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| US12159498B2 |
Systems and methods for creating duplicate keys and pairing with vehicles
A kiosk-based system provides enhanced processes for replicating or copying keys including automotive keys and including transponder keys requiring programming. A set of user interfaces guides users through master key identifying, key blank selecting, master key scanning and duplicate key cutting processes as well as programming programmable keys. The invention provides a Quick Reference redundancy to add an additional layer of accuracy to avoid errors in selecting key blanks and in cutting selected key blanks. The system creates a copy or duplicate of a master key based on a captured image of the master key and stored key data. |
| US12159497B2 |
Remote programming for access control system with virtual card data
An access control system includes a credential service operable to generate an encrypted programming credential. A mobile library on a mobile device operable to communicate with the credential service, the mobile library operable to receive the encrypted programming credential from the credential service and a credential module for an access control, the credential module operable to extract programming data from the encrypted programming credential, the programming data usable to program the access control. |
| US12159496B2 |
Mechanisms, assemblies and electronic locking system
Release mechanism for an electronic locking system, wherein the release mechanism is configured such that an input member and an output member are locked against relative rotation and can rotate together within a locking ring opening when a locking member is located in an input member recess and in an output member recess, and such that the output member is released to rotate relative to the input member when the locking member is located in the output member recess and in a locking ring recess. A freewheel mechanism and assemblies for an electronic locking system are also provided. |
| US12159493B2 |
Systems and methods for a virtual vehicle
A cloud computing system for digital twinning a telehandler or a boom lift and a controller. The telehandler or boom lift may include a sensor, a device, and an electronic control system. The cloud computing system is configured to receive multiple datasets, including from at least one of the sensor, the device, or the electronic control system of the telehandler. The cloud computing system is also configured to generate a virtual telehandler or boom lift based on the datasets. The virtual telehandler or boom lift includes a visual representation of the telehandler or boom lift and the datasets. The controller is also configured to operate a display of a user device to provide the visual representation of the telehandler and one or more of the datasets to a user. |
| US12159489B2 |
Image recognition system, image recognition server, and image recognition
An object of the present invention is to provide an image recognition system, an image recognition server, and an image recognition method having a new high security framework that can achieve utilization of multi-device diversity. The image recognition system according to the present disclosure includes a computationally non-intensive encryption algorithm based on random unitary transformation and achieves a high level of security. In addition, the image recognition system achieves high recognition performance by using ensemble learning to integrate recognition results based on the dictionaries of different devices. |
| US12159488B2 |
System, method and computer-readable medium for measuring athletic performance
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions which, when executed by a processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to carry out a method. The method comprises obtaining sensor data indicative of a parameter sensed by a sensor associated with an article of sports equipment; obtaining position data indicative of a spatial position of the sensor or of the article of sports equipment; jointly processing the sensor data and the position data to derive a hybrid metric; and outputting a signal conveying the hybrid metric on a network or storing the hybrid metric in a computer-readable memory. The sensor data and the position data may be time-aligned to a common time reference, so that the jointly processing is carried out on the time-aligned sensor data and position data. The hybrid metric measures properties that are not derivable from the sensor data alone or the position data alone. |
| US12159486B1 |
Human-robot collaboration method based on multi-scale graph convolutional neural network
The present invention discloses a human-robot collaboration method based on a multi-scale graph convolutional neural network. The method includes the following steps: S1, data acquisition: acquiring a dataset of a human skeleton in human-robot collaboration scenes, and performing pre-processing to obtain pre-processed data; S2, model training: loading the pre-processed data, and obtaining a human behavior recognition network model by training a multi-scale graph convolutional neural network; S3, human behavior recognition: predicting human behaviors through a trained deep learning network model; and S4, human-robot interaction: sending predicted information to a robot system through a communication algorithm, and enabling a robot to make action plans based on the human behaviors. By the human-robot collaboration method based on a multi-scale graph convolutional neural network disclosed by the present invention, a robot can predict human behaviors and intents in real scenes and make correct interaction. |
| US12159485B2 |
Retinal image processing
An apparatus for generating an alert indicating an unreliability in a location of a landmark feature in a retinal image predicted by a machine learning algorithm, comprising: a receiver module which receives the predicted location; a probability indication determining module which uses the predicted location and a mixture model, which comprises a probability distribution of a landmark feature location and is based on determined locations of the landmark feature in retinal images having a plurality of retinal image classes, to determine, for each class, a respective probability indication indicating a probability that the retinal image belongs to the class; an outlier detector module which uses the probability indications to determine whether the retinal image is an outlier belonging to none of the classes; and an alert generator module which generates, when the retinal image belongs to none of the classes, an alert indicating unreliability of the predicted location. |
| US12159484B2 |
Photographing system, photographing method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium storing photographing program
An imaging system includes: an acquisition unit acquiring an iris image captured by an iris imaging means for capturing an iris of a target person or a whole image captured by a whole imaging means for capturing the target person; an estimation unit estimating a three-dimensional position of a target person being included in the acquired whole image; a selection unit selecting a coordinate transformation matrix that transforms a three-dimensional position of the target person into two-dimensional coordinates; a transformation unit transforming coordinates of an eye of a target person being included in a whole image associated with the estimated three-dimensional position into two-dimensional coordinates, based on the selected coordinate transformation matrix; and a setting unit setting, based on the transformed coordinates of an eye of the target person, a parameter for capturing an iris of the target person by the iris imaging means. |
| US12159481B2 |
Gaming activity monitoring systems and methods
Embodiments relate to systems, methods and computer readable media for gaming monitoring. In particular, embodiments process images to determine presence of a gaming object on a gaming table in the images. Embodiments estimate postures of one or more players in the images and based on the estimated postures determine a target player associated with the gaming object among the one or more players. |
| US12159480B2 |
Method and apparatus for fingerprint database creation, method and apparatus for fingerprint database application, centralized processing device and base station
The present disclosure provides a method for radio frequency fingerprint database creation, a method for radio frequency fingerprint database application, a device, a centralized processing device and a base station. During creating a radio frequency fingerprint database, neighbor cell information statistics is performed on each of a plurality of neighbor cells of the cell in each of the plurality of divided grids, and an effective radio frequency fingerprint database corresponding to the cell is generated according to a result of the dividing and a result of the neighbor cell information statistics. |
| US12159476B2 |
System and method for separation and classification of unstructured documents
A classification system is provided that separates unclassified pages into unclassified, separated documents and classifies the separated documents. The classification system applies a page-level recognition model to the unclassified pages to recognize the logical boundaries between documents and, based on the logical boundaries, separates the pages into unclassified, separated documents. The classification system further applies a document-level recognition model to classify the separated documents. |
| US12159473B2 |
Device for analyzing large-area sample based on image, device for analyzing sample based on image by using difference in medium characteristic, and method for measuring and analyzing sample using the same
Provided are a device for analyzing a large-area sample based on an image, a device for analyzing a sample based on an image by using a difference in medium characteristic, and a method for measuring and analyzing a sample by using the same. The device for analyzing a large-area sample includes a first sensor array including sensors disposed while being spaced apart from each other in a first direction, a second sensor array including sensors disposed while being spaced apart from each other in the first direction, and spaced apart from the first sensor array in a second direction, and a control unit that obtains image data for a cell included in the sample by using sensing data of the sensor on the sample, in which the sample is interposed between the first sensor array and the second sensor array. |
| US12159467B1 |
Camera and sensor system for measurement of road surface deflection
A system for measuring surface deflection of a road includes a first stereo line-scan camera pair on a sensor rig and for capturing a first set of 3D images of a road surface; a second stereo line-scan camera pair on the sensor rig and for capturing a second set of 3D images of the road surface; at least one digital electro-optical (EO) camera rigidly attached to the sensor rig; an inertial measurement unit (IMU) detecting inertial forces acting upon the sensor rig; and a processor compensating for acceleration and vibration effects upon the sensor rig; and calculating the surface deflection of the road based on the first and second sets of 3D images. The processor utilizes imagery from the EO camera and inertial measurements from the IMU to produce 2D mosaics and 3D reconstructions of the road surface from the first and second sets of 3D images. |
| US12159464B2 |
Controllable headlamp system
A lighting system for a vehicle is described, which includes a first hybridized device, a second hybridized device and a controller. The first hybridized device includes a first array of light emitting devices that illuminate a roadway on which the vehicle is located when operating. The second hybridized device includes a second array of light emitting devices that illuminate the roadway on which the vehicle is located when operating. The controller is electrically coupled to the first and second hybridized devices. When operating, the controller causes the first hybridized device to selectively project a first patterned light on to an object on the roadway, causes the first hybridized device to selectively project a second patterned light on to the object on the roadway, and causes a first camera to capture an image of the first patterned light projected on the object and the second patterned light projected on the object. |
| US12159463B2 |
Target vehicle recognition apparatus and processing method of target vehicle recognition apparatus
A target vehicle recognition apparatus detects a stopped vehicle ahead of the host vehicle, detects a reference boundary line position where at least one of two boundary lines forming a travel lane of the host vehicle intersects a reference axis extending from a lower end of the stopped vehicle in an image horizontal direction on a captured image, recognizes the stopped vehicle as a target vehicle of steering control when the reference boundary line position between a vehicle left end position of the stopped vehicle and a vehicle right end position of the stopped vehicle is present, and does not recognize the stopped vehicle as a target vehicle of steering control when the reference boundary line position between the vehicle left end position of the stopped vehicle and the vehicle right end position of the stopped vehicle is not present. |
| US12159462B2 |
Network server and method for controlling user terminal associated with doorbell including camera
A method for controlling a user terminal associated with a doorbell including a camera according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: storing, in a database, feature data units collected using the doorbell; generating one among a plurality of types of commands according to whether an object detected from an image of a visitor captured by the doorbell matches one of the feature data units; and displaying first and second graphic interfaces, which are different from each other, on the user terminal in responses to first and second commands, respectively, among the commands. |
| US12159461B2 |
Information acquisition support apparatus, information acquisition support method, and recording medium storing information acquisition support program
An information acquisition support apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of notifications related to an event; an analysis unit that analyzes the plurality of notifications on the basis of an analysis criterion; and an event state generation unit that generates event state information obtained by integrating information indicated by the plurality of notifications on the basis of an analysis result of the plurality of notifications and an information integration criterion, and thereby, the information acquisition support apparatus supports rapid and accurate grasping of a state of a site where an event is occurring. |
| US12159457B2 |
Inferring moisture from color
Techniques are described herein for using artificial intelligence to predict crop yields based on observational crop data. A method includes: obtaining a first digital image of at least one plant; segmenting the first digital image of the at least one plant to identify at least one seedpod in the first digital image; for each of the at least one seedpod in the first digital image: determining a color of the seedpod; determining a number of seeds in the seedpod; inferring, using one or more machine learning models, a moisture content of the seedpod based on the color of the seedpod; and estimating, based on the moisture content of the seedpod and the number of seeds in the seedpod, a weight of the seedpod; and predicting a crop yield based on the moisture content and the weight of each of the at least one seedpod. |
| US12159456B2 |
Method and system for identification of agro-phenological zones and updation of agro-phenological zones
The disclosure herein relates to identification of agro-phenological zones. Further the disclosed method and system also shares techniques for updating of the identified/existing agro-phenological zones. In a diverse geographical domain (like India), in order to maximize the crop production (avoid crop failures) from the available resources and prevailing diverse climatic conditions it necessary to use the resources and technology to infer the best agriculture approach on an individual location. The invention enables identification of the agro-phenological zones based on satellite image, weather data, soil data and cloud free historical satellite data using several techniques that includes machine learning, time series analysis, heuristic time series analysis technique and clustering. Further the invention also discloses techniques to update the identified/existing agro-phenological zones using historic data of agro-phenological zones of satellite image. |
| US12159448B2 |
Learning image generation device, learning image generation method, learning image generation program, learning method, learning device, and learning program
A learning image generation device includes an image acquisition unit that acquires a learning image, and a variation learning image generation unit that generates a variation learning image by adding a variation in which an output of a model deviates from a target value to a pixel value of at least one pixel that constitutes the learning image in a case in which the learning image acquired by the image acquisition unit is input to the model. |
| US12159447B2 |
Device and method for training a classifier
A computer-implemented method for training a classifier for classifying an input signal, the input signal comprising image data, the classifier comprising an embedding part configured to determine an embedding depending on the input signal inputted into the classifier and a classification part configured to determine a classification of the input signal depending on a the embedding. The method includes: providing a first training data set of training samples, each training sample comprising an input signal and a corresponding desired classification out of a plurality of classes, providing, in a knowledge graph, additional information associated with at least one of the target classifications, providing a knowledge graph embedding method of the knowledge graph, providing a knowledge graph embedding of the knowledge graph obtained by use of a knowledge graph embedding method, training the embedding part depending on the knowledge graph embedding and the first training data set. |
| US12159445B2 |
Method and system for identifying anomalies in X-rays
The present invention relates to a method and a system for identifying an anomaly in a chest X-ray image in posteroanterior orientation based on neural networks, which comprises: receiving the image in a classification module with a plurality of convolutional neural networks, each trained to identify at least one specific graphic pattern associated with a pathology; obtaining, for each of the convolutional neural networks, a probability of detecting the specific graphic pattern; receiving in a fully connected neural network all the probabilities obtained; and determining whether the chest X-ray image contains an anomaly, based on the detection probabilities provided. |
| US12159439B2 |
LED array optimization using artificial neural networks
An illumination arrangement in a mobile device is provided that uses an artificial neural network (ANN) to correct an image of a scene. The mobile device has an illumination apparatus with an LED array that emits light to illuminate a scene. The LED array has LEDs, separated by borders, that are independently driven. A camera has a sensor to capture an image of the scene. The ANN has a training mode in which the ANN is trained using a set of images captured by the camera to generate parameters. The ANN is trained offline in a cloud network. A processor uses the trained ANN in an inference mode to correct the image. |
| US12159434B2 |
Image processing apparatus and method
The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus and an image processing method capable of reducing an increase in a load imposed by processing of multispectral image data. Multispectral image data including components in four or more wavelength bands is simple-coded at a fixed compression rate. Alternatively, coded data generated by simple coding at a fixed compression rate for multispectral image data including components in four or more wavelength bands is simple-decoded. For example, the present disclosure is applicable to an image processing apparatus, an image coding apparatus, an image decoding apparatus, an imaging element, an imaging apparatus, or the like. |
| US12159433B2 |
Item recommendations based on image feature data
An apparatus and method to adjust item recommendations are disclosed herein. A first image attribute of a query image is compared to a second image attribute of each of a plurality of inventory images of a plurality of inventory items to identify the inventory items similar to the query image. Item recommendations comprising the identified inventory items in a first listing order are provided for display at a remote device. A second listing order of the identified inventory items is determined based on a user preference for a particular one of the identified inventory items. At least the second listing order is provided to the remote device for re-display of the item recommendations in accordance with the second listing order. |
| US12159431B2 |
Method for determining calibration parameters for an imaging device, and associated computer program product
A method for determining calibration parameters for an imaging device by way of a computer, based on at least one image having at least one person including selecting, by way of the computer, a plurality of pairs of points in the at least one image, each pair of points comprising a head point and a foot point associated with the person, and determining calibration parameters by way of the computer, using a two-dimensional estimator able to determine one of the estimated image coordinates of a head point based on the image coordinates of the foot point of a person and on the calibration parameters, determining the calibration parameters comprising minimizing an error between said estimated image coordinates of the head point and said image coordinates of the corresponding head point. |
| US12159426B2 |
Method for troubleshooting hidden dangers of trees near power transmission lines by combining ICESat-2 with JL-1 images
A method for retrieving heights of densely-covered forest canopies near power transmission lines includes: acquiring ICESat-2 LiDAR data, JL-1 image data, auxiliary data and three-dimensional information data about the power transmission lines within a target area; carrying out image preprocessing on a JL-1 image to generate a first image; screening the ICESat-2 LiDAR data according to a screening rule to obtain high-quality laser tree height data; by employing the first image, the high-quality laser tree height data and the auxiliary data, training a neural network model for retrieving a forest tree height according to an optical image and the auxiliary data; by employing the neural network model, generating a height distribution map of densely-covered trees in the target area; and calculating a height difference between a tree and a power transmission line nearest the tree to generate a hidden danger troubleshooting theme map. |
| US12159425B2 |
Three-dimensional measurement system and three-dimensional measurement method
A three-dimensional measurement system projects patterned light onto a target object, images the target object from different viewpoints to obtain a first image and a second image, obtains first depth information using the first image with a spatially encoded pattern technique, defines a search range for a corresponding point based on parallax between the first image and the second image predicted from the first depth information, and obtains second depth information by performing stereo matching for the defined search range using the first image and the second image. The second depth information has a higher spatial resolution than the first depth information. The patterned light has a combined pattern combining a spatially encoded pattern including a plurality of unit elements arranged regularly and a random pattern including a plurality of random pieces arranged randomly. Each of the plurality of unit elements is an area corresponding to a depth value. |
| US12159409B2 |
Enhanced calibration of imaging device output
A method comprises: obtaining a current initial image generated by an image generator of an imaging device based on current input signals of sensors of the imaging device; and applying a transformation model to the current initial image to generate a current transformed image, wherein the transformation model is a machine-learning model that has been trained to generate transformed images that more closely resemble reference images generated by a reference image generator. |
| US12159408B2 |
Dental imaging mixed reality system
An imaging system is described. The imaging system accesses first imaging data of a specimen using a first sensor device. The first imaging data comprising volumetric data. The imaging system accesses second imaging data of the specimen using a second sensor device. The second imaging data comprising surface data. The imaging system registers a common anatomical region of the specimen in the first imaging data and the second imaging data and generates a composite image based on the registered common anatomical region. The composite image indicates the volumetric data and the surface data of the specimen. |
| US12159405B2 |
Method for detecting medical images, electronic device, and storage medium
A method for detecting medical images implemented in an electronic device includes obtaining at least one image to be detected; obtaining a reconstructed image by inputting the at least one image to be detected as a target image into a pre-trained variational autoencoder model; determining a target area according to pixel values of pixels in the reconstructed image and the target image; obtaining a feature area and a lesion category of the feature area by inputting the target image into a pre-trained convolutional neural network model; when there is a feature area corresponding to the target area in the target image, determining a lesion area and a corresponding lesion category based on the target area and the feature area, and generating a detection result of the image to be detected. |
| US12159401B2 |
Estimator learning device, estimator learning method, and estimator learning program
The estimator learning device contains an image acquisition unit that acquires stained images provided by photographing respectively in a plurality of wavebands a biomaterial sample that has been stained with a prescribed staining solution; a cell nucleus extraction unit that extracts a cell nucleus region present in the biomaterial sample in each of the stained images; a color information acquisition unit that calculates, for each of the stained images, an absorbance in each of the wavebands in the cell nucleus region; and an estimator learning unit that, based on a relationship between the absorbance in each of the wavebands and information associated with the biomaterial sample and relating to whether the cell nucleus present in the biomaterial sample is in a prescribed state, trains an estimator that estimates whether the cell nucleus is in the prescribed state from the absorbance in each of the wavebands. |
| US12159396B2 |
Method for automatically reconstituting the reinforcing architecture of a composite material
A method for automatically reconstituting the architecture, along a reinforcing axis, of the reinforcement of a composite material, includes acquiring images of the reinforcement of the composite material, each image being acquired along a section plane perpendicular to the reinforcing axis; for each image acquired, detecting, using a neural network, barycentre and/or the circumference of each section of the reinforcing thread; for at least one acquired reference image, assigning a tag corresponding to a reinforcing thread, to each detected barycentre or circumference; for each other acquired image, assigning, to each detected barycentre and/or each detected circumference, the tag of the corresponding barycentre in the acquired reference image; reconstituting the architecture of each reinforcing thread from each detected barycentre and/or circumference having the tag of the reinforcing thread and the position on the reinforcing axis associated with the acquired image on which the barycentre and/or the circumference has been detected. |
| US12159394B2 |
System and method for orienting geological core samples
A system and method automatically orient geological core samples. The system comprises a camera, a core analyzer module, and a core sample rotation apparatus. The camera is configured to capture a reference image of a cross-section of a reference core sample from a well and to capture a sample image of a cross-section of the to-be-oriented core sample from the well. The core analyzer module comprises code executable in a hardware processor to process the sample image to substantially match the reference image, and to determine an orientation angle of the match. The core sample rotation apparatus is configured to orient the to-be-oriented core sample by the orientation angle. A method comprises steps performed during operation of the system. |
| US12159388B2 |
Auto qualification device and auto qualification method
An auto qualification device for a test target device includes a camera that generates device image data by capturing a device image of the test target device, a detector that marks a label at a target object within the device image of the test target device by using a detection learning model trained based on a detection training set of device image training data and label image training data corresponding to the device image training data, a region determiner that determines a qualification region within the device image of the test target device based on a position of the label, and a qualification determiner that determines whether the target object within the qualification region is defective by using a qualification learning model trained based on a qualification training set of qualification region image training data and a training qualification result for the qualification region image training data. |
| US12159385B1 |
Method and system for monitoring and safety evaluation of dam body defect of check dam
A method for monitoring and safety evaluation of a dam body defect of a check dam is provided, including steps of: obtaining multi-source remote sensing data, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) data, ground monitoring data and sensing images through a three-dimensional data network; identifying the sensing images through an R-CNN algorithm and a Fast R-CNN based on the UAV data and check dam body database to determine check dams having defects and types of defects, defect data and position data; performing classification statistics of the check dams having defects according to the types of defects; building a three-dimensional model of the dam body safety evaluation standards for check dams after classification according to the position data and the ground monitoring data; input the defect data in a check dam safety performance evaluation module to obtain simulation data; and completing the evaluation according to the simulation data and the three-dimensional model. |
| US12159382B2 |
Information processing apparatus using chat system to edit image, information processing method of the same, and computer-readable non-transitory recording medium having stored thereon program of information processing method
An information processing apparatus includes: a chatbot module which receives an image sent from a terminal apparatus to a chat system, and a message indicating that the image is to be edited; a message determination module which extracts a key value from the message; a database which registers a plurality of different key values, and a plurality of different parameter sets corresponding to each of the key values; and an image editing module which reads, from the database, a plurality of different parameter sets corresponding to the key value extracted from the message, and edits the image in accordance with each of the plurality of different parameter sets, thereby generating a plurality of different edited images. The chatbot module sends the plurality of different edited images to the chat system, and determines the edited image selected on the chat system by the terminal apparatus. |
| US12159381B2 |
Error-robust capture of vehicle surroundings
A method for the reliable and error-robust analysis of visually captured vehicle surroundings is provided. A deviation of a camera orientation caused by a force impacting an exterior mirror carrying the camera can be compensated fully automatically. As a result, the method can be used during active travels in the field and creates more safety, in particular for autonomous driving. |
| US12159377B2 |
Image processing method and apparatus, video processing method and apparatus, electronic device, and storage medium
An image processing method includes: obtaining a target image; performing blurring processing on an original image of a specified channel of channels of the target image to obtain a first blurred image; performing high pass processing on the original image of the specified channel and the first blurred image to obtain a high pass image; obtaining, for a channel, a second blurred image corresponding to the channel based on an original image of the channel and the high pass image; and obtaining a processed image corresponding to the target image based on the second blurred image of the channel and the high pass image. |
| US12159375B2 |
Tomosynthesis gain calibration and image correction
The present application discloses a tomosynthesis system and method that combines high dose gain maps directly, or high-resolution components of high dose gain maps, with low resolution components of low dose gain maps at a plurality of imaging parameters, to produce high quality gain map efficiently at the plurality of imaging parameters, to perform gain corrections to x-ray images. |
| US12159374B2 |
Information-processing device, information-processing method and non-transitory computer-readable information recording medium
Provided is an information-processing device including: a CPU; and a memory storing instructions for causing the information-processing device, when executed by the CPU, to: select M (M≤N) images from N (N>1) images; generate a combined image by arranging the selected M images in M frames defined in advance, respectively; and determine a total assessment value in association with the generated combined image, the total assessment value including at least a linear sum of a selection assessment value being a linear sum of single image assessment values of the selected M images and a combination assessment value being a single image assessment value of the combined image. |
| US12159365B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program
Combined use of a recommended viewpoint and a free viewpoint is achieved without display of a position of the recommended viewpoint using a frame or the like.A detection unit detects a viewpoint position change instruction. An output unit outputs a part of an image to a display unit. In this case, an output range (an image range corresponding to a current viewpoint) is changed according to a viewpoint position change unit instruction after output of a recommended range such that the output range transits in a direction toward the recommended range on the basis of a predetermined condition. For example, the predetermined condition is deviation of the output range from the recommended range. Moreover, for example, a transition speed is controlled such that return to the recommended range is achieved faster as a positional difference between the output range and the recommended range becomes larger. |
| US12159364B2 |
User-interactivity enabled search filter tool optimized for virtualized worlds
Systems, methods, and/or computer readable media for generating representations of searchable experiences in a virtual environment are disclosed. The virtual environment comprising a sector having one or more virtual structures is generated. A position of an avatar in the virtual environment is detected, and based on the detection, a sector data layer comprising data items related to a predetermined dataset is generated. The data items are associated with the sector, and an attribute of the sector is configured and displayed to the user. A second position of the avatar in the virtual environment is detected, and based on the detection, a subset of data using the set of items in the sector data layer is generated. An attribute of the virtual structure within the sector is configured and displayed to the user. |
| US12159362B2 |
Facial model reconstruction method and apparatus, and medium and device
A facial model reconstruction method and apparatus, and a medium and a device are provided. The facial model reconstruction method comprises: determining an anchor point of a three-dimensional special effect element to be attached on a face; determining an attachment point on a three-dimensional facial model to which the three-dimensional special effect element is to be attached, wherein the three-dimensional facial model corresponds to the face; attaching the anchor point to the attachment point in a way that the anchor point overlaps the attachment point; and moving the anchor point to a center of a world coordinate system of the three-dimensional facial model, and binding the 3D special effect element with the 3D facial model. |
| US12159359B2 |
Use of multiple registrations for augmented reality system for viewing an event
Augmented reality systems provide graphics over views from a mobile device for both in-venue and remote viewing of a sporting or other event. A server system can provide a transformation between the coordinate system of a mobile device (smart phone, tablet computer, head mounted display) and a real world coordinate system. Requested graphics for the event are displayed over a view of an event. |
| US12159357B2 |
AR-based method and system for monitoring safety of carbon dioxide incubator
An AR-based method and system for monitoring safety of a carbon dioxide incubator are provided. The method includes obtaining temperature data, carbon dioxide concentration data and door and window opening and closing data through sensors; collecting image information of the carbon dioxide incubator and establishing a virtual space coordinate system; constructing a real space coordinate system according to a position of a camera, and acquiring a matrix of the carbon dioxide incubator in the real space coordinate system; transforming the matrix corresponding to the carbon dioxide incubator image in the real coordinate system into a matrix in the virtual coordinate system according to a transformation relation matrix, so as to construct position and pose data of a virtual incubator; and determining a risk grade according to the position and pose data of the virtual incubator and collected sensor data, and visualizing and displaying risk in an augmented-reality manner. |
| US12159350B2 |
Tessellation method using vertex tessellation factors
A tessellation method uses vertex tessellation factors. For a quad patch, the method involves comparing the vertex tessellation factors for each vertex of the quad patch to a threshold value and if none exceed the threshold, the quad is sub-divided into two or four triangles. If at least one of the four vertex tessellation factors exceeds the threshold, a recursive or iterative method is used which considers each vertex of the quad patch and determines how to further tessellate the patch dependent upon the value of the vertex tessellation factor of the selected vertex or dependent upon values of the vertex tessellation factors of the selected vertex and a neighbor vertex. A similar method is described for a triangle patch. |
| US12159345B2 |
Three-dimensional modelling from photographs in series
Modeling a product, including taking a first picture of a product at a first position and at a first distance with a camera, taking a second picture of a product at the first distance and a second position with the camera, combining the pictures based on overlapping portions of the respective pictures, and generating an interactable model of the combined pictures. |
| US12159343B2 |
Accelerated bounding volume hierarchy (BVH) traversal for shadow rays
Systems and techniques are provided for accelerated shadow ray traversal for a hierarchical structure for ray tracing. For instance, a process can include obtaining a hierarchical acceleration data structure, the hierarchical acceleration data structure including one or more primitives of a scene object. Two or more nodes included in a same level of the hierarchical acceleration data structure can be sorted into a sort order, the sort order based on a sorting parameter value determined for each respective node of the two or more nodes. The sorting parameter value can be associated with a probability of determining a ray-opaque primitive intersection for each respective node of the two or more nodes. An intersection between a shadow ray and an opaque primitive included in a node of the two or more nodes can be determined based on traversing the hierarchical acceleration data structure using the sort order. |
| US12159339B2 |
Three-dimensional face animation from speech
A method for training a three-dimensional model face animation model from speech, is provided. The method includes determining a first correlation value for a facial feature based on an audio waveform from a first subject, generating a first mesh for a lower portion of a human face, based on the facial feature and the first correlation value, updating the first correlation value when a difference between the first mesh and a ground truth image of the first subject is greater than a pre-selected threshold, and providing a three-dimensional model of the human face animated by speech to an immersive reality application accessed by a client device based on the difference between the first mesh and the ground truth image of the first subject. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing instructions to cause a system to perform the above method, and the system, are also provided. |
| US12159337B2 |
Structural assembly for digital human interactive display
A digital human display assembly can include a rectangular display panel enclosed within a frame, the rectangular display panel capable of visually rendering a digital human during an interactive dialogue between the digital human and a user. The digital human display assembly also can include a glass covering enclosed within the frame and extending over a front side of the rectangular display panel. A base can support the frame in an upright position. A light emitting diode (LED) arrangement can be positioned on one or more outer portions of the frame. |
| US12159329B2 |
System and methods for color gamut normalization for pathology slides
A system for color gamut normalization for pathology slides, the system including at least computing device, wherein the computing device is configured to receive a whole slide image, generate a plurality of segments associated with the whole slide image as a function of one or more biological tissue type variabilities, apply a segment-specific transformation to each segment of the plurality of segments, create a user interface data structure, wherein the user interface data structure includes the plurality of segments and display the plurality of segments through a graphical user interface as a function of the user interface data structure. |
| US12159325B2 |
Anonymous procurement of ticket vouchers
Systems and methods that operate to, responsive to a request received from a user to obtain a ticket voucher with funds from an account external to a gaming establishment and responsive to a completion of a transfer of an amount of funds from a financial account and independent of identifying the user to any gaming establishment patron management system, such that an identity of the user remains anonymous to the gaming establishment, cause, based on the amount of funds, a modification of an account associated with a gaming establishment ticket voucher system and a creation, by the gaming establishment ticket voucher system, of the ticket voucher associated with the amount of funds. |
| US12159322B2 |
Power management system and power management method
A power management system including a management apparatus configured to assign divided computation processing constituting at least a part of predetermined computation processing to a distributed computing device placed in a facility, wherein the management apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive a message including an information element indicating a type of corresponding computation processing that the distributed computing device is capable of handling, and a controller configured to perform assignment processing to assign the divided computation processing to the distributed computing device based on the type of the corresponding computation processing. |
| US12159321B2 |
Systems, apparatus and methods for managing demand-response programs and events
Apparatus, systems, methods, and related computer program products for managing demand-response programs and events. The systems disclosed include an energy management system in operation with an intelligent, network-connected thermostat located at a structure. The thermostat controls an HVAC system to cool the structure using a demand response event implementation profile over the demand response event period. The thermostat can also receive a requested change to the setpoint temperatures defined by the demand response event implementation profile and access a determination of an impact on energy shifting that would result if the requested change is incorporated into the demand response event implementation profile. This determination can be communicated to the energy consumer. |
| US12159315B1 |
Systems and methods for managing fleet services
Systems and methods are described for managing fleet services. Managing fleet services includes calculating a payment range, outputting a first presentation including the payment range and information identifying the at least one vehicle, receiving a selection of the at least one vehicle by the entity, generating an insurance policy for the at least one vehicle based on the payment range, and enabling at least one telematics unit of the at least one vehicle based on generating the insurance policy. |
| US12159310B1 |
System and method for mobile check deposit enabling auto-capture functionality via video frame processing
An image of a check that is in the field of view of a camera is monitored prior to the image of the check being captured. The camera is associated with a mobile device. When the image of the check in the field of view passes monitoring criteria, an image may be taken by the camera and provided from the mobile device to a financial institution. The image capture may be performed automatically as soon as the image of the check is determined to pass the monitoring criteria. The check may be deposited in a user's bank account based on the image. Any technique for sending the image to the financial institution may be used. Feedback may be provided to the user of the camera regarding the image of the check in the field of view. |
| US12159309B1 |
System and method for providing virtual coaching
A system for providing coaching includes a system that creates a custom coach to assist a user in achieving one or more goals, such as, e.g., a financial goal. The coach is generated based on one or more traits of the user to increase the likelihood that the user will relate and respond to communications from the coach in a manner that enables the user to achieve his/her goal. The traits used by the system to create the coach can include traits inputted directly by a user. The system also adapts the coaching provided by the coach in response to trends noted by the coaching system as the system is used by the user as well as others. |
| US12159308B2 |
Systems and methods for providing product data on mobile user interfaces
A computer-implemented is disclosed. The method includes: receiving, via a client device, a product search query; identifying a first product attribute based on query terms associated with the product search query; obtaining at least one search result matching the product search query; obtaining a set of product images associated with the at least one search result; for each of the product images, determining a respective level of confidence based on an estimation as to whether the product image is associated with the first product attribute; ranking the product images based on the levels of confidence; selecting at least a subset of the product images based on the ranking; and providing, via the client device, an indication of the at least one search result and the associated subset of product images. |
| US12159307B2 |
System and processing apparatus
A system includes a processing apparatus and a management server. The processing apparatus includes a first transmission unit configured to transmit information about a state of a consumable item for consumption by the processing apparatus. The management server includes a first generation unit configured to generate a first screen for purchasing the consumable item based on the information transmitted from the processing apparatus about the state of the consumable item, a second transmission unit configured to transmit a request for purchasing the consumable item based on a user instruction designated on the first screen displayed on the processing apparatus, and a second generation unit configured to generate a second screen containing a payment code based on information about the payment code acquired based on the request for purchasing. |
| US12159305B2 |
Content-recommendation method and apparatus, electronic device, and system
The disclosed embodiments relate to a content-recommendation method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a system. The method comprises: searching, by a recommendation system according to a determined tag, a content database for content matching the tag; and recommending, by the recommendation system, the matching content to a user corresponding to the tag. Content in the content database is determined according to first-type content acquired by an internal-operation system by means of matching and second-type content acquired by an external-operation system by means of matching. |
| US12159303B2 |
Prospective object search techniques based on removed objects
Search techniques are described that support locating and displaying prospective objects in digital images based on a removed object. A digital image, for instance, is received by a computing device as an input depicting a physical environment with various objects and displayed in a user interface. An object depicted by the digital image is removed. An aspect of the removed object is identified. A search system leverages the aspect to locate a prospective object. The prospective object is configured for display within the digital image. As a result, the digital image is displayed in the user interface as having the configured prospective object depicted in the physical environment. |
| US12159302B2 |
Apparatus, systems and methods for presenting content reviews in a virtual world
Media content event review systems and methods are operable to present member content reviews of a media content event by presenting a plurality of member avatars in a virtual world, wherein the member avatars present audio commentary about a media content event identified in a user request, and wherein the community members who generated the audio commentary about the media content event have an interpersonal relationship with the requesting user. |
| US12159301B2 |
Text processing based interface accelerating
Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The method computer program products, and systems can include, for instance: examining user browsing data from a browser plugin of a client computer device, the client computing device being associated to the user; determining a current activity classification of the user in dependence on the examining user browsing data from the browser plugin of the client computer device; in response to the current activity classification satisfying a criterion, performing web crawling to obtain crowdsourced product review data of one or more product, the crowdsourced product review data comprising data from product reviews by multiple reviewers other than the user and including data from reviews from multiple product review sites; subjecting the crowdsourced product review data to natural language processing for extracting data tags associated to respective product reviews of the crowdsourced product review data; determining prompting data in dependence on the extracting data tags associated to respective product reviews of the crowdsourced product review data; and communicating the prompting data to the user, the prompting data guiding the user in the authoring of a product review of a certain product. |
| US12159297B2 |
Systems and methods for targeting advertisements based on conversations
Systems and methods are provided for presenting an advertisement to a first participant of a plurality of participants of a conversation based on interests of other participants of the conversation. The conversation is monitored and a profile of the first participant is accessed. An interest category of a first interest term included in the profile is identified. A second interest term is identified from a portion of the conversation provided by a second participant of the plurality of participants. In response to determining that the second interest term is different from the first interest term and that the second interest term is in the identified interest category, an advertisement matching the second interest term is identified and generated for presentation on user equipment of the first participant. |
| US12159295B2 |
Discount service device and method
A discount service method carried out by a discount service device. The method includes: obtaining discount rate information based on changes in variable values of respective discount elements of an object being sold; on the basis of the discount rate information, identifying, for a plurality of sales records of the object being sold, a consumer distribution corresponding to changes in the discount rates of the respective discount elements of the object being sold; and determining a final discount rate for a predetermined consumer of the object being sold, by applying weights to the respective discount elements, calculated on the basis of the identified consumer distribution. When the consumer distribution changes, the weights of the respective discount elements change, and thus the final discount rate is determined differently, even when the variable values of the respective discount elements for the predetermined consumer are the same. |
| US12159291B2 |
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for determining UI-specific traffic in a network environment
User interactions are tracked within a Graphical User Interface (GUI) configured for user consent/authorization, specifically user interactions that indicate that the user has abandoned the consent/authorization process. As a result of such tracking/recordation, abandonment metrics are determined, such as volume of abandonments over a given time period, rate of abandonment, time to abandonment and the like. In specific embodiments of the invention, the abandonment metrics are used to intelligently determine, in some instances on a per-user basis, whether a need exists to reconfigure the GUI and, if a need exists, what sensory alterations to the GUI should be implemented. |
| US12159284B2 |
Index of usability for a replacement payment card
A method for establishing an index of usability associated with a replacement payment card is provided. The method may include receiving a payment card replacement request in a vending facility. The method may further include identifying at least one possible risk factor associated with a user utilizing the replacement payment card. The method may also include creating a risk assessment based on the at least one identified possible risk factor. The method may further include establishing an index of usability for the replacement payment card based on the created assessment, whereby a value of the index of usability correlates to a plurality of restrictions placed on using the replacement payment card. The method may also include storing the established index of usability in a database. |
| US12159278B1 |
Virtual asset freeze
A method includes receiving an asset freeze service request having an authentication token by a service computing system from a user computing system. The method further includes retrieving a recorded user identifier and a recorded asset identifier by the service computing system from an asset control system that facilitates access of the virtual asset within a virtual environment. The method further includes comparing the user identifier with the recorded user identifier or the asset identifier with the recorded asset identifier by the service computing system. The method further includes the service computing system generating a key associated with the virtual asset and sending the key and the asset freeze service request to the asset control system. The method further includes service computing system generating an asset freeze protocol defining access to the virtual asset. The asset freeze protocol includes receiving a level one first trigger by the service computing system. |
| US12159271B2 |
Vending systems and methods for zero emissions vehicles
A zero emissions, autonomous vehicle system includes a zero emissions, autonomous vehicle configured to navigate one or more roadways independently of a human driver and including an electrical power source electrically coupled to a motor of the vehicle; a passenger compartment within an interior volume of the vehicle and configured to support human passengers; and a vending system mounted at least partially in the interior volume and electrically coupled to the electrical power source. The vending system includes an accessible enclosure that includes at least one temperature-controlled compartment configured to store vending products; and a control system including a user interface and configured to operate the accessible enclosure to provide human access to the temperature-controlled compartment based on human interactions with the user interface. |
| US12159268B2 |
Systems, devices, and methods for generating personalized electronic documents
Methodologies, systems, and computer-readable media provided for a system for generating personalized electronic documents and verifying user identity are discussed. The system receives user identification data and check information from a user application. The check information is validated by the issuer of the check. The system transmits a notification to the user application that includes a machine readable code. The user application presents the machine readable code and the user identification data to a check-in module and automatic processing of the check is initiated. |
| US12159266B2 |
System, method and apparatus for controlling the operation of detection and monitoring apparatus for the condition of guttering and/or roofs
The invention to which this application relates is apparatus and a method for the monitoring of a guttering and/or roofing system. The invention provides monitoring apparatus at at least one portion of a guttering or roofing system to detect the height of material in the gutter at instants of time and determines the liquid component of said material therein. The data received can be used to determine a future maintenance schedule for said guttering system so as to prevent or minimise the risk of the guttering system flooding and/or alert when an immediate reaction is required in order to prevent flooding or leakage of liquid therefrom. |
| US12159259B2 |
Systems and methods for object replacement
Some embodiments provide systems and methods to enable object replacement. A central computing system can receive data associated with quantities of like physical objects from remote systems. The central computing system can adjust the first quantity of the like physical objects stored in the first one of the remote systems based on the second quantity of the like physical objects stored in the at least another one of the remote systems. The central computing system can determine the like physical objects are absent from the facility. An autonomous robot device can detect a vacant space at the designated location at which the like physical objects are supposed to be disposed. The autonomous robot device using the image capturing device can capture an image of the vacant space. The central computing system can determine a set of like replacement physical objects to be disposed in the vacant space. |
| US12159252B2 |
Systems and methods for risk factor predictive modeling with document summarization
A system and method for document summarization generates summarized articles and risk factor categorizations for display at a graphical user interface (GUI) dashboard. A transaction monitoring system includes an adverse media dashboard pipeline for processing risk factor alerts and generating document summarizations for display at a user device. Document summarization extracts several sentences from a source text and stacks the sentences to create a summary. The method creates a vector representation of each sentence using a machine learning word embedding model and generates a sentence similarity matrix by computing cosine similarity values. A sentence graph creation algorithm creates a graph corresponding to the sentence similarity matrix and calculates importance scores used in selecting sentences for the document summary. The GUI dashboard includes first, second, third and fourth dashboard regions for displaying alert report records, media records, and graphical user interface layouts of document summaries and risk factor visualizations. |
| US12159249B2 |
Method and system for automatically managing and displaying a visual representation of workflow information
A workflow presentation receives electronic object from multiple sources, such as electronic messaging systems and document management systems. The system develops a hypergraph representation of the objects in which the objects appear, individually or in clusters, as edges along various rails of the hypergraph. Each rail represents a workstream to provide a visual representation of the electronic objects that are associated with one or more workstreams of a project. |
| US12159241B2 |
Devices and processing systems configured to enable physiological event prediction based on blepharometric data analysis
Devices and processing systems are configured to enable physiological event prediction based on blepharometric data analysis. For example, some embodiments provide methods and associated technology that enable retrospective analysis of blepharometric data driving subsequent hardware/software configuration, thereby to provide for personalized and/or generalized biomarker identification. |
| US12159235B2 |
Method and apparatus for verifying accuracy of judgment result, electronic device and medium
A method and apparatus for verifying accuracy of a judgment result, an electronic device and a computer readable storage medium are provided. The method may include: acquiring user description information and a judgment result corresponding to the user description information; extracting at least one descriptive element from the user description information; determining a matching degree between each of the at least one descriptive element and the judgment result using a preset verification model to obtain each actual matching value respectively; the verification model being obtained by training based on a term frequency-inverse document frequency relationship between the descriptive element and the judgment result; and determining the descriptive element having the actual matching value exceeding a preset matching value as a first element, and determining accuracy of the judgment result based on the number of the first element. |
| US12159234B2 |
Stochastic optimization device, stochastic optimization method and stochastic optimization program
A differential information extraction unit 81 receives input of a function and a provisional solution of the function, and calculates a first-order differential and a second-order differential in the provisional solution of the input function. An end condition determination unit 82 determines whether to continue updating of a solution in the function, based on the provisional solution. A number-of-updates decision unit 83 decides a number of updates of the provisional solution, based on the provisional solution, the first-order differential, and the second-order differential. A provisional solution updating unit 84 repeatedly performs a process of updating the provisional solution as many times as the decided number of updates based on the first-order differential and the second-order differential, and outputs the updated provisional solution as an optimum solution. The end condition determination unit 82 determines whether to continue the updating of the solution in the function, based on the updated provisional solution. |
| US12159231B2 |
Predictive data analytics with automatic feature extraction
There is a need for solutions that predictive data analytics with improved training efficiency and/or accuracy. This need can be addressed by, for example, processing an original feature entry to generate a group of low-order feature values, including performing a first number of iterations of a feature engineering transformation to generate a group of engineered feature values and determining the group of low-ordered feature values based on a number of feature values from the group of engineered feature values; processing the original feature entry to generate a group of high-order feature values; merging the group of low-order feature values and the group of high-order feature values to generate a processed feature entry corresponding to the original feature entry; and providing the processed feature entry as an input to a prediction unit. |
| US12159230B2 |
Deep learning model for cloud based technical support automation
An example system and method facilitate enabling precise answers to technical support questions pertaining to a given computing environment, e.g., a cloud-based enterprise computing environment. The example method includes using an overtrained recurrent neural network employing Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) cells to selectively answer specific questions by providing precise answers to technical support questions. A second neural network that is not overtrained can provide more generalized answers when a confidence measurement of an answer of the first neural network falls below a predetermined threshold. Furthermore, expert staff, e.g., developers and/or engineers that may be able to more precisely answer a specific question may be shown the answer. Subsequent expert answers or modifications to existing answers may be used to further refine the neural networks, e.g., via periodic supervised learning. |
| US12159228B2 |
End-to-end learning in communication systems
An apparatus, method and computer program is described comprising: initialising parameters of a transmission system, wherein the transmission system comprises a transmitter, a channel and a receiver, wherein the transmitter includes a transmitter algorithm having at least some trainable weights and the receiver includes a receiver algorithm having at least some trainable weights; updating trainable parameters of the transmission system based on a loss function, wherein the trainable parameters include the trainable weights of the transmitter and the trainable weights of the receiver and wherein the loss function includes a penalty term; quantizing said trainable parameters, such that said weights can only take values within a codebook having a finite number of entries that is a subset of the possible values available during updating; and repeating the updating and quantizing until a first condition is reached. |
| US12159227B2 |
System for predicting optical properties of molecules based on machine learning and method thereof
Disclosed are a system for predicting optical properties of molecules based on machine learning and a method thereof. More particularly, the system for predicting optical properties according to an embodiment includes a preprocessor that receives molecular information of a target molecule and surrounding molecules, and vectorizes the molecular information of a target molecule and surrounding molecules; a feature extractor that receives the vectorized information of the target molecule and surrounding molecules and extracts the features of the target molecule and surrounding molecules; an integrated feature extractor that receives both features of the target molecule and surrounding molecules and extract the integrated features of the target molecule and surrounding molecules by using an algorithm; and an optical property predictor that receives the integrated features of the target molecule and surrounding molecules and predicts optical properties of the target molecule affected by surrounding molecules. |
| US12159225B2 |
Queue allocation in machine learning accelerators
This disclosure generally provides solutions for improving the performance of a custom-built, packet-switched, TPU accelerator-side communication network. Specifically a set of solutions to improve the flow-control behavior by tuning the packet buffer queues in the on-chip router in the distributed training supercomputer network are described. |
| US12159220B2 |
Switched artificial synapse
Electronic neural circuit including at least one pre-neuron having an output voltage VAout, and at least one post-neuron that are linked by at least one excitatory synapse having at least one switching input, wherein the excitatory synapse is supplied with power by the output VAout, and receives, on its switching input, a switching signal VAout_bar whose state is complementary to that of the output VAout. |
| US12159217B1 |
Using vector clocks to simplify a dependency graph in a neural network accelerator
Methods for simplifying a dependency graph in a neural network accelerator are provided. Computations and data movements for the neural network accelerator may be described with a flow graph, where graph nodes represent computation or data movement operations and graph edges represent dependencies between operations. A flow graph may contain redundant edges that can be removed while retaining the reachability of each of the nodes in the graph. To identify redundant edges, a compiler may generate vector clocks to track the relationships of operations performed by various execution engines prior to execution of a program reaching a given node or operation. Redundant edges may be identified and removed based on the relative values of the vector clocks to reduce the complexity of the graph. |
| US12159211B2 |
Automated merge conflict resolution with transformers
An automated system for resolving program merges uses neural transformers with attention. In one aspect, a neural encoder transformer model is trained from developer-resolved merge conflicts to learn to predict a resolution strategy that aids a developer in constructing a merged program. In a second aspect, a neural decoder transformer model is trained on the syntax and semantics of different source code programming languages to predict a merge resolution consisting of interleaved lines of source code from programs A, B, or O, where programs A and B contain changes to code base O. |
| US12159209B2 |
Systems and methods for an accelerated and enhanced tuning of a model based on prior model tuning data
Systems and methods for an accelerated tuning of hyperparameters of a model supported with prior learnings data include assessing subject models associated with a plurality of distinct sources of transfer tuning data, wherein the assessing includes implementing of: [1] a model relatedness assessment for each of a plurality of distinct pairwise subject models, and [2] a model coherence assessment for each of the plurality of distinct pairwise subject models; constructing a plurality of distinct prior mixture models based on the relatedness metric value and the coherence metric value for each of the plurality of distinct pairwise subject models, identifying sources of transfer tuning data based on identifying a distinct prior mixture model having a satisfactory model evidence fraction; and accelerating a tuning of hyperparameters of the target model based on transfer tuning data associated with the distinct prior mixture model having the satisfactory model evidence fraction. |
| US12159208B2 |
Livestock and feedlot data collection and processing using UHF-band interrogation of radio frequency identification tags for feedlot arrival and risk assessment
An agricultural data collection framework is provided in a system and method for tracking and managing livestock, and for analyzing animal conditions such as health, growth, nutrition, and behavior. The framework uses ultra-high frequency interrogation of RFID tags to collect individual animal data across multiple geographical locations, and incorporates artificial intelligence techniques to develop machine learning base models for statistical process controls around each animal for evaluating the animal condition. The framework provides a determination of normality at an individual animal basis or for a specific location, and generates alerts, predictions, and a targeted processing or application schedule for prioritizing and delivering resources when intervention is needed. |
| US12159204B2 |
Multi-dimensional model shape transfer
Implementations are directed to processing a content object model through a ML model to provide a set of base content feature representations, processing a style object model through the ML model to provide a set of base style feature representations, executing iterations including: generating, by the ML model, a set of stylized feature representations for an initial stylized object model, the initial stylized object model having one or more adjusted parameters relative to a previous iteration, determining a total loss based on the set of stylized feature representations, the set of base content feature representations, and the sets of base style feature representations, and determining that the total loss is non-optimized, and in response, initiating a next iteration, executing an iteration including determining that the total loss is optimized, and in response providing the initial stylized object model as output of the iterative process. |
| US12159199B2 |
Dynamic quantum data output post-processing
Techniques for managing and compressing quantum output data (QOD) associated with quantum computing are presented. In response to receiving QOD from a quantum computer, a compressor component can compress QOD at first compression level to generate first compressed QOD, and can compress QOD at second compression level to generate second compressed QOD, the second compressed QOD can be less compressed than the first compressed QOD. Compressor management component (CMC) can determine whether first QOD includes sufficient data to enable it to be suitably processed by quantum logic. If so, CMC can allow first compressed QOD to continue to be sent to quantum logic and can discard second compressed QOD. If not sufficient, CMC can determine that second compressed QOD is to be processed by quantum logic. If CMC determines second compressed QOD does not include sufficient data, CMC can determine that the QOD is to be processed by quantum logic. |
| US12159193B2 |
Deterministic reset of superconducting qubit and cavity modes with a microwave photon counter
The disclosed technology is directed to systems and methods for deterministic reset of superconducting qubit and cavity modes with a microwave photon counter. The system comprises a multiplicity of qubit-microwave photon counter pairs coupled by a qubit-qubit coupling. Each of the qubit-microwave photon counter pairs comprise a qubit circuit, a microwave photon counter circuit, and a resonant cavity coupling the qubit circuit and the microwave photon counter circuit. |
| US12159192B2 |
Robotic systems and methods for identifying and processing a variety of objects
A robotic system is disclosed that include an articulated arm and a first perception system for inspecting an object, as well as a plurality of additional perception systems, each of which is arranged to be directed toward a common area in which an object may be positioned by the robotic arm such that a plurality of views within the common area may be obtained by the plurality of additional perception systems. |
| US12159190B2 |
Methods and apparatus for locating small indicia in large images
Methods and apparatus for locating small indicia in large images are disclosed herein. An example method includes: identifying an aiming pattern zone that includes a detected or presumed location of an aiming light pattern, wherein an offset between the location and a center of image data varies due to a parallax; determining one or more coordinates of the aiming pattern zone; capturing image data representing an image of an environment appearing within a field of view (FOV) of a scanner including the indicia; encoding the one or more coordinates into a tagline of the image; and providing the image with the tagline to an indicia decoder such that the indicia decoder attempts to decode the indicia from the image data starting in a region of the image data selected based upon the one or more coordinates. |
| US12159187B1 |
Systems and approaches for dissipating heat in bi-optic reader
At least some embodiments of the present invention are directed to barcode readers having a housing with upper and lower portions, and a platter. Additionally, the barcode readers include a platter frame and an imaging assembly, the first imaging assembly having a first field of view (FOV) directed through at least one of the substantially horizontal window or the substantially upright window of the housing, and a reader accessory removably coupled with at least one of the lower housing portion or the platter frame that includes a thermal transmitter. The thermal transmitter is thermally coupled with at least one of the housing frame or the platter frame to transfer thermal energy generated by the reader accessory thereto. |
| US12159186B2 |
Data processing device with improved audio feedback
A data processing device is provided that includes an enclosure, a circuit board, a data capture assembly, a sound generator housing, and a sound generator. The enclosure has an internal cavity in which the circuit board is disposed. The sound generator housing is operably coupled with the circuit board and includes at least one wall having at least one sound port and extending upwardly from the circuit board to form a sound chamber. The sound generator is operably coupled with the circuit board and is at least partially disposed within the sound chamber to generate a sound at a resonant frequency. The sound generator housing is dimensioned to amplify the resonant frequency of the sound generator and port the generated sound to the internal cavity of the enclosure. |
| US12159185B2 |
Single plane slot scanner support for vision camera configurations
An imaging device includes a housing having an optically transmissive window, a first imaging assembly, and a second imaging assembly. A second imaging sensor of the second imaging assembly is positioned within a bottom portion of the housing height and a front portion of the housing depth. The second imaging sensor may be positioned in either a landscape orientation or a portrait orientation. A downstream region is defined between a downstream side of a first field of view of the first imaging sensor and a downstream side of a second field of view of the second imaging sensor to allow the imaging device to determine whether an indicia associated with a product captured within the downstream region was previously captured in the first field of view, thereby facilitating detection of scan avoidance or ticket switching. |
| US12159184B2 |
Code reading apparatus
The invention relates to a code reading apparatus for detecting an at least one-dimensional optoelectronic code, said code reading apparatus comprising an illumination device that is configured to transmit a transmission light beam for generating a transmission light spot on the optoelectronic code to be detected; a scanning apparatus that comprises an oscillating mirror that is pivotable in an oscillating manner at least about a first pivot axis and that is configured to sequentially scan the optoelectronic code with the transmission light spot in at least a first scanning direction by deflecting the transmission light beam; an optoelectronic sensor that is configured to detect transmission light remitted by the optoelectronic code and to convert it into electrical reception signals; and a control device that cooperates with the optoelectronic sensor and the scanning apparatus to control the scanning apparatus and to generate an electronic code from the reception signals that comprises information encoded in the optoelectronic code. |
| US12159182B2 |
RFID mesh label, tire having RFID mesh label integrally incorporated therein, and methods of making
An RFID mesh label configured to be integrally incorporated within a vulcanized tire and to further provide unique identifier(s) and/or other information about the vulcanized tire during and/or post-vulcanization, the RFID mesh label including a face layer configured to be positioned adjacent or flush to an outer surface of the vulcanized tire; an RFID layer positioned underneath the face layer, the RFID layer having an RFID device that is configured to provide unique identifier(s) and/or other information about the vulcanized tire upon being read with an RFID reader; and a mesh backing overlying the RFID layer and adapted to be integrally incorporated in a vulcanized tire after subjecting a green tire to a vulcanization process. |
| US12159180B1 |
RFID enabled metal transaction cards with coupler coil couplings and related methods
A transaction card for dual interface communication of a transaction includes a front metal layer without a front discontinuity, a rear metal layer having a rear discontinuity, a chip opening, a transponder chip module, and a booster antenna circuit. The transponder chip module has a module antenna and is received within the chip opening. The booster antenna circuit includes a coupler coil disposed between the front and rear metal layers. In addition, the coupler coil is configured to inductively couple with the rear metal layer for harvesting energy from an electromagnetic field. |
| US12159179B2 |
Three-dimensional integrated system of RFID chip and super capacitor and preparation method thereof
The present disclosure discloses a three-dimensional integration system of an RFID chip and a supercapacitor and a manufacturing method thereof. The three-dimensional integration system of an RFID chip and a supercapacitor includes: a silicon substrate (200); an RFID chip (201) disposed on a front surface of the silicon substrate (200); a supercapacitor disposed on a back surface of the silicon substrate (200) at a position corresponding to the RFID chip (201), but not in contact with the RFID chip (201); through silicon via structures penetrating the silicon substrate (200) and respectively disposed on two sides of the RFID chip (201); wherein the RFID chip (201) has a chip positive electrode (2021) and a chip negative electrode (2022) electrically connected with a capacitor contact positive electrode (2131) and a capacitor contact negative electrode (2132) of the supercapacitor through the through silicon via structures on the two sides respectively; and a packaging substrate (218) electrically connected to the capacitor contact positive electrode (2131) and the capacitor contact negative electrode (2132). |
| US12159177B2 |
Optical articles and systems interacting with the same
Optical articles including a spatially defined arrangement of a plurality of data rich retroreflective elements, wherein the plurality of retroreflective elements comprise retroreflective elements having at least two different retroreflective properties and at least two different optical contrasts with respect to a background substrate when observed within an ultraviolet spectrum, a visible spectrum, a near-infrared spectrum, or a combination thereof. |
| US12159174B2 |
Message query service and message generation for a social network
A method includes receiving a message query from an entity identifier participating in a social network. The message query specifies one or more entities, one or more requirements, and one or more constraints. A set of message query parameters is generated based on the message query. A set of queries for a semantic graph of the social network is generated based on the set of message query parameters. The set of queries is applied to the semantic graph to obtain a set of query results. A message context of the entity identifier is determined based on the set of query results and the set of message query parameters. A set of messages from a message repository is determined based on the message context. The set of messages can be presented on a client computer associated with the entity identifier. |
| US12159173B2 |
Methods and systems for multiple access to a single hardware data stream
Methods for providing simultaneous access to a hardware data stream to multiple applications are disclosed. The first application to access a hardware device is responsible for providing and publishing an application programming interface (API) that provides access to the hardware device's data stream, which other applications can then call to gain access to the data stream. In some examples, the first application may be a server process or daemon dedicated to managing the hardware device data stream and publishing the API. In some further examples, the first application may instead may carry out user functionality unrelated to managing the hardware device. |
| US12159160B1 |
Systems and methods for optimizing of data processing
A tangible, non-transitory, machine-readable medium, including machine-readable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to identify an optimal machine configuration and a number of optimal machines to complete a job. The one or more processors may further dynamically generate a matrix of available equivalent machine configurations and a corresponding number of machines for each available equivalent machine configuration and provide a preferred machine configuration and a number of machines having the preferred machine configuration for completing the job, where the preferred machine configuration comprises the optimal machine configuration or a machine configuration from the dynamically generated matrix. |
| US12159157B2 |
Reverse shadow page tables for nested virtual machines
Systems and methods for memory management for virtual machines. An example method may comprise running, by a host computer system, a Level 0 hypervisor managing a Level 1 virtual machine running a Level 1 hypervisor which manages a Level 2 virtual machine. The Level 1 hypervisor may detecting execution of an operation that prevents modification to a set of entries in a Level 2 page table and generate a shadow page table where each shadow page table entry of the plurality of shadow page table entries maps a Level 2 guest virtual address of a Level 2 address space associated with the Level 2 virtual machine to a corresponding Level 1 guest physical address of a Level 1 address space associated with the Level 1 virtual machine. The Level 0 hypervisor may generate a Level 0 page table. |
| US12159148B2 |
Digital twin computing apparatus, digital twin computing method, program and data structure
The present invention includes a memory and a processor configured to store, in a storage, a first digital twin in which at least one model defining at least one function of an entity at a given time, and at least one piece of second data that includes, as a constituent element, first data for realizing the function of the entity due to being input to the model are included, create at least one second digital twin by performing predetermined first computation using, as a computation target, at least one first digital twin stored in the storage, and execute computation for arranging the second digital twin in a sandbox for which a predetermined time axis has been set, and realizing a function of an entity indicated by the second digital twin in the sandbox in accordance with the time axis. |
| US12159147B2 |
Program startup method, electronic system, and non-transitory storage medium
A program startup method, an electronic system, and a non-transitory storage medium are disclosed in the embodiments of the present disclosure. The method includes detecting a startup requirement for a program, startup codes of the program being at least partially stored in an external memory, and a part of the startup codes stored in the external memory comprising a plurality of code segments; and performing an operation of loading one of the code segments of the external memory to a RAM and running the one of the code segments multiple times. The one of the code segments loaded each time is different with each other. A size of each code segment is less than or equal to a size of an area of the RAM capable of executing each code segment. |
| US12159145B2 |
Context driven user interfaces for storage systems
Context driven user interfaces for storage systems including receiving, from a user account, a request to access a system interface for a system; identifying at least one critical system characteristic that describes a current aspect of the system; reconfiguring the system interface based on the at least one critical system characteristic; and presenting the reconfigured system interface to a user of the user account. |
| US12159144B2 |
USB device, and method for same to distinguish operating system of mobile device
A USB device capable of accurately distinguishing an operating system of a mobile device. The USB device comprises: an initialization setting module (301), a receiving and determining module (302), a saving and determining module (303), a first setting module (304), an organizing and determining module (305), a second setting module (306), a system type determination module (307), a first organizing module (308), a second organizing module (309) and a sending module (310). The USB device can accurately distinguish whether an operating system of a mobile device is an iOS operating system or a non-iOS operating system. Depending on different operating system types that are distinguished, different configuration descriptors and preset interface descriptors are returned to the mobile device, such that a device type of the USB device itself is reported to the mobile device. |
| US12159135B2 |
Machine learning-based target simulator
In an example embodiment, machine learning techniques are utilized to create virtual tables that connect to actual tables in a user's own system. The virtual table predicts how the user's data can be used to populate fields in newer versions of software that the user already runs, even when those fields are not present in the version that the user already runs. These tables may then be used in a specialized tool, which displays in one area of the display a screen of the version of the software that the user is currently running (“the existing version”) and displays in another area of the display a screen of the version of the software that the user is comparing to the existing version. Both display areas display the same screen, as rendered by their respective different versions of the software, using the same underlying base data. |
| US12159133B2 |
Information handling system with a dynamic basic input/output system configuration map
An information handling system includes a memory and a processor. The memory stores a current basic input/output system (BIOS) firmware image. During a regular boot mode of the information handling, the processor creates a first set of tables associated with the current BIOS firmware image, stores the first tables to the memory, and receives a BIOS firmware update image. During a BIOS update boot mode of the information handling system, the processor creates a second plurality of tables associated with the BIOS firmware update image, and compares the first and second tables. In response to a difference being determined between the first and second tables, the processor aborts the BIOS update boot mode and generate an error log. |
| US12159131B2 |
In-vehicle information processing apparatus, information processing method, and client program
An in-vehicle information processing apparatus includes a client processing unit configured to be provided with a service and perform processing, the client processing unit receives, from a server processing unit configured to provide a service, a service providing message that includes identification information and version information of a service to be provided, determines whether or not the version information included in the received service providing message and version information of a service that the client processing unit desires to be provided match, and, if it is determined that the two types of version information do not match, the client processing unit examines whether or not it is possible to receive the service with different version information, and, if it is possible to receive the service with different version information based on an examination result, the client processing unit receives the service and performs processing. |
| US12159130B2 |
Acquiring user-specific customization data for a medical device
A computer-implemented method, a medical device, and a system for acquiring user-specific customization data, i.e. user-specific language packages, are provided. The computer-implemented method comprises: determining a first set of user-specific customization data stored on the medical device; comparing the first set of user-specific customization data with a second set of user-specific customization data that is required by a user; and upon determining that the second set of user-specific customization data is different from the first set of user-specific customization data, acquiring, from a data storage external to the medical device, the second set of user-specific customization data or a delta between the first set and the second set of user-specific customization data. |
| US12159128B2 |
Orchestration of datacenter creation on a cloud platform
Computing systems, for example, multi-tenant systems deploy software artifacts in data centers created in a cloud platform using a cloud platform infrastructure language that is cloud platform independent. The system receives a declarative specification for creating a datacenter on a cloud platform. The system generates an aggregate pipeline comprising a hierarchy of pipelines. The system generates an aggregate deployment version map associating data center entities of the data center with versions of software artifacts targeted for deployment on the datacenter entities. The system collects a set of software artifacts according to the aggregate deployment version map. The system executes the aggregate pipeline in conjunction with the aggregate deployment version map to create the datacenter in accordance with the cloud platform independent declarative specification. |
| US12159127B2 |
Systems and methods for detecting code duplication in codebases
Systems and methods for detecting code duplication are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for detecting exact code snippet duplicates may include: (1) representing, by a code duplication detection computer program, each of a plurality of code snippets in a codebase as an abstract syntax trees; (2) featurizing, by the code duplication detection computer program, the abstract syntax trees into corpus feature vectors by converting the abstract syntax tree into vector representations; (3) generating, by the code duplication detection computer program, dense feature vectors from the corpus feature vectors using a dimension reduction technique; (4) identifying, by the code duplication detection computer program, exact duplicate code snippet matches by apply density-based clustering to the dense feature vectors; and (5) tagging, by the code duplication detection computer program, the exact duplicate code snippets. |
| US12159125B2 |
Page multiplexing method, page multiplexing device, storage medium and electronic apparatus
Disclosed is a page multiplexing method, a page multiplexing device, a storage medium and an electronic apparatus. After obtaining the page frame information of pages to be configured in a client to be developed, a component relational tree corresponding to the plurality of pages can be determined. The component relational tree is compared with a pre-constructed reference relational tree to determine a target tree structure composed of target components from the reference relational tree. Dependencies between target components in the reference relational tree match those in the component relational tree. The component code of the target component used by the developed client is queried to multiplex the component code. The component relational tree corresponding to pages to be developed can be compared with the reference relational tree corresponding to each page included in the developed client to determine the component code that can be multiplexed. |
| US12159118B2 |
Architecture for generating QA pairs from contexts
The present invention relates to a context-based QA generation architecture, and an object of the present invention is to generate diverse QA pairs from a single context. To achieve the object, the present invention includes a latent variable generating network including at least one encoder and an artificial neural network (Multi-Layer Perceptron: MLP) and configured to train the artificial neural network using a first context, a first question, and a first answer, and generate a second question latent variable and a second answer latent variable by applying the trained artificial neural network to a second context, an answer generating network configured to generate a second answer by decoding the second answer latent variable, and a question generating network configured to generate a second question based on a second context and the second answer. |
| US12159117B2 |
Computer implemented method for the automated analysis or use of data
A computer implemented method for the automated analysis or use of data is implemented by a voice assistant. The method comprises the steps of: (a) storing in a memory a structured, machine-readable representation of data that conforms to a machine-readable language (‘machine representation’); the machine representation including representations of user speech or text input to a human/machine interface; and (b) automatically processing the machine representations to analyse the user speech or text input. |
| US12159116B1 |
Contextual utterance recommendations for natural language interfaces that support conversational visual analysis
A computing device receives user selection of a data source. In accordance with the user selection, the device generates one or more initial natural language utterances according to metrics of data fields in the data source and/or previous user interaction with the data source. Each of the initial natural language utterances corresponds to a respective suggestion to guide visual analysis of the data source. The device displays the initial utterances in a graphical user interface. The device receives user selection of a first initial utterance of the initial utterances. In response to the user selection, the device generates and displays a first data visualization in accordance with data fields and/or analytical operations specified in the first initial utterance. The device also generates updated natural language utterances in accordance with the first initial utterance and the first data visualization, and displays the updated utterances with the first data visualization. |
| US12159112B2 |
Hierarchical machine learning architecture including master engine supported by distributed light-weight real-time edge engines
A system and method relate to a processing device implementing a master artificial intelligence (AI) engine to receive, from each of one or more real-time AI engines, a machine learning algorithm, parameters associated with the machine learning algorithm, and features employed to train the parameters, receive labeled data used to train the parameters associated with the machine learning algorithm, and construct, based on a combination rule, a master machine learning model using the features, the machine learning algorithm, and the parameters associated with the machine learning algorithm received from each of the one or more real-time AI engines. |
| US12159110B2 |
Determining concept relationships in document collections utilizing a sparse graph recovery machine-learning model
The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and computer-readable media for utilizing a concept graphing system to determine and provide relationships between concepts within document collections or corpora. For example, the concept graphing system can generate and utilize machine-learning models, such as a sparse graph recovery machine-learning model, to identify less-obvious correlations between concepts, including positive and negative concept connections, as well as provide these connections within a visual concept graph. Additionally, the concept graphing system can provide a visual concept graph that determines and displays concept correlations based on the input of a single concept, multiple concepts, or no concepts. |
| US12159104B2 |
Describing changes in a workflow based on changes in structured documents containing workflow metadata
A method performed by an electronic device includes retrieving, from a first computing environment, a first set of structured documents that contains metadata for a first version of a workflow to be performed by a workflow engine, the first version of the workflow including a first set of workflow elements. The method further including retrieving, from a second computing environment, a second set of structured documents. The method determines whether a rule is to be applied, based on one but not both of the first and second sets of structured documents including at least one section for a workflow element having a type to which the rule applies, and generating a description of a change in the second version of the workflow relative to the first version of the workflow. |
| US12159099B1 |
Synthetic document generation using machine learning based language model
A system generates synthetic documents from source documents. The system receives a source document and generates prompts for generating sections of a synthetic document from the source document. The system receives sections of the synthetic document based on execution of the machine learning based language model. For each of one or more portions of the synthetic document, the system determines a snippet of the source document that provides support for the portion of the synthetic document. The system sends the synthetic document for display via a user interface. The system receives a request via the user interface to inspect a portion of the synthetic document. The system identifies a snippet of the source document corresponding to the portion of the synthetic document and sends the snippet of the source document for display via the user interface. |
| US12159091B2 |
Apparatus and method for multi-stage fracking
An apparatus for multi-stage fracking, wherein the apparatus includes a pump configured to pump a fracking fluid into a rock region comprises a plurality of rock zones, and a computing device communicatively connected to the pump, wherein the computing device includes at least a processor, and a memory communicatively connected to the at least a processor containing instructions configuring the at least a processor to receive reservoir data, determine an optimal fracking stimulation parameter as a function of the reservoir data, identify a fracking stage as a function of the optimal fracking stimulation parameter, and adjust a pump configuration of the pump as a function of the fracking stage. |
| US12159089B1 |
Method and system to generate thermophysical property for finite element based solvers
In one embodiment, a system derives non-equilibrium thermophysical values for phase property changes of a material from equilibrium thermophysical values of the material for a manufacturing process which involves heating and/or cooling of the material (such as an additive manufacturing, 3D printing, welding, or joining process). The system performs a simulation of the manufacturing process based upon the derived non-equilibrium and/or equilibrium thermophysical values. The system generates a set of results based on the simulation, the set of results indicating predicted physical properties of the material for the manufacturing process. |
| US12159085B2 |
Vocal guidance engines for playback devices
Systems and methods for vocal guidance for playback devices are disclosed. A playback device can include a first wireless transceiver for communication via a first data network and a second wireless transceiver for communication via a second data network. The device includes one or more processors and is configured to maintain a library that includes one or more source device names and corresponding audio content, the audio content configured to be played back via an amplifier to indicate association of a particular source device with the playback device via the first data network. The device receives, via the second data network, information from one or more remote computing devices, and based on the information, updates the library by: (i) adding at least one new source device name and corresponding audio content; (ii) changing at least one source device name or its corresponding audio content; or both (i) and (ii). |
| US12159083B2 |
Multimedia system
A multimedia system is provided. The multimedia system includes a plurality of transmission devices and a receiving-end device. Multiple transmission devices respectively has a microphone. The receiving-end device is coupled to the transmission devices. When the microphone of one of the transmission devices is enabled, the receiving-end device outputs at least one control signal to at least another one of the transmission devices to disable the microphone of the at least another one of the transmission devices. |
| US12159080B2 |
Electronic devices for focused listening
An electronic device may include control circuitry that allows a user to listen to audio playing from an external speaker in the environment from the user's personal speaker device such as a pair of headphones, earbuds, or a personal loudspeaker. In response to receiving user input, the control circuitry may gather audio input from the environment with a microphone. The control circuitry may process the detected audio input to identify what audio track is currently playing from the external speaker and to determine which part of the audio track is currently playing. The control circuitry may then start playing the identified audio track from the user's personal speaker device in sync with the audio track playing from the external speaker. The electronic device may search music streaming platforms, public radio station information, and other public music content sources to anticipate and buffer upcoming songs. |
| US12159070B2 |
Information processing apparatus with which deterioration of colorimetric accuracy is suppressed, image forming system including the information processing apparatus, and computer readable storage medium
An information processing apparatus includes: a selection unit configured to select, based on a selection criterion, one or more first colorimetric regions in an image to be formed based on image data; an input/output control unit configured to receive a first user input for selecting one or more second colorimetric regions from the one or more first colorimetric regions selected by the selection unit; and a transmission unit configured to transmit a print job including information indicating the one or more second colorimetric regions and the image data, to an image forming apparatus. |
| US12159068B2 |
Image forming apparatus, method for controlling the same, and storage medium to change as necessary a received post-processing position based on received information regarding the image size
An image forming apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive information regarding a size of an image, a setting value regarding N-in-one printing, and a post-processing position from an information processing apparatus, a determination unit configured to determine whether the received setting value regarding the N-in-one printing is a predetermined setting value, a change unit configured to, in a case where the determination unit determines that the received setting value regarding the N-in-one printing is the predetermined setting value, change the received post-processing position based on the received information regarding the size of the image, and an image forming unit configured to form the image received from the information processing apparatus on a recording medium. |
| US12159061B2 |
Memory system including a non-volatile memory chip and method for controlling the non-volatile memory chip
A memory system includes a non-volatile memory chip that includes a memory cell array, and a memory controller. The memory controller is configured to perform a read operation on the non-volatile memory chip by instructing the non-volatile memory chip to perform a sensing operation to read data stored in the memory cell array, estimating a time when the read data becomes ready to be transferred from the non-volatile memory chip to the memory controller, and instructing the non-volatile memory chip, after the estimated time, to perform a transfer operation to transfer the read data to the memory controller. |
| US12159057B2 |
Implementing data flows of an application across a memory hierarchy of a data processing array
Implementing data flows of an application across a memory hierarchy of a data processing array includes receiving a data flow graph specifying an application for execution on the data processing array. A plurality of buffer objects corresponding to a plurality of different levels of the memory hierarchy of the data processing array and an external memory are identified. The plurality of buffer objects specify data flows. Buffer object parameters are determined. The buffer object parameters define properties of the data flows. Data that configures the data processing array to implement the data flows among the plurality of different levels of the memory hierarchy and the external memory is generated based on the plurality of buffer objects and the buffer object parameters. |
| US12159056B2 |
Extending functionality of memory controllers in a processor-based device
Apparatus and methods for extending functionality of memory controllers in a processor-based device are disclosed herein. In one aspect, a processor-based device provides a memory access intercept circuit that is communicatively coupled to a memory controller and a memory device. The memory access intercept circuit is configured to receive a memory write request that is directed to and received by the memory controller, and generates a write transaction identifier (ID) for the memory write request. The memory access intercept circuit then generates proxy write data containing the write transaction ID, and sends the proxy write data to the memory controller. The memory access intercept circuit subsequently intercepts the actual write data directed to the memory controller, and stores the write data in a write data buffer in association with the write transaction ID. |
| US12159052B2 |
Method and system for performing replication recovery operation in a disaggregated distributed storage systems
A method of performing replication recovery operation in a disaggregated distributed storage system (DDSS) includes identifying an affected storage node included in the storage pool based on an occurrence of one or more predetermined conditions; selecting at least one replacement storage node from among one or more storage nodes included in the storage pool to recover replication data stored in the affected storage node; selecting at least one controller for performing a replication recovery operation from among one or more controllers included in the controller pool; and assigning one or more replication recovery jobs to the at least one controller; and receiving, by the replication recovery device, a notification from the at least one controller based on the one or more replication recovery jobs being completed. |
| US12159051B2 |
Migration of application on container platform
A method for application migrating from a first cluster to a second cluster. The method may include detecting application migration request from the first cluster to the second cluster for performing application migration; identifying first volumes associated with the first cluster that are used by the application; establishing data copying from the first volumes of a first storage device associated with the first cluster to second volumes of a second storage device associated with the second cluster; determining if a copy condition is met based on the data copying; for meeting the copy condition, stopping the application on the first cluster; flushing uncopied data from the first volumes to the second volumes; determining whether the flushing of the uncopied data is completed; and for the flushing of the uncopied data being completed, deploying the application on the second cluster. |
| US12159035B2 |
Peripheral component interconnect express interface device and operating method thereof
An electronic device, and more particularly, a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) interface device is provided. The PCIe interface device includes a root complex configured to support a PCIe port which is a root port that could be coupled to an input/output (I/O) device, a plurality of endpoints each coupled to the root complex through a link, and a Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) controller configured to control RAID-coupling of a plurality of storage devices that are respectively coupled to the plurality of endpoints, wherein the RAID controller requests a host to allocate a capacity to each function in the plurality of storage devices based on a reference capacity. |
| US12159032B2 |
Increasing OLTP throughput by improving the performance of logging using persistent memory storage
In an embodiment, before modifying a persistent ORL (ORL), a database management system (DBMS) persists redo for a transaction and acknowledges that the transaction is committed. Later, the redo is appended onto the ORL. The DBMS stores first redo for a first transaction into a first PRB and second redo for a second transaction into a second PRB. Later, both redo are appended onto an ORL. The DBMS stores redo of first transactions in volatile SRBs (SLBs) respectively of database sessions. That redo is stored in a volatile shared buffer that is shared by the database sessions. Redo of second transactions is stored in the volatile shared buffer, but not in the SLBs. During re-silvering and recovery, the DBMS retrieves redo from fast persistent storage and then appends the redo onto an ORL in slow persistent storage. After re-silvering, during recovery, the redo from the ORL is applied to a persistent database block. |
| US12159029B2 |
Display apparatus, display system, display method, and non-transitory recording medium
A display apparatus includes circuitry to display an object on a display. The circuitry stores, in a memory, display state data representing a display state of the object each time a condition is satisfied; receives selection of one of the display state data; and restores the display state of the object based on the selected display state data. |
| US12159027B2 |
Method and device for controlling interactive white board
A control method and device of an interactive white board is provided. The method includes receiving a first selection operation and a first windowing operation on a whiteboard application interface, in response to a handwriting of a first target element overlapping a first sub-window, generating an overlapping part of the handwriting behind the first sub-window, and the first sub-window is displayed in a front of the whiteboard application interface. The method solves the technical problem in the related art that when some operations are performed in the whole current writing region, and the elements on the screen will move or disappear accordingly, causing inconvenience to the user. |
| US12159024B1 |
Database interactivity and user interface improvements
Systems and methods for database interactivity and user interfaces pertaining to creating, customizing, and synchronizing custom selection lists are disclosed. The present invention may include a software program. A user may use the software program to input the names of a plurality of selectable items for storage in a database. When the user is creating a selection list, the user may select the saved selectable items and arrange and format them in a preview interface. In other aspects of the present invention, multiple custom selection lists are stored onto the database and a user may edit a first custom selection list which synchronizes with and thereby makes the same edit on a second custom selection list. |
| US12159023B2 |
Graphical user interface permitting entry manipulation
A system and method for allowing a user to manage transactions in an online credit card application. The system includes a back-end server operating the online application and including a processor for processing data and information, a communications interface communicatively coupled to the processor, and a memory device storing data and executable code. When the code is executed, the processor can link one or more external bank accounts to the online application, provide a list of transactions that were made using the credit card, and enable a user to group or categorize the transactions in the list by transaction type. |
| US12159019B2 |
Multi-option navigation for industrial asset management
Systems and methods for improved visualization of events logged by an asset management system are provided herein. In one aspect, a priority index can be determined for respective assets based upon the events they experience. In another aspect, one or more graphical user interfaces (GUIs) can be generated by a computing device for navigation between different assets. The GUIs can allow a user to choose from multiple navigation options for display of assets and respective asset information. As an example, asset views can include views based upon one or more of an asset hierarchy within a fleet, a priority index, or a shortlist of assets based upon personal interests of a user or shared interests of a group, also referred to as a watchlist herein. The GUIs can further allow a user to view summaries of events and/or details regarding events for selected assets, such as alarms and case assignments. |
| US12159014B2 |
Touch electrode structure with branch electrodes, touch panel and display device
Provided is a touch electrode structure. The touch electrode structure includes a plurality of touch electrode patterns, wherein each of the touch electrode patterns includes a first touch electrode and a second touch electrode, and the first touch electrodes and second touch electrodes of touch electrode patterns of the touch electrode structure are insulated. Branch electrodes of the first touch electrode and branch electrodes of the second touch electrode are disposed in at least one of a first region defined by first main body electrodes of two first touch electrodes and a second region defined by second main body electrodes of two second touch electrodes. |
| US12159010B2 |
Input/output (I/O) operative touch sensor device (TSD)
A touch sensor device (TSD) includes TSD electrodes associated with a surface of the TSD. Also, an overlay that includes marker electrode(s) is also associated with at least a portion of the surface of the TSD. The TSD also includes drive-sense circuits (DSCs) operably coupled to the plurality of TSD electrodes. A DSC is configured to provide a TSD electrode signal to a TSD electrode and simultaneously to sense a change of the TSD electrode signal based on a change of impedance of the TSD electrode caused by capacitive coupling between the TSD electrode and the marker electrode(s) of the overlay. Processing module(s) is configured to process a digital signal generated by the DSC to determine characteristic(s) of the overlay that is associated with the at least a portion of the surface of the TSD. |
| US12159009B2 |
Touch display apparatus with light guide plate using infrared light for touch detection
A touch display apparatus is provided. The touch display apparatus includes a display panel including a display surface, a light guide plate disposed over the display surface of the display panel and formed to emit light incident into one side surface of the light guide plate through an upper surface of the light guide plate, a first light source array disposed on one side of the light guide plate and including a plurality of infrared light sources configured to emit infrared rays to an one side surface of the light guide plate, a camera disposed on at least one side of the first light source array and configured to photograph infrared rays emitted through an entire area of the upper surface of the light guide plate, and a processor configured to recognize coordinates of an input object adjacent to the upper surface of the light guide plate using infrared rays images captured by the camera. |
| US12159005B2 |
Touch panel and display apparatus
A touch panel and a display apparatus. The touch panel includes a touch area and a peripheral area arranged surrounding the touch area, the touch panel further includes: a first metal layer; a second metal layer; two or more insulating layers arranged in stack with the first metal layer and the second metal layer in the first direction; in which the two or more insulating layers includes one or more organic material layers, a part of at least one of the one or more organic material layers located in the touch area is provided with one or more hollow slots, and in the first direction, an orthographic projection of the at least one of the one or more organic material layers provided with the hollow slots covers at least part of the touch electrodes. |
| US12159004B2 |
Touch panel and touch display device
A touch panel includes first touch-electrodes and second touch-electrodes, and a bezel region includes first wires and second wires. Each of the first wires is electrically connected a respective one of the first touch-electrodes in a one-to-one correspondence through a respective first connection end, and each of the second wires is electrically connected a respective one of the second touch-electrodes in a one-to-one correspondence through a respective second connection end. First connection ends of at least two adjacent first sub-touch-electrodes located at a central position of the touch region in the second direction are located at a same side of the touch region in the first direction, and/or second connection ends of at least two adjacent second sub-touch-electrodes located at a central position of the touch region in the first direction are located at a same side of the touch region in the second direction. |
| US12158994B1 |
Optical navigation device and optical navigation method
An optical navigation device, comprising: an image sensor, comprising a first number of pixels; and a processing circuit, configured to perform following steps: controlling the image sensor to sense a first sensing image by the first number of pixels in a first mode; and controlling the image sensor to perform a pixel binning such that the image sensor senses a second sensing image by a second number of binning pixels in a second mode; wherein the first number is larger than the second number, and each of the binning pixels corresponds to a plurality of the pixels. |
| US12158990B2 |
Information output apparatus
Provided is an information output apparatus including a casing including an expression surface and an expression hole formed in the expression surface, a protrusion provided to reciprocate such that at least a part thereof protrudes out of the expression hole and information is expressed on the expression surface, and a driving module located inside the casing and connected to the protrusion to move the protrusion. |
| US12158985B2 |
Technique for controlling virtual image generation system using emotional states of user
A method of operating a virtual image generation system comprises allowing an end user to interact with a three-dimensional environment comprising at least one virtual object, presenting a stimulus to the end user in the context of the three-dimensional environment, sensing at least one biometric parameter of the end user in response to the presentation of the stimulus to the end user, generating biometric data for each of the sensed biometric parameter(s), determining if the end user is in at least one specific emotional state based on the biometric data for the each of the sensed biometric parameter(s), and performing an action discernible to the end user to facilitate a current objective at least partially based on if it is determined that the end user is in the specific emotional state(s). |
| US12158982B2 |
Selecting AR buttons on a hand
Systems and methods are provided for performing AR button selection operations on an augmented reality (AR) device. The system displays, by an AR device, a plurality of AR objects on a display region that overlaps a first real-world object, each of the plurality of AR objects being associated with an object selection region. The system computes a first spatial relationship factor for a first AR object of the plurality of AR objects based on a position of the first AR object relative to a position of a second real-world object and adjusts the object selection region of the first AR object based on the first spatial relationship factor. The system activates the first AR object in response to determining that the second real-world object overlaps the object selection region of the first AR object. |
| US12158980B2 |
Distributed trusted platform module key management protection for roaming data
Distributed security key management for protecting roaming data via a trusted platform module is performed by systems that include first and second processors, and first and second respective hardware security modules. The first security module encrypts a security key using a public key from the second security module, and the encrypted security key is provided to the second security module. A virtual machine (VM) executed by the first processor has a first virtual security module instance having state data that includes a storage key encrypting VM virtual disk data and that is encrypted with the security key. When a transfer condition is determined, the VM is transferred and executed by the second processor, using a second virtual security module instance, based on decrypting the security key by the second security module using a private key and decrypting the state data for the second virtual security module using the security key. |
| US12158976B2 |
Blockchain auditing system and method
A copy of a blockchain is stored. The stored copy of the blockchain is copied from a blockchain in a distributed blockchain ledger. An event associated with the blockchain in the distributed ledger is identified. In response identifying the event associated with the blockchain in the distributed ledger, a compromise of the blockchain in the distributed ledger is identified, such as, identifying one or more blocks of the blockchain that have been compromised. In a second embodiment, a request to add a new block to a blockchain is identified. In response identifying the request to add the new block to the blockchain, a consensus vote to add the new block to the blockchain is monitored. A determination is made to determine if the consensus vote is below a threshold. In response to the consensus vote being below the threshold, an audit of the blockchain is completed. |
| US12158975B2 |
Data processing consent sharing systems and related methods
In various embodiments, an entity may provide a WebView where a transaction between an entity and a data subject may be performed. As described herein, the transaction may involve the collection or processing of personal data associated with the data subject by the entity as part of a processing activity undertaken by the entity that the data subject is consenting to as part of the transaction. Additionally, the entity may provide a native application where the transactions between the entity and a data subject may be performed. In some embodiments, the system may be configured to share consent data between the WebView and the native application so data subjects experience a seamless transition while using either the WebView or the native application, and the data subjects are not required to go through a consent workflow for each of the WebView and the native application. |
| US12158974B2 |
Scan surface reduction for sensitive information scanning
Generally discussed herein are devices, systems, and methods for scan surface reduction in sensitive information scanning. A method can include receiving a document, determining, by an evidence checker, a keyword that indicates sensitive information of a sensitive information type, is present in the document, responsive to determining the keyword is present, determining, by a sensitive information scanner and based on a regular expression associated with the sensitive information type, that sensitive information is present in the document, and performing a sensitive information mitigation operation to mitigate the sensitive information. |
| US12158972B2 |
Interrupting receipt of sensitive information
A method includes detecting an initial vocalization by a user in an environment including a primary device and a secondary device, analyzing the initial vocalization to determine whether a future vocalization is likely to contain sensitive information based on the initial vocalization where the future vocalization is a potential future vocalization, and controlling, based on determining that the future vocalization is likely to contain sensitive information, a speaker of the primary device to output a noise canceling signal configured to prevent the secondary device from detecting the future vocalization. |
| US12158971B2 |
Dynamic patient health information sharing
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to electronically sharing patient data. One aspect includes a method comprising capturing a computer readable code comprising an authentication code and clinic identifying information using an image capture component of a patient mobile device. The method also comprises authenticating the identified clinic with an information provider. The method further comprises displaying the clinic identifying information for confirmation and authenticating the patient. The method additionally comprises receiving a request to provide the clinic with patient data from the clinic. The method then comprises determining that the clinic is authorized to receive access to the patient data based on authentication of the clinic, authentication of the patient, and confirmation to share the patient data. The method also comprises transmitting the patient data to the clinic based on the determination that the clinic is authorized. |
| US12158968B2 |
System and method for automatically securing sensitive data in public cloud using a serverless architecture
Systems and methods are provided executing jobs immediately upon receipt of a notification. The systems and methods may include receiving, at a cloud compute service, a notification that a sensitive file comprising sensitive data has been received at a file receipt location, the sensitive file being sent by a client device; generating, by the cloud compute service, a container instance in response to the notification; retrieving, by the container instance, the sensitive file from the file receipt location; generating, by the container instance, a stripped file by stripping the sensitive data from the sensitive file based on a configuration file; transmitting, by the container instance, the stripped file to a storage location; deleting the sensitive file and associated file pointers from the file receipt location; and terminating the container instance, wherein terminating the container instance comprises deleting files comprising sensitive data and associated file pointers. |
| US12158967B2 |
E-mail address verification
In some implementations, a system may receive a first request including a user internet protocol (IP) address associated with the first request, and a user e-mail address associated with an e-mail account of a user. The system may store the submission IP address in association with the first request. The system may transmit a confirmation e-mail message to the user e-mail address. The confirmation e-mail message may include image data associated with the first request. The system may receive, from an e-mail client associated with the user e-mail account, a second request to access the image data. The second request may include a confirmation IP address. The system may perform a comparison of the requesting and submission IP addresses and the submission IP address. The system may transmit, to the e-mail client, an image associated with the image data and based on the comparison. |
| US12158966B2 |
Unifying interface for cloud content sharing services
Methods and systems that allow a user to see the people or groups who have access to files that are maintained by a plurality of cloud content sharing services. In particular, the user may see what specific party has access to each particular file or directory, regardless of multiple cloud content sharing services involved. Moreover, a user interface and exposed application program interface allows the user to manipulate the permissions, e.g., granting access, to another person or group, to a file or directory. The user interface may also allow the user to terminate access to the file or directory for a person or group. The user's action to change a permission may be effected independently of the particular cloud content sharing service. |
| US12158960B2 |
Applying constraints models for application layer security
A computer-implemented method of securing vulnerabilities in a program, the method including receiving, by a computer, state information generated by an executed application program, training, by the computer, a constraints model based on the state information, generating, by the computer, one or more constraints with the constraints model, each of the one or more constraints describing an execution constraint for executing the application program, wherein the execution constraint enforces an intended operation of the application program, and applying, by the computer, the one or more constraints to the application program. |
| US12158959B2 |
Systems and methods for vulnerability proofing when updating an IHS
Systems and methods are provided for vulnerability proofing updates to an IHS. An update package is detected that includes configurations for one or more of the hardware components of the IHS. One or more catalogs are accessed that specify known vulnerabilities of hardware components. The updated configurations of the hardware component that are included in the update package are used to identify any hardware component configurations that have known vulnerabilities that are listed in the catalogs. If known vulnerabilities are identified in the updated configurations, further booting of the IHS may be disabled until the update package is modified to include no configurations with vulnerabilities identified in the catalogs. |
| US12158958B2 |
Web attack simulator
Embodiments identify vulnerabilities in, e.g., a web application. An embodiment first, searches a database to identify payload characteristics for a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request associated with a uniform resource locator (URL) of a web application. In turn, one or more payloads with characteristics corresponding to the identified payload characteristics are obtained. Next, the HTTP request with the obtained one or more payloads is sent to the URL. Then, one or more responses to the HTTP request sent with the obtained one or more payloads are observed to determine if the web application includes one or more vulnerabilities. |
| US12158957B2 |
Methods and systems for comparing crowd sourced threat modeling systems to non-integrated threat modeling systems
The methods and systems relate to improvements to threat modeling systems through the use of crowdsourcing. Specifically, the methods and systems relate to generating recommendations based on crowdsourced threat modeling contributions. For example, the methods and systems automate the threat modeling process by leveraging data in order to drive consistent and measurable quality of threat models and enable threat models to provide aggregated views of risk concentration at any altitude. |
| US12158953B2 |
Secured execution context data
There is disclosed a circuit for monitoring the security of a processor, wherein the circuit is configured to access a memory configured to store execution context data of a software program executed by the processor; to determine one or more signatures from said execution context data; and to compare said signatures with predefined signatures to monitor the security of the processor (110). Developments describe that context data can comprise control flow data, that a signature can comprise a hash value or a similarity signature, or that the integrity of signatures can be verified for example by using a secret key (e.g. obtained by random, or by using a physically unclonable function). Further developments describe various controls or retroactions on the processor, as well as various countermeasures if cyber attacks are determined. |
| US12158952B2 |
Distinguished nest-based access control
Techniques for determining and displaying error messages including a cause of an error generated because two types are not members of the same nest are disclosed. The system detects, at runtime, an instruction in a first type that attempts to access a private member of a second type. The system evaluates one or more nestmate criteria to determine whether the first type and the second type are within a same nest. A nest host corresponding to the nest specifies each nest member of the nest, and each nest member specifies an association with the nest. Responsive to determining that a particular nestmate criterion is not met, the system determines that the first type and the second type are not within the same nest and records or displays data identifying the particular nestmate criterion that has not been met, and throws an access error. |
| US12158944B2 |
Authentication of a device by a cryptographic process
A processing method implemented by a first device including receiving first data including a challenge datum; obtaining key data including an encrypted cryptographic key which is masked by executing a cryptographic masking function; receiving an unmasking key; determining the encrypted cryptographic key by executing a cryptographic unmasking function on the basis of the unmasking key; determining a decrypted cryptographic key by a decryption by executing a decryption algorithm with white-box implementation on the basis of the encrypted cryptographic key; determining an answer datum by a cryptographic operation by executing a predetermined cryptographic algorithm on the basis of the decrypted cryptographic key and the challenge datum; and sending the answer datum to authenticate the first device. |
| US12158941B2 |
Electronic system and method for authenticating instructions and operands within a controller
The present disclosure relates to a method for authenticating instructions and operands in an electronic system comprising a controller. The method includes extracting instructions and operands via a first circuit of the controller from at least a first memory internal to the controller using a matrix bus of the controller, collecting, on the matrix bus, via a second circuit internal to the controller, instructions and operands during their transmission to the first circuit, and generating a word representative of the instructions and operands. |
| US12158937B2 |
Systems and methods for uniquely identifying and regularly authenticating users at login
Systems and methods for uniquely identifying and regularly authenticating users at login are disclosed. A method may include an authentication computer program receiving a user identifier for a user as part of a login attempt from a workstation computer program; communicating a multifactor authentication request to an authenticator application executed on a user mobile electronic device; receiving a response to the multifactor authentication request from the authenticator application; verifying that the response to the multifactor authentication request matches an expected value; and saving user activity data associated with the login attempt, and a user trust computer program calculating a user trust score based on the user activity data; determining that the user trust score is above a threshold; and authorizing the login attempt to the workstation and a user session on the workstation. |
| US12158933B2 |
Apparatus and methods for content-based biometric authentication
Apparatus and methods for content- and context-based biometric authentication are provided. The apparatus and methods may include using multiple biometric sensors and an authentication engine that decides which sensor(s) to use through a content- and/or context-based analysis. The apparatus and methods may include requesting authentication, analyzing the request to determine which sensor(s) is appropriate, prompting a user to use the sensor(s) and comparing the data received with data stored in a database to provide authentication. |
| US12158932B2 |
Biometrics-based user authentication method and device
According to an embodiment of the disclosure, there is provided a biometrics-based user authentication method including: obtaining a user's biometric image, obtaining a shallow biometric feature from the user's biometric image by using a first neutral network of a learning network model, obtaining a deep biometric feature from the user's biometric image by using a second neutral network of the learning network model, determining a similarity between the shallow and deep biometric features and a valid user's biometric features stored in advance, and determining whether the user matches the valid user, based on the determined similarity. |
| US12158931B2 |
Identifying device and identifying method using reflected light from a body of a user irradiated by pulsed light
An identifying device includes a light source, an image sensor, a memory that stores biometric data indicating a feature of a body of a user, and a processor. The processor causes the light source to emit pulsed light having a pulse duration of more than or equal to 0.2 ns and less than or equal to 1 μs to illuminate the user with the pulsed light, causes the image sensor to detect at least part of reflected pulsed light that returns from the user and to output a signal corresponding to two-dimensional distribution of an intensity of the at least part of the reflected pulsed light, and verifies the signal against the biometric data to identify the user. |
| US12158926B2 |
Dual domain tracking of target structures
Embodiments described herein provide for determining a probability distribution of a three-dimensional point in a template feature map matching a three-dimensional point in space. A dual-domain target structure tracking end-to-end system receives projection data in one dimension or two dimensions and a three-dimensional simulation image. The end-to-end system extracts a template feature map from the simulation image using segmentation. The end-to-end system extracts features from the projection data, transforms the features of the projection data into three-dimensional space, and sequences the three-dimensional space to generate a three-dimensional feature map. The end-to-end system compares the template feature map to the generated three-dimensional feature map, determining an instantaneous probability distribution of the template feature map occurring in the three-dimensional feature map. |
| US12158922B2 |
Gauge equivariant geometric graph convolutional neural network
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for performing machine learning, comprising: determining a plurality of vertices in a neighborhood associated with a mesh including a target vertex; determining a linear transformation configured to parallel transport signals along all edges in the mesh to the target vertex; applying the linear transformation to the plurality of vertices in the neighborhood to form a combined signal at the target vertex; determining a set of basis filters; linearly combining the basis filters using a set of learned parameters to form a gauge equivariant convolution filter, wherein the gauge equivariant convolution filter is constrained to maintain gauge equivariance; applying the gauge equivariant convolution filter to the combined signal to form an intermediate output; and applying a nonlinearity to the intermediate output to form a convolution output. |
| US12158921B2 |
Dynamic link preview generation
Dynamic link preview generation techniques are described that overcome the challenges of conventional techniques by supporting link preview generation by a content provider system that proves the digital content via a respective network address. In one example, a content provider system, based on a request received from a service provider system, identifies a communication platform of the service provider system that is to be used to communicate the shared link. Upon identifying the communication platform, the content provider system locates customization data that describes how the link preview is to be generated for the communication platform. In response, the content provider system renders digital content available via the network address to generate the link preview. |
| US12158920B2 |
Personalized messaging and configuration service
A method converts a request received from a client application to a query by a serverless function operating on a virtual machine instance provisioned responsive to the request. The query is transmitted to an application database corresponding to the client application. A result is received from the application database. The result is converted into a response and the response is transmitted to the client application in response to the request. Display of the client application is updated based on response with the result. |
| US12158919B2 |
Automated categorization of groups in a social network
A method for automatically categorizing groups of users in a social network, and using the categories to propose matches between groups or users and groups includes accessing content shared within a group in a social network application, processing the shared content with at least one machine learning model to determine labels for the content, determining categories for the group based on the labels for the content, accessing matching criteria for a user of the social network application, generating a match between the user and the group based on the matching criteria for the user and the categories for the group, supplying data indicative of the match to a client device of the user, receiving a match acceptance from the client device, and in response to receiving the match acceptance, providing the user access to the group in the social network application. |
| US12158913B2 |
Method and apparatus of image/video feature descriptor extracting for searching image/video
The present disclosure discloses an image/video feature descriptor extraction method and apparatus for image/video search. An image/video feature descriptor extraction method may comprise obtaining a search requested image/video from a user, performing spatio-temporal transformation on the search requested image/video, extracting a feature map from the image/video subjected to the spatio-temporal transformation, and extracting an image/video feature descriptor by applying TNIP (Temporal Nested Invariance Pooling) to the feature map. |
| US12158911B2 |
Virtual library
Described herein are techniques to enable limited access to a photos library by enabling application specific virtual photo libraries. When an application requests access to the photos library, the user can select an option to enable or configure a virtual photos library, and then select specific assets (e.g., photos, videos) within the photos library to be selected for inclusion into an application specific virtual photos library. |
| US12158910B2 |
Systems and methods for utilizing object state distributions for image comparison tasks
A system for implementing object state distributions obtains a first object state distribution associated with a first image set. The first object state distribution includes a first plurality of object state vectors generated based upon (i) a first set of object type classifications associated with the first image set and (ii) a first set of image information based on the first image set. The system obtains a second object state distribution associated with a second image set. The second object state distribution comprises a second plurality of object state vectors generated based upon (i) a second set of object type classifications associated with the second image set and (ii) a second set of image information based on the second image set. The system determines a distance measure between the first object state distribution and the second object state distribution and assigns a label based upon the distance measure. |
| US12158907B1 |
Thematic search
According to an aspect, a method includes, in response to a search query for web content, obtaining, by a search engine, search results relevant to the search query, where the search results include a set of responsive documents, and generating a plurality of themes from content included in the set of responsive documents, where each of the plurality of themes includes a respective phrase that describes a respective theme. The method includes providing thematic data to a browser application on a client device, where the thematic data includes the plurality of themes and thematic search results, which may be a portion of the search results arranged by the plurality of themes. The thematic data is configured to cause the browser application to display the plurality of themes in a search results page. |
| US12158905B2 |
Event extraction method, device and storage medium
The application discloses an event extraction method, apparatus, device and storage medium, the method including acquiring a text to be processed, inputting the text to be processed into an event detection model to determine an event type involved in the text to be processed, constructing a first query corpus based on the event type, inputting the text to be processed and the first query corpus into a reading comprehension model to determine an event body corresponding to the event type and event elements corresponding to the event body, obtaining an event extraction result of the text to be processed based on the event body and the event elements. This method accurately determines the event type and the event elements in the text to be processed, and is adapted to event extraction in a document level text, improving the overall performance of event extraction and promoting the efficiency of event extraction. |
| US12158900B2 |
Extracting information from documents using automatic markup based on historical data
Mechanisms for document processing and analysis can include receiving a document and identifying, in a data structure, a record corresponding to the document. The record can include one or more entries, where each entry contains data reflecting a respective item of information extracted from a corresponding part of the document. The mechanisms can include determining for each entry of the record, a corresponding degree of association between the entry and a respective item of information referenced by the entry. They can further include updating the corresponding degrees of association, and selecting, among the corresponding degrees of association, a set of corresponding degrees of association whose aggregate degree of association satisfies a criterion. |
| US12158894B2 |
Systems and methods for a data-driven workflow platform
The platforms, systems and methods provided herein may provide a data-driven workflow platform. The method comprises: mapping selected data objects to a data storage model of the data-driven workflow platform, where the selected data objects are stored in a data cloud configuration that is operatively coupled to the data-driven workflow platform; and displaying, on a graphical user interface (GUI), a flow for building a cloud application utilizing or managing the selected data objects. The interactive flow comprises at least one graphical element corresponding to a rule for automating an action triggered by a triggering event of the selected data objects. |
| US12158889B2 |
Query engine for remote endpoint information retrieval
Embodiments are disclosed herein for remote retrieval of information from endpoints and comprise receiving a master query at an endpoint in a network environment and executing a set of one or more subqueries defined in the master query. Embodiments also comprise an execution of a first subquery that includes executing a function to produce a first output, applying one or more conditions to the first output to determine a second output, and determining a result of the master query based, at least in part, on the second output. In specific embodiments, the master query is received from another node over a network connection. In more specific embodiments, the function is executed on the endpoint to collect real-time information based on one or more parameters. In further embodiments, the function is one of a plug-in or a script. |
| US12158887B2 |
On-board data storage method and system
This invention is directed to an on-board data storage method and system. The on-board data storage method includes obtaining, in a current time period, various pieces of time sequence data to be processed written into the on-board database; for each piece of the time sequence data to be processed, determining a node to be stored in the on-board database and a partition to be stored in the node according to the piece of the time sequence data to be processed, and writing the piece of the time sequence data to be processed into a corresponding time sequence in the determined partition to be stored; and writing each piece of the time sequence data written into each partition to be stored into each corresponding data bucket in memory. |
| US12158886B2 |
Adaptive page rendering for a data management system
Methods and systems for managing the automated retrieval, aggregation, and selection of virtual machines, virtual disks, and electronic files using an integrated data management and storage system are described. In some cases, the integrated data management and storage system may acquire a query with search criteria to identify a set of objects accessible via the integrated data management and storage system, determine the set of objects that satisfies the search criteria, determine a first subset of the set of objects less than all of the set of objects to render, render and display a listing of the first subset, determine a selection of a first plurality of the first subset, and initiate concurrent actions on the first plurality using the integrated data management and storage system. The size of the first subset may vary over time and be determined based on prior user feedback. |
| US12158885B2 |
Abstraction layer for efficient transliteration of machine interpretable languages
Aspects of the disclosure relate to transliteration of machine interpretable languages. A computing platform may receive a request to perform a data migration from a first database configured in a first format to a second database configured in a second format. The computing platform may receive, from the client application and at an abstraction layer, a query. Based on identifying that the query is formatted for execution at the second database, the computing platform may route the query to the second database for execution. Based on identifying that the query is not formatted for execution at the second database, the computing platform may: 1) translate the query from the first format to the second format by using pre-verified query keys to convert the query from the first format into the second format, and 2) route the translated query to the second database for execution. |
| US12158883B2 |
Visually mapping nodes and connections in one or more enterprise-level systems
A computer-implemented method includes receiving data records from a plurality of different data sources, in which the data records include information regarding elements or components in one or more systems; consolidating the data records; extracting information from the consolidated data records to identify a plurality of nodes and connections between the plurality of nodes in the one or more systems; storing information identifying the plurality of nodes and the connections; and visually presenting the plurality of nodes and the connections in a user interface. |
| US12158878B2 |
Conflict-free version control
An example operation may include one or more of receiving, by a document processor node, a document and a signed digital receipt identifying an owner of a version of the document associated with a blockchain transaction, verifying, by a document processor node, the version of the document based on the signed digital receipt, and executing a smart contract to enable a conflict-free document versioning based on a hash of the document recorded on a ledger of the blockchain. |
| US12158871B2 |
Method and apparatus for analyzing coverage, bias, and model explanations in large dimensional modeling data
A system and method for analyzing coverage, bias and model explanations in large dimensional modeling data includes discretizing three or more variables of a dataset to generate a discretized phase space represented as a grid of a plurality of cells, the dataset comprising a plurality of records, each record of the plurality of records having a value and a unique identifier (ID). A grid transformation is applied to each record in the dataset to assign each record to a cell of the plurality of cells of the grid according to the grid transformation. A grid index is generated to reference each cell using a discretized feature vector. A grid storage for storing the records assigned to each cell of the grid is then created. The grid storage using the ID of each record as a reference to each record and the discretized feature vector as a key to each cell. |
| US12158869B2 |
Method of obtaining and imputing missing data and measurement system using the same
A method of obtaining and imputing missing data and a measurement system having the same are disclosed. The method includes obtaining measurement values of measurement variables, among z variables corresponding to z components of a measurement object, wherein z is a natural number greater than 1, and the z variables of the measurement object include measurement variables and missing variables which are not measured, and the measurement variables are of an amount less than z; generating missing data having the measurement variables with the measurement values and the missing variables with missing values in the z components, wherein each of the missing values is predetermined value indicating that a missing variable has not been measured; generating k pieces of final imputation data having k final imputation values, by using the missing data, wherein k is a natural number greater than 1, each of the k final imputation values are in the z components, and using the missing data includes performing multiple imputations on the missing data; and generating average data having average component values in the z components, wherein each of the average component values in a component is an average value of the k final imputation values of the k pieces of final imputation data in the component, and selecting, in each of the z components, a next measurement variable, wherein a difference value between a final imputation values and an average component value, of the next measurement variable, is larger than a difference value of the missing variables. |
| US12158867B2 |
Dynamic summarization of process data system and method
Some embodiments include a system and method of providing a historian that receives operational state data from a device of an industrial process of a network, where the operational state data is stored as time-series data, and processing at least one data query from at least one user coupled to the network. Based at least in part on the at least one data query and at least one dynamic cycle, at least some of the time-series data is retrieved, where the dynamic cycle is based on at least one tag associated with the time-series data. Further, based at least in part on at least some of the time-series data, at least one graphical representation of one or more tags is displayed, where each tag of the one or more tags represents an attribute of at least one process associated with the at least one device. |
| US12158866B2 |
Delta merge with location data
Disclosed herein are various embodiments for performing a delta merge with location data. An embodiment operates by receiving a command to merge a delta storage with an original main storage. A coordinate system corresponding to a plurality of data entries of data in the delta storage is identified. A coordinate system specification, corresponding to one of the identified coordinate system, is added to a metadata of a new version of the main storage. A merge operation is performed between the delta storage and the original main storage, in which the plurality of data entries of the delta storage are copied to a container portion of the new version of the main storage, separate from the metadata. The plurality of data entries of the delta storage are deleted and the original main storage is replaced with the new version of the main storage. |
| US12158865B2 |
Automated database artifact update using design definitions
A method, a system, and computer program product for updating various database artifacts using design definitions. A design time definition is received for a database artifact stored in a database. Design time metadata is extracted from the design time definition. Runtime metadata is retrieved from the database, the runtime metadata corresponding to the database artifact. Differences are determined between the design time metadata and the runtime metadata. An update query is generated based on the differences between the design time metadata and the runtime metadata. The update query is executed to update the database artifact. |
| US12158863B2 |
Right holder terminal, user terminal, and non-transitory computer-readable medium
Pieces of information on multiple file management systems are managed by one contract in a distributed ledger. An administrator terminal includes: a file management system generation unit that issues a contract generation transaction for generating, in blockchain data, a contract in which a network identifier that identifies a file management system is associated with an identifier of a participant terminal in a blockchain system, and notifying the participant terminal of the network identifier and an identifier of the contract; and a file management control unit that issues a registration transaction for registering, in the contract, connection information of the administrator terminal in the file management system, acquires connection information of the participant terminal in the file management system from the contract, and establishes a P2P connection with the participant terminal based on the acquired connection information. |
| US12158857B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing system, connection control method, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing connection control program
A host (100) includes a PCIe Root Complex (102), a PCIe Expander (116) configured to be connected to a general-purpose network N, and a PCIe switch (108) including PCIe ports and configured to switch a connection between the Root Complex (102) and the Expander (116), in which the Expander (116) enables PCIe ports (109, 113) connected to upstream ports of the Root Complex (102) and the Expander (116) and disables a PCIe port (110) connected to a downstream port of the Expander (116) when the host (100) functions as a master, and disables the upstream port (109) and the downstream port (113) and enables the upstream port (110) when the host 100 functions as a slave. |
| US12158852B2 |
Circuitry and methods for direct memory access instruction set architecture support for flexible dense compute using a reconfigurable spatial array
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for direct memory access instruction set architecture support for flexible dense compute using a reconfigurable spatial array are described. In one embodiment, a processor includes a first type of hardware processor core that includes a two-dimensional grid of compute circuits, a memory, and a direct memory access circuit coupled to the memory and the two-dimensional grid of compute circuits; and a second different type of hardware processor core that includes a decoder circuit to decode a single instruction into a decoded single instruction, the single instruction including a first field to identify a base address of two-dimensional data in the memory, a second field to identify a number of elements in each one-dimensional array of the two-dimensional data, a third field to identify a number of one-dimensional arrays of the two-dimensional data, a fourth field to identify an operation to be performed by the two-dimensional grid of compute circuits, and a fifth field to indicate the direct memory access circuit is to move the two-dimensional data indicated by the first field, the second field, and the third field into the two-dimensional grid of compute circuits and the two-dimensional grid of compute circuits is to perform the operation on the two-dimensional data according to the fourth field, and an execution circuit to execute the decoded single instruction according to the fields. |
| US12158851B2 |
Read/write control method and device for DDR dynamic random access memory, and system
The disclosure provides a read/write control method and device for a DDR (Double Data Rate) dynamic random access memory, and a system. The device includes a read control signal generating unit and a read memory controller, and the read control signal generating unit is in signal connection with the read memory controller; the read control signal generating unit is configured for determining a minimum frame period from a plurality of received signal sources, generating a read control signal based on a delay time, and providing the read control signal to the read memory controller; and the read memory controller is configured for controlling the reading of video frames from the DDR dynamic random access memory according to the read control signal. |
| US12158849B2 |
Method for data communication between subregions of an FPGA
A method is provided for data communication between at least one subregion of an FPGA and another region, in which the data communication is resource efficient. This is achieved by the fact that the data communication, i.e., the reading and writing of a Block RAM from a location to any Block RAM or from any Block RAM to any Block RAM of the FPGA takes place via command sequences of an internal configuration interface of the FPGA. |
| US12158846B2 |
Instance deployment method, instance management node, computing node, and computing device
In a method, an instance management node receives a request for creating a service instance; the instance management node obtains a cache configuration corresponding to the service instance; and the instance management node creates the service instance on a computing node, and creates a cache instance on the computing node based on the cache configuration. In this way, the service instance may provide a service by using the matched cache instance. |
| US12158845B2 |
Region based split-directory scheme to adapt to large cache sizes
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for maintaining region-based cache directories split between node and memory are disclosed. The system with multiple processing nodes includes cache directories split between the nodes and memory to help manage cache coherency among the nodes' cache subsystems. In order to reduce the number of entries in the cache directories, the cache directories track coherency on a region basis rather than on a cache line basis, wherein a region includes multiple cache lines. Each processing node includes a node-based cache directory to track regions which have at least one cache line cached in any cache subsystem in the node. The node-based cache directory includes a reference count field in each entry to track the aggregate number of cache lines that are cached per region. The memory-based cache directory includes entries for regions which have an entry stored in any node-based cache directory of the system. |
| US12158840B2 |
Memory access statistics monitoring
Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to memory access statistics monitoring are described. A host is configured to map pages of memory for applications to a number of memory devices coupled thereto. A first memory device comprises a monitoring component configured to monitor access statistics of pages of memory mapped to the first memory device. A second memory device does not include a monitoring component capable of monitoring access statistics of pages of memory mapped thereto. The host is configured to map a portion of pages of memory for an application to the first memory device in order to obtain access statistics corresponding to the portion of pages of memory upon execution of the application despite there being space available on the second memory device and adjust mappings of the pages of memory for the application based on the obtained access statistics corresponding to the portion of pages. |
| US12158839B2 |
Method and apparatus for allocating memory and electronic device
The disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for allocating memory, and an electronic device. Multiple frames of speech data are received and input to a neural network model. The neural network model is configured to ask for multiple data tensors when processing the multiple frames of speech data, and the multiple data tensors share a common memory. |
| US12158837B2 |
System and method for generating automation test scripts dynamically for human machine interface testing
Disclosed herein is a system and a method for generating automation test scripts dynamically for Human Machine Interface (HMI) testing. Test configurations are generated for a Device Under Test (DUT) (115) based on a screen transition dataset upon receiving a user request (105). Based on test configurations and the screen transition dataset, HMI components located in a test path are identified for transitions from source HMI screens to destination HMI screens. Based on the HMI components, reference images are determined for the destination HMI screens from a screen design dataset. The test configurations are executed on the DUT (115) via an external simulating device (113) and transition associated with the test path is validated based on matching the real time destination HMI screen image with the reference image. Based on a validation result, automation test report (117) is generated for the DUT (115). |
| US12158835B1 |
Computing systems and methods generating and validating log records
Systems and methods support generation and validation of log records. For instance, a software object may generate log records and save those log records to a first repository. Either the same or a different software object may then generate a hash for each log record and then encrypt each hash and store each hash in another repository. A software object that consumes the log records may then validate a given log record by accessing its corresponding encrypted hash, decrypting the hash, and comparing the decrypted hash to a re-generated hash of the particular log record. |
| US12158834B2 |
Log analysis device, log analysis method, and program
A generation unit that generates a new abstraction log based on the distribution of log values corresponding to a variable in an abstraction log is included. The abstraction log includes at least one or more variables. The variable includes at least one or more log values. The new abstraction log is obtained by replacing the variable in the abstraction log with the log value. |
| US12158831B2 |
Automatic performance evaluation in continuous integration and continuous delivery pipeline
A computer-implemented method can receive a software update for a software application deployable on a target system and perform an automatic performance test of the software application incorporating the software update on the target system. The automatic performance test can be integrated in a continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline. The method can collect a plurality of performance metrics measured when performing the automatic performance test and determine a performance score based on the plurality of performance metrics. Responsive to detecting the performance score is below a predefined performance threshold, the method can cause the CI/CD pipeline to reject the software update to the software application. |
| US12158830B2 |
Method to identify the performance bottle neck in the complex enterprise virtualized environment
One example method includes identifying a source of a performance issue in a virtualized environment. Telemetry data is collected relative to the flow of a request/response in the virtualized environment. The collected telemetry data can be compared to normal data. A probability can be generated for each layer to identify which of the layers is the most likely source of the performance issue. The layers can be prioritized based on their probability. The most likely layer or virtual machine is recommended for analysis to determine the cause of the performance issue. |
| US12158823B2 |
Node failure detection and resolution in distributed databases
Methods and systems to detect and resolve failure in a distributed database system is described herein. A first node in the distributed database system can detect an interruption in communication with at least one other node in the distributed database system. This indicates a network failure. In response to detection of this failure, the first node starts a failure resolution protocol. This invokes coordinated broadcasts of respective lists of suspicious nodes among neighbor nodes. Each node compares its own list of suspicious nodes with its neighbors' lists of suspicious nodes to determine which nodes are still directly connected to each other. Each node determines the largest group of these directly connected nodes and whether or not it is in that group. If a node isn't in that group, it fails itself to resolve the network failure. |
| US12158812B1 |
Management of ingestion jobs using automated retry
An example system can include: at least one processor; and non-transitory computer-readable storage storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to: generate an ingestion manager programmed to ingest data associated with a job; and generate a logging manager programmed to capture metadata associated with the job; wherein the ingestion manager is programmed to automatically retry the job based upon the metadata captured by the logging manager. |
| US12158809B2 |
Electronic device managing corrected error and operating method of electronic device
Disclosed is an electronic device including a memory module that includes at least one dynamic random access memory, and a processor configured to access the memory module, determine a corrected error count associated with an address of a corrected error in response to the corrected error being detected when data are read from the memory module, read an error log associated with the corrected error, determine a risk level of the corrected error based on the error log, and schedule a post package repair (PPR) for the address of the corrected error in response to the risk level of the corrected error being high. |
| US12158808B2 |
Method of characterizing errors in NAND flash memory, and error estimation method and storage system control method using the same
A method of characterizing an error in a NAND flash memory, and an error estimation method and a storage system control method using the same are provided. The method of characterizing an error in a NAND flash memory characterizes an error source of the NAND flash memory using a center distance between one pattern and another pattern among a plurality of patterns in a threshold voltage distribution of NAND flash memory cells as a parameter. |
| US12158807B2 |
Weighted alternating paths in graphs for quantum computing
A computer-implemented method for expanding a set of matched nodes in a partially-matched graph can include obtaining, by a computing system, a partially-matched graph having a matching set, the partially-matched graph including one or more edges and a plurality of nodes, the one or more edges having a matching label. The method can include obtaining at least two unmatched nodes. The method can include determining an alternating path from a first unmatched node of the at least two unmatched nodes to a second unmatched node of the at least two unmatched nodes, the alternating path including at least one edge of the one or more edges. The method can include inverting the matching label of the at least one edge of the alternating path such that the at least two unmatched nodes are included in the matching set of the partially-matched graph. |
| US12158806B1 |
Efficient estimation of threshold voltage distributions in a nonvolatile memory
A controller includes an interface and a processor. The interface communicates with memory cells. The processor reads a Code Word (CW) from the memory cells using read thresholds to produce respective readouts, the read thresholds defining zones, identifies a subgroup of the memory cells associated with zones positioned about a Read Voltage (RV) predetermined between adjacent first and second Programming Voltages (PVs), estimates for each zone, based on the readouts, first and second cumulative counts of the memory cells corresponding to the first and second PVs, models first and second PDFs associated respectively with the memory cells programmed to the first and second PVs, based on the first and second cumulative counts, calculates for the zones respective reliability measures, based on the first and second PDFs, and assigns the reliability measures to bits of the CW, and decodes the CW by applying soft decoding to the assigned reliability measures. |
| US12158804B1 |
Device trimming via direct memory access
Various examples disclosed herein relate to trimming of system elements to prepare the elements for execution of boot code and application code. In an example embodiment, a system is provided. The system includes system control circuitry, direct memory access (DMA) circuitry, and processing circuitry. The system control circuitry is configured to instruct the DMA circuitry to obtain trim data from memory upon detecting that a first group of system elements has reached an initialized state. The DMA circuitry obtains the trim data and writes it to trim registers. The system control circuitry supplies the trim data to a second group of system elements to bring them to an operational level, then instructs the processing circuitry to execute boot code. |
| US12158791B2 |
Portable device for unlocking vehicle, method, and storage medium
The disclosure relates to a portable device for unlocking a vehicle, a method, and a storage medium. The portable device includes a communication unit and a processing unit. The communication unit is configured to scan a pairing request signal from the vehicle, and transmit a locking/unlocking signal to the vehicle. The processing unit is configured to: receive a motion status signal indicating a motion status of the portable device and a temperature signal indicating an ambient temperature of the portable device; and switch an operating mode of the portable device based on at least one of the motion status signal and the temperature signal. The portable device for unlocking a vehicle proposed in the disclosure can switch its operating mode in response to a change in the motion status and the ambient temperature, thereby solving a problem of fast power consumption and a short service life of a smart key, and solving a problem of failure of a function of the smart key at high temperature in summer or at low temperature in winter. |
| US12158790B2 |
Electronic wake-up device and wake-up method thereof
An electronic wake-up device and a wake-up method thereof are provided. The electronic wake-up device includes: a power switch device, an electronic device, a gravity sensor, and a wake-up circuit. The wake-up circuit is coupled to the gravity sensor and the electronic device. The wake-up circuit is configured to generate an execution signal according to a sensing activation signal, and generate an electronic device control signal according to the execution signal and a gravity signal to wake up the electronic device. |
| US12158789B1 |
Method for controlling total power consumption of system by setting controller parameters based on phases
A method for controlling total power consumption of system by setting controller parameters based on phases is provided, which is applied to a system at least including heat-generating element, fan, and controller. The method includes: setting the controller with heating control parameter and cooling control parameter; reading, by the controller, current temperature and temperature at a previous moment of the heat-generating element; and comparing, by the controller, current temperature with temperature at the previous moment to determine whether the heat-generating element is in heating phase or in cooling phase; in case of the heating phase, the controller provides feedback control to the fan based on the heating control parameter; in case of the cooling phase, the controller provides feedback control to the fan based on the cooling control parameter; thereby controlling the total power consumption of the system. |
| US12158785B2 |
Thermal islanding heatsink
A thermal islanding heatsink (a monolithic heat sink that includes a thermal insulating barrier is provided within a memory sub-system. The memory sub-system can be a solid state drive that can include a memory device, such as a volatile memory device and/or a non-volatile memory device, a power regulation area, and/or a controller. The thermal insulating barrier is deployed between the memory device and the power regulation area or between the memory device and the controller. |
| US12158779B2 |
Electronic apparatus with spine component and thermally conductive member
An electronic apparatus includes: a first chassis equipped with a substrate on which a processing device is mounted; a second chassis which is provided adjacently to the first chassis and equipped with a battery device; a hinge device that connects the first chassis and the second chassis in such a manner as to be rotatable relative to each other between a first posture in which the first chassis and the second chassis are stacked to overlap each other in a surface normal direction and a second posture in which the first chassis and the second chassis are arranged side by side in a direction perpendicular in the surface normal direction; a spine component which is made of a thermally conductive material. |
| US12158776B2 |
Docks for mobile devices with simultaneous data transfer and charging and systems and methods using the docks
A dock for a mobile device includes a housing; a mobile device connector disposed at least partially within the housing; a power source connector for coupling a power source to the dock, wherein the power source connector is electrically coupled to the mobile device connector; a controller disposed in the housing for facilitating data transfer between the mobile device and a data device, wherein the controller is electrically coupled to the mobile device connector; a data device connector for coupling the data device to the dock, wherein the data device connector is electrically coupled to the controller; wherein the controller, data device connector, power source connector, and mobile device connector are configured for simultaneously providing data transfer between the mobile device and the data device and charging the mobile device using the power source with a charging current of at least 1 Amp. |
| US12158775B2 |
Electronic device including display panel
An electronic device may include a plurality of housings including a first housing and a second housing, wherein the first housing movably connects to the second housing in a moving direction, a display panel in which a screen display area visually exposed to an outside changes depending on a movement of the second housing relative to the first housing, and a lattice plate disposed on a rear surface of the display panel to support the display panel. The display panel may include a flat portion forming the screen display area and comprising a surface substantially forming a flat surface, an edge portion connected to one end portion of the flat portion and comprising at least a partial region which is curved, and a bending portion connected to the other end portion of the flat portion opposite to the edge portion and comprising at least a partial region which bends according to a movement of the first housing relative to the second housing. The lattice plate may include a first lattice portion disposed on a rear surface of the edge portion and including a first lattice pattern, and a second lattice portion disposed on a rear surface of the bending portion and including a second lattice pattern that is different from the first lattice pattern so as to have a relatively higher modulus than the first lattice portion. |
| US12158774B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a display panel, a first measurement enabling unit, a second measurement enabling unit, and a processor. The display panel may display an image. The display panel includes a first non-folding part, a second non-folding part, and a first folding part. The first non-folding part is connected through the folding part to the second non-folding part. The first measurement enabling unit is disposed in or overlaps with the first non-folding part and may emit first light. The second measurement enabling unit is disposed in or overlaps with the second non-folding part and may output a first signal in response to at least one of a received force and received light. The processor is connected to the second measurement enabling unit and may use the first signal to determine a blood pressure value. |
| US12158771B2 |
Clock gating circuit for avoiding out-of-spec clock operations in self-timed circuits
A clock gating method and circuit for avoiding out-of-spec clock operations. The circuit comprises a clock gating section that gates a clock signal according to an enabling signal generated by an enabling signal controller, the enabling signal controller generating the enabling signal according to a set signal and a reset signal. The circuit further comprises a set signal generator that generates the set signal, a reset signal generator that generates the reset signal, and a feedback section that uses the enabling signal to generate the feedback signal for the reset signal generator. The reset signal generator generates the reset signal by using the feedback signal. The enabling signal controller further generates an acknowledgement signal having a high signal during a blocking period when the clock signal is blocked and utilizes the acknowledgement signal as an announcement to a higher circuit that the clock signal is blocked. |
| US12158767B2 |
Electrical assembly
An electrical assembly may include an electrical component including a terminal and/or circuit electrically connectable to a controller. The circuit may include a temperature sensor disposed proximate the terminal. The circuit may be configured to initiate a status change of said controller if a temperature of the terminal reaches a predetermined threshold. A method of operating an electrical assembly may include providing power from a power source to an electrical component and/or one or more loads, passively monitoring a current of the electrical component, and/or activating the status change of said controller if the current exceeds a current threshold. |
| US12158762B1 |
Visual language models for perception
A method is provided, that includes: receiving camera data from a perception system of an autonomous vehicle; and providing the camera data to a visual language model, where the visual language model includes a mapping of a corpus of images and a corpus of text to a common parameter space. The method further includes: receiving from the visual language model an output corresponding to one or more text tokens; accessing a configuration file comprising a plurality of text tokens representing a plurality of objects or events of interest to the autonomous vehicle; and identifying a respective object or event of interest in an environment of the autonomous vehicle by determining that a text token of the output matches a respective one of the plurality of text tokens in the configuration file. The autonomous vehicle can then be controlled based at least in part on the respective object or event of interest. |
| US12158759B2 |
Docking method
A docking method for docking a cleaning robot between a plurality of solar panels includes a docking area setting step, an approaching cleaning area step, a docking platform adjustment step, a cleaning robot first control step, and a leaving cleaning area step. The present invention uses a cleaning robot to complete cleaning on the solar panels or a solar panel array, a docking robot to transfer the cleaning robot between the solar panels or multiple solar panel arrays, and a data processing system to realize dispatching and controlling of the cleaning robot and the docking robot, so that a number of cleaning robots and docking robots can be dispatched properly according to a number of the solar panels needing to be cleaned, and a cleaning operation on all solar panels and panel arrays can be completed in a photovoltaic power station in a shortest time. |
| US12158755B2 |
Unmanned aerial vehicle authorization system and method
An authorization system includes a controller of an external computing device communicatively connected to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The controller obtains a mission kit that includes software for controlling a piece of equipment configured to be assembled on the UAV. The controller receives a license that is associated with a user and determines, based on the license, whether the piece of equipment is authorized for operation on the UAV as controlled by the user. Responsive to determining that the piece of equipment is authorized, the controller initiates transmission of at least some of the software of the mission kit to the UAV for installation by the UAV to allow the user to operate the piece of equipment. |
| US12158753B2 |
Vehicle control by a remote operator
A vehicle is operable in a first mode in which vehicle actions are controlled in response to inputs received by an input device carried by the vehicle from an operator while being boarded on the vehicle and in a second mode in which vehicle actions are controlled in response to inputs received from the operator while the operator is proximate the vehicle, but no longer boarded on the vehicle. The vehicle carries a sensor configured to output a sensed input, as sensed by the sensor, from the operator proximate the vehicle, but not boarded on the vehicle. The sensed input is recognized and associated with a vehicle action and control signals are output to the vehicle based on the sensed input to cause the vehicle to carry out the vehicle action. |
| US12158750B2 |
Distributed weld monitoring system with job tracking
Systems and methods for distributed weld monitoring using jobs and job sessions are described. In some examples, a distributed monitoring system comprises a central monitoring station in communication with a user device and a local monitoring station. A user may use the user device to enter weld monitoring data that is subsequently received by the central monitoring station and stored in a central data repository. The central data repository may associate the weld monitoring data with welding data received from a welding device, as well as with a job session that is, in turn, associated with a job. |
| US12158745B2 |
Method and apparatus for cycle-based programming of a control program for a numerically controlled machine tool
The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for cycle-based programming of a control program for a numerically controlled machine tool at a control apparatus of the machine tool. Geometrical features, which have been detected and/or identified within a data analysis processing performed on the basis of workpiece data including a 3D workpiece model, each detected and/or identified geometrical feature being associated with a respective predetermined machining operation, are associated with a respective machine control cycle which is associated with a respective predetermined machining operation with which the respective associated geometry feature is producible. Further, one or more user-selectable options for cycle-based programming of the control program for the machine tool are provided by a graphical user interface on a display of a control panel of a control apparatus of the machine tool, each user-selectable option enabling a user to select a respective one of the machine control cycles being respectively associated with a respective one of the detected and/or identified geometrical features. |
| US12158744B2 |
Analysis device, analysis system, analysis method, and storage medium
According to one embodiment, an analysis device performs an analysis related to a plurality of tasks of a manufacturing process. The analysis device receives an image when each of the plurality of tasks is performed. The analysis device receives the images from an imaging device acquiring the images. The analysis device receives a detection signal from a tool used in at least one of the plurality of tasks. The detection signal is detected by the tool. The analysis device refers to end determination data for determining an end of each of the plurality of tasks. The analysis device determines the end of each of the plurality of tasks based on the images, the detection signal, and the end determination data. |
| US12158739B2 |
Electric power management system, electric power management server, and electric power management method
An electric power management system is a system that performs an exchange of electric power with an electric power system of an electric power company that is a counterparty of the exchange of the electric power, and includes a plurality of the vehicles, each including a battery, and a server that manages an exchange of the electric power between the battery of each of the vehicles and the electric power system. The server manages the exchange of the electric power for each vehicle group in which the vehicles are bundled, and configures the vehicle groups in advance such that distributions of the electric power supply and demand characteristics of the batteries of the vehicles included in the vehicle groups are the same or similar. |
| US12158735B2 |
Process recipe creation and matching using feature models
A method includes determining, by a processing device, whether a first process recipe including a set of Pareto efficient parameters is to be selected from a set of process recipes, wherein the set of Pareto efficient parameters fail to satisfy each target property of a set of target properties for processing the component, in response to determining that a first process recipe is not to be selected from a set of process recipes for processing the component, selecting, by the processing device from the set of process recipes, a second process recipe including a set of parameters satisfying each target property of the set of target properties, and causing, by the processing device, the component to be processed by a process tool using the second process recipe. |
| US12158734B2 |
Method and device for determining model parameters for a control strategy for a technical system with the aid of a Bayesian optimization method
Methods for ascertaining a control strategy for a technical system using a Bayesian optimization method. The control strategy is created based on model parameters of a control model and is executable. The method includes providing a quality function whose shape corresponds to a regression function and that evaluates a quality of a controlling of the technical system based on model parameters; carrying out a Bayesian optimization method based on the quality function in order to iteratively ascertain a model parameter set having model parameters within a model parameter domain that indicates the permissible value ranges for the model parameters; and determining the model parameter domain for at least one of the model parameters as a function of an associated maximum a posteriori estimated value of the quality function. |
| US12158731B2 |
Watch comprising an auxiliary function allowing the indication of seconds
An analogue display watch (10) including an electronic horological movement including a first and a second electric motor (13, 14) kinematically connected respectively to an hour hand (15) and to a minute hand (16), the electric motors being power supplied by an electric accumulator (12), the horological movement also comprising an integrated circuit (17) connected to the motors and to a control member (18), the watch (10) being characterised in that the integrated circuit (17) is configured so as to control, when the control member (18) is requested by a user, the first and the second electric motor (13, 14) to rotate the hour (15) and minute (16) hands at an angular speed of displacement of six degrees per second, and in such a way that they are disposed so as to be collinear and that they are superimposed on each other. |
| US12158728B2 |
Method and apparatus for generating computer-generated hologram
Disclosed are a method and a system for processing a computer-generated hologram (CGH). The system for processing a CGH includes a CGH generation apparatus and a display apparatus. The CGH generation apparatus repeatedly performs a process of propagating object data from a first depth layer to a second depth layer, changing amplitude data of the object data to second predefined amplitude data, back-propagating the object data from the second depth layer to the first depth layer, and changing the amplitude data of the object data to first predefined amplitude data, and generates a CGH by using the object data. |
| US12158725B2 |
Toner
A toner comprises a toner particle comprising a core particle comprising a resin component, a shell coating the surface of the core particle, and a polyvalent metal. The resin component comprises a polyester resin, and the shell comprises an amino resin; in an electron image of a cross section of the toner acquired using a transmission electron microscope, a polyvalent metal content P(M) obtained by energy-dispersive x-ray analysis at the core/shell interface and in the vicinity of this interface is 0.0010 to 2.00 atomic %; and the surface storage elastic modulus of the toner at a load of 30 μN at 25° C., according to nanoindentation measurement of the toner, is from 6.50 GPa to 12.00 GPa. |
| US12158724B2 |
Electrophotographic member, process cartridge, and electrophotographic image forming apparatus
An electrophotographic member includes an electro-conductive substrate, and an elastic layer as a surface layer, the elastic layer constituted by a single-layer, wherein the elastic layer includes a first resin, a second resin and an anion, the first resin is a crosslinked urethane resin, and the crosslinked urethane resin is a resin having a specific cationic structure in the molecule, the second resin is at least one of a crosslinked acrylic resin having an ether bond and a crosslinked epoxy resin having an ether bond, and in a first area of the elastic layer, the first are being from an outer surface of the elastic layer to a depth of 0.1 μm, the first resin and the second resin form an interpenetrating polymer network structure. |
| US12158720B2 |
Electrical apparatus with opening portion provided in a side wall of exterior member and image forming apparatus including the same
An electrical apparatus is provided with an opening portion in a side wall of an exterior member. The electrical apparatus includes a recessed portion formed on the side wall in a portion above the opening portion. The recessed portion has a lateral width in a width direction orthogonal to both a vertical direction and a depth direction, which is equal to or larger than a lateral width of the opening portion in the width direction. |
| US12158719B2 |
Sheet laminator and image forming system incorporating the sheet laminator
A sheet laminator includes a fuser pressure member, a conveyor, and a guide. The fuser pressure member thermally fixes a two-ply sheet and a sheet medium inserted between two sheets of the two-ply sheet. The conveyor conveys the two-ply sheet toward the fuser pressure member in a sheet conveyance direction. The guide guides the two-ply sheet in a sheet conveyance passage between the conveyor and the fuser pressure member. At least one of the fuser pressure member or the conveyor is operable to guide the two-ply sheet outside the sheet conveyance passage in response to an occurrence of an abnormal stop of the sheet laminator. |
| US12158715B2 |
Fixing device capable of suppressing current that flows when heating of fixing member is started, image forming apparatus, and power supply
A fixing device includes a fixing member, a resistance heating element, and a power supply control portion. The fixing member fixes a toner image transferred onto a sheet. The resistance heating element is used for heating the fixing member, and an electrical resistance thereof increases as a temperature increases. The power supply control portion gradually increases, when a heating timing of the fixing member arrives, input power to be input to the resistance heating element toward a predetermined upper limit value. |
| US12158709B2 |
Image forming apparatus including exposure head provided with plurality of light emitting chips
An image forming apparatus includes at least one processor that is configured to generate second image data corresponding to each of a plurality of light emitting elements based on first image data, the second image data indicating whether to cause each of the plurality of light emitting elements to emit light, and based on correction information, change the first image data indicating that the light emitting elements are to emit light to the second image data indicating that the light emitting elements are not to emit light. A circuit unit is configured to supply a current to each of the plurality of light emitting elements based on the second image data. |
| US12158706B2 |
Lithographic apparatus and method with improved contaminant particle capture
A lithographic apparatus including a substrate stage for supporting a structure in a compartment, the compartment having a compartment surface facing a top surface of the substrate in at least one operational configuration; and a soft coating on the compartment surface for capturing particles. A heat shield or component thereof for a lithographic apparatus, the heat shield or component thereof including a soft coating on at least one surface for capturing particles and a lithographic apparatus including such a heat shield. |
| US12158705B2 |
End-of-life monitoring of dynamic gas lock membranes and pupil facet mirrors and detection of membrane rupture in lithographic apparatuses
Embodiments herein describe methods, devices, and systems for rupture detection and end-of-life monitoring of dynamic gas lock (DGL) membranes and pupil facet mirrors in lithographic apparatuses. A method for detecting rupture of a dynamic gas lock membrane in a lithographic apparatus includes illuminating the dynamic gas lock membrane with a measurement beam using a radiation source, in which the dynamic gas lock membrane is arranged between a wafer and projection optics of the lithography apparatus, and determining whether any radiation from the measurement beam is reflected from the dynamic gas lock membrane by using reflection collection optics, in which the reflection collection optics are arranged above the dynamic gas lock membrane. A rupture in the dynamic gas lock membrane is detected if no radiation is reflected from the dynamic gas lock membrane. If radiation is reflected from the dynamic gas lock membrane, the dynamic gas lock membrane is not ruptured. |
| US12158697B2 |
Pellicle frame and pellicle
The present invention is to provide a pellicle frame characterized by including a metal or alloy having a linear expansion coefficient of 10×10−6 (1/K) or less and further a density of 4.6 g/cm3 or less, and a pellicle characterized by including the pellicle frame as an element. |
| US12158696B2 |
Pellicle frame, pellicle, and method for peeling pellicle
The present invention is to provide a pellicle frame in a frame shape having an upper end face on which a pellicle film is to be arranged and a lower end face to face a photomask, which is characterized by being provided with a notched part from the outer side face toward inner side face of the lower end face; a pellicle including the pellicle frame as an element; and a method for peeling a pellicle from a photomask onto which the pellicle has been attached, which is characterized by inserting a peeling jig into a notched part from a side face of a pellicle frame, and moving the peeling jig in an upper end face direction of the pellicle frame in this state to peel off the pellicle from the photomask. |
| US12158695B2 |
Lens driving module
A lens driving module includes first and second bases, a bottom base, a reset assembly, a PCB, first and second driving assemblies respectively driving first base to rotate about a first axis and second base to rotate about a second axis, and a lens mounted on the first base. The reset assembly includes reset members provided at two opposite sides of the bottom base along the first axis or the second axis. Each reset member includes first to third connection portions, a first elastic arm connected between first and second connection portions and configured to reset the first base, and a second elastic arm connected between second and third connection portions and configured to reset the second base. The first to third connection portions are respectively connected to first and second bases and bottom base, respectively. The lens driving module has a simplified structure, compact size, and improved stability. |
| US12158694B2 |
Camera module
Disclosed in an embodiment is a camera module comprising: a housing; a lens module coupled to the housing; a holder disposed in the housing; an elastic member connecting the housing and the holder; a magnet part and an optical member that are coupled to the holder; and a coil part facing the magnet part, wherein the holder includes a first protrusion that extends in an optical axis direction so as to be coupled to the elastic member, and the elastic member includes a first coupling portion coupled to one surface of the first protrusion; the first protrusion includes a guide protrusion which protrudes from the one surface of the first protrusion in the optical axis direction, wherein the guide protrusion is disposed outside the elastic member and has a shape corresponding to at least a portion of the outer circumference of the first coupling portion. |
| US12158693B2 |
Photographing device support having auxiliary handle
A photographing device support having an auxiliary handle includes: a telescopic support body, a connecting apparatus, and a clamping apparatus; and an auxiliary handle for an operator to grip, one end of the auxiliary handle is provided with a hinge joint, and the auxiliary handle is up-and-down rotatably connected to the connecting apparatus by the hinge joint, the hinge joint is provided with a first convex platform, and the connecting apparatus is provided with an elastic locking piece, the elastic locking piece cooperates with the first convex platform, so that when the auxiliary handle rotates downwards to fold relative to the telescopic support body, the elastic locking piece is elastically deformed at first to enable the first convex platform to rotate upwards and cross over the elastic locking piece, and then is reset to prevent the first convex platform from rotating back, so as to lock the auxiliary handle. |
| US12158692B2 |
Adjustable plate for camera equipment
A plate for an imaging device. |
| US12158689B2 |
Image capturing apparatus and accessories
An image capturing apparatus on which an accessory including a first mount is mountable includes a second mount. The second mount is configured to allow bayonet coupling to the first mount of the accessory. The second mount includes a plurality of terminals disposed in a circumferential direction, and a terminal holder configured to hold the plurality of terminals. Each of the plurality of terminals is electrically connectable to a terminal of the accessory. The terminal holder has a height level difference in a center-axis direction of the second mount. The plurality of terminals include a first terminal configured to be used to detect mounting of the accessory on the image capturing apparatus. The first terminal is disposed further in a mount direction of the accessory than the other terminals among the plurality of terminals on a first stage of the terminal holder. |
| US12158686B2 |
Method for surface functionalization using single photon source
One aspect of the present disclosure is a method for selective surface functionalization using a single-photon source. The method for selective functionalization using a single-photon source includes: (a) adding a single-photon source to a solution containing a photosensitizer and a monomer; and (b) emitting a single photon from the single-photon source. One aspect of the present disclosure is a selectively functionalized single-photon source prepared by the method. |
| US12158682B2 |
Viewing angle control element and display device
According to one embodiment, a viewing angle control element includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and an electrolyte layer. The first substrate includes a first transparent substrate, a first light-shielding portion and a second light-shielding portion provided between the first transparent substrate and the electrolyte layer, a first transparent insulating layer provided between the first light-shielding portion and the second light-shielding portion, and a first transparent electrode. The first transparent electrode includes a first electrode portion overlapping the first light-shielding portion, a second electrode portion overlapping the second light-shielding portion, and an opening portion overlapping the first transparent insulating layer. |
| US12158680B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a substrate including a display region including three or more divided regions disposed in a first direction on a main surface, a scanning line extending in a first direction, a data line extending in a second direction, a plurality of pixels, and a scanning line connection wiring line extending in the second direction, which are disposed in each divided region, a plurality of data line drive circuits respectively connected to the data lines in each divided region, and a plurality of scanning line drive circuits corresponding to each divided region. The scanning line drive circuits and the data line drive circuits are respectively arrayed in the first direction outside the display region, each of the scanning line connection wiring lines electrically connects the scanning line drive circuit to the scanning line, and the scanning line drive circuit and the data line drive circuit display an image in at least one of the three or more divided regions at a frame frequency different from that in the other divided regions. |
| US12158677B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a first conductive layer having a first region extending in a first direction and a second region intersecting the first region on a first substrate, a first insulating film arranged on the first conductive layer, an oxide semiconductor layer arranged along the second region on the first insulating film, a second conductive layer and a third conductive layer connected to the oxide semiconductor layer and arranged along the second region, a second insulating film arranged on the third conductive layer, and a pixel electrode arranged on the second insulating film, wherein the third conductive layer has a third region along the first direction and a fourth region along the second region, and the pixel electrode is connected to the third conductive layer in the third region via an opening in the second insulating film. |
| US12158675B2 |
Electronic device
A display device includes a backlight module and a display panel. The display panel is disposed on the backlight module and includes two substrates, a sensor, and a light-shielding element. The sensor is disposed between the two substrates. The light-shielding element at least partially surrounds the sensor. A height of the light-shielding element is greater than a height of the sensor. |
| US12158671B2 |
Display panels and display devices
A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a first substrate and the second substrate disposed oppositely, a plurality of liquid crystal molecules disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a plurality of pixel electrodes, a plurality of light-shielding electrodes and a plurality of auxiliary electrodes disposed on a same layer as the pixel electrodes. A first gap is defined between adjacent ones of the pixel electrodes, each light-shielding electrode is correspondingly disposed in a spacing. Each auxiliary electrode is located between an adjacent pixel electrode and a light-shielding electrode, a voltage applied to each auxiliary electrode is equal to a voltage applied to corresponding pixel electrode. An electric field is formed between the auxiliary electrode and the corresponding light-shielding electrode. |
| US12158670B1 |
Dual-sided waveguide display with improved light scattering
Various arrangements described herein relate to a dual-sided display with improved light scattering. In one embodiment, a display is disclosed. The display includes an inside transparent layer disposed parallel to and spaced apart from an outside transparent layer. The display also includes a liquid crystal (LC) layer disposed between the inside transparent layer and the outside transparent layer and together forming a waveguide that is planar. The display includes ground electrodes disposed between the LC layer and the outside transparent layer and arranged in strips along the transparent layer, the strips being spaced apart and parallel. The display includes inside electrodes and outside electrodes disposed between the inside transparent layer and the LC layer and defining a geometric pattern that is in plane with the waveguide and a light source disposed at an edge surface of the waveguide and providing light along the waveguide. |
| US12158666B2 |
Liquid crystal display panel
The application discloses a liquid crystal display panel, including: a color filter substrate defined with a plurality of light path openings, a driving substrate arranged opposite to the color filter substrate, a liquid crystal layer located between the color filter substrate and the driving substrate, and a plurality of photosensitive sensor units, wherein a plurality of retaining wall structures are provided in the liquid crystal layer, the retaining wall structures are hollow, a top and a bottom of each of the retaining wall structures are both open, a top opening of each of the retaining wall structures is aligned with at least one of the light path openings, and a bottom opening of each of the retaining wall structures is aligned with one of the photosensitive sensor units. The present application can improve signal-to-noise ratios of fingerprint signals through the retaining wall structures. |
| US12158665B2 |
Display device and manufacturing method thereof
A display device includes a first substrate, a first alignment layer, a second substrate, a second alignment layer, and a display medium. The first alignment layer is disposed on the first substrate. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate. The second alignment layer is disposed on the second substrate, and the first and second alignment layers are located between the first and second substrates. The display medium is located between the first and second alignment layers, where a surface of the first alignment layer facing the display medium and a surface of the second alignment layer facing the display medium have topographies with irregular areas surrounded by micro-structures. Besides, a manufacturing method of the display device is also provided. |
| US12158663B2 |
Light emitting device, display, and electronic apparatus
To provide a light emitting device that is used for a display that is able to display an image having a wider color gamut. This light emitting device includes: a first light source configured to perform an operation of blinking first emission light including first blue light and first red light; and a second light source configured to perform an operation of blinking second emission light independently of the operation of blinking the first emission light by the first light source. The second emission light includes second red light and green light. |
| US12158659B2 |
Reflective member, planar light source, and liquid crystal display device
A planar light source includes a substrate, a reflective member having a plurality of openings and at least one slit, and a light source disposed in each of the openings. The plurality of openings are arranged in m rows along a first direction and in n columns along a second direction that intersects the first direction. The at least one slit includes at least one first slit arranged in a first region and intersecting a first virtual straight line at a prescribed position in the first region. The first virtual straight line is parallel to the first direction. The first region is located between one or more openings in a kth row (k is an integer equal to or greater than 1 and less than or equal to m−1) and one or more openings in a (k+1)th row and extends in the first direction. |
| US12158658B2 |
Display device comprising a transflective layer disposed between a design layer having a first design and an inverted design layer having a second design overlaid with the first design
Provided is a display device allowing perception of any design in a non-display state while allowing perception of display images in a display state without hindrance by the design. The display device includes, in the following order from a viewer side: a front plate; and a display panel. The front plate includes: a transflective component; a design layer having a first design and being disposed on or in front of a viewer side of the transflective component; and an inverted design layer disposed on or behind a side opposite to the viewer side of the transflective component. The transflective component transmits light incident on its display panel side and partially reflects light incident on its viewer side. The inverted design layer has a second design overlaid with the first design in a plan view and being an inversion of the first design in terms of brightness or hue. |
| US12158648B2 |
Display device and method for controlling same
A display device including: a housing including a first vent through which external air is introduced and a second vent through which the introduced external air flows out; a display panel disposed inside the housing and configured to transmit an image forward; a first flow path formed inside the housing; a first blower configured to exchange heat with the display panel and generate an airflow flowing in the first cooling flow path; a second cooling flow path intersecting the first cooling flow path in communication with the first vent and the second vent and formed inside the housing; a second blower configured to generate an airflow flowing in the second cooling flow path; and a heat exchanger positioned behind the display panel, wherein the heat exchanger includes a first channel in which a part of the first cooling flow path is formed and a second channel intersecting the first channel and in which a part of the second cooling flow path is formed. |
| US12158645B2 |
System, method and computer readable medium for controlling observed temperature of one or more panels
A Thermal Transparency Control Device (TTCD), comprising: an inner layer of Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal (PDLC) capable of changing an arrangement of liquid crystals comprised therein, in response to a change in a level of voltage supplied to the PDLC, so that the inner layer becomes more transparent as the voltage increases, thereby enabling more thermal radiation to pass through the inner layer; the inner layer placed between two outer layers of material wherein at least part of each of the two outer layers enables thermal radiation passage therethrough and wherein each of the two outer layers comprises an electrical interface that is in contact with the inner layer. |
| US12158643B2 |
Display devices
The present disclosure discloses a display device including a display panel and a dimming apparatus located on a light-emitting side of the display panel. The dimming apparatus includes a cholesteric liquid crystal layer; when the display device is in an anti-peek mode, the cholesteric liquid crystal layer is in a reflective state. |
| US12158639B2 |
Apparatus and method for driving an optical modulator with independent modulator arm bias
Driving an optical modulator is described. A control circuit generates first and second target voltages based on a target phase modulation between first and second optical waveguide arms of the optical modulator. An offset control circuit generates first and second offset signals. A linear modulator driver receives the first and second target voltages and the first and second offset signals, and generates a first output voltage for biasing the first optical waveguide arm and a second output voltage for biasing the second optical waveguide arm. Feedback circuitry can feed the first and second output voltages to the offset control circuit, which can generate the first and second offset signals using the first and second output voltages. The output voltages bias the waveguide arms so the optical modulator operates close to the target phase modulation, even in the presence of manufacturing errors. |
| US12158638B2 |
Multi-ring lens, systems and methods for extended depth of focus
Systems and methods for providing enhanced image quality across a wide and extended range of foci encompass vision treatment techniques and ophthalmic lenses such as contact lenses and intraocular lenses (IOLs). Exemplary IOL optics can include an aspheric refractive profile imposed on a first or second lens surface, and a diffractive profile imposed on a first or second lens surface. The aspheric refractive profile can focus light toward a far focus. The diffractive profile can include a central zone that distributes a first percentage of light toward a far focus and a second percentage of light toward an intermediate focus. The diffractive profile can also include a peripheral zone, surrounding the central zone, which distributes a third percentage of light toward the far focus and a fourth percentage of light toward the intermediate focus. |
| US12158637B2 |
Lens element
A lens element intended to be worn in front of an eye of a person includes a prescription portion having a first refractive power based on a prescription for correcting an abnormal refraction of the eye of the person and a second refractive power different from the first refractive power. The lens element further includes a plurality of at least three optical elements, at least one optical element having an optical function of not focusing an image on the retina of the eye so as to slow down the progression of the abnormal refraction of the eye. |
| US12158634B2 |
Optical lens, camera module, and terminal
This application provides an optical lens, a camera module, and a terminal. The optical lens includes a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, and a sixth lens element in sequence from an object side to an image side; and each lens element of the optical lens satisfies the following relations: 0.2≤BFL/TTL≤0.6, and 0.2≤TTL1/MIC≤0.5. Therefore, the optical lens has an improved back focal length BFL and a small total on-axis thickness TTL1 of the plurality of lens elements while achieving high imaging performance. Further, a thickness of the terminal can also be reduced. |
| US12158629B1 |
Cable clamp
A cable clamp for use with telecommunication cables. The cable clamp is a one piece design comprising a top plate and a bottom plate connected to each other by a hinge. The cable clamp also comprises a closing mechanism arranged on one end thereof and operable by one hand. The top plate includes a gasket arranged on an inner surface thereof. The bottom plate includes a first and second gasket arranged on a top surface thereof. The cables are in contact with the gaskets from both plates, thus securing them in a predetermined position for prepping and splicing. |
| US12158628B2 |
Multi-work area fiber module
A fiber module is disclosed with an improved design that creates at least two work areas for managing fiber within the module body by including a work area floor that partitions the interior of the module to define at least two work areas. Each of the work areas includes their own fiber management equipment, as well as fiber routing elements for managing a length of slack fiber within each of the work areas. By segmenting the interior of the module into the multiple work spaces, the module described herein is more efficient when managing larger numbers of fibers. |
| US12158627B2 |
High speed network device with orthogonal pluggable optics modules
The present disclosure describes a network switch design that includes a vertical switch circuit board that is mounted parallel to the front panel of the network switch. The vertical circuit board supports switch chip(s) to process and forward packets and pluggable module connectors to receive pluggable optics modules that provide connections to other network switches. The pluggable module connectors are horizontally oriented to facilitate routing of electrical signal traces. The arrangement of the circuit board, switch chip(s) and pluggable module connectors achieves reduced lengths for the electrical signal traces that connect the switch chip(s) to the pluggable module connectors. The design improves cooling by providing separate airflow regions between the switch chip heatsink(s) and the optics modules. |
| US12158621B2 |
Interstitial recessed cantilever latch mechanism for fiber optic and electrical connectors
An interstitial recessed cantilever latch mechanism for fiber optic and electrical connectors is disclosed. This mechanism enables the design of more spatially efficient multi-position connectors while retaining the reliability and tactile feedback of traditional connector latch mechanisms. The mechanism also allows the receptacle interface to be substantially simplified, and reduces the number of unique components required by means of a hermaphroditically assembled backshell half. |
| US12158619B2 |
Optical fiber connection component and optical fiber connection structure
An optical fiber connection component is provided with: a glass plate that has a plurality of first through-holes; a resin ferule that has a plurality of second through-holes respectively coaxial to the first through-holes and that is fixed to the glass plate; and a plurality of optical fibers that is arranged on a surface of the resin ferrule. One or more glass fibers disposed within each of the plurality of optical fibers, a surface of each of the glass fibers being covered with a resin coating, and a portion of each of the glass fibers being exposed from a tip of each of the optical fibers. The exposed portion of each of the glass fibers is held in a corresponding one of the first through-holes and a corresponding one of the second through-holes. |
| US12158616B2 |
Composite connector carrying power, electro-optical data, and fluid input/output
A composite connector includes modular data connectors, electrical power connectors, a fluid exchange connector, an alignment feature, and a housing. The modular data connectors include electrical data connectors and optical data connectors and are configured to carry data. The electrical power connectors are configured to carry electrical power, and the fluid exchange connector is configured to carry cooling fluid. The composite connector includes an alignment feature to align the composite connector with a complementary connector. The housing of the composite connector is configured to contain the modular data connectors, the electrical power connectors, the fluid exchange connector, and the alignment feature in a confined physical space. |
| US12158613B2 |
Optical connector switches, systems, and methods
A fiber optic connector may include a body, at least one input coupling configured to receive at least one fiber optic input cable, at least one output coupling configured to receive at least one fiber optic output cable, and at least one shuttle. The shuttle may be movable within the body between a connected position and a disconnected position, wherein the at least one fiber optic input cable and the at least one fiber optic output cable are optically connected when the at least one shuttle is in the connected position, and wherein the at least one fiber optic input cable and the at least one fiber optic output cable are not optically connected when the at least one shuttle is in the disconnected position. |
| US12158612B2 |
Evacuated periodic structures and methods of manufacturing
Gratings may be used in waveguides. Deep surface relief gratings (SRGs) may offer many advantages over conventional SRGs, an important one being a higher S-diffraction efficiency. Deep SRGs can be implemented as polymer surface relief gratings or evacuated periodic structures (EPSs). EPSs can be formed by first recording a holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystal (HPDLC) periodic structure. Removing the liquid crystal from the cured periodic structure provides a polymer surface relief grating. Polymer surface relief gratings have many applications including for use in waveguide-based displays. |
| US12158611B2 |
Optical fiber guide structure and optical fiber connecting structure
An optical fiber guide structure includes a guide member uprightly provided on a connection surface of an optical waveguide device and forming a space for housing a tip of an optical fiber when the optical fiber is connected to the optical waveguide device. The guide member is made of a photocurable resin. On the plane perpendicular to the direction in which the optical fiber is inserted into the space, the diameter of an inscribed circle within an inner wall of the guide member configured to form the space is substantially identical to the outer diameter of the optical fiber. The center of the inscribed circle coincides with the center of the core exposed from the connection surface of the optical waveguide device when viewed in the direction in which the optical fiber is inserted. |
| US12158607B2 |
Propagation mode loss difference compensator
A mode loss difference compensator of the present disclosure includes a main waveguide configured to allow propagation of N or more modes (where N is an integer of 3 or more), a first auxiliary waveguide having, at one end thereof, a first coupling portion configured to mode-convert an LP0n mode (where n is an integer of 2 or more) propagating in the main waveguide into a fundamental mode in the first auxiliary waveguide and transfer the fundamental mode from the main waveguide to the first auxiliary waveguide and having, at the other end thereof, a second coupling portion configured to mode-convert the fundamental mode propagating in the first auxiliary waveguide into the LP0n mode (where n is an integer of 2 or more) in the main waveguide and transfer the LP0n mode from the first auxiliary waveguide to the main waveguide, and a second auxiliary waveguide having, at one end thereof, a third coupling portion configured to convert a higher-order mode, other than any LP0n mode (where n is an integer of 2 or more), propagating in the main waveguide into a fundamental mode in the second auxiliary waveguide and transfer the fundamental mode from the main waveguide to the second auxiliary waveguide and having, at the other end thereof, a terminal end portion configured to eliminate the fundamental mode propagating in the second auxiliary waveguide from the second auxiliary waveguide, wherein the main waveguide includes a loss imparting portion configured to impart a loss to a fundamental mode propagating in the main waveguide between the first and second coupling portions. |
| US12158603B2 |
Backlight module and display device
Disclosed are a backlight module and a display device. The backlight module includes a backplate, a led-bar, a light guide plate and an optical sheet group; wherein the led-bar includes a plurality of light sources disposed towards the light entrance surface of the light guide plate; the light exit surface and the light entrance surface of the light guide plate are adjacent; a portion of the light exit surface of the light guide plate near the light entrance surface is provided with a step structure in which heights of steps gradually decrease in a first direction; the optical sheet group includes a plurality of optical sheets stacked on the side where the light exit surface of the light guide plate is located, and each of the optical sheets is fixed to a corresponding step in the step structure. |
| US12158600B2 |
Polarizing plate and optical display apparatus comprising the same
A polarizing plate and an optical display apparatus including the same are provided. The polarizing plate includes: a polarizer; and a first retardation layer and a second retardation layer sequentially stacked on a lower surface of the polarizer. The first retardation layer has an in-plane retardation (Re) of 200 nm to 250 nm at a wavelength of 550 nm; the second retardation layer has an in-plane retardation (Re) of 80 nm to 140 nm at a wavelength of 550 nm; and the polarizing plate has a total transmittance difference of 2% or more between total transmittance at a wavelength of 450 nm and total transmittance at a wavelength of 420 nm. |
| US12158597B2 |
Systems and methods for direct laser melting of metals using non-diffracting laser beams
A system includes a first group of optic lenses within a focusing unit positioned along the propagation direction of a collimated laser beam, the first group of optic lenses separated by a predetermined fixed distance. The first group of optic lenses in conjunction cause the collimated beam to form as an annular beam as it passes through the first group of optic lenses. An axicon lens located distal from the first group of optic lenses along the propagation direction, the axicon lens operable to bifurcate the annular beam into two deflected collimated beam sections, and the axicon lens having a focus that causes the two deflected collimated beam sections to merge at a distance distal from the axicon lens to create an interference pattern region. |
| US12158591B2 |
Multi-pivot hinge for head mounted wearable device
A head mounted wearable computing device includes a frame including arm portions rotatably coupled to a front frame portion, with electronic components housed in and/or on the front frame portion and the arm portions. Cables run through hinge mechanisms rotatably coupling the arm portions and the front frame portion for connection of electronic components in the arm portions and the front frame portion. The hinge mechanism includes a dual pivot structure that guides the bending of cables through the hinge mechanism through approximately 90 degrees of bending through two pivot points. The dual pivot structure reduces localized strain on the cable through the range of motion of the hinge mechanism. The dual pivot structure allows for a rotation through the range of motion with little to no extra cable length to accommodate the bending of the cable. |
| US12158590B2 |
Lens mounting systems with flexures coupled to the lens
A head-mounted device may include optical assemblies for presenting images to a user. The optical assemblies may each have a display for generating an image and a lens that presents the image to a corresponding eye box for viewing by a user. The optical assemblies may have lens barrels. Each lens barrel may have a first end to which a display is mounted and may have an opposing second end. A mount may be used to attach the lens to the second end of the lens barrel. The mount may have at least one flexure. The flexure may have a U-shaped cross-sectional shape. The mount may have a ring-shaped flexure that extends around a peripheral edge of the lens, may have flexure segments, or may have a set of three discrete flexures located at different positions along the edge of the lens. |
| US12158589B2 |
Thermal management system for electronic device
A headset includes a thermal frame disposed within a housing. A printed circuit board (PCB) is thermally coupled to the thermal frame. Heat generated by one or more electrical components on the PCB is transmitted to the thermal frame, which distributes the heat uniformly throughout the headset. A first heat pipe is disposed on a first side of the PCB in contact with at least a portion of the thermal frame, the PCB, and/or an electrical component disposed on the PCB to draw heat from the electrical component, and a second heat pipe is disposed proximate a second side of the PCB and is configured to draw heat from second side of the PCB. |
| US12158588B2 |
Image display device
An image display device includes an observation optical system configured to guide light toward the eyes of an observer, a casing supporting the observation optical system so as to be movable along a predetermined path, a first heat dissipation part and a second heat dissipation part that are provided in the casing, positioned in opposite directions along the path with respect to the observation optical system, and configured to dissipate heat generated in the casing. A heat transfer part connects the first heat dissipation part and the second heat dissipation part so as to transfer heat between them. |
| US12158586B2 |
Display system and method for providing variable accommodation cues using multiple intra-pupil parallax views formed by light emitter arrays
A display system is configured to direct a plurality of parallactically-disparate intra-pupil images into a viewer's eye. The parallactically-disparate intra-pupil images provide different parallax views of a virtual object, and impinge on the pupil from different angles. In the aggregate, the wavefronts of light forming the images approximate a continuous divergent wavefront and provide selectable accommodation cues for the user, depending on the amount of parallax disparity between the intra-pupil images. The amount of parallax disparity may be selected using an array of shutters that selectively regulate the entry of image light into an eye. Each opened shutter in the array provides a different intra-pupil image, and the locations of the open shutters provide the desired amount of parallax disparity between the images. In some other embodiments, the images may be formed by an emissive micro-display. Each pixel formed by the micro-display may be formed by one of a group of light emitters, which are at different locations such that the emitted light takes different paths to the eye, the different paths providing different amounts of parallax disparity. |
| US12158580B2 |
Light source unit and image display device
A light source unit includes a display device configured to display an image, a reflective polarizing element on which light emitted from the display device is incident, a reflecting member, and a waveplate. The reflective polarizing element transmits a first polarized light and reflects a second polarized light. The reflecting member reflects, toward the reflective polarizing element, light transmitted by the reflective polarizing element. The waveplate is interposed in a portion of an optical path between the reflective polarizing element and the reflecting member. The optical path is of light emitted from the display device, transmitted by the reflective polarizing element, reflected by the reflecting member, and reflected by the reflective polarizing element. A normal of the waveplate is tilted with respect to a direction of the optical path transmitted by the waveplate partway from the reflective polarizing element toward the reflecting member. |
| US12158579B2 |
Head-up display apparatus
A head-up display apparatus configured to project an image on a windshield to display a virtual image to a driver includes an image display unit including a light source and a display element and configured to form the image. A display device is configured to project and reflect image light onto the windshield to display the virtual image in front of the windshield. A driver's viewpoint detector is configured to detect a viewpoint of the driver; and a movement mechanism is configured to move a position of the virtual image based on information of the viewpoint of the driver detected by the driver's viewpoint detector. The driver's viewpoint detector detects the viewpoint of the driver by irradiating the face of the driver with the interior light or light of the light source of the image display unit as illumination light at night. |
| US12158578B2 |
Vehicle glazing and display system
A vehicle glazing and display system includes a vehicle compound glazing unit including a layer or surface which diffusely reflects incident light directed to the glazing unit from the interior of the vehicle and having a maximum gain in the range of 0.1 to 0.8 and a viewing angle for a real image element generated within the glazing plane of more than 60°, in a first direction and of more than 30°, in a second direction, perpendicular to the first direction, and a projector for projecting an image to the vehicle glazing unit to generate a real image in the plane of the glazing unit and wherein the vehicle compound glazing unit is a windshield. |
| US12158573B2 |
Contactless visualization system for a surgical microscope for eye surgery
A contactless visualization system is for a surgical microscope for eye surgery. The system includes an ophthalmic loupe positionable in front of a patient's eye and for supplying a real and vertically and laterally inverted image of an eye fundus of the patient's eye in an intermediate image plane observable by the surgical microscope. The ophthalmic loupe includes a first and a second lens element. In a state positioned in front of the patient's eye, the first lens element is closer to the patient's eye than the second lens element. A wall extends from the first to the second lens element. The wall has a free end in a form of a mount in which the second lens element is held. The mount includes at least one cutout in which an edge of the second lens element is exposed in order to give a surgeon operating space. |
| US12158569B2 |
Asymmetric confocal laser beam circulator
A laser beam circulator includes a first mirror and a second mirror. The first and second mirrors are symmetric with respect to an axis therebetween. The circulator also includes a sample that is substantially planar. The axis extends through the sample. The sample is oriented at an angle with respect to a plane that is perpendicular to the axis. The angle is from about 0.1° to about 10°. The circulator also includes a laser configured to emit a laser beam that circulates multiple times from the second mirror to the sample to the first mirror and back to the second mirror. The laser beam passes through the sample during each circulation. The sample absorbs a portion of the laser beam each time the laser beam passes through the sample. |
| US12158568B2 |
Zoom lens and imaging apparatus
Provided are: a zoom lens including, in order from an object side, a first lens group having positive refractive power, a second lens group having negative refractive power, an Intermediate group having one or more lens groups and having positive refractive power as a whole, a lens group having negative refractive power, and a rear group having one or more lens groups, wherein the intermediate group includes at least two lens surfaces each of which is a cemented surface and is a diverging surface, a space between adjacent lens groups changes in zooming, the lens group moves on an optical axis in focusing, and the zoom lens satisfies the predetermined conditional expression; and an imaging apparatus including the zoom lens. |
| US12158567B2 |
Zoom lens and imaging apparatus
Provided are: a zoom lens including, in order from an object side, a positive first lens group, a negative second lens group, an intermediate group as a whole, a negative lens group, and a rear group, wherein the intermediate group includes, in order from an object side, a first positive lens subgroup including one or two positive lenses, a first negative lens subgroup including only one cemented lens, a second negative lens subgroup including a negative lens with a concave surface facing an object, and a second positive lens subgroup including one or two positive lenses, the cemented lens constituting the first negative lens subgroup has at least one cemented surface with a convex surface facing an object, and a lens, closest to an image, of the second positive lens subgroup is a positive lens; and an imaging apparatus including the zoom lens. |
| US12158564B2 |
Camera optical lens
The present invention discloses a camera optical lens including, from an object side to an image side in sequence, a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having refractive power, a third lens having a negative refractive power, a fourth lens having a positive refractive power, and a fifth lens having a negative refractive power. The camera optical lens satisfies the following conditions: 1.20≤f1/f≤3.00, −8.00≤f5/f≤−2.00, 3.00≤d5/d6≤10.00, and −1.00≤(R3+R4)/(R3−R4)≤0. The camera optical lens according to the present invention has excellent optical characteristics, such as large aperture, wide angle, and ultra-thin. |
| US12158563B2 |
Camera optical lens
The present disclosure discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens includes, from an object side to an image side: a first lens with a negative refractive power, a second lens with a positive refractive power, a third lens with a negative refractive power, a fourth lens with a positive refractive power, and a fifth lens with a negative refractive power, wherein the camera optical lens satisfies the conditions of −3.00≤f3/f≤−1.00, −20.00≤(R1+R2)/(R1−R2)≤−2.00, 2.00≤R3/R4, and 3.00≤d6/d8≤8.00. |
| US12158559B2 |
Pest detection using sensor with textured surface
A pest detection device including a capacitive sensor having a plurality of traces that can be capacitively sensed using self-capacitance or mutual capacitance measurements. The sensor including conductive shield traces to facilitate a number of sensing applications. The sensor including a coated portion to facilitate crawling of pests over the sensing area of the circuit board. |
| US12158555B2 |
Dynamic field operations system
A method can include acquiring data associated with a field operation in a geologic environment; processing the data by partitioning operationally and representing symbolically; formulating a symbolic query for an operating procedure specification; performing a search of the symbolically represented data utilizing the symbolic query and a probabilistic chain model; receiving a search result responsive to the search; assessing compliance with the operation procedure specification utilizing the search result; and issuing a control signal to field equipment utilizing the assessment of compliance. |
| US12158553B2 |
Method and apparatus for noise control in ultrasonic sensors
The adjustable voltage regulator under control of a microcontroller applies controlled amplitude voltage in the range of 5 to 9 VDC to the sensor transmitter to adjust the output amplitude of the transmitter. The adjustable amplitude transmitter allows an occupancy sensor to have its total output energy adjusted to reduce environmental noise-induced false triggering and to conform to the area to be covered. Lowering the total ultrasonic energy in the monitored space lowers the sensitivity of the receiver to inappropriate activations. Lowering the input power to the transmitter also lowers the total internal system noise and provides an improved signal to noise ratio in the receiver. |
| US12158547B2 |
Method for characterizing lidar point cloud quality
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for characterizing LIDAR point cloud quality. An example method may involve capturing a first point cloud for a test target including a retroreflective object, the first point cloud including a first region. The example method may also involve capturing, by a LIDAR system, a second point cloud for the test target. The example method may also involve applying a penalty function to a first point in the second point cloud, wherein the first point is within an acceptable error threshold based on the first region. The example method may also involve applying a penalty function to a second point in the second point cloud, wherein the second point is outside of the acceptable error threshold based on the first region. The example method may also involve generating a first score for the first point and a second score for the second point based on the penalty function. The example method may also involve combining the first score and the second score to produce a point cloud quality metric for the second point cloud. The example method may also involve calibrating, based on the point cloud quality metric, the LIDAR system for the retroreflective object. |
| US12158546B2 |
Emitters behind display
An optoelectronic device includes a display, including a first substrate, which is transparent to optical radiation at a given wavelength, and a first array of display cells including pixel circuit elements disposed on the first substrate at a first pitch, with gaps of a predefined size between the pixel circuit elements. An emitter array includes a second substrate, parallel and in proximity to the first substrate, and a second array of emitters, which are disposed on the second substrate at a second pitch that is different from the first pitch, and which are configured to emit optical radiation at the given wavelength toward the first substrate. Control circuitry is configured to identify the emitters that are aligned with the gaps between the pixel circuit elements and to selectively drive the identified emitters to emit the optical radiation through the gaps. |
| US12158544B2 |
System and methods utilizing optical feedback for zero-range measurement
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods that utilize an internal optical path in lidar applications. An example method includes causing at least one light-emitter device to emit a plurality of light pulses toward a rotatable mirror. The rotatable mirror (i) reflects at least a first light pulse of the plurality of light pulses into an external environment; and (ii) reflects at least a second light pulse of the plurality of light pulses into an internal optical path. The method also includes receiving, by a photodetector, (i) a reflected light pulse comprising a reflection of the first light pulse caused by an object in the external environment; and (ii) the second light pulse received via the internal optical path. The internal optical path is defined at least in part by one or more internal reflectors that reflect the second light pulse toward the rotatable mirror such that the rotatable mirror reflects the second light pulse toward the photodetector. |
| US12158536B2 |
Mobile-based positioning using assistance data provided by onboard micro-BSA
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatuses for classifying traffic flow using a plurality of learning machines arranged in multiple hierarchical levels. A first learning machine may classify a first portion of the input stream as malicious based on a match with first classification rules, and a second learning machine may classify at least part of the first portion of the input stream as malicious based on a match with second classification rules. The at least part of the first portion of the input stream may be classified as malicious based on the matches in the first and second learning machines. |
| US12158535B2 |
Positioning method and communication device
A positioning method and a communication device are provided, which relate to the field of communication technologies. The method includes: determining first information. The first information includes at least one of the following: direction information of a target beam, energy change information of the target beam, LOS path indication information, and beam identification information. The first information is used to determine positioning information of the first device. The LOS path indication information is used to indicate whether the target beam is an LOS path. The beam identification information is identification information of the target beam. |
| US12158534B2 |
Vehicle communication device and vehicle communication method
A vehicle communication device includes: a position specification unit that configured to specifies coordinates of latitude and longitude of a subject vehicle as position information; a receiving unit that receives the communication frame transmitted from a surrounding terminal device, the communication frame including, in a region other than the data main part, low decimal place latitude/longitude coordinates that are low decimal place part of coordinates of latitude and longitude of the surrounding terminal device and that are not encrypted; and a surrounding terminal device position estimating unit that estimates coordinates of latitude and longitude of the position of the surrounding terminal device based on the coordinates of latitude and longitude of the subject vehicle and the low decimal place latitude/longitude coordinates of the surrounding terminal device. |
| US12158533B2 |
Method, device and system of prediction of direction of arrival of a signal
A device includes a memory and processing circuitry coupled to the memory. The processing circuitry, in operation, generates an indication of a predicted difference in a direction of arrival (DoA) of a signal using a trained autoregressive model. A predicted indication of a DoA of the signal is generated based on a previous indication of the DoA of the signal and the indication of the predicted difference in the DoA of the signal. The processing circuitry actuates or controls an antenna array based on predicted indications of the DoA of the signal. |
| US12158532B2 |
Methods and systems for providing positioning information to aircraft
The present disclosure generally pertains to systems and methods for autonomously detecting and correcting anomalies in position information provided to aircraft using radio-frequency signals. By enabling autonomously detecting and correcting for anomalies in the operation of a ground-based solution entirely independent of GPS, systems of the present disclosure can make the provided position information more accurate and robust, thereby enhancing the effectiveness and safety of navigation systems using the provided position information. More precisely, systems of the present disclosure may employ a series of ground-based beacon transmitters to provide radio-frequency (RF) signal pulse with a highly regular frequency. A locating receiver can detect the arrival times of these pulses and use this information to detect and report certain anomalies. These reports may then be used to autonomously correct the detected anomalies. |
| US12158524B2 |
Generating scan patterns using cognitive lidar
A method for determining a scan pattern according to which a sensor equipped with a scanner scans a field of regard (FOR) is presented. The method comprises obtaining, by processing hardware, a plurality of objective functions, each of the objective functions specifying a cost for a respective property of the scan pattern, expressed in terms of one or more operational parameters of the scanner. The method further includes applying, by the processing hardware, an optimization scheme to the plurality of objective functions to generate the scan pattern. The method further includes scanning the FOR according to the generated scan pattern. |
| US12158523B2 |
Liquid crystal polymer optics for lidar systems
A detector for use in detecting reflected or scattered light pulses for a lidar system includes a primary lens, a secondary lens, and a photodiode array. The primary lens is configured to collect and focus the light pulses, the secondary lens is configured to receive and further focus the light pulses from the primary lens, and the photodiode array is configured to receive and sense the light pulses from the secondary lens. At least one of the primary lens or the secondary lens are configured using liquid crystal polymer (LCP). |
| US12158517B1 |
Range-gated imager
Embodiments are disclosed for a range-gated imager. In some embodiments, a method comprises transmitting, with a multi-tone continuous wave (MTCW) radar, a radar signal comprising a first tone and a second tone, where the first tone and the second tone are separated by a frequency gap; receiving, with the MTCW radar, a return signal from a projectile impinged by the radar signal; detecting, with a measuring apparatus, a zero crossing of a phase difference between the first and second tones; and responsive to detecting the zero crossing, gating or triggering, by the measuring apparatus, an imager to capture an image of the projectile. |
| US12158515B2 |
RF retroreflector based controller tracking for VR headsets
Systems and methods are provided for tracking a passive controller system using an active sensor system within a mixed-reality environment. The passive controller system includes a body configured to be held in a hand of a user, as well as a plurality of retroreflectors that collectively provides at least 180 degrees of reflecting surface for reflecting a radar signal in at least 180 degrees of spherical range when the passive controller system is positioned within a predetermined distance from a source of the radar signal and with an orientation that is within the at least 180 degrees of spherical range relative to the source of the radar signal. Signals transmitted to the passive controller and reflected back from the passive controller are used to calculate the position and orientation of the passive controller system relative to the active sensor system. |
| US12158510B2 |
Method of designing and manufacturing magnetic sensor
A method of designing a magnetic sensor that can easily accommodate various design conditions is provided. The method has: preparing magnetic sensors, wherein, for each magnetic sensor, magnetization directions of the first to fourth magnetically pinned layers form first to fourth angles θ1 to θ4 relative to a specific reference angle, respectively, and θ1=θ3, θ2=θ4, θ1≠θ2, and each magnetic sensor has a value of θ1−θ2 that is different from values of θ1−θ2 of remaining magnetic sensors, for each magnetic sensor, obtaining a relationship between an angular range of the magnetization direction of the first to fourth magnetically free layers and an output range of the magnetic sensor, wherein the angular range satisfies a specific linear relationship between the magnetization direction and the output of the magnetic sensor, and selecting a magnetic sensor that satisfies required conditions for the angular range and the output range from among the magnetic sensors. |
| US12158506B2 |
System and method for diagnosing abnormality of vehicle battery
Disclosed is a system for managing a vehicle battery that is chargeable/dischargeable and stores energy for driving a vehicle driving motor. The system for managing the vehicle battery as disclosed includes a controller that measures a polarization voltage of each of a plurality of battery cells in a vehicle battery after charging of the vehicle battery is terminated, and determines whether each of the plurality of battery cells is abnormal based on the measured polarization voltage. |
| US12158499B2 |
Registers
An integrated circuit device includes an n-bit register comprising: a plurality of latches and at least one flip-flop, and clock gating circuitry, which includes a clock signal coupled to the latches and the flip-flop. Each latch comprises a latch gating terminal configured to receive a gating signal, wherein a respective latch is configured to receive the gating signal that either corresponds to the clock signal or is determined according to a logical operation including the clock signal such that a transparency for each respective latch is controlled in dependence upon a level of the gating signal. The integrated circuit device is configured to operate in a scan test mode, wherein during a scan shift operation, an input signal terminal of the flip-flop is configured to receive a test input signal and the flip-flop is configured to load the test input signal to an output signal terminal of the flip-flop. |
| US12158495B2 |
Method and apparatus for diagnosing electronic apparatus
A method and an apparatus for diagnosing an electronic apparatus are provided. The device for diagnosing an electronic device includes a master diagnosis block that generates a control signal when a diagnosis mode is started, a multiplexer that sequentially outputs a diagnosis power through a diagnosis power path based on the control signal, a slave diagnosis block that is sequentially supplied the diagnosis power through the diagnosis power path and generates diagnosis data of a power management circuit of the electronic device by using the diagnosis power, a modulator that transmits the diagnosis data by modulating a power signal of the diagnosis power path, and a demodulator that receives the diagnosis data by demodulating the power signal of the diagnosis power path and provides the diagnosis data to the master diagnosis block. |
| US12158493B2 |
Wafer inspection system and annular seat thereof
A wafer inspection system includes probe and supporting devices opposite to each other. The probe device includes a probe and an electrically conductive module for transmitting test signal of a driver IC. The supporting device includes a chuck, an annular elastic module detachably disposed on the chuck, and a carrier. The chuck has a supporting portion located correspondingly to a hollow portion of the annular elastic module, which is larger than or equal to the carrier in size on an imaginary horizontal plane, enabling the carrier carrying a wafer to be placed on the supporting portion to be electrically connected with the annular elastic module. When the wafer is contacted by the probe, the electrically conductive module is abutted against the annular elastic module to form a short-path test loop. As a result, it is convenient to pick and place the carrier and wafer, enhancing inspection efficiency. |
| US12158491B1 |
Phase distortion measurement
A test circuit for measuring phase distortion includes a first laser, a second laser and a photo diode. The first laser is tuned to a first frequency f1 and generates a first optical signal. The second laser is tuned to a second frequency f2 and generates a second optical signal and phase modulates the second optical signal with a periodic signal with a repetition frequency fM. The photo diode receives and mixes the first optical signal and the second optical signal, and produces a first tone at a third frequency f3, which is a carrier frequency equal to an absolute value of a difference between the second frequency f2 and the first frequency f1, a second tone at a fourth frequency f4 at a difference between the third frequency f3 and the repetition frequency fM, and a third tone at a fifth frequency f5 at a sum of the third frequency f3 and the repetition frequency fM. |
| US12158487B2 |
Vehicle power supply circuit monitoring system and vehicle power supply circuit monitoring method
A vehicle power supply circuit monitoring system and a vehicle power supply circuit monitoring method are provided. The vehicle power supply circuit monitoring system is adapted to a vehicle power supply and a vehicle load device, and includes a power monitoring circuit and a control circuit. The power monitoring circuit is electrically connected to the vehicle power supply and the control circuit. The power monitoring circuit monitors two different input load powers at two different time points. The control circuit calculates an external power loop equivalent impedance according to the two different input load powers. When the external power loop equivalent impedance is greater than a designed impedance threshold, the control circuit executes a warning procedure. |
| US12158486B2 |
Mobile electric energy supply device
The invention relates to a mobile electric energy supply device, comprising at least one energy supply connector for drawing energy from the energy supply device, a ground grounding device adapted to cooperate with a ground of the installation site of the energy supply device to provide grounding for the energy supply device, and a touch safety monitoring device adapted to monitor at least one touch point disposed on or electrically connected to the energy supply device for touch safety. |
| US12158482B2 |
Probe card assembly
A probe card assembly includes a circuit board, a substrate, and at least one passive component. The substrate is disposed opposite and connected to the circuit board. The circuit board has a first opening facing the substrate and/or the substrate has a second opening facing the circuit board. The at least one passive component is disposed between the circuit board and the substrate and is at least partially accommodated in at least one of the first opening and the second opening. |
| US12158481B2 |
Probe card for testing power devices under high temperature and high voltage
A probe card for testing power devices under high temperature and high voltage. The probe card includes air inlet system, PCB board, switching layer, guide plate and probe from top to bottom; the bottom of air inlet system includes plurality of lower air outlets and side air outlets, the PCB board includes a first through-hole with same position, shape and quantity as the lower air outlet, the switching layer includes a second through-hole with same position, shape and quantity as the lower air outlet, the guide plate includes a third through-hole with same position, shape and quantity as the lower air outlet. The lower air outlet, the first through-hole, the second through-hole and the third through-hole are coaxially arranged. The high-temperature and high-pressure gas ejected from the lower air outlet is blown between the guide plate and the tested wafer after successively passing through the first, second, and third through-holes. |
| US12158480B2 |
Inspection jig and inspection device
An inspection jig includes a rod-shaped probe, a first support portion that supports one end portion side of the probe, a second support portion that supports the other end portion side of the probe, and a separation holding member that holds the first support portion and the second support portion to be separated from each other. The first support portion includes a support plate in which a through hole through which the probe is inserted is formed. A reinforcing plate having bending strength stronger than that of the support plate is disposed on a surface of the support plate facing the second support portion. |
| US12158477B2 |
Cartridge capable of centrifugal separation and automatic analysis
A cartridge capable of a centrifugation and an automatic analysis according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: at least two or more sample wells, a centrifugation well, a measuring well, and a tip receiving well, in which a container is formed into a lower portion along a circumference of a circular plate with a predetermined interval, wherein the centrifugation well is sealed with one lid paper along with at least two or more of the sample wells, a blood injection unit is further formed inside of a radius direction for the centrifugation well, the blood injection unit has an outer blood injection hole formed to be spaced inside the centrifugation well in the radius direction, an inclined passage that communicates with the centrifugation well from the outer blood injection hole, and a cover integrally attached to the outer blood injection hole to open and close the blood injection hole. |
| US12158472B2 |
Methods for the rapid preparation of labeled glycosylamines and for the analysis of glycosylated biomolecules producing the same
Methods of analyzing glycosylated biomolecules include the steps of producing a deglycosylation mixture of biomolecules deglycosylated by natural or synthetic enzymatic or chemical techniques; providing a reagent solution having a labeling reagent in a polar aprotic, non-nucleophilic organic solvent; and mixing the deglycosylation mixture with the reagent solution in an excess of labeling reagent to produce derivatized glycosylamines. The method steps can be carried out purposefully without depletion of protein matter. A quenching solution can be added to the reaction mixture so that the pH of the reaction mixture is shifted to above 10. The yield of derivatized glycosylamines can be in an amount of about 80 to about 100 mole percent of the reaction mixture with minimal overlabeling, less than 0.2 mole percent. The derivizated glycosylamines can be separated from the reaction mixture and detected by chromatographic detection, fluorescence detection, mass spectrometry (“MS”), or Ultra Violet (“UV”) detection and/or a combination thereof. |
| US12158469B2 |
Synthetic peptide for detecting HIV-1
The present disclosure relates to the field of medical diagnosis, and specifically, relates to a synthetic peptide for detecting HIV-1. The synthetic peptide is obtained by mutating the amino acid sequence set forth as SEQ ID NO: 1. The synthetic peptide can better detect anti-HIV-1 antibodies, and can better avoid potential “false negative” and “false positive” results. |
| US12158468B2 |
Fab-linked glycans as biomarker for the transition from a pre-disease “at-risk-phase” to rheumatoid arthritis; AAV or Sjögren syndrome
Means and methods for determining whether an individual that does not have rheumatoid arthritis, AAV or Sjögren syndrome at the moment of sampling is at risk of developing the disease, the method comprising determining whether an antibody-containing sample of the individual comprises an autoantibody associated with the disease that comprises an N-linked glycosylation at one or more positions in a Fab-portion of the antibody, the method further comprising determining the risk of the individual for developing the disease. The disease is preferably rheumatoid arthritis. |
| US12158466B2 |
Method for determining the total amount and/or concentration of an analyte in the presence of a binding molecule as well as kits, compositions and uses relating thereto
The present invention relates to a method for determining the total amount and/or concentration of an analyte in the presence of a binding molecule as well as kits, compositions and uses relating thereto. |
| US12158465B2 |
Device and method for sample isolation
The present invention relates to a device and method for sample preparation and collection. More closely the invention relates to a device to isolate DNA, RNA and proteins or other biomolecules in one single step from the same undivided sample. |
| US12158464B2 |
Methods for modeling disease tissue using three-dimensional tissue systems
The present disclosure provides methods, compositions, and devices for making and using three-dimensional biological tissues that accurately mimic native physiology, architecture, and other properties of native tissues for use in, among other applications, drug testing, tissue repair and/or treatment, and regenerative medicine. |
| US12158462B2 |
Methods for forming a nanopore in a lipid bilayer
A method of forming a nanopore in a lipid bilayer is disclosed. A nanopore forming solution is deposited over a lipid bilayer. The nanopore forming solution has a concentration level and a corresponding activity level of pore molecules such that nanopores are substantially not formed un-stimulated in the lipid bilayer. Formation of a nanopore in the lipid bilayer is initiated by applying an agitation stimulus level to the lipid bilayer. In some embodiments, the concentration level and the corresponding activity level of pore molecules are at levels such that less than 30 percent of a plurality of available lipid bilayers have nanopores formed un-stimulated therein. |
| US12158461B2 |
Identification of mycotoxin absorption materials in clay deposits
A method for determining absorption properties in clay deposits is provided that includes obtaining a clay sample, preparing the clay sample, analyzing the clay sample, and applying one or more correlative models to the clay sample. Additionally a system for use in determining absorption properties in clay deposits is provided that includes a plurality of inorganic particles, an analytical instrument configured to gather physical and/or chemical data about the inorganic particles, and a computer system configured to accept the physical and/or chemical data and/or generate correlations between the inorganic particles based on the data. |
| US12158455B2 |
Preparative liquid chromatograph
A separation column (6), an injector (4) that injects a sample into a mobile phase flowing through a flow path (16) leading to the separation column (6), at least one detector (8;10) that is fluidly connected downstream of the separation column (6), and generates a plurality of detector signals different from each other derived from a component in a sample separated by the separation column (6), a fraction collector (12) for fractionating and collecting a portion containing a component separated by the separation column (6) in an eluate from the separation column (6) into an individual collection container, and a controller (14) that detects a component peak in a plurality of chromatograms based on each of a plurality of the detector signals and controls operation of the fraction collector (12) based on a result of the detection are included. The controller (14) includes a fractionating collection part (26) configured to execute fractionating collection in which a portion detected as a component peak only in one chromatogram of a plurality of the chromatograms and a portion detected as a component peak in all of a plurality of the chromatograms are collected separately in collection containers different from each other. |
| US12158454B2 |
Hybrid capillary/packed trap and method of use
A hybrid trap including a replaceable open-tubular capillary trap followed by a packed trap is used to collect, preconcentrate, and recover a sample, such as VOCs and SVOCs found in air. The capillary stage prevents losses and carryover of the heavy fraction and can also collect the particles in air that contain the heavier SVOCs, also preventing them from reaching the packed stage. The packed stage traps lighter organic compounds that are not as prone to carryover due to channeling. The capillary and packed traps together provide quantitative recovery of compounds boiling from as low as −50° C. to as high as 600° C. The sample can be directly desorbed onto the GC column, which avoids losses and contamination caused by other approaches that thermally desorb samples through transfer lines and rotary valves more remote to the GC oven. |
| US12158453B2 |
Control of a buffer preparation process
The present invention relates to a computer-implemented method for controlling preparation of a liquid mixture comprising an acid and its conjugate base or a base and its conjugate acid. The method comprises obtaining (S11) a composition for the liquid mixture to be prepared and determining (S12) a plurality of settings for controlling a preparation of the liquid mixture in one or more automated processes. The plurality of settings are provided (S13) to one or more control systems of the one or more automated processes. The present invention also relates to a buffer tool configured to perform the computer-implemented method, a buffer management system comprising the buffer tool, and a computer readable storage medium (25), having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed in a buffer tool, causes execution of the computer-implemented method. |
| US12158451B2 |
Repeated moment generation device
Provided is a repeated moment generation device that includes: a principal shaft; principal bearing members; lever members; principal eccentric weight rotors; auxiliary eccentric weight rotors; and drive means (such as a motor) for causing the principal eccentric weight rotors and the auxiliary eccentric weight rotors to synchronously rotate. Eccentricity directions of the principal eccentric weight rotors are different from each other by 180 degrees around shaft centers of shaft bodies thereof, eccentricity directions of the auxiliary eccentric weight rotors are different from each other by 180 degrees around shaft centers of shaft bodies thereof, and the eccentricity direction of the principal eccentric weight rotor and the eccentricity direction of the auxiliary weight rotor located on the same side as the principal eccentric weight rotor with respect to the principal shaft 1 are different from each other by 180 degrees around the shaft centers of the shaft bodies thereof. |
| US12158448B2 |
Radiation source device
A radiation source device includes at least one membrane layer, a radiation source structure to emit electromagnetic or infrared radiation, a substrate and a spacer structure, wherein the substrate and the at least one membrane form a chamber, wherein a pressure in the chamber is lower than or equal to a pressure outside of the chamber, and wherein the radiation source structure is arranged between the at least one membrane layer and the substrate. |
| US12158447B2 |
Wear monitoring method of polymer thrust bearing based on ultrasonic reflection coefficient amplitude spectrum (URCAS)
A wear monitoring method of a polymer thrust bearing based on an ultrasonic reflection coefficient amplitude spectrum (URCAS), includes: selecting a corresponding delay block probe based on a material of a to-be-tested bearing, and setting corresponding parameters of a pulse generator; after collecting a primary echo from a surface of the delay block probe as a reference signal, placing the delay block probe in a designated region on a back of the to-be-tested bearing, and collecting time-domain echo signals from upper and lower surfaces of the bearing; establishing a propagation model of an ultrasonic signal in a polymer bearing, and calculating a theoretical URCAS based on the propagation model; calculating a measured URCAS; and constructing an objective function, and solving the objective function by using a differential evolution algorithm. A plurality of parameters of the polymer bearing is solved to meet a requirement for wear monitoring by adopting the method. |
| US12158446B2 |
Measuring system for determining gas concentrations
A measurement system (100) determines gas concentrations in a gas mixture of a gas sample by utilizing thermal conductivities and paramagnetic effects of thermal conductivities in the gas mixture involving data sets (203). A circuit arrangement provides measured values with an AC signal component and with a DC signal component to a calculation and control unit (200). An oxygen concentration in the gas mixture of the gas sample is determined based on the standardized AC signal components and a concentration of another gas in the gas mixture of the gas sample is determined based on the standardized DC voltage signal components. Output signals are generated by the calculation and control unit, which indicate the determined oxygen concentration and the determined concentration of another gas in the gas mixture of the gas sample. |
| US12158444B2 |
Gas sensor element and gas sensor
A gas sensor element includes a solid electrolyte body, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a protective layer. The protective layer includes at least a first catalyst layer that supports a first catalyst metal other than a metal facilitating a reduction reaction of nitrogen oxide and a second catalyst layer that supports only a second catalyst metal facilitating the reduction reaction of the nitrogen oxide. The first catalyst layer and the second catalyst layer are arranged in a path through which a gas under measurement is supplied from the outside of the gas sensor element to the first electrode in such a manner that the first catalyst layer and the second catalyst layer are not in direct contact with each other. |
| US12158443B2 |
Gas sensor element, and gas sensor
This gas sensor element is provided with a solid electrolyte body having oxygen ion conductivity, a measurement electrode that is disposed on the solid electrolyte body and is exposed to a gas to be measured, and a reference electrode that is disposed on the solid electrolyte body and is exposed to a reference gas. The gas sensor element detects a specific gas included in the gas to be measured. The gas sensor element is provided with a contact layer formed so as to cover at least part of the measurement electrode. The contact layer includes rhodium and at least one precious metal other than rhodium. Additionally, the rhodium content in the contact layer relative to the total amount of precious metals included in the contact layer is at least 30 mol % and less than 100 mol %. |
| US12158442B2 |
IC structure moisture ingress detection by current hump in current-voltage response curve
An integrated circuit (IC) structure includes a moisture barrier about active circuitry. A capacitor is entirely inside the moisture barrier. The capacitor has a breakdown voltage. A moisture detector is configured to apply an increasing voltage ramp to the capacitor up to a maximum voltage less than the breakdown voltage of the capacitor. In response to determining that a current hump exists in a test current-voltage response curve of the capacitor to the increasing voltage ramp, the detector transmits a signal to the active circuitry to indicate a presence of moisture in the IC structure. The moisture detector is accurate and sensitive to moisture ingress, which provides more time for remedial action. The detector is non-destructive and can be used in a final IC product. |
| US12158441B2 |
Rain detection device, garden appliance having the rain detection device, and method for sensing rain drops on a surface by means of a rain detection device
A rain detection device for sensing rain drops on a surface includes at least one sensor unit and at least one evaluation unit. The sensor unit includes at least one capacitive sensor element. The sensor element is configured such that a capacitance characteristic of the sensor element changes based on an object contacting the surface. The evaluation unit is configured to detect rain drops on the surface based on a differential signal of the sensor element. The evaluation unit is configured to detect a rain drop on the surface based on a symmetry characteristic of the differential signal with respect to a zero point. |
| US12158434B2 |
Broadband wafer defect detection
In an embodiment, a system includes: a broadband light source; a wafer with a first side facing the broadband light source; a first light sensor configured to detect reflected light from the broadband light source emanating from the first side; a second light sensor configured to detect emergent light emanating from a second side of the wafer opposite the first side, wherein the emergent light originates from the broadband light source; and a detector module configured to analyze the reflected light and the emergent light to identify wafer defects. |
| US12158433B2 |
Device for optical inspection of preforms
An apparatus (1) and a method for optical inspection of parisons (2) made of thermoplastic material comprises: a conveyor (3) comprising a pair of lateral, under-flange guides 31A for holding each parison by its flange, and configured to transport the parisons (2) in succession along an inspection path; an inspection station (41, 42, 43, 51, 52), located along the inspection path and including at least one inspection camera (410, 411, 412, 413, 421, 431, 510, 511, 520, 521, 522), configured to capture image data of a parison (2) positioned in the inspection station (41, 42, 43, 51, 52), wherein the conveyor (3) has a first operating configuration for transporting parisons (2) of a first size and a second operating configuration for transporting parisons (2) of a second size, different from the first size, the conveyor (3) including at least one adjustment actuator (7), configured to move the conveyor (3) between the first and the second operating configuration. |
| US12158430B2 |
Disposable indicator component for measuring analyte concentration in bodily fluids
A disposable indicator component for use in a system for measuring analyte concentration in a bodily fluid includes an indicator zone comprising at least one colorimetric analyte sensing element, and a coupler for coupling the indicator component to a component having at least one spectrophotometer contained within a housing. |
| US12158424B2 |
Methods of measuring exosomes using intrinsic fluorescence
Described herein are novel rapid and reliable methods of detection of extracellular vesicles and quantifying extracellular vesicle concentrations and absolute number from various sources, including raw cell harvest. The methods described herein comprise detection of intrinsic fluorescence of extracellular vesicles in biological samples. Extracellular vesicles analyzed by the methods of this application have a stereotypical elution profile distinct from known contaminants. The methods described herein are a significant improvement over the state of the art and fulfills an unmet need in the field of extracellular vesicle manufacturing and quality control. |
| US12158423B2 |
Open chamber acoustic device to measure cell binding force
Disclosed is an apparatus, such as an acoustic for parallel profiling cell-matrix adhesion at single-cell level via the introduction of localized and uniform acoustic streaming into an open chamber microfluidic device. The adherent cells within the open chamber can be detached by the streaming-induced Stokes drag force, thereby allowing an accurate determination of the relevant forces and kinetics. The current device and method includes the digital regulation of acoustic streaming from a low level to high levels, and a large number of adherent cells can be ruptured from the substrate, and the particular adhesive forces and kinetics can be determined by the applied power. The acoustic device and the associated detachment technique can characterize the adhesion dynamics and kinetics of cells, such as mammalian cells and bacterial cells. And because fibronectin mimics cells and/or cell matrices, the acoustic device and the corresponding method has broad application in determining the force(s) required to detach cells from other types of cells and/or cell matrices. |
| US12158420B2 |
Displaceable receptacle for test sample
A system for containing a sample for analysis by a spectrometer, comprising a sample receptacle unit with a well for containment of the sample, the well comprising a well inner wall and well floor, a floor aperture in the well floor, and comprising a first spectroscopy element, the first spectroscopy element spanning the opening of floor aperture, wherein the well further comprises a sealing material at the interface of the inner wall with the first spectroscopy element, wherein radiation is free to pass through the floor aperture to the first spectroscopy element. |
| US12158419B2 |
Gas detection tuning modulation
A method of gas detection comprises emitting radiation of different wavelengths across the absorption spectrum of a gas towards a target area; and analysing the spectrum of returned laser light from the target area to identify the gas in the target area using the time correlation of the emitted radiation and the returning radiation. The radiation is modulated using respective orthogonal modulation codes for the different wavelengths and the modulation codes are modified by the insertion of a gap between each bit of the modulation code, the gap having a duration of at least n-1 bits where n is the number of different wavelengths. |
| US12158414B2 |
Plurality of structurally identical spectrometers and a calibration method therefor
In accordance with a method for calibrating structurally identical spectrometers for constituent analysis, a multiplicity of samples are provided and concentrations of one constituent in the individual samples are measured using a reference measuring method. Spectra of the individual samples are measured using one spectrometer selected from the structurally identical spectrometers to determine a preliminary regression model. At least one spectrum is selected from the measured spectra and/or a mean value spectrum formed from the measured spectra. A multiplicity of error spectra are generated using a mathematical model of the structurally identical spectrometers. The individual error spectra are added in each case to the individual selected spectra to obtain simulated spectra. As a result, a resultant regression model is determined in which amplitude values of the measured spectra and selected simulated spectra form the independent variables and in which the reference measurement values form the dependent variable. |
| US12158410B2 |
Real-time quantification method of cell viability through supravital dye uptake using lens-free imaging system
The present disclosure relates to a real-time quantification method of cell viability through a supravital dye uptake using a lens-free imaging system. The method includes a step of incubating a sample cell in a cell culture medium, steps of detecting light penetrating the cell culture medium and identifying a boundary region of the sample cell at a preset time interval based on the detected light, a step of staining the incubated sample cell with the supravital dye, a step of detecting intensity of light penetrating the cell culture medium at a preset time interval, a step of calculating absorbance of the sample cell included in the cell culture medium at a preset time interval based on the boundary region and the detected intensity of light and a step of analyzing a viability of the sample cell based on the calculated absorbance. |
| US12158407B2 |
Fine-particle sampling device having an arrangement of first and second electrodes and method of sampling fine particles
A fine-particle sampling device for sampling fine particles in a liquid includes a tubular first electrode whose both ends in an axial direction thereof are open; a second electrode extending in the axial direction of the first electrode and disposed in the inside of the first electrode to be spaced from an inner surface of the first electrode; a supplier that supplies a liquid to the inside of the first electrode and causes the liquid to be stored at a portion of the inner surface in a direction around an axis B of the first electrode; a voltage applicator that applies a voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode; a driver that rotates the first electrode around a rotational axis extending in the axial direction of the first electrode and passing through the inside of the first electrode; and a retriever that retrieves the stored liquid. |
| US12158405B2 |
TBM-mounted system and method for quickly predicting compressive strength of rocks based on rock mineral composition and fabric characteristics
A TBM-mounted system and method for quickly predicting compressive strength of rocks based on rock mineral composition and fabric characteristics. The system is mounted on gripper shoe's side surface of an open-type TBM, and includes a protective device, hydraulic device, servo motor, detection device, control system and a data comprehensive analysis platform. The hydraulic device is mounted on the protective device's side wall, for controlling movement of detection device horizontally. The servo motor controls rotation of detection device. The detection device collects a variety of geological parameters of target surrounding rock affecting compressive strength of rock and providing basic data for compressive strength prediction of rock. The control system controls work of hydraulic device, servo motor and each detection device. The data comprehensive analysis platform is connected to each detection instrument, receives geological parameters collected, processes and analyzes each parameter, and gives a prediction of compressive strength of rock. |
| US12158400B2 |
Encapsulated reagents and methods of use
The present invention contemplates use of encapsulated aqueous and non-aqueous reagents, solutions and solvents and their use in laboratory procedures. These encapsulated aqueous or non-aqueous reagents, solutions and solvents can be completely contained or encapsulated in microcapsules or nanocapsules that can be added to an aqueous or non-aqueous carrier solution or liquid required for medical and research laboratory testing of biological or non-biological specimens. |
| US12158399B2 |
CaMKK2 inhibitor compositions and methods of using the same
Provided herein are compositions including a CaMKK2 inhibitor and an anti-cancer therapeutic agent and methods of treating cancer in a subject by administering a therapeutically effective amount of the composition to a subject. The subject may be selected for treatment based on an immune cell measurement of a sample from the subject. Methods of treating cancer by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a CaMKK2 inhibitor, and administering a therapeutically effective amount of an anti-cancer therapeutic agent to the subject are also provided. Kits including combination of a CaMKK2 inhibitor and another anti-cancer therapeutic agent are also provided. |
| US12158397B1 |
Systems and methods for conditional time near ambient monitoring and detection of leaks
A method of detecting a leak in a production or export system comprising a control system comprising at least one pressure transmitter is provided. The method includes detecting a flowing pressure of production fluid within the production or export system using the at least one pressure transmitter. The method also includes calculating an ambient pressure proximate to the at least one pressure transmitter. The method further includes determining an ambient zone above and below the ambient pressure proximate to the at least one pressure transmitter. The method also includes determining at least one ambient zone time, where the ambient zone time comprises a duration of time that the flowing pressure is within the ambient zone and the flowing pressure is proximate the ambient pressure. The method further includes determining a probability of a leaking in the production or export system based on the ambient zone time. |
| US12158395B2 |
Leak detection system and method
A system for detecting a leak in a building layer comprising a plurality of dual foil insulation panels arranged to cover at a base building surface, each panel including: an insulating body and upper and lower conductive layers covering, respectively, upper and lower surfaces of the insulating body. The system comprising: a plurality of upper electrodes formed by respective rows of electrically interconnected upper conductive layers of the panels; a plurality of lower electrodes formed by respective transverse rows of electrically interconnected lower conductive layers of the panels; and a control circuitry configured to: apply a voltage between the upper and lower electrodes to measure an electrical property therebetween; and detect the presence of a leak within the building layer based on a measurement of the electrical property between the upper and lower electrodes. |
| US12158390B2 |
Method and computing device for operating a control unit for an exhaust gas sensor
A method for operating a control unit for an exhaust gas sensor, in particular for a broadband lambda sensor for an internal combustion engine, in particular, of a motor vehicle, or for another sensor device. The control unit is designed to electrically activate the exhaust gas sensor. The control unit is, in particular, implemented in the form of an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC). The method includes: specifying a measuring sequence and/or a starting point in time, in particular, for an operation of the control unit and/or of the exhaust gas sensor, with the aid of a computing device. |
| US12158389B2 |
Looseness detection device and looseness detection method
A loosening detection device according to the present embodiment includes multiple washers having holes that allow bolts to pass therethrough, and including metals insulated from each other, a transmission line that electrically connects between the metals and between the metals of the washers, and a transmission line that includes a terminal pair at one end thereof, and that has the other end electrically connected to the metals of the washer. A resonance frequency is measured from the terminal pair to detect loosening of the bolts on the basis of a change in the resonance frequency. |
| US12158388B2 |
Calibration adaptor bracket, apparatus and method
Adaptors for positioning a force gauge relative to a control interface in a flight simulator or aircraft are disclosed where the control interface is moveable in at least one of a back-and-forth direction and a side-to-side direction. In some embodiments the adaptor comprises a housing positionable adjacent the control interface where the housing comprises a first surface configured to snugly receive a predetermined surface of the control interface and a second surface comprising a first housing connector configured for connection to the gauge connector such that pressure is exertable on the control interface by the force gauge in a first direction of measurement aligned with one of the back-and-forth direction and the side-to-side direction. |
| US12158386B2 |
Apparatus and method of calibrating of a force sensing device by establishing an optimized force-resistance curve
A method of calibrating a force sensing device comprises establishing an optimized force-resistance curve by obtaining a mean resistance of a plurality of force-resistance curves for a set of substantially similar force sensing devices and measuring calibration data of the force sensing device. The method applies a plurality of calibration points defined from the measuring step to the optimized force-resistance curve and adapts the optimized force-resistance curve to form an adapted force-resistance curve by interpolating the plurality of calibration points and determining a multiplier value for each calibration point. |
| US12158384B2 |
Pressure sensor
A pressure sensor includes a base, a sensor facing the base in a height direction with a space between the sensor and the base to sense pressure applied to a sensing surface on a side opposite to the base in the height direction, a surrounding portion raised in the height direction from the base and surrounding the sensor with a groove extending around the sensor, between the surrounding portion and the sensor, a coupling portion coupling the sensor with the surrounding portion, and a beam in the groove to apply a resistance to the surrounding portion moving toward the sensor. |
| US12158383B2 |
Package-type flow sensor
A package-type flow sensor includes a flow sensor chip having a sensor part configured to detect a flow of fluid, a package including a flat board part, forming an accommodating chamber configured to accommodate the flow sensor chip, and a connection terminal, provided on an outer surface of the board part, and connected to an external board. Further, in this package-type flow sensor, the board part is provided with a first vent hole communicating to inside and outside of the accommodating chamber, the package is provided with a second vent hole communicating to the inside and the outside of the accommodating chamber, at a position different from the board part, and the flow sensor chip is disposed on a flow passage of the fluid formed by the first vent hole and the second vent hole. |
| US12158381B2 |
Force sensor and robot including same
A force sensor includes a strain body including a base portion, a displacement portion configured to make a displacement relative to the base portion under external force, and an elastic connection portion configured to elastically connect the base portion and the displacement portion, a board including a detection unit configured to detect the displacement of the displacement portion relative to the base portion in a first direction, and an interposed member interposed between the strain body and the board, the interposed member including an extending portion extending in a second direction intersecting a surface of the board and the first direction. |
| US12158377B2 |
Microstructured optical fiber sensor
A microstructured optical fiber sensor for sensing changes in a physical characteristic up to a predetermined temperature is disclosed. The sensor includes a microstructured optical fiber and a fiber Bragg grating formed in the microstructured optical fiber by generating a periodic modulation in the refractive index along a core region of the suspended core. The fiber Bragg grating is configured to produce a band reflection spectra including a fundamental mode and a plurality of higher order modes whose respective wavelengths vary in accordance with changes in the physical characteristic at the core region of the microstructured optical fiber. The microstructured optical fiber is configured to increase the confinement loss of the plurality of higher order modes of the band reflection spectra relative to the fundamental mode. |
| US12158376B2 |
Temperature-sensitive film and temperature measurement system using thereof
Disclosed is a temperature measurement system including: a light source unit for receiving excitation light; a target material on which the temperature-sensitive film is attached in order to emit the received excitation light into emission light; a phosphorescence detector for extracting the emission light into a phosphorescence decay signal; and a temperature extraction unit for extracting temperature of the target material using the phosphorescence decay signal. |
| US12158373B2 |
Brillouin imaging devices, and systems and methods employing such devices preliminary class
A Brillouin modality can be supplemented by an auxiliary modality, such as an optical imaging modality or a spectroscopy modality. In some embodiments, the auxiliary modality can be used to guide the Brillouin measurement to a desired region of interest, so that acquisition times for the Brillouin measurement can be reduced as compared to interrogating the entire sample. The auxiliary modality may have an acquisition speed faster than that of the Brillouin modality. In some embodiment, the auxiliary modality determines a composition of materials within a voxel in the sample interrogated by the Brillouin modality. Using the information provided by the auxiliary modality, the Brillouin signatures corresponding to the materials within the voxel can be unmixed, thereby providing a more accurate measurement of the sample. |
| US12158369B2 |
Systems and methods for determining a weight rating of a transporter
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a new and improved system and method for determining a weight rating for a surface road transporter by using a computing system and digital camera to identify various attributes of the transporter and then, based on those attributes, to determine a maximum allowable load limit for that transporter in a given jurisdiction. In addition, embodiments of the present invention may include a digital optical device and related software configured to scan and decipher a QR code printed on an “overweight” permit issued by a local jurisdiction, where the overweight permit authorizes a specific transporter to carry a load that exceeds its normal gross allowable weight by a specified amount or percentage. Embodiments of the present invention may incorporate the specified overage amount or percentage in its determination of the gross allowable weight rating for that transporter. |
| US12158368B2 |
Method for setting calibrated outflow water of quantitative outflow water faucet, method for processing outflow water, and faucet
A method for setting calibrated outflow water of a quantitative outflow water faucet, a method for processing outflow water, and a faucet. The method for setting the calibrated outflow water comprises receiving a touch/press signal, and entering a calibration setting mode; receiving a signal for setting one or more quantitative outflow water gear positions, and obtaining a calibrated outflow water gear position; receiving a touch/press signal of an outflow water control switch, and controlling an outflow water valve to be opened; when a number of rotations of a flow meter reaches an initial set value of the one or more quantitative outflow water gear positions, controlling the outflow water valve to be closed to obtain an actual outflow water quantity; receiving a difference value; setting a calibrated set value of the calibrated outflow water gear position; and exiting the calibration setting mode. |
| US12158366B2 |
Liquid surface detection device, atomization device, and culture device
This liquid surface detection device comprises: a liquid retention part in which hydrogen peroxide water is retained, the hydrogen peroxide water to be atomized by a vibrating plate in which a through-hole is provided; a float positioned inside the liquid retention part; and a sensor that detects, via the float, the arrival of the liquid surface of the hydrogen peroxide water retained in the liquid retention device at a prescribed position. |
| US12158365B2 |
Physical quantity detection device
A physical quantity detection device for reducing an influence of a sound wave generated in a turbocharger and suppressing a decrease in detection accuracy of a physical quantity including a flow rate of gas. The device detects a physical quantity of air from an intake passage of an engine equipped with a turbocharger. The physical device includes a sub-passage that takes in part of air flowing from an upstream to a downstream side of the intake passage along a first direction, and a flow rate detection unit that detects a flow rate of the air taken in the sub-passage. The sub-passage includes an inlet that opens toward the upstream side in the first direction, an outlet that opens toward the downstream side in the first direction, and an attenuation chamber that attenuates a sound wave propagating from the turbocharger to an inside of the outlet. |
| US12158361B2 |
Transformer-based anomaly detection apparatus and method therefor
A transformer-based anomaly detection apparatus includes: an encoder unit including n encoding blocks having a pyramid structure, and extracting respective multi-scale feature maps having the pyramid structure through respective encoding blocks; a spatio-temporal transformer unit having n spatio-temporal transformers, and generating each multi-scale spatio-temporal attention map in which a temporal feature and a spatial feature for the feature map extracted from each encoding block are emphasized through each spatio-temporal transformer; and a decoder unit including n decoders having a reverse pyramid structure, and generating a prediction frame by using outputs of the multi-scale spatio-temporal attention map and a previous layer decoder through n decoders, and an abnormal event is detected by using the prediction frame. |
| US12158359B2 |
System and method to manage utility meter communications
A method for managing communications within a network comprising utility meters, each associated and connected to at least one utility management center through at least one intermediate data concentrator. A message is sent by a utility meter to the destination data concentrator. This message includes metering data measurement reported by said utility meter, its utility meter identifier, the destination data concentrator identifier and the management center identifier. Then, on the basis of several metering data measurements, a metering counter differential consumption value is calculated by difference of two metering counter consumption indexes measured by the utility meter within a time period interval. Then, a report containing at least the metering counter differential consumption value is sent from the destination data concentrator towards the utility management center to which said utility meter is associated. |
| US12158358B2 |
Vehicle leveling device and method
A vehicle leveling device for ensuring that a vehicle is level for calibration of sensors that are installed on the vehicle is presented. A lifting jack is placed under each of the vehicle's wheels and a mounting clamp is mounted to each wheel. Each mounting clamp has a sizing frame having two ends, a clamping member slidably mounted upon each end of the sizing frame and a pair of pivotally mounted engagement hooks. A support member mounted central to the sizing frame that supports an indicator that allows a level reading to be taken. The lifting jacks may be actuated under each of the vehicle's wheels as needed the ever level indicator reads the same indicating that each wheel is coplanar and the vehicle is level. |
| US12158357B2 |
Level apparatus for determining slope in two dimensions
Described implementations provide a level for measuring a level of a target surface. The level has a base structure having a bottom surface, a top surface, a rear surface, and a front surface, and a bubble level disposed on the top surface of the base structure. The bottom surface is disposed at (1) a desired slope angle of the target surface along a first axis, and (2) a predetermined pitch angle along a second axis of the base structure, the second axis perpendicular to the first axis. The bubble level is disposed on the top surface along the first axis to indicate a slope level of the target surface relative to the predetermined slope angle and along the second axis to indicate a pitch level of the target surface relative to the predetermined pitch angle. The base structure has a ledge extending in an engagement direction along a third axis. |
| US12158353B2 |
System and method for determing a rooftop type
A system, a method, and a computer program product may be provided for determining a rooftop type. The system may be configured to obtain location information associated with a UAV, and obtain a first set of images and building data associated with a building in proximity of the UAV based on the location information. The system is configured to extract a set of rooftop features for a rooftop of the building using the first set of images and the building data. The set of rooftop features comprises at least a rooftop type and a durability parameter for the rooftop. The system is configured to store the set of rooftop features in conjunction with the building data for the building in a map database. |
| US12158350B2 |
System and method for directing a driver of an electric vehicle to a point of interest and a charging station in close proximity to the point of interest
A computer-implemented method and computer program product for directing a driver of an electric vehicle to a point of interest and a charging station in close proximity to the point of interest. The method includes the steps of: (a) receiving from a user a requested activity of interest; (b) identifying one or more points of interest matching the requested activity of interest and that are within a pre-determined point of interest range from the electric vehicle; (c) identifying charging stations within a pre-determined station distance from each of the identified points of interest; and (d) presenting to the user the identified points of interest having an identified charging station within the pre-determined station distance. The computer program is configured to perform the aforementioned steps. |
| US12158348B1 |
Lattice-based heuristics computations for autonomous driving
Techniques are discussed herein for determining low-cost and/or optimal driving trajectories for autonomous vehicles between various states in a driving environment. A lattice subgraph of lowest-cost trajectories associated with road segments in an environment may be precomputed off-vehicle, and provided to vehicles in the environment along with map data, lane graphs, etc. An autonomous vehicle may use the lattice subgraphs to determine costs associated with discrete entry points of the road segments along a driving route, and may perform additional computations using motion primitives and/or cost plots to determine costs associated with controlling the vehicle between various states to the discrete road segment entry points. The lattice subgraphs may be grouped and cost computations for the states within the various lattice subgraphs can be performed by the vehicle in parallel, to provide reduced computational complexity and faster computations of low-cost driving trajectories. |
| US12158340B2 |
Device and method for measuring laser displacement
Disclosed are a device and a method for measuring laser displacement. The device comprises an interferometric measurement module, a laser light source module, a signal modulation module, a control processing module and an optical vernier demodulation module. The control processing module controls the signal modulation module to apply a light source modulation signal to the laser light source module, so that the laser light source module provides two laser beams with fixed frequency difference to the interferometric measurement module. The control processing module controls the interferometric measurement module to perform interferometric measurement. During measurement, lasers respectively interfere in two Fabry-Perot cavities in the interferometric measurement module, and are detected by two photodetectors to form main and secondary measurement interference signals. The optical vernier demodulation module demodulates the main and secondary measurement interference signals obtained by the interferometric measurement module. |
| US12158338B2 |
Tape measure with variable preformed stressed spiral spring retraction system
A tool, such as a tape measure, including a spring-based retraction system is shown. The spring-based retraction system is driven by a spiral spring, that has a variable preformed stress profile along the length of the spring. |
| US12158336B2 |
Battery swelling inspection apparatus
Discussed is a battery swelling inspection apparatus including a first plate configured in a plate shape; a second plate configured in a plate shape and located to face the first plate; a fixing frame configured such that a portion of the first plate and a portion of the second plate are fixedly coupled thereto; a plurality of pressure measuring elements fixedly coupled to the first plate, having a head located to face the second plate, and configured to measure a pressure applied to the head, respectively; and a plurality of pressing members configured to have a second surface in a flat shape so that the second surface faces the second plate and have a first surface that is at least partially attached to the head of each of the plurality of pressure measuring elements. |
| US12158335B2 |
Custom decorative articles and system, apparatus, and method for providing the same
A method for determining an edge profile of a custom decorative article to be installed in an installation area is disclosed, the installation area having a perimeter having a plurality of corners. A computing device receives data indicative of a plurality of coordinates corresponding to the plurality of corners of the perimeter of the installation area. Based on at least first, second, and third coordinates respectively corresponding to first, second, and third corners of the plurality of corners of the perimeter of the installation area, the computing device determines dimensional and/or geometric characteristics of a pair of opposed portions of the edge profile that, in an installed position, are configured to meet to form a corner of the custom decorative article when installed at the second corner of the perimeter of the installation area. |
| US12158332B2 |
Thin film metrology
A method of evaluating a thickness of a film on a substrate includes detecting atomic force responses of the film to exposure of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. The use of atomic force microscopy to evaluate thicknesses of thin films avoids underlayer noise commonly encountered when optical metrology techniques are utilized to evaluate film thicknesses. Such underlayer noise adversely impacts the accuracy of the thickness evaluation. |
| US12158331B2 |
Systems and methods for fabricated part measurement
A system for measuring a length of a work piece including a leveling fixture disposed at a first end of the work piece and a range target disposed at a second end. The leveling fixture includes a precision stop abutting against the first end and range finders configured to be substantially aligned with the first end. The range target includes a target stop abutting against the second end and a vertical portion substantially aligned with the second end when the target stop abuts the second end. The range finders are each configured to take measurements between the range finders and the vertical portion of the range target so as to provide a measurement of the length of the work piece. |
| US12158329B2 |
Enhanced projectile for precision rifle ammunition with more uniform external ballistic performance and enhanced terminal ballistic performance
A ballistically enhanced projectile 360, 460 includes a body having a distal ogive section with external ballistic effect uniforming surface discontinuity (e.g., nose ring groove 369, 469) defined therein to provide an unsupported gap in the ogive profile which affects the flow of air over the front half of the ogive to provide greater aerodynamic uniformity and shot-to-shot consistency with more uniform observed external ballistics and superior terminal ballistics. The bullet's external surface discontinuity feature (369 or 469) creates effects in the flowfield that dominate any dynamic effects from bullet-to-bullet manufacturing inconsistency and resultant differences in dynamic behavior. |
| US12158328B2 |
Automated detonation of fireworks
A fireworks kit can have a set of fireworks having multiple fireworks of different types and a plurality of detonators in communication with the fireworks that are configured to launch or detonate a firework attached thereto. A remote controller or mobile device can be in communication with the detonators and operable to provide dynamic or user customizable control of detonation, launching, or ignition of the fireworks. |
| US12158322B2 |
Rigid attachment system
A rigid attachment system is provided. The rigid attachment system may be, e.g., an assaulter belt assembly, which includes a first layer having a plurality of windows cut from a thermoplastic composite material, e.g., Tegris® or Curv®, the windows spaced apart along a length of the first layer and separated by a plurality of bridge portions. The assaulter belt assembly further includes a second layer extending along and coupled to a back side of the first layer forming a plurality of openings configured to support one or more accessory holders. A binding may be affixed over the upper and lower edges of the first layer via a horizontal stitching pattern, and the second layer may be affixed to first layer along the plurality of bridge portions via a vertical stitching pattern. |
| US12158320B2 |
Compact ammunition conveyor twister
A conveyor mechanism for use with ammunition rounds includes a plurality of clamshells pivotally interconnected to each other, with each clamshell including a first body and a second body pivotally connected to the first body. Each clamshell is selectively transitional between an ammunition holding configuration and an ammunition release position, with the second body pivoting relative to the first body to facilitate transition between the ammunition holding configuration and the ammunition release configuration. The first and second bodies are configured to cooperatively engage one of the ammunition rounds when the clamshell is in the ammunition holding configuration. |
| US12158318B2 |
Electronic fire control system and methods of operating the same
The present disclosure provides systems and techniques that can be implemented in a gun, such as an electromechanical gun. The gun may charge a capacitor bank, identify a trigger break based on an output generated by a trigger sensor, and transmit a signal based on the trigger break. Transmitting the signal may result in the capacitor bank discharging electric charge such that electric current is directed at an actuator mechanism so as to cause displacement of the actuator mechanism, and the displacement of the actuator mechanism may result in the propulsion of a projectile through a barrel of the gun. The gun may determine that a projectile has been fired based on an output of an accelerometer or a gyroscope, and the gun may recharge the capacitor bank in response to determining that the projectile has been fired. |
| US12158317B2 |
Trigger travel adjustment assembly
A rearward-travel stop assembly for a firearm includes: a trigger guard portion; and an adjustable stop assembly coupled to the trigger guard portion and configured to limit rearward-travel of a trigger of the firearm by engaging a lower portion of the trigger. |
| US12158315B2 |
Bolt hold open mechanism system and method of using it
A bolt hold open mechanism assembly is disclosed. The bolt hold open mechanism assembly contains a connector rod, a follower lever associated with the connector rod, a bolt stop associated with the connector rod, and a lifter lever comprising at least one protrusion configured to interact with a magazine follower. |
| US12158310B2 |
Low-pressure heat pipes and heat transfer methods using low-pressure for heat pipes
Heat pipes and low-pressure working fluids used for heat pipes are described, by charging the low pressure working fluids with a level of non-condensable gases of less than 1% by volume, and the heat pipes can provide better thermal performance than aluminum plates while little or no additional cost is introduced for degassing. |
| US12158307B2 |
Internal circulation water cooling heat dissipation device
A water-cooling heat dissipation device includes a water cooling head, a delivering structure, a water-cooling radiator, and a water pump. The water-cooling head includes a chamber. The delivering structure is disposed on the water-cooling head and includes a water delivery column. The water delivery column includes a first and a second water passages. The first and second water passages are connected to the chamber.Multiple first and second slot holes are disposed on the first and second water passages respectively. The water-cooling radiator includes multiple tubes. A window is formed in the water-cooling radiator by splitting each tube. The water delivery column inserts in the window. Each first and second slot holes are welded to the nozzles of the tubes. |
| US12158302B2 |
Apparatus and systems for liquefaction of natural gas
Described herein are apparatuses and systems related to at-shore liquefaction of natural gas. The at-shore water-based apparatuses can include a hull, an air-cooled electrically-driven refrigeration system (“AER System”), a plurality of liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) storage tanks that are on a lower deck of the hull, and a closed loop ballast system. The closed loop ballast system can include a ballast fluid to assist in stabilizing the water-based apparatus moored to an at-shore location without discharging the ballast fluid to water proximate the at-shore location. Systems including an at-shore water-based apparatus can also include a land-based source of electricity and a land-based source of feed gas. |
| US12158298B2 |
Ice making device
An ice making device includes a restriction mechanism for restricting an ice detection lever from moving to a lower side than a restriction position. The restriction mechanism includes a restriction member, a wire spring attached to the restriction member, an opening part and a protruded part provided in the frame. A restriction part of the restriction member is capable of moving between a first rotation position and a second rotation position. When the restriction member is located at the first rotation position, the protruded part elastically deforms the wire spring and urges the restriction member to the first rotation position and, when the restriction member is located at the second rotation position, the protruded part elastically deforms the wire spring and urges the restriction member to the second rotation position. When the restriction member is located at the second rotation position, the restriction part is disposed at the restriction position. |
| US12158291B1 |
Low-force compressive and tensile actuation for elastocaloric heat pumps
The elastocaloric effect underpins a promising solid-state heat pumping technology that, when adopted for commercial and residential applications, can revolutionize the cooling and heating industry due to low environmental impact and substantial energy savings. Known operational demonstration devices based on the elastocaloric effect suffer from low endurance of materials and, in most experimental systems, from large footprints due to bulky actuators required to provide sufficient forces and displacements. We demonstrate a new approach which has the potential to enable a more effective exploitation of the elastocaloric effect by reducing the forces required for actuation. Thin strips of NiTi were incorporated into composite structures with base polymer, such that bending the structures results in either exclusively compression or exclusively tension applied to the elastocaloric strips. The structures allow compression of thin elastocaloric strips without buckling, realize more than 50% reduction in required forces for a given strain compared with axial loading, and open up a wide range of possibilities for compact, efficient elastocaloric devices. |
| US12158290B2 |
Aluminum compressor with sacrificial cladding
A compressor is disclosed, including an outer casing and a fluid guide around a cavity within the casing. An inlet is in operative fluid communication with the cavity, and an outlet is also in operative fluid communication with the cavity. A prime mover includes an actuator disposed in the cavity. The actuator includes a surface arranged to receive fluid in the cavity from the inlet, impart compression to received fluid in the cavity, and discharge compressed fluid to the outlet. A surface of the compressor includes a cladding of a second aluminum alloy over a core of a first aluminum alloy, wherein the second aluminum alloy is less noble than the first aluminum alloy and includes an alloying element selected from tin, indium, gallium, or combinations thereof. |
| US12158287B2 |
Electric water heater having internal heat concentrator
A water heater has one or more heating elements and an internal wall that causes an increased rate of heating within a sub-volume within the water heater tank. Water from the sub-volume is directed to the tank outlet. |
| US12158285B2 |
Apparatus for improving air quality in a building
A diffuser to distribute vapors throughout a building using an HVAC system. The diffuser has an inner tube with vents and a rotatable outer tube with vents, being rotatable by a rotation mechanism. The vents on both tubes can be misaligned, or fully or partially aligned by rotation of outer tube. The inner tube has a connector at one end to removably connect to a liquid container, and an annular flange. An elbow is located between the connector and the flange such that the container may be oriented vertically when the tubes are horizontal. A cavity in the inner tube is open to the container, and a wick in the cavity transmits liquid from the container to the cavity. Vapor diffuses out of the cavity through the vents when they are at least partially aligned. The diffuser may be installed into an HVAC duct. |
| US12158284B2 |
Windband silencer with means to reduce cross-wind pressure differential
A windband for an exhaust fan system. The windband comprises an elongate housing receivable about an exit nozzle of the exhaust fan system, an air inducer formed from a perforated material and positioned adjacent the bottom portion of the elongate housing, and a discharge sleeve positioned adjacent and secured to the top portion of the elongate housing. The discharge sleeve is formed from a perforated material and forms a passageway through which gas from the nozzle and induced ambient air passing through the elongate housing are discharged. The perforated air inducer and discharge sleeve together assist in the minimization of a pressure differential between an upwind side of the windband and a downwind side of the windband when the windband is subjected to wind striking the windband at an angle. |
| US12158282B2 |
Variable refrigerant flow system
An apparatus includes a compressor, a first heat exchanger, a reheater, a first valve, a second heat exchanger, a four-way valve, a cap tube, and a blower. The compressor compresses a refrigerant. The blower moves air proximate the second heat exchanger to the reheater. During a cooling mode of operation, the four-way valve is configured to direct refrigerant from the first heat exchanger to the compressor; the compressor compresses the refrigerant received from the first heat exchanger; and the cap tube is configured to allow refrigerant to bypass the reheater. |
| US12158281B2 |
Appliance equipped with a sensor and method of controlling the same
A sensor mounting device (100) of the present disclosure includes: a power supply unit (110) configured to generate power that is to be supplied to the device; a sensor (120) configured to acquire information of the environment around of the device; a first control unit (130) configured to give an instruction based on the information acquired by the sensor (120); and a second control unit (150) configured to control the device in accordance with the instruction of the first control unit (130) Power to the sensor (120) and the first control unit (130) is directly supplied from the power supply unit (110). Power to the second control unit (150) is supplied from the power supply unit (110) via a switching unit (140) whose ON/OFF state is controlled by the first control unit (130). |
| US12158278B2 |
System and method for monitoring air quality while cooling an outdoor electronic display assembly
Systems and methods for monitoring air quality of a geographic area are provided. Digital signage units include an electronic display and an air quality monitoring device located along an open loop pathway for ambient air. A monitoring subsystem receives air characteristic measurement data from the air quality monitoring devices of the digital signage units, which are installed at discrete locations within the geographic area, and subsequently generates a data summary of air characteristic measurements from the air characteristic measurement data from some or all of the digital signage units. |
| US12158256B2 |
Light-emitting device including movement mechanism
A light-emitting device includes: a light-emitting unit having a light-emitting surface; a light guide member configured to guide light from the light-emitting unit, the light guide member having a first surface that includes an incident portion on which light from the light-emitting unit is incident, and a second surface from which the light exits, the second surface including a plurality of concentric protrusions; and a movement mechanism configured to move the light guide member such that the incident portion and the plurality of concentric protrusions move together relative to the light-emitting unit in a first direction that intersects a center axis of the light-emitting surface. |
| US12158253B2 |
Illumination apparatus for a motor vehicle
An illumination apparatus for a motor vehicle comprises: a light source, an optical waveguide with an incident surface and a reflective region; and a hologram arranged on or in the optical waveguide. The illumination apparatus is configured such that light emitted by the light source enters the incident surface of the optical waveguide in the direction of the reflective region, is reflected by the reflective region inside the optical waveguide in the direction of the hologram and interacts with the hologram. The average distance between the light source and the incident surface is at least half as great as the average distance between the reflective region and the hologram. |
| US12158249B1 |
Flashlight with rechargeable battery assembly
A flashlight assembly that includes a tubular main body portion, a tail portion that is removable from the tubular main body portion, a battery assembly, and an alignment system. The main body portion and tail portion cooperate to define a battery assembly interior. The tail portion includes a first charging opening that communicates the battery assembly interior with the exterior of the tail portion. The battery assembly is positioned in the battery assembly interior and includes a battery housing defining a battery housing interior, a rechargeable battery cell disposed in the battery housing interior, and at least a first charging receptacle associated with the battery housing. The alignment system includes one of a first protrusion or a first recess associated with the battery housing and the other of the first protrusion or the first recess associated with the battery assembly interior. The first protrusion is received in the first recess and the first charging receptacle is aligned with the first charging opening. |
| US12158244B2 |
Device and method for filling pressurized gas tanks
A device for filling pressurized gas tanks, including a fluid transfer circuit having an upstream end connected to a plurality of sources of pressurized fluid and a downstream end having at least one dispenser intended to be connected to a tank to be filled, the sources being connected in parallel, each source has a fluid outlet connected to a respective outlet valve, the transfer lines being connected in parallel to the at least one dispenser and each having a respective transfer valve, the transfer lines and the transfer valves being dimensioned so as to transfer a maximum transfer gas flow which is smaller than the maximum filling gas flow, the sum of a plurality of maximum transfer gas flows provided by a plurality of outlet valves and a plurality of transfer lines being greater than or equal to the maximum filling gas flow. |
| US12158242B2 |
Liquefied gas storage tank
A tank for storing liquefied gas, having a shell delimiting a storage volume extending in a main direction which is horizontal in the use configuration of the tank, the tank comprising multiple deflecting walls in the storage volume which extend in an offset manner in the main direction configured to force the fluid to perform at least one back-and-forth movement in the main direction as the fluid passes between the lower end and the upper end of the storage volume, wherein a plurality of these deflecting walls are located in the lower half of the storage volume. |
| US12158240B2 |
Method for opening a valve assembly for a fuel tank
The invention relates to a method for opening a valve assembly for a fuel tank, comprising a pilot valve (V1) and at least one additional valve (V2), in particular for use in a fuel cell-operated vehicle, having the steps of applying (30) an amplification voltage (S1) in order to open the pilot valve (V1) in an opening phase (P1) of the pilot valve (V1), deactivating (32) the amplification voltage (S1) in order to terminate the opening phase (P1) of the pilot valve (V1), applying (34) a pull-in voltage (S2) in a pull-in phase (P2) of the pilot valve (V1) in order to hold the pilot valve (V1) open, and activating and deactivating (36) the pull-in voltage (S2) in an alternating manner in order to hold the pilot valve (V1) open and in order to open the at least one other valve (V2) and hold same open in a readjustment phase (P3) such that the hold-open energy required on average for holding the pilot valve (V1) open and the opening energy and/or hold-open energy required on average for the at least one other valve (V2) is provided. |
| US12158237B2 |
Insertion amount grasping device
An insertion amount grasping device includes: a first jig fixed to a fixation target in a state where the first jig is positioned against the fixation target, the first jig having a guide through-hole extending toward an application portion in a state where the first jig is fixed to the fixation target; an insertion portion inserted into the guide through-hole such that the insertion portion is introduced toward the application portion in a state where an operator grips the insertion portion; and a protruding portion as a protruding portion provided in the insertion portion, the protruding portion inserted into the guide through-hole and cause friction between the protruding portion and the guide through-hole when a predetermined positional relationship is established between a distal end part of the insertion portion and the application portion along with an introduction operation to introduce the insertion portion toward the application portion. |
| US12158234B2 |
Shooting bracket
The present application belongs to the technical field of shooting auxiliary equipment and relates to a shooting bracket, which includes a bracket body, a connection device, a clamping device and an auxiliary handle with a hinged end. The connection device is mounted on the bracket body. One of the bracket body and the auxiliary handle is provided with a first limiting part, and the other is provided with a second limiting part matched the first limiting part. When the auxiliary handle is in the folded state, through meshing the first limiting part and the second limiting part, relative rotation between the auxiliary handle and the bracket body is prevented. The shooting bracket is provided with a first limiting part and a second limiting part that is meshed with each other to limit rotation of the clamping device connected to the connection device. |
| US12158230B2 |
Method of assembling a pipe hanger
A method of assembling a pipe hanger includes inserting a threaded rod through a suspension member; placing a lock tab washer on the threaded rod, the lock tab washer defining an edge tab, a nut tab, and a wing extending from the nut tab; threading a nut on the threaded rod, the nut defining a circumferential side defining a first face and a second face, the lock tab washer oriented between the suspension member and the nut; folding the edge tab over a side edge of the suspension member; folding the nut tab over the first face of the circumferential side of the nut; and folding the wing over the second face of the circumferential side of the nut. |
| US12158226B2 |
Flexible alignment sealing coupling
A seal for a flexible alignment sealing coupling. The seal includes an annular member being symmetric about a longitudinal axis. The annular member has a radially inward facing surface extending an axial width between a first axial end and a second axial end. In a relaxed state of the seal, the radially inward facing surface has an asymmetric generally concave V-shaped cross section and is defined by a first section and a second section. The first section has a first seal taper angle measured relative to a line parallel to the longitudinal axis. The second section has a second seal taper angle measured relative to another line parallel to the longitudinal axis. The first seal taper angle is less than the second seal taper angle. Each of the first seal taper angle and the second seal taper angle is greater than zero degrees and less than 90 degrees. |
| US12158225B2 |
Swivel joint
A swivel joint including a flange assembly and an inner joint that is configured to rotate with respect to the flange assembly. The flange assembly may include a first flange and a second flange that is secured to the first flange. The inner joint may have a main body and a radial extension extending outward from the main body with the radial extension positioned between the first flange and the second flange. A first thrust bearing may be positioned between the radial extension and the first flange, and a second thrust bearing may be positioned between the radial extension and the second flange. A first seal and a second seal may each be positioned between the flange assembly and the inner joint. A leak indicator may be positioned between the first seal and the second seal. The first and second thrust bearings may be caged bearings. |
| US12158221B1 |
Multi-seat plug valve
A multi-seat plug valve with a pair of sealing members separated by a rotatable plug, a body with one or more detents for receipt of a respective locking pin, a bonnet with one or more detents for receipt of a respective locking pin, linear track plates (upper/lower), and offset track plates (upper/lower). Each locking pin permanently rests in a respective slot in an upper or lower linear track plate. The locking pins may be moved between respective opposing detents in the upper or lower offset track plate and the bonnet or body, respectively, to affect i) radial movement of the sealing members when the linear track plates are coupled to the body and the bonnet by locking pins, and ii) rotational movement of the sealing members when the linear track plates are coupled to the upper and lower offset track plates by locking pins. |
| US12158213B2 |
Multiport valve unit for plastic melts and other medium- to high-viscosity liquids
A multiport valve unit for medium- to high-viscosity fluids having a housing comprising at least: an inlet plate having at least one main flow channel, an outlet plate having at least one main flow channel, and at least one secondary flow channel. At least one intermediate plate and/or at least one spacer element are located between the inlet plate and the outlet plate. The multiport valve unit also has at least one switching element mounted pivotably or rotatably in the housing, which switching element is located between the inlet plate and the outlet plate, and, in a starting position, connects the main flow channels to one another via at least one passage opening. |
| US12158210B2 |
Self-lubricating, wear resistant piston seal
A piston seal assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a seal formed of a nickel-based superalloy; a component in contact with the seal and defining a seal-counterface; and a coating on the seal at the seal-counterface, wherein the coating is a nanostructured, self-lubricating coating material. |
| US12158202B2 |
Gear device
A gear device includes a first gear, a second gear, and a third gear. The second gear is offset eccentrically when the first gear is rotated. The third gear is rotated at a speed slower than a rotation speed of the first gear when the second gear is offset eccentrically. The stopper plate is engaged with the second gear through a fitting structure thereby restricting rotational movement of the second gear while permitting linear movement of the second gear. One of the second gear and the stopper plate includes an engagement claw. The other one of the second gear and the stopper plate includes a recess engaged with the engagement claw. The engagement claw includes a grease sump that holds grease applied between the recess and the engagement claw. |
| US12158196B2 |
Actuator device
An actuator device includes a housing, parallel rolling screws supported in the housing, an actuator element, an actuator spindle anchored in the actuator element, a control system, sensor heads, and position sensors. Each rolling screw is coupled to an electric motor and engages a roller nut. Rotating the rolling screws axially displaces the rolling nuts. The actuator element engages with each rolling nut. One sensor head is arranged on the actuator element near each roller nut. One position sensor is fastened in the actuator adjacent each sensor head and communicates position information of each sensor head to the control system. Each electric motor has an encoder coupled to the control system. The encoder provides a primary motor control. The control system compares information from each position sensor with information from the encoder. The information from each position sensor acts as a secondary position control of the actuator element. |
| US12158193B2 |
Vertical guide channel
A guide channel for guiding an energy chain along a vertical line or along a line running with a vertical component, which guide channel has delimiting walls that are formed by separate guide plates and are arranged opposite each other. The two guide plates have smooth sliding surfaces on their sides facing the energy chain, which sliding surfaces are provided, in their lateral edge regions, with guide flanges protruding at a right angle. The guide plates are retained in brackets, which can be fastened, with a height offset at distances, to a supporting wall and which are U-shaped. The exterior side of the U web of the bracket lies against the supporting wall, and the guide plates can be fastened to the interior sides of the U legs of the bracket. |
| US12158186B2 |
Dynamically engageable electromechanical brake
Disclosed herein are systems and methods including an electromechanical brake used downhole to impart dynamic or static braking capabilities while absorbing or otherwise reducing shock loads. The electromechanical brake may be used for a downhole electromechanical linear actuator to control a valve for the production of subterranean fluid. In some examples, it may be desirable for an electromechanical linear actuator to maintain a retracted position during certain safety and/or maintenance operations. The electromechanical brake includes a brake housing, a first armature rotatably disposed in the brake housing, a second armature rotatably disposed in the brake housing for rotation by a motor, an electrical coil energizable to urge the second armature into axial engagement with the first armature, and a rotational spring for biasing the first armature to a neutral rotational position relative to the brake housing while allowing a limited rotation of the first armature relative to the brake housing. |
| US12158184B2 |
Insulated bearing
An insulated bearing includes an outer ring, a plurality of rolling elements, and an insulating cap. The outer ring has an inner rolling surface and an outer spiral groove, the rolling elements are in rolling contact with the inner rolling surface, and the insulating cap is screwed onto the outer ring. The insulating cap has an inner spiral, complementary to the outer spiral groove. In an example embodiment, the outer spiral groove comprises a cross-section having a shape selected from the group consisting of a rectangle, a triangle, and a trapezoid. In an example embodiment, the outer spiral groove has between 2 and 4 revolutions. In an example embodiment, the outer spiral groove has a width of 4 millimeters or less. |
| US12158183B2 |
Thrust bearing cage with dual piloting flanges and oil inlet channels
A cage assembly for a bearing includes a first cage half and a second cage half. The first cage half includes a first annular section with a first plurality of circumferentially spaced apertures for receiving a plurality of rolling elements, and a first cylindrical section arranged for positioning the cage assembly on a first shaft. The second cage half includes a second annular section with a second plurality of circumferentially spaced apertures for receiving the plurality of rolling elements, and a second cylindrical section arranged for positioning the cage assembly on a second shaft. In an example embodiment, the first cylindrical section or the second cylindrical section has an aperture for radial flow of a lubricant. |
| US12158181B2 |
Cageless bearing and transmission
In one example, a bearing or transmission has an outer race that extends circumferentially about a central axis. An inner race is disposed within the outer race and extends circumferentially about the central axis so as to be coaxial with the outer race. A plurality of load-bearing rolling elements are disposed between the inner race and the outer race, and are spaced circumferentially from one another so as to not contact one another. A plurality of separator rolling elements are disposed within the outer race. Each separator rolling element is disposed between a respective pair of the load-bearing rolling elements such that the separator rolling element is in rolling contact with the load-bearing rolling elements of the respective pair. The load-bearing and separator rolling elements form a contiguous ring. |
| US12158180B2 |
Fluid dynamic bearing, spindle motor, hard disk drive device
A conical bearing member includes a communication hole communicating an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface of the conical bearing member, and the inner peripheral surface includes a press-fit region in contact with a shaft and an enlarged diameter region having a diameter greater than a diameter of the press-fit region and including an inner opening part of the communication hole. A tapered part having a diameter increasing toward the enlarged diameter region is provided at an end part of the press-fit region on the enlarged diameter region side. |
| US12158178B2 |
Systems and methods for universal clamping of information handling resource
A clamp may include two substantially planar plates opposite from and generally parallel to one another, each plate having a mounting hole formed therein for receiving a fastener, two teeth, each tooth extending from a respective one of the two plates, such that each tooth is generally perpendicular to the plates, and such that each tooth extends towards the other from its respective plate, and a tongue opposite from and mechanically interfaced between the two plates, such that the tongue has a concave curved profile between the plates, and such that when a force is applied in a first direction by a fastener engaging with the clamp through the mounting holes, compression of the plates towards one another causes deflection of the tongue in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction. |
| US12158175B1 |
Lockable connecting ring
A lockable connecting ring includes a first assembly and a second assembly connected to the first assembly. Two opposite ends of a rod body of the first assembly have a male linking portion and a female lockable portion, respectively. Two opposite ends of a rod body of the second assembly have a male lockable portion and a female linking portion, respectively. The male linking portion is pivotally connected to the female linking portion, and the female lockable portion is detachably connected to the male lockable portion by screwing. When the threaded connection of the lockable connecting ring is unlocked, the lockable connecting ring could be rotated along the pivotal connection to form an opening for allowing the rope to fit around the lockable connecting ring. Then, the female lockable portion is connected to the male lockable portion by screwing again to close the lockable connecting ring, which is convenient for use. |
| US12158171B2 |
Hook
A hook includes a hook seat, a rivet, and a fixing bolt. A rivet cap and a rivet post are provided on the rivet. The rivet post includes a rivet rod and a rivet seat. A diameter of the rivet seat is greater than a diameter of the rivet rod. A first step is formed between the rivet rod and the rivet seat. A first cut surface and a second cut surface are provided on both sides of the rivet rod, respectively. The rivet and fixing bolt are matched with each other and fixed to the hook seat. The first step abuts against one side of the hook seat. An end face of the fixing bolt abuts against the other side of the hook seat to lock the hook seat between the fixing bolt and the first step. |
| US12158165B2 |
Centrifugal compressor with liquid injection
A centrifugal compressor for a chiller includes an impeller, a motor, a diffuser, and at least one injection port. The impeller is attached to a shaft rotatable about a rotation axis. The motor is arranged and configured to rotate the shaft in order to rotate the impeller. The diffuser is disposed downstream from the impeller. The at least one injection port is located within the diffuser. The at least one injection port is configured and arranged to supply liquid refrigerant into the diffuser from a condenser or an economizer of the chiller. |
| US12158163B1 |
Electric water pump
An electric water pump includes: a housing in which a cooling water inlet and a plurality of cooling water outlets are formed; a stator provided inside the housing; a rotor that is provided inside the housing and spaced apart from the stator at a predetermined interval in a radial direction; and an impeller provided integrally with an upper portion of the rotor. The electric water pump further includes: a pump body provided between the stator and the rotor, and having a first middle outlet; and a driving device selectively fluidly communicating any one of the plurality of cooling water outlets, and the first middle outlet by rotating the pump body at a predetermined angle. |
| US12158162B2 |
Interchangeable modular cutoff for centrifugal blowers
A centrifugal blower assembly including a blower housing having a scroll wall defining a blower chamber, the scroll wall extending circumferentially between a cutoff point to an end point defining a blower circumference, the blower housing further having a surface adjacent to the cutoff point; and a modular cutoff configured to attach to the surface of the blower housing, the modular cutoff having an abutting surface and a cutoff surface configured to extend the cutoff point of the blower by the cutoff surface to an extended cutoff surface. The abutting surface of the modular cutoff further includes an attachment feature configured to mate to an attachment feature of the blower housing. |
| US12158159B2 |
Compressor arrangement and method of operating a compressor
A compressor arrangement having a main compressor, a piping system containing process gas to be extracted after the shut-down of the main compressor and one or more components emitting or leaking depressurized process gas while the compressor is operating or starting up; the compressor arrangement further comprises one or more collectors arranged to collect the depressurized process gas emitted from said components and an additional compressor fluidly coupled with the piping system and with the collectors in in order to compress the depressurized process gas coming from the components while the compressor is starting up or operating and to compress process gas coming from the piping system after a shut-down of the compressor. |
| US12158158B2 |
High rotational speed rotor and turbocompressor comprising the same
A turbocompressor includes at least one rotor the axis of which includes at least one preloading element permanently maintaining the diameter of the axis larger than its natural diameter, a high speed rotor and a method of manufacturing the same. |
| US12158156B2 |
Ceiling fan infrared detection and control system
A ceiling fan infrared detection and control system has a wall-mounted controller, a ceiling fan controller, and a motor. The wall-mounted controller has an infrared sensor that is arranged outwardly and horizontally. The wall-mounted controller is pivotally equipped with a lens outside the infrared sensor for detecting infrared rays of a human body within a detection range. The control unit can output a wireless signal to the ceiling fan controller to control the motor according to the infrared detection result. The ceiling fan infrared detection and control system uses the technical feature that the lens is rotatable relative to the wall-mounted controller, so that the detection range can be moved synchronously along with the lens. The detection range has directivity and the function of adjusting the detection position, which can avoid false detection of a pet below the height of the detection range. |
| US12158152B2 |
Vacuum pump and stator component of thread groove pump portion of the vacuum pump
Provided is a vacuum pump suitable for preventing the backflow of a particle from the vacuum pump toward a vacuum chamber. The vacuum pump includes a turbomolecular pump portion exhausting gas molecules by a rotor blade and a stator blade, and a thread groove pump portion provided downstream of the turbomolecular pump portion and exhausting the gas molecules by a thread groove flow path formed by a cylindrical rotary component (cylindrical portion) and a cylindrical stator component (thread groove pump portion stator) provided on an outer periphery of the cylindrical rotary component, wherein a bounce back prevention means for preventing a particle from bouncing from the thread groove pump portion back toward the turbomolecular pump portion is provided downstream of the turbomolecular pump portion. |
| US12158149B2 |
Fluid transfer apparatus
The present invention provides a fluid transfer apparatus comprising: a rotating shaft comprising a rotation unit extending along an axial direction and a first eccentric unit and a second eccentric unit disposed to be spaced apart from each other along the axial direction; a first rotor housing forming a first fluid compression space in the shape of an epitrochoid curved surface; a second rotor housing forming a second fluid compression space in the shape of an epitrochoid curved surface, and positioned to be spaced apart from the first rotor housing along the axial direction; a first rotor disposed in the first fluid compression space so as to delimit the first fluid compression space into multiple variable-displacement spaces, and coupled to the first eccentric unit while surrounding the first eccentric unit in the radial direction of the first eccentric unit; and a second rotor disposed in the second fluid compression space so as to delimit the second fluid compression space into multiple variable-displacement spaces, and coupled to the second eccentric unit while surrounding the second eccentric unit in the radial direction of the second eccentric unit. |
| US12158147B2 |
Slide valve of a single screw compressor
A single screw compressor comprises a main rotor and at least one gate rotor, a casing for the main rotor having a discharge port at a discharge end of the casing, and a slide slidable within a bore in the casing adjacent the main rotor. The slide has a cut-out (6) between first (2) and second (4) sealing parts of the slide, the slide is slidable between a high volume ratio position where the cut-out (6) is within the casing and provides a path to the discharge port, and a low volume ratio position where the slide is beyond the discharge end of the casing to provide a fixed discharge path in the bore of the casing. |
| US12158146B2 |
Low coefficient of expansion rotors for vacuum boosters
A vacuum booster assembly includes, but is not limited to, a booster housing defining a booster chamber and including a gas inlet and a gas outlet; a first rotor positioned within the booster chamber and adapted for rotation therein, the first rotor including a first shaft and at least two lobes defining a first lobe profile; and a second rotor positioned within the booster chamber and adapted for rotation therein, the second rotor including a second shaft and at least two lobes defining a second lobe profile, wherein the first and second rotors are formed from a metal having a coefficient of thermal expansion from about 1 (10−6 in/in*K) to about 13 (10−6 in/in*K), and wherein at least one of the outer surface of the first rotor, the outer surface of the second rotor, or the booster chamber includes a coating. |
| US12158144B2 |
Fluid end of a hydraulic fluid pump and method of assembling the same
A method of assembling a fluid end includes inserting a valve through a bore of a housing of the fluid end and into an interior volume of the fluid end, inserting a valve cover into the bore such that the valve cover seals the bore, and coupling a lock cover to the housing, the lock cover positioned over the bore to prevent removal of the valve cover from the bore. When the lock cover is coupled to the housing, the lock cover does not apply a preload against the valve cover. |
| US12158141B1 |
Inverted fluid chamber
A chamber for pumping relatively small volumes of fluid is provided. The chamber includes a plug moveable between a retracted position and an extended position. When the plug is in the retracted position, the plug may be positioned and located toward a first end of the chamber such that fluid may enter into the chamber through an inlet. Once the fluid is received into the chamber, the plug may be moved toward the extended position. As the plug moves toward the extended position, the plug may be pressed into a variable volume plate. As the plug is pressed into the variable volume plate, the plug may deform and enter into a cavity. When the plug enters the cavity, the plug may push fluid out from the cavity. Thus, a known volume of fluid may exit the chamber when the plug is moved from the retracted position to the extended position. |
| US12158136B2 |
Rope driver, portable device for driving a rope comprising a rope driver, kit, method and use
A portable device for hoisting/lowering/storing a rope from a tall structure, such as a is described. The device is formed of an assembly of a rope storage container and a rope driver reversibly connected thereto. The rope storage container defines a rope storage volume bound between a bottom surface and an outer side wall. The rope driver is reversibly connectable to the container and comprises a rope passage having a dimension matching a diameter of the rope. The passage is formed between a pair of adjacent rollers or between a drive coil and a clamp. The rope is driven (hoisted and stored or provided and lowered) by an electric motor arranged to drive at least one of the rollers or the drive coil. |
| US12158135B2 |
Block for geotechnical applications
A block for geotechnical applications is disclosed, the block having a composite body which is a section of a used wind turbine blade including a part of its leading edge, trailing edge and the windward surface and leeward surface of the used blade. The body is open from above and below. Fragments of the windward surface, leeward surface, leading edge and trailing edge of the used blade are the block's side walls. The inside of the body is filled with a filling material. A method of making a block for geotechnical applications is also disclosed. Under the method, a section is marked on a used wind turbine blade between its tip and root for mounting in a hub. Then, within this section, the block body is cut out, in two cutting planes parallel to each other, in the form of a fragment with a closed cross section, including a part of a leading edge, trailing edge, windward shell and leeward shell of this blade, then this body is filled with a filling material, making its filling. |
| US12158132B2 |
Method and apparatus for operating traveling spark igniter at high pressure
An ignition circuit and a method of operating an igniter (preferably a traveling spark igniter) in an internal combustion engine, including a high pressure engine. A high voltage is applied to electrodes of the igniter, sufficient to cause breakdown to occur between the electrodes, resulting in a high current electrical discharge in the igniter, over a surface of an isolator between the electrodes, and formation of a plasma kernel in a fuel-air mixture adjacent said surface. Following breakdown, a sequence of one or more lower voltage and lower current pulses is applied to said electrodes, with a low “simmer” current being sustained through the plasma between pulses, preventing total plasma recombination and allowing the plasma kernel to move toward a free end of the electrodes with each pulse. |
| US12158131B2 |
Fuel system
Low-cost fuel injection systems for internal combustion engines, including vapor fuel engines are provided. |
| US12158129B2 |
Fuel distributor rail for an injection system and injection system for mixture-compressing, spark ignition internal combustion engines
A fluid distributor. The fluid distributor includes a base body, a high pressure output, and a connecting piece which is joined to the base body and is used for the high pressure output. The base body is formed by a forging operation. An interior space of the base body is formed at the base body by a machining operation after the forging operation. The connecting piece is processed by a machining operation. A holding element is provided, that, as a result of the machining operation, an accommodating opening, which leads from an outer side of the connecting piece through a wall of the connecting piece and is used for at least partially accommodating the holding element, and an accommodating space, into which, during assembly, a connector of an injector is at least partially insertable in a mounting direction, are formed at the connecting piece. |
| US12158128B1 |
Fuel injector control system and method
An electronically controlled fuel injector includes an injection valve; a control valve fluidly connected between a pressurized fuel supply passage and a control chamber for controlling operation of the injection valve, the control valve movable between a non-injection position and an injection position; the injection valve configured to inject fuel with the control valve in the injection position; and a control member chamber including an orifice that fluidly connects the control member chamber with a low pressure return line of a fuel supply system. The control chamber is fluidly coupled with a pressure communication passage such that the control chamber is fluidly coupled with the low pressure return line through the orifice in the control member chamber when the control valve is in the injection position. The pressure communication passage includes a two-way, variable flow rate valve. |
| US12158127B2 |
Air cleaner
Provided is an air cleaner including: a first case and a second case each having a case wall; and a flat plate filter element sandwiched between the first case and the second case, wherein the flat plate filter element has an annular sealing portion on a peripheral edge of the flat plate filter element, at least a partial section of a peripheral edge of at least one of the first case or the second case has a flange portion and a guide wall inside the case wall, the flange portion contacts the sealing portion and extends inside at least one of the first case or the second case substantially perpendicular to the case wall from an end of the case wall, and the guide wall extends substantially parallel to the case wall and facing the case wall from an inner end of the flange portion. |
| US12158126B2 |
Engine system
An engine system includes an internal combustion engine with two sets of cylinders, a turbocharger, two exhaust conduits providing fluid communication between the turbocharger and an exhaust of the cylinders, and an exhaust gas recirculation system including a recirculation valve. Two proportional exhaust valves are adapted to control a flow of exhaust gas in the two exhaust conduits. An actuator includes an output component operating the recirculation valve and the two exhaust valves. In a neutral position, the two exhaust valves are open and the recirculation valve is closed. A first movement of the output component, from its neutral position towards a first position, open the recirculation valve and close a first of the two exhaust valve. A second movement, from the first position and in the same direction as the first movement, close the second exhaust valve and hold open the recirculation valve and closed the first exhaust valve. |
| US12158125B1 |
System for controlling production of ozone for an internal combustion engine
An ozone generation system for an internal combustion engine. The ozone generator having a conductive cylindrical containment shell with a first cylindrical electrode and a second cylindrical electrode disposed inside the conductive cylindrical containment. A high voltage source is connected between the first and second cylindrical electrode, the voltage sufficient to cause production of ozone. The ozone generator permits air to flow therethrough wherein a change from oxygen to ozone occurs in the air flowing through the ozone generator. At least one monitor module having a voltage sensor for sensing the voltage differential between the first and second cylindrical electrode and at least one control module for controlling the voltage differential between the first and second cylindrical electrode are implemented in the system. |
| US12158123B1 |
Supplemental thrust system with rotating detonation combustor
An assembly is provided for a turbine engine. This turbine engine assembly includes a supplemental thrust section and a duct. The supplemental thrust section includes a rotating detonation combustor. The duct includes a supplemental thrust section inlet fluidly coupled with and leading to the rotating detonation combustor. The supplemental thrust section inlet has a flow area that decreases as at least a first portion of the supplemental thrust section inlet extends towards the rotating detonation combustor. |
| US12158119B2 |
Engine system and gas fuel combustion method
The present disclosure describes an engine system that can achieve at least one of the followings: suppressing of generating of nitrogen oxides and suppressing of remaining of uncombusted hydrocarbons. The engine system has a combustion chamber to which air and a gas fuel are supplied, and is configured to combust the gas fuel. The engine system includes a liquid fuel injecting unit, and a control unit. The liquid fuel injecting unit is configured to inject a liquid fuel thereby to ignite the gas fuel. The control unit is configured to control the liquid fuel injecting unit. The control unit is configured to control the liquid fuel injecting unit so that injection of the liquid fuel is performed after a flame propagation after ignition of the gas fuel is ended. |
| US12158118B2 |
Method and device for using and producing multi-dimensional characteristic maps for controlling and regulating technical devices
A computer-implemented method for operating a technical device with the aid of a multi-dimensional characteristic map. The characteristic map is defined by data points, to each of which a characteristic field value is assigned. For reading out the characteristic map, an output value is determined, as a function of an input variable point to be evaluated for the technical device, with the aid of one-dimensional basis functions, which are assigned to each dimension of a data point. The function values of the one-dimensional basis functions respectively have a monotone curve to a neighboring data point, which has the function value 0, and are outside of the neighboring data point 0. The technical device is operated as a function of the output value. |
| US12158113B2 |
Turbomachinery engines with high-speed low-pressure turbines
A turbomachinery engine includes a fan assembly, a low-pressure turbine, and a gearbox. The fan assembly includes a plurality of fan blades. The low-pressure turbine includes 3-5 rotating stages. The low-pressure turbine includes an area ratio equal to the annular exit area of an aft-most rotating stage of the low-pressure turbine divided by the annular exit area of a forward-most rotating stage of the low-pressure turbine. In some instances, the area ratio is within a range of 3.1-5.1. |
| US12158108B2 |
Slanted loading for line replaceable multipoint fuel injector arrays
A system includes an engine case for a gas turbine engine defined around a longitudinal axis. A plurality of access openings are defined through the engine case. A combustor is housed in the space inside the engine case. The inner annular wall of the combustor includes a first rail on an upstream end thereof with a radially outward opening slot. The outer annular wall of the combustor includes a second rail on an upstream end thereof. A plurality of circumferentially spaced apart dome liners extending from the first rail to the second rail. Each dome liner extends tangentially in a direction oblique relative to a radius extending from the longitudinal axis. A plurality of multipoint fuel injector components are assembled across the first and second rails to from a combustor dome together with the dome liners. |
| US12158106B2 |
Heat exchangers
A heat exchanger which may be used in an engine, such as a vehicle engine for an aircraft or orbital launch vehicle is provided. The heat exchanger may be configured as generally drum-shaped with a multitude of spiral sections, each containing numerous small diameter tubes. The spiral sections may spiral inside one another. The heat exchanger may include a support structure with a plurality of mutually axially spaced hoop supports, and may incorporate an intermediate header. The heat exchanger may incorporate recycling of methanol or other antifreeze used to prevent blocking of the heat exchanger due to frost or ice formation. |
| US12158103B1 |
Cooling flow injection to alter exhaust boundary conditions in a turbo-compounded engine
A turbo-compounded engine includes a piston engine connected to drive a propulsor. An outlet of the piston engine is operable to connect products of combustion from the piston engine to pass over a turbine. The turbine is connected to drive a turbine shaft also providing rotation to the propulsor. An outlet of the turbine is connected into an exhaust duct configured to exhaust the products of combustion. The exhaust duct is provided with an exhaust duct outer wall defining an exhaust chamber, and a further cooling air outer wall is positioned outwardly of the exhaust duct. Struts connect a cooling chamber between the cooling air outer wall and the exhaust duct outer wall into a center bullet. The center bullet has a downstream end for directing the cooling air into the exhaust chamber at a location upstream of a downstream end of the exhaust duct outer wall. |
| US12158100B2 |
Vehicle
A vehicle includes an engine, a turbocharger that supercharges intake air to the engine, an exhaust passage connected to the engine, a turbine of the turbocharger being disposed in the exhaust passage, a bypass passage that bypasses the turbine and is connected to the exhaust passage, a waste gate valve that opens and closes the bypass passage; and an abnormality determination device configured to include a determination unit configured to determine an abnormality of the waste gate valve when an operation state of the engine is a supercharging state. |
| US12158097B2 |
Thermal accumulator assembly
A thermal accumulator assembly (TAA) for a vehicle waste heat recovery system (WHRS) utilizing a two-phase coolant includes a hermetically sealed housing having a separator plate dividing an interior of the housing into a higher pressure first chamber and a lower pressure second chamber. A pressure control valve is disposed between the first and second chambers. A first inlet port is connected to the first chamber and configured to receive a first flow of coolant. A first outlet port is connected to the first chamber and configured to a second flow of liquid coolant to a heat generating component in the WHRS. A second inlet port is connected to the first chamber and configured to receive a third flow of heated coolant from the heat generating component. A second outlet port is connected to the second chamber and configured to supply a fourth flow of vapor coolant to the WHRS. |
| US12158096B2 |
Mixer assembly
A mixer assembly comprises a tubular housing including an exhaust gas inlet, an exhaust gas outlet, and a reductant inlet on a side of the tubular housing. An upstream mixing element is positioned within the tubular housing upstream from the reductant inlet. A downstream mixing element is positioned within the tubular housing downstream from the reductant inlet and the upstream mixing element. The upstream and downstream mixing elements at least partially define a reductant receiving mixing chamber in which the injected reductant and exhaust gas mix. A divider is positioned within the tubular housing downstream from the upstream mixing element to split the exhaust into two divided flow streams prior to exiting through the exhaust gas outlet. |
| US12158089B2 |
Rotor for a camshaft phaser
A powder-metallurgically produced rotor for a camshaft adjuster includes a rotor base body having an outer diameter bounded by a radially outer lateral surface and passing through a first axis of rotation, and an inner diameter bounded by a radially inner lateral surface and passing through a second axis of rotation. The rotor has blades projecting radially outward from the radially outer lateral surface and a calibrated first annular web projecting radially inward on the inner lateral surface, which has a web lateral surface defining a bore passing through the rotor base body in the axial direction and having an inside diameter passing through a third axis of rotation, wherein the third axis of rotation is offset in the radial direction by at most 0.1 mm relative to the first axis of rotation and/or the second axis of rotation. |
| US12158086B2 |
Gas turbine engine with combustor section mounted modulated compressor air cooling system
A gas turbine engine comprises a turbine, a combustor fluidly coupled to the turbine, and a cooling air system. The turbine includes including a turbine rotor having a shaft mounted for rotation about an axis of the gas turbine engine and a set of turbine blades coupled to the turbine rotor for rotation therewith. The combustor includes an outer combustor case and an inner combustor case that cooperate to define a combustion chamber. The cooling air system is configured to cool the turbine using air form the combustion chamber of the combustor. |
| US12158084B2 |
Wall provided with a cooling hole having a diffusion portion with a triangular section
A turbomachine component such as a blade, includes a wall provided with at least one cooling hole having a metering portion and a tapered diffusion portion. The diffusion portion includes a central edge forming a bottom of the diffusion portion that is oblique with respect to a flow axis of the cooling hole. |
| US12158077B2 |
Compact turbine-compressor assembly
There is provided a compact turbine-compressor assembly 25. The turbine-compressor assembly 25 includes a turbine wheel 39 with one or more turbine blades 41 and a compressor wheel 47 that includes one or more compressor blades 49. The compressor wheel 47 is concentric with the turbine wheel 39. Furthermore, the compressor wheel 47 and the turbine wheel 39 are not located at opposite ends of a common axle with a medial portion of the axle distancing them apart, as is the case with prior art turbine-compressor assemblies that are known. In contrast, the turbine wheel 39 and the compressor wheel 47 are located adjacent to each other and in one embodiment they axially overlap each other so that one nests within the other to thereby provide a compact arrangement. The turbine-compressor assembly 25 includes a first fluid path 67 which is configured to convey fluid, which will typically be air, through the turbine blades 41. The turbine-compressor assembly 25 also includes a second fluid path 77 which is configured to convey fluid, which will typically be air, through the compressor blades. The turbine-compressor assembly 25 is arranged so that the first fluid path 67 is distinct from the second fluid path 77 and vice-versa. |
| US12158076B1 |
Local stiffening for gas turbine engine casing
A gas turbine engine under this disclosure could be said to include a compressor section, a combustor and a turbine section. At least one casing surrounds at least one of the compressor and turbine section. The at least one casing is formed of sheet metal, and has at least one potential peak displacement point due to vibration across a speed range of the at least one of the compressor and turbine section. A stiffening element is fixed to a wall of the casing at the at least one potential peak displacement point. A method is also disclosed. |
| US12158071B2 |
Tunnel boring machine having a device for detecting a content of critical gas
A device for detecting a content of critical gas in a mining chamber of a tunnel boring machine includes a separation module by which a fluid fed in via an extraction line connection is cleaned of solid and liquid components. A gas line arrangement arranged downstream of the separation module in the flow direction of the fluid carries the fluid, including substantially only gaseous components, through a pressure reducer and through a flow control valve of a metering module by which the gas to be analyzed can be delivered in a controlled manner assisted by a double diaphragm pump and a pressure stabilizer to a gas analysis unit even at high pressures in the cavity. |
| US12158067B2 |
Estimating wellbore curvature using pad displacement measurements
A method for evaluating a subterranean wellbore includes rotating a drill string in the subterranean wellbore. The drill string includes a rotary steerable tool, a steerable drill bit, or other rotary steering tool with at least one pad configured to extend radially outward from a tool body and engage a wall of the wellbore. Radial displacements of the pad are measured while rotating and processed to compute a curvature of the wellbore. |
| US12158062B2 |
Sweep efficiency of carbon dioxide gas injection
Methods and systems for producing oil from a subsurface reservoir include drilling a horizontal production well into the subsurface reservoir and drilling a horizontal injection well into the subsurface reservoir below the horizontal production well. Carbon dioxide and a second gas are mixed to form a gas mixture with a density more than a density of reservoir fluids between the horizontal production well and the horizontal injection well. The gas mixture is injected into the subsurface formation through the horizontal injection well and fluid is produced from the subsurface reservoir through the horizontal production well. |
| US12158061B1 |
Electrical contact design for a perforating gun
End cap assemblies for retaining the through-pin of a tandem sub are disclosed. An electrical contact attachment is attached or mounted to an end cap, having an opening for receiving the through-pin, and one or more pin contact tabs in the opening. The contact attachment also includes an aperture for passing a first wire therethrough, and an insert for securing an electrically conductive wire to the electrical contact attachment itself. |
| US12158059B2 |
Running tool for a liner string
A liner string for a wellbore includes a liner hanger assembly (LHA) and a liner hanger deployment assembly (LHDA) releasably attached to the LHA. The LHDA includes a central bore and a running tool moveable from a locked position to an unlocked position, the running tool including a flow path in communication with the central bore. The liner string further includes a chamber disposed between the LHDA and LHA, wherein the chamber is in selective fluid communication with the flow path. Wherein, when the flow path is closed, the chamber is isolated from the central bore, and when the flow path is open, the flow path provides fluid communication between central bore and chamber. |
| US12158056B2 |
Electro-mechanical clutch employing a magnetized input shaft for downhole tools
Provided is a clutch assembly, a SSSV, and a method for operating an SSSV. The clutch assembly, in one aspect, includes an output coupler housing, an input shaft, and an electromagnet coupled to the input shaft. In at least one aspect, the electromagnet is configured to magnetize the input shaft when the electromagnet is energized. The clutch assembly, in one aspect, further includes one or more grooves located in the input shaft and one or more engagement members located in the inner surface of the central opening of the output coupler housing. |
| US12158054B2 |
Apparatus and method for injecting a fluid into the well during drilling
An apparatus for injecting an accelerating fluid into an oil well includes a casing open at the ends into which a cement flows and positioned inside the well forming an annular zone with its walls. The casing includes a hollow cylindrical body with lateral surfaces integral with the casing internal surfaces and a central hole through which a cement flows, with a lower horizontal section than the casing section. The apparatus includes hollow internal chamber with an accelerating fluid; one or more body inlet devices, which put the body and chamber in fluid communication. The inlet devices are positioned on one of the hollow cylindrical body base surfaces. The apparatus includes at least one body outlet devices, which puts the chamber in fluid communication with the conduit through the central hole, positioned radially with respect to the cylindrical body axis and along the central hole internal surface. |
| US12158053B2 |
Selective zonal isolation
A method of treating a region of a subterranean formation adjacent a wellbore zone, the method including cooling the wellbore zone to a wellbore temperature below a temperature of the region of the subterranean formation adjacent the wellbore zone, injecting a gellable treatment composition through the wellbore zone into the region of the subterranean formation adjacent the wellbore zone, and allowing the gellable treatment composition to gel in the region to prevent or reduce flow of an unwanted fluid from the region into the wellbore zone. |
| US12158052B2 |
Flow back option plug assembly
A system includes a bridge plug for isolating a section of a wellbore. The bridge plug includes a cylindrical body and an engagement assembly mounted to an outer diameter of the cylindrical body and selectively extendible between a recessed position and an extended position. The system further includes a plug assembly for regulating flow through the cylindrical body of the bridge plug. The plug assembly includes a housing connected to the cylindrical body of the bridge plug, a frangible component that creates a seal within the housing, and a pin disposed within the housing and designed to fracture the frangible component. |
| US12158051B2 |
Drill string circulation apparatus
A drill string circulation apparatus has a sleeve member with an elongated tubular body and a longitudinal bore, with an outer diameter suitable for being sealingly gripped by a blowout preventer. A drill string has an outer diameter sized to fit within the sleeve member bore, and has one or more seals disposed on an exterior surface. The seals are sized to create a seal between said sleeve member and the drill string, when the drill string and seals are positioned within the sleeve member bore, while said drill string is still capable of reciprocation and/or rotation within the sleeve member when the seals are within the sleeve member bore. |
| US12158049B1 |
Method and apparatus for protection of control lines and other equipment
A protective member at least partially surrounds a desired length of pipe (such as a conventional landing string) and protects “umbilical” control line(s) or bundles, including pipe and umbilical line(s) installed within risers of subsea installations. At least one robust protective shell member is installed around at least a portion of a pipe string and forms at least one elongated channel. At least one umbilical control line is disposed within the elongated channel and is shielded against damage from inadvertent or unwanted abrasion, impact or other forces. |
| US12158047B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlling flushing in rock drilling
An apparatus, method and computer program product for controlling flushing in rock drilling, and a rock drilling rig. The apparatus includes a control unit and a computer program for controlling feeding of a liquid component in an air mist flushing system in response to detected penetration rate of executed drilling. An operator may set a desired moisture target value for drilling cuttings removed from a drill hole and the control system automatically adjusts the flushing system to control the feeding of the liquid component. |
| US12158046B2 |
Maintaining torque wrenches using a predictive model
A method includes generating a model for predicting a remaining service life of a gripping member of a torque wrench based in part on a number of connections of one or more types of tubulars that are made or broken using the torque wrench before slippage of the torque wrench occurs, counting a first number of connections of a first type of tubular that are made using the torque wrench, predicting, using the model, the remaining service life of the gripping member of the torque wrench based in part on the first number of connections of the first type of tubular that were made using the torque wrench, and performing maintenance on the torque wrench based on the remaining service life of the gripping member of the torque wrench that is predicted, before slippage of the torque wrench occurs. |
| US12158044B2 |
Elevator for heavy load pipe lifting, pipe for such elevator and pipe handler assembly comprising such elevator
Disclosed is an elevator for holding and end portion of a pipe in a drill tower. The elevator includes a hole from which, in operational use, an end portion of the pipe is suspended. The minimum diameter of the end portion of the pipe is selected larger than the minimum diameter of the hole, wherein sidewalls of the hole are shaped with a receiving surface for receiving correspondingly-shaped sidewalls of the end portion of the pipe. Similarly, sidewalls of the end portion of the pipe are shaped with an engagement surface for engagement with correspondingly-shaped sidewalls of the hole. Both the receiving surface and the engagement surface includes a first part and a second part neighbouring the first part, the first part defining a frustoconical shape having a first conicity, and the second part defining a shape having at least partially a second conicity lower than the first conicity. |
| US12158042B2 |
Device and method for reaming a flight gap of a drill flight
A device and method for reaming a flight gap of a drill flight of a drilling tool includes a base carriage displaceably mounted along a mast of a drilling apparatus. A reaming element engages the flight gap so soil adhering to the rotating drilling tool is scraped off by the reaming element. A support arm holding the reaming element is movably mounted between a retracted position where the reaming element is spaced apart from the drilling tool and a reaming position where the reaming element engages the flight gap. The support arm pivots about a pivot axle parallel to a longitudinal drilling axis of the drilling tool. The support arm is additionally mounted on the base carriage parallel to the longitudinal drilling axis of the drilling tool to be deflectable from a basic position, and is resiliently held in the basic position by means of a bias spring. |
| US12158041B1 |
Window board-up device
A window board-up assembly comprises a mounting device including a bracket, a suction cup configured to attach the framing bracket to a smooth surface, such as a glass window of a building, and a suction cup actuator handle for creating suction pressure between the glass window and the suction cup. The mounting device is configured to securely hold a framing member for attachment of a blocking member to board-up the window. |
| US12158036B2 |
Drive device for a protective hood and method for adjusting a protective hood
A drive device for a protective hood of a machine includes a counterweight, a pulling means connecting the protective hood to the counterweight, a motor, and a freewheel. The freewheel connects the motor to the pulling means and is arranged to block when a weight force of the protective hood is greater than a weight force of the counterweight. The freewheel may be a linear freewheel or the freewheel may operate between two rotatable elements. The freewheel may be a frictionally locking freewheel or a positive locking freewheel. |
| US12158034B2 |
Furniture drive for moving a furniture part that is mounted movably relative to a furniture body
A furniture drive for moving a furniture part includes a housing to be located on or in a furniture panel, and an actuating arm mounted movably relative to the housing and on which the movable furniture part can be fastened, and the housing has an end face through which the actuating arm protrudes in a relative position. A spring can exert a force onto the actuating arm, an adjustment bar can adjust the force that can be exerted onto the actuating arm by the spring, and a display can display the force adjustment carried out by the adjustment bar. The display is formed separately from the adjustment bar and can be read in an installed position of the furniture drive, in which position the housing is located completely, except for the end face, in the furniture panel of the furniture body. |
| US12158033B2 |
Charging flap opening/closing device and vehicle including the same
Provided are a seamless charging flap opening/closing device and a vehicle including the same. A charging flap cover is additionally provided with a pop-up function to also function as an opening/closing door for an air channel of an air breather, such that the charging flap cover is integrated with the air breather to be unperceivable from the outside during driving and is only opened during charging to allow a battery to be charged. The single charging flap cover is used in common by a charging flap device and the air breather maintaining independent functions. The exterior quality of a product and the efficiency of use of a package is improved, a vehicle body has a distinctive novel exterior image, and the charging flap cover is easily matched adjacently to a moving part located adjacent thereto. |
| US12158029B2 |
Closure latch assembly with double pawl mechanism
A closure latch assembly for installation in a vehicle door and method of construction thereof is provided. The closure latch assembly has at least one ratchet, a primary pawl, and an auxiliary pawl. At least one ratchet is moveable between a striker capture position and a striker release position. The primary pawl is moveable between a closed position and an open position. The auxiliary pawl is moveable between a closed position and an open position. An auxiliary pawl release lever is moveable between a rest position, whereat the auxiliary pawl is located in its closed position and the primary pawl is located in its closed position, and an engaged position, whereat the auxiliary pawl is moved to its open position and the primary pawl is moved to its open position. |
| US12158028B2 |
Lockset
A lockset includes a housing, a rotary hook, a driving device, and a lock body. The rotary hook is disposed in the housing and includes front end portions and rear end portions. At least part of the front end portions extends out of the housing. The driving device includes a force application member, a first driving member, and a second driving member. The force application member includes a force bearing portion and a force application portion respectively disposed outside and inside the housing. The force bearing portion is connected to and is rotatable with the force application portion. The first driving member is rotatable with the force application portion. The second driving member is rotatable with the first driving member to change an opening width of the front end portions. The lock body restricts a movement of the driving device when closed. |
| US12158013B2 |
Floor panel for forming a floor covering
A floor panel for forming a floor covering wherein the floor panel is substantially realized on the basis of synthetic material. The floor panel is rectangular and comprises a first pair of opposite edges and a second pair of opposite edges such that both pairs of opposite edges comprise coupling parts allowing for mutually coupling a plurality of such floor panels to each other. The coupling parts of at least the first pair of opposite edges are configured such that two of such panels can be coupled to each other at these edges by means of a turning movement and the coupling parts to this aim consist of a tongue and a groove as well as locking parts, which, in the coupled condition, prevent the shifting apart of the tongue and groove. The floor panel has a global thickness which is smaller than or equal to 4.5 millimeters. |
| US12157993B2 |
Sanitary equipment part
A part includes a base material and a surface layer on the base material, wherein a curved surface of the part has: a root mean square height (Sq) of 0.03 μm to 1 μm, a skewness (Ssk) of −1 to 5, and an autocorrelation length (Sal) of 10 μm to 65 μm; and the surface layer is water-repellent, and exhibits a sputtering time of 5 minutes or less, the sputtering time being a time taken from the start of the sputtering to an end point of the surface layer, and the end point being defined, in a profile obtained by an XPS depth direction analysis of the surface layer, as a point where a difference of an absolute value between a carbon atom concentration at a certain measurement point and a carbon atom concentration at a measurement point just prior to the certain measurement point is 1.0 at % or less. |
| US12157991B2 |
Display system for work vehicle, and method for displaying work vehicle
This display system is provided with: an image acquisition unit for acquiring a captured image obtained by capturing an image around a work vehicle; a detection unit for detecting an obstacle around the work vehicle; and a display control unit which, on the basis of the result of detection of the obstacle, generates a signal for displaying a marker image in a position corresponding to the obstacle, and a signal for causing the form of the marker image to change over time. |
| US12157983B2 |
Pile and method for installing a pile
A pile (100) includes a first elongated hollow body (101) having a first end and a second end, the first end being closed by an end member (103) provided with an opening (104). The pile (100) includes a second elongated hollow body (102) having a first end and a second end, the second elongated hollow body (102) being arranged inside the first elongated hollow body (101) so that the first end of the second elongated hollow body (102) extends through the opening (104) and is attached to the end member (103). A method is for installing a pile (100) into the ground. |
| US12157978B2 |
Method and device for stabilizing a track
A method for stabilizing a track having sleepers supported on a track ballast and rails secured to the sleepers, includes using a stabilizing unit which is connected to a machine frame that can be moved on the rails and has a vibration exciter and rollers that can roll on the rails. The vibration exciter generates in particular horizontal vibrations which run transversely to the track longitudinal direction. The course of a force exerted onto the track by the stabilizing unit is recorded over a vibration path during a vibration cycle by sensors. At least one parameter is derived from the course by an evaluation device and is used to evaluate the stabilizing procedure and/or the quality of the track ballast. A device for implementing the method is also provided. |
| US12157977B2 |
Water resistant paper and solution for producing same and building structure employing same
A waterproof architectural element comprising an elongated panel member composed of compressed fibrous material having a first planar surface and an opposed second planar surface. At least one elongated cellulose layer is composed of Kraft paper having paper basis weight between 30 and 90 pounds and an average thickness between 0.003 and 0.009 inches. The elongated substrate has a first planar face and an opposed second planar face. A polymeric layer overlies at least a portion of the first planar face of the elongated substrate and comprises a polymeric blend of between 50 and 80 wt. % styrene butadiene copolymer and 0.2 and 3 wt. % of a cellulose ether compound. The cellulose ether compound comprises hydrogen or an alkyl group selected from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl, hydroxyethyl, hydroxypropyl carboxymethyl, hydroxyethyl methyl, hydroxypropyl and between 30 and 50 wt. % calcium carbonate and water. |
| US12157974B2 |
Paper production
There is provided a method of producing a paper, comprising the steps of: a) providing a pulp having a Schopper-Riegler (SR) number measured according to ISO 5267-1:1999 of 25-50, which pulp comprises at least 70% by weight sulphate or sulphite pulp; b) diluting the pulp to a consistency of 0.1%-0.9%; and c) forming a web from the diluted pulp from step b) in a forming section at a machine speed of at least 1100 m/min, such as 1100-1800 m/min. |
| US12157967B2 |
Chemistry dispensing system for a laundry appliance having removable chemistry cartridges
A cartridge for a laundry appliance includes an outer housing having an interior chamber therein. The outer housing includes a primary axis and a secondary axis that is perpendicular to the primary axis. A pump is contained within the outer housing that selectively delivers a laundry chemistry from the interior chamber to a dispensing outlet of the outer housing. The dispensing outlet is defined within a contoured edge of the outer housing and orients the dispensing outlet at an oblique angle with respect to the primary and secondary axes. A rotational drive is operated by an external actuator. The rotational drive is positioned within the outer housing and in operable communication with the pump. The rotational drive aligns with a drive aperture defined within a wall of the outer housing for receiving the external actuator. |
| US12157963B2 |
Floral sewing needle assembly
A floral sewing needle assembly for sewing flower petals into a garland includes a sewing needle that has a diameter being no greater than 0.81 mm. In this way the sewing needle can pierce a flower petal without damaging the flower petal. The sewing needle has a length of at least 233.0 mm to facilitate a plurality of flower petals to be positioned on the sewing needle. |
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Sewing machine
A sewing machine includes a feed dog partially protruding out up and down from a throat plate to feed a workpiece, a sewing needle configured to perform stitch points on the workpiece by moving up and down, and a shuttle configured to capture an upper thread passed through the sewing needle below the throat plate to be entwined with a lower thread. The feed dog includes a top plate having teeth formed on an upper surface thereof, and a support portion to which a feed operation relative to the top plate is input. The top plate includes an insertion hole that the sewing needle penetrates up and down, and a pair of wall portions extending in an up-and-down direction respectively on one side and another side in a feed direction of the workpiece relative to the insertion hole on a lower surface side of the top plate. |
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Fabric comprising binding agent threads
The present invention relates to a non-woven fabric comprising one or more fibre layers each comprising a plurality of fibres arranged along a fibre direction, wherein the non-woven fabric comprises a plurality of stitching rows, each stitching row comprising one or more threads arranged along a stitch direction, for maintaining arrangement of the plurality of fibres in the one or more fibre layers relative to each other, wherein at least one thread comprises a binding agent. The present invention further relates to preforms comprising the non-woven fabric according to the present invention and methods for producing the non-woven fabric, preforms and wind turbine blades. |