engaging the tubes to enable the carriage to be advanced along the tubes, wherein the traction assemblies are each moveable relative to the carriage in a direction transverse to that of travel in order to change the track width of the robot.
US12031778B2 Plate-and-shell heat exchanger and a heat transfer plate for a plate-and-shell heat exchanger
The present invention relates to a plate-and-shell heat exchanger and a heat transfer plate for a plate-and-shell heat exchanger. The heat exchanger comprises a shell and a plurality of heat transfer plates within the shell. The plates form fluidly connected first cavities for providing a first fluid flow path for a first fluid flow. The shell forms a second cavity in which the plates are arranged, and a second fluid flow path is provided for a second fluid flow, separated from the first fluid flow path by the plates. The heat exchanger comprises heat transfer plates which are formed for improving the distribution of the second fluid flow within the heat exchanger.
US12031773B2 Freezable cooler partition
The device includes a disk having a central aperture therethrough, wherein the disk defines an interior volume about the central aperture. The disk is dimensioned to partition a cooler into an upper compartment and a lower compartment. A regulator includes an upper portion and a lower portion, wherein the lower portion is removably securable within the central aperture. An opening is disposed within the upper portion and is in fluid communication with a channel extending through the regulator. An elongated rod having an upper end opposite a lower end is removably securable to the upper portion of the regulator. A platform is disposed on the upper end of the elongated rod.
US12031772B2 Refrigerator
The present invention relates to a refrigerator including a separate deep-freezing space partitioned in a storage space of the refrigerator, wherein the structure of a guide rail for pushing in or pulling out a deep-freezing compartment door when a deep-freezing compartment forming the deep-freezing space is opened/closed can be simplified, and the pull-out distance of the deep-freezing compartment door can be ensured.
US12031766B2 Portable frozen confection machine
The disclosure extends to apparatuses, methods, and systems, for producing frozen confections and conditioning ice for use in frozen confections. A frozen confection machine includes a hopper portion for receiving ice into an interior, and a motor configured to rotate a drive shaft, a blade to condition the ice in the hopper during rotation of the motor. The frozen confection machine also includes a lid for selectively covering the interior of the hopper, a bias member for biasing the lid away from a closed position, and a switch for causing the motor to actuate in response to the lid being pressed to a closed position.
US12031764B2 Refrigerator
A refrigerator includes a storage chamber, a cooler configured to supply cold air, a first tray, a second tray, a driver configured to move the second tray with respect to the first tray, a heater provided adjacent to at least one of the first tray or the second tray, and a controller configured to control the heater and the driver. The controller controls the heater to be turned on during ice making to make transparent ice.
US12031761B2 Method of controlling ice-detaching temperature of icemaker
Provided is a method of controlling an ice-detaching temperature of an icemaker, including a first step of performing an ice-making operation in an ice-making unit, and counting a required ice-making time period from a starting point in time of the ice-making operation to an end point in time of the ice-making operation; a second step of acquiring the counted required ice-making time period, and acquiring an ambient temperature from an external temperature sensor; a third step of determining a variable ice-detaching time period, depending on the acquired ambient temperature and the acquired required ice-making time period; and a fourth step of using the determined ice-detaching time period to perform an ice-detaching operation. Ice of a cold plate is completely separated from the cold plate during an ice-detaching operation under conventional temperature conditions and even under harsh environments, preventing icemaker failure and increasing ice-making capacity.
US12031757B2 Refrigerant pipe and refrigeration apparatus
A refrigerant pipe that constitutes a refrigerant circuit of a refrigeration apparatus includes: a first pipe; and a second pipe. The first pipe includes a pipe body made of stainless steel; and a connection pipe, made of a material different from stainless steel, disposed at an end of the pipe body in a pipe axial direction. The connection pipe includes a protrusion protruding in the pipe axial direction from the end of the pipe body. The second pipe includes: a second-pipe large diameter portion, made of a material that is a same as the material of the connection pipe, disposed at an end in the pipe axial direction; a second-pipe small diameter portion having a smaller diameter than the second-pipe large diameter portion; and a step portion disposed between the second-pipe large diameter portion and the second-pipe small diameter portion.
US12031756B2 Heat exchanger passage switching device
A heat exchanger passage switching device according to an embodiment includes: a communication tube having an internal passage communicating with a heat exchange passage for performing heat exchange inside a heat exchanger, and one or more communication holes communicating with the internal passage; and at least one chamber having an insertion hole into which the communication tube is inserted to slidably support the communication tube inserted in the insertion hole. The communication tube is capable of switching a communication state between the one or more communication holes and the at least one chamber by a relative position of the communication tube to the at least one chamber in an axial direction.
US12031752B2 Refrigeration apparatus
A refrigeration apparatus is of a two-stage compression type for compressing a refrigerant to a supercritical region. The refrigeration apparatus includes a lower stage-side compression unit, a higher stage-side compression unit, an intermediate cooler, a heat source-side heat exchanger, a utilization-side heat exchanger, an economizer circuit, and a control unit. During a first operation in which the heat source-side heat exchanger functions as a radiator and the utilization-side heat exchanger functions as an evaporator, in a case where a discharge temperature which is a temperature of the refrigerant discharged from the higher stage-side compression unit is more than a first temperature, the control unit increases a cooling capacity of the intermediate cooler without increasing a refrigerant flow rate of the economizer circuit on condition that the intermediate cooler does not reach a maximum cooling capacity.
US12031749B2 Roof vent and roof ventilation system
This application relates to roof vents with diverters that prevent or reduce the likelihood that water or other debris can be driven through the vent by wind. For example, a roof vent can include a lower portion and an upper portion attached to the lower portion at an upslope edge, the upper portion angling away from the upslope edge to create a space therebetween. The roof vent can also include a front opening between the lower portion and the upper portion at a downslope edge of the upper portion to allow airflow into and out of the space. The roof vent can include a diverter positioned downslope of the front opening and attached to the lower portion for preventing or reducing the likelihood that water or other debris can be driven through the vent by wind.
US12031745B2 Drain cleaner apparatus
A drain cleaner apparatus for dispensing a cleaning composition into a condensate drain line of an air handler of an air conditioning system. The drain cleaner apparatus includes an apparatus reservoir configured to hold the cleaning composition, a connector interface configured to couple with the condensate drain line to cause an apparatus outlet of the drain cleaner apparatus to be in fluid communication with an opening of the condensate drain line, a dispenser device that is configured to be actuated to selectively dispense an amount of the cleaning composition from the apparatus reservoir and through the apparatus outlet, and a controller configured to actuate the dispenser device to cause the amount of the cleaning composition to be dispensed through the apparatus outlet without manual intervention.
US12031742B2 Contaminant detector and refrigeration cycle apparatus
A contaminant detector includes a detection object that is inclined relative to a horizontal direction in a drainage unit for accumulation of discharged water and on which a contaminant is to be deposited and a detection unit configured to emit energy toward the detection object to detect a contamination state of the detection object. The detection unit includes a transmission and reception module configured to emit and receive energy, a calculation module configured to calculate an amount of energy received from the detection object by the transmission and reception module, and a determination module configured to determine, based on the amount of energy calculated by the calculation module, the contamination state of the detection object.
US12031741B2 Heat recovery air conditioner hot water system and refrigerant flow control method thereof
A heat recovery air-conditioning hot water system and a refrigerant flow control method therefor. The heat recovery air-conditioning hot water system includes a compressor, a condenser, heat exchangers, an indoor unit, a first throttling device, a second throttling device, a first reversing valve, and a second throttling device, wherein the first reversing valve is used to control the refrigerant switching of the indoor heat exchanger, so as to realize the switching of cooling and heating modes; the second reversing valve is used to control the refrigerant switching of the outdoor heat exchanger, so as to realize the operation switching of cooling and heating modes of the outdoor heat exchanger; and an exhaust pipe of the compressor is respectively connected to the first reversing valve, the second reversing valve, and the water-side heat exchanger by means of a water-side high-pressure air pipe.
US12031739B2 Device management system and device management service providing method
A device management system includes a device installed in a building, a control terminal connected to the device, and a management apparatus connected to the control terminal via a network. Both the control terminal and the management apparatus are configured to be capable of acquiring a control command that is created by a user. The control command that is created by the user is acquired by at least one of the control terminal and the management apparatus. Based on the control command that is acquired, control of the device is shared and executed in at least one of the control terminal and the management apparatus.
US12031737B2 Air conditioner
An air conditioner of the present embodiment includes a heat exchanger unit in which an installation position of a suction temperature sensor can be changed and the air conditioner is capable of determining whether the installation position of the suction temperature sensor is correct. During a cooling operation, a heat exchange temperature is lower than a suction temperature, and during a heating operation, the heat exchange temperature is higher than the suction temperature. However, if a suction temperature sensor is incorrectly disposed on a downstream side of a flow of air in an indoor heat exchanger, the suction temperature detected by the suction temperature sensor is a temperature of indoor air after exchanging heat with a refrigerant in the indoor heat exchanger, so that the heat exchange temperature and the suction temperature are close to each other regardless of the cooling operation or the heating operation.
US12031733B2 Method for physical system anomaly detection
A method for detecting anomalies in a physical system generates from a set of physics rules and a process graph representing the system a set of candidate physics models that assign physics rules to portions of the process graph representing sensors. Candidate physics models are rejected if an error between the models and sensor data exceed a predetermined error tolerance. Supervised learning is used to train a machine learning model to predict an error between the physics models and the sensor data. The predicted error and predicted sensor measurements from the physics models are then used to detect anomalies using unsupervised learning on a distribution of error between the predicted sensor measurements and the sensor data.
US12031727B2 Oven bake heating channel exchange system
A cooking appliance includes: a cooking cavity with a bottom wall and a rear wall. A convection fan is disposed adjacent to the rear wall of the cooking cavity. A gas burner is located in a subjacent space beneath the bottom wall and adjacent to the rear wall of the cooking cavity. A heat duct provides communication through the bottom wall and includes an inlet positioned directly above and adjacent to the gas burner through which combustion gases from the gas burner can enter the heat duct. An annular portion of the heat duct defines a pass-through opening in which the convection fan is disposed. Flames from the gas burner extend upwardly toward or through the inlet of the heat duct and are substantially isolated from turbulent air flow generated by the convection fan.
US12031726B2 Ingredient feeding, cooking and heating system, and full-closed cooking machine
An ingredient feeding, cooking and heating system comprises a cooking cavity (100) formed by a hollow shell in a sealed manner and main cooking equipment arranged in the cooking cavity (100), the main cooking equipment comprises a wok device and an ingredient feeding device (2), a cooking area for accommodating the wok device is arranged at a middle portion of the interior of the cooking cavity (100), a feeding area for accommodating the ingredient feeding device (2) is arranged at an upper portion of the interior of the cooking cavity (100) and above the cooking area; the wok device comprises a wok (1), a furnace body device (13) adapted for bearing and heating the wok (1), and a wok rotating device (14) adapted for controlling the wok (1) to rotate. A full-closed cooking machine comprises the ingredient feeding, cooking and heating system.
US12031723B2 Perforated plate for gas turbine combustor, gas turbine combustor, and gas turbine
A perforated plate for a gas turbine combustor according to at least one embodiment is a perforated plate provided between a combustor basket and a combustor casing of the gas turbine combustor and fixed to an outer peripheral portion of the combustor basket. In a hole arrangement area with a plurality of through holes of the perforated plate, a region close to the combustor basket has a larger average value of a ligament ratio than a region close to the combustor casing, where the ligament ratio is obtained by dividing a distance between outer peripheral edges of two adjacent holes of the plurality of through holes by a distance between centers of the two holes.
US12031721B2 Atomization burner with flexible fire rate
A burner includes an atomizing chamber, a flame tube in front of the atomizing chamber adapted to direct combusting fuel introduced by the atomizing chamber along an interior of the flame tube, and a controller. The controller is programmed to independently control rate of fuel flow to the atomizing chamber, rate of atomizing air flow to the atomizing chamber, and rate of combustion air to the flame tub. The controller is also programmed to perform operations including regulating, based on output of a gas sensor, at least the rate of combustion air to the flame tube to substantially maintain a first predetermined amount of excess air in the flame tube.
US12031716B2 Solar light shade
A solar light shade includes a housing having an annular sidewall, wherein the annular sidewall includes an upper end opposite a lower end. A lip extends radially inwardly from the upper end towards a longitudinal axis of the housing defining an opening through the upper end. A diameter of the opening is less than a diameter of the lower end. The housing removably secures over a solar light fixture, such that a solar panel of the solar light fixture is exposed by the opening. The housing is a translucent material designed to filter light therethrough, such that light emitted from the solar light fixture is altered to a different color or intensity.
US12031715B2 Pixelated laser phosphor comprising ceramic phosphor tiles surrounded by phosphor particles in a medium
The invention provides a luminescent arrangement (2000) comprising an array (2005) of luminescent bodies (2100), and a matrix (2210) at least partly configured between the luminescent bodies (2100), wherein the luminescent bodies (2100) comprise a first luminescent material (2110), wherein the matrix (2210) comprise a light transmissive material (2215), wherein the light transmissive material (2215) comprises a second luminescent material (2220), wherein the first luminescent material (2110) and the light transmissive material (2215) are different materials; and wherein the luminescent bodies (2100) comprise ceramic bodies.
US12031707B2 Night downlight
Disclosed is a night downlight, including a plastic case, a first lamp bead, a second lamp bead and a light guide ring. One end of the plastic case is provided with a light outlet, and the bottom of the plastic case is provided with the first lamp bead and the second lamp bead, the first lamp bead is arranged at the center of the bottom of the plastic case, the light guide ring includes a light guide inner ring and a light guide surface ring, the light guide inner ring is sleeved in the plastic case, one end of the light guide inner ring abuts against the second lamp bead, and the light guide surface ring is connected with the light guide inner ring and protrudes from the light outlet. The light guide area of the night downlight is larger, which can meet the needs of night lighting.
US12031706B1 Modular lighting system assembly
A modular lighting system includes a base that includes three cable connectors, a first cable connected to a first cable connector and connecting the base to a first adjacent base, a second cable connected to a second cable connector and connecting the base to a second adjacent base, a third cable connected to a third cable connector and connecting the base to a lighting unit, and the lighting unit. The first adjacent base is disposed upstream from the base, and the second adjacent base is disposed downstream from the base. The first, second, and third cables are interchangeable such that they can connect to any of the three cable connectors. Power transmitted along the third cable is less than power transmitted along the first cable and than power transmitted along the second cable.
US12031703B2 Linear luminaire connector assembly
The present disclosure is a linear luminaire connector assembly that is configured to connect linear luminaires in a desired geometric arrangement. The connector assembly provides modularity in the arrangement of two or more linear luminaires. The connector assembly provides connection points to which linear luminaires can Connect such that the linear luminaires are arranged around the connector assembly in different directions to form any appropriate pattern of a user's choice. Further, the connector assembly is configured to house one or more electronic components/devices therein, such as IOT devices, sensors, cameras, emergency battery packs, wireless communication modules.
US12031700B2 Trim unit for lamp and lamp
Disclosed are a trim unit for a lamp and the lamp. The trim unit for the lamp includes: one or more installation parts, through enabling the installation parts to be abutted with a corresponding fixture of a lamp main body of the lamp, the trim unit may be fixed to the lamp main body at a light-emitting end of the lamp main body in a removable manner, and the trim unit includes an adjusting part, the adjusting part adjusts light emitted by an illuminating unit installed in the lamp main body. Therefore, a problem in the related art that an appearance decoration effect of the lamp is monotonous is solved.
US12031698B1 Pole mounted lantern
A pole mounted lantern comprises a lantern housing mounted on a top of a pole. A slot extends through the lantern housing. A circuit board is located in the lantern housing and carries light emitting diodes (LEDs). A lens is associated with the lantern housing and circumscribes the LEDs. The circuit board has a portion extending to the slot and exposed to an exterior of the lantern housing and ambient conditions outside of the lantern housing. The circuit board is configured to conduct heat from the LEDs inside the lantern housing and out of the lantern housing through the slot.
US12031696B2 Multi-functional streetlight
Aspects of the disclosure are directed to a multi-functional streetlight. In accordance with one aspect, the multi-functional streetlight includes a hexagonal shaped support structure, wherein the hexagonal shaped support structure includes an arm segment and wherein the arm segment includes a luminaire on an under side of the arm segment; and a base flange configured to couple the hexagonal shaped support structure to the ground.
US12031694B2 Lamp for a vehicle having an outer lens with a black and different colored painted layers with perforations
A lamp for a vehicle and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a lamp comprising: an outer lens formed of a transparent material and having an inside surface facing a light source inside the lamp; a first color-painted layer, disposed on the inside surface of the outer lens and configured to have a same or similar color as an exterior color of a vehicle body of the vehicle; and a first black-painted layer, which is a different layer than the first color-painted layer and disposed on an inner surface of the first color-painted layer and configured to shield light emitted from the light source located inside the lamp toward the outer lens, wherein the first color-painted layer and the first black-painted layer include at least one first perforation extending through both the first color-painted layer and the first black-painted layer.
US12031693B2 Lighting device for vehicles
A lighting device for vehicles with a first lighting unit having a light source and a light beam surface for emitting light and with a second lighting unit containing a light source and a flat light guide having opposite flat sides and narrow sides connecting the same for backlighting the first lighting unit. The flat light guide of the second lighting unit has a backlighting section and a linear light section. The backlighting section is arranged behind the first lighting unit and a front flat side of the flat light guide in the backlighting section serves as a light decoupling surface for the light decoupling of a first part of the light coupled into the flat light guide. The linear light section is at least partially arranged next to the first lighting unit. A narrow side of the flat light guide serves as a light decoupling line.
US12031690B2 Flame simulation device
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of a flame simulation equipment, and provides a flame simulation device. The flame simulation device includes: a housing with an accommodating chamber, a flowable predetermined substance filled in the accommodating chamber, a rack provided in the accommodating chamber, a conveying channel provided in the accommodating chamber for flow of the preset substance, a pump provided in the accommodating chamber and configured to drive the predetermined substance to flow along the conveying channel, a flexible sheet provided on the rack and located on an ejection path of an outlet of the conveying channel, and a light source assembly provided in the accommodating chamber and configured to project a preset light beam upon the flexible sheet.
US12031686B2 Device and method for storing and supplying fluid fuel
A device a device for storing and supplying fluid fuel is provided, in which the device may include: a tank for liquefied fuel gas balanced with a gaseous phase, in particular a hydrogen gaseous phase, a circuit for filling the tank, at least one circuit for extracting fluid from the tank, at least one circuit for controlling the pressure in the tank, the circuits for filling, extracting and controlling the pressure comprising a valve assembly arranged in a housing which is separate from the tank, the housing being detachably connected to the tank via a removable mechanical coupling system, the extraction circuit, the pressure control circuit and the filling circuit comprising an assembly of removable fluid connections which are located at the junction between the tank and the housing and configured to enable separation between the portions of circuits located in the tank and in the housing when removing the housing from the tank.
US12031685B2 Method and supply equipment for supplying fluorine gas-containing gas
A method supply equipment for supplying a fluorine gas-containing gas which includes a sealing step of introducing a second fluorine gas-containing gas having a fluorine gas concentration in a range of ±10% of that of a first fluorine gas-containing gas into a portion between a container valve (3) and a pressure regulator (7) of a pipe (4) such that a pressure is lower than the gas pressure in a filled container (2). After the sealing step, a buffer tank (9) is brought into an opened state, and then the first fluorine gas-containing gas is supplied from the filled container (2) to the portion between the container valve (3) and the pressure regulator (7) of the pipe (4). Thereafter, the pressure regulator (7) is brought into an opened state, and then the first fluorine gas-containing gas is supplied to consumption equipment (20) while regulating a pressure by the pressure regulator (7).
US12031681B2 Knob cap for high-pressure tank
The present invention relates to a knob cap for a high-pressure tank including a coupling groove portion corresponding to a knob of a liner of the high-pressure tank formed in a lower surface of a body; a peripheral wing portion extending outward in a lower end of an outer circumferential surface of the body to be in contact with a surface of the liner; and a thickness conversion portion formed in the outer circumferential surface of the body to change a thickness between a center line and the outer circumferential surface.
US12031680B1 Controlled dosing of liquid cryogen
An aseptic liquid cryogen dosing head has a liquid cryogen reservoir in communication with a dosing outlet. An electromagnetic actuator is attached to an upper end of a dosing valve stem and is operable to move the dosing valve stem to open and close the dosing outlet. An air-tight seal extends about the dosing valve stem and separates the liquid cryogen reservoir from a cavity between the seal and the electromagnetic actuator. A controller is operable to perform a head leakage test, including pressurizing the cavity with a pressure higher than a pressure within the reservoir, to check for leakage past the seal; and pressurizing the reservoir to check for leakage from the liquid cryogen reservoir.
US12031679B2 Valve for closing a gas container
A valve for closing a gas container includes a valve body with a continuous longitudinal bore along a longitudinal axis and a displaceably-guided valve tappet mounted therein. The valve body extends longitudinally parallel to the axis from a connection region with a connection-side end face to a fastening region with a gas-container-side end face having a smaller diameter than the connection region. The connection region has a stop face that stops a gas container base-body head when the fastening region has been inserted into an opening in the head. The valve body laterally has a double groove in the fastening region that includes two grooves that follow one another longitudinally and that a sealing lug facing away from the longitudinal axis separates to allow the head to be pressed gas-tightly with the fastening region in the double groove region when the fastening region is introduced into the head.
US12031677B2 System and method with boil-off management for liquefied gas storage
A system and a method with boil-off management for liquefied fuel storage are provided. The system includes a cryotank for storing a liquefied fuel, a pump for providing and compressing a first stream of the liquefied fuel, a heat exchanger for provide cooling duty to the first stream of the liquefied fuel, and an expansion valve for expanding the first stream of the liquefied fuel after the heat exchanger into a multiphase stream comprising a liquid phase and a gas phase. The multiphase stream has a temperature lower than an initial temperature of the first stream from the cryotank. The system further comprises a liquid-vapor splitter for separating the liquid phase and gas phase in the multiphase stream. The liquid phase is returned into the cryotank.
US12031671B2 Devices, systems and methods for monitoring lubrication of a tool
A device for monitoring a lubrication of a tool may include: a housing including: a lubricator connector configured to connect the housing to a lubricator and including a lubricant inlet opening, a chamber configured to receive a lubricant from the lubricator through the lubricant inlet opening, a tool connector configured to connect the housing to a lubricant fitting of a tool and including a lubricator outlet opening through which the lubricant leaves the chamber; and a pressure transducer configured to measure a lubricant pressure in the chamber of the housing and generate an output pressure signal related thereto.
US12031670B2 Lubricant dispenser systems and methods
A fitting for a lubrication point of a device to be lubricated and a connector for removably connecting to such fitting to provide a lubricant from a lubrication device via the fitting to the device to be lubricated are disclosed. The fitting comprises an integrated circuit for providing an identification code to identify the fitting, and a first electrical contact for establishing an electrical path between the integrated circuit and a processor of the connector when a connection between the fitting and the connector is established. The connector comprises the processor and a second electrical contact for establishing the electrical path. The integrated circuit is adapted for transmitting data, including the identification code, via the first electrical contact to the processor.
US12031669B2 Interlocking magnetic device mount with foldable ring stand
A mounting assembly that can couple to a case for handheld electronic devices is disclosed herein. The mounting assembly can include a ring that can be rotated between deployed and stowed configurations. The ring can include flat edges flat edges that can securely support the case at an angle relative to a support surface. The mounting assembly can include a mount with a magnet that can be used to couple the case with the handheld electronic device therein to magnetic surfaces.
US12031668B2 System and method for locating components
A system for locating a first component with respect to a second component. The system includes a bracket and a coupling member. The bracket defines a base wall and a side wall. The side wall extends from the base wall and defines an end remote to the base wall. The side wall defines a thickness and a length spanning from the base wall to the end. The coupling member is fastened to the base wall, and is configured to couple the base wall with the first component. The side wall is configured to be brought into contact with the second component to space and locate the second component with respect to the first component by at least one of the thickness defined by the side wall or at least a portion of the length defined by the side wall.
US12031663B1 Array with lateral movement
A lateral hinge that allows space saving and greater movement is disclosed. The lateral hinge has a structure, a foundation and a support system that couples the structure and the foundation. The support system has two or more movement arms that are coupled to the structure, and each movement arm is coupled to a movement element. The two support arms move in the support plane. The movement arms move in the movement plane. The movement plane and the support plane intersect. The structure can be curved and hold multiple monitors.
US12031662B2 Insulated portable spa and processes for insulating
Insulated portable spas and processes for insulating spas are described herein. The processes can include filling the undercabinet cavity of the spa with insulative fiberglass while the spa is in an upright position. The insulative fiberglass can be blown-in through sidewalls of the box frame. The portable spas can include an insulative air barrier at the bottom of the spa.
US12031659B2 Stabilizer cartridge
A cartridge shell for a suction or discharge stabilizer dampening pumped fluid pressure pulsations at an inlet or outlet of a reciprocating pump includes a head including a protrusion, an annular shell of deformable material of a deformable multi-ply material coupled to the protrusion, a plug coupled to the annular shell of deformable material at an opposite end of the annular shell of deformable material from the protrusion, and a cellular foam included within the interior of the annular shell of deformable material.
US12031656B2 Water transferring device and water purification faucet
A water transferring device is provided and comprises a body having a water passage chamber, a first water inlet joint having a first water inlet passage and connected to the body, and a water outlet joint having an outer water passage and an inner water passage. The first water inlet joint and the water outlet joint enable the inner water passage to be in communication with the first water inlet passage. The water passage chamber is in communication with the outer water passage. At least one of the first water inlet joint or the water outlet joint comprises a connection structure connected to the body and enabling the at least one of the first water inlet joint or the water outlet joint to be at least rotated for a specific angle around an axis of the at least one of the first water inlet joint or the water outlet joint.
US12031653B2 Hose joint
A hose joint includes a cylindrical nipple provided along an insertion space of the flexible hose, an elastic sleeve which is provided so as to clamp the insertion space of the flexible hose between an outer peripheral face of the nipple and the elastic sleeve in a radial direction and is deformable in the radial direction, and a tightening member provided outside the elastic sleeve and having a pressing part that presses the elastic sleeve toward the nipple, wherein the nipple has a large-diameter cylindrical face which is smooth in the axial direction and faces and pressure-welds to an inner surface of the flexible hose in the radial direction on an axial direction front end of an outer peripheral face, and the elastic sleeve has a cylindrical inner face which is smooth in the axial direction and pressure-welds to an outer surface of the flexible hose.
US12031650B2 Extendable hose coupler
An extendable hose coupler having an outer tube having a first end and a second end, and an inner tube having a first end and a second end, wherein the inner tube and first end of the inner tube is positioned within the outer tube, and the inner tube is slidable within the outer tube to provide a varying distance between ends of the inner and outer tubes to provide the extendable hose coupler with an adjustable length, a connector having a first end positioned over an end of the outer tube and a second end positioned over the inner tube, wherein the connector is tightly secured to the inner and outer tubes. A method of providing an extendable hose coupler having a variable length is also provided.
US12031644B2 Tubular formed body, and storage structure
A tubular molded body that can reduce restrictions on attachment to another member to be easily attached to another member. The tubular molded body 10 includes a tube main body 11 formed in a tubular shape and an attachment flange 100 formed in a flange shape to project from the tube main body 11. The attachment flange 100 includes a thin-walled hinge 130 and is rotatable by the hinge.
US12031643B2 Ball valve assembly
A ball valve assembly includes a ball configured to rotate between an open position and a closed position. The ball valve assembly also includes an annular seat configured to engage the ball and a rotatable ring having a first engagement feature. In addition, the ball valve assembly includes a non-rotatable ring positioned adjacent to the rotatable ring. The ball valve assembly also includes a drive plate non-rotatably coupled to the ball. The drive plate includes a second engagement feature, and the second engagement feature is configured to engage the first engagement feature to drive the rotatable ring to rotate in response to rotation of the drive plate. Furthermore, the ball valve assembly includes a bearing element configured to drive the rotatable ring and the non-rotatable ring away from one another to compress the annular seat against the ball in response to rotation of the rotatable ring.
US12031640B2 Methods and apparatus for power selection
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for power selection, including evaluating a first power source to determine if the first power source is available, evaluating a second power source to determine if the second power source is available, upon determining that a power source of the first and second power sources is available, selecting the power source, providing power from the selected power source to a sensor, and performing the diagnostic task based on an input from the sensor.
US12031635B2 Hydraulic built-in valve
The present invention relates to a hydraulic built-in valve (100) for a valve block (10), comprising a sleeve (110) that is introducible into the valve block, and a closing element (130). The sleeve comprises a first end region (111) which is connectable to a control cover. The sleeve comprises a second end region (112) which is at the opposite end from the first end region and is introducible into the control cover, wherein the second end region has, in a frontal end, a frontal opening (114), and the sleeve forms, between the first end region and the second end region, a shell (117), having an outer side and an inner side, and the shell of the sleeve has a multiplicity of shell apertures (119) separated by shell webs (118). The closing element is arranged movably in the sleeve, wherein the closing element is movable between a first position and a second position, and wherein, in the first position, a fluidic connection between the frontal opening and the shell apertures is opened up, and, in the second position, a fluidic connection between the frontal opening and the shell apertures is closed off, wherein the shell apertures extend along the shell in the direction from the first end region to the second end region and form an aperture height, and the shell apertures have a height/width ratio of at least 3:1.
US12031632B2 Seal structure
The seal structure includes a shaft member, a bush having a shaft hole for passing the shaft member, a pressure-receiving member having a facing surface facing an end surface of the bush on one side in the direction of the axis, and an elastic member that presses the bush against the pressure-receiving member from another side in the direction of the axis, in which a first coating layer is formed between an outer peripheral surface of the shaft member and an inner peripheral surface of the shaft hole of the bush, and a second coating layer is formed between the end surface of the bush on one side in the direction of the axis and the facing surface of the pressure-receiving member.
US12031629B2 Pump with a multi-layered bead gasket
A bead gasket for sealing off a gap between a first component and a second component, the bead gasket including: a first gasket layer including a holding element; a second gasket layer comprising a complementary holding element; and one or more folding portions which connect(s) the first gasket layer and the second gasket layer, wherein the first gasket layer, the second gasket layer and the respective folding portion are formed in one piece, and the gasket layers are or can be folded one onto the other by folding over the respective folding portion, such that they face each other in an axial direction, and wherein the holding element and the complementary holding element are in or can be moved into a holding engagement with each other based on a positive fit and/or frictional fit, in order to secure the gasket layers against diverging from each other.
US12031625B2 Mechanical device having worm gear mechanism
A mechanical device includes a worm gear mechanism which includes a worm wheel and a worm shaft. The worm gear mechanism adjusts backlash between the worm and the worm wheel by movement of the worm shaft in an axis line direction. The mechanical device includes a position adjusting mechanism which includes a holder, an axial force generation part and a base part. The holder is screwed into the accommodation hole and rotatably supports the worm shaft. The holder causes the movement of the worm shaft by rotation. The axial force generation part includes a screw part and exerts an axial force on the holder. The base part is provided to the frame and receives a reactive force acting on the axial force generation part as a result of exerting the axial force to the holder.
US12031622B2 Planetary gearbox for a gas turbine engine, and gas turbine engine
A planetary gearbox for a gas turbine engine has a planet gear rotatably mounted on a carrier element, which is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a planet carrier. An oil feed pocket is in a region of an external side of the carrier element, via which oil is passed into a bearing gap between the carrier element and the planet gear. The carrier element has a duct carrying oil. The duct in is provided radially within an external side of the carrier element, having a cross section which is closed in relation to the bearing gap. The duct in the flow direction of the oil has at least two sequential duct portions. The flow cross section of the duct in a transition region between an upstream duct portion and a next downstream duct portion decreases in an at least approximately step-shaped manner.
US12031620B2 Sprocket and chain drive system
An object of the present invention is to provide a sprocket that mitigates the impact of tension fluctuations resulting from load torque changes, suppresses noise and vibration, ensures stable chain behavior, prevents sprocket durability loss and the generation of harmonics during rotation, along with a chain drive system. Tooth roots between adjacent teeth of the sprocket include those with a radial deviation from a root circle of a standard tooth profile, set within a predetermined numerical range corresponding to a tooth pitch. A phase variation pattern is created by changing a root radius in accordance with an angular position. The phase variation pattern has a waveform with an amplitude varied within a range of (1/7)Amax, where Amax represents a maximum amplitude. The chain drive system includes a plurality of sprockets and a chain passed over the sprockets, at least one of them being the above-described sprocket.
US12031618B2 Reluctor gear assembly
A device and method for allowing a powertrain gear in an off-road vehicle to be changed to a second powertrain gear having a different number of drive teeth without changing the number of reluctor teeth, by replacing the first powertrain gear with a second powertrain gear having a different number of drive teeth but the same number of reluctor teeth.
US12031610B2 Clamping cable lockout
A clamping cable lockout device includes a pair of clamp jaws that are supported by a body and an arm movable relative thereto. A jaw release permits a one-way ratcheting of the arm relative to the body to reduce the distance between the jaws unless the jaw release is actuated to a release position. The device also has a cable having an end secured to the body and a free end. A cable securing mechanism is supported by the body and has a lockable cover selectively permitting access thereto such that, when the cable securing mechanism receives the free end of the cable and the cover is closed, a closed loop by the cable which can only be made smaller. The lockable cover has a blocking arm that, when lockable cover is in the closed position, prevents actuation of the jaw release to the release position.
US12031605B2 Shock absorber
A shock absorber includes a first damping force generation mechanism provided in a first passage, and a second damping force generation mechanism provided in a second passage, in which the second damping force generation mechanism includes a first valve seat formed on a case member having a cylindrical part and a bottom part, a disc valve in which a separable part on an outer circumferential side is separably disposed on a first valve seat, and a second valve seat provided on a side of the disc valve opposite to the first valve seat and configured to support the disc valve on a radial inner side of the separable part, and the second passage includes a piston rod passage part formed by cutting out or penetrating the piston rod, and a chamber passage part which allows communication from the piston rod passage part to a case inner chamber.
US12031590B2 Pressure medium-actuated separating clutch which is normally closed, comprising an actuation device which rotates therewith and axially overlaps with a damper device
A separating clutch for a powertrain includes a rotational axis, a friction pack for transmitting a torque in an engaged state, a damper device having a torsional vibration damper or a centrifugal pendulum, and an actuation device for selectively releasing the engaged state. The actuation device is arranged in an axial overlap with the damper device. The friction pack may include a friction disk, a pressure plate, a counter-plate, a pressure pot, and a disk spring supported between the counter-plate and the pressure pot. The friction disk may have a friction surface and the pressure pot may extend through the counter-plate to contact the pressure plate, radially outside of the friction surface, and the actuation device, radially inside of the friction surface. The actuation device may include a pressure chamber with a pressure piston, and the pressure piston may be axially movable and arranged radially within the friction pack.