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| US12118327B1 |
Ripple carry adder with inverted ferroelectric or paraelectric based adders
A low power adder uses a non-linear polar capacitor to retain charge with fewer transistors than traditional CMOS sequential circuits. The non-linear polar capacitor includes ferroelectric material, paraelectric material, or non-linear dielectric. The adder may include minority gates and/or majority gates. Input signals are received by respective terminals of capacitors having non-linear polar material. The other terminals of these capacitors are coupled to a node where the majority function takes place for the inputs. |
| US12118326B1 |
Artificial intelligence-based political messaging system, application and method
Described herein is a computer-implemented system for generating political messages for social media, comprising a user interface receiving inputs like a Political Candidate's name and a selection indicating support or opposition, a large language Model utilizing in-context learning and a Knowledge Base with data categories such as news, government, census/voter polling, candidate websites, and legislative voting records to process the inputs and refining messages based on user-chosen issues, candidate names, message topics/themes, and tones, and an AI Message Generator creating political messages for social media. |
| US12118325B2 |
Generative summaries for search results
At least selectively utilizing a large language model (LLM) in generating a natural language (NL) based summary to be rendered in response to a query. In some implementations, in generating the NL based summary additional content is processed using the LLM. The additional content is in addition to query content of the query itself and, in generating the NL based summary, can be processed using the LLM and along with the query content—or even independent of the query content. Processing the additional content can, for example, mitigate occurrences of the NL based summary including inaccuracies and/or can mitigate occurrences of the NL based summary being over-specified and/or under-specified. |
| US12118322B2 |
System and method for generating subjective wellbeing analytics score
A system includes at least one processor to perform natural language processing on text from at least one document and assign the at least one document to at least one subjective wellbeing dimension by comparing the text from the at least one document with a subjective wellbeing dimension filter for each subjective wellbeing dimension, insert the at least one document into at least one bin, each bin associated with a particular subjective wellbeing dimension, and analyze each document in each bin associated with the particular subjective wellbeing dimension to determine a score for each subjective wellbeing dimension and an overall score that is based on each score for each subjective wellbeing dimension. |
| US12118318B2 |
Typifying emotional indicators for digital messaging
The present disclosure provides computing systems and techniques for indicating an emotional and/or environmental state of a user in a digital messaging application. A computing device can determine an emotional and/or environmental state of a first user responsive to reading or responding to a message and can convey the determined emotional and/or environmental state to a second computing device, to be transiently presented by the second computing device. |
| US12118311B1 |
Research replicability assessment
A machine learning approach for evaluating the replicability of research receives a scholarly paper or publication about a research effort, and applies learning models and natural language processing (NLP) to identify replicability of the asserted results. Rule based and machine learning approaches employ models based on preexisting research papers having defined replicability, and compares language features, research parameters and factual assertions extracted from a research paper for evaluation. A pipeline of evaluations and feature extraction analyzes the content of the research paper and renders a prediction value that the described research can be repeated with similar results. |
| US12118305B2 |
Systems and methods for processing input streams of calendar applications
Systems and methods for processing input streams of calendar applications. An example method, performed by a computer system, may comprise receiving an input stream; processing the input stream to produce a sequence of characters; responsive to determining that the sequence of characters comprises a time reference, storing, in a memory, a calendar entry in a first data structure of a first type, the calendar entry comprising an identifier of a time referenced by the time reference; responsive to determining that the sequence of characters does not comprise a time reference, storing, in the memory, a memorandum in a second data structure of a second type, the memorandum comprising at least part of the sequence of characters. |
| US12118301B2 |
Method and apparatus for generating hidden state in recurrent neural network for language processing
A method and apparatus for generating a hidden state in a recurrent neural network for language processing are provided. The method includes: generating regional word vectors of at least two dimensions of a target word vector inputted at a first moment; combining the regional word vectors to obtain combined regional word vectors of at least two dimensions; performing aggregation transformation processing on the combined regional word vectors based on a feedforward neural network, to obtain an aggregated word vector corresponding to the target word vector; and generating a target hidden state corresponding to the target word vector based on the aggregated word vector. |
| US12118298B1 |
Enabling secure auto-filling of information
An infrastructure device to analyze a source code associated with a known network element to determine a characteristic associated with an included field portion that is configured to accept a known type of input information; determine a correlation between the determined characteristic and the known type of input information; calculate, based on the correlation, a training signature that uniquely indicates a classification of the field portion as a field portion that accepts the known type of input information; train a machine learning (ML) model based on utilizing the training signature as training data; and transmit, to a user device, a trained ML model to enable the user device to utilize the trained ML model to determine, during an operation period, a given type of input information to be auto-filled in an observed field portion in an observed network element is disclosed. Various other aspects are contemplated. |
| US12118293B2 |
Method for extending change management in an XML document to allow for groupings and nesting of changes
The present invention provides more robust change management features to an XML document by allowing a user to interrelate changes. The system and method allow a user to group a set of changes together, nest a change within a group of changes, relate effectivity information about a change, and detect conflicting changes. This more robust change management feature will allow for greater collaboration, clarity, and efficiency in a workplace where many users may be working on a number of different areas in a document. |
| US12118278B1 |
Difference analysis method for 3D cad models based on key-point matching
A difference analysis method for 3D CAD models based on key-point matching. According to the method, a 3D CAD model is firstly transformed into a key-point representation, then a graph representation and a graph matching method are introduced to establish a pre-matching of vertices between the two 3D CAD models, and rigid transformation parameters between the two 3D CAD models are obtained through a mismatch elimination method; and subsequently, a matching relationship of key-points is established by checking their distance after rigid transformation to obtain a key-point matching sequence for hierarchical comparison, so as to identify the differences between vertices, edges, faces and solid models, thereby quickly and accurately identifying the difference between the 3D CAD models. |
| US12118276B2 |
Method for reckoning environmental background water temperature and calculating temperature rise in temperature rise area of newly-built coastal power plant
A method for reckoning the environmental background water temperature and calculating the temperature rise in a temperature rise area of a newly-built coastal power plant is provided. The reckoning method includes: S01, before an operation of the newly-built coastal power plant, building a water temperature reference station; S02, continuously observing and recording water temperature data of the water temperature reference station and other water temperature observation stations; S03, analyzing the water temperature data obtained in S02; and S04, reckoning a sea surface natural water temperature of the other water temperature observation stations. A temperature rise calculation method includes: S01, reckoning the sea surface natural water temperature of other water temperature observation stations; S02, measuring an on-site absolute water temperature of the other water temperature observation stations; and S03, an actual temperature rise is a difference value between the on-site absolute water temperature and the sea surface natural water temperature. |
| US12118271B2 |
Playlist configuration and preview
In some implementations, a user can play a music track from a dynamically generated playlist. The user can provide input indicating that the user likes or dislikes the music track and the playlist can be adjusted based on the user input. In some implementations, information can be presented to the user so that the user can preview changes to the playlist before the changes are made to the playlist. In some implementations, a user can adjust playlist criteria (configuration) by adjusting specific music characteristics. In some implementations, a user can adjust playlist criteria by manipulating a list of representative music tracks. In some implementations, a user can compare the user's playlist to playlists of other users. |
| US12118261B2 |
Safety-relevant user interface that directs inputs to safe numerical values
An apparatus for a safety-relevant application and a method for operating the apparatus. The apparatus has a user interface to display digits. The digits are intended to be filled with numerical values by a user. The user interface is designed to limit a selection of digits available for a user input when a numerical value is input by the user, for example the user's first input, for one of the digits that are to be filled. |
| US12118259B2 |
Information processing apparatus and information processing method for adjusting display based on presence or absence of an object in a space
An information processing apparatus for outputting three-dimensional information that is determined based on received light includes an image capture unit configured to capture two-dimensional image information; and an output unit configured to output the two-dimensional image information for displaying, and the three-dimensional information associated with coordinates of the two-dimensional image information. |
| US12118251B2 |
Multi-model printing method, computing device and multi-model printing apparatus
A multi-model printing method capable of increasing the freedom of printing and evaluating process for each cell is provided. The multi-model printing method comprises registering a first job for inkjet printing a first cell of a first size in a first region of a glass substrate, registering a second job for inkjet printing a second cell of a second size different from the first size in a second region of the glass substrate, and storing a recipe including the first job and the second job. |
| US12118249B2 |
Memory bank hotspotting
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for addressing bank hotspotting are described. A computing system includes a memory controller with an arbiter for determining how to arbitrate access to one or more memory device(s) for received requests. The arbiter categorizes each request in a manner that helps to ensure fair virtual channel distribution across the banks of the memory device(s). The category system includes bank hotspotting functions to give banks that have more requests more chances to go over banks with fewer requests. The category system is implemented proportionally with more category credits given to banks with higher bank depths within the virtual channel. |
| US12118243B2 |
Memory system in which a host and a controller store a command and a response to the command by using a circular queue
A memory system may include: a memory device including a plurality of memory cells, and a controller including: an internal reception queue suitable for queueing a command queued in an external transmission queue, the command being externally provided to the controller, and an internal transmission queue suitable for queueing a response to the command, the response being transmitted from the controller and to be queued in an external reception queue, wherein the controller is suitable for controlling the memory device on the basis of the command to generate the response. |
| US12118242B2 |
DRAM-less SSD with HMB cache management
The present disclosure generally relates to host memory buffer (HMB) cache management in DRAM-less SSDs. HMB is transient memory and may not always be available. For example, when the link between the data storage device and the host device is not active, the data storage device can't access the HMB. Placing an HMB log in the HMB controller that is disposed in the data storage device provides access to data that would otherwise be inaccessible in the HMB. The HMB log contains any deltas that have occurred since either the last copying to an HMB cache in the memory device or any delta that have occurred since the link became inactive. The HMB cache mirrors the HMB. In so doing, the data of the HMB is available to the data storage device not only when the link is active, but also when the link is not active. |
| US12118241B2 |
Memory controller, memory system, and operating method thereof
A memory controller includes a cache memory, a host control circuit, and a flash translation layer. The host control circuit receives a read command and a logical address from a host, reads out mapping information corresponding to the logical address from a buffer memory device, and caches the mapping information in the cache memory. The flash translation layer reads a physical address corresponding to the logical address from the mapping information cached in the cache memory. |
| US12118237B2 |
Memory system with a zoned namespace and an operating method thereof
A memory system with at least one namespace includes a memory device and a controller. The memory device includes a plurality of single-level cell (SLC) buffers and a plurality of memory blocks, wherein each memory block includes a plurality of memory cells, each memory cell storing multi-bit data, and is allocated for a respective one of a plurality of zones, wherein each of the at least one namespace is divided by at least some of the plurality of zones. The controller is configured to receive a program request related to at least one application program executed by a host, to determine at least one zone designated by the at least one application program as an open state, and to control the memory device to perform a program operation on at least one memory block allocated for an open state zone. |
| US12118235B2 |
Method and system for buffer allocation management for a memory device
Example implementations include a non-transitory processor-readable media comprising processor-readable instructions that when executed by at least one processor of a controller, causes the processor to generate at least one memory address corresponding respectively to at least one command block, the command block being associated with a command to a memory device, allocate the memory address to a buffer addressing unit associated with a host interface, the memory address including a buffer memory identifier associated with a buffer memory block and a buffer memory address associated with the buffer memory block, and update a request count associated with the buffer memory block by incrementing a reference counter associated with the buffer memory block. |
| US12118233B2 |
Operation methods of storage devices, and operation methods of storage systems including hosts and storage devices
Disclosed is an operation method including generating RAID parity data based on first data in response to an RAID enable request and a first write request, the RAID enable request and the first write request being received from an external host, the RAID enable request including a first stream identifier and a RAID enable indication, and the first write request including the first stream identifier and the first data, storing the first data and the RAID parity data based on the first stream identifier, storing second data based on a second stream identifier in response to receiving a second write request from the external host, the second write request including the second stream identifier and the second data, and receiving an RAID disable request from the external host, the RAID disable request including the first stream identifier and a RAID disable indication. |
| US12118232B2 |
Memory and apparatus comprising same
A memory is included in a combined processing apparatus which may include a computing device, a general interconnection interface, and another processing device. The computing device interacts with the other processing device to jointly complete a computing operation specified by a user. A storage device is respectively connected to the computing device and the other processing device, and is configured to store data of the computing device and the other processing device. The solution of the present disclosure can be widely applied to various data storage fields. |
| US12118231B2 |
Systems and methods for NVMe over fabric (NVMe-oF) namespace-based zoning
A traditional storage platform performs many basic functions, such as storage partitions allocation (i.e., namespace masking) and many advanced functions, such as deduplication or dynamic storage allocation. These functions need to be managed and this results in a multiple management system paradigm in which a fabric management application manages the fabric connectivity policies (i.e., zoning), while a storage management application manages the storage namespace mappings and advanced functions. Embodiments herein provide for centralized management for both connectivity and storage namespace mapping, among other advanced features. Namespace zoning information may comprise namespace zone groups, namespace zones, namespace zone members, namespace zone aliases, and namespace zone alias members, which expand the Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) over Fabrics (NVMe-oF) zoning framework from just connectivity control to full namespace allocation. |
| US12118230B2 |
Method for providing logging for persistent memory
Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, memory devices, and machine-readable mediums that allows an application of a computer system to create a series of one or more logs of writes to one or more memory locations of a memory device. The logs may comprise the values at the end of the log interval of the one or more memory locations that were written to during a log interval. In some examples, the logs do not include intermediate writes to the one or more memory locations (only the final value) and do not include values of memory locations that were not written to during the interval. After an event, software can apply these logs to a copy of the original memory region state to recover the contents of the locations at any of the logged points. These logs may be useful to recreate the state of the memory at various points during the application's execution. |
| US12118227B1 |
Storage volume addition to synchronized read/write accessible storage systems
Two storage arrays, a primary storage array and a remote storage array, are configured to implement a remote data replication facility, in which both the storage arrays are active, such that hosts can both read and write data to both the primary storage array and remote storage array. If the host would like to add storage, the host sends a command to one of the storage arrays to add a storage volume. The first storage array that receives the command locally creates the requested storage volume and coordinates with the second storage array to also locally create the requested storage volume. While the storage volumes are being created and formatted, the first and second storage arrays coordinate status responses to the host. Once the requested storage volumes is ready on both storage arrays, the storage volume is made accessible to the host on both storage arrays. |
| US12118220B2 |
Elastic persistent memory regions
A system includes a memory and at least one processing device, operatively coupled to the memory, to perform operations including causing a region of a non-volatile memory device to be accessible through a persistent memory region (PMR) of a volatile memory device. The PMR utilizes a power protection mechanism to prevent data loss in an event of power loss. |
| US12118214B2 |
Storage and method for adaptive flushing in log structured storage systems
A method, computer program product, and computing system for monitoring data reduction information concerning a plurality of containers from a flush working set within a log memory system of a storage system, wherein the plurality of containers are associated with a storage object. An assigned working set size may be determined for a flusher based upon, at least in part, the data reduction information. The assigned working set may be generated for the flusher by adding one or more containers from the flush working set to the assigned working set based upon, at least in part, the assigned working set size. The one or more containers may be flushed, using the flusher, from the assigned working set to persistent memory within the storage system. |
| US12118208B2 |
Display apparatus that displays menu item indicating name of group including item to be set displayed at uppermost position of scrollable display region, in different display style from other menu items, and image forming apparatus
A display apparatus includes a touch panel, a display device, and a control device acting as a display controller that causes the display device to display an operation screen, including a scrollable display region for displaying a list of items to be set, in which a plurality of items to be set are classified into groups and listed along a scroll direction, and a menu display region for displaying menu items each indicating a name of the group, to scroll, when a scroll instruction is made on the scrollable display region, the list of items to be set according to the scroll instruction, and to display a first menu item indicating a name of a first group that includes a first item to be set displayed at an uppermost position of the scrollable display region, in a first display style visually different from other menu items. |
| US12118207B2 |
Virtual keyboard interface input management
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to virtual keyboard input management. An input can be received from a user on a virtual keyboard with multiple keyboard modes, the virtual keyboard having one or more controls for toggling between the multiple keyboard modes. A determination can be made whether a control for toggling between the multiple keyboard modes was unintentionally activated or unintentionally not activated by the user resulting in an unintentional input. An intended input can be determined in response to determining that the control for toggling between the multiple keyboard modes was unintentionally activated or unintentionally not activated by the user resulting in the unintentional input. The determined intended input can then be input instead of the unintentional input. |
| US12118205B2 |
Split-screen display method and electronic device
A split-screen display method and an electronic device are provided. The method may be applied to the field of human-machine interaction. The method includes: A user enters an operation for a split-screen display area, for example, taps a lock control in a split-screen display area; and the electronic device locks display content in the split-screen display area in response to the operation. |
| US12118202B2 |
Locally generating preliminary inking imagery
A method for rendering digital inking is presented. The method comprises receiving inking input at a local application window, and locally processing the received inking input to generate preliminary inking imagery for presentation in the local application window. Parameters of the received inking input are uploaded to a remote client for remote processing to generate finalized inking imagery. The preliminary inking imagery is updated based on the finalized inking imagery. |
| US12118196B2 |
Inspection setting device
A user can easily execute image processing from setting to data utilization without acquiring programming skills. An inspection setting device includes: a screen generation unit that generates a display screen displaying a palette region in which a plurality of tools including an imaging setting tool, a positioning setting tool, an inspection setting tool, and an output tool can be arranged and a work sheet region in which data related to the plurality of tools is referred to and calculated; and an input unit that receives selection of a tool arranged on the palette region and receives a setting related to input, reference, or calculation of data related to the selected tool via the work sheet region. |
| US12118195B2 |
Intelligent fuel dispensers
In general, intelligent fuel dispensers are provided. In at least some implementations, an intelligent fuel dispenser can determine customer identities and/or other characteristics and provide customized fueling sessions based on the determined customer identities and/or other characteristics. In at least some implementations, the fuel dispenser includes a touchless interface allowing customers to complete fueling sessions with minimal physical contact with the fuel dispenser. |
| US12118194B2 |
Desktop layout method and apparatus, and electronic device
This application provides a desktop layout method and apparatus, and an electronic device. The method includes: when a desktop of an electronic device is in a desktop layout setting state, determining N icon regions on a desktop page of the electronic device according to a region selection input of a user, where each icon region is obtained by performing region merging on at least one unit block, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 1; determining to-be-placed application icons in the N icon regions; and filling the application icons in the N icon regions based on the to-be-placed application icons to generate a target desktop layout. |
| US12118192B2 |
Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for providing notifications and application information
A computer system detects one or more inputs to subscribe to updates from a first application for a first event and to subscribe to updates from a second application for a second event. The system displays a user interface. Displaying the user interface includes: when the first event is active and the second event is not active, displaying a first representation of the first event in a first region of the user interface, and updating first information contained in the first representation of the first event based on updates received from the first application; and when the second event is active and the first event is not active, displaying a second representation of the second event in the first region of the user interface, and updating second information contained in the second representation of the second event based on updates received from the second application. |
| US12118188B2 |
Automation tool for generating web pages and links
A method for a user interface for creating a preview content page is provided. Client identification, time period and campaign information are received via a user interface input field. An application programming interface is invoked to access a third party site's data content associated with the campaign information available during the time period. From the third party site, the data content associated with the campaign information available during the time period and metadata associated with the data content are received. The data content has advertisements. The advertisements are presented in the data content on the user interface's display window. A uniform resource locator (URL) link to the plurality of advertisements is generated, for allowing users to share the link on a public web site page. A computer readable storage medium and a user interface system are also provided. |
| US12118183B2 |
Adaptive discussion-topic system, operating method thereof, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium
An adaptive discussion-topic system, an operating method thereof, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium are provided. The adaptive discussion-topic system includes a server having a discussion-topic database and a software program executed in a user device for initiating a graphical user interface. When the server receives a selection of one of discussion-topic categories displayed on a first layer discussion-topic page, the discussion-topic database is queried for rendering a second layer discussion-topic page. The second layer discussion-topic page is displayed on the graphical user interface initiated by the user device, in which multiple discussion-topic areas are displayed in a first direction, and multiple discussion-topic areas associated with a location attribute or multiple discussion-topic categories that relate to topics of the discussion-topic areas in the first direction and match with a personal preference of a user are displayed in a second direction. |
| US12118182B2 |
Generating suggested content for workspaces
In accordance with some embodiments, an exemplary process for controlling the generation and display of suggested additional content based on a context of a workspace is described. |
| US12118178B1 |
Wayfinding services method and apparatus
A system and method for discovering space characteristics, the system comprising a data store storing a facility information dataset corresponding to a physical world facility, the facility information set including a 3D virtual world (VW) representation, a plurality of volume specifications, one volume specification for each of a plurality of different volumetric portions of the VW representation, an interface device including a display screen located within the facility associated with the VW representation, occupancy sensors, a processor linked to the interface device and the data store, the processor programmed to perform the steps of accessing the VW representation of the facility, presenting a first view of the VW representation via the display screen as a space discovery tool for a user to view, visually distinguishing volumetric portions of the VW representation corresponding to portions of the physical world facility that are currently unoccupied, receiving user input via the interface device to change the view of the VW representation on the display screen and changing the view of the VW representation on the display screen to a second view based on the received user input. |
| US12118177B2 |
Method and apparatus for displaying application
A method of displaying an application is provided. The method includes displaying an execution screen of a first application on a first area when the first application is executed, displaying the execution screen of the first application on a second area instead of on the first area when a second application is executed while the first application is executed, and displaying an execution screen of a second application on the first area. |
| US12118175B2 |
Systems and methods for interactive mobile electronic content creation and publication
Existing content such as books are reorganized and condensed as electronic books for display on a mobile computing device. The electronic books have a hierarchical structure. A user interacts with the content of the book by way of a touch screen of the mobile computing device. The navigation may be non-linear in nature and the book is reconstructed as a set of primary ideas, supporting ideas, stacks of cards for the supporting ideas, and individual cards comprising elements and commentary from or about the book. |
| US12118167B2 |
Touch panel
According to an aspect, a touch panel includes, in sequence: a stretchable array substrate, a touch detection electrode; and a resin plate. The resin plate has: a facing surface facing the touch detection electrode; and a detection surface facing opposite to the facing surface. The facing surface or the detection surface has a recessed surface. The recessed surface is provided with a high permittivity layer having permittivity higher than permittivity of the resin plate. The touch detection electrode and the high permittivity layer overlap when viewed in a stacking direction in which the stretchable array substrate, the touch detection electrode, and the resin plate are stacked. |
| US12118158B2 |
Input display device
An input display device includes a display capable of displaying an image, a touch panel including at least one transparent three-dimensional UI unit on a front face thereof, a touch sensing unit configured to sense a touch operation on the touch panel based on a change in electrostatic capacitance of the touch panel, and a display control unit capable of displaying an image related to the operation in a region where the three-dimensional UI unit of the display is present. The three-dimensional UI unit includes an upper face and a side face connected to the upper face, and a function of reflecting an image related to an operation is imparted to the side face. |
| US12118154B2 |
Human-computer system
One variation of a system for a human-computer interface includes: a substrate; a post; and a controller. The substrate includes: a first region including a drive electrode concentric with a normal axis; and a second region arranged opposite the first region. The second region includes a set of sense electrodes arranged: radially about the normal axis; along a first axis orthogonal to the normal axis; and along a second axis orthogonal to the normal axis and the first axis. The post is arranged over the first region. The controller is configured to: read a set of electrical values from the set of sense electrodes; and based on the set of electrical values, interpret a first displacement of the drive electrode relative the set of sense electrodes along the first axis, and interpret a second displacement of the drive electrode relative to the set of sense electrodes along the second axis. |
| US12118153B2 |
Dynamic gesture identification method, gesture interaction method and interaction system
The present disclosure provides a dynamic gesture identification method, a gesture interaction method and an interaction system. The interaction system includes: a dynamic vision sensor configured to trigger an event in accordance with movement of an object in a field of view relative to the dynamic vision sensor, and output an event data flow; a hand detection module configured to process the received event data flow to determine an initial position of a hand; a hand tracking module configured to determine a series of state vectors in accordance with the initial position of the hand; a gesture identification module configured to create an event cloud in accordance with event data corresponding to the obtained state vector, and process the event cloud to identify the gesture; and a command execution module configured to execute a corresponding operating command in accordance with the identified gesture. |
| US12118152B2 |
Method, device for gesture recognition and electronic equipment
The present application discloses a method, a device for gesture recognition and an electronic equipment. The method includes: receiving a first gesture trajectory input by a user; obtaining a target scene category according to the first gesture trajectory, wherein the target scene category represents a category of an interactive scene in which the user is located; and obtaining one or more target gesture instructions according to the target scene category and the first gesture trajectory. |
| US12118149B2 |
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. |
| US12118143B1 |
Pancake lenses with integrated accommodation
An apparatus for a pancake lens with integration accommodation may include a beamsplitter, a first lens, a reflective polarizer, and a second lens, where the second lens includes at least one planar module embedded within the second lens. Other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed. |
| US12118141B2 |
Guided object targeting based on physiological feedback
This document relates to employing physiological feedback to aid a user in targeting objects using a computing device. One example relates to a method or technique that can include receiving a user attention signal conveying where a user directs attention. The method or technique can also include, based on the user attention signal, identifying a predicted object that the user intends to target with a targeting mechanism and outputting a visual identification of the predicted object. The method or technique can also include receiving a user reaction signal conveying a physiological reaction of the user to the visual identification of the predicted object. The method or technique can also include, in an instance when the physiological reaction of the user indicates an error, identifying another predicted object that the user intends to target with the targeting mechanism. |
| US12118138B2 |
Vergence authentication
A system and method for authentication. In some embodiments, the method includes displaying a plurality of objects to a user's left eye and to the user's right eye, and monitoring the user's eye positions while the user looks at a subset of the displayed objects, one at a time. The method may further include comparing an angular offset for an object of the plurality of objects to a vergence measured for the user's eyes while the user looks at the object. |
| US12118137B2 |
Boundary setting device, boundary setting method, and program
A boundary surface setting section sets the boundary surface for delimiting a permissible region that is the region which is located inside the real space and in which the user wearing a head-mounted display is permitted to exist and an impermissible region that is the region which is located inside the real space and in which the user is not permitted to exist. A display control section causes a portion or a whole of a virtual object representing the boundary surface to be displayed on the head-mounted display. The boundary surface includes a first boundary line having a first height and a second boundary line having a second height, and a portion or all of the first boundary line is different from the second boundary line. |
| US12118124B2 |
Methods, systems, articles of manufacture and apparatus to privatize consumer data
Methods, systems, articles of manufacture and apparatus to privatize consumer data are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes a consumer data acquirer to collect original data corresponding to (a) confidential information associated with consumers and (b) behavior information associated with the consumers, and a data obfuscator. The data obfuscator is to determine a degree to which the original data is to be obfuscated and a type of obfuscation to be applied to the original data based on the original data, generate obfuscation adjustments of the original data based on the degree and the type, and generate an obfuscation model based on the obfuscation adjustments. |
| US12118123B2 |
Privacy-aware meeting room transcription from audio-visual stream
A method for a privacy-aware transcription includes receiving audio-visual signal including audio data and image data for a speech environment and a privacy request from a participant in the speech environment where the privacy request indicates a privacy condition of the participant. The method further includes segmenting the audio data into a plurality of segments. For each segment, the method includes determining an identity of a speaker of a corresponding segment of the audio data based on the image data and determining whether the identity of the speaker of the corresponding segment includes the participant associated with the privacy condition. When the identity of the speaker of the corresponding segment includes the participant, the method includes applying the privacy condition to the corresponding segment. The method also includes processing the plurality of segments of the audio data to determine a transcript for the audio data. |
| US12118122B2 |
Masking sensitive information in records of filtered accesses to unstructured data
Unstructured data items are stored at an object storage service. A filtering requirement to be used to generate a result set for an access request is determined. Using a transformed representation of the filtering requirement, a target set of tokens of the filtering requirement which are to be obfuscated within a log record is identified. A log record that comprises substitute tokens for the target set of tokens is generated and stored. |
| US12118121B2 |
Data subject access request processing systems and related methods
In particular embodiments, computer-implemented data processing, systems, and method configured to: receive a request to initiate a transaction between an entity and a data subject, generate (i) a consent receipt for the transaction comprising at least a unique subject identifier and a unique consent receipt key and (ii) a unique cookie to identify the data subject's transaction initiated by the data subject, store the consent receipt for the transaction and the unique cookie, receive a data subject access request from the data subject, verify an identity of the data subject based at least in part on the unique cookie process the request, process the request by identifying one or more pieces of personal data associated with the data subject, and taking one or more actions based at least in part on the data subject access request. |
| US12118120B2 |
Prevention of unauthorized access to information
A system is provided for encoding user information. The system is configured to generate a random code pattern, assign the random code pattern to a user, assign a personal identifier of the user to the random code pattern, map a combination of the random code pattern and the personal identifier to user information associated with the user, and store an association of the random code pattern and the personal identifier to the user information in a mapping table. The system is further configured to receive from a decoder a query comprising the random code pattern and the personal identifier of the user, wherein the decoder is configured to decode the random code pattern. The system determines based on the mapping table, the user information mapped to the combination of the random code pattern and the personal identifier and transmits the user information to the decoder. |
| US12118111B2 |
Edge data processing utilizing per-endpoint subscriber configurable data processing workloads
An apparatus comprises a processing device configured to obtain, at a data center, source data generated by edge devices associated with the data center and to determine, for each endpoint subscriber of the source data, an associated per-endpoint data processing workflow. The processing device is also configured to select, based at least in part on authorization parameters in a given per-endpoint data processing workflow associated with a given endpoint subscriber, at least a portion of the source data that is to be provided to the given endpoint subscriber. The processing device is further configured to apply, based at least in part on transformation parameters in the given per-endpoint data processing workflow associated with the given endpoint subscriber, data transformations to the portion of the source data to generate transformed data and to provide, from the data center to the given endpoint subscriber, the transformed data. |
| US12118110B2 |
Identity query language systems and methods
A system, apparatus, and method for policy management is provided. The system, apparatus, and method provide a universal policy management solution to unify multiple bespoke systems to enable management of access and other policies in distributed and/or heterogeneous environments. The system, apparatus, and method uses or may be referred to as Identity Query Language or “IDQL.” Policies and user access are defined centrally, and these policies are distributed out to the various bespoke systems. This distribution is aided by a policy gateway, or orchestrator, which acts as a policy mapper and/or API wrapper which accepts IDQL policy configurations, maps them to an imperative identity system, and carries out the IDQL command in the identity systems' native API calls. |
| US12118108B2 |
Business official email box based B2B service security verification method, apparatus, and server
A business official email box based B2B service security verification method, includes: a service platform receiving an employee account and a password inputted by a business employee, and verifying whether the employee account and the password are legal or not; if yes, transmitting a log-in verification code to a business official email box to which the employee account corresponds; the service platform receiving a verification code inputted by the business employee, and determining whether the verification code is the log-in verification code or not; and if yes, the employee account successfully logging in the service platform. The present invention uses the association between the business employee and the business official email box in order to verify the identity of the business employee by means of the business official email box, and effectively prevent a resigned employee from logging in the service platform to improve the security of the platform. |
| US12118103B2 |
Certificates in data storage devices
Disclosed herein is a data storage device. A data port transmits data between a host computer system and the data storage device. A non-volatile storage medium stores encrypted user content data and a cryptography engine connected between the data port and the storage medium uses a cryptographic key to decrypt the encrypted user content data. The access controller generates an authorization request for a manager device. The authorization request comprises a certificate. The certificate comprising key data. In response to receiving the key data in a response to the authorization request generated by the manager device, the access controller generates configuration data based on the key data to register the device to be authorized as an authorized device. |
| US12118099B2 |
Automated security profiles for an information handling system
An information handling system (IHS) may receive, from a first sensor of the information handling system, first sensor data. The IHS may detect an individual other than a user of the IHS in a field of view of the first sensor based on the first sensor data. The IHS may then, in response to the first sensor detecting the individual, receive, from a second sensor of the IHS, second sensor data. Based, at least in part, on the first sensor data and the second sensor data, the IHS may determine relevance of the individual to an application displayed on a display of the IHS. The IHS may then generate an intent score for the individual based at least in part on the determined relevance. The IHS may then determine whether a security profile is to be applied to the IHS based, at least in part, on the intent score. |
| US12118097B2 |
Systems and methods for virtual distributed ledger networks
The disclosed embodiments relate to virtual distributed ledger networks provisioning using distributed ledger technology. In one embodiment, a system is disclosed, comprising a hardware processor and a memory device storing instructions executable by the hardware processor to perform operations. The operations comprise creating one or more virtual machines, and executing a plurality of microservices via the one or more virtual machines. At least two of the plurality of microservices are associated with different distributed ledger technology networks. The plurality of microservices include an event routing manager microservice configured to receive a smart contract microservice request and to route events between microservices, a smart contract execution microservice configured to execute a smart contract associated with the smart contract microservice request, and a transaction resource manager microservice configured to commit an outcome of the smart contract execution microservice to a distributed ledger associated with one of the different distributed ledger technology networks. |
| US12118092B2 |
Secure firmware interface
A mailbox mechanism is used for communication of secure messages from a server to the firmware of a device. Mailbox content provided by the server is authenticated in a driver execution environment of the device, using reboots across the communication sessions, and then stored in secure storage. The communication sessions include first receiving a signed server key, and then receiving a message from the server that is based on a hash of a nonce generated by the device. |
| US12118090B2 |
Zero-day patching within an entity's secure network
A system that involves a secure network, an unsecure network and a bridge server is provided. The bridge server may retrieve updates to applications from the unsecure network. The bridge server may store the retrieved updates on a secure storage location within the secure network. Devices located on the secure network may continually, periodically or otherwise check the secure storage location for updates. The updates may be downloaded to the devices for execution on the devices. |
| US12118089B2 |
Method, systems and apparatus for intelligently emulating factory control systems and simulating response data
A simulated process is initiated. The simulated process includes generating, by an emulator, a control signal based on external inputs. The simulated process further includes processing, by a simulator, the control signal to generate simulated response data. The simulated process further includes generating, by a deep learning processor, expected behavioral pattern data based on the simulated response data. An actual process is initiated by initializing setpoints for a process station in a manufacturing system. The actual process includes generating, by the deep learning processor, actual behavioral pattern data based on actual process data from the at least one process station. The deep learning processor compares the expected behavioral pattern to the actual behavioral pattern. Based on the comparing, the deep learning processor determines that anomalous activity is present in the manufacturing system. Based on the anomalous activity being present, the deep learning processor initiates an alert protocol. |
| US12118087B2 |
Machine learning methods and systems for determining file risk using content disarm and reconstruction analysis
File risk and malware detection and classification can be enhanced using machine learning analysis of content disarm and reconstruction (CDR) output. Correlations can be discovered or analyzed between individual elements of such outputs, which can include an XML report. Such correlations can provide useful information on threat intelligence and help validate content disarm and reconstruction. A method can include training machine learning algorithms with a dataset derived from CDR results from test files labelled as malicious or not malicious; instructing algorithms to predict probabilities; and determining correlation between the report items and malware (for example, using the function feature importances and the SHAP value method). |
| US12118085B2 |
Systems and methods for machine learning enhanced intelligent building access endpoint security monitoring and management
Systems and methods for correlating access-system primitives generated by an access control system and semantic primitives generated by a sensor data comprehension system. |
| US12118084B2 |
Automatic selection of data for target monitoring
Methods and systems are described herein for determining auxiliary parameters within datasets, the auxiliary parameters being used to segregate the datasets such that anomaly detection may be performed on the segregated datasets. Based on anomaly detection, alert conditions may then be identified. In particular, a system may, using a machine learning model, determine for a particular target feature (e.g., a parameter being monitored) one or more auxiliary features (other parameters) that effect the values of that parameter and transmit the target feature and the auxiliary features in a message to a monitoring system indicating which features to monitor. The collected data may then be received by the system and transformed into a timeseries dataset, which may then be used to detect anomalies within the data and thereby identify any anomalous points. |
| US12118083B2 |
System and method for detection and prevention of cyber attacks at in-vehicle networks
A cyber security system for in-vehicle networks comprises a plurality of electronic control units (ECUs) communicating via a vehicle bus. The system comprises a plurality of bus security units (BSUs), wherein each BSU is configured to be connected between the vehicle bus and one of the ECUs, and the BSUs communicating via a security bus separate from the vehicle bus. Each BSU is configured to monitor the activity of the corresponding ECU, on the vehicle bus, send the monitored activity to another BSU on the security bus and detect abnormal communication on the vehicle bus. |
| US12118082B1 |
Automated scan engine assignment
Various embodiments include systems and methods of automated scan engine assignment. Responsive to determining to initiate a scan of a target asset, a scan engine assignment strategy may be determined for automatically assigning one or more scan engines to perform the scan. Determining the scan engine assignment strategy may include implementing a strategy selection scheme that defines a hierarchy of scan engine assignment strategies, which may include at least one of a passive discovery strategy, an active discovery strategy, or a scan engine subnet strategy. Using the scan engine assignment strategy, the one or more scan engines may be automatically assigned to perform the scan. The scan may be performed using the one or more scan engines. |
| US12118081B2 |
Securing industrial production from sophisticated attacks
A manufacturing system is disclosed herein. The manufacturing system includes one or more stations, a monitoring platform, and a control module. Each station of the one or more stations is configured to perform at least one step in a multi-step manufacturing process for a component. The monitoring platform is configured to monitor progression of the component throughout the multi-step manufacturing process. The control module is configured to detect a cyberattack to the manufacturing system. The control module is configured to perform operations. The operations include receiving control values for a first station of the one or more stations. The operations further include determining that there is a cyberattack based on the control values for the first station using one or more machine learning algorithms. The operations further include generating an alert to cease processing of the component. In some embodiments, the operations further include correcting errors caused by the cyberattack. |
| US12118080B2 |
Anomaly detection for vehicular networks for intrusion and malfunction detection
A security monitoring system for a Controller Area Network (CAN) comprises an Electronic Control Unit (ECU) operatively connected to the CAN bus. The ECU is programmed to classify a message read from the CAN bus as either normal or anomalous using an SVM-based classifier with a Radial Basis Function (RBF) kernel. The classifying includes computing a hyperplane curvature parameter γ of the RBF kernel as γ=ƒ(D) where ƒ( ) denotes a function and D denotes CAN bus message density as a function of time. In some such embodiments γ=ƒ(Var(D)) where Var(D) denotes the variance of the CAN bus message density as a function of time. The security monitoring system may be installed in a vehicle (e.g. automobile, truck, watercraft, aircraft) including a vehicle CAN bus, with the ECU operatively connected to the vehicle CAN bus to read messages communicated on the CAN bus. |
| US12118077B2 |
Feature extraction and time series anomaly detection over dynamic graphs
A plurality of graph snapshots for a plurality of consecutive periodic time samples maps between connected components in consecutive graph snapshots and describes at least one feature of each connected component. A recursively-built tree tracks an evolution of one of the connected components through the plurality of graph snapshots, the tree including a root node representing the connected component at a final one of the consecutive periodic time samples and a plurality of leaf nodes branching from the root node. A plurality of paths is extracted from the tree by traversing the tree from the root node to respective ones of the plurality of leaf nodes. Each path contains data describing an evolution of a respective one of the connected components through time as indicated by evolution of the at least one feature of the respective one of the connected components. Each of the plurality of paths is converted into a respective numerical vector of a plurality of numerical vectors that may be used as inputs to a time series anomaly detection algorithm. |
| US12118076B2 |
Physically-tagged data cache memory that uses translation context to reduce likelihood that entries allocated during execution under one translation context are accessible during execution under another translation context
A physically-tagged data cache memory mitigates side channel attacks by using a translation context (TC). With each entry allocation, control logic uses the received TC to perform the allocation, and with each access uses the received TC in a hit determination. The TC includes an address space identifier (ASID), virtual machine identifier (VMID), a privilege mode (PM) or translation regime (TR), or combination thereof. The TC is included in a tag of the allocated entry. Alternatively, or additionally, the TC is included in the set index to select a set of entries of the cache memory. Also, the TC may be hashed with address index bits to generate a small tag also included in the allocated entry used to generate an access early miss indication and way select. |
| US12118073B2 |
Converting static content items into interactive content items
At least one aspect of the present disclosure is directed to systems and methods of converting static content items into interactive content items. A data processing system can identify a first content item. The data processing system can divide, in accordance with a partition template, the visual content of the first content item into a plurality of segments. The partition template can define a number of segments to be formed from the visual content. The data processing system can generate a second script. The second script can assign each segment into a position. The script can enable movement of each segment within the frame. The script can determine that the segments are moved to a target position. The script can perform an action to provide information related to the visual content. The data processing system can provide the second content item to a client device. |
| US12118069B1 |
Real-world object-based image authentication method and system
A real-world object-based method and system of performing an authentication of a person in order to permit access to a secured resource is disclosed. The system and method are configured to collect image data from an end-user in real-time that includes objects in their environment. At least one object is selected and its image data stored for subsequent authentication sessions, when the system can determine whether there is a match between the new image data and image data previously collected and stored in a database. If there is a match, the system verifies an identity of the person and can further be configured to automatically grant the person access to one or more services, features, or information for which he or she is authorized. |
| US12118068B2 |
Electronic device and method of performing authentication operation by electronic device
According to various embodiments, an electronic device comprising a memory; a communication module; and a processor, operatively connected to the memory and the communication module, and configured to, if a locked state of the electronic device and a first state of the electronic device are identified, when a first user utterance is acquired that requests a task executable in an unlocked state of the electronic device, change an unlocking type of the electronic device to an unlocking type of an external device, based on first information of the external device, the external device being communicatively connected to the electronic device through the communication module, unlock the electronic device, which is configured with the unlocking type of the external device, based on user authentication information acquired from the external device, and execute the task corresponding to the first user utterance. Various other embodiments may be provided. Meanwhile, a method of performing an authentication operation by the electronic device may be performed using an artificial intelligence model. |
| US12118067B2 |
Authentication system, authentication terminal, user terminal, authentication method, and program
Authentication means (102) of an authentication system (S) performs authentication based on authentication information acquired by using an authentication terminal (30) and authentication information registered in storage means (100) in association with identification information on a user in a vicinity of the authentication terminal (30). Possibility determination means (103) determines, when there are a plurality of users in the vicinity of the authentication terminal (30), whether there is a possibility of one user being authenticated as another user. Restriction means (104) restricts successful authentication when it is determined that there is the possibility. |
| US12118062B2 |
Method and apparatus with adaptive object tracking
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for adaptive tracking of a target object. The method includes method of tracking an object, the method including estimating a dynamic characteristic of an object in an input image based on frames of the input image, determining a size of a crop region for a current frame of the input image based on the dynamic characteristic of the object, generating a cropped image by cropping the current frame based on the size of the crop region, and generating a result of tracking the object for the current frame using the cropped image. |
| US12118060B2 |
Computational circuit with hierarchical accumulator
Methods and systems relating to computational circuitry are disclosed herein. A disclosed computational circuit includes a math circuit, a first accumulator, and a second accumulator. The first accumulator has a first memory. The second accumulator has a second memory. The first accumulator is communicatively connected to the math circuit and accumulates values from the math circuit in the first memory. The second accumulator is communicatively connected to the first memory and accumulates values from the first memory in the second memory. The first memory is faster and smaller than the second memory. |
| US12118057B2 |
Computing partial matrices at hardware accelerator
A computing device, including a hardware accelerator configured to receive a first matrix and receive a second matrix. The hardware accelerator may, for a plurality of partial matrix regions, in a first iteration, read a first submatrix of the first matrix and a second submatrix of the second matrix into a front-end processing area. The hardware accelerator may multiply the first submatrix by the second submatrix to compute a first intermediate partial matrix. In each of one or more subsequent iterations, the hardware accelerator may read an additional submatrix into the front end processing area. The hardware accelerator may compute an additional intermediate partial matrix as a product of the additional submatrix and a submatrix reused from an immediately prior iteration. The hardware accelerator may compute each partial matrix as a sum of two or more of the intermediate partial matrices and may output the plurality of partial matrices. |
| US12118054B2 |
Method, server, and system for image deployment
A method includes: receiving, by a repository server, requests for pulling images from a plurality of nodes, wherein an image requested to be pulled by a first node is a first image; detecting, by the repository server, that layers of a plurality of images requested to be pulled by the plurality of nodes all include a common layer; generating, by the repository server, a transmission path of data of the common layer, wherein the transmission path includes that the repository server transmits the data of the common layer to a second node, and the second node distributes the data of the common layer to other nodes; sending, by the repository server, setting information to the first node according to the transmission path; sending, by the repository server, the data of the common layer to the second node; and acquiring, by the first node, the data of the common layer from a third node according to the setting information. |
| US12118046B2 |
Systems and methods for modeling item similarity using converted image information
Systems and methods for correlating item data are disclosed. A system for correlating item data may include a memory storing instructions and at least one processor configured to execute instructions to perform operations including: receiving text and image data associated with a reference item from a remote device; converting, using a computer-modeled embedding layer, at least one image to an image embedding; comparing the image embedding to reference embeddings stored in a database; selecting a subset of the candidate item text as candidate text data based on the comparison; selecting a subset of the candidate item images as candidate image data based on the comparison; selecting a text correlation model; determining a first similarity score; selecting an image correlation model; determining a second similarity score; calculating a confidence score based on the first and second similarity scores; and performing a responsive action based on the calculated confidence score. |
| US12118044B2 |
System and method for adapting a control function based on a user profile
The vehicle control system/method for adapting a control function based on a user profile may comprise: a gesture recognition module; a user profile module; a function control module; a processor; a non-transitory storage element coupled to the processor; encoded instructions stored in the non-transitory storage element, wherein the encoded instructions when implemented by the processor, configure the system to: identify a user; retrieve a user profile for the identified user; receive at a gesture recognition module, an input indicating a gesture from the user; identify a control function request corresponding to the gesture input; send a verification of the control function request; and receive at a function control module characteristics parsed from the user profile that effect the control function request by the user profile module to adapt a control function command for an adapted control function output by the function control module. |
| US12118043B2 |
Robotic process automation (RPA) comprising automatic document scrolling
In some embodiments, a robotic process automation (RPA) robot is configured to search for a target element within a first part of a document currently exposed within a user interface. When the search fails, the robot may automatically actuate a scroll control of the respective UI to cause it to bring another part of the respective document into view. The robot may then continue searching for the RPA target within the newly revealed part of the document. In some embodiments, the robot automatically determines whether the respective document is scrollable, and identifies the scroll control according to a type of target application (e.g., spreadsheet vs. web browser). |
| US12118040B1 |
Systems and methods for generating synthetic queries
An electronic device provides, to a model trained to generate synthetic queries, information corresponding to a first media content item and a first value for a parameter indicative of query specificity. The device receives, from the model trained to generate synthetic queries, a first query corresponding to the first media content item, wherein the first query is generated in accordance with the first value for the parameter indicative of query specificity. The device provides, to a client device for display at the client device, the first query and receives user selection of the first query. In response to the user selection of the first query, the device provides a first result set of media content items for the first query. |
| US12118036B2 |
Summarizing video content
Systems and methods of automatically extracting summaries of video content are described herein. A data processing system can access, from a video database, a first video content element including a first plurality of frame. The data processing system can select an intervallic subset of the first plurality of frames of the first video content element. The data processing system can calculate, for each of a plurality of further subsets comprising a predetermined number of frames from the intervallic subset, a score for the further subset. The data processing system can identify, from the plurality of further subsets, a further subset having a highest score. The data processing system can select a portion of the first video content element comprising the frames of the further subset having the highest score. The data processing system can generate a second video content element comprising the selected portion of the first video content element. |
| US12118033B2 |
Systems and methods for medical image diagnosis using machine learning
Systems and methods for medical image diagnoses in accordance with embodiments of the invention are illustrated. One embodiment includes a method for evaluating multimedia content. The method includes steps for receiving multimedia content and identifying a set of one or more image frames for each of several target views from the received multimedia content. For each target view, the method includes steps for evaluating the corresponding set of image frames to generate an intermediate result. The method includes steps for determining a composite result based on the intermediate results for each of the several target views. |
| US12118032B2 |
Electronic device for searching content and control method therefor
A method for controlling an electronic device is disclosed. The method for controlling an electronic device comprises the steps of: receiving a sketch drawn by a user; acquiring at least one machine-generated image on the basis of the sketch by using an artificial intelligence model learned by an artificial intelligence algorithm; displaying the acquired at least one machine-generated image; receiving a user command for selecting one of at least one displayed machine-generated image, and searching for at least one piece of content corresponding to the image selected according to the user command; and providing the searched for at least one piece of content. |
| US12118029B2 |
Systems and methods for executing a supplemental function for a natural language query
Systems and methods are described to address shortcomings in conventional conversation systems by executing a customized supplemental function for a natural language query based on the user's profile. In some aspects, the systems and methods receive a user query for a media asset, determine a query template in the user's profile matching the user's query, and identify and execute a supplemental function corresponding to the query template in addition to responding to the user's query. The user's profile is customized on the user's usage patterns of an interactive media guidance application. By monitoring the user's usage patterns and learning from the user's actions in conjunction with the user's natural language queries on which supplemental functions to execute, the interactive media guidance application may provide a smarter and more efficient user experience. |
| US12118027B2 |
Systems and methods for content placement, retrieval and management based on geolocation and other parameters
The present invention is in the technical field of geolocation. More particularly, the present invention is in the technical field of making content in the form of electronic data available for retrieval when a device has satisfied the Retrieval Range and other Rules which govern the ability to retrieve the content. Retrieval of Content by user devices may be based on Rules communicated by an App, Admin or third party interface and shall be contained and processed by an application interface engine. |
| US12118024B2 |
Search apparatus, search method, and computer readable recording medium
A search apparatus including: a search target extraction unit that references a data set use of a search criterion that includes attribute information, and extracts search target information that include the attribute information that match the attribute information of the search criterion; a score calculation unit that, in a case where the number of the extracted search target information pieces is not within a preset search result range, references a knowledge base and calculates a score for each of the attribute information pieces included in the extracted search target information pieces with use of a score function that has been determined in advance; a question generation unit that selects an attribute information piece based on the calculated scores, and generates question information use of the selected attribute information piece; and a search criterion generation unit that reflects an attribute information piece indicated by a response of the user to the question information in the search criterion, thereby generates a new search criterion. |
| US12118023B2 |
Systems for securely searching textual content across multiple documents in various repositories
According to various embodiments a device may provide an interactive searching interface for securely searching of textual content across a plurality of documents stored in a plurality of repositories comprising heterogenous data, the securely searching of the textual content comprising using a flexible search criteria and enforcing user access privileges to the plurality of documents A device may use unified searching, using a unified search criteria definition, the plurality of repositories in response to the feedback from the user, the unified searching being interactive, iterative, and using a unified index resulting in faster query response times than the metadata searching the plurality of repositories. |
| US12118016B2 |
Cascading data impact visualization tool
Methods and systems described herein may retrieve a data lineage associated with a first computing system comprising a plurality of services and data elements. The data lineage may indicate a plurality of interrelationships between the plurality of services and data elements. Based on the data lineage, a visualization of the first computing system may be generated. Based on the one or more interrelationships between a first data element and the plurality of services and data elements, one or more services and data elements affected by the change to the first data element may be identified. Based on the one or more services and data elements affected by the change to the first data element, the visualization of the first computing system to indicate the impact to the first computing system. |
| US12118014B2 |
Separation of logical and physical storage in a distributed database system
Distributed database systems including compute nodes and page servers are described herein that enable separating logical and physical storage of database files in a distributed database system. A distributed database system includes a page server and a compute node, and is configured to store a logical database file that includes data and is associated with a file identifier. Each page server is configurable to store slices (i.e., subportions) of the logical database file. The compute node is coupled to the plurality of page servers and configured to store the logical database file responsive to a received command. In an aspect, such storage may comprise slicing the data comprising the logical database file into a set of slices with each being associated with a respective page server, maintaining an endpoint mapping for each slice of the first set of slices, and transmitting each slice to the associated for storage thereby. |
| US12118010B2 |
Query-based database linkage distributed deep learning system, and method therefor
A deep learning framework application database server includes: an input/output unit configured to receive an inference query from a user; a storage unit serving as a database and comprising a previously learned first learning model table and an inference dataset table associated with the inference query; and a framework unit configured to interwork with the database and perform deep learning for the inference query using the first learning model table and the inference dataset table. |
| US12118008B2 |
Techniques for searching using target applications
A user device includes a processing unit that executes a search application. Executing the search application causes the processing unit to receive a user search query, send the user search query to a plurality of target applications, and receive a set of search results from each of the target applications. Each search result includes application state access data configured to access an application state of the target application associated with the search result. Executing the search application causes the processing unit to rank the search results, display the ranked search results, and detect user selection of one of the displayed search results. Additionally, executing the search application causes the processing unit to send the application state access data associated with the selected search result to the target application associated with the selected search result and display the application state accessed using the application state access data. |
| US12118004B2 |
Data aggregation processing apparatus and method, and storage medium
The present disclosure provides a data aggregation processing apparatus and method, and a storage medium. According to the apparatus, a relatively complex target data sequence may be split, by a sequence grouping module, into a plurality of subsequences, which then can be subjected to simultaneous aggregation processing in a parallel processing mode by means of a plurality of parallel aggregation modules included in an aggregation module group, so as to obtain corresponding intermediate processing results. Subsequently, the intermediate processing results are merged by a merging module to obtain an aggregation processing result for the target data sequence. Aggregation processing for the target data sequence is completed, thus solving the technical problems in the existing methods, such as low aggregation processing efficiency and prolonged processing procedure. The technical effects of improving the aggregation processing efficiency and shortening the waiting time of users are achieved. |
| US12118003B2 |
On-demand access of database table partitions
A method for on-demand access to table partitions may include receiving, at a data execution engine, a query accessing a database table divided into a first partition and a second partition stored at different nodes of the database. The data execution engine may respond to the query by acquiring a lock on the database table and instantiating data structures to support the execution of the query without loading any of the partitions of the database table into a main memory. Instead, the loading of the individual partitions of the database table may be delegated to the operators tasked with performing the operations included in the execution plan for the query. Each operator may refrain from loading those partitions of the database table that are determined to be unnecessary for performing the individual operations. Related systems and computer program products are also provided. |
| US12118001B2 |
Computer-based platforms and systems configured for event processing with a specialized domain-specific programming language and methods of use thereof
The present application includes systems and methods to receive an event including key-value pairs representing data attributes defining an operation. An instrument configuration is accessed having an object configuration associated with a data object and a rule configuration, where the rule configuration defines at least one action to perform on the data object as a result of an object state of the data object. A change to the object state is determined based on the operation of the event. An inverse dependency graph is generated to map reactive actions in response to the change based on the object configuration. A reactive action to an additional data object is determined based on the inverse dependency graph, and an update to the change as a result of the reactive action is determined. A data record of states is updated with the update to the change and the reactive action. |
| US12117998B2 |
Machine-learning-based, adaptive updating of quantitative data in database system
Machine-learning-based, adaptive updating of quantitative data in a database system is provided, which includes training one or more machine learning models to facilitate adaptively updating quantitative data in the database system, and ascertaining an update urgency index for updating the quantitative data for one or more data structures of the database system. The update urgency index is representative of an urgency for updating the quantitative data for the data structure(s) and is based, at least in part, on real-time query metrics. The machine learning model(s) is used to adaptively update the quantitative data, where the adaptively updating is based, at least in part, on the ascertained update urgency index. Processing of a database query is optimized in the database system using the adaptively updated quantitative data. |
| US12117993B2 |
Systems and methods for automated recovery of blockchain-based accounts
A method of recovering blockchain wallet items, the method including: configuring a first smart contract to authorize a second smart contract to initiate transfer of one or more wallet items registered to the first smart contract to a location specified by the second smart contract; configuring the second smart contract to initiate transfer of the one or more wallet items from the first smart contract in response to receiving a first recovery verifier; receiving, via an API and by the second smart contract, a wallet recovery request associated with the first smart contract, the wallet recovery request specifying a third smart contract as being a recipient wallet; and based on the wallet recovery request and responsive to receiving the first recovery verifier, initiating, by the second smart contract, a transfer of the one or more wallet items from the first smart contract to the third smart contracts. |
| US12117992B2 |
Never stale caching of effective properties
The technology disclosed relates to maintaining a cache of effective properties in an identity management system employing a graph. In particular, it relates to handling vertex/edge and/or graph topology updates in accordance with update notification requirements configured from a schema and, in conjunction with detecting updating of vertex/edge attributes and/or graph topology, recalculating effective attributes in accordance with the configured notification requirements. |
| US12117988B2 |
Techniques for distributed locks
A method and system for executing distributed locks in a locking system is disclosed. The system includes receiving a lock request including at least a lock name of a resource to place a lock on; determining a shard key at least based on the lock name and a prefix value, wherein the locking system includes a set of database instances, and wherein the prefix value is a number of database instances in the locking system; sending the lock request to at least two database instances in the set of database instances to place the lock in an entry pointed by the shard key; acknowledging the lock request when all of the at least two database instances acknowledge the lock request; and dismissing the lock request when at least one database instance of the at least two database instances cannot acknowledge the lock request. |
| US12117987B2 |
Methods and apparatus for efficient media indexing
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for efficient media indexing. An example method disclosed herein includes means for initiating a list of hash seeds, the list of hash seeds including at least a first hash seed value and a second hash seed value among other hash seed values, means for generating to generate a first bucket distribution based on the first hash seed value and a first hash function and generate a second bucket distribution based on the second hash seed value used in combination with the first hash seed value, means for determining to determine a first entropy value of the first bucket distribution, wherein data associated with the first bucket distribution is stored in a first hash table and determine a second entropy value of the second bucket distribution. |
| US12117986B1 |
Structuring geospatial index data for access during query execution via a database system
A database system is operable to write to a file buffer corresponding to geospatial index data for a plurality of rows based on processing each given row of the plurality of rows. A new leaf node of a set of leaf nodes in a temporary leaf node buffer when the given row includes a geospatial object. When the temporary leaf node buffer is determined to have a number of leaf nodes meeting a predetermined threshold number of leaf nodes, a new tree-based index structure of a set of tree-based index structures of the geospatial index data is built via processing the temporary leaf node buffer. The geospatial index data is stored based on writing the file buffer to disk memory resources. A query is executed against a relational database table based on accessing the geospatial index data in the disk memory resources. |
| US12117984B1 |
Systems and methods for event tracking
The present system pertains to event tracking, involving the acquisition of event information, generation of compound hashes, and formation of a search data structure. Event information includes time-and-geolocation data and topic data for each event. Compound hashes, comprising a spacetime hash and a topic hash for each event, are generated based on this information. A search data structure is formed using these compound hashes, enabling the grouping of spacetime hashes and structuring of topic hashes. Upon receiving a query, the system executes a search based on the query's compound hash or parameters, returning matching event content. The system can also generate semantic descriptions of relevant events using a narrative generation model and predict event relevance using a preferential learning model. |
| US12117982B1 |
Computing apparatuses, methods, software and data structures for storing, indexing and retrieving data subject to the continuous temporal evolution of heterogeneous business processes
Computing apparatus, computer implemented methods and computer readable media comprising instructions for: monitoring and storing data pertaining to a plurality of business processes; indexing for retrieval immutable, denormalised blocks storing data pertaining to the plurality of business processes; for managing process objects instantiated by a processor to monitor progress of the plurality of business processes; and for interrogating immutable, denormalised blocks storing data pertaining to a plurality of business processes. |
| US12117979B1 |
Timestamp-based deletions for interdependent data objects
Techniques and solutions are provided for identifying sets of related data, such as for a data deletion process. Data objects can be considered as having parent-child relationships, where values for one or more attributes of a child data object are constrained by corresponding one or more attributes of a parent data object. The set of data objects and their relationships can be represented, such as in a graph. In an iterative process, the data object representation is analyzed to identify “leaf nodes,” which are data objects that do not constrain other data objects. Relevant data is deleted from the data objects, and the representation is updated to “remove” such data objects so that a new set of leaf nodes is obtained. Optionally, when a leaf node that serves as a parent is analyzed, it can be confirmed whether corresponding data has already been deleted from its children. |
| US12117976B2 |
Schema based data buffering and processing on a client device
Schema based data buffer and processing on a client device. A client device may obtain a schema for a set of data. The set of data is stored on a server device. The client device may also obtain a copy of the set of data from a server database. The copy of the set of data is stored on a client device. The client device may further obtain a set of mutations to one or more portions of the set of data. The client device may further modify the set of mutations based on the schema for the set of data. The client device may further apply the modified set of mutations to the copy of the set of data that is stored on the client device. |
| US12117973B2 |
Server device updates using update baselines tagged across multiple management consoles
Techniques are provided for performing server device updates using update baselines that are tagged across multiple management consoles. One method comprises obtaining, by a first management console of multiple management consoles associated with a server device, a first update baseline comprising a first tag identifier, of multiple tag identifiers, that identifies a first update of a component of the server device across the multiple management consoles; and applying the first update baseline to the server device in a maintenance mode to update the component of the server device, wherein the server device is maintained in the maintenance mode when two or more of the tag identifiers are active in the server device following the application of the first update baseline. The server device can be restored from the maintenance mode when only one tag identifier is active in the server device following the application of the first update baseline. |
| US12117967B2 |
Method and apparatus for parsing log data
A method for parsing log data according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes loading a plurality of unit logs identified by first parsing log data into a memory in a two-dimensional matrix, wherein the unit log includes a plurality of items and constitutes one row, determining a target item to be second parsed among the items loaded into the memory, dividing data of the target item into a plurality of sub-items by second parsing the data of the target item, among the items loaded into the memory in the two-dimensional matrix and storing a second parsing result including the plurality of sub-items. |
| US12117961B1 |
Networks on chip (NOC) for many-core neural network accelerator
This application describes a network-on-chip system on a hardware accelerator for accelerating neural network computations. An example NoC system in the NN accelerator may include interconnected routers with routing control circuits and cores respectively coupled to the routers. The cores are arranged into a matrix. Each row of cores are connected with a first uni-directional ring-shape data link and every two adjacent data links are in opposite directions. Each column of cores are connected with a second uni-directional ring-shape data link and every two adjacent data links are in opposite directions. In a given router of the plurality of routers, the routing control circuit is configured to: receive a data package; convert physical addresses of the given router and the target router into logical addresses; determine a routing port of the given router based on the logical addresses; and output the data package through the routing port. |
| US12117960B2 |
Approximate data bus inversion technique for latency sensitive applications
Systems, methods, and apparatuses associated with an approximate majority based data bus inversion technique are disclosed. A method comprises obtaining, at a first device connected by a plurality of lanes to a second device, original data comprising first bits and second bits, where the first bits are to be transmitted in a new clock cycle via first lanes of the plurality of lanes, and the second bits are to be transmitted in the new clock cycle via second lanes of the plurality of lanes. The method further includes determining whether a first criterion associated with the first bits is met, determining whether a second criterion associated with the second bits is met, and transmitting an inverted version of the original data via the plurality of lanes based, at least in part, on determining that the first criterion and the second criterion are met. |
| US12117957B2 |
Vehicular sensor testing system with standardized I2C communication
A method for testing a sensor of a vehicular sensing system includes displaying, by a processor, a test generation interface on a display screen, and receiving, by the processor, a user input based on a user interacting with the test generation interface. The method includes determining a plurality of parameters based on the user input. The method includes generating a test script based on the parameters that includes at least one test message for performing at least one system test. The method includes transmitting generated test script to a host adapter in communication with the sensor. Responsive to receiving the generated test script, the method includes transmitting, by the host adapter, the test message to the sensor to test the sensor. |
| US12117955B2 |
Spread spectrum clock negotiation method, and peripheral component interconnect express device and system
This application provides a spread spectrum clock negotiation method, and a peripheral component interconnect express device and system, to implement dynamic negotiation between a transmit end and a receive end on an SSC capability in the peripheral component interconnect express system. The method includes: A second PCIe device generates first indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate whether the second PCIe device has a spread spectrum clock capability. The second PCIe device sends the first indication information to a first PCIe device. The first PCIe device determines, based on the first indication information, whether to perform spread spectrum clock on a reference clock of the first PCIe device. |
| US12117950B2 |
Systems and methods of controlling communication modes in an electronic device
A method of providing data communication between a first device and a second device includes, establishing a first communication link with a downstream device connected to the second device using a first mode via a USB-type interface, wherein in the first mode the USB-type interface utilizes a first set of USB communication lanes; establishing a second communication link with the first device via the USB-C port using an Alternate mode wherein the Alt-mode utilizes the first set of USB communication lanes; and, in accordance with establishing the second communication link, changing a mode of the first communication link so that the first communication link does not communicate via the first set of USB communication lanes. |
| US12117947B2 |
Information processing method, physical machine, and PCIE device
The present disclosure relates to information processing methods, physical machines, and peripheral component interconnect express (PCIE) devices. In one example method, a PCIE device receives, in a live migration process of a to-be-migrated virtual machine (VM), a packet corresponding to the to-be-migrated VM, where the to-be-migrated VM is one of a plurality of VMs. The PCIE device determines a direct memory access (DMA) address based on the packet. The PCIE device sends the DMA address to a physical function (PF) driver. |
| US12117943B2 |
Electronic control device
An object of the present invention is to provide a technology that enables second control software to continue processing using a peripheral circuit even in a situation where an abnormality related to first control software occurs. An electronic control device includes a memory (3) that stores the first control software and the second control software, a CPU (1) that executes the first control software and the second control software, and a peripheral circuit (200) used by the first control software and the second control software. The memory further includes a first buffer (313a) and a second buffer (323a). The CPU interrupts at least one of the processing of storing first peripheral transmission information in the first buffer and the processing of transmitting the first peripheral transmission information to the peripheral in a specific situation in which the abnormality related to the first control software occurs. |
| US12117939B2 |
Stochastic optimization of surface cacheability in parallel processing units
A processing system selectively allocates storage at a local cache of a parallel processing unit for cache lines of a repeating pattern of data that exceeds the storage capacity of the cache. The processing system identifies repeating patterns of data having cache lines that have a reuse distance that exceeds the storage capacity of the cache. A cache controller allocates storage for only a subset of cache lines of the repeating pattern of data at the cache and excludes the remainder of cache lines of the repeating pattern of data from the cache. By restricting the cache to store only a subset of cache lines of the repeating pattern of data, the cache controller increases the hit rate at the cache for the subset of cache lines. |
| US12117938B1 |
Bypass destaging of decrement reference count operations with delta log based architecture
In at least one embodiment, processing can include: determining that an inactive decref (decrement reference count) MDL (metadata log) of decref MD (metadata) updates stored in memory is unable to be destaged to a decref tier of non-volatile storage in a first destage phase of a two phase destage process; and responsive to determining that the inactive decref MDL is unable to be destaged to the decref tier, performing bypass destage processing of the inactive decref MDL, wherein said bypass destage processing includes directly applying MD updates of the inactive decref MDL to corresponding MD pages stored persistently in a MD page store and wherein said bypass destage processing omits storing the inactive decref MDL on the decref tier. |
| US12117936B1 |
Prefetch of microservices for incoming requests
Prefetch of microservices for incoming requests. The method determines for an incoming request a Service Level Objective (SLO) requirement for latency of a request type of the incoming request. The method generates a set of possible microservice sequences for the request including a probability of occurrence of each of the possible microservice sequences and determines a set of prefetch permutations for the set of possible microservice sequences. A latency score is calculated for each prefetch permutation and any prefetch permutations that do not meet the SLO requirement for latency of the request type are eliminated. An optimal prefetch permutation of the remaining prefetch permutations is selected by considering a total cost of the prefetch permutation based on a cost of running each microservice in the set of sequences. |
| US12117935B2 |
Technique to enable simultaneous use of on-die SRAM as cache and memory
A technique for operating a cache is disclosed. The technique includes utilizing a first portion of a cache in a directly accessed manner; and utilizing a second portion of the cache as a cache. |
| US12117934B2 |
Method and system for sharing memory between processors by updating shared memory space including funtionality to place processors into idle state
A method and system for sharing memory in a computer system includes placing one or more processors in the computer system in an idle state. The one or more processors are queried for associated memory space, and a shared physical memory address space is updated, wherein each processor in the system has access to the physical memory in the shared physical memory address space. The one or more processors is removed from the idle state, and work is submitted to the one or more processors for execution. |
| US12117929B2 |
Memory shapes
A user definition of a memory shape can be received and a multidimensional, contiguous, physical portion of a memory array can be allocated according to the memory shape. The user definition of the memory shape can include a quantity of contiguous columns of the memory array, a quantity of contiguous rows of the memory array, and a major dimension of the memory shape. The major dimension can correspond to a dimension by which to initially stride data stored in the memory shape. |
| US12117927B2 |
Method and system for scalable performance testing in cloud computing environments
Certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques for performing performance tests against services in a computing environment. The method generally includes deploying application code to an application namespace hosted on a first set of resources in the computing environment. Testing code is deployed to an infrastructure namespace hosted on a second set of resources in the computing environment. A request to test the application code is received. The request generally includes information identifying a load to be generated in testing the application code. A plurality of container instances implementing the test code are instantiated based on the identified load to be generated to test the application code. A test is executed against the application code through the instantiated plurality of container instances. |
| US12117924B2 |
Context-based test suite generation as a service
A system comprising processing circuitry a memory storing instructions that cause the system to detect a code change to source code included in a code repository, identify a relationship between the code change and an associated product feature, determine one or more dependent product features impacted by the code change, select a set of test cases including a subset of test cases related to the associated product feature and a subset of test cases related to the one or more dependent product features, execute the set of test cases, and update the code-to-feature mapping using results of executing the set of test case. |
| US12117921B2 |
Performing comparative testing of quantum services
Performing comparative testing of quantum services is disclosed. In one example, a processor device of a quantum computing system (e.g., by executing a quantum testing service (QTS)) receives a first request for testing from a requestor, wherein the first request comprises an identifier of a quantum service. The quantum computing device retrieves a plurality of quantum service definitions corresponding to a plurality of different versions of the quantum service, based on the first request. A plurality of instances of the quantum service are then instantiated for parallel execution by the quantum computing device, wherein each instance is defined by a quantum service definition of the plurality of quantum service definitions. The quantum computing device next performs testing of each instance of the plurality of instances, based on the first request, and generates a testing result report based on the testing. |
| US12117920B2 |
Onboard electronic control unit configured to perform an operation check
Provided is an onboard ECU for controlling an onboard apparatus installed in a vehicle, including a storage unit that stores a control program for controlling the onboard apparatus and an inspection program for performing an operation check of the onboard apparatus or the onboard ECU, and a control unit that executes the control program or the inspection program, the storage unit storing validity information indicating whether the inspection program is valid or invalid being, and the control unit referring to the validity information stored in the storage unit, executing the inspection program if the inspection program is valid, and executing the control program if the inspection program is invalid. |
| US12117919B2 |
Global automated data center expansion
A system can determine timeseries telemetry data of resource utilization of respective data centers of a group of data centers maintained by the system. The system can predict respective hardware requests based on future resource utilization based on the timeseries telemetry data, the hardware requests comprising respective hardware requests at respective data centers of the group of data centers. The system can predict respective future times at which the respective hardware requests will occur. The system can determine respective physical location sources of hardware, respective physical location destinations of hardware, and respective amounts of hardware based on the respective hardware requests and the respective future times. The system can store an indication of the respective physical location sources of hardware, respective physical location destinations of hardware, and respective amounts of hardware. |
| US12117918B2 |
Systems and methods for determining user engagement with electronic devices
Systems and methods are disclosed for determining an engagement level of a user interacting with an electronic program, comprising receiving or determining a decision node tree, each node in the decision node tree corresponding to a user decision point in the electronic program, determining a number of levels in the decision node tree, determining a user traversed count comprising a number of levels the user has traversed in the decision node tree, and determining the engagement level of the user with the electronic program based upon the user traversed count and the number of levels in the decision node tree. |
| US12117913B1 |
System directed testing
A method includes selecting a first of a plurality of devices-under-test that has been connected in electronic communication with the test device for a longest period of time compared to others of the plurality of devices-under-test. A first task is performed on the first of the plurality of devices-under-test. After completing the first task, determining whether the test device needs to perform the first task on a second of the plurality of devices-under-test. Causing the first task to be performed on the second of the plurality of devices-under-test or selecting a third of the plurality of devices-under-test that has been connected in electronic communication with the test device for a next longest period of time compared to others of the plurality of devices-under-test. |
| US12117911B2 |
Remote data replication method and system
A remote data replication method and a storage system, where a production array sends a data replication request to a disaster recovery array. The data replication request includes an identifier of a source object and a data block corresponding to the source object. The data block is stored in physical space of a hard disk of the production array. The disaster recovery array receives the data replication request. The disaster recovery array creates a target object when the disaster recovery array does not include an object having a same identifier as the source object. An identifier of the target object is the same as the identifier of the source object, the disaster recovery array writes the data block into the physical space. |
| US12117903B2 |
FPGA acceleration system for MSR codes
According to one general aspect, an apparatus may include a host interface circuit configured to receive offloading instructions from a host processing device, wherein the offloading instructions instruct the apparatus to compute an error correction code associated with a plurality of data elements. The apparatus may include a memory interface circuit configured to receive the plurality of data elements. The apparatus may include a plurality of memory buffer circuits configured to temporarily store the plurality of data elements. The apparatus may include a plurality of error code computation circuits configured to, at least in part, compute the error correction code without additional processing by the host processing device. |
| US12117902B2 |
Memory system
According to an embodiment, a memory controller obtains first data in a first page using a first voltage, obtains a first shift amount based on a first and second number. The first and second numbers represent numbers of bits each of which has different values in a first and second manner between the first data and first expected data. The controller obtains second data in the second page using a second voltage and a second shift amount, and obtains a third shift amount based on a third and fourth number, the third and fourth numbers respectively represent numbers of bits each of which has different values in the first and second manner between the second data and second expected data. |
| US12117897B2 |
System and method for managing conditions impacting power supplies of data processing systems
Methods and systems for managing operation of data processing systems are disclosed. The data processing systems may include power supplies that may be impacted by various conditions. To manage exposure to the conditions, the power supplies may self-monitor for occurrences of the conditions and report the occurrences to a logic device using a point-to-point channel. The logic device automatically identify and implement actions to reduce an impact of the occurrences of the conditions. |
| US12117882B2 |
System and method for reducing power consumption in computing systems
A system having: a processor, wherein the processor is configured for executing a process of reducing power consumption that includes executing a first task over a first plurality of timeslots and a second task over a second plurality of timeslots, and wherein the processor is configured to: execute a real-time operating system (RTOS) process; determine that the first task is complete during a first timeslot of the first plurality of timeslots; and enter a low power mode for a reminder of the first timeslot upon determining that there is enough time to enter a low power mode during the first timeslot and a next timeslot is allocated to the first task, otherwise perform a dead-wait for the reminder of the first timeslot. |
| US12117879B2 |
Control system and associated method for startup, control and monitoring of power supply components
A method for startup, control and monitoring of power supply components of at least one system utilizes a control system for power supply components, such as electrical power supplies, electrical safety devices or metering units, of the at least one system, and by which an energy supply of control and/or computer units of the at least one system is monitored and controlled, wherein the control system includes a central server unit to which a database for storing specific data and/or parameters of respective power supply components is assigned, includes client units for communication and for transmitting the specific data and/or parameters from and to the power supply components and includes local server units for communication which are permanently assigned to the respective power supply components, where a separate client unit can be generated for each power supply component connected and identified via a communication network. |
| US12117873B2 |
Mobile electronic device
A mobile electronic device includes a main framework, a back cover, a door cover, a functional module and a stop element. The back cover covers the main framework and has an expansion window. The door cover covers the expansion window. The functional module is disposed on an inner side of the door cover and electrically connected to a motherboard in the main framework. An operation interface corresponding in position to an outer side of the door cover is disposed on one side of the functional module. One side and the other side of the functional module oppose each other. The stop element is disposed on the inner side of the door cover, abuts against the other side of the functional module, and thus prevents the functional module from retracting under an external force. Therefore, the mobile electronic device is insusceptible to a collision and a fall. |
| US12117872B2 |
Electronic device, storage medium, program, and displaying method
An electronic device is provided which displays an object (body) on a flexible display screen in accordance with a three-dimensional shape of the display screen by utilizing the flexibility of the display screen. An electronic device including a display portion which includes a flexible display device displaying an object on a display screen; a detection portion detecting positional data of a given part of the display screen; and an arithmetic portion calculating a three-dimensional shape of the display screen on the basis of the positional data and computing motion of the object to make the object move according to a given law in accordance with the calculated three-dimensional shape of the display screen. |
| US12117871B2 |
Mobile terminal accommodating flexible connection part
Example mobile terminals are disclosed. One example terminal includes a rotating member, a flexible screen, a bending support part, and a temperature equalization plate. The flexible screen includes two unfolded regions and a bent region that is disposed opposite to the rotating member. The bending support part is located between the flexible screen and the rotating member. The temperature equalization plate is configured to balance temperatures in the two unfolded regions and includes two temperature equalization parts opposite to the two unfolded regions in a one-to-one correspondence and a flexible connection part that connects the two temperature equalization parts. The flexible connection part is located on a side of the bending support part and away from the flexible screen. |
| US12117868B2 |
Display device, manufacturing method thereof, and manufacturing apparatus thereof
A method for manufacturing a display device includes the steps of: providing a first display panel including a first indicia and a second indicia; disposing a first window including a third indicia on the first display panel; identifying a position of the first indicia and a position of the third indicia; aligning the first display panel and the first window using the positions of the first and third indicia; coupling the first window and the first display panel to each other; identifying a coupled position defined by positions of the second and third indicia of the first display panel and the first window; correcting a position of a second display panel or a position of a second window based on the coupled position; and coupling the second window and the second display panel to each other. |
| US12117867B2 |
Butterfly divider screen
A divider screen is described in various embodiments having various numbers of screens and screen members, and various arrangements. One divider screen has a post, a first screen member and a second screen member. The first screen member has a first screen attached to a first rotation member. The first rotation member is rotatably located to the post with the first screen member rotatable about the post. The second screen member has a second screen attached to a second rotation member. The second rotation member is rotatably located to the post with the second screen member rotatable about the post. The first and second screen members are arrangeable in at least a closed 0° position, an open 90° position, and an open 180° position. |
| US12117865B2 |
Frequency generating device and operation method thereof
A frequency generating device and an operation method thereof are provided. The frequency generating device includes an oscillator circuit and a processor circuit. The oscillator circuit is configured to generate a clock signal and adjust a clock frequency of the clock signal according to a control voltage. The processor circuit is coupled to the oscillator circuit and is configured to generate the control voltage. The processor circuit reads a frequency aging rate value and a control voltage slope of the oscillator circuit from the oscillator circuit, calculates a control voltage regulation rate value corresponding to the frequency aging rate value and the control voltage slope, and compensates the control voltage based on the control voltage regulation rate value. Alternatively, the processor circuit reads the control voltage regulation rate value from the oscillator circuit, and compensates the control voltage based on the control voltage regulation rate value. |
| US12117864B2 |
Interface device and signal transceiving method thereof
An interface device and a signal transceiving method thereof are provided. The interface device includes a master circuit and a slave circuit. The slave circuit includes a second receiver, a clock generator, a sampler, and a comparator. The first receiver and second receiver respectively receive input data and a clock signal from the master circuit. The clock generator delays the clock signal according to a delay value to generate a delayed clock signal, and generates a plurality of sampling signals according to the delayed clock signal. The sampler samples the input data according to the sampling signals to generate a plurality of sampling results. The comparator compares the sampling results to generate a comparison result. The clock generator adjusts the delay value according to the comparison result. |
| US12117862B2 |
Modular control apparatus for actuating hydraulic valve systems
A modular control apparatus for actuating hydraulic valve systems includes an actuating section including a tilting control member and a plurality of control rods provided with a pusher, which interacts with the control member so as to translate the control rods in the longitudinal direction, a sensor section including a plurality of sensor members suitable to detect a movement in the longitudinal direction of said control rods and a blocking section comprising a blocking device that is capable of individually blocking in the longitudinal direction each of said control rods. The actuating section can be alternately connected to the blocking section or to the sensor section so that the sensor section can be directly connected to the actuating section, detecting the longitudinal movement of the control rods also if the blocking section is not present. |
| US12117861B2 |
Magnetorheological fluid-based haptic knob apparatus
In an embodiment a magnetorheological fluid-based haptic knob apparatus includes a housing, a solenoid coil mounted inside the housing, the solenoid coil configured to generate a magnetic field thereby providing magnetic flux, a shaft connected to the housing and including a rotational rod, wherein the shaft is configured to generate a plurality of modes and a magnetorheological fluid accommodated inside the housing, the magnetorheological fluid configured to form a magnetic chain in response of the magnetic flux. |
| US12117859B2 |
Power generation device and system capable of maximum power tracking
A power generation device capable of maximum power tracking includes a power generation assembly and at least one optimizer, the optimizer includes a maximum power tracking circuit, a drive control circuit, a first switch and a second switch arranged in a chip. The maximum power tracking circuit includes a voltage and current detection unit, a multiplier, and a maximum power tracking processing unit, wherein the multiplier is configured to multiply an assembly output voltage of the power generation assembly by an assembly output current of the power generation assembly to obtain an assembly output power of the power generation assembly; the maximum power tracking processing unit is configured to track and determine a current maximum power of the power generation assembly according to the assembly output power, determine the duty ratio signal according to the current maximum power, and send the duty ratio signal to the drive control circuit. |
| US12117858B2 |
Managing waterpipe systems for smart buildings
A processor may receive an input dataset. The input dataset may include a plurality of waterpipe components and one or more performance factors of the waterpipe system. A processor may generate a digital twin of the waterpipe system using the input dataset. A processor may simulate, using the digital twin, one or more features of the waterpipe system. The simulating may include a forecast having one or more predicted conditions associated with the waterpipe system. |
| US12117856B2 |
Gimbal device and gimbal device control method
A control method of a handheld gimbal includes, in response to a gimbal of the handheld gimbal entering a movement status, obtaining an attitude of a handle of the handheld gimbal that carries the gimbal, determining an expected photograph mode from a plurality of photograph modes according to the attitude of the handle, and controlling the gimbal to enter the expected photograph mode. The plurality of photograph modes comprise an up flashlight mode, a vertical photograph mode, a forward photograph mode, a reverse photograph mode, and a down flashlight mode. |
| US12117854B2 |
Probe assembly for a cooking appliance
A probe assembly for a cooking appliance includes an outer case that includes a cap, a body, and retention features that are coupled to each of the cap and the body. A first temperature sensor is operably coupled to the cap of the outer case. A probe is operably coupled to the body of the outer case and is selectively concealed by the cap. A second temperature sensor is operably coupled to the probe. A controller is communicatively coupled to each of the first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor. The controller is configured to receive a first signal from the first temperature sensor when the cap is directly coupled to the body of the outer case. |
| US12117850B2 |
Moving object and route decision method of moving object
A moving object that travels from a current position toward a target position includes a first section candidate searching unit configured to search for a plurality of first section candidates in which the moving object is capable of traveling from the current position, a second section candidate searching unit configured to, for each ending point of the first section candidates, search for a plurality of second section candidates in which the moving object is capable of traveling from the ending points of the first section candidates, an obstacle position recognition unit configured to detect a position of an obstacle around the moving object, and a route decision unit configured to decide a first section and a second section used as a traveling route of the moving object from the plurality of first section candidates and the plurality of second section candidates. |
| US12117848B2 |
Control device and control method
A control device includes a recognizing unit that recognizes the external environment based on sensing information; an action decision managing unit that, based on the recognized external environment, decides on the actions to be taken; a behavior managing unit that, based on at least either the difficulty level of recognition for the recognizing unit or the difficulty level of action decision for the action decision managing unit, determines about whether or not to exhibit emotional expressions; and a drive control unit that, based on the determination performed by the behavior control unit, controls the execution of the actions corresponding to emotional expressions. |
| US12117844B1 |
Autonomous navigation inside trailers
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for autonomous navigation inside trailers. In one embodiment, an example autonomous robot may include a front end, a rear end, a sensor disposed at the front end, a rear-facing camera disposed at the rear end, and a force sensor configured to detect lateral and longitudinal forces exerted on a container being transported by the autonomous robot. The autonomous robot may be configured to transport the container from a facility into a trailer, where the autonomous robot is configured to navigate inside the trailer using the rear-facing camera. |
| US12117843B2 |
Low-cost autonomous driving shuttle and a method of operating same
An autonomous driving shuttle includes a camera unit configured to acquire an image and a processor configured to control the camera unit. The processor is configured to identify information on an operation of the autonomous driving shuttle and to recognize a guide line using at least one camera included in the camera unit. The autonomous driving shuttle is configured to drive using the information on the operation and the recognized guide line. |
| US12117842B2 |
User control device for a transporter
A user control device for a transporter. The user control device can communicate with the transporter via electrical interface(s) that can facilitate communication and data processing among the user interface device and controllers that can control the movement of the transporter. The user control device can perform automated actions based on the environment in which the transporter operates and the user's desired movement of the transporter. External applications can enable monitoring and control of the transporter. |
| US12117841B2 |
Methods and systems for detection of agricultural spraying errors
A method includes receiving a location sample; determining whether the location sample is sufficient quality; if the location sample is not sufficient quality, discarding the current location sample; if the location sample is sufficient quality, determining whether the location sample is within a same row as a prior location sample; if the location sample is not within the same row as the prior location sample, discarding the location sample; if the location sample is within the same row as the prior location sample, assigning the location sample to the same row and generating an updated block map; determining whether the updated block map includes a potential skipped row; and issuing an alert if the potential skipped row remains a potential skipped row for an amount of time greater than a first threshold. |
| US12117839B2 |
Deep learning-based autonomous vehicle control device, system including the same, and method thereof
A deep learning-based autonomous vehicle control system includes: a processor determining an autonomous driving control based on deep learning, correcting an error in determination of the deep learning-based autonomous driving control based on determination of an autonomous driving control based on a predetermined expert rule, and controlling an autonomous vehicle; and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing data for the determination of the deep learning-based autonomous driving control, data for the determination of the expert rule-based autonomous driving control, and information about the error in the determination of the deep learning-based autonomous driving control. |
| US12117828B2 |
Air mobility system
An air mobility system between an aircraft and a companion system includes a data link configured to provide wireless communication between the companion system and the aircraft. The data link is configured to relay radio calls spoken by a companion that is part of the companion system. The air mobility system further includes a first transceiver located onboard the aircraft. The first transceiver receives the radio calls spoken by the companion. The air mobility system includes a second transceiver located onboard the aircraft configured to relay the radio calls. The air mobility system also includes a communication device onboard the aircraft. The communication device is configured to make the pilot-in-command (PIC) aware that a radio call is spoken by the companion on his or her behalf. The air mobility system includes state information received by the companion. |
| US12117824B2 |
Methods of health degradation estimation and fault isolation for system health monitoring
Methods and systems for fault identification and mitigation in an engine system. A state observer obtains current state information from the engine system, and a feature calculator uses data obtained from the state observer to calculate one or more feature indicators, which are monitored by a health estimator for the occurrence of a change using one or more change probability models. When the health estimator identifies a change, a fault isolator determines a component of the engine system that is subject to fault or health deterioration. |
| US12117823B1 |
Monitoring systems and methods for assessing risk
The presently disclosed systems and methods provide monitoring systems and methods for assessing risk based on individual risk control categories. In an embodiment, the risk is assessed based on data for a particular control category. A subset of the data is weighted according to a first weighting function, and a different subset of the data is weighted according to a second weighting function. The weighted data is combined to generate a control health index that may be used to assess risk. |
| US12117819B2 |
Modifying operation of physical emission sources using a modified gradient descent model
Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable storage media are disclosed for generating action recommendations modifying physical emissions sources of an entity based on past and modeled emissions for the entity. Specifically, the disclosed system monitors emissions produced by an entity by determining a number of emissions sources corresponding to an entity and a plurality of emissions values for the emissions sources. Additionally, the disclosed system determines a plurality of constraints corresponding to the entity. The disclosed system also determines goals for the entity including target emissions values. The disclosed system utilizes a modified gradient descent model to iteratively adjust emissions values for the physical emissions sources to obtain the target emissions values according to the constraints. The disclosed system generates action recommendations for modifying the physical emissions sources utilizing the modified gradient descent model and provides the action recommendations for display within a graphical user interface. |
| US12117815B2 |
Manufacturing and development platform
Techniques regarding manufacturing one or more digital product designs are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can include a system, which can comprise a memory that can store computer executable components. The system can also comprise a processor, operably coupled to the memory, and that can execute the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise a user interface component that generates a manufacturability report regarding a product design in relation to a manufacturing process. The manufacturability report can indicate whether a product feature included in the product design is permissible based on a plurality of manufacturing considerations associated with the manufacturing process. |
| US12117811B1 |
Route based manufacturing system analysis, apparatuses, systems, and methods
Systems and methods are described to provide product and process improvement of a product. A manufacturing route has a manufacturing route key. The manufacturing route is configured to accept data from a client machine. The data is associated with the manufacturing route key using the multidimensional data warehouse schema to form multidimensional manufacturing route data. The multidimensional manufacturing route data is stored in the multidimensional manufacturing route database. The manufacturing route key identifies the manufacturing route from a plurality of manufacturing routes within the multidimensional manufacturing route database. A processor is configured to receive an input. The input is a cause added in response to a symptom wherein a symptom/cause relationship is established to provide a basis for product and process improvement using data that is extracted from the multidimensional manufacturing route database. |
| US12117807B2 |
Support device, recording medium storing setting program and method
A support device is connected to a controller system that controls a control target. The controller system can execute an incident response operation of changing a behavior in accordance with an incident that may occur in the controller system. The support device includes a selection module and a setting module. The selection module receives selection of a facility type corresponding to the control target among plural facility types which is preset. The setting module reflects a response rule corresponding to the selected facility type in the controller system by referring to a response rule that is prepared in advance for each of the facility types and defines a behavior for an incident. |
| US12117806B1 |
Cloud and edge integrated method and system for identifying parameters of servo motor
The present invention discloses a cloud and edge integrated method and system for identifying parameters of a servo motor. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring parameters of the servo motor; transmitting the parameters of the servo motor to a cloud identification engine and an edge identification engine; performing data processing and identification analysis, by the cloud identification engine, the parameters of the servo motor to obtain an internal resistance of the motor Rs, and sending an identification result to the edge identification engine through a network; identifying, by the edge identification engine, the cloud identification result and the parameters of the servo motor to obtain identification results of d-q axes inductances and a flux linkage. The system comprises a servo motor parameter acquisition unit, a sending unit, a cloud identification engine, and an edge identification engine. |
| US12117801B2 |
Software defined process control system and methods for industrial process plants
A software defined (SD) process control system (SDCS) implements controller and other process control-related business logic as logical abstractions (e.g., application layer services executing in containers, VMs, etc.) decoupled from hardware and software computing platform resources. An SD networking layer of the SDCS utilizes process control-specific operating system support services to manage the usage of the computing platform resources and the creation, deletion, modifications, and networking of application layer services with devices disposed in the field environment and with other services, responsive to the requirements and needs of the business logic and dynamically changing conditions of SDCS hardware and/or software assets during run-time of the process plant (such as performance, faults, addition/deletion of hardware and/or software assets, etc.). Thus, dynamic (re-)allocation of hardware/software resources is primarily, if not entirely, and continually governed in real-time by present requirements and needs of application layer services as well as dynamically changing SDCS conditions. |
| US12117798B2 |
Systems and methods for utilizing acoustic sensing to minimize a potential of damage to fiber optic cables
A device may receive sensing data that is produced by an environment associated with a fiber optic cable. Based on the sensing data, the device may determine a sensing profile, which indicates a measure of vibration as a function of distance along the fiber optic cable and as a function of time. The device may receive new sensing data produced by the environment. The device may determine that the new sensing data satisfies a vibration deviation criteria, relative to the sensing profile, for a duration threshold. By satisfying the vibration deviation criteria for the duration threshold, the new sensing data may indicate that the environment includes an activity associated with an increased likelihood of damage to the fiber optic cable relative to the sensing data. The device may perform one or more actions based on the new sensing data satisfying the vibration deviation criteria for the duration threshold. |
| US12117796B2 |
Methods for quickly optimizing geometric error compensation data of translational axes of five-axis numerically controlled machine tools
The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for quickly optimizing geometric error compensation data of a translational axis of a five-axis numerically controlled machine tool. The method includes: 1) establishing a volumetric positioning error model; 2) establishing an error database; 3) constructing a volumetric error compensation table; 4) establishing a compensation data optimization model to form an optimization model of three face diagonals and one body diagonal in a translational axis linkage mode; 5) completing iterative optimization and selection of the correction coefficients; 6) completing compensation of the geometric errors of the five-axis numerically controlled machine tool; and 7) iterating error correction data to the error database, performing linkage trajectory detection, presetting a positioning error threshold, and cycling the operations 2) to 6) to realize a machine tool precision guarantee system for periodic detection, optimization, and compensation. |
| US12117788B2 |
Control device with second processing unit that accesses variable via first processing unit
A control device includes a first processing unit and a second processing unit. One processing unit of the first processing unit and the second processing unit is configured to retain a predetermined variable available in both a calculation by the first processing unit and a calculation by the second processing unit, and the other processing unit of the first processing unit and the second processing unit is configured to access the predetermined variable via the one processing unit. |
| US12117785B2 |
Control device, model creation method, and control program
A control device includes a control component that performs model predictive control for each control period using a dynamics model representing a relationship between a manipulated variable and the position of a controlled object to generate a manipulated variable to be output to the servo driver. The dynamics model includes a first dynamics model representing a relationship between the manipulated variable and a position of a servomotor, and a second dynamics model representing a relationship between the position of the servomotor and the position of the controlled object. The second dynamics model is created using a waveform parameter extracted from a vibration waveform of the controlled object. The waveform parameter includes a vibration frequency. |
| US12117784B2 |
Apparatus, method and storage medium
An apparatus is provided, which includes a setting unit for setting an operation content for a manufacturing system configured to manufacture an object to be manufactured, a first acquisition unit for acquiring a posterior state parameter set indicating a state of at least one of the manufacturing system or the object to be manufactured after the operation content is set, and a learning processing unit for executing, by using learning data including the operation content and the posterior state parameter set, a learning process of a control model of the manufacturing system configured to output the operation content that increases a reward value determined by a preset reward function in response to input of a state parameter set indicating a state of at least one of the manufacturing system or the object to be manufactured. |
| US12117780B2 |
Supplying HMI snapshots from industrial automation environments as input to machine learning models
Various embodiments of the present technology generally relate to integrating machine learning models into industrial automation environments. More specifically, embodiments of the present technology include systems and methods for implementing machine learning models within industrial control code to improve performance, increase productivity, and add capability to existing control programs. In an embodiment, a system comprises a screen capture component configured to capture images of a human-machine interface in an industrial automation environment, wherein the one or more images include at least one visual depiction of data collected from an industrial device. The system further comprises an input component configured to provide the images to a machine learning model configured to analyze an operating condition of the industrial device. The system also comprises a determination component configured to, based on an output of the machine learning model, identify a current operating condition of the industrial device. |
| US12117777B2 |
Assembly for measuring the relative humidity level inside a watch case
An assembly (1) for measuring a relative humidity level inside a watch (2), comprising the watch (2) and a device (4) for determining the humidity level present in the enclosure (9) of a case (3) of this watch (2), the determination device (4) comprising a free space optical system and a control unit (7). The system includes: an emitter module (5) for emitting at least one light beam (8); and a receiver module (6) for receiving the at least one light beam (8); the control unit (7) being connected to the modules (5, 6) and the at least one light beam (8) emitted by the emitter module (5) defining an optical path partly comprised in the case (3) and extending as far as the receiver module (6) and the control unit (7) being configured to evaluate the absorption of the light beam (8) by the water vapour capable of being present inside the enclosure (9) of the case (3). |
| US12117776B2 |
Diving watch
A diving watch includes a first device for displaying the current time and a second device for analogically displaying a diving duration. The second device includes a hand dedicated to the indication of a diving duration and a rotating bezel provided with a visible face including a time scale including time graduations. The bezel cooperates with the dedicated hand, in particular continuously animated with a uniform rotational movement, by displaying an instant value of the diving duration. |
| US12117767B1 |
Image forming apparatus having plural dividing plates in a duct for guiding air
A second duct for guiding air outside an image forming apparatus A to a charging device includes: a first flow passage; a second flow passage bent from the first flow passage and extending in a direction orthogonal to a rotational direction and a rotational axis direction of a photosensitive drum, the second flow passage being provided with an outlet; and a plurality of flow dividing plates provided in the second flow passage, the plurality of flow dividing plates being disposed in parallel along the rotational axis direction and forming a third flow passage between the flow dividing plates adjacent to each other, in which a relationship between a length in the orthogonal direction and a length in the rotational axis direction of the third flow passage is a predetermined relationship. |
| US12117766B2 |
Process unit
A process unit includes a drum frame supporting a photoconductor drum and a development frame supporting a development roller. The development cartridge is swingably supported by the drum frame at a coupling joint provided at a first side of the development frame and a support portion provided at a second side of the development frame. A center of rotation of the development roller is located in a position shifted from a line segment connecting a center of rotation of the coupling joint and a center of rotation of the photoconductor drum to an upstream side with respect to a direction of rotation of the coupling joint as viewed in an axial direction of the development roller, such that the development roller is pressed against the photoconductor drum by the action of the rotatory force received by the coupling joint. |
| US12117764B2 |
Toner cartridge
A toner cartridge includes a toner accommodating unit including first and second accommodating portions and includes a light transmitting portion having an incident surface and an emergent surface. The toner accommodating unit includes first and second end portions with respect to a first direction and includes third and fourth end portions with respect to a second direction crossing the first direction. The first accommodating portion is provided with a discharge opening, and the second accommodating portion is provided with a receiving opening. The discharge opening and the receiving opening are positioned closer to the third end portion than to the fourth end portion in the second direction. The incident surface and the emergent surface are provided in positions closer to the fourth end portion than to the third end portion in the second direction and are exposed to an outside of the cartridge. |
| US12117761B2 |
Image forming apparatus with reversible roller and switching assembly
An image forming apparatus, having an image forming device, a reversible roller rotatable in a first direction and a second direction, a motor, a switching assembly, is provided. The switching assembly has a planetary differential gear having an input gear, a first output gear, a second output gear, and a planetary gear; a first driving-force transmitter connecting the first output gear and the reversible roller; a second driving-force transmitter connecting the second output gear and the reversible roller; and a switcher. The switcher switches conditions of the switching assembly between a first condition, wherein the reversible roller is rotated in the first direction by the first output gear allowed to output the driving force to the first driving-force transmitter, and a second condition, wherein the reversible roller is rotated in the second direction by the second output gear allowed to output the driving force to the second driving-force transmitter. |
| US12117759B2 |
Device with cover and image forming apparatus
A device with a cover includes a cover that is provided at an apparatus body, an opening and closing cover that is provided at the apparatus body to be adjacent to the cover in a state where a gap with the cover is provided, that is opened and closed by rotating around a shaft portion arranged on an inside with respect to a portion of the opening and closing cover on a cover side, and that is adjacent to the cover on a shaft portion side, and an overhanging portion that is formed at an end portion of the opening and closing cover on the cover side and in which an end portion on the inside overhangs from an end portion on an outside to the cover side in a range of a rotation trajectory having a largest radius formed at the end portion on the cover side with the shaft portion as a rotation center. |
| US12117753B2 |
Pressing device and pressing process apparatus using the same
A pressing device includes a first pressurization unit; a second pressurization unit that is provided to face the first pressurization unit, and sandwiches and pressurizes a medium moving in a contact region formed between the first pressurization unit and the second pressurization unit; and a contact region variable unit that changes a width dimension of the contact region along a moving direction of the medium in a state of maintaining a contact pressure on an outlet side of the contact region, in varying a contact state of the contact region. |
| US12117751B2 |
Fixing apparatus
A fixing apparatus includes a belt, a rotary member, a pad member, and a slide member. A distance in the conveyance direction between a first position and a second position is 3.0 mm or less. The first position is a downstream edge of a tip of a projection positioned most downstream in a direction of rotation of the belt. The second position is an upstream edge, in the direction of rotation of the belt, of the guide portion that contacts with the inner circumference surface of the belt. A distance in the pressing direction between a third position and a fourth position is 0.4 mm or more and 2.0 mm or less. The third position is the tip of the projection positioned most downstream in the direction of rotation of the belt. The fourth position is the same position as the second position. |
| US12117749B2 |
Fixing device and image forming apparatus incorporating same
A fixing device includes a rotator, a pressure rotator, a heater, and a conductor. The pressure rotator presses the rotator to form a fixing nip between the rotator and the pressure rotator. The heater is in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the rotator and heats the rotator. The conductor is grounded and has a contact portion in contact with a center region of the inner circumferential surface of the rotator in a longitudinal direction of the rotator. |
| US12117745B2 |
Developing cartridge having coupling and developing roller
In a cartridge, a housing has a developer accommodating portion and includes a first side wall and a second side wall. A coupling member is disposed at a position opposite to the developer accommodating portion with respect to the first side wall. A detection body is disposed at a position opposite to the developer accommodating portion with respect to the second side wall. A first driving force transmission member is positioned at the same side with the coupling member with respect to the first side wall, and transmits driving force from the coupling member to a rotating member. A second driving force transmission member is positioned at the same side with the detection body with respect to the second side wall, and transmits driving force from the rotating member to the detection body. |
| US12117741B1 |
Electrophotographic photoreceptor, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus
An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive base body and a multilayered photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive base body and including a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer, wherein the charge transport layer is an uppermost surface layer and contains a charge transport material, a polyester resin, and a compound (T) represented by Formula (T) below, the polyester resin includes a polyester resin (1) including at least one selected from the group consisting of a diol unit (P1) represented by Formula (P1), a diol unit (P2) represented by Formula (P2), a diol unit (P3) represented by Formula (P3), a diol unit (P5) represented by Formula (P5), and a diol unit (P6) represented by Formula (P6), the polyester resin (1) further includes a unit including a biphenyl skeleton, and end groups of the polyester resin (1) do not include fluorine atoms. |
| US12117740B2 |
Charging roller and image forming apparatus
Provided is a charging roller that can achieve excellent image quality and prevent detachment of particles in its surface layer. A charging roller 1 comprises a shaft 2 and, on an outer circumferential side of the shaft 2, at least a base layer 3 and a surface layer 4, wherein the surface layer 4 contains a binder resin 41 and particles 42, and the particles 42 contain 50 mass % or more of a same component A as at least one selected from components constituting the binder resin 41, and a content of the particles in the surface layer is 30 parts to 120 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the binder resin. |
| US12117735B2 |
Method of determining overlay error during semiconductor fabrication
The present application provides a method of determining an overlay error during a semiconductor fabrication. The method includes steps of forming a first structural layer comprising a target feature over a wafer; forming a second structural layer comprising a first axis, a second axis and a pair of alignment features over the first structural layer, wherein the pair of alignment features are disposed at the first and the second axes, respectively; and determining a relative displacement of the first and second structural layers using a position of the first axis relative to the target feature and a position of the second axis relative to the target feature. |
| US12117733B2 |
Method for measuring critical dimension
The present application discloses a method for measuring critical dimension. The method for measuring critical dimension includes providing a substrate; forming a resist layer over the substrate; monitoring a volatile byproduct evolved from the resist layer to obtain a first amount of the volatile byproduct; exposing the resist layer to a radiation source; heating the resist layer; monitoring the volatile byproduct evolved from the resist layer to obtain a second amount of the volatile byproduct; and deducting the critical dimension according to a difference between the first amount of the volatile byproduct and the second amount of the volatile byproduct. |
| US12117731B2 |
Method for producing a mirror of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus
This disclosure relates to a method for producing a mirror of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus, a first mirror part and a second mirror part being provided, which are in contact in the region of a first connecting surface of the first mirror part and a second connecting surface of the second mirror part. For forming a durable connection between the first mirror part and the second mirror part, the first mirror part and the second mirror part are heated up to a holding temperature of at least 400° C. and are kept at the holding temperature during a holding time. After the holding time has elapsed, the first mirror part and the second mirror part are cooled down to a first cooling temperature at a first cooling rate of less than or equal to 100 K/h. |
| US12117730B2 |
Method and apparatus for photolithographic imaging
A method for reducing M3D effects on imaging is described. The method includes identifying points within a source plane of the photolithography system that are associated with pattern shifts resulting from diffraction of light off a photomask under an angle of incidence between an imaging beam of radiation and the mask normal, determining pattern shifts associated with the identified source plane points, and modifying the source to reduce the determined pattern shifts. |
| US12117721B2 |
Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
Embodiments of a drain in a lithographic projection apparatus are described that have, for example, a feature which reduces inflow of gas into the drain during a period when no liquid is present in the drain. In one example, a passive liquid removal mechanism is provided such that the pressure of gas in the drain is equal to the ambient gas pressure and in another embodiment a flap is provided to close off a chamber during times when no liquid needs removing. |
| US12117718B2 |
Wavelength conversion module and projector
A wavelength conversion module includes a driving assembly, a wavelength conversion substrate, and a clamping element. The driving assembly is connected to the wavelength conversion substrate to drive the wavelength conversion substrate to rotate around a central axis of the driving assembly. The clamping element is attached to the wavelength conversion substrate along the central axis. At least one of the wavelength conversion substrate and the clamping element includes at least one recess and at least one through hole. A direction of the through hole is parallel to the central axis, and the clamping element, the recess, and the wavelength conversion substrate define at least one heat dissipation channel. The through hole is relatively adjacent to the central axis and is in communication with the heat dissipation channel. |
| US12117715B2 |
Adapter device, imaging apparatus, and accessory
An adapter device includes a first mount on one side and a second mount on another side. The first mount is detachably mounted to an imaging apparatus, and the second mount is detachably mounted to an accessory. The first mount has first through third mount recesses and first through third mount claws, disposed following a circumferential direction. The second mount has fourth through sixth mount recesses and fourth through sixth mount claws, disposed following the circumferential direction. The first through third mount claws are insertable to mount recesses on another imaging apparatus. The fourth through sixth mount claws are insertable to mount recesses on another accessory. A smallest angle range out of angle ranges in the circumferential direction of the first through third mount recesses is equal to or smaller than a smallest angle range out of angle ranges in the circumferential direction of the fourth through sixth mount claws. |
| US12117714B2 |
Camera carrying system with lockable strap and tripod adapter
A camera carrying system of the invention comprises a base attachment configured to be affixed to a bottom face of a camera, the base attachment including spatially-separated first and second bottom eyelets. A shoulder strap having first and second strap ends is connected to the first and second bottom eyelets and creates first and second tether points. The tether points define a rotation axis lying substantially parallel to the bottom face of the camera, substantially parallel to a rear face of the camera, and beneath a center-of-mass of the camera. A tripod adapter may be integrally formed in the base attachment so the camera can be readily mountable to a tripod once disconnected from the base attachment. A method is provided for stabilizing the carrying of a camera by a shoulder strap. The method comprises use of the camera carrying system. |
| US12117713B2 |
Nonlinear on-chip optical devices using AlScN
Nonlinear on-chip optical devices using AlScN are described herein. In one aspect, an optical component having nonlinear characteristics can include a first substrate defining a refractive index; and a nonlinear layer, the nonlinear layer disposed on the first substrate, the nonlinear layer comprising an amount of scandium (Sc), and the nonlinear layer defining a refractive index that is higher than the refractive index of the first substrate. |
| US12117712B2 |
1 x N optical switch
An optical switch is provided which is capable of driving control by the same FPGA and the same driving circuit configuration, and hence is capable of driving at a high speed and a low consumption power. The optical switch of the present disclosure is a 1×N optical switch having a structure in which with respect to an optical switch, a driving circuit of the optical switch is integrated in the vicinity of a control electrode of the optical switch. The optical switch includes a plurality of 2×2 optical switches and N optical gates. Different bias voltages (Vb) are set between the optical switches and the optical gates, and a driver for the 2×2 optical switch of the driving circuit and a driver for the optical gate are of the same circuit form. |
| US12117708B2 |
Thermo-responsive dual band electrochromic device
It relates to a thermo-responsive dual band electrochromic device, which is capable of selectively controlling the amount of sunlight radiation transmitted in the visible and in the near-infrared regions by operating under four distinct optical regimes, namely: fully transparent, visible blocking, near-infrared blocking, and fully blocking. The device can be regulated either by an electric stimulus, namely by controlling the sign and the intensity of the applied bias voltage, or by a thermal stimulus. In the latter the attenuation of incoming thermal radiation results increased as temperature increases. The thermo-responsive dual band electrochromic device comprises a first electrode consisting of a first transparent conductive substrate topped by a first electro-optically active layer and a second electrode consisting of a second transparent conductive substrate topped by a second electro-optically active layer separated by a temperature-dependent ion conductive layer consisting of a thermo-responsive polymer gel, an ion conductor and a plasticizer. |
| US12117700B2 |
Display panel and display device
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a display panel and a display device. The first fan-out wire in a first area is designed as a first portion of the first metallic layer and a second portion of a second metallic layer. The first portion of the first metallic layer is coupled to the second portion of the second metallic layer. The width of the first fan-out wire in the first area is less than the width of the fan-out wires in other areas. The distance between the first fan-out wires in the first area is less than the distance between the first fan-out wires in the other areas. While the impedance of the first fan-out wire is not increased or even reduced, the space occupied by the first fan-out wire is reduced. |
| US12117697B2 |
Liquid crystal display device
A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. Each pixel includes a reflective region and a transmissive region. The first substrate includes a reflective layer, an interlayer insulating layer provided to cover the reflective layer, and a pixel electrode provided on the interlayer insulating layer in each pixel. The interlayer insulating layer has a recess portion which is defined by a bottom surface and an inclined side surface and at least a part of which is located in the transmissive region. A depth of the recess portion of the interlayer insulating layer is 0.5 μm or more, and an inclination angle of the inclined side surface of the recess portion is 25° or less. |
| US12117694B2 |
Optical element and reflective sheet
An optical element includes a cholesteric liquid crystal layer obtained by cholesterically aligning a liquid crystal compound, in which the cholesteric liquid crystal layer has a region where a refractive index nx in a slow axis direction and a refractive index ny in a fast axis direction in a plane satisfy nx>ny, a helical axis of the cholesteric alignment is parallel to a thickness direction of the cholesteric liquid crystal layer, and a helical pitch in the cholesteric alignment gradually changes in the thickness direction of the cholesteric liquid crystal layer. |
| US12117693B2 |
Active emitter multiview backlight, display, and method employing a diffuser
A multiview backlight, multiview display, and method employ arrays of active emitters and a diffuser to provide an effective active emitter from emitted light from each active emitter. The multiview backlight includes an array of active emitters and a diffuser configured to provide effective active emitters having a predetermined size that is between one quarter and two times a size of a light valve of the multiview display. The multiview display includes an array of effective active emitters including active emitters and a diffuser configured to provide output emitted light. The multiview display further includes an array of light valves configured to modulate output emitted light to provide a displayed image. A spacing between effective active emitters is an integer multiple of a spacing between light valves of the multiview display. |
| US12117692B1 |
Display module and display device
A display module includes a backlight module and a display panel. The display panel is located at a light-emitting direction of the backlight module. The backlight module is provided with a through hole penetrating through the backlight module along a thickness direction of the backlight module, and has first region and a second region surrounding the first region. The first region surrounds the through hole. The backlight module includes a back plate and light-emitting elements arranged on a side of the back plate facing the display panel. The light-emitting elements include first light-emitting elements located in the first region and second light-emitting elements located in the second region. The first light-emitting elements are arranged around the through hole; and an arrangement density of the first light-emitting elements is larger than an arrangement density of the second light-emitting elements. |
| US12117685B2 |
Display panel and electronic device
The present application provides a display panel and an electronic device. The display panel includes a panel body, a light control layer, first light source, and a light sensor. The panel body includes a plurality of openings positioned in a first display region and a second display region. The openings in the second display region are provided with a plurality of color resists. The openings in the first display region are hollowed. The light control layer includes an optical layer including a matte state and a transparent state. The light sensor is disposed under the optical layer. At least part of the light sensor corresponds to the hollowed openings. |
| US12117681B2 |
Light-adjusting structure, manufacturing method thereof, and light-adjusting module
A light-adjusting structure, a method for manufacturing the light-adjusting structure, and a light-adjusting module are provided, which belong to the field of display technology, the light-adjusting structure includes: a first flexible substrate and a second flexible substrate oppositely arranged; a first transparent electrode and a second transparent electrode which are located between the first flexible substrate and the second flexible substrate; a first alignment layer located on a side of the first flexible substrate facing towards the second flexible substrate; a second alignment layer located on a side of the second flexible substrate facing towards the first flexible substrate; and a spacer and a dye liquid crystal layer which are located between the first alignment layer and the second alignment layer. The solutions of the present disclosure can meet light-adjusting requirements of vehicle windows. |
| US12117676B2 |
Contact lens
A contact lens for shaping a cornea of an eye of a patient to treat high cylinder astigmatism may include a peripheral portion, an alignment portion, a treatment portion, a reverse portion, and a staining feature. The peripheral portion may cause migration of epithelial cells from a periphery of a cornea of the eye of the patient towards a center of the cornea of the eye of the patient. The alignment portion may align the contact lens on the cornea. The treatment portion may cause migration of the epithelial cells from the center of the cornea towards the periphery of the cornea. The reverse portion may relieve pressure caused by the migration of the epithelial cells. The staining feature may contact the cornea, thereby reshaping the cornea to treat high cylinder astigmatism. The staining feature may apply a ribbon-shaped staining pattern to the cornea across the contact lens. |
| US12117668B2 |
Propagation optical system, virtual image display apparatus, and head-mounted display
In a propagation optical system to propagate light from an image display element to a light guide element, the propagation optical system includes: a prism having a first surface having negative power to which light emitted from the image display element enters; and a lens group having positive power. The prism and the lens group are arranged between the image display element and the light guide element along an optical axis, and the prism is closer to the image display element than to the light guide element. |
| US12117667B2 |
Optical apparatus, its control method, and storage medium
An optical apparatus includes a first driver configured to move a focus lens in an optical axis direction, a second driver configured to move a first driver in the optical axis direction, and a controller configured to control driving of the first driver according to a moving amount of the first driver by the second driver. |
| US12117666B2 |
Imaging lens driving module, image capturing apparatus and electronic device
An imaging lens driving module includes a lens carrier, a molded receiving base, a rolling element, a molded frame element and a driving mechanism. The lens carrier defines an optical axis. The molded receiving base is configured to receive the lens carrier. The rolling element is disposed between the lens carrier and the molded receiving base, and the lens carrier is allowed to be displaceable along the optical axis and relatively to the molded receiving base. The molded frame element is coupled with the molded receiving base for defining an inner space to receive the lens carrier. The driving mechanism drives the lens carrier displaceable along the optical axis, and includes a driving magnet and a driving coil, wherein the driving magnet is disposed on the lens carrier, the driving coil is corresponding to and faces towards the driving magnet. |
| US12117665B2 |
Optical device actuator and lens barrel provided with same
An optical device actuator comprises a movable frame (33) including a focus lens (L11); a main shaft guide (40); a piezoelectric element (36a); a weight (36b); a fixed frame (30); a guide holding frame (35); and a spring (36c). The piezoelectric element (36a) imparts vibration to a first end (40a) side of the main shaft guide (40). The fixed frame (30) supports the piezoelectric element (36a) and the weight (36b) disposed on the first end (40a) side of the main shaft guide (40). The guide holding frame (35) supports, in a fixed state, the main shaft guide (40) on a second end (40b) side on the opposite side from the first end (40a) side. The spring (36c) is provided on the first end (40a) side of the main shaft guide (40), and presses the piezoelectric element (36a) along the axial direction with respect to the first end (40a) of the main shaft guide (40) via the weight (36b). |
| US12117663B2 |
System and method of refining optical fiber
Embodiments include an optical fiber cable comprising a length extending between a first end and a second end, a central cooling tube, a plurality of optical fibers disposed radially around the cooling tube, each optical fiber comprising a fiber core and a cladding disposed around the fiber core, an outer protective cover, and an inner thermal filler disposed between the outer protective cover and the central cooling tube and surrounding each of the optical fibers, wherein each of the central cooling tube, the outer protective cover, the inner thermal filler, and the plurality of optical fibers extend the length of the cable. Various systems and methods for removing imperfections from individual optical fibers and for distributing power across long distances using the optical fiber cable are also provided. |
| US12117658B2 |
Fiber optic cable anchoring device for use with fiber optic connectors and methods of using the same
A fiber-optic connector housing (50) and cable (20, 20′) are attached together by an anchor (100, 200). The anchor includes a one-piece main body, a passage (110, 210), and an injection port (130, 230). The passage extends between first (102, 202) and second ends (104, 204) of the anchor. Strength members (40, 40′) of the cable are secured within the passage by a bonding material (90) and are thereby anchored to the connector housing. A proximal end (54) of the connector housing includes first (60) and second housing components (70) which capture the anchor. The passage passes through an optical fiber (30) of the cable. The passage includes first (120, 220), second (170, 270), and third portions (180, 280). The first portion radially positions the optical fiber. The second portion receives the bonding material and the strength members. The third portion receives a jacket (26, 26′) of the fiber optic cable. The injection port delivers the bonding material to the passage. The anchor may further include retention tabs (150) that fit within corresponding receivers (62, 72) within the connector. |
| US12117657B2 |
Fiber optic ferrule and a guide pin clamp with field changeable guide pins
A fiber optic ferrule and a guide pin clamp allows for changing guide pins in the field. The guide pin clamp has a forward clamp portion, a rearward clamp portion configured to engage the biasing spring and a guide pin retaining plate. The forward clamp portion and the rearward clamp portion move relative to one another to also move guide pin retaining plate from a first position to a second position to allow for the removal or insertion of guide pins. |
| US12117655B2 |
Optical module unlocking apparatus, optical module, and optical communication device
An optical module unlocking apparatus includes a housing, including a base and a mounting portion connected to one end of the base. The base has an accommodation area for installing a circuit board and an electrical component. The apparatus also includes an unlocking component, including an unlocking arm movably connected to the housing. The unlocking arm has an abutment portion for abutting against an elastomer of a cage, and the unlocking component is configured to push the unlocking arm outward relative to the housing in an insertion direction under an action of external force to separate the abutment portion from the elastomer. The apparatus further includes an elastic component on an outer side surface of the mounting portion and outside the accommodation area. A first end of the elastic component is connected to the mounting portion and a second end of the elastic component is connected to the mounting portion. |
| US12117654B2 |
Photonic crystal fiber assembly
A photonic crystal fiber (PCF) assembly including a PCF and at least one ferrule structure. The PCF includes a core region and a cladding region and a first fiber end section with a first fiber end. The ferrule structure is mounted to the first fiber end section. The ferrule structure includes an inner ferrule arrangement and an outer ferrule arrangement surrounding the first fiber end section. The inner ferrule arrangement includes an inner ferrule front section proximally to the first fiber end and an inner ferrule rear section distally to the first fiber end, and each of the sections has an inner diameter and in at least a length thereof fully surrounds the PCF. The inner ferrule rear section is anchored in an anchor length section to the first fiber end section and the inner ferrule front section supports the first fiber end section proximally to the first fiber end. |
| US12117653B2 |
Optical fiber connection and method of immobilizing the same
An optical connection includes a first connector, a second connector, a first holder connected to the first connector, where the first connector is secured by the first holder by tight fitting or bonding, and a second holder connected to the second connector, where the second connector is secured by the second holder by tight fitting or bonding. An adapter can be configured to connect with the first connector and the second connector, and a third holder can be connected to the adapter and interconnected between the first holder and the second holder. |
| US12117652B2 |
Multi-ferrule angled polished connector with simplified polarity reversal
A fiber optic connector has at least two optical fibers therein have end faces that are positioned such that they are directed in different directions. The end faces can be oriented relative to a key that is provided on a fiber optic connector housing that has a central opening in the main body of the fiber optic connector. |
| US12117645B2 |
Multicore optical fiber and design method
A multi-core optical fiber includes four cores arranged in a shape along a longitudinal direction, each of the four cores having a step-index type refractive index distribution with a radius, and a cladding region having a lower refractive index than that of each core and a diameter of 125±1 μm and provided on an outer portion of each core. An absolute value of a relative refractive index difference between each core and the cladding region is Δ. The four cores are arranged so that a relationship between a minimum distance from the center of each core to an outer periphery of the cladding region, a minimum value A of spacing between the cores, and the MFD at a set wavelength satisfies a Formula C1, and the radius of each core and the relative refractive index difference Δ between the core and the cladding region are set. |
| US12117643B2 |
Input device and control system
The number of light sources that emit light according to identification information regarding an input device is reduced. An input device (10) includes a first light source (S1), a second light source (S2), a first illumination part (E1) that is illuminated by light from the first light source (S1) in order to indicate identification information allocated to the input device, two second illumination parts (E2) that are placed at positions different from a position of the first illumination part (E1) and that are illuminated by light from the second light source in order to indicate the identification information, and a light guide member (50) that guides the light from the second light source (E2) to the two second illumination parts (E2). |
| US12117641B2 |
Laminated body and manufacturing method thereof, light guide plate unit, light source unit, display device, projection image display member, projection image display device, and display screen filter
Embodiments disclose an optical material having a visual confirmation effect due to higher directivity of light reflection than a conventional optical material. Embodiments can include a laminate having a multilayer laminated film in which 11 or more layers of different thermoplastic resins are alternately laminated. With respect to light in a wavelength range of 400 to 700 nm and that is perpendicularly incident on an outer surface of the multilayer laminated film, the laminate has an average transmittance in the above wavelength range of 50% or more. When average reflectances in a wavelength range of 400 to 700 nm with respect to S-wave light in the wavelength range, incident at angles of 20° and 70° with respect to the normal line of the outer surface of the film at azimuths ϕn (n: 1 to 5), are given as Rs20(ϕn) and Rs70(ϕn), respectively, the laminate satisfies, at least one azimuth ϕn:Rs70(ϕn)−Rs20(ϕn)≥50(%). |
| US12117640B2 |
Optical film
An optical film according to various embodiments of the disclosure may include: a prism pattern layer having one surface on which a plurality of prisms having pattern directions parallel to each other in a first direction are provided; a first diffusion layer provided on the other surface of the prism pattern layer; a base film that is in contact with the first diffusion layer on one surface and has an optical axis direction in a second direction different from the first direction; and a second diffusion layer that is in contact with the other surface of the base film. In addition, an optical film and a backlight unit including the optical film according to various embodiments may be provided. |
| US12117627B2 |
Image viewing systems and methods using a black glass mirror
An exemplary image viewing system includes a display device configured to emit visible light representative of an image provided for display by the image viewing system, an infrared light source configured to emit infrared light, a viewing lens, and a black glass mirror provided between the infrared light source and the viewing lens. The black glass mirror comprises black glass and a coating on an outer surface of the black glass. The coating is configured to reflect a first portion of the visible light emitted from the display device towards the viewing lens, pass a second portion of the visible light emitted from the display device to the black glass, and pass a portion of the infrared light emitted from the infrared light source toward the viewing lens. The black glass is configured to pass the portion of the infrared light and absorb the second portion of the visible light. |
| US12117617B1 |
System including light emitter and sensor assembly having conversion layer
The system may include at least one a light emitter configured to emit light over a range of wavelengths onto an environment and at least one sensor assembly. The range of wavelengths emitted by the light emitter may be of wavelengths that are above or below wavelengths used by a night vision imaging system. The sensor assembly may include an image sensor and conversion layer. The image sensor may capture images of the environment illuminated by the light emitters and sense light in a given range of wavelengths. The conversion layer may receive the emitted light and convert the emitted light to converted light with a wavelength within the given range of wavelengths associated with the image sensor. The image sensor may be further configured to receive the converted light from the conversion layer, capture an image of the light emitter and output image data associated with the captured image. |
| US12117614B2 |
Transparent lightguide for viewing a scene and a near-eye display
A light-guide optical element (LOE) for simultaneous viewing, of a real scene and of a projected image introduced into the LOE, having a transparent block along which light conveying a projected image propagates by internal reflection, and a plurality of internal partially reflecting surfaces obliquely oriented and configured so as to couple-out a part of said light, wherein the reflectance of each of the partially reflecting surfaces is such that the total power of the light that is coupled out is less than one third of the total power of the light that is introduced into the LOE. In some embodiments, the light of the projected image is polarized and the reflectance of the partially reflecting surfaces for light polarized in an orthogonal orientation is substantially reduced. In some embodiments, the reflectance of the partially reflecting surfaces for light not reaching the viewer is substantially reduced. |
| US12117608B2 |
MEMS micromirror device enveloped in a package having a transparent surface and having a tiltable platform
A MEMS micromirror device is formed in a package including a containment body and a lid transparent to a light radiation. The package forms a cavity housing a tiltable platform having a reflecting surface. A metastructure is formed on the lid and/or on the reflecting surface and includes a plurality of diffractive optical elements. |
| US12117605B2 |
Angular piezoelectric actuator for a MEMS shutter and manufacturing method thereof
A MEMS actuator includes a main body having a central portion, couplable to a substrate, and a peripheral portion suspended over the substrate when the central portion is coupled to the substrate. The peripheral portion has a deformable structure extending around the central portion, and forming successively arranged membranes. The MEMS actuator includes bearing structures and corresponding piezoelectric actuators. The bearing structures are fixed at their top to the deformable structure and laterally delimit corresponding cavities, each having a lateral opening facing the central portion of the main body and closed at the top by a membrane. A fixed part of the membrane is fixed to the underlying bearing structure and a suspended part is laterally offset with respect to the underlying bearing structure. The piezoelectric actuators are controllable to cause deformation of the corresponding membrane and rotation of the bearing structures around the central portion of the main body. |
| US12117604B2 |
Wavelength variable optical filter
The wavelength variable optical filter includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a bonding film, the bonding film is in contact with a first reflective film and a second reflective film to thus join the first substrate with the second substrate, the bonding film has transparency with respect to light of a predetermined wavelength range, and an optical path extending through the first reflective film, the bonding film, and the second reflective film has transparency with respect to light of the predetermined wavelength range and has no peak of transmittance with respect to a wavelength range measured by the wavelength variable filter. |
| US12117602B2 |
Wide-angle optical system and image pickup apparatus using the same
A wide-angle optical system includes a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power. At the time of carrying out a focal-position adjustment, the second lens unit is moved. The third lens unit includes a positive single lens on an image side of a cemented surface Sc having a negative refractive power nearest to an image in the third lens unit, and has a plurality of refractive surfaces having a negative refractive power on the object side of the cemented surface Sc. The third lens unit has at least one refractive surface Sp having a positive refractive power which satisfies following conditional expression (1): 0.02 |
| US12117601B2 |
Automated microscopic cell analysis
Disclosed in one aspect is a method for performing a complete blood count (CBC) on a sample of whole blood by metering a predetermined amount of the whole blood and mixing it with a predetermined amount of diluent and stain and transferring a portion thereof to an imaging chamber of fixed dimensions and utilizing an automated microscope with digital camera and cell counting and recognition software to count every white blood cell and red blood corpuscle and platelet in the sample diluent/stain mixture to determine the number of red cells, white cells, and platelets per unit volume, and analyzing the white cells with cell recognition software to classify them. |
| US12117600B2 |
Confocal microscope unit and confocal microscope
A confocal microscope unit according to an embodiment includes: a first subunit which includes a light source, a pinhole plate, and a photodetector; a second subunit which includes a light source, a pinhole plate, and a photodetector; a scan mirror which scans excitation light on a sample and guides fluorescence generated from the sample to the first and second subunits; a scan lens which guides the excitation light and guides the fluorescence to the scan mirror; and a main housing which is attachable to a connection port and to which the scan mirror, the scan lens, and the subunits are fixed, wherein the first subunit includes a dichroic mirror that separates the excitation light and fluorescence handled by the own unit from those handled by the second subunit. |
| US12117599B1 |
Medical light
A medical light (100) has an illumination unit (10) having lighting means (20) and optical means (30) for generating a light field (200), wherein the lighting means (20) are formed by an essentially punctiform LED light source (21) and the optical means (30) have a plate-shaped collimator (40) and a cover pane (50). The collimator (40) has a central area (42), which is provided with light-refracting structures (43) on a side facing away from the LED light source (21), and an outer area (46), which is provided with structures (48) designed for total reflection on a side facing toward the LED light source (21), wherein the cover pane (50) is provided with a lens structure, which has a plurality of individual lenses which each project the light emitted by the collimator (40) onto the object plane. The rear side of the central area of the collimator facing toward the LED light source is provided with partial surfaces (45, 145), which have an inclination in relation to a plane (E3) of the collimator (40), in order to asymmetrically expand the light field (200) in one direction. |
| US12117598B2 |
Variable focusing lens apparatus
An example variable focusing lens apparatus, as well as example methods for assembling and operating the example variable focusing lens apparatus, is provided. The example variable focusing lens apparatus includes a rear pair of coil elements powered by a rear coil current, a front pair of coil elements positioned in front of the rear pair of coil elements and powered by a front coil current, and a barrel lens assembly comprising a top magnetic element secured on a top portion of the barrel lens assembly and a bottom magnetic element secured on a bottom portion of the barrel lens assembly. In some examples, the barrel lens assembly is moveable to a plurality of barrel lens assembly positions corresponding to a plurality of current differential ratios associated with the rear coil current and the front coil current. |
| US12117596B2 |
Image lens assembly, imaging apparatus and electronic device
An image lens assembly includes five lens elements, which are, in order from an object side to an image side along an optical path, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element and a fifth lens element. The first lens element has positive refractive power. The third lens element has negative refractive power. The fourth lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The fifth lens element has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The image-side surface of the fifth lens element includes at least one convex critical point in an off-axis region thereof. |
| US12117588B2 |
System and method for using mechanical loading to create spatially patterned meta surfaces for optical components
The present disclosure relates to a system for producing a patterned nanostructured surface on a component from a pre-existing, nanostructured surface with a first spatial feature distribution on the component. The system makes use of a force application element configured to apply a force to the pre-existing, nanostructured surface, and a force application control subsystem. The force application control subsystem is configured to control elevational movement of the force application element along a first axis of movement into and out of contact with the pre-existing, nanostructured surface to apply a predetermined load to the pre-existing, nanostructured surface. The predetermined load is sufficient to modify the pre-existing, non-patterned nanostructured surface to create the patterned nanostructured surface. |
| US12117586B2 |
Proximity sensor
Devices, methods, and systems for detecting proximity. A first light emitter emits light for a first time period while a light detector is not sensing. A second light emitter emits light for a second time period while the light detector is sensing. In some implementations, the first light emitter directly illuminates the light detector during the first time period, whereas the second light emitter is obstructed from directly illuminating the light detector during the second time period. In some implementations, the first light emitter is obstructed from illuminating a display during the first time period, and the second light emitter is obstructed from directly illuminating the light detector during the second time period. In some implementations, the first light emitter emits the light during the first time period such that the light detector maintains a linear responsivity during the second time period. |
| US12117585B2 |
Motion detection while drilling
A method for detecting net relative motion between a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) tool and a specimen includes disposing the NMR tool and the specimen in sensory range of one another, causing the NMR tool to make NMR measurements of the specimen, and processing the NMR measurements to detect net relative motion between the NMR tool and the specimen. |
| US12117583B1 |
Method and device for mobile rapid exploration of mineral resources
Provided are a method and a device for mobile rapid exploration of mineral resources. The device includes a main magnetic sensor, a slave magnetic sensor and a ground vertical magnetic field sensor arranged in a ground reference station. During exploration, on the one hand, a semi-airborne artificial source exploration method is used to collect signals with the main magnetic sensor and the slave magnetic sensor, in which the slave magnetic sensor collects low-frequency motion noise, and the main magnetic sensor collects low-frequency motion noise and vertical magnetic field signals synchronously. On the other hand, vertical magnetic field signals in a same survey area are collected by the ground vertical magnetic field sensor, and then the low-frequency motion noise collected by the main magnetic sensor is estimated twice through two correlation mappings, so as to obtain a final vertical magnetic field measurement signal. |
| US12117582B2 |
Model for coupled porous flow and geomechanics for subsurface simulation
A method for generating a three-dimensional geomechanical model of a subsurface volume is provided. The geomechanical model may be used to predict changes in geomechanical stress in the grid (such as a three-dimensional unstructured grid), which may be caused by extraction from or injection into the reservoir. The geomechanical model may be generated by solving, in combination, the finite element method at the vertices of a respective cell in the grid for momentum balance and the finite volume method at the center of the respective cell for mass balance. In this way, one or both of rock displacement or pore flow may be solved using the geomechanical model. |
| US12117579B1 |
Method for frequency identification
A method for identifying a frequency producing a dominant vibration response of an underground structure includes the steps of inducing controlled acoustic waves in the structure via ground, the acoustic waves varying over a predetermined frequency range, measuring vibration response associated with the structure in response to the controlled acoustic waves over the predetermined frequency range, using a measurement device in vibrational communication with the structure, detecting a dominant vibration response among measurements across all frequencies of the predetermined frequency range, and, identifying a frequency of the predetermined frequency range which produced the dominant vibration response. |
| US12117573B2 |
High-power seismic wave early warning method and system
A high-power seismic wave early warning method is provided to use an earliest-arriving seismic wave to estimate a maximum power value of a later-arriving high-power seismic wave for a target site. When the estimated maximum power value of the later-arriving high-power seismic wave is greater than a warning value, an earthquake early warning is transmitted to an earthquake early warning device that is located at the target site. |
| US12117569B2 |
Dynamic calibration of lidar sensors
A method of calibrating a LiDAR sensor mounted on a vehicle includes storing a reference three-dimensional image acquired by the LiDAR sensor while the LiDAR sensor is in an expected alignment with respect to the vehicle. The reference three-dimensional image includes a first image of a fixed feature on the vehicle. The method further includes, acquiring, using the LiDAR sensor, a three-dimensional image including a second image of the fixed feature, and determining a deviation from the expected alignment of the LiDAR sensor with respect to the vehicle by comparing the second image of the fixed feature in the three-dimensional image to the first image of the fixed feature in the reference three-dimensional image. |
| US12117564B2 |
Scanning surveying system
A scanning surveying system comprises a base 5, an alidade 3 mounted on the base, a first motor 6 to rotate the alidade about a first axis 9, a rotating mirror 21 rotatable about a second axis 16, a second motor 23 to rotate the mirror. An optical distance measuring unit 11 is configured to direct measuring light onto the rotating mirror such that it is reflected towards objects and to receive measuring light back from these objects via the rotating mirror. The system further comprises a camera 81 and a controller for controlling the first motor based on the images recorded by the camera such that the measuring light is reflected from the rotating mirror in a direction corresponding to a selected location within the image. |
| US12117563B2 |
Light receiving device and distance measuring module
The present technology relates to a light receiving device and a distance measuring module capable of improving sensitivity. A light receiving device includes a pixel array unit in which pixels each having a first tap detecting charge photoelectrically converted by a photoelectric conversion unit and a second tap detecting charge photoelectrically converted by the photoelectric conversion unit are two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix. The first tap and the second tap each have a voltage application unit that applies a voltage, the pixel array unit has a groove portion formed by digging from a light incident surface side of a substrate to a predetermined depth, and the groove portion is arranged so as to overlap at least a part of the voltage application unit in plan view. The present technology can be applied to a distance measuring sensor or the like of the indirect ToF scheme, for example. |
| US12117561B2 |
Optical apparatus, and in-vehicle system and moving apparatus each including the same
An optical apparatus includes a deflection unit configured to deflect illumination light from a light source to scan an object and to deflect reflected light from the object, a light guiding unit configured to guide the illumination light from the light source to the deflection unit and to guide the reflected light from the deflection unit to a light receiving element, and an optical system configured to guide the illumination light from the deflection unit to the object and to guide the reflected light from the object to the deflection unit. The optical system includes a front lens unit that consists of lenses located closer to the object than an intermediate image and a rear lens unit that consists of lenses located closer to the deflection unit than the intermediate image. The rear lens unit consists of three or more and five or less positive lenses. |
| US12117551B2 |
Frequency-shift determination
A receiving apparatus (7) that can estimate a motion-induced frequency shift in a received signal comprises a processing system (205) and a receiver (204) configured to receive a signal comprising one or more instances of a transmitted signal. The processing system (205) is configured to generate data representative of a plurality of impulse response functions by deconvolving the received signal with each of a plurality of templates representative of the transmitted signal shifted in frequency by a different respective frequency shift. The processing system (205) is further configured to evaluate a signal-to-noise measure for each of the plurality of impulse response functions, and to identify an impulse response function of the plurality of impulse response functions for which the signal-to-noise measure satisfies a peak criterion. |
| US12117548B2 |
Methods and apparatus for locating RFID tags
A radio frequency identification (RFID) system includes an array of antennas to distinguish line-of-sight (LOS) paths from non-line-of-sight (NLOS) paths. The distance between adjacent antennas in the array of antennas is less than half the wavelength of the radio frequency (RF) signal of the system. Each antenna in the antenna array is also digitally controlled to change relative phase difference among the antennas, thereby allowing digital steering of the array of antennas across angles of arrival (AOAs) between 0 and π. The digital steering generates a plot of signal amplitudes as a function of AOAs. LOS paths are distinguished from NLOS paths based on the shapes (e.g., depth, gradient, etc.) of local extremes (e.g., maxima or minima) in the plot. |
| US12117541B2 |
Positioning method and device, and server and system
Provided is a positioning method, including following steps: current location information is determined, and the current location information is sent to a positioning server; identification information of a guidepost and guidepost location information of the guidepost sent by the positioning server are received; and an image of a current location is acquired, the image is matched with the identification information of the guidepost, and in response to a success in matching the image with the identification information of the guidepost, corrected current location information is obtained according to the guidepost location information, or the current location information and the guidepost location information. |
| US12117540B2 |
Systems and methods for improving localization accuracy by sharing mutual localization information
Systems and methods are provided for improving a localization estimate of a vehicle by leveraging localization estimates of surrounding vehicles. A vehicle may estimate its own location relative to a global reference frame. The vehicle may identify nearby vehicles. The vehicle may estimate the location of the nearby vehicles. The vehicle and nearby vehicles may generate and exchange localization packets containing information about the vehicles and the location estimates. The vehicle may refine its localization estimate based on received localization packets. |
| US12117537B2 |
Secondary positioning reference signals for non-terrestrial networks in 5G new radio
Satellites in a non-terrestrial network may provide positioning reference signals (PRS) to user equipment (UE), with which the UE may determine its position using propagation delay difference measurements, such as Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA) measurement. Due to the large distances between satellites and the UE, the propagation delay differences in the PRS received from satellites may exceed half a radio frame, resulting in a frame level timing ambiguity in the differential measurements. The satellites transmit secondary PRS, along with primary PRS, that include timing information to resolve frame level timing ambiguity of the primary PRS. The positioning occasions in the secondary PRS, for example, may be aligned with corresponding positioning occasions primary PRS within each radio frame, and are transmitted with a periodicity that is an integer multiple (greater than 1) of that of the primary PRS to resolve the frame level timing ambiguity of the primary PRS. |
| US12117535B2 |
Detection of multiple spoofed or faulty global navigation satellite signals
A system and method for detecting multiple spoofed or faulty global navigation satellite signals are provided. The system comprises a single antenna configured to receive satellite signals from a plurality of global navigation satellites, the single antenna located on a vehicle; a receiver in the vehicle, the receiver coupled to the single antenna; and at least one processor in the vehicle, the processor in communication with the single antenna through the receiver. The processor is operative to determine a unit vector in a direction from the vehicle to a global navigation satellite in local coordinates, from the satellite signals; determine a plurality of signal blocks, wherein the signal blocks are a collection of subsets of the satellite signals and a covariance matrix for the satellite signals; and determine which satellite signals in the signal blocks are spoofed or faulty by comparing a geometry of the local coordinates with satellite coordinates. |
| US12117531B2 |
Sensor system
A light emitting element emits detecting light toward an outside area of a vehicle. A light receiving element outputs a light receiving signal corresponding to reflected light. A processor detects information of the outside area on the basis of the light receiving signal. A translucent cover forms a part of an outer surface of the vehicle, and has a plurality of flat portions allowing passage of the detecting light. The processor excludes, from the information to be detected, a position corresponding a boundary portion between adjacent ones of the flat portions. |
| US12117528B2 |
Mobile 3D imaging system and method
A system and method for object detection in 3-dimensional space uses a ground up model that makes detecting objects faster and more accurate by combining the error correction and object detection, while also using flat planes as a basis for the mathematics. Two or more 3D scanning devices, such as scanning LIDARs, collect a 3D dataset for a field of view (FOV). The FOV is divided into boxes with a small degree of overlap, then each box is processed iteratively to identify features of an object contained within the box. Box size is chosen so that the portion of the object contained within the box can be assumed to be planar. Adjoining boxes are evaluated for shared data points then merged it the form part of the same object. |
| US12117526B2 |
Displacement meter and article manufacturing method
A displacement meter includes: a light source; an illumination optical system which forms a light intensity distribution at a predetermined position on an optical axis by using light from the light source such that a light intensity at a peripheral portion of the light intensity distribution is stronger than a light intensity at a center portion of the light intensity distribution; a light deflection portion which has an opening on the optical axis and a reflection part reflecting light of the light intensity distribution formed by the illumination optical system at the predetermined position; a first lens unit which collects light reflected by the reflection part and illuminates a measurement object; a sensor array which detects light reflected by the measurement object and passing through the opening of the light deflection portion through the first lens unit; and a measurement unit which detects a displacement of the measurement object by using outputs of the sensor array at different timings. |
| US12117524B1 |
Method to localize an underwater object
A method for locating an underwater acoustic source includes using first and second linear arrays to receive signals. These signals can be resolved into intersecting cones and a contour of possible source locations can be estimated. In further embodiments, a third sonar array can receive a bearing and a depression/elevation from a signal. This information can be used with the contour to estimate a source location. |
| US12117521B2 |
Radar device
A radar device is disclosed. The present disclosure in some embodiment provides a radar device configured to detect a target in front by using an antenna configured to transmit and receive a radar signal, including a housing having an upper side formed with an aperture to which a radome is coupled, a radar package disposed inside the housing and comprising the antenna, a signal processor, and a target information calculator, and a circuit board mounted with the radar package and a power block. |
| US12117520B1 |
Methods and systems for radar image video compression using per-pixel doppler measurements
Example embodiments relate to radar image video compression techniques using per-pixel Doppler measurements, which can involve initially receiving radar data from a radar unit to generate a radar representation that represents surfaces in the environment. Based on Doppler scores in the radar representation, a range rate can be determined for each pixel that indicates a radial direction motion for a surface represented by the pixel. The range rates and backscatter values can then be used to estimate a radar representation prediction for subsequent radar data received from the radar unit, which enables a generation of a compressed radar data file that represents the difference between the radar representation prediction and the actual representation determined for the subsequent radar data. The compressed radar data file can be stored in memory, transmitted to other devices, and decompressed and used to train models via machine learning. |
| US12117513B2 |
Environmentally aware remote control
Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, computer-implemented method, and/or computer-program product (computer-readable non-transitory storage medium) embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for an environmentally aware remote control. An example embodiment operates by at least one processor detecting a first signal and a second signal and receiving information corresponding to at least a physical position where a user is located relative to at least the first physical source. The at least one processor may further operate by calculating a time difference between a given sample of the first signal and a corresponding sample of a second signal at the physical position where the user is located, and adjusting a relative timing of the first signal with respect to the second signal. In some further embodiments, the at least one processor may adjust other attributes of either signal besides timing, e.g., audio characteristics such as volume, pitch, other filtering, etc. |
| US12117506B2 |
Magnetic field detection device and magnetic field detection device array
To reduce the number of components and simplify the circuit configuration in a magnetic field detection device capable of detecting a weak magnetic field without using a shield room. A magnetic field detection device includes a cancel coil wound around a winding core part of a bobbin, magnetic sensors fixed to mutually different positions of the bobbin, and a feedback circuit that makes a cancel current flow in the cancel coil according to an output signal from the magnetic sensor to cancel the environmental magnetic field in a cancel space. Since the cancel coil is used in common for the magnetic sensors, it is possible to reduce the number of components to be used and to simplify the circuit configuration. |
| US12117502B2 |
Earth leakage detection device and vehicle power supply system
An earth leakage detection device includes the following items. Voltage output unit generates a periodically changing periodic voltage and applies the periodic voltage to the other end of coupling capacitor via first resistor. Second resistor and third resistor are connected in series between a connection point between coupling capacitor and first resistor, and a predetermined fixed potential. Voltage measurement unit measures a voltage at a voltage dividing point between second resistor and third resistor. Diagnosis unit determines whether or not coupling capacitor is normal based on a voltage measured when switch is turned on in a state where voltage output unit outputs a fixed voltage. |
| US12117497B2 |
Battery status estimation apparatus and battery control apparatus
An apparatus coupled to an assembled battery with a plurality of serially-connected cells and for setting any one of the plurality of cells as a target cell and estimating a state of charge of the target cell includes: a cell voltage acquisition unit that acquires a measurement result of a closed circuit voltage of the target cell; a reference cell information acquisition unit that sets a reference cell with respect to the plurality of cells and acquires a closed circuit voltage and an open circuit voltage of the reference cell and a reference SOC value representing a state of charge of the reference cell; a temporary SOC operation unit that finds a temporary SOC value representing a temporary state of charge of the target cell on the basis of the closed circuit voltage of the target cell and the closed circuit voltage and the open circuit voltage of the reference cell; and an SOC operation unit that finds an SOC value representing the state of charge of the target cell by using a result of smoothing processing executed on a difference between the temporary SOC value and the reference SOC value. |
| US12117485B2 |
Wafer inspection system
A wafer inspection system is provided. The wafer inspection system includes: a transfer region in which a transfer device is arranged; an inspection region in which test heads for inspecting a substrate are arranged; and a maintenance region in which the test heads are maintained. The inspection region is located between the transfer region and the maintenance region, a plurality of inspection rooms accommodating the test heads are adjacent to each other in the inspection region, and the test heads are configured to be unloaded from the inspection region to the maintenance region. |
| US12117484B2 |
Test device
A test device for testing an object under test is provided. The test device includes a plurality of probe assemblies, a lower substrate, an upper substrate, a plurality of spacers, and a plurality of shielding structures. The lower substrate is used for being coupled to first contact ends of the plurality of probe assemblies. The upper substrate has a plurality of through holes. Second contact ends of the plurality of probe assemblies protrude from the upper substrate through these through holes, so as to be electrically connected to the object under test. The plurality of shielding structures is disposed between the lower substrate and the upper substrate. The plurality of shielding structures is resilient. The upper substrate, the lower substrate and the shielding structure define a plurality of accommodating regions, and each accommodating region is used for accommodating at least one of the probe assemblies. |
| US12117482B2 |
Virtual machine testing of electrical machines using physical domain performance signatures
Systems, methods, and computer program products for virtual machine testing of an electric machine. A test signature including parameter values measured during one or more static tests of the electric machine is compared to a reference signature generated by performing a similar series of static tests on a reference machine. The reference machine is then validated by subjecting the reference machine to full-load dynamic testing. The test and reference signatures may include a plurality of parameters each characterizing a physical property of the respective machines in one or more physical domains. The parameters are selected so that the electric machine can be qualified for operation in the field by comparing the test signature to the reference signature, thereby avoiding the need for full-load dynamic testing of the electric machine. |
| US12117481B2 |
Autonomous detection of memory insertion into test equipment without requiring power to the tester unit
Apparatus, systems, and methods for reducing memory product testing failures, including a memory tester that keeps track of how often a memory product is inserted into a memory product receiving component of the memory tester, and uses that information to trigger replacing the memory product receiving component when the count reaches or exceeds a threshold. The electronics can be arranged to increase the count even if a memory product is inserted into the memory product receiving component while the memory tester is powered off. |
| US12117479B2 |
Transient based method for identifying faults in a high / medium voltage electric power transmission system
The invention relates to a transient based method for identifying faults in an electric power transmission and/or distribution system (100) having at least one current transmission line (L12, L13, L23) comprising the following steps: —generation of a physical model of the at least one current transmission line (L12, L13, L23), the physical model depending on the fault parameters and describing the behavior of voltage and/or current transients due to the fault in the at least one current transmission line, fault parameters comprising a fault location parameter on said current transmission line (L12, L13, L23) and a fault impedance parameter, —measurement of voltage and/or currents evolution at least at one specific location in the said power system (100), —iterative simulation of the voltage and/or current evolution by the physical model at the measurement point with a set of fault parameters where at each step of iteration, simulated and measured voltage and/or current evolutions are compared and the set of fault parameters is adapted according to a convergence criterion, —identification of a fault with its fault parameters when convergence of the measured voltage and/or current evolutions and simulated voltage and/or current evolutions is reached in a limited number of iterations. |
| US12117478B2 |
Capacitor inspection method and inspection apparatus used for same
A method of inspection for a group of a same type of capacitors includes: a step of applying a DC bias voltage equal to or lower than the rated value of the group to a capacitor; and a vibration response voltage generating step of inputting an electric signal whose frequency continuously changes with time to a capacitor, causing mechanical vibration in the capacitor, generating a vibration response voltage from the capacitor, and outputting superposition of the DC bias voltage and the vibration response voltage as reaction voltage. |
| US12117475B2 |
Electric field sensor
An electric field sensor includes a light source; an electro-optical crystal, a first separator, a first wavelength plate, first and second light receivers, a differential amplifier, and a controller. The electro-optical crystal has light from the light source incident thereon and receives an electric field generated by an object. The first separator separates light emitted from the electro-optical crystal into a P wave and an S wave. The first wavelength plate changes a phase of light at a pre-stage of the first separator. The first and second light receivers receive the P wave and S-wave light respectively, and convert the received light into first and second electrical signals, respectively. The differential amplifier generates a differential signal between the first and second electrical signals. The controller adjusts a wavelength of the light source such that an output value of a direct-current component of the differential amplifier is within a value range. |
| US12117474B1 |
Measuring radio frequency electromagnetic waves using Rydberg electrometry
In a general aspect, a radio frequency (RF) measurement device includes first and second mode converters, each configured to convert a mode of the RF electromagnetic wave between a first RF waveguide mode and a second RF waveguide mode. The RF measurement device also includes an internal cavity between the first and second mode converters that contains a vapor or a source of the vapor. The vapor includes Ryberg atoms or molecules. The RF measurement device additionally includes an RF waveguide extending between the first and second mode converters and configured to carry the second RF waveguide mode through the internal cavity. In some variations, the RF waveguide includes first and second longitudinal portions disposed on respective, opposite sides of the device and configured to establish a target RF profile in an interaction region of the internal cavity. |
| US12117473B1 |
Method and system for measuring broadband impedance of renewable energy power generation device
A method and system for measuring broadband impedance of a renewable energy power generation device. A voltage disturbance is injected into the renewable energy power generation device by using a disturbance injection device, and three-phase voltage and three-phase current of each of preset measurement points are acquired. Relevant variables before the renewable energy power generation device is decoupled from a measurement device and impedance of a power grid, are calculated according to the three-phase voltage and the three-phase current of each of the preset measurement points. Impedance of the renewable energy power generation device after being decoupled from the measurement device and the impedance of the power grid, is calculated. |
| US12117471B2 |
Adapter for an energy meter and energy measurement device
An adapter for an energy meter, has a voltage converter, at least two first electrical terminals for connecting to respective conductors of a power network and at least two second electrical terminals to which an energy meter can be electrically connected. The voltage converter is electrically connected to the at least two first electrical terminals and the at least two second terminals and converts a first voltage, which can be applied to the at least two first electrical terminals, into a lower second voltage that is applied to the at least two second electrical terminals, where the voltage ratio between the first and the second voltage is predetermined and can be stored in an energy meter. There is a first distance between the at least two first electrical terminals that is greater than a second distance between the at least two second electrical terminals. |
| US12117470B2 |
Analysis device based on power consumption information about treadmill
The present disclosure provides an analysis device based on power consumption information about a treadmill. The analysis device includes: a current sensor configured to sense, in real time, a change in instantaneous current generated in the treadmill due to a variation in a load of an electric motor in a case in which a belt of the treadmill is driven while repeating rotational motion at a predetermined speed and an object to be measured exercises while stepping the belt according to the predetermined speed; and a processor configured to determine a movement pattern of the object to be measured based on a value of the change in instantaneous current sensed by the current sensor. Thus, it is possible to monitor a health status of the object to be measured. |
| US12117466B2 |
Sensor device
A sensor device includes a conductive layer. The conductive layer is interposed between a first principal surface of an IC chip and a sensor element and faces the sensor element via a resin-based adhesive layer. The sensor element includes: a moving part including a moving electrode; a fixed part including a fixed electrode forming capacitance between the moving electrode and itself; a first terminal connected to the moving electrode; and a second terminal connected to the fixed electrode. The IC chip includes: a signal processor that processes a detection signal from the second terminal; a first voltage generator that generates a first voltage as an operating voltage for the processor; and a second voltage generator that generates a second voltage corresponding to the sensor element's reference potential applied to the first terminal. The conductive layer is electrically connected to the first terminal. |
| US12117462B2 |
Lung cancer detection kit or device, and detection method
It is intended to provide a kit or a device for the detection of lung cancer and a method for detecting lung cancer. The present invention provides a kit or a device for the detection of lung cancer, comprising a nucleic acid capable of specifically binding to a miRNA in a sample from a subject, and a method for detecting lung cancer, comprising measuring the miRNA in vitro. |
| US12117461B2 |
Biological detection system and biological detection device
A biological detection system includes a control module, a bearing rotatable plate, a first driving module, rotatable sub-plates, second driving modules, and test cassettes. The bearing rotatable plate has a main rotating shaft. The first driving module is electrically connected to the control module and connected to the main rotating shaft, so that the bearing rotatable plate rotates about the main rotating shaft. The rotatable sub-plates each has a respective independent rotating shaft. The rotatable sub-plates are rotatably disposed on the bearing rotatable plate about the respective independent rotating shaft. The independent rotating shafts and the main rotating shaft may have different rotating directions and rotating speeds. The second driving modules are electrically connected to the control module, so that the rotatable sub-plates independently rotate about the respective independent rotating shaft. The test cassettes are detachably disposed on the rotatable sub-plates, and each of the test cassettes includes a micro-channel structure. |
| US12117458B2 |
Laboratory instrument and insertable network instrument
The invention relates to a laboratory instrument comprising a network interface apparatus (6), which is configured to provide, in the inserted position of the insertable instrument, a data connection between at least two network instruments of a laboratory instrument network (100), which network instruments are taken from the group of network instruments including at least a first control apparatus (4) of the laboratory instrument and the at least one insertable instrument (20; 30). The invention further relates to a laboratory instrument network including the laboratory instrument and a method for working on laboratory samples using the laboratory instrument network. |
| US12117454B2 |
Biomarkers for risk assessment and treatment monitoring in heart failure patients guided by natriuretic peptides
Methods for identifying a patient who is eligible for an intensification of heart failure therapy are disclosed. Furthermore, methods for optimizing B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and/or N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP)-type peptide guided heart failure therapy are disclosed. The methods are based on the measurement of the level of at least one marker in a sample from a patient who has heart failure and who receives B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and/or N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP)-type peptide guided heart failure therapy. Further described are kits and devices adapted to carry out the described methods. |
| US12117451B2 |
Test piece for albumin measurement
A dry test piece for albumin measurement is based on the improved BCP method as a principle, and enables the measurement of albumin at a high sensitivity. The test piece includes a support; and a reagent holding layer provided on the support and on which a sample is spotted. The reagent holding layer contains a protein denaturation agent (component A), an SH reagent (component B), bromcresol purple (component C), and a nonionic surfactant (component D). In the reagent holding layer, a weight ratio (D/C) of the component D to the component C is 0.3 to 13, a content of the component C relative to an amount of the spotted sample is 0.4 μg/μL to 5.4 μg/μL, a content of the component D relative to the amount of the spotted sample is 25 μg/μL or less. |
| US12117445B2 |
High throughput affinity sample preparation for mycotoxin analysis
The present disclosure relates to a method of separating a sample including a mycotoxin. The method includes flowing the sample through a column to load the sample on the column, washing the column to reduce impurities, eluting the mycotoxin from the column, collecting an eluted sample with the mycotoxin in a sample plate, sealing the eluted sample in the sample plate, transferring the sealed sample plate, removing the eluted sample from the transferred sample plate; and analyzing the removed eluted sample. The column can include an affinity resin, such as, for example, an immunoaffinity resin. The sample plate can be a 96-well plate. |
| US12117442B2 |
Methods of screening compounds
Disclosed herein are methods of screening candidate binding compounds to a plurality of target nucleic acids either of the same sequence or of different sequences utilizing a device configured to detect changes in the folding and unfolding force of the target nucleic acid upon binding to various candidate binding compounds. In the presence of a plurality of nucleic acid sequences, the methods described herein also can rapidly determine the specificity of the small molecule or polypeptide to a nucleic acid structure. Also, disclosed herein are methods of measuring binding kinetics of binding compounds to a target nucleic acid using a device configured to detect changes in the folding and unfolding force of the target nucleic acid upon binding to varying concentrations of the candidate binding compound. |
| US12117439B2 |
Compositions and methods for using fixed biological samples
The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for using fixed biological samples in partition-based assays. In at least one embodiment, the disclosure provides a composition comprising a fixed biological sample and an un-fixing agent contained in a partition, such as a discrete droplet. In some embodiments, the disclosure provides un-fixing agent compounds capable of catalytically cleaving crosslinks in fixed biological samples, particularly crosslinked nucleic acids, such as RNA. |
| US12117437B2 |
Enhanced RNA interactome capture (eRIC)
The present invention relates to an improved method of detecting RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) in cells, tissues or organisms, comprising the use of oligonucleotides comprising locked nucleic acid (LNA)-nucleotide analogues in the sequence thereof. |
| US12117436B2 |
Disposable system for analysis of hemostatic function
A disposable system, in some embodiments, includes a multi-channel or multi-chamber test cartridge device configured to operate with a testing system for evaluation of hemostasis in a subject by in vitro evaluation of a test sample from the subject. The disposable system, in some embodiments, is configured to interrogate the test sample to evaluate clot stiffness, strength, or other mechanical properties of the test sample to assess the function of various physiological processes occur during coagulation and/or dissolution of the resulting clot. |
| US12117430B2 |
Device and method for partial transfer of a liquid sample, comprising multiple components and method for the online determination and analysis of these components
The invention relates to a device and method for partial conversion of a fluid sample comprising a plurality of components and a process for on-line determination and analysis of components of a fluid sample comprising a plurality of components. The invention also relates to the use of the device as a sample treatment device. |
| US12117429B2 |
Mini point of care gas chromatographic test strip and method to measure analytes
A mini point of care gas chromatographic test strip and method to measure analytes is disclosed. A system for determining the concentration of at least one analyte in a fluid sample having a plurality of analytes includes a base substrate, a first electrode pair disposed over the base substrate, and a first sensing chemistry responsive to at least one analyte in the sample. The first sensing chemistry is in electrical communication with the first electrode pair, and a first chromatographic layer is disposed over the at least one sensing chemistry. At least one analyte of the plurality of analytes moves through the first chromatographic layer at a different rate relative to the movement of other analytes of the plurality of analytes. |
| US12117428B2 |
Liquid chromatography separation system
A liquid chromatography separation system includes a separator, a collector, a switch valve and a collection controller. The collector has at least one sample loop and connects the sample loop to a position farther downstream than the separator and collect an eluate including a desired sample component among sample components obtained by separation in the separator in the sample loop. The switch valve switches between a state in which the separator is connected the sample loop and a state in which the separator is not connected to the sample loop. The collection controller is configured to control an operation of switching the switch valve and collect a predetermined amount, which is equal to or smaller than a volume of the sample loop, of an eluate including a desired sample component obtained by separation in the separator in the sample loop from a peak-beginning point of the sample component. |
| US12117425B2 |
Gas chromatograph device
Provided is a gas chromatograph device capable of appropriately determining that a temperature of an entirety of a heating target has stabilized after cooling the heating target in a column oven to a target temperature after a temperature-rising analysis. A gas chromatograph device capable of performing a temperature-rising analysis cools an inside of a column oven by a cooling mechanism. When a detection temperature by a temperature sensor for detecting a temperature of the heating target has reached a target temperature after the inside of the column oven has been cooled, the heating target is heated by a heater. Upon reaching of the detection temperature of the temperature sensor to the target temperature, it is determined whether or not the temperature of the entirety of the heating target has stabilized based on power consumption of the heater. |
| US12117418B2 |
Ultrasonic inspection device and inspection method
An ultrasonic inspection device is an device for ultrasonically inspecting a rotor disc. The ultrasonic inspection device includes: an inspecting portion that has an ultrasonic probe for transmitting an ultrasonic wave to a disc surface of the rotor disc; a first magnet that movably holds the ultrasonic probe relative to the disc surface of the rotor disc; a drive wheel that causes the ultrasonic probe to move in a direction that intersects a radial direction of the rotor disc; a steering wheel that adjusts a moving direction of the drive wheel; a stroke sensor that detects the radial position of the ultrasonic probe being held relative to the disc surface; and a control device that controls the steering wheel on the basis of information detected by the stroke sensor such that the radial position of the ultrasonic probe falls within a predetermined range. |
| US12117411B2 |
Methods for analyzing a gas mixture and gas sensor
A method for analyzing a gas mixture, in which a layer which is configured for the adsorption and/or absorption of components of the gas mixture is exposed to the gas mixture. The method includes cooling the layer from a first to a second temperature and heating the layer from the second to a third temperature. While the layer has the first, second, and third temperature, at least one electrical resistance value of the layer is measured. A method is described in which a first and second layer are exposed to the gas mixture. The first layer is cooled from a first to a second temperature and the second layer is cooled from a third to a fourth temperature. While the first layer has the first and second temperature and the second layer has the third and fourth temperature, at least one electrical resistance value of the respective layer is measured. |
| US12117408B1 |
Device for detection of chemical properties of a sample using paramagnetic resonance
An electron paramagnetic resonant (EPR) instrument able to determine chemical properties of a sample using paramagnetic resonance is provided. In one embodiment, the instrument is able to measure the paramagnetic concentration of a wide variety of practical substances, ranging from food and beverages to biological specimens and solid-state electronic materials. The disclosed device can be portable and perform a measurement faster than commonly used techniques to quantify this parameter, including methods that use vibrating sample magnetometers and currently available electron paramagnetic resonance spectrometers. |
| US12117407B2 |
Determining geologic properties of a rock sample
Techniques for determining a geologic property of a rock sample include (i) measuring a mass of a processed rock sample that includes a solid matrix and a fluid entrained within the solid matrix; (ii) measuring, using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), a volume of the fluid entrained within the solid matrix; (iii) measuring, using a gas porosimeter, a volume of the solid matrix of the processed rock sample; (iv) measuring, with a mercury immersion porosimeter, a bulk volume of the processed rock sample; and (v) determining, based at least on the measured volume of the fluid, the measured volume of the solid matrix, and the measured bulk volume, at least one of a bulk density, a grain density, or a porosity of the processed rock sample. |
| US12117405B2 |
Method and system for providing optical distortion information of a vehicle glazing
Systems and methods for providing optical distortion information of a vehicle glazing are disclosed. In one example, a method comprises obtaining and analyzing, via at least one processor of a computing device, optical characteristics of the vehicle glazing; generating digitized optical distortion information for the vehicle glazing based on analysis results; generating identification information for the vehicle glazing; and associating the digitized optical distortion information with the identification information. |
| US12117402B2 |
Bioluminescent sensor for isothiocyanates
Disclosed are isothiocyanate (ITC)-detecting biosensors that utilize recombinant host cells containing an ITC responsive genetic element such as a saxA promoter, operably linked with a reporter element, such as a luxCDABE operon or ilux operon. Such biosensors can detect the presence of diverse ITCs in samples such as plant extracts, biofumigated soils and seed meal amended soils. |
| US12117400B1 |
Method for measuring Raman nano-light spectra from solid support
A surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)-active electrode include a solid support; a porous oxide layer containing transition metal oxide nanoparticles present on a surface of the solid support and has a mean pore size of 2 to 30 nm; and at least one of noble metal nanoneedles and noble metal nanorings present on the porous oxide layer. The noble metal nanoneedles have an average length of 350-800 nm, a flat end with an average width in a range of 100-150 nm, and a pointed end. The noble metal nanorings have a thickness of 50-300 nm and are present in the form of annular clusters having various elliptical shapes with an average diameter in a range of 35-60 nm. |
| US12117396B2 |
Biochemical substance analysis system, method, and device
A biochemical substance analysis system (5) is used to detect biological characteristics of a sample in a flow cell (38), and includes a detection system (51), a scheduling system (53), a biochemical reaction system (55), and a control system (57). The scheduling system (53) is used to schedule the flow cell (38) at different sites, including sites in the detection system (51) and sites in the biochemical reaction system (55). The biochemical reaction system (55) is used to allow the sample to react in the flow cell (38). The detection system (51) is used to detect a signal from the reacted sample to obtain a signal representing the biological characteristics of the sample. The control system (57) is used to control the detection system (51), the scheduling system (53), and the biochemical reaction system (55) to cooperate. The disclosure improves automation degree and flux of the biochemical substance analysis. |
| US12117392B2 |
Gas sensor
A gas sensor includes a light receiving element, a light emitting element, an integrated circuit, a lead frame, and a sealing member configured to seal these into a package. The lead frame includes at least one die pad portion and a plurality of terminal portions, the die pad portion includes a first region having a first thickness and a second region having a second thickness thinner than the first thickness, the integrated circuit is arranged on the second region of the die pad portion, the light emitting element is electrically connected to at least one of the plurality of terminal portions, the light receiving element is electrically connected to the integrated circuit and is arranged on the opposite side to the light emitting element with the integrated circuit interposed therebetween, and the integrated circuit is electrically connected to at least one of the plurality of terminal portions. |
| US12117389B2 |
Optical flow cell for an optical measuring device
The present invention relates to an optical flow cell for a measuring device, having an input light guide with a light exit surface, an output light guide with a light entrance surface, said input light guide and output light guide being integrated with a holder to form an optical flow cell, and wherein the holder extends along a first axis and has a through hole for receiving a flow of a sample fluid, said through hole being transversal to said first axis, and the input light guide and output light guide further are arranged in said holder so that the light exit surface and the light entrance surface extend into said through hole and are arranged to be in optical alignment with each other and at a first distance from each other. The invention also relates to a measuring device having at least one optical flow cell. |
| US12117388B2 |
Method for bacterial detection using film formation promotion with enhanced corrosion imbalance
A system and method adapted to have high sensitivity to the formation of biofilm by mixed community bacteria in fluids. The system enhances corrosion imbalance by differentiating conditions between metal sensor elements immersed in the liquid being monitored. The liquid may be diverted to and flowed through a sample chamber where adjacent sensor elements may reside in different flow velocity or temperature regions. The differentiated conditions allow for different film formation on one of the sensor elements relative to the other, and also more quickly than in the main system from which the sampled liquid has been diverted. The differentiated formation allows the use of measurement of polarization current between the metal sensors to produce data with superior resolution relative to prior methods. The speed of film formation promoted by the differentiated conditions allows for determination of risk of film formation in the main system prior to that film's formation in the main system. |
| US12117387B2 |
Biosensor, method for manufacturing the same, and analysis method using the same
The present invention provides a cell measurement device and method in which retroreflective particles are introduced to measure cells, and thus, an optical signal is obtained without fixing of life activity of cells and performing a separate staining process. An example of the use of retroreflection-based cytometry is evaluation of cell migration. The cells capture the retroreflective particles during cell migration or growth, and migrate in a state that the particles are captured in the cell or bind to the cells. The migrated cells are observed in a form of bright dots inside the cells under irradiation of white light as a non-spectroscopic light source to the cells in the retroreflective optical system. The number of bright spots is counted, and thus, the number of cells and the presence thereof thus can be easily measured based on an image. |
| US12117386B2 |
Inspection device and inspection method for pillar-shaped honeycomb filter
An inspection device for a pillar shaped honeycomb filter includes: a housing portion that can house a pillar shaped honeycomb filter; an introduction pipe and a discharge pipe through which a gas can flow, each of the introduction pipe and the discharge pipe being connected to the housing portion; a particle generation portion for generating particles; a particle introduction portion for introducing the particles generated by the particle generation portion into the introduction pipe; a gas stirring portion arranged in the introduction pipe on an upstream side of the particle introduction portion in a gas flow direction; and particle counters for measuring the number of particles, the particle counters being arranged in the introduction pipe and the discharge pipe on a downstream side of the particle introduction portion in the gas flow direction. |
| US12117381B2 |
Automated systems and methods for preparing biological specimens for examination
The apparatus disclosed herein features a substrate arm and gripper, a platform having a top surface located opposite the substrate when the substrate arm is in a specimen processing position and featuring at least one fluid port located on a surface of the platform facing the substrate and at least one vacuum port located on the surface of the platform facing the substrate, and during operation, the apparatus is configured to (a) dispense a first quantity of fluid from the at least one fluid port to fill a separation between the substrate and the platform, (b) dispense an additional quantity of fluid from the at least one fluid port into the separation to displace a portion of the first quantity of fluid, and (c) remove the portion of the first quantity of fluid from the separation through the at least one vacuum port. |
| US12117380B2 |
Milling with ultraviolet excitation
Milling with ultraviolet excitation (MUVE) realizes high-throughput multiplex imaging of large three-dimensional samples. The instrumentation may comprise a UV-source attachment, precision stage attachment, and/or a blade assembly, and the instrumentation may overcome several constraints inherent to current state-of-the-art three-dimensional microscopy. MUVE offers throughput that is orders of magnitude faster than other technology by collecting a two-dimensional array of pixels simultaneously. The proposed instrumentation also utilizes serial ablation and provides the opportunity for true whole-organ imaging at microscopic resolution. |
| US12117379B2 |
Sample dispersing device and sample dispersing method
The present claimed invention shortens cleaning time of a container of a sample dispersing device and reduces variation of a cleaning state. The present claimed invention is a sample dispersing device 100 that disperses a powder sample (W) on an upper surface of an analytical member 10 and that comprises a container 2 that has a placing surface 2x on which the analytical member 10 is placed, an introducing mechanism 3 that introduces the powder sample (W) into inside of the container 2, and a covering member 4 that covers an inner surface of the container 2 and that can be attached to and removed from the container 2. |
| US12117377B2 |
Platform for sampling viral particles on surfaces, porous structures, and in the air
A platform for sampling viral particles on surfaces and porous structures and in the air. The sampling platform includes, for example, a collection pad configured for quantitating viral loads in a fomite or captured form the air. A reservoir or liquid container is associated with the collection pad for interacting a virus collection zone of the collection pad. A liquid medium is disposed within the container. At least one pump is operably configured to move the liquid medium or air through the collection pad for extracting viral particles from the environment. |
| US12117376B2 |
System for monitoring environment and monitoring method based on system for monitoring environment
Embodiments provide a system for monitoring an environment and a monitoring method based on a system for monitoring an environment. The system for monitoring the environment includes: a sampling device, configured to collect environmental samples from the process areas and including a system sampling pipeline, the environmental sample containing air; an analysis device, connected to an output end of the system sampling pipeline and configured to analyze the collected environmental samples; and an air supply device, connected to the system sampling pipeline and configured to provide a purge gas and purge the system sampling pipeline using the purge gas. In a period for a single sampling, a ratio between a time period for purging the system sampling pipeline using the air supply device and a time period for sampling by the sampling device is controlled to be 1:5. |
| US12117375B2 |
Machine health monitoring
Devices, systems, and techniques are described that relate to the monitoring of various types of components in industrial systems. These include battery-less monitors that run on power harvested from their environments, systems for acquiring monitor data for the components in a facility, and/or techniques for processing monitor data to reliably determine the status of individual components and other system parameters. |
| US12117374B2 |
Cold weather air conditioner testing environment
A self-contained shelter environment which permits the testing of air conditioning systems at temperatures below the manufacturer's recommended operating range for the compressor thereof. |
| US12117373B2 |
Testing apparatus of utility pole
A utility pole testing apparatus includes three or more utility poles including a first utility pole, a second utility pole, and a third utility pole, a support line that is stretched between the first utility pole and the second utility pole, and is also stretched between the second utility pole and the third utility pole, a rail extended in a direction that intersects both a direction in which the three or more utility poles extend and a direction in which the support line is stretched between the first utility pole and the second utility pole, and a carriage configured to support the third utility pole, the carriage being movably provided along the rail together with the third utility pole. |
| US12117370B1 |
Physical simulation test system for studying tunnel structure under active fault movements
A physical simulation test system for studying a tunnel structure under active fault movements includes: a simulation box, a loading frame, a first loading mechanism, a second loading mechanism and a third loading mechanism. The simulation box is a hollow and open box structure including a first box and a second box that can slide relative to each other. The loading frame includes a crossbeam, a first bracket, a second bracket, and a third bracket. The simulation box is located below the crossbeam, between the first bracket and the second bracket, and in front of the third bracket. The first loading mechanism is disposed on the first bracket, the second loading mechanism is located below the first box, and the third loading mechanism is disposed on the third bracket. The three loading mechanisms are configured to provide loading forces in three different directions to the first box. |
| US12117369B2 |
System and method for leak testing a sealed package
A system is provided for leak testing a package having a body with an opening, a gas permeable material reaching over the opening, and an adhesive bond attaching the gas permeable material to the body beside the opening. The system includes a coupling element configured to connect with the package to enable potential leakage air flow paths into the coupling element, including a) from inside the package through the opening and further through the gas permeable material, and b) from an ambient atmosphere into the package and further through the gas permeable material. |
| US12117368B2 |
Device and method for detecting a leak
A device, structure, use and method for detecting a leak in a building, particularly in a roof, and/or in a wall and/or a ceiling and/or a floor, particularly in a wet room, of the building, comprising at least one pipe in which a fluid can be conducted, wherein a suction device is in fluid connection with a first end of the at least one pipe. An absorbent material is provided and a second end of the at least one pipe is arranged such that the fluid can be removed from the absorbent material, and at least one measuring device for analyzing the fluid is in fluid connection with the pipe. |
| US12117367B2 |
Arrangement for testing vehicle components and a method for setting up an arrangement for testing
There is provided an arrangement for testing vehicle components, the arrangement including a test system and at least one test chamber for components to be tested. The arrangement includes an infra structure module including a transportable container for accommodating test system equipment, and at least two test modules that each include a transportable container including the test chamber for the vehicle components to be tested. The Infra structure module is between the test modules. The arrangement further includes a test system connection element for operatively connecting the test system equipment at the infra structure module to the test module. |
| US12117363B2 |
Values for drivetrain
When a gateway, which provides one or more drivetrain domain specific knowledge services and include one or more simulation tools, receives a request relating to a drivetrain, the request containing identification information identifying one or more components of the drivetrain, and possibly one or more operation conditions, the gateway retrieves, based on the identification information, component information on one or more components of the drivetrain, the component information indicating for each component a component type. The gateway also retrieves, based on one or more component types in the component information and received one or more operation conditions, if any received, one or more values. Then the gateway uses at least the retrieved one or more values as input for a simulation; and outputs a simulation result for the drivetrain and/or for one or more of components the drivetrain. |
| US12117360B2 |
System and method for intelligent monitoring strain and temperature of bullet tank based on distributed optical fibers
In a system for intelligent monitoring strain and temperature of a bullet tank, distributed strain fiber optic cables and distributed temperature fiber optic cables are laid on a surface of a bullet tank body, and pressure gauges are arranged in a soil layer below the bullet tank body, so that the surface and surrounding states of the bullet tank body are monitored. Detected data is gathered by collectors and then transmitted to a field control system. The field control system respectively performs data communication with a numerical simulation system and a central control display screen. The numerical simulation system uses finite element software to simulate the bullet tank body and the soil layer below, determines a corresponding temperature and stress change range, and transmits the temperature and stress change range to the field control system for comparison with the detected data. |
| US12117355B2 |
Sealing element for a pressure sensor assembly for a motor vehicle and pressure sensor assembly
A sealing element for a pressure sensor assembly for a motor vehicle for crash detection. The sealing element has a through-recess running in an axial direction and a main body having an outer wall and an inner wall surrounding the through-recess, as well as having a lower axial end and an upper axial end, wherein the inner wall of the main body has a first wall section widening towards the lower axial end, wherein the lower axial end of the main body faces the pressure sensor housing in the assembled state, and wherein the first wall section forms a contact surface for contact with the pressure sensor housing, on which at least sections of the pressure sensor housing rest in the assembled state. |
| US12117354B2 |
Capacitance detection sensor, capacitance detection sensor module and state determination method using capacitance detection sensor
A pair of first electrodes 111, 112 is arranged in a state being separated in a direction parallel to a contact surface 102 of a base material 10 made of a dielectric and being at least partially in contact with the base material 10. A pair of second electrodes 121, 122 is arranged in a state of overlapping at least one of the pair of first electrodes and sandwiching the base material 10 at a position farther from the contact surface 102 of the base material 10 than the pair of first electrodes 111 and 112 in a direction perpendicular to the contact surface 102 of the base material 10. The proximity state of an object Q with respect to the contact surface 102 of the base material 10 is detected according to the measurement result of the capacitance C1 between the pair of first electrodes 111 and 112. |
| US12117353B2 |
Vaporizer heater and temperature sensing element
Various embodiments of a heating and temperature sensing assembly of a vaporizer device are described herein. In some embodiments, the heating and temperature sensing assembly may include a support plate made out of a thermally conductive material. The heating and temperature sensing assembly may include a heating element including a first electrically conductive pathway extending along the support plate. The heating element may be configured to heat the support plate for heating the vaporizable material. The heating and temperature sensing assembly may include a temperature sensing element having a second electrically conductive pathway extending along the support plate. The temperature sensing element may be configured to sense a temperature of the support plate. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also described. |
| US12117352B2 |
Method, device and system for monitoring IGBT junction temperature
The invention relates to a method, a device and a system for monitoring the IGBT junction temperature, wherein the linear relationship between each turn-off DC bus ringing peak voltage and the corresponding turn-off IGBT junction temperature, the phase current directions, and the initial and secondary states of the half-bridge arms are used to accurately determine the monitoring time of the turn-off DC bus ringing peak voltage, thereby obtaining the IGBT junction temperature at a converter level with higher sensitivity. The IGBT junction temperature obtained using the junction temperature monitoring method provided by the invention is an appropriate converter-level parameter, which has a good application prospect in multi-IGBT junction temperature estimation. |
| US12117348B2 |
Housing element for securing at least one temperature sensor on a measuring object
A housing element for securing a temperature sensor on a measuring object includes a filling and a sheath surrounding at least a portion of the filling. The filling forming a sensor cavity housing the temperature sensor and an insertion channel receiving the measuring object. |
| US12117347B2 |
Metrology target design for tilted device designs
Metrology methods, modules and targets are provided, for measuring tilted device designs. The methods analyze and optimize target design with respect to the relation of the Zernike sensitivity of pattern placement errors (PPEs) between target candidates and device designs. Monte Carlo methods may be applied to enhance the robustness of the selected target candidates to variation in lens aberration and/or in device designs. Moreover, considerations are provided for modifying target parameters judiciously with respect to the Zernike sensitivities to improve metrology measurement quality and reduce inaccuracies. |
| US12117346B2 |
Startup procedure for a passive infrared sensing circuit
A control device may comprise a passive infrared sensing circuit configured to operate in a charging state to charge one or more capacitors to appropriate voltages for operation in an operational state of the sensing circuit. The sensing circuit may comprise a pyroelectric detector configured to generate an output signal in response to received infrared energy, and first and second amplifier circuits configured to amplify the output signal. The control device may comprise a control circuit coupled to receive a sensing signal from the second amplifier circuit. Prior to the operational state, a capacitor of the first amplifier circuit may charge through a diode coupled between an output and an inverting input of an operational amplifier. In addition, prior to the operational state, a capacitor of the passive infrared sensing circuit may charge through the control circuit until the magnitude of a voltage across the capacitor exceeds a threshold voltage. |
| US12117345B2 |
Systems and methods for thermal radiation detection
Systems and methods for thermal radiation detection utilizing a thermal radiation detection system are provided. The thermal radiation detection system includes one or more mercury-cadmium-telluride (HgCdTe)-based photodiode infrared detectors or Indium Arsenide (InAs)-based photodiode infrared detectors and a temperature sensing circuit. The temperature sensing circuit is configured to generate signals correlated to the temperatures of one or more of the plurality of infrared sensor elements. The thermal radiation detection system also includes a signal processing circuit. |
| US12117341B1 |
Spectrometer
Disclosed is a spectrometer including a slit unit and a collimating member sequentially arranged along a path of pre-diffraction radiation light, a focusing member and a detection unit sequentially arranged along a path of post-diffraction radiation light, and the diffraction grating located between the collimating member and the focusing member, wherein the slit unit, the collimating member, the diffraction grating, and the focusing member are seated in one plane and are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance, and the detection unit is spaced apart from one plane and is located under or above the diffraction grating. |
| US12117336B2 |
Optical fiber sensing system, optical fiber sensing method, and optical fiber sensing apparatus
An optical fiber sensing system according to this disclosure includes: a first optical fiber network (10A) configured to detect first sensing information about a monitoring target; a second optical fiber network (10B) configured to detect second sensing information about the monitoring target; a first reception unit (21A) configured to receive a first light signal from the first optical fiber network (10A); a second reception unit (21B) configured to receive a second light signal from the second optical fiber network (10B); and an identification unit (22) configured to identify the monitoring target, based on the first sensing information included in the first light signal, and the second sensing information included in the second light signal. |
| US12117335B2 |
Sound isolation testing system and sound isolation testing method
A sound isolation testing system and a sound isolation testing method are provided. The sound isolation testing system is adapted to test a product having a sound hole, and includes a detection device and a gas pressure detector. The detection device includes a gas cover, and the sound hole is sealed by the gas cover. The gas pressure detector is electrically connected to the detection device. The gas pressure detector determines a gas pressure change rate in the sound hole, and calculates the sound isolation value of the product according to the gas pressure change rate. |
| US12117333B2 |
Displacement measurement apparatus for structure
An apparatus includes an acquisition means for acquiring the displacement quantity in a time-series manner, the displacement quantity being generated at a measurement part of a structure by the weight of a vehicle that travels on the structure, a detection means for detecting the position and the clock time of the vehicle that travels a pre-passage area of the measurement part, an estimation means for estimating the arrival time that the vehicle arrives at the measurement part, from the position of the measurement part and the position and the clock time of the vehicle, and a control means for controlling the acquisition means on the basis of the estimated arrival time. |
| US12117332B2 |
Machine to fill and weigh containers and corresponding weighing method
A machine to fill and weigh containers (100) is described, comprising at least one movement device (18) configured to transport one or more containers (100) between at least two work stations (12) disposed in a work direction (F) which defines a movement path between said at least two work stations (12), wherein along the movement path at least one weighing device (17) is present to acquire the measurement of the mass of said one or more containers (100). A method to weigh the containers (100) is also described, actuated in the machine to fill and weigh containers as above. |
| US12117329B1 |
Container monitoring system and method thereof
The presented invention is a system, which may be attached to a face of a container, such as a barrel or a tank, that includes at least one antenna and an electronic system that causes the transmission of one or more signals in at least one frequency range, where the transmitted signals that are reflected off the fluid or liquid contained within the container are collected and evaluated by a method that determines a level of the fluid or liquid within the container based on the received reflections. The system and method further achieves technical advantages over the prior art as the invention disclosed remains external to the enclosed system (barrel, etc.) and does not affect the internal ecosystem or contents of the barrel. |
| US12117326B2 |
Filling device and filling system for volumetric metering of powder
The disclosure relates to a filling device and to a filling system for volumetric metering of powder in a metering container. The filling device includes a retaining device permeable to air but impermeable to the powder. The retaining device in the course of the metering process covers a filling aperture of the metering container and a rim of the metering container encircling the filling aperture, a filling pipe which has been passed through the retaining device into the metering container, and first underpressure generator for generating an underpressure or partial vacuum on the retaining device on the side thereof facing away from the metering container. The filling pipe exhibits a blocking portion, the blocking portion being at least partially permeable to air but impermeable to the powder. The filling device includes a second underpressure generator for generating an underpressure on the blocking portion on the outside thereof. |
| US12117322B2 |
Magnetic-inductive flowmeter
A magnetic-inductive flowmeter includes: a housing having first and second housing parts connected via a guide element, which is configured to enable a distance between the first and second housing parts to be linearly adjustable; an exchangeable measurement tube for guiding a flowable medium; two measurement electrodes mounted in the measurement tube; a magnetic field-generating device for generating a magnetic field permeating the measurement tube; and at least two connection contacts, each electrically connected to a measurement circuit, wherein the measurement tube is reversibly interlockingly and/or frictionally arranged between the first housing part and the second housing part of the housing. |
| US12117321B2 |
Diagnostic methods
A diagnostic method for verifying the proper functioning of flow devices of a fluid system including at least one of at least one fluid heater, a bypass conductor connected in parallel to the at least one fluid heater, a bypass valve configured to control flow through the bypass conductor, at least one flow valve for controlling a fluid flow through the fluid system, at least one pump, at least one pressure sensor for obtaining a pressure of the fluid flow and at least one flow sensor for obtaining a flowrate of the fluid flow. The method includes selectively turning on and off the bypass valve and the at least one pump and obtaining pressure measurements at various times during the execution of the diagnostic method to identify the health of the at least one pressure sensor and the at least one pump. |
| US12117319B2 |
Display methods, techniques, and apparatus for obscured feature detectors
Systems are described for variably displaying at a display of an obscured feature detector a variable output responsive to signal strength at one or more sensor elements of the obscured feature detector. The variable output may vary by one or more of luminance, color, size, shape, etc. |
| US12117315B2 |
Magnetic position sensor system
In a first aspect, a magnetic position sensor system for a magnetic target, includes: (i) a first sensor for measuring in a first sensing region a first magnetic field component Bx,1 along a direction x and a second magnetic field component Bz,1 along a direction z, orthogonal to x; (ii) a second sensor for measuring in a second sensing region—aligned to the first sensing region along the x-direction—a first magnetic field component Bx,2 along the x-direction and a second magnetic field component Bz,2 along the z-direction; and (iii) an axially-magnetized ring magnet arranged under the first and second sensing region such that an axial direction of the ring magnet is substantially parallel to the z-direction and—in operation—a position of the ring magnet with respect to the first and second sensing regions is fixed. |
| US12117308B2 |
Navigation directions preview
To present a navigation directions preview, a server device receives a request for navigation directions from a starting location to a destination location and generates a set of navigation directions in response to the request. The set of navigation directions includes a set of route segments for traversing from the starting location to the destination location. The server device selects a subset of the route segments based on characteristics of each route segment in the set of route segments. For each selected route segment, the server device provides a preview of the route segment to be displayed on a client device. The preview of the route segment includes panoramic street level imagery depicting the route segment. |
| US12117305B2 |
Navigation system and control method thereof
A navigation system is provided. The system may include a display configured to display a screen; an input device configured to acquire a user input; and a controller configured to generate a basic route based on a destination input through the input device, acquire a user-set route through the input device, generate a modified route based on the basic route, the user-set route and road information, and control the display to display the modified route. |
| US12117299B2 |
Demand coverage, service and capacity fulfilment route optimization
A method for a system. The method may include receiving information regarding a plurality of nodes of the transportation network, a map associated with the transportation network, and a current demand associated with multiple nodes in the transportation network. The method may further include generating, based on the received information, a demand grid related to the transportation network. The method may also include determining a set of service zones based on the received information and the generated demand grid. The method may further include generating, based on the received information and the set of service zones, a model for route optimization. The method may also include determining, based on the model, at least one candidate path for a vehicle associated with the on-demand transportation service. |
| US12117298B2 |
Distributed processing of pose graphs for generating high definition maps for navigating autonomous vehicles
According to an aspect of an embodiment, operations may comprise obtaining a pose graph that comprises a plurality of nodes. The operations may also comprise dividing the pose graph into a plurality of pose subgraphs, each pose subgraph comprising one or more respective pose subgraph interior nodes and one or more respective pose subgraph boundary nodes. The operations may also comprise generating one or more boundary subgraphs based on the plurality of pose subgraphs, each of the one or more boundary subgraphs comprising one or more respective boundary subgraph boundary nodes and comprising one or more respective boundary subgraph interior nodes. The operations may also comprise obtaining an optimized pose graph by performing a pose graph optimization. The pose graph optimization may comprise performing a pose subgraph optimization of the plurality of pose subgraphs and performing a boundary subgraph optimization of the plurality of boundary subgraphs. |
| US12117297B2 |
Traveling route generating system, traveling route generating method, traveling route generating program, coordinate measuring system, and drone
There is provided a traveling route generating system for generating a traveling route for a movable device in a target area, the traveling route generating system includes: a target area information acquiring section that acquires sets of measurement-point coordinates on edges of the target area; and a movable area generating section that determines appropriateness of the sets of measurement-point coordinates, in a case where any of the plurality of sets of measurement-point coordinates is determined to be inappropriate by the determination, does not generate a movable area where the movable device can move or does not use a set of measurement-point coordinates determined to be inappropriate for generating the movable area, and in a case where the plurality of sets of measurement-point coordinates are determined to be appropriate by the determination, generates the movable area based on the plurality of sets of measurement-point coordinates. |
| US12117291B2 |
Dynamic offset and amplitude tracker
A method for use in a sensor, comprising: generating a signal that is indicative of an angular position of a rotating target, the signal being generated by at least one magnetic field sensing element; adjusting the signal to produce an adjusted signal, the signal being adjusted based on a current value of a first adjustment coefficient and a current value of a second adjustment coefficient, the first adjustment coefficient including a gain adjustment coefficient, and the second adjustment coefficient including an offset adjustment coefficient; generating an output signal based on the adjusted signal; and updating the first adjustment coefficient, the updating including replacing the current value of the first adjustment coefficient with a new value of the first adjustment coefficient, the updating being performed by minimizing a function that is based on the current value of the first adjustment coefficient and the current value of the second adjustment coefficient. |
| US12117290B2 |
Method for the detection of cable spacing in green tire
A method for use in the construction of tires is provided for sensing spacing between a plurality of radial cables in a tissue is provided. The method utilizes a probe that has a first magnet, a second magnet, a magnetic bridge, and a spacing hall effect sensor. The magnets are spaced from one another in a probe first length direction, and the spacing hall effect sensor is located between the magnets in the probe first length direction. The spacing hall effect sensor is located between the magnetic bridge and the cables in a probe second height direction when the probe is positioned next to the partially constructed tire. The probe is placed next to the partially constructed tire such that the first cable direction is not parallel to the probe first length direction. The probe is then used to sense spacing between successive ones of the cables. |
| US12117283B2 |
Inspection device, method for producing multilayer electrode body and inspection method
An inspection device is a device that inspects the position of an electrode plate in a multilayer body, which is obtained by bonding a separator and the electrode plate to each other by means of an adhesive, from the separator side. This inspection device is provided with: an infrared light irradiation unit that irradiates the multilayer body, from the separator side, with infrared light that has a peak wavelength within the range of from 6.5 μm to 9.6 μm; a camera that takes an image of the infrared light that transmits through the separator and is reflected by the electrode plate; and a detection unit that detects the position of the electrode plate. |
| US12117277B2 |
Progressive ammunition press system
Progressive ammunition press system, components thereof, and associated methods. The press system may include a press control system integrated with the press. The press may include a case carriage including a case carrier supported by a bearing. Case retainer gates may be provided for retaining cases in the case carrier. A bullet feeding system can be arranged to permit bullet feeding and seating in a single station of the press. A primer feeder can be self-contained, gear-driven, and/or recirculating. |
| US12117265B2 |
Reflective sight for a firearm
A reflective gun sight includes a rear sight including a light source; and a front sight including a reflective surface that is directly opposing the light source and recessed within an aperture of a front sight housing, wherein light emitted from the light source travels through the aperture and is reflected by the reflective surface toward the rear sight. |
| US12117264B2 |
Effector inlet cover, and method of separation
A cover for an effector, such as a projectile, missile, or gun-launched effector, includes two parts that are translatable relative to one another, such that the cover separates in stages as the effector launches. The cover includes an outer cover portion that is made up of multiple outer cover segments that together define a central opening through which part of an inner cover portion extends. In a launch of the effector, the effector first makes contact with the inner cover portion. This pushes the inner cover portion forward, breaking the attachment with the outer cover portion, and allowing the inner cover portion to translated forward relative to the outer cover portion. As the inner cover portion translates forward relative to the outer cover portion, the inner cover portion eventually makes contact with the outer cover portion, with both being pushed forward, and separating from the launcher. |
| US12117258B1 |
Devices, systems, and methods for transitioning between local or remote operating modes and a safety mode
Several examples of a dual remote control and crew-served weapon station are described herein that uniquely provide different operating modes, any one of which can be quickly and efficiently selected based on outputs from various system sensors (e.g., switches and buttons). For example, the weapon station may operate in a mode in which the weapon is remotely steered and fired (e.g., remote controlled). The weapon station may also operate in different modes in which the weapon is aimed and fired by a local operator (e.g., crew-served stabilized or full manual). The weapon station may also operate in a safety mode, which is selected when no operator is sensed by a local operator sensor and/or a remote operator sensor. In some examples, the safety mode includes utilizing safety equipment to lock the pointing direction of the weapon and secure the weapon from firing. |
| US12117257B1 |
Recoil reducing electromagnet system for firearms
An electromagnetic system coupled to a firearm, the firearm including a bolt movable rearward and frontward along a rear-to-front axial direction between a forward position and a rearward position, includes a first electromagnet unit. The first electromagnet unit includes at least one electrically-conductive coil and at least one magnet. The magnet or magnets are movable jointly with the bolt in the axial direction with respect to the at least one electrically-conductive coil. The at least one electrically-conductive coil is configured to generate at least one magnetic field that opposes a rearward movement of the at least one magnet in the axial direction and thereby reduces a rearward recoil of the bolt. |
| US12117255B1 |
Trigger energy absorption apparatus and method
An elastomer shock absorber for the trigger assembly of a firearm utilizing an elastomer shock absorber positioned between a moving part of the trigger assembly and the frame assembly. Adhesive mounting of the elastomer to the back of the trigger or positioning the elastomer internal to the frame assembly both provide significant reductions in the shock transfer of trigger energy to the gun body, thereby increasing the accuracy of the firearm. |
| US12117254B2 |
Apparatus and method for cleaning HVAC cooling coils
An apparatus for cleaning an HVAC coil unit comprises a supply and collection assembly with a housing defining an interior space for containing a quantity of cleaning solution. A pump has an inlet positioned to be in fluid communication with the cleaning solution and is operative to deliver the cleaning solution to an outlet of the supply and collection assembly in a volume of at least 40 gallons per minute. Fluid return piping defines a conduit to conduct used cleaning solution from the HVAC coil unit back to a collection inlet. A filter assembly is positioned along the fluid return piping to filter the used cleaning solution. A fluid flow device is operative to provide pressure to move a quantity of the used cleaning solution through the fluid return piping. The used cleaning solution is returned to the interior space through the collection inlet during operation of said fluid flow device. |
| US12117240B2 |
Integrated multicomponent refrigerant and air separation process for producing liquid oxygen
A process for the production of a liquid oxygen stream by the cryogenic rectification of an inlet air stream, including dividing the inlet air stream into a first portion, and a second portion. Cooling the first portion, and the second portion against a cooled multicomponent refrigerant circuit, thereby producing a first cooled portion, and a second cooled portion. Condensing the first cooled portion, thereby producing a condensed first portion, then introducing the condensed first portion into one or more distillation columns. Expanding the second cooled portion in a turbo-expander, thereby producing an expanded second portion, then introducing the expanded second portion within the one or more distillation columns. Producing within the one or more distillation columns at least a waste nitrogen stream, a nitrogen enriched stream, and an oxygen enriched stream. Withdrawing the oxygen enriched stream from the one or more distillation columns as a liquid oxygen stream. |
| US12117233B2 |
Refrigeration appliance having an air distributor
A refrigeration appliance has an internal container, which has a back wall and side walls, and an air distributor cladding which is arranged on the back wall and bounds an air distributor duct. A visible surface of the air distributor cladding covers a majority of the width of the back wall. Side faces of the air distributor cladding, together with the internal container, bound grooves that run on either side of the air distributor cladding and that are open towards a front side of the internal container. Outlet openings of the air distributor cladding are formed on the side faces. |
| US12117232B2 |
Isothermal container
An isothermal container includes: a vacuum heat insulating container; a vacuum heat insulating lid configured to close the vacuum heat insulating container; a body protection case, and a lid outer protection case and lid inner protection case that cover outside of the vacuum heat insulating container and outside of the vacuum heat insulating lid, respectively; a box body housed inside the vacuum heat insulating container; a box lid configured to close the box body; and a cold storage agent provided on a bottom portion and a wall portion of the box body and the box lid. Outer and inner cover materials are joined together at faces facing the vacuum heat insulating lid among faces constituting the wall portion of the vacuum heat insulating container. A joined part of the materials is located inside the body protection case without being exposed to the outer surface of the body protection case. |
| US12117231B2 |
Ice maker for a refrigerator and method for synchronizing an implementation of an ice making cycle and an implementation of a defrost cycle of an evaporator in a refrigerator
An ice maker (126) including an ice maker frame having an air inlet provided at a first end thereof. An ice tray (144) is rotatably secured to the ice maker frame and configured to form ice pieces therein. An air handler (142) includes an outlet diffuser having a central body defined by a first wall—and a radially spaced apart second wall, wherein a plurality of radially extending fins are disposed between the first and second walls. Each of the fins is spaced apart, one from the other, along an outer peripheral surface of the first wall. In an installed position, the outlet diffuser is disposed directly adjacent the air inlet at the first end of the ice maker frame. A method is provided for synchronizing an ice making cycle of an ice making unit and a defrost cycle of an evaporator. |
| US12117227B2 |
Refrigerator and method for controlling the same
A refrigerator according to the present invention includes a storage chamber configured to store food, a cold air supply part configured to supply cold air to the storage chamber, a tray configured to form an ice making cell being a space in which water is phase-changed into ice by the cold air, a temperature sensor configured to sense the temperature of water or ice in the ice making cell, a heater configured to provide heat to the tray, and a controller configured to control the heater, in which the controller controls the heater to be turned on so that ice can be easily separated from the tray when the ice making is completed, and the controller controls the heater to be turned off when a temperature sensed by the temperature sensor reaches a first turn-off reference temperature greater than zero after a first reference time elapses in a state in which the heater is turned on. |
| US12117224B2 |
Sanitary evaporator assembly
An ice maker evaporator assembly having an evaporator pan with a back wall and left, right, top and bottom sidewalls extending from the back wall, and a freeze plate located within the evaporator pan. Refrigerant tubing is thermally coupled to the back wall of the evaporator pan opposite the left, right, top and bottom sidewalls. A first layer of insulation is formed on the refrigerant tubing. An evaporator housing having a housing back wall and housing left, right, top and bottom sidewalls extending from the housing back wall is attached to the evaporator pan and covers refrigerant tubing. A second layer of insulation is formed on top of the first layer of insulation. |
| US12117223B2 |
Refrigerator
A refrigerator according to the present invention comprises: a storage chamber for storing food; a cold air supply means for supplying cold air to the storage chamber; a first tray forming one part of an ice making cell which is a space in which water is phase-changed into ice by means of the cold air; a second tray forming the other part of the ice making cell and connected to a driving unit so as to come into contact with the first tray during an ice making process and be separated from the first tray in an ice separating process; a heater positioned adjacent to the first tray and/or the second tray; an operation unit for inputting a start command of a test mode; and a control unit for controlling the heater and/or the driving unit in the test mode, wherein, if the start command of the test mode is input during the operation of the heater, the control unit turns the heater off and operates the driving unit such that the second tray moves. |
| US12117222B2 |
Lubricant management for an HVACR system
Systems and methods for lubricant management of a compressor in an HVACR system are disclosed. A heat transfer circuit can utilize a working fluid to provide heating or cooling includes a compressor for compressing the working fluid and a heat source configured to increase a suction temperature of the working fluid entering the compressor. One or more lubricant rheological properties in a compressor system based on measurements taken at or near a bearing cavity of the compressor are determinable. A lubricant reservoir can be in thermal communication with a discharge flow path of the compressor. An internal heat exchanger can be disposed within a compressor for improving viscosity of the lubricant to be cycled back into the compressor. A heater can be located on a fluid line between a lubricant separator and a lubricant inlet. Condenser fans can be controlled. |
| US12117220B2 |
Regulation method and regulation apparatus of a refrigeration plant and respective refrigeration plant including such apparatus
Described is a regulation apparatus for a refrigeration plant having defined therein a refrigerant fluid path and a plurality of devices arranged along the refrigerant fluid path. The regulation apparatus includes a first sensor arranged in a first point (P1), and preferably a second sensor arranged in a second point (P3), both along the refrigerant fluid path. The control unit controls a first value measured by the first sensor and obtains a first regulation request of a device deriving from the first measured value as well as a second value measured by the second sensor, or calculated for the second point, and derives a second regulation request of the device deriving from the second measured value, compares the first and second regulation requests and establishes which regulation request is greater. A control unit commands an actuation device to actuate the most effective regulation request of the refrigeration plant devices. |
| US12117219B2 |
Air conditioner and method for controlling air conditioner
An air conditioner may include an outdoor unit having a compressor; at least one indoor unit having an indoor heat exchanger, an indoor expansion valve, and a leak sensor that senses leakage of the refrigerant; a gaseous line; a liquid line; a first shut-off valve disposed adjacent to the at least one indoor unit that opens and closes the gaseous line; a second shut-off valve disposed adjacent to the at least one indoor unit that opens and closes the liquid line; a subcooling pipe branched from the liquid line and connected to an inlet of the compressor; a subcooling expansion valve that expands refrigerant, flowing through the subcooling pipe; and a controller configured to control operation of the compressor and to control opening and closing of the first shut-off valve, the second shut-off valve, the indoor expansion valve, and the subcooling expansion valve. |
| US12117217B1 |
Gas-liquid separator and compression system
A gas-liquid separator and a compression system are provided. An outer cylinder, a filter assembly and a one-way valve are disposed in the gas-liquid separator; an upper part of the outer cylinder is provided with an inlet, and a lower part of the outer cylinder is provided with an outlet; the filter assembly includes a filter screen and a support, the support is provided with a valve port; and the one-way valve, the one-way valve includes a sealing member, the sealing member is located on a side of the support that is away from the filter screen, the sealing member is movably disposed to open or close the valve port, and when a pressure difference between a region above the support and a region below the support reaches a predetermined value, the valve port is opened to realize unidirectional communication between the inlet and the outlet. |
| US12117206B2 |
System and method for discharging carbon monoxide by using carbon monoxide leakage alarm device
The present disclosure relates to a system and a method for discharging carbon monoxide (CO) by using a CO leakage alarm device and, more specifically, to a system and a method for discharging CO by using a CO leakage alarm device, the system and the method being operated on the basis of the Internet of things (IoT) so as to: detect CO leakage caused by damage to a boiler flue and sound an alarm through at least two from among the CO leakage alarm device, a boiler controller, a wall pad, and the like, automatically perform boiler ventilation and indoor air ventilation when the leakage is determined; and directly notify CO leakage-related authorities and users about the CO leakage. |
| US12117205B2 |
Methods and systems and apparatus to support reduced energy and water usage
Provided is a method of signalling energy usage to a user of a hot water outlet of a hot water supply system, the hot water supply system including: a thermal energy store that is supplied with energy from a source of renewable energy; a renewable energy source; an auxiliary water heater coupled to a networked energy supply; a flow transducer operable, when a water flow passes through the hot water outlet, to provide flow rate data for the water flow; and a processor coupled to the flow transducer; the hot water supply system being operable, under the control of the processor, to heat water that is to be supplied to the hot water outlet to a target system supply temperature using a selection of one or more of the auxiliary water heater, the renewable energy source, and energy from the thermal energy store. |
| US12117204B2 |
Hot air handheld device
A hand-held hot air device is provided with a housing for at least a fan, a control device, actuating elements and a display and operating device as well as a heating tube arranged at the housing with an integrated heating element and temperature sensor, characterized in that in the control device as a function of a plurality of different air guide options for the hot air emerging from the heating tube after the heating tube there are provided calibration curves, wherein the hand-held hot air device with the control device is configured to, after setting the respective air guide at the outlet from the heating tube, output the air temperature at the location corresponding with the air guide on the display in accordance with the calibration curve of the air guide. Further, a corresponding method for operating a hand-held hot air device is provided. |
| US12117203B2 |
Hybrid water heater with adaptive temperature control
A hybrid water heater incudes a storage tank, a first temperature sensor, a tankless heater fluidly coupled to the storage tank, and a controller configured to determine a target output temperature range for the tankless heater based on a temperature setpoint, measure a temperature of hot water stored in an upper portion of the storage tank using the first temperature sensor, determine whether the measured temperature of the hot water is less than a first minimum temperature setpoint, generate an adjusted target output temperature range for the tankless heater based on a determination that the measured temperature is less than the first minimum temperature by increasing a value of both the lower threshold and the upper threshold, and control the tankless heater to produce the heated water according to the adjusted target output temperature range. |
| US12117201B2 |
Process flange heater standoff assembly
A standoff assembly for use in terminating a plurality of resistive heaters disposed within a fluid vessel includes a pressure adapter plate, an electrical enclosure adapter plate, and a plurality of conduits. An end portion of each of the resistive heating elements extends through the pressure adapter plate. The electrical enclosure adapter plate is spaced apart from the pressure adapter plate to define a dry volume therebetween. The conduits are secured to the pressure adapter plate and the electrical enclosure adapter plate. Each conduit is aligned concentrically with each of the resistive heating elements. An electrical termination portion of each resistive heating element is disposed within the conduit. |
| US12117188B2 |
Indoor air quality monitors for commercial HVAC systems
An indoor air quality monitor for an HVAC system includes a monitor body formed with a plurality of chambers defined at least in part by chamber walls. A bypass chamber allows for a majority of airflow entering the monitor to pass through. An intake chamber coupled to the bypass chamber allows for a portion of air to be removed for sampling by a particulate sensor. Air from the particulate sensor is discharged to an outlet chamber that is fluidly coupled to a downstream portion of the bypass chamber. The fluid requirements of the particulate sensor are maintained without overwhelming or underwhelming the particulate sensor. |
| US12117186B2 |
Air conditioning appliance having an internal shield
A single-package air conditioner unit may include a housing, an outdoor heat exchanger, an indoor heat exchanger, an indoor air conduit, and an internal shield. The indoor fan may be held within a fan cowl defining a cowl outlet. The indoor air conduit may be mounted to the fan cowl and extend upward from the cowl outlet to an indoor outlet defined through the housing to guide air from the indoor fan. The indoor air conduit and the fan cowl may separate at least a portion of the indoor portion from the outdoor portion. The internal shield may be disposed within the outdoor portion rearward from the indoor air conduit and the fan cowl. The internal shield may extend between an upper edge and a lower edge. The lower edge may be disposed between the downward bottom end and the cowl outlet relative to a vertical direction. |
| US12117183B2 |
Vehicle oven having an improved heating element
An oven heating element assembly includes a heating element operable to heat air that flows across the heating element, wherein the heating element includes, a disk having a metallic layer, a ceramic layer sandwiched between the metallic layer and a second metallic layer, and a fan operable to cause air to flow across the heating element. |
| US12117182B2 |
Heating cooking apparatus
A heating cooking apparatus includes a heating cooking chamber (100A) and an air sending unit (14). The heating cooking chamber (100A) accommodates an object to be heated. The air sending unit (14) supplies hot air (F1) to the heating cooking chamber (100A). The air sending unit (14) includes a suction hole portion (14D) positioned on a predetermined side of the heating cooking chamber (100A) and a blow-out hole portion (14C) positioned on the predetermined side. The air sending unit (14) suctions air inside the heating cooking chamber (100A) through the suction hole portion (14D) and blows air into the heating cooking chamber (100A) through the blow-out hole portion (14C). |
| US12117181B2 |
High efficiency convection oven
Processes and systems for improvements on the efficiencies of convection ovens utilizing exhaust heat recuperation in the form of heat exchangers and premixed combustion systems, and a combination thereof. The heat exchangers and premixed combustion systems allow for increased efficiency of use of fuel and gaseous mixtures within convection oven cavities for improved heating capabilities and decreased efficiency losses. |
| US12117178B2 |
Heater dolly
A heater dolly for use with an outdoor patio heater includes a platform assembly and a retention assembly constructed to extend between the platform assembly and the outdoor patio heater in a manner providing additional support and ensuring that the outdoor patio heater and platform assembly are securely connected to enhance stability of the outdoor patio heater as it sits upon the heater dolly. |
| US12117174B2 |
Combustor section support structures
A combustor section support structure can include a fuel manifold and one or more radial stud assemblies connected to the fuel manifold and configured to allow the fuel manifold to move radially relative to an engine case and to fix the fuel manifold axially relative to the engine case. Each of the one or more radial stud assemblies can include a first portion mounted to the fuel manifold and a second portion configured to mount to an engine case. The first portion and the second portion can be configured to slide relative to each other to allow relative radial movement, but to prevent axial relative movement. A system can include a fuel manifold configured to distribute fuel to one or more fuel nozzles of a turbomachine, and a fuel inlet assembly configured to connect to the fuel manifold through an engine case. The fuel inlet assembly can be configured to axially retain the fuel manifold relative to the engine case and to allow radial movement of the fuel manifold relative to the engine case. |
| US12117173B1 |
Internal combustion engine with ceramic pilot chamber component(s)
An assembly is provided for a powerplant. This assembly includes a housing, a primary fuel injector and an ignition system. The housing forms a combustion volume within the housing. The primary fuel injector is configured to inject primary fuel into the combustion volume. The ignition system is configured to ignite the primary fuel within the combustion volume. The ignition system includes a pilot fuel injector, a pilot ignitor, a pilot chamber, a first component and a second component. The pilot fuel injector is configured to inject pilot fuel into the pilot chamber. The pilot ignitor is configured to ignite the pilot fuel within the pilot chamber. The pilot chamber is fluidly coupled with the combustion volume through an aperture in the first component. The pilot chamber is formed by and disposed between the first component and the second component. The first component is configured from or otherwise include a ceramic. |
| US12117169B2 |
Burner system for a steam cracking furnace
Burner system for a radiant section of a steam cracking furnace configured to provide heat to the radiant section, the burner system including a fuel inlet and an oxidant inlet, and further comprising an ejector block arranged located within the radiant section and to receive a propellant and a propelled fluid and arranged to premix said propellant with said propelled fluid. |
| US12117167B2 |
Methods and systems for denitrogenation combustion and CO2 capture and utilization in gas boilers
The present disclosure provides a method and a system for denitrogenation combustion and CO2 capture and utilization in a gas boiler. The method is implemented by the system for denitrogenation combustion and CO2 capture and utilization in the gas boiler, and comprises: after circulating flue gas is discharged from a gas boiler, introducing the circulating flue gas into a gas heat exchanger to perform heat exchange with natural gas, hydrogen, and carbon-based denitrogenation gas; introducing the circulating flue gas after heat exchange into a flue gas dehydration device to perform dehydration; introducing a first portion of the circulating flue gas after the heat exchange and dehydration into a blower through the flue gas dehydration device to be pressurized by the blower and introduced into a carbon-based denitrogenation gas mixer; preparing the carbon-based denitrogenation gas by mixing oxygen and the circulating flue gas using the carbon-based denitrogenation gas mixer for combustion for the gas boiler; and introducing a second portion of the circulating flue gas after heat exchange and dehydration into a CO2 recovery device to perform purification and deoxygenation through the flue gas dehydration device to obtain a CO2 product, and pressurizing and transmitting the CO2 product to a CO2 utilization device through a CO2 compressor. |
| US12117166B2 |
Method for fabrication of corrosion-resistant tubing using minimal quantities of specialized material
The method for fabrication of corrosion-resistant tubing using minimal quantities of specialized material results in corrosion-resistant tubes with a reduced capital cost. In contrast, the disclosed method uses a straight weld made along the length of the tube, rather than a spiral weld that follows its circumference. The straight weld passes up and down the tube, but only on one side, or approximately 50%, of the tube. Following application of the corrosion-resistant material by straight welding, two or more tubes are joined together into an array. |
| US12117162B2 |
Light emitting device
A light emitting device includes a light emitting element and a lens, The lens includes a cover part and a light-shielding part. The cover part includes a lens part, a connection part, and a flange part which are formed of a thermosetting first resin and continuous to one another. The light-shielding part covers an outer lateral side of the connection part and is formed of a second resin having a greater light-absorptance or a greater light-reflectance than the first resin. The lens part is disposed at a location that allows light from the light emitting element to be transmitted through the lens part. |
| US12117161B2 |
Optical element for a lamp and lamp having such an optical element
In an embodiment an optical element for a lamp includes a line optic having a symmetrical groove structure formed from waves, wherein the groove structure varies continuously starting from a center of symmetry in at least one propagation direction of the groove structure. |
| US12117160B2 |
Linear luminaire assembly with detatchable lens assembly
Embodiments are directed to a substantially linear luminaire assembly which includes an elongated translucent or transparent housing, where the housing comprises a first end and a second end. One or more light sources may be at least partially enclosed by the elongated housing. A detachable lens assembly may be affixed at or near at least one of the first end and the second end. The detachable lens assembly may include one or more lenses improve a uniformity of light ray distribution of light rays emitted by the one or more light sources. |
| US12117159B2 |
Homogenization of an LED array
A luminaire and LED light engine are provided. The luminaire includes the LED light engine and an optical device. The LED light engine includes an LED array and a partial diffuser. The partial diffuser diffuses light that is emitted by LEDs of a selected first subset of LEDs in the LED array and leaves undiffused light that is emitted by LEDs of a second subset of LEDs in the LED array. At least some LEDs are selected for inclusion in the first subset as emitting light that produces poorly blended colors in a light beam emitted by the LED array. The optical device is configured to receive a light beam emitted from the LED light engine and emit a modified light beam. |
| US12117155B2 |
Customizable decoration and lighting system
A versatile and convenient holiday season or occasion decoration system that includes a sleeve-like body made of a flexible and stretchy material, with a plurality of strips integrated to it. The strips have pre-manufactured holes, enabling users to attach the system securely to a variety of structures using fasteners such as clips or strings. The decoration system also includes a decoration kit having a plurality of decorative items configured to detachably attach to the sleeve-like body on the integrated hooks, wherein the decorative items represent different cultural and religious holidays, enabling users to customize the system according to their personal preferences and cultural traditions. In one embodiment, the sleeve-like body has a continuous LED light strip attached on its exterior surface that includes a plurality of LED lights designed to illuminate in different colors, and a color changing button positioned on one end of the sleeve-like body. |
| US12117152B1 |
Lighting unit
A lighting unit including a hollow hemispherical body, a hemispherical holder, and a sphere. A center of a bottom half of the hollow hemispherical body contains the hemispherical holder which is configured to hold the sphere. The sphere includes a light source, a translucent portion, and an opaque portion. The light source is disposed inside of the sphere, and the sphere is configured to rotate within the hemispherical holder so as to vary a position of light emitted by the light source through the translucent portion. |
| US12117149B1 |
Connecting box for road lamp
Disclosed is a connecting box for a road lamp. The connecting box includes a first half housing for mounting and connection to a lamp body and a second half housing for mounting and connection to a lamp post. The second half housing and the first half housing are spliced together in an openable manner and enclose to form an accommodating cavity, and a quick wire connector is arranged in the accommodating cavity. This product is composed of the first half housing and the second half housing. In the process of use, the first half housing and the second half housing can be mounted on the lamp body and the lamp post respectively to realize easy mounting of the lamp. Moreover, the quick wire connector is arranged for cooperation, such that flexible wire replacement can be realized, and fast wiring is realized. |
| US12117145B1 |
Heater-plate-affixed light-emitting diode lava lamp
A heater-plate-affixed LED lava lamp includes: a base defining a chamber and a transparent lava lamp bottle located on the base. A control device is located in the chamber and includes a control circuit board located at the bottom of the chamber and a heat-generating module connected to the control circuit board. The heat-generating module includes a heater plate affixed to the bottom of the transparent lava lamp bottle to generate heat. By affixing the heater plate to the bottom of the transparent lava lamp bottle, the heater plate, when the lava lamp is subjected to an external force, can maintain being-affixed state without shaking or randomly swaying, which ensures the heating efficiency. Meanwhile, the way of using the heater plate to heat also enables the heating plate to be completely adhered to the transparent lava lamp bottle, which reduces the loss of heat and avoids the waste of energy. |
| US12117144B2 |
Lamp assembly and method for assembling lamp
Provided is a lamp assembly including a lamp main body. The lamp assembly includes at least one light engine, and at least one first connector for electrically connecting the at least one light engine to a power supply and mechanically fixing the last light engine to the lamp main body. The at least one first connector is configured to separably mount the at least one light engine to the lamp main body. In addition, a method for assembling a lamp is also provided. |
| US12117142B2 |
Rotatable trims for recessed luminaires
A luminaire can include a securing assembly having a securing assembly flange and a plurality of securing assemblies disposed on the securing assembly flange, where each of the plurality of securing assemblies secures a collar of a heat sink assembly against the securing assembly flange in a fixed position. The luminaire can also include a trim assembly comprising a trim body having a trim flange fixedly disposed atop a trim side wall, wherein the trim flange is secured by the plurality of securing assemblies, wherein the trim assembly is rotatable while the trim flange and the collar are secured by the plurality of securing assemblies. |
| US12117140B2 |
Illumination device for vehicle headlamp having a light module and shield cover that simultaneously move with respect to eachother
An illumination device for a vehicle headlamp that provides headlamp levelling. The illumination device includes a primary light module configured to emit light in a main direction, wherein the primary light module is rotatable around a rotation axis; a moveable shield cover for shielding the primary light module; and a motion device for moving simultaneously the primary light module around the rotation axis and the shield cover with respect to each other between (a) non-illuminating positions, wherein the shield cover is in front of the primary light module, and (b) illuminating positions, wherein the shield cover is moved away from the light path of the light module. In each illuminating position, the primary light module is in a defined angular position of a determined operating angular range around the rotation axis to project the light distribution in different angular positions in front of the illumination device for headlamp levelling. |
| US12117138B2 |
Beamshaping waveguide for headlights
A lighting system for vehicle includes an LED light source, at least one waveguide having at refracting surface array configured to shape light received from the LED light source into a light pattern, and a projection lens configured to receive the light pattern and project it outwardly from the vehicle. A first waveguide may shape light received from the LED light source into a low beam light pattern. A second waveguide may shape light received from the LED light source into a high beam light pattern. Generation of the high beam light pattern may include shaping light received from the LED light source through both the first and a second waveguides. The one or more waveguides may also include one or more protrusions extending from the body of the waveguide that further shape the emitted light pattern. |
| US12117137B2 |
Low-beam primary optical element, vehicle lamp module, vehicle lamp, and vehicle
A low-beam primary optical element for a vehicle lamp, a vehicle lamp module comprising the low-beam primary optical element, a vehicle lamp, and a vehicle. The low-beam primary optical element comprises light entrance portion, a light passage portion and a light exit portion which are sequentially arranged from back to front. The light exit portion comprises a main light exit surface and a second light exit surface connected to the main light exit surface. A low-beam cutoff line structure is provided at the secondary light exit surface. The secondary light exit surface is configured to refract light emitted to the low-beam cutoff line structure forward and upward. The low-beam primary optical element has a simple structure, and can effectively improve the color of a low-beam light-dark cutoff line and mitigate color dispersion. |
| US12117135B1 |
Light strip configured to facilitate shape forming and shaped light ornament composed thereof
A light strip configured to facilitate shape forming includes a flexible member and a light emitting assembly. The flexible member has a continuously extending elongated shape and includes a light transmissive portion and a cavity arranged at an internal thereof. The light emitting assembly includes a plurality of light emitting elements arranged at intervals inside the cavity. The flexible member includes a slot arranged at one side and extending in the same direction as the flexible member and is used for clamping securement to a stand portion formed by a metal wire, in order to form a planar or three-dimensional shaped light ornament. |
| US12117134B2 |
Light ray concentrator
An optical device and systems using an optical device are provided, where the optical device may be configured for collimating incoming light rays. The optical device may include a host medium substantially comprised of a transparent material and an array of substantially transparent structures embedded within the host medium. The structures of the array each include a convex side presented to the incoming light rays and a concave side that passes light rays through toward the output face of the host medium, collimating the rays. Multiple stages of arrays may be provided in the optical device, typically with lengthening aspect ratios and increasing indexes of refraction in a direction from the input face toward the output face. The systems may use the optical device for using an exterior light to illuminate an interior space in a building or to generate power. |
| US12117132B2 |
Lighting emitting device
A light emitting device (1) comprising at least one LED filament (2) adapted for, in operation, emitting LED filament light, the at least one LED filament comprising a carrier (6) and a plurality of LEDs (5) arranged on the carrier and adapted for, in operation, emitting LED light, and a heat sink element (3), the at least one LED filament (2) being arranged extending spiraling around a vertical center axis LA of the light emitting device, wherein the heat sink element (3) further is arranged extending spiraling around the vertical center axis of the light emitting device, and wherein the heat sink element (3) is arranged extending from the at least one LED filament towards the vertical center axis of the light emitting device. |
| US12117131B2 |
Boil-off gas reliquefaction system and method of discharging lubricant oil from boil-off gas reliquefaction system
Disclosed is a method of discharging lubricant oil from a BOG reliquefaction system configured to reliquefy BOG by compressing the BOG by a compressor, cooling the compressed BOG through heat exchange with non-compressed BOG by a heat exchanger, and reducing a pressure of fluid cooled through heat exchange by a pressure reducer. In the lubricant oil discharge method, the compressor comprises at least one oil-lubrication type cylinder and it is determined that it is time to discharge condensed or solidified lubricant oil, if at least one of preset conditions is satisfied. |
| US12117129B2 |
Method for checking the leakproofness of a leakproof and thermally insulating tank for storing a fluid
A method for checking the sealing of a sealed tank for storing a liquefied gas at low temperature, the tank having an inner hull and a secondary sealing membrane, a secondary space that is arranged between the inner hull and the secondary sealing membrane, a primary sealing membrane and a primary space that is arranged between the primary sealing membrane and the secondary sealing membrane is disclosed. The method has the following main steps: generating a pressure lower than the pressure of the primary space in the secondary space using a suction device, measuring the temperature of an outer surface of the inner hull, and detecting the location of a sealing defect of the secondary sealing membrane in the form of a cold spot on the outer surface of the inner hull. |
| US12117126B2 |
Methods for storage and transportation of natural gas in liquid solvents
Systems and methods to create and store a liquid phase mix of natural gas absorbed in light-hydrocarbon solvents under temperatures and pressures that facilitate improved volumetric ratios of the stored natural gas as compared to CNG and PLNG at the same temperatures and pressures of less than −80° to about −120° F. and about 300 psig to about 900 psig. Preferred solvents include ethane, propane and butane, and natural gas liquid (NGL) and liquid pressurized gas (LPG) solvents. Systems and methods for receiving raw production or semi-conditioned natural gas, conditioning the gas, producing a liquid phase mix of natural gas absorbed in a light-hydrocarbon solvent, and transporting the mix to a market where pipeline quality gas or fractionated products are delivered in a manner utilizing less energy than CNG, PLNG or LNG systems with better cargo-mass to containment-mass ratio for the natural gas component than CNG systems. |
| US12117125B2 |
High-pressure composite container
A high-pressure composite container is provided. At least a plastic-liner is provided with a plastic shell and a metal end encapsulated by the plastic shell. The plastic-liner of the sealing structure only consists of the plastic shell and the metal end, and the sealing structure is simple. The metal end and a bottle mouth valve jointly compress a sealing ring on the bottle mouth valve, so that the sealing ring forms a stable compression amount, and finally the high-pressure gas cylinder has excellent sealing performance. In addition, the metal end and the plastic shell are well positioned both axially and circumferentially. In the case of high and low pressure and temperature alternation, the relative positions of the metal end and the plastic shell do not change, and a sealing surface of the plastic shell does not deform and dislocate. |
| US12117123B2 |
Holding member, injection device, and insertion direction guide method
A holding member configured to hold an injection portion and an imaging unit of an insertion portion in a state in which the injection portion and the imaging unit are arranged side by side includes an injection-portion insertion portion configured such that the injection portion is press-fitted into the injection-portion insertion portion and an imaging-unit insertion portion configured such that the imaging unit is press-fitted into the imaging-unit insertion portion. The insertion portion is configured to be inserted toward a corresponding portion in a narrow space while being gripped by an operator. The injection portion has a cylindrical shape and is provided with a fluid substance injection port at a tip end portion. The imaging unit has a cylindrical shape and is configured to capture an image including the tip end portion of the injection portion and its surrounding environment. |
| US12117122B2 |
Control panel height adjusting device for machine tool
A height adjusting device of a control panel for a machine tool is disclosed. The height adjusting device includes a linear motion (LM) guide installed at a frame, wherein a slide bracket is coupled with the LM guide and configured to slide in a vertical direction on the LM guide, wherein a gas spring is installed at the slide bracket to support the slide bracket with respect to the frame, and wherein the control panel is coupled to the other side of the slide bracket to be pivotable in the horizontal direction. The slide bracket further includes an index plunger at a position corresponding to that of a plurality of position adjustment grooves to fix a vertical position of the slide bracket, such that an operator can easily adjust the height of the control panel by inserting the index plunger into one of the position adjustment grooves. |
| US12117120B2 |
Exhaust pipe accessory and uses thereof
Products and methods for providing structural strength and form support to ventilation pipes. |
| US12117117B2 |
Universal caps for the low and high side refrigerant service ports of an air conditioning system
A universal cap configured for sealing a refrigerant service port of an air conditioning system includes a cap body with a closed end and a connection end. The connection end is configured to attach and seal the cap body to a universal quick disconnect exterior of the refrigerant service port. Wherein the universal cap is designed and configured to prevent refrigerant from leaking from the refrigerant service port. Wherein the closed end of the cap body does not include any holes, openings, or fittings, wherein the only hole, opening or fitting of the cap body is via the connection end. |
| US12117110B2 |
RV septic cleaner
The T-head coupler is intended to perform a cleaning-in-place of a blackwater tank inside a recreational vehicle, using a mixture of water and a cleaning agent. To accomplish this, the device includes a unique arrangement of ports and distribution channels, wherein the ports on the device are designed specifically to couple with ports commonly found in RVs and water sources. In addition, a container filled with a cleaning agent is attached to the bottom port on the device. When all attachments are made, a plurality of channels within the device direct incoming water to the container. The water mixes with the cleaning agent inside the container, forming a cleaning solution. The cleaning solution flows out of the device, using the pressure from the water source. The cleaning solution then flows from the RV port and into the blackwater tank, thereby cleaning the tank. |
| US12117109B2 |
Vehicular smart hose system for detecting a clamp state
A smart hose system includes a hose and a clamp monitor secured to the hose and in proximity to a portion of the hose at which a clamp is to be secured. The clamp monitor is configured to responsively interact with the clamp and includes a signal generator configured to provide a first response to an inquiry signal with the clamp being in a first state and provide a second response with the clamp being in a second state. |
| US12117108B1 |
Rail-pipe brackets, pipe clamps, and related components for supporting solar panels
Disclosed are devices that may include brackets and clamps for assembling mounting structures built from pipes and cross-braces. These mounting structures support solar panels. The devices may include a rail-pipe bracket that secures a rail to a pipe. The rail-pipe bracket may include openings for seating a pipe and include hooks for securing the rail. The devices may also include one or more pipe clamps that secure the pipes together. These pipe clamps are adjustable and may accommodate pipes of various sizes thanks to a multi-tier hinge structure. |
| US12117107B2 |
Bend limiter with monitoring device
A system is used to reduce the bending moments in Coil Tubing (“CT”). The system includes a segmented and closable cage that can close around the CT. The cage includes rollers, such as elastomeric rollers, that can allow for both vertical translations of the CT and rotations of the CT around the vertical axis. The cage rests on a seat, such as an elastomeric seat, provided inside a cylindrical housing. In order to monitor the bending moments in the CT, the pins that hold in the rollers are preferably load pins. This bend limiting system can be located below the CT injector, at the vessel deck level, or in the moonpool. The bend limiting system can be used in offshore or land operations. |
| US12117106B2 |
Fluid circuit with integrated electrostatic discharge mitigation
A flow path for a fluid from a fluid supply which may include a plurality of operative components including a body portion and a plurality of tubing connector fittings. The operative components may be connected by a plurality of tubing segments. Each body portion may include a nonconductive fluoropolymer portion and an outer conductor that extends between each of the plurality of tubing connector fittings and that is unitary with the non-conductive fluoropolymer portion. The plurality of tubing segments may include a non-conductive fluoropolymer tubing portion and an axial strip of conductive polymer. The outer conductor of each body portion conductively connected with tubing segments connected thereto. Each of the connectors may include a bridging component for conductively connecting the respective outer conductor of the body portion to the strip of conductive polymer of the connecting tubing segments. |
| US12117104B1 |
Multi joint nut
A multi-joint nut configured such that a first nut part having a center portion provided with a first fastening part and a second nut part having a center portion provided with a second fastening part are coupled to each other, the multi-joint nut being easily manufactured and being configured such that the first nut part or the second nut part that matches a diameter of a coupling part of a fastening object is capable of being selectively coupled. Furthermore, the multi-joint nut may include the first nut part which is provided with the first fastening part and which has a mounting part that forms a space part, and may include a second nut part which is formed in a ring shape and provided with the second fastening part. |
| US12117103B2 |
Subsea fluid connection system and associated method
Method for connecting a termination hub (201a) to a porch hub (101a) at a subsea location by using a subsea fluid connection system (1). The connection system (1) comprises a porch part (100) with the porch hub (101a), a termination part (200) with the termination hub, and a connector (300). The method comprises a) landing the termination part (200) on the porch part (100) at a subsea location; b) moving the termination hub (201a) of the termination part (200) into alignment with the porch hub (101a) of the porch part (100); c) with the connector (300), connecting the termination hub (201a) to the porch hub (101a). The method further comprises d) after step c), actuating a moment arrestor arrangement (400), thereby further arresting the termination part (200) to the porch part (100). A subsea fluid connection system is also disclosed. |
| US12117101B2 |
Valve for semiconductor manufacturing device
A valve for semiconductor manufacturing device is provided in which an excessive surface pressure to the valve seat is prevented to improve durability. The valve main body (1) has a duplexed structure in which, a load distributing member (10) is arranged in serial to the valve seat (7) inside of the opening/closing mechanism (8) of the valve main body (1) while a thrust produced by the opening/closing mechanism (8) is maintained, a fastening load required is received as being distributed to the valve seat (7) and the load distributing member (10). |
| US12117096B2 |
Cap assembly
A cap assembly includes two caps each pivotable about an axis of a respective pivot rod between an open position and a closed position, the two pivot rods arranged adjacent each other with parallel pivot axes (B) to define a hinge region, each cap having a pivot end extending into the hinge region between the two pivot rods; and a common pivot mechanism arranged to push against the pivot ends, in response to actuation of the pivot mechanism, to pivot the caps substantially simultaneously to the closed position, the common pivot mechanism comprising: a lever; a cam in connection with the lever and located in the hinge region such that actuation of the lever causes movement of the cam in the hinge region along the direction of the pivot axes; a plunger located in the hinge region between the cam and the pivot ends. |
| US12117095B2 |
Valve actuator
A valve actuator includes a motor and a gear assembly including an input gear rotated by driving force of the motor, an output gear receiving rotational force of the input gear, and at least one power transmission gear transmitting the rotational force of the input gear to the output gear. The valve actuator further includes a valve output shaft actuated to close a path of a valve, and a selective power transmitter selectively transmitting the rotational force of the output gear to the valve output shaft. The selective power transmitter includes a cam portion provided in at least one of the output gear and the valve output shaft. Accordingly, after the valve is actuated to close the path, the driving force of the motor is not transmitted to the valve output shaft. |
| US12117092B2 |
Electropneumatic solenoid valve, field device having solenoid valve and diagnostic method for electropneumatic solenoid valve
Electropneumatic solenoid valve includes an electromagnetic actuator with an energizable coil and a solenoid armature movable relative to the coil, an air chamber with three air channels, and a valve member. The three air channels include first and second air channels and a control air channel. The valve member, in a first closed position, closes the first air channel and releases the second air channel and which, in a second closed position, closes the second air channel and releases the first air channel. The valve further includes a driver movable in a first and second actuating directions and that connects the valve member to the solenoid armature, a driver-pretensioning spring arranged between the driver and the solenoid armature, to provide a pretensioning force to the driver, and a restoring spring between the driver and the electromagnetic actuator to provide a restoring force to the driver against the driving direction. |
| US12117084B2 |
Combination of piston rings, and combination structure of piston and piston rings
A combination of piston rings assembled to a piston includes a first compression ring, a second compression ring, a third compression ring and an oil ring. When an axial width of the first compression ring is h1(1), an axial width of the second compression ring is h1(2), an axial width of the third compression ring is h1(3) and an axial width of the oil ring is h1(4), h1(1)≥h1(2) and h1(1)≥h1(3), and when h1(TOTAL)=h1(1)+h1(2)+h1(3)+h1(4), h1(TOTAL)≥3.9 mm. |
| US12117080B2 |
Gasket assembly and seal carrier
The present invention concerns a gasket assembly (1) for sealing between conduits passing through two respective bodies. The gasket assembly comprises a primary seal (10), wherein the primary seal comprises a first sealing surface (14) adapted to form a seal with the first body of said respective bodies, and a second sealing surface (15) adapted to form a seal with the second body of said respective bodies. The primary seal is coupled to a primary seal carrier (30), the primary seal carrier comprising one or more secondary seals (43a, 43b), the one or more secondary seals being adapted to form a seal with one or more of the first and second bodies. |
| US12117075B2 |
Power gearbox gear arrangement
An apparatus and a method of retaining a bearing assembly having a bore to a shaft received within the bore, the method comprising physically limiting the axial movement of the bearing assembly on the shaft by a retainer mounted to an end of the shaft and having a portion extending radially beyond the shaft and into an axial path of the bearing assembly. |
| US12117074B1 |
Reducing losses in an idled vehicle drive unit
A vehicle includes first and second drive units, such as drive units that each include an electric motor and a gear train coupling the electric motor to one or more wheels. A first drive unit may be idled while the second drive unit continues to induce movement of the vehicle. Losses within the first drive unit while idled may be reduced by heating the first drive unit, such as with heat generated by the second drive unit. A cooling system is present and may be used to heat the first drive unit by directing fluid exiting the second drive unit into the first drive unit before entering the cooling system or bypassing the cooling system entirely. Oil circulation within the first drive unit may facilitate heating of the gear train by bypassing a heat exchanger receiving the oil and the fluid. |
| US12117073B1 |
Differential disconnect system
A differential disconnect system for a vehicle includes a housing arranged to receive a motor torque, a first clutch element, and a differential. The housing includes radially inwardly facing teeth and the first clutch element is drivingly engaged with and axially slidable on the radially inwardly facing teeth. The first clutch element includes a first face spline. The differential unit is arranged for driving engagement with a pair of axle shafts and includes a second clutch element with a second face spline arranged to engage the first face spline for selective torque transmission between the housing and the differential unit. |
| US12117070B2 |
Torque-transmitting device and drivetrain
A torque-transmitting device has a first input side, a second input side, an output side, a hydrodynamic converter, a lockup clutch, a first torque-transmitting path which runs between a splitting point and a merging point, and a second torque-transmitting path which is configured so as to be parallel with respect to the first torque-transmitting path. The hydrodynamic converter is arranged in the first torque-transmitting path and the lockup clutch is arranged in the second torque-transmitting path. The hydrodynamic converter has a pump wheel and a turbine wheel which is hydrodynamically connectable to the pump wheel. The splitting point is connected to the first input side for conjoint rotation. The pump wheel and a first clutch input side of the lock-up clutch are each connected to the splitting point for conjoint rotation. A second input side is connected downstream of the merging point in a torque flow of a first torque from the first input side to the output side. |
| US12117068B2 |
Circumferential lever booster and transmission means thereof
A circumferential lever booster includes a transmission part that is fixedly connected to an input eccentric wheel; the input eccentric wheel is movably connected to a circumferential surface of an acting force end on a lever arm group by means of a bearing; the other end of the lever arm group is movably supported with a circumferential support seat; and the circumferential surface of the lever arm group at said end is movably connected to a bearing fixed on the eccentric axis of an output eccentric wheel; a lever prying force is applied while a circumferential swinging force is transmitted, so as to act on the output eccentric wheel; and the eccentric wheel is fixedly connected to a transmission part to output a boost. The circumferential lever booster can achieve boosting when the eccentricity of the input eccentric wheel and output eccentric wheel is equal. |
| US12117065B2 |
Traction mechanism with internal toothing and external toothing and transmission with traction mechanism
Toothed belt with an internal toothing and an external toothing and transmission with such a toothed belt. Tooth crests of the internal toothing comprise a rounded region with a cross section in the shape of a segment of a circle, and tooth crests of the external toothing comprise a rounded region with a cross section in the shape of a segment of a circle. A region between two adjacent tooth crests of the internal toothing is at least as wide as a tooth width of teeth of the internal toothing, and a region between two adjacent tooth crests of the external toothing is at least as wide as a tooth width of teeth of the external toothing. |
| US12117064B2 |
Multi-flexure isolation system utilizing pseudoelastic multi-axis rotational flexures
A multi-flexure payload isolation device for isolating a payload from outside forces. The device can include a housing comprising an interior cavity configured to receive and support the payload. The device can further include a first flexure and a second flexure, each including a plurality of spokes made of a pseudoelastic shape-memory alloy anchored to the housing and configured to support the payload from the housing through an opening in the housing. The first and second flexures can each further include a common hub attached to a side of the payload and disposed in the opening in the housing wherein the each of the pluralities of spokes are anchored to the respective common hub. |
| US12117062B2 |
Mono-structure
A mono-structure including a first layer and a second layer. The first layer has molecular continuity with the second layer. Each of the first layer and second layer have a characteristic mechanical property. The value of the characteristic mechanical property of the first layer is different to the value of the characteristic mechanical property of the second layer. |
| US12117060B2 |
Carbon/carbon composites and methods of making carbon/carbon composites having increased fiber volume
A method of making a carbonized preform for a carbon-carbon composite brake disk may comprise: stacking a plurality of textile fabric layers, each textile fabric layer in the plurality of textile fabric layers including oxidized polyacrylonitrile (PAN) fibers, each textile fabric layer in the plurality of textile fabric layers being more uniform than a typical fabric layer formed from cross-lapping; each fabric layer being thinner than a typical fabric layer from cross-lapping, needling the plurality of textile fabric layers to form a needled non-woven board; cutting a fibrous preform from the needled non-woven board; and carbonizing the fibrous preform. The resultant non-woven carbonized preform maintains a higher fiber volume and more consistent properties throughout than what would otherwise be achieved using a typical fabric layer from cross-lapping. |
| US12117059B2 |
Brake pad dimension estimation system
A brake pad dimension estimation system includes a detecting device and an electronic controller. The detecting device is configured to obtain dimensional information from an image of a brake pad assembly. The electronic controller is in electronic communication with the detecting device to receive the dimensional information from the image of the brake pad assembly. The electronic controller is programmed to determine a dimension of the brake pad based on the image. |
| US12117058B2 |
Electronic parking brake apparatus
An EPB (Electronic Parking Brake) apparatus may include: a housing unit; a motor unit mounted in the housing unit; a worm wheel gear unit engaged and rotated with the motor unit; a piston unit connected with a brake shoe; and a nut unit mounted on the worm wheel gear unit, coupled to the piston unit, and moved by the rotation of the worm wheel gear unit so as to pressurize the piston unit. The housing unit is deformed by the movement of the piston unit and restricts the operation of the motor unit. |
| US12117053B2 |
Clutch actuator, detection system and method for detecting an angular position of a rotary component
A first sensor signal and a second sensor signal are provided by a sensor unit to an evaluation unit. The first sensor signal is dependent on the angular position and is associated with a first detection position, and the second sensor signal is associated with a second detection position lying about the rotational axis perpendicular to the first detection position. An orthogonal error is converted by the evaluation unit into an amplitude difference between respective amplitudes of the first and second sensor signals based on a coordinate transformation of the first and second sensor signals. Each of the first and second sensor signals are adjusted by the evaluation unit based on the amplitude difference. An angular position of a rotational component is determined by the evaluation unit based on output from an a tan 2-function that takes the adjusted first and second sensor signals as input. |
| US12117052B2 |
Decoupler with torque-limiting feature to protect components thereof
In an aspect, a decoupler is provided and includes an input member, an output member, a one-way clutch and an isolation spring. The one-way clutch receives torque from the input member. The isolation spring is helical, having a first helical end and a second helical end, and has first and second axial ends, and radially outer and inner surfaces. The isolation spring receives torque from the clutch, and transmits torque to the output member. The isolation spring changes size radially based on torque. The input member includes a radial projection that is positioned to frictionally engage one of the radially outer and inner surfaces of the spring when the spring reaches a selected size. Frictional engagement of the radial projection with the spring generates torque transfer directly from the input member to the spring in parallel with torque transfer from the input member to the spring through the clutch. |
| US12117051B2 |
Reverse-input blocking clutch
A reverse-input blocking clutch, comprising a pressed member, an input member, an output member, and an engaging element, the pressed member including a first pressed member element having a pressed surface around an inner peripheral surface thereof and a second pressed member element having a mounting portion fixed to a portion that does not rotate during use, the engaging element configured to transmit rotational torque input to the input member to the output member by moving in a direction away from the pressed surface and to completely block rotational torque reversely input to the output member or transmit a part of the rotational torque reversely input to the output member to the input member and block a remaining part thereof. |
| US12117050B2 |
Cam clutch
To provide a cam clutch capable of preventing unwanted jamming of cams and switchable between operation modes with little force, thereby allowing size reduction. The cam clutch includes an inner race, an outer race, a plurality of cams, and a biasing means biasing the plurality of cams. The plurality of cams include first cams and second cams that have different engaging directions. The cam clutch further includes a frictional resistance generating means for generating friction resistance between a component adapted to tilt the first cams or second cams in the engaging direction, and the inner race and/or outer race when the first cams and second cams are simultaneously lifted off and separated from the raceways of the inner race and/or outer race during switching of operation modes. |
| US12117043B2 |
Air-floating guide rail
An air-floating guide rail device includes a guide rail unit, a slider unit, and a linear motor unit. The guide rail unit includes a guide rail body and two air-floating block sets made of a material different from that of the guide rail body and each including top and side air-floating blocks. The slider unit includes a main sliding seat and two lateral sliding seats connected integrally to the main sliding seat and each having first and second guiding surfaces transverse to each other and disposed respectively adjacent to corresponding top and side air-floating blocks, and first and second air guiding passages connecting the first and second guiding surfaces to the external environment. The linear motor unit includes a stator and a mover mounted fixedly to the main sliding seat and movable relative to the stator for driving linear movement of the slider unit relative to the guide rail unit. |
| US12117032B2 |
Expandable washer
An expandable washer for use with a fastener to maintain tension in the fastener after connection to a component comprises first and second disks. The first and second disks cooperatively define a channel having a dimension parallel to the expansion axis which decreases from a location remote from to a location closer to the expansion axis. The first and second disks are configured to pass the fastener through them and to the component. The fastener operatively engages the first disk for moving with the first disk and to place the fastener in tension when the fastener is connected to the component. The expandable washer further includes a cam located radially outward from the expansion axis and biased for movement toward the expansion axis to drive the first and second disks apart to maintain the application of force against the fastener. |
| US12117031B2 |
Self-locking connection device and electronic apparatus with self-locking connection device
A self-locking connection device includes a housing, and a sliding block and a buckle, which are mounted in the housing. The sliding block slides back and forth along the housing and is locked in case that the sliding block is pushed to a front side, and is unlocked and reset in case that the sliding block is pushed to the front side again. An inclined wall for supporting the buckle is provided inside the housing, a height of the inclined wall gradually decreases from front to rear, the buckle is connected to the sliding block to move along the inclined wall with the sliding block, and the buckle is locked at a top end and protrudes out of the opening in case that the sliding block is locked at the front side. |
| US12117029B2 |
Fastener system
A fastener system shifting shear stresses away from a collet body and provides clamping action to targeted structures. The fastener system includes feet in the collet body that mate with openings in a sleeve at least partially surrounding the collet body. The sleeve or the collet body includes interior threads that engage with a stud that is configured to extend through the collet body and bend the feet such that they project outward from the sleeve openings in an engaged configuration. |
| US12117025B2 |
Seal groove cooling flow
Disclosed are seal arrangements in a hydraulic device. The seal arrangement includes a seal channel defining a loop. A seal is seated within the seal channel. A coolant flow passage has a first part intersecting with the seal channel at a first point and a second part intersecting with the seal channel at a second point. The first part of the coolant flow passage is configured to provide hydraulic fluid to the seal channel such that, at the first point, a first portion of the hydraulic fluid flows in a first direction around the loop and a second portion of the hydraulic fluid flows in a second direction opposite to the first direction around the loop. At the second point, the first portion of hydraulic fluid and the second portion of hydraulic fluid are configured to flow into the second part of the coolant flow passage. |
| US12117024B2 |
Pilot operated blow-off valves for hydraulic actuators
Disclosed herein are various embodiments of a hydraulic actuator that includes one or more check valves having a dynamically varying cracking pressure. In certain embodiments, a hydraulic actuator may be configured to vary the cracking pressure of a check valve based on an operating condition of a pump of the hydraulic actuator. The check valve may be located along a bypass path in the hydraulic actuator, thereby allowing for fluid flow to bypass a pump of the hydraulic actuator by passing through the check valve. The use of such hydraulic actuators is contemplated in, for example, an active suspension system of a vehicle. Additionally, various embodiments of suitable check valves are disclosed. Additionally, methods are disclosed for operation of the check valve and the hydraulic actuator. |
| US12117023B2 |
Turbine fracturing apparatus
Disclosed is a turbine fracturing apparatus. The turbine fracturing apparatus includes: a main power assembly and an auxiliary power assembly. The main power assembly includes a first power source and a piston pump connected to the first power source; the first power source outputs power to the piston pump, and the piston pump outputs a first liquid. The auxiliary power assembly includes a second power source, a load sensitive system connected to the second power source, and an auxiliary power device; the second power source outputs power to the load sensitive system, the load sensitive system is connected to the auxiliary power device and outputs a second liquid for the auxiliary power device. The first liquid is different from the second liquid, and the first liquid and the second liquid have certain pressure. The load sensitive system is configured to regulate a pressure of the second liquid in real time according to pressure of the second liquid required by the auxiliary power device. |
| US12117022B2 |
Hydraulic oil diffuser
A diffuser for a return line on a hydraulic tank may include a coupling portion configured for coupling in fluid communication with a return port of the hydraulic tank and for receiving return fluid along an incoming longitudinal direction. The diffuser may also include a dispersion portion in fluid communication with the coupling portion and configured for dispersing the return fluid radially. The diffuser may also include a manifold arranged around the dispersion portion and configured to direct the return fluid circumferentially and axially. |
| US12117021B2 |
Blower
A blower may include a body or case having a suction hole through which air passes, a fan provided inside the body and causing a flow of air, and a filter provided inside the body. The filter may be positioned upstream of the fan and extend in a longitudinal direction of the body. A longitudinal axis of the filter may be shifted or displaced with respect to a longitudinal axis of the body. |
| US12117019B2 |
Engine systems and methods
Disclosed examples include an airfoil comprising: a pressure side and a suction side that are coupled together at a substantially radial trailing edge of the airfoil, wherein the substantially radial trailing edge is downstream from a leading edge, the leading edge including a sweep feature of a variable chord length, the variable chord length to include: a first increase in chord length and a decrease in chord length along a radial length from a hub end of the airfoil to an opposite tip end of the airfoil; and a second increase in chord length along the radial length from the hub end to the opposite tip end, the second increase different than the first increase. |
| US12117013B2 |
Methods and apparatus for controlling fan devices
Various embodiments are directed to use of RF and WiFi control in a fan device to control fan status and speed and/or fan light on/off status and intensity. A customer premises includes a WiFi router through which WiFi communications can be sent from a WiFi capable device, e.g., a cell phone, to control the fan device and its various functions. While WiFi control is via a WiFi router in the home, the control signals normally do not traverse the Internet or another external network. In addition to WiFi control, control of the fan device can be via an RF control device, e.g., a wall mounted controller. In some embodiments, the fan device reports its state and/or changes in state due to received commands to a server, and the server generates a recommended normal control schedule and an away control schedule and then uses the schedules to control fan device. |
| US12117011B2 |
Fan with a translucent blade support
Apparatus and methods for circulating air. The apparatus may include a ceiling fan and may include a light fixture. A motor assembly may drive the fan about a rotational axis. Blades of the fan may be fixed to an outer ring of a blade bracket. Blades may extend away from the outer ring. The blade bracket may also include a translucent blade support to which the outer ring may be fixed. The translucent blade support may be disc shaped. A blade holder adapter may fix an inner portion of the translucent blade support to the ceiling fan. The fan may be configured such that a portion of the translucent blade support may provide a view unobscured by the translucent blade support so that there may be at least partial visibility of a visible element, such as a structure, above the translucent blade support from below the apparatus. |
| US12117009B2 |
Vacuum pump including magnetic bearing and motor bearing operable as radial magnetic bearing, motor, and thrust magnetic bearing
A rotation mechanism (20) of a vacuum pump (100) includes a magnetic bearing unit (21) having a first outer diameter (91), the magnetic bearing unit (21) being operable as a first radial magnetic bearing (40), and a motor unit (22) provided on a side of a second end (11b) of a rotary shaft (11) relative to the magnetic bearing unit, the motor unit (22) having a second outer diameter (92) larger than the first outer diameter, the motor unit (22) being operable as both a motor (30) and a second radial magnetic bearing (50). |
| US12117008B2 |
Impeller-type exhaust apparatus for blocking electric heat
Proposed is an impeller-type exhaust apparatus for blocking transfer of heat including a first disc facing a high-temperature gas, a second disc spaced apart from the first disc to form a heat blocking space, a plurality of blades formed along the circumferences of the first disc and the second disc, and a motor which provides rotary power to the first disc and the second disc, wherein heat can be blocked through the heat blocking space. |
| US12117007B1 |
Device to assist the performance of a heart
A device to assist the performance of a heart with at least one pump that is formed as a rotary pump and driven via a magneto coupling. |
| US12117006B2 |
Conveyor device at least for conveying a fluid and pump comprising such a conveyor device
A conveyor device is disclosed for at least conveying a fluid with at least one conveyor chamber, with at least one dimensionally stable conveyor chamber element that at least partially delimits the conveyor chamber, with at least one elastically deformable and, in particular, annular conveyor element, particularly a conveyor membrane, that delimits the conveyor chamber together with the conveyor chamber element and is arranged on the conveyor chamber element, and with at least one pressing unit intended for generating an inhomogeneous pressing force, particularly at least in a non-conveying state of the conveyor element, at least in a sealing region between the conveyor element and the conveyor chamber element along a maximum overall extent of the sealing region, particularly along a maximum circumferential extent between the conveyor element and the conveyor chamber element. |
| US12117002B2 |
Scroll compressor having oil supply groove in communication with oil supply hole defined from oil passage to rotating shaft surface
A scroll compressor is disclosed. The scroll compressor may include an oil supply hole penetrating from an oil passage to an outer circumferential surface of a rotating shaft, and an oil supply groove communicating with the oil supply hole and formed along the outer circumferential surface of the rotating shaft. The oil supply groove may be provided in plurality axially spaced apart by a preset distance. This can prevent the oil supply groove from invading an oil film section and increase centrifugal force against oil in the oil supply groove, thereby suppressing friction loss and wear between a main frame and the rotating shaft. |
| US12117001B2 |
Screw compressor with oil injection at multiple volume ratios
The present disclosure is directed to a screw compressor system having a compressor housing with a pair of screw rotors rotatably supported within a compression chamber. Lubricant is injected into a compression chamber at a first volume ratio and at a second volume ratio greater than the first volume ratio to increase the sealing and lubrication between the screw rotors and rotor bores in the compressor housing as well as to increase heat transfer from a compressed working fluid in the compression chamber. |
| US12116999B2 |
Compressor with improved structure for easy installation
A compressor includes a fixed scroll, a movable scroll and a cover body. The cover body has an injection hole. The compressor has a compression chamber which is at least partially located between the fixed scroll and the movable scroll. The compressor includes a communication tube which defines a communication channel in communication with the enthalpy increasing channel. One end of the communication tube is at least partially located in the enthalpy increasing channel. A circumferential side wall of the one end of the communication tube is directly or indirectly in contact with an inner wall of the enthalpy increasing channel. Another end of the communication tube is at least partially located within the injection hole. A circumferential side wall of the another end of the communication tube is directly or indirectly in contact with an inner wall of the injection hole. |
| US12116995B2 |
Spherical pump valve made of specific materials
A spherical pump valve. The valve includes a valve cage, a spring, a valve member, a valve seat, and a locking ring. The valve cage has a groove holding the spring and threads. The valve member has a stem and a trench holding the spring. The valve seat has a seating surface, threads that match the valve cage threads and upon threaded engagement secure the valve seat to the valve cage, and a channel. The locking ring is installed in the channel and secures the valve cage to the valve seat. The components of the valve are made of specific materials and, in one embodiment, the valve achieves a volumetric efficiency of about 95% at 250 rpm. Also disclosed is a pump including the valve. |
| US12116992B2 |
Long-stroke pumping unit
A long-stroke pumping unit includes a tower; a counterweight assembly movable along the tower; a crown mounted atop the tower; a sprocket supported by the crown and rotatable relative thereto; and a belt. The unit further includes a motor having a stator mounted to the crown and a rotor torsionally connected to the sprocket; and a sensor for detecting position of the counterweight assembly. The pumping unit may include a dynamic control system for controlling a speed of a motor. |
| US12116990B2 |
Tube pump
Provided is a tube pump including: first and second roller units that rotate about the axis while being in contact with a tube; a drive shaft arranged on the axis and coupled to the first roller unit; a drive cylinder arranged on the axis and coupled to the second roller unit; a first drive unit configured to rotate the drive shaft in a predetermined direction about the axis and having a first drive shaft configured to rotate about the axis; and a second drive unit configured to rotate the drive cylinder in the predetermined direction about the axis and having a second drive cylinder configured to rotate about the axis, the drive shaft is arranged to penetrate through the second drive unit along the axis, and the drive cylinder is arranged on an outer circumference side of the drive shaft and rotatably about the axis independently of the drive shaft. |
| US12116989B2 |
Electric air pump
An electric air pump includes a housing, a cover body, an inflation module, and a control module. The housing is provided with a first vent port. The cover body covers the housing, and the cover body is provided with a second vent port. The inflation module is disposed in the housing. The control module is disposed in the housing, and the control module comprises a control circuit board and an air pressure detection unit. The air pressure detection unit is disposed on the control circuit board, and the control circuit board is electrically connected to the inflation module and configured for performing controlling. |
| US12116988B2 |
Coupling assembly for a variable displacement hydraulic unit
The present disclosure relates to a coupling assembly for a variable displacement hydraulic unit. The coupling assembly may have a rotatable swashplate, a swashplate bearing including a cage and a plurality of rollers mounted on the cage, a pin fixed to the swashplate, and a coupling member rotatably supported on the pin. The coupling member is configured to contact a portion of the cage to move the swashplate bearing upon rotation of the swashplate. |
| US12116987B2 |
Sealing structure for a transport device having a shape-memory alloy
The invention relates to a transport device (100) comprising a housing (110), an actuator (130), a drive (150) and a sealing element (170). The housing has a fluid inlet (111, 113), a fluid outlet (113, 111), and partially contains the actuator (130), which comprises a magnetic shape-memory alloy. The actuator (130) can be deformed by the drive (150) in such a way to form a cavity (135) for the fluid in order to transport the fluid in the cavity (135) from the fluid inlet (111, 113) to the fluid outlet (113, 111). The sealing element (170) is arranged between the actuator (130) and the housing (110) in such a way that the cavity (135) is edge-sealed or end-sealed during the transport of the fluid from the fluid inlet (111, 113) to the fluid outlet (113, 111). |
| US12116986B2 |
Energy storage and delivery system and method
An energy storage and delivery system includes one or more cableways and a cage that travels along each of the one or more cableways. The cage is coupled (e.g., fixedly coupled) to one or more cables that extend between a lower elevation and a higher elevation, the cables or steel ribbons being translated along the associated cableway by a traction motor wheel to translate the cage along the associated cableway. The system is operable to pick-up, transport and deliver with the cage a plurality of blocks from the lower elevation to the higher elevation to store energy (e.g., via the potential energy of the block). The system is also operable to pick-up, transport and deliver with the cage a plurality of blocks from the higher elevation to the lower elevation at least partially under force of gravity to generate electricity via an electric generator coupled to the traction motor wheel. |
| US12116985B2 |
Grid forming wind turbine with an electric storage
The invention relates to a method for controlling power generation of a VSM wind turbine. The wind turbine comprises a machine side converter, a line side converter, a DC link, and an electric storage device electrically connected to the DC link. The method comprises determining a first power control signal to the machine side converter, determining a second power control signal for controlling a desired output power of the line side converter based on a storage device voltage error, and a power production reference, and determining a charging current reference for controlling charging and discharging of the electric storage device based on a DC-link voltage error. |
| US12116983B2 |
Enhanced wake mixing for floating wind turbines
Wind turbine comprising a rotor, comprising at least a first blade, and a supporting structure for supporting said rotor up in the air; wherein said first blade is arranged to rotate in a rotor plane around a rotor axis of the rotor and wherein said first blade is rotatable by a blade pitch driving mechanism around a blade pitch axis that is substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the blade, wherein said rotor axis is movable in at least one of a rotational tilt direction, a rotational yaw direction and a fore-aft translational direction and wherein the wind turbine further comprises a controller for controlling the wind turbine by varying an induction factor of the first blade over time while the rotor rotates around its rotor axis, wherein the controller is further arranged for varying said induction factor of the first blade by controlling the blade pitch driving mechanism for applying an oscillatory blade pitch rotation to the first blade, and by inducing an oscillatory motion of the rotor axis in the at least one of the rotational tilt direction, the rotational yaw direction and the fore-aft translational direction. |
| US12116981B2 |
Compensating gravity cycles of a pitching system
A method of controlling a pitching system of a rotating rotor blade of a wind turbine includes: controlling the pitching system such that unintended pitching due to gravity is reduced. |
| US12116979B2 |
Unmanned aerial vehicle wind turbine inspection systems and methods
Methods, systems and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) wind turbine inspection system. One of the methods includes obtaining first sensor information by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the first sensor information describing physical aspects of a wind turbine, including one or more blades of the wind turbine. An orientation of the blades of the wind turbine are determined based on the obtained first sensor information. A flight pattern for the UAV to inspect the blades of the wind turbine is determined, the flight pattern being based on the determined orientation of the blades. Each of the blades of the wind turbine is inspected by the UAV according to the determined flight pattern, the inspection including obtaining second sensor information describing the blades of the wind turbine. |
| US12116974B1 |
Turbine wind blade with trailing edge
A turbine blade for a wind turbine, the turbine blade has a blowing and suction provision in form of a plurality of arrays of blowing and suction holes defined on a curved suction surface of the turbine blade. An apparatus for turbine blade testing includes the turbine blade. The apparatus also includes a wind tunnel, a blowing source, and a suction source. The wind tunnel includes a wind channel having first and second end plates for mounting the turbine blade. A method of testing air flow in a turbine blade involves changing holes used for blowing and suction and determining a momentum coefficient for those various holes; and varying angle of attack with measurement of lift/drag ratio. |
| US12116973B1 |
Ocean multitasking generator
An electricity generating apparatus has a turbine between two vertical water-tight towers on a floating base that may be managed to attain a buoyancy such that the towers protrude above a water surface and the turbine remains below the water surface. One tower has an upward extending air conduit with an air pump driven by wind vanes at an upper region. The turbine is adapted to be driven by both wave motion and by tide currents, and an air manifold beneath the turbine, fed with air from the air pump, feeds air to aid in turning the turbine, which in turn drives a generator in one of the towers. |
| US12116967B2 |
Measuring a spark of a spark plug
The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, an internal combustion engine ignition system includes a voltage divider configured to be coupled to a primary transformer ignition coil connector, the voltage divider configured to reduce a voltage received from the primary transformer ignition coil to a controller voltage, a comparator circuit with an input coupled to an output of the voltage divider, and a controller configured to detect the voltage output of the voltage divider, detect the voltage output of a vehicle electric power supply, detect the voltage output of a comparator, and determine an estimated breakdown voltage of a spark plug based on the detected output voltage of the voltage divider and the detected voltage of the power supply. |
| US12116963B2 |
Monitoring system, method and vehicle comprising such a system, for detecting clogging through fouling of an air filter of an internal combustion engine
A monitoring system and method for detecting clogging through fouling of an air filter (3) of an internal combustion engine (5) comprising a differential pressure sensor means (7) for determining a differential pressure between an ambient environment and a position directly downstream of the air inlet filter. The system further comprising at least one exhaust flow sensor means (9) for determining the exhaust flow, and a controller (13) which is communicatively connected to each of the sensor means for processing information therefrom. The controller is arranged for determining a first filter resistance coefficient based on, at least, a measurement of the differential pressure, and the exhaust flow. The system is arranged for, using the controller, to calculate a second filter coefficient based on the historic evolution of the first filter coefficient, the controller further arranged for comparing the second filter coefficient to a boundary value, and generating a clogging alarm signal when the second filter coefficient exceeds said boundary value. |
| US12116961B1 |
Methods and systems for EGR system
Methods and systems are provided for an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system. In one example, a method includes determining a present EGR valve offset and an historical EGR valve offset and comparing the present EGR valve offset and the historical EGR valve offset to determine a presence of an EGR leak. |
| US12116960B2 |
Internal combustion engine and method for controlling internal combustion engine
A deposit amount calculation unit calculates an accumulation amount ΣDp of deposit by using an amount of fuel injection fq and a rotation speed NE as parameters, and when the accumulation amount ΣDp exceeds a first threshold value, then an inlet and an outlet of an EGR cooler are switched. A condensed water calculation unit calculates a retention amount ΣCw of condensed water by using the amount of fuel injection fq and the rotation speed NE as parameters, and when the retention amount ΣCw exceeds a second threshold value, then the inlet and the outlet of the EGR cooler are switched. |
| US12116958B2 |
Rocket motor and components thereof
A rocket motor and rocket motor feed system are disclosed. The rocket motor feed system includes a sonic choke which passively regulates the mass flow rate of gaseous propellant passing through the sonic choke. An injector is provided and isolates the upstream feed line of the rocket motor feed system from a combustor. Regenerative cooling circuits are disclosed. Self-pressurised gaseous propellants may be used with the rocket motor and rocket motor feed system. Suitable propellants are disclosed. Bi-propellants may be used. The sonic choke may provide a ratio of oxidiser:fuel to a combustor. Rocket motor feed systems with separate fuel and oxidiser branches are also disclosed. A rocket motor utilising such a feed system is disclosed. |
| US12116949B2 |
Auxiliary engine control unit, in particular an adaptive auxiliary engine control unit, for use with a main engine control unit or an internal combustion engine, in particular an internal combustion engine of a vehicle
An auxiliary engine control unit for use with a main engine control unit for an internal combustion engine of a vehicle may have an input signal interface unit. The input signal interface unit may be configured to intercept at least one engine control output signal of the main engine control unit. The auxiliary engine control unit may also have a control unit which is configured to change the intercepted engine control output signal according to a control scheme stored in the control unit. The auxiliary engine control unit may also have an output signal interface unit which is configured to output the engine control output signal, changed by the control unit, to the internal combustion engine to be controlled in order to achieve an improved control of the internal combustion engine. |
| US12116948B2 |
Estimating a level of corrosion of an injector
Disclosed is a method for estimating a level of corrosion of an injector of an engine, the engine including a reference injector and at least one other injector, each injector including a tip in fluidic communication with a combustion chamber specific to each of the injectors, the respective combustion chamber of each injector also being in fluidic communication with an exhaust system of the engine. The method includes: while the engine is stopped, inhibiting a propagation of the gases from the exhaust system toward the tip of the reference injector; determining a static flow rate of an injector and a static flow rate of the reference injector; and estimating a level of corrosion of the injector by comparing the static flow rate of the injector with the static flow rate of the reference injector. |
| US12116945B2 |
RPM module for outdoor powered equipment
An RPM module for insertion into outdoor power equipment driven by an engine may include an extraction interface configured to be inserted proximate to the engine to passively extract information indicative of RPM from the engine, an RPM monitor operably coupled to the extraction interface to convert the information indicative of RPM into RPM data, and processing circuitry configured to utilize the RPM data to perform control or monitoring of the engine based on the RPM data. |
| US12116943B2 |
Control system for diesel engine, diesel engine, and control method for diesel engine
A control system for a diesel engine including a turbocharger and a supercharger as superchargers, includes: a clutch control unit for switching a state of engagement or disengagement of a clutch interposed between the supercharger and a drive shaft of the engine; a fuel injection period control unit for controlling a fuel injection period with respect to the engine based on first association information in which a rotation speed of the engine, an accelerator position, and the fuel injection period are associated with each other in advance; and a fuel injection start timing control unit for controlling a fuel injection start timing with respect to the engine. The fuel injection start timing control unit is configured to control the fuel injection start timing based on association information which is different depending on an operating state of the supercharger. |
| US12116937B1 |
Boosting gas turbine engine power with fluid motor
An aircraft system is provided that includes a thrust rotor and a powerplant coupled to and configured to drive rotation of the thrust rotor. The powerplant includes a gas turbine engine, a drivetrain and a fluid motor. The gas turbine engine includes a rotating assembly, a compressor section, a combustor section, a turbine section and a flowpath extending through the compressor section, the combustor section and the turbine section. The rotating assembly includes a turbine rotor in the turbine section. The turbine rotor is configured to convert fluid power of combustion products flowing through the flowpath within the turbine section into mechanical power for driving rotation of the rotating assembly during a mode of engine operation. The drivetrain is configured to rotatably couple the fluid motor to the rotating assembly. The fluid motor is configured to boost the mechanical power for driving the rotation of the rotating assembly during the mode of engine operation. |
| US12116934B2 |
Turbine engine fuel injector with oxygen circuit
A system is provided for an aerial vehicle. This system includes a splash plate, a fuel nozzle and a gas circuit. The splash plate includes a splash plate surface. The fuel nozzle includes a nozzle orifice. The fuel nozzle is configured to direct fuel out of the nozzle orifice to impinge against the splash plate surface. The gas circuit includes a gas passage and a gas outlet. At least a portion of the gas passage is formed by and embedded within the splash plate. The gas passage extends through the splash plate to the gas outlet. |
| US12116931B2 |
Air intake for a turbojet engine nacelle
An air intake of a turbojet engine nacelle includes an air intake lip, an annular structure, a rear partition, and at least one acoustic attenuation structure. The annular structure includes at least a part of an outer fairing and an inner fairing joined to each other by the air intake lip. The rear partition is connected to the inner fairing. The acoustic attenuation structure is attached to the inner fairing of the annular structure. At least part of the outer fairing, the air intake lip and the inner fairing are integral with each other. |
| US12116929B2 |
Bleed flow assembly for a gas turbine engine
A gas turbine engine includes a turbomachine, the turbomachine defining a core flow therethrough during operation. A first heat exchange assembly is in fluid communication with the turbomachine for receiving a first bleed flow from the turbomachine. A second heat exchange assembly is in fluid communication with the turbomachine for receiving a second bleed flow from the turbomachine. A first flow outlet is provided for receiving the first bleed flow from the first heat exchange assembly and providing the first bleed flow to a first aircraft flow assembly. A second flow outlet is provided for receiving the second bleed flow and providing the second bleed flow from the second heat exchange assembly to a second aircraft flow assembly. |
| US12116924B1 |
System and method for controlling internal combustion engine turbocharger shaft speed
A system for controlling turbocharger shaft speed for an internal combustion engine (ICE) includes sensors and actuators and control modules in communication with the sensors and actuators. The control modules store and execute control logic that generates a predicted shaft speed from turbocharger shaft speed data. A shaft speed control algorithm (SSCA) is selectively initialized. The SSCA generates lower and upper limits to turbocharger flow corrections applied via the actuators. Closed loop control outputs are applied selectively to the actuators to control a mass flow through a compressor of the turbocharger. The SSCA selectively determines the shaft speed has exceeded a threshold, and the actuators alter a pressure ratio of the ICE. The SSCA operates the turbocharger stably within predefined hardware limits at an optimum shaft speed while maintaining constant flow across a range of pressure ratios. A long-term memory learning process trims turbocharger performance. |
| US12116921B2 |
Mixing device
A mixing device includes a case surrounding a blowing section of a filter or a catalyst; an upper pipe segment having an opening facing a direction opposite to the blowing section and tilted relative to the vertical direction so that the more the upper pipe segment goes vertically downward, the closer it gets to the blowing section; a lower pipe segment bent from a lower end of the upper pipe segment and tilted relative to the vertical direction so that the more it goes vertically downward, the further away it gets from the blowing section, the lower pipe segment extending out from the case and connected to a selective catalytic reduction device; and an injector attached to the case and injecting a liquid additive toward an area faced by the opening, the area being located outside the upper pipe segment in the case. |
| US12116916B1 |
Exhaust assembly temperature regulation for shutdown
This disclosure describes, in part, systems and structures for an exhaust assembly that includes an exhaust tube and a coolant passage. The exhaust tube is oriented about an axis and an exhaust gas is configured to flow through the exhaust tube in a direction away from an end of the exhaust tube. The coolant passage is oriented about the axis radially outward of the exhaust tube, the coolant passage having an inner shell and an outer shell. The heat capacity of the volume of the coolant contained within the coolant passage is above a threshold ratio of a heat capacitance of a radiation shield, exhaust tube, and inner shell of the coolant passage to prevent coolant boiling after shutdown. |
| US12116915B2 |
Exhaust pipe bridge
An exhaust system comprises a first exhaust pipe having a first aperture, a second exhaust pipe having a second aperture and a bridge mechanically and fluidically interconnecting the first and second exhaust pipes. The bridge includes a first plate including a first curved portion sealingly fixed to an outer surface of the first exhaust pipe. The bridge includes a second plate including a second curved portion sealingly fixed to an outer surface of the second exhaust. The first and second plates each include first and second coupling tubes including first and second frustoconical portions to funnel exhaust from the first exhaust pipe toward the second exhaust pipe and vice versa. The first plate is sealingly coupled to the second plate. |
| US12116913B2 |
Exhaust gas assembly
An exhaust duct assembly for conveying exhaust gases emanating from a combustion zone to atmosphere is disclosed. The assembly includes: an exhaust gas outlet for exhausting exhaust gas into the atmosphere; and an acoustic duct portion located upstream of the exhaust gas outlet, the acoustic duct portion having a peripheral wall defining a through-passage arranged and constructed to promote propagation of sound there-through. The acoustic duct portion has a length in a flow direction that is at least 50% of an average hydraulic diameter of the through-passage. |
| US12116911B2 |
Rocker arm mechanism of engine, system and method for two-stroke engine brake
A rocker arm mechanism of an engine, a system and a method for two-stroke engine brake are provided. The rocker arm mechanism includes a first rocker arm, a second rocker arm and a connection mechanism. One end of the first rocker arm and one end of the second rocker arm is rotatably connected to a shaft, the other end of the first rocker arm is close to a valve of the engine, while the other end of the second rocker arm is close to a cam. The connection mechanism includes a connecting piston and a linkage mechanism. The connecting piston is disposed in the first rocker arm or the second rocker arm, the linkage mechanism is rotatably connected to one end of the connecting piston. The rocker arm mechanism may be used for engine cylinder deactivation and engine brake. |
| US12116909B2 |
Auxiliary framework for electrically latched rocker arms
A valvetrain suitable for an internal combustion engine of a type that includes a combustion chamber, a moveable valve having a seat formed within the combustion chamber, and a camshaft. The valvetrain includes a rocker arm assembly having a rocker arm and an electrical device that either configures the rocker arm assembly or provides position feedback for a part of the rocker arm assembly. The valvetrain includes a framework that fits around a spark plug tube while holding a component of a circuit that includes the electrical device in a position adjacent the rocker arm assembly. The position may place the component in contact with or very close to the rocker arm assembly. This framework structure may effectively utilize the available space under a valve cover while facilitating correct positioning of the component in relation to the rocker arm assembly. |
| US12116905B2 |
Adhesive bonded composite-to-metal hybrid vanes and method of manufacture
The present disclosure provides methods and systems for composite-to-metal hybrid bonded structures compromising the laser surface treatment on titanium alloys to promote adhesive bond performance. For example, a computer may be programmed to set a laser path corresponding to a predetermined geometric pattern. A laser may be coupled to the computer and apply a pulsed laser beam to a contact surface of the titanium alloy along the predefined geometric pattern. The laser may generate an open pore oxide layer on the contact surface of the substrate with a thickness of 100 and 500 nm. The open pore oxide layer may have a topography corresponding to the predefined geometric pattern. The topography may contain high degree of open pore structure and promote adhesive bond performance. Adhesive, primer or composite resin matrix may fully infiltrate into the open pore structures. Adhesive and composite laminate may co-cure to form composite-to-titanium hybrid bonded structures. |
| US12116902B2 |
Twin scroll turbine housing
A turbine assembly can include a turbine housing that defines a longitudinal axis and that includes a first scroll and a first tongue at a first angle about the longitudinal axis and a second scroll and a second tongue at a second angle about the longitudinal axis, where an angular span between the first angle and the second angle is greater than 1 degree and less than 180 degrees; and a first set of vanes and a second set of vanes disposed in the turbine housing, where a vane of the first set of vanes is aligned with the first tongue and a vane of the second set of vanes is aligned with the second tongue. |
| US12116901B2 |
Fan module comprising improved sealing means for a lubricant chamber
A turbomachine fan module includes a fan shaft and a lubrication chamber traversed axially by at least part of the fan shaft. The module further includes at least one first bearing configured to support and guide the fan shaft in rotation. The fan shaft has a first tubular part closed by a cover, wherein the first tubular part has a distal end and a proximal end that are opposite each other along a longitudinal axis X and an annular squealer cavity, formed in an inner surface of the fan shaft, between the distal end and the proximal end. The cover has a body extending along the longitudinal axis X and mounted in the first tubular portion so as to cover and sealingly close the annular squealer cavity. |
| US12116900B2 |
Buffer air system for a bearing compartment
An assembly is provided for a turbine engine. This assembly includes a rotating structure rotatable about an axis, a stationary structure and a bearing. The stationary structure forms a bearing compartment, a buffer cavity, a low pressure cavity and a high pressure cavity with the rotating structure. The buffer cavity surrounds the bearing compartment. The low pressure cavity surrounds the buffer cavity. The high pressure cavity surrounds the low pressure cavity. The bearing is within the bearing compartment. The bearing rotatably couples the rotating structure to the stationary structure. |
| US12116897B2 |
Turbine stator assembly with a radial degree of freedom between a guide vane assembly and a sealing ring
A turbine stator assembly including a guide vane assembly and a sealing ring bearing an abradable element of a dynamic sealing ring. The assembly includes pins secured to the sealing ring and cooperating with respective oblong openings formed in the guide vane assembly so as to allow a radial movement of the ring with respect to the guide vane assembly in order to compensate for differential thermal expansions. A seal is arranged so as to compensate for circumferential spaces between ring sectors forming the guide vane assembly. |
| US12116895B2 |
Multistage pump body and multistage gas pump
A multistage pump body comprises a first pumping chamber (20) and a second pumping chamber (21). A connecting duct (26a) puts an outlet (27) of the first pumping chamber (20) into communication with an inlet (28) of the second pumping chamber (21). A leak-tight conduit (40) is provided for the circulation of a cooling liquid. The connecting duct (26a) is a lateral duct of the multistage pump body. A heat-conducting wall (33) partially delimits the connecting duct (26a) and has an external surface (34) on the outside. At least a portion of the connecting duct (26a) passes between this external surface (34) of the heat-conducting wall (33) and the leak-tight conduit (40). |
| US12116893B2 |
Shear pin for deactivating a steering pad of a rotary steerable system
A body of a shear pin can be positioned in a pad stopper of a steering pad of a rotary steerable system. The rotary steerable system can be used to steer a drill in a wellbore. The steering pad can be positioned on the rotary steerable system such that a head of the shear pin is coupled with a lateral pad of the rotary steerable system. The head of the shear pin can deactivate the steering pad by preventing the steering pad from actuating. A fluid pulse can be output in the wellbore to break the shear pin for enabling the steering pad to actuate to cause the rotary steerable system to steer the drill in the wellbore. |
| US12116884B2 |
Method and system for monitoring well operations
A method for monitoring well operations comprises sensing oscillations occurring in the well during a well operation and generating a signal indicative of the oscillations. The signal is processed into sensed data indicative of the oscillations sensed in the well, and the sensed data is then compared with reference data associated with previously detected well operations, to identify the well operation that generated the sensed oscillations. The system that performs the well monitoring, comprises one or more transducers configured to sense the oscillations, and a processing system in communication with the transducer which identifies the well operation and the device that caused the oscillations, based on comparisons of data indicative of the oscillations, with reference data associated with previously detected well operations. |
| US12116883B2 |
Annulus pressure monitoring, reporting, and control system for hydrocarbon wells
Systems and methods for monitoring pressure in hydrocarbon wells for controlling operation of the hydrocarbon well are configured for operations comprising receiving pressure data for a well, the pressure data comprising values of a pressure in a well annulus over a period of time for a set of wells; identifying one or more anomalies in the pressure data by comparing the values of the pressure to threshold values, the anomalies in the pressure data representing an anomalous pressure condition for a well; determining, based on the one or more anomalies, a failure factor for one or more wells associated with the anomalies; and predicting, based on the failure factor, a cycle time of anomalies in the pressure conditions for the one or more wells. |
| US12116882B2 |
Production logging tool for wells with debris and viscid material
A method for logging a well that includes providing a production logging tool (PLT) with at least one sensor which is covered by a protective sleeve. The method includes deploying the PLT from a logging unit at a surface location of a wellsite into a wellbore of the well. The method includes the PLT receiving a command to acquire well data of a flowstream in the wellbore of the well to form a well log. The method includes acquiring the well data of the flowstream using the PLT, determining that the sensor is contaminated based on the acquired well data, performing a cleaning cycle to clean the sensor using the protective sleeve, then transmitting the well data to the logging unit. |
| US12116878B2 |
Well construction workflow selection and execution
A method for conducting wellsite activities includes receiving measured sensor data collected by one or more sensors in a wellsite construction rig, determining a data quality of the measured sensor data based on a plurality of data quality dimensions, predicting predicted sensor data using a model, comparing the measured sensor data with the predicted sensor data, determining an uncertainty of the measured sensor data based at least in part on the data quality and the comparison, and selecting one or more workflows for implementation using the one or more sensors, the wellsite construction rig, or both. |
| US12116874B1 |
Method for neutralizing hydrogen sulfide in a wellbore with a venturi jet pump and oxidants
A method for neutralizing hydrogen sulfide in a well using oxidants by installing a venturi jet pump between a packer and a tubing string in a reservoir, injecting oxidant into water forming a power fluid using a surface tension modification generator; continuously injecting the power fluid into tubing in the source well or oil field production well at 50 psi-5000 psi to an inlet nozzle of the venturi jet pump. Velocity increases and pressure decreases on the power fluid as fluid flows through the inlet nozzle. Simultaneously drawing in reservoir fluid and mixing with the power fluid in a draw down chamber forming a molecularly mixed fluid. Mixing oxidant with reservoir fluid for 0.1 to 10 seconds to scavenge hydrogen sulfide, methyl sulfide and/or explode cell membranes of anaerobic bacteria of the reservoir and discharging the treated stream from the venturi jet pump up an annulus of the wellbore to surface. |
| US12116873B2 |
Pneumatic lifting system for hydrocarbon production
This invention is related to a pneumatic lifting system for hydrocarbon production, comprising at least one mandrel (1) and at least one gas flow control valve (11), wherein the at least one mandrel (1) is connected to a production string (3), wherein the production string is positioned inside a well casing (2), wherein it comprises a straddle (10) supported on the production string and enveloping the mandrel, wherein in the region of the gas outlet (110) of the gas flow control valve (11) a chamber (105) is formed, wherein the straddle (10) comprises a means of fluidic communication (102) adapted to feed gas inside the straddle (10). |
| US12116872B1 |
Downhole flow control device with turbine chamber insert
A downhole flow control device is used to control the production of formation fluids while using flow of the formation fluids to drive a turbine. Flow through a turbine chamber is optimized using a chamber insert that cooperatively defines a reduced chamber volume with the turbine chamber. The chamber insert includes an overhead portion defining a ceiling over the turbine and an arcuate portion contiguous with an arcuate portion of the turbine chamber. The baffle is perforated to allow some flow to exit the reduced chamber volume to a bypass port in a cavity radially outwardly thereof. The turbine may be used for any suitable downhole application, such as an inflow control device or to generate electrical power. |
| US12116871B2 |
Retrievable perforating gun assembly and components
A perforating gun assembly includes an exposed perforating gun module. The exposed perforating gun module includes a housing having a first connector end, a second connector end opposite and spaced apart from the first connector end, and a chamber extending along a central axis of the housing between the first and second connector ends. The chamber is configured for receiving a detonator and optionally, a radial booster charge coupled to the detonator. A plurality of sockets extends from an outer surface of the housing towards the chamber. Each socket is configured to receive an encapsulated shaped charge. The encapsulated shaped charges may include a protrusion having an external thread that threadingly engage a complimentary threaded portion of the sockets. The detonator may directly initiate the radial booster charge or the encapsulated shaped charges. |
| US12116869B2 |
Subsea methane production assembly
A methane production assembly comprising a subsea well (3) extending from the seabed to a methane hydrate formation (5). The assembly comprises a well casing (7) extending into the subsea well (3), a subsea well control assembly (9), a submersible pump (17) in fluid communication with the methane hydrate formation, and a methane-water separator (29) having a water outlet (31) and a methane outlet (32). The submersible pump is arranged above the subsea well. |
| US12116864B2 |
Cooling injection fluid
A method of fracturing a subsurface formation includes super-cooling liquid carbon dioxide to a temperature between −60° F. to −70° F. using liquid nitrogen having a temperature in a range of −100° F. to −200° F., pumping the lipid carbon dioxide down a wellbore to create fractures in the subsurface formation, and pumping fracturing fluid containing a proppant down the wellbore after pumping the liquid carbon dioxide down the wellbore. |
| US12116861B2 |
Methods and systems for rotating a casing to ensure efficient displacement of cement slurry
Rotating a casing during a cementing operation to ensure efficient displacement of cement slurry. More specifically, embodiments are directed towards a sub and rotating tool that are positioned above a first cement operation, wherein the rotating tool is positioned in a kickoff point or build section of a horizontal well. |
| US12116858B2 |
Wellbore annulus seal system
An annulus seal system includes a retention plate mounted to a tubing in a wellbore at an uphole longitudinal end of the tubing and an annular isolation system coupled to the retention plate. The annular isolation system includes a bottom holding plate positioned in an annulus between two tubings, a seal element residing on the bottom holding plate to seal the annulus between the tubings, a torque plate, and a top holding plate. The seal element is positioned between the bottom holding plate and the torque plate, and the torque plate moves in a longitudinal direction toward the bottom holding plate to compress the seal element between the bottom holding plate and the torque plate. The top holding plate mounts to the retention plate, and includes an adjustment mechanism engaged with the torque plate to control movement of the torque plate in the longitudinal direction. |
| US12116844B2 |
Tiling for downhole tool
Interfacing surfaces of adjacent tiles in a downhole tool may combine to form a tortuous path therebetween. In various embodiments, this tortuous path may run generally parallel and/or perpendicular to a top surface of the tiles. One example of such a tortuous path may be created by a protrusion extending from an interfacing surface of one of the tiles that may fit snugly within a cavity receding into an interfacing surface of another of the tiles. |
| US12116843B2 |
Rope joining
Integrated climb assist and fall arrest system and methods to assist users climbing ladders and vertical paths are disclosed. The integrated systems and comprise a controller connected to a user's harness, a static fall arrest cable, and a movable climb assist belt. The connection of the fall arrest components and the climb assist components may include physical connection, electronic connection, communication, or any combination thereof. The climb assist belt can be driven by a motor to provide an upwards climb assistance force to a user along a vertical path. The motor can be dynamically adjusted to continuously provide a level of climb assistance. The integrated controller is also configured to mechanically detect downwards movement and engage an overspeed braking mechanism when a threshold velocity or acceleration is detected. |