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| US12265897B2 |
Systems and methods for automated content curation using signature analysis
Systems and methods are described herein for curating content that follows a narrative structure. A narrative structure comprises narrative portions that have a defined order. Signature analysis of known content that follows the narrative structure is used to train machine learning models for the narrative structure and the narrative portions that make up the narrative structure. Signature analysis of candidate content segments, along with machine learning models for the narrative portions, are used to identify candidate content segments that match the respective narrative portions. A candidate playlist is generated of the identified candidate content segments in the defined order. In one embodiment, the machine learning model for the narrative structure is used to validate the generated playlist. |
| US12265896B2 |
Systems and methods for detecting prejudice bias in machine-learning models
Aspects of the present invention provide methods, apparatuses, systems, computing devices, computing entities, and/or the like for detecting prejudice bias in machine-learning models and/or data sets used in training, testing, and/or validating the models. In accordance various aspects, a method is provided comprising: receiving a data set used for training, testing, and/or validating a model that comprises data instances; generating, using a classification model, a prediction of applicability for each sub-category of a plurality of sub-categories for each bias category of a plurality of bias categories for each data instance; determining that a particular sub-category for a particular bias category is applicable to a proportion of the data set, wherein predictions of applicability for the particular sub-category generated for the proportion of the data set satisfies a threshold; and determining, based on the proportion, that the data set has a prejudice bias with respect to the particular bias category. |
| US12265891B2 |
Methods and apparatus for automatic attribute extraction for training machine learning models
This application relates to apparatus and methods for training machine learning models using supervised, or semi-supervised, learning. In some examples, a computing device obtains training data that includes labelled, and unlabeled, data for training a machine learning model. The computing device applies the machine learning model to the training data to generate output data. The machine learning model executes with a plurality of coefficients applied to a plurality of hyperparameters. The computing device further applies a loss model to the training data and the output data to generate a loss value. Based on the loss values, the computing device determines updated values for the plurality of coefficients of the machine learning model. The computing device may continue to determine updated values for the plurality of coefficients until one or more conditions are satisfied. The computing device may then store the final coefficient values in a data repository. |
| US12265889B2 |
Systematic approach for explaining machine learning predictions
A systematic explainer is described herein, which comprises local, model-agnostic, surrogate ML model-based explanation techniques that faithfully explain predictions from any machine learning classifier or regressor. The systematic explainer systematically generates local data samples around a given target data sample, which improves on exhaustive or random data sample generation algorithms. Specifically, using principles of locality and approximation of local decision boundaries, techniques described herein identify a hypersphere (or data sample neighborhood) over which to train the surrogate ML model such that the surrogate ML model produces valuable, high-quality information explaining data samples in the neighborhood of the target data sample. Combining this systematic local data sample generation and a supervised neighborhood selection approach to weighting generated data samples relative to the target data sample achieves high explanation fidelity, locality, and repeatability when generating explanations for specific predictions from a given model. |
| US12265887B2 |
Apparatus and methods for quantum computing with pre-training
A method includes training a first QNN by sending a first dataset into the first QNN to generate a first output and configuring the first QNN into a first setting based on the training. The method also includes receiving a second dataset, using at least a portion of the first QNN to generate a second output using the first setting, and sending the second output to a second QNN, operatively coupled to the first QNN, to train the second QNN. The second QNN is configured in a fixed setting during training of the first QNN. |
| US12265885B2 |
Apparatus and method including scalable representations of arbitrary quantum computing rotations
Apparatus and method for scalable representations of arbitrary quantum computing rotations. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a memory to store a first waveform; and a base envelope generator to implement a base envelope, the base envelope applied to the first waveform to generate a second waveform usable to cause quantum rotation of a specified angle on a target quantum bit (qubit) of a quantum processor, and wherein the base envelope is selected out of a first plurality of envelopes based one or more characteristics specific to the target qubit on which the quantum rotation is performed. |
| US12265884B2 |
Fast two-qubit gates on a trapped-ion quantum computer
A method for performing an entangling operation between trapped ions in a quantum computer includes selecting an amount of infidelity that is allowed in an entangling operation between two trapped ions in a quantum computer, computing a pulse function of a pulse to be applied to each of the two trapped ions based on gate operation conditions and the selected amount of infidelity, generating the pulse based on the computed pulse function, and applying the generated pulse to each of the two trapped ions to perform the entangling operation between the two trapped ions. |
| US12265883B2 |
Optomechanical interface for spin qubits
Systems and methods for affecting spin qubits. In a resonator, an optical field is generated using photons. The optical field causes a stress field to form in the resonator as portions of the resonator oscillates. These oscillations, tunable using lasers and/or injection locking, drive spin transitions to thereby affect the population of specific NV spin qubits present in the resonator. |
| US12265881B2 |
Adaptive quantum signal processor
An adaptive quantum signal processor (AQSP) includes a signal combiner, a physics station, a measurement system, a machine-learning engine and an output generator. The signal combiner combines incoming signals with control functions to yield recipe functions. For example, the recipe functions can be “shaking” functions used to change the wavefunctions of atoms entrained in an optical lattice. The recipe functions are applied to wavefunctions in initial wavefunction states causing the wavefunctions to transition to signal-impacted states. The measurement system measures the wavefunctions in their signal-impacted quantum states to yield wavefunction characterizations. The machine-learning engine updates control functions based on the wavefunction characterizations. The output generator outputs results based on the wavefunction characterizations and/or control function characterizations. In a matched-filter application, the outputs characterize (e.g., identify, classify, rate) the incoming signals. |
| US12265879B2 |
Multi-functional optical illuminators
A single piece light pipe is designed to provide dual-field, multi-color, multi-directional illumination. The light pipe is combined with a single PCB having a plurality of LEDs to create a compact illuminator that can selectively provide dark field and bright field with red, green, blue color, broad spectrum, or combination of any color in horizontal, vertical, diagonal, or combination of any direction. The single piece light pipe is compact in size and light in weight. The non-closed form option not only can further reduce the weight but also can allow arrange opening area clearance for: (1) visual aiming and alignment in application, especially for hand held application; (2) reducing illumination crosstalk to unwanted directions; and for (3) mechanical integration. The improvements allow the illuminator to read direct product marking (DPM) type of barcodes. |
| US12265875B2 |
RFID tag for rubber product and method of manufacturing RFID tag for rubber product
An RFID tag 1 for a rubber product is provided with a coupling transformer 40, an RF chip 10 connected to a secondary side of the coupling transformer, a printed circuit board 20 on which the RF chip is mounted, and an antenna 30, wherein the antenna comprises a coil section 31, a first element 32 extending from one end of the coil section, and a second element 33 extending from another end of the coil section in parallel with the first element and shorter than the first element, the coil section has fewer windings than the coupling transformer 40 on the secondary side, and the printed circuit board 20 is held in a gap between strands of the coil section such that the coil section forms a primary side of the coupling transformer. |
| US12265874B2 |
RFID devices including embossed or other elements
In some embodiments, an RFID device includes an RFID assembly that includes an RFID antenna and an RFID chip electrically coupled to the RFID antenna, the RFID assembly having a first side and a second side. The RFID device may further include a first layer including a visual element and having a first side and a second side, the first side of the first layer contacting a first side of the RFID assembly. The RFID device may further include a second layer having a first side and a second side, the first side of the second layer contacting at least one of the first visual element and the RFID assembly. |
| US12265871B2 |
Chip card, and process for manufacturing a chip card
A chip card has a flexible inlay including chip card contacts on an upper face of the inlay and which supports an integrated circuit and an antenna, both of which are spaced apart from the contacts. The chip card further includes a top layer with a recess in which the contacts are placed, and a metal layer which is located below the inlay and includes a slit that extends from a peripheral surface of the metal layer to the area of the recess and extends through the entire thickness of the metal layer. |
| US12265867B2 |
Detachable radio frequency identification switch tag
A radio frequency identification (RFID) switch tag is disclosed. This RFID switch tag includes a base component having an ultra-high frequency (UHF) booster, and a detachable component having at least one UHF RFID module and a high frequency (HF) RFID module. In some embodiments, the detachable component is positioned in close proximity to the base component in a first configuration of the RFID switch tag such that the at least one UHF RFID module is sufficiently coupled to the UHF booster in the base component to form an UHF RFID system having a desired performance. The detachable component can also be separated from the base component to obtain a second configuration of the RFID switch tag, and the HF RFID module remains functional within the detached detachable component so that the detachable component can be used as a standalone HF RFID tag. |
| US12265866B2 |
Methods and systems for encoding radio frequency identification (RFID) labels
Systems and methods for encoding radio frequency identification (RFID) labels are provided. The method includes, but not limited to: determining a slow-down position, an encoding complete position, and an encoding window for each label; determining if the encoding complete position is positioned on a front side of the slow-down position when viewed from the media moving direction; in an instance in which the encoding complete position is positioned on the front side of the slow-down position when viewed from the media moving direction, causing the media to reduce the printing speed when the trailing edge of the encoding window reaches the slow-down position; and in an instance in which the encoding complete position is positioned on a back side of the slow-down position when viewed from the media moving direction, causing the media to maintain the printing speed at the predetermined printing speed. |
| US12265865B2 |
Image processing apparatus, threshold matrix generation apparatus, control methods therefor, recording apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
An image processing apparatus inputs a plurality of multi-valued data corresponding to a plurality of color materials, and quantizes each of the plurality of multi-valued data and generate a plurality of quantization data each indicating recording or non-recording of a dot on a recording medium by each of the plurality of color materials. A plurality of dot patterns of the plurality of color materials recorded based on the plurality of quantization data generated have peaks at different deviation angles in power spectra in a frequency domain and have blue noise characteristic or a green noise characteristic. |
| US12265862B2 |
System and method for offloading application functions to a device
A system includes a host device; a storage device including an embedded processor; and a bridge kernel device including a bridge kernel hardware and a bridge kernel firmware, wherein the bridge kernel device is configured to receive a plurality of arguments from the host device and transfer the plurality of arguments to the embedded processor for data processing. |
| US12265856B1 |
Methods and systems for identification and semantic clustering of worker agents for processing requests
A method for identifying and clustering worker agents for processing requests includes receiving, by a core node, from a user agent, a user request. The core node updates, for each of the plurality of worker agents, an availability status, thereby producing a plurality of availability statuses. The core node computes, for each of the plurality of worker agents, a value of a drift metric. The core node clusters the plurality of worker agents to produce a plurality of clusters of worker agents, wherein each of the plurality of clusters contains worker agents that have similar semantic capabilities. Based at least on the user request, the plurality of availability statuses, and the plurality of clusters, the core node identifies a subset of the plurality of worker agents that are both available to process the user request and that are suitable for processing the user request. |
| US12265855B2 |
Infrastructure for deploying a security information and event management application on a container platform
Embodiments described herein are generally directed to a containerized application software deployment architecture. According to an example, a system includes multiple hosts that are part of aa stretch cluster spanning multiple data centers. Each of the hosts include a processing resource, a memory, and a storage device. Each host of a first subset of the multiple hosts runs multiple containerized instances of a component of a Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) application within respective containers. At least one host of the multiple hosts is separate from the first subset and is dedicated to running at least one containerized ingress gateway application operable to load balance requests directed to the SIEM application among the multiple containerized instances running on the first subset of hosts. |
| US12265851B2 |
Stream-based job processing
Systems and techniques for managing and executing digital workflows are described. A technique described includes obtaining a job record from a job queue from a first server; assigning a node associated with a second server to handle a task indicated by the job record; operating, at the second server, a first action block in the node to produce output results in response to executing the task and to forward the output results to batch blocks; operating, at the second server, the batch blocks in the node to respectively accumulate different batch groups of the output results; operating, at the second server, the batch blocks in the node to respectively forward the different batch groups of the output results to respective second action blocks; and operating, at the second server, the second action blocks in the node to respectively process the different batch groups of the output results. |
| US12265850B2 |
Reservation mechanism for node with token constraints for preventing node starvation in a circular topology network
A computer chip, a method, and computer program product for managing reservation between processing nodes with token constraints. The computer chip includes a plurality of processing nodes interconnected in an on-chip data transfer network configured in a circular topology. The processing nodes include a reservation mechanism that manages reservations made by the processing nodes. The reservation mechanism applies a reservation policy when a starvation condition is met on a processing node. The reservation policy separates the processing nodes into partition groups and dictates that a processing node may only send a reservation when their assigned partition group is active. Each of the processing nodes includes a buffer for storing messages that is divided into a pool of tokens and a pool of reservation tokens. The tokens are used for standard message transmission and the reservation tokens are reserved for token reservation requests received at a destination node. |
| US12265848B2 |
Determining a job group status based on a relationship between a generation counter value and a ticket value for scheduling the job group for execution
A job scheduler system includes one or more hardware processors, a memory including a job group queue stored in the memory, and a job scheduler engine configured to create a first job group in the job group queue, the first job group includes a generation counter having an initial value, receive a first request to steal the first job group, determine a state of the first job group based at least in part on the generation counter, the state indicating that the first job group is available to steal, based on the determining the state of the first job group, atomically increment the generation counter, thereby making the first job group unavailable for stealing, and alter an execution order of the first job group ahead of at least one other job group in the job group queue. |
| US12265844B2 |
Quality of service techniques in distributed graphics processor
Disclosed techniques relate to circuitry configured to aggregate and report usage information in a distributed processor (e.g., a GPU). In some embodiments, graphics processor circuitry that includes at least first and second portions that are respectively configured to execute sets of graphics work. First utilization circuitry may track execution time for sets of graphics work on the first portion of the graphics processor circuitry and second utilization circuitry may track execution time for sets of graphics work on the second portion of the graphics processor circuitry. Command queue circuitry may store multiple different command queues. Control circuitry may access the first and second utilization circuitry and aggregate utilization data on a per-command-queue basis, where for a given command queue, the aggregated utilization data indicates respective utilization of the first and second portions of the graphics processor circuitry. The control circuitry may provide the aggregated per-command-queue utilization data in software-accessible registers. |
| US12265843B2 |
Method and device for migrating a virtualized function in the event of a failure in the technical server environment
A method for migrating a virtualised function from a first server to a second server depending on data of technical environment parameters. The interfaces specified in the virtualised architectures effectively make it possible to deploy and manage virtualised functions with a view to implementing a service but these interfaces do not contain information relating to the data relating to the technical environment upon which the servers, the virtualised functions and subsequently the services and applications that rely on the virtualised functions are dependent. The migration method proposes virtualised architectures that take into consideration the technical environment parameters in order to move virtualised functions whose functioning could be impacted by a malfunction of one or more technical environment parameter(s). |
| US12265841B2 |
Quality control system for quantum-as-a-service brokers
Quality control operations for quantum processing units are disclosed. A broker application may perform quality control jobs to determine baseline characteristics about quantum processing units. The characteristics of user-submitted jobs can be compared to the baseline characteristics associated with the quality control jobs. This allows the broker to generate a confidence score that reflects at least whether the user-submitted job was performed on the quantum processing unit expected by the user. |
| US12265840B2 |
Using multiple blockchains for applying transactions to a set of persistent data objects in persistent storage systems
A ledgered repository of persistent data objects is replicated on a network of persistent storage systems (PSSs) by transactions recorded across multiple blockchains. The blockchains are replicated on each of the PSSs. Using multiple blockchains enables greater parallelism; however, use of the multiple blockchains requires using measures that ensure that transactions distributed across multiple blockchains are applied in way that ensures a level of transactional consistency. Furthermore, the measures are efficient, thereby reducing overhead of maintaining a level of transactional consistency and increasing throughput of applying the transactions using multiple blockchains. |
| US12265839B2 |
Management method and apparatus for transaction processing system, device, and medium
A management method is implemented by a transaction processing system. The transaction processing system includes a plurality of participant nodes. Each participant node stores a data partition and is configured to process a plurality of transactions. A combination of data partitions accessed by each transaction includes at least one data partition. The management method includes obtaining a quantity of transactions accessing each combination of data partitions in a cycle and adjusting storage of the data partitions on the plurality of participant nodes based on the quantity of transactions accessing each combination of data partitions in the cycle. |
| US12265838B2 |
Model protection system
A system for model protection includes a processor. The processor is arranged to execute a guest virtual machine (VM), a primary VM, and a hypervisor. The guest VM includes a model, and is arranged to send at least one command to a command hub. The primary VM is arranged to refer to the at least one command sent from the command hub to manage and configure a protection setting for a protected model derived from the model. The hypervisor is arranged to receive a safety setting command sent by the primary VM, and manage and configure the safety protection component according to the safety setting command, to set a read-only mode of the protected model. |
| US12265833B2 |
Methods and apparatus to generate code as a plug-in in a cloud computing environment
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to generate code as a plug-in in a cloud computing environment. An example system includes at least one memory, programmable circuitry, and machine readable instructions to program the programmable circuitry to introspect code in a library to obtain introspection data, the library corresponding to a resource that is to be deployed in a cloud infrastructure environment, generate a model based on the introspection data, the model to be a representation of the resource, cross-reference the model with a resource meta-model, the resource meta-model to map characteristics of the resource represented by the model to an actual state of the resource, and generate a plug-in based on the cross-referenced model. |
| US12265832B2 |
Compact, symmetry-adapted mapping between fermionic systems and quantum computers
Systems and methods are provided for mapping arbitrary isolated quantum-mechanical systems to quantum processor registers on quantum computers that use available symmetry to maximize compactness. For example, embodiments of the present disclosure exploit existing symmetries in the simulated system to minimize the required number of quantum bits (qubits) in the quantum processor. |
| US12265830B2 |
Power management techniques for computing platforms in low temperature environments
Disclosed embodiments are related to techniques for powering compute platforms in low temperature environments. Embodiments include a preheating stage that is added to a power up sequence. The preheating stage may include a force-on stage and a force-offstage. During the force-on stage, all power rails of target components are forced to an ON state so that the target components consume current. When a target operating temperature is reached, the power rails of the target components are turned off, which causes the target components to revert back to their initial (pre-boot) state allowing the normal boot process to take place. Since the target components are now heated up, the boot process can execute faster than when the target components were cold. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. |
| US12265824B2 |
Data combination device and data combination method
A data combination device and a data combination method are provided. The data combination device includes a storage device and a processor. The storage device is configured to store component instances. The processor is coupled to the storage device and is configured to receive a combining instruction. The processor parses a component description and data type in the combining instruction. The processor obtains a plurality of matching instances corresponding to the component description from the plurality of component instances. The processor packages the plurality of matching instances into package data. |
| US12265821B2 |
Orchestrator reporting of probability of downtime from machine learning process
Disclosed embodiments relate to reporting Electronic Control Unit (ECU) errors or faults to a remote monitoring server. Operations may include receiving operational data from a plurality of ECUs in the vehicle, the operational data being indicative of a plurality of runtime attributes of the plurality of ECUs; generating, through a machine learning process, a statistical model of the operational data; receiving live, runtime updates from the plurality of ECUs in the communications network of the vehicle; identifying an ECU error associated with an ECU in the communications network of the vehicle, the ECU error being determined by a comparison of the live, runtime updates with the statistical model of the operational data to identify at least one deviation from the operational data; and wirelessly sending a report to the remote monitoring server based on the live, runtime updates, the report identifying the ECU and the identified ECU error. |
| US12265820B2 |
Method and apparatus for upgrading a camera
A method and apparatus for minimizing a time that a camera field of view is not being monitored while the camera is undergoing a software or firmware update is provided herein. During operation a determination is made that a camera needs a software or firmware update. The location of a security asset (e.g., a mobile camera, a security guard, a drone, . . . , etc.) is determined. The update is performed based on the security asset being within a predetermined distance from the camera. More particularly, in one embodiment, the update is performed only when the security asset is within the predetermined distance from the camera. |
| US12265818B2 |
Dynamic artificial intelligence / machine learning model update, or retrain and update, in digital processes at runtime
Dynamically updating, or retraining and updating, artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning (ML) models in digital processes at runtime is disclosed. Production operation may not need to be stopped for AI/ML model update or retraining and update. The update steps and/or retraining steps for the AI/ML model may be included as part of the digital process. The AI/ML model update may be requested from internal logic (e.g., from the evaluation of a condition, by an expression that calls for the AI/ML model, etc.), external requests (e.g., from external triggers in a finite state machine (FSM), such as a file change, database data, a service call, etc.), or both. Automation of AI/ML model updates or retraining and updates may be provided, where the software reloads/reinitializes/re-instantiates with a retrained and/or updated AI/ML model after (and possibly immediately after) the AI/ML model becomes available. |
| US12265816B2 |
Method and apparatus for updating cloud platform
A method and an apparatus for updating a cloud platform are provided. The method may include: in response to receiving an update request, acquiring cluster gene information of a to-be-updated cloud platform corresponding to the update request, the cluster gene information being structured information that entirely represents information of each component in a cloud platform container cluster; determining, on the basis of the cluster gene information, each target component of the to-be-updated cloud platform corresponding to the cluster gene information and a level to which each target component belongs; updating each target component, on the basis of the level to which each target component belongs and the cluster gene information of the corresponding target component; and determining a hardware resource of the to-be-updated cloud platform and a software resource of the to-be-updated cloud platform, based on all of the updated target components. |
| US12265812B2 |
Immutable image for deployment to edge devices
One example method includes creating an image definition file, using the image definition file to create an image that is deployable to an edge device, copying an agent into the image, stripping any user passwords out of the image, and removing any unnecessary packages from the image, and after the stripping and the removing, the image becomes an immutable image. The immutable image may then be deployed to a group of edge devices, and one or more layers of the immutable image may be updated by the agent. |
| US12265806B2 |
Dynamic partition customization method and apparatus, and device
The present application provides a dynamic partition customization method and apparatus, and a device. The method includes: generating a plurality of original equipment manufacturer (OEM) image files corresponding to requirements of a plurality of different users at compile time; generating a scatter loading file recording OEM image sub-file segments according to a super image file in a super partition; according to change of a requirement of a user among the plurality of different users, downloading an OEM image sub-file segment corresponding to the changed requirement; and generating a super partition customization file according to the scatter loading file and the OEM image sub-file segment corresponding to the changed requirement. |
| US12265805B2 |
Syntactically coherent code segmentation
Techniques are described herein for segmenting source code into syntactically coherent sequences of tokens that satisfy constraints inherent in sequence-to-sequence networks. In various implementations, source code may be processed to generate one or more graphs representing the source code. One or more of the graphs may then be traversed to identify one or more sequences of tokens within the source code that satisfy an input constraint of a sequence-to-sequence network. The source code may be segmented into the identified one or more sequences of tokens. The one or more sequences of tokens may then be processed using the sequence-to-sequence network. |
| US12265801B1 |
System and method of workflow database creation and interaction
A system and method of generating a workflow database creation and interaction schema from a graphical user interface used to create a form. The embodiments discloses the system that utilizes a drag and drop application that allows for configuration of a plurality of forms. These forms can then be placed in a graphical flow that will dictate the order of the forms. Through its graphical user interface, the system is able to gather information on field structure, flow among form elements, element identification, among other embodiments. This information allows the system to automate the creation of the database schema without user intervention. |
| US12265800B2 |
Multicell document editor minimoremap
Some embodiments provide a notebook tool enhanced with minimoremap functionality. Notebooks are multicell documents with varied mime types present in the content of various cells of a given notebook, including executable source code such as scripts, non-executable content, markdown text, natural language text, photos, videos, maps, and more. The notebook tool includes a main view and a superimposed minimoremap view which is functionally coordinated with the main view, e.g., for navigation and cell selection. Notebook cell operations are commanded via the minimoremap. Cells outside the main view viewport are modified without changing the user interface main view focus. Tool-human interaction commands cause the performance of notebook operations such as cell execution, cell rearrangement, cell collapse, cells merge, cells grouping, or cell dependency analysis. Minimoremap cell images are rendered as icons, as graphics, or as scaled-down versions of previously rendered full-size main view images. |
| US12265796B2 |
Lookup source framework for a natural language understanding (NLU) framework
A natural language understanding (NLU) framework includes a lookup source framework, which enables a lookup source system to be defined having one or more lookup sources. Each lookup source of the lookup source system includes a respective source data representation that is compiled from respective source data. For example, a source data representation may include source data arranged in a finite state transducer (IFST) structure as a set of finite-state automata (FSA) states, wherein each state is associated with a token that represents underlying source data. Different producers can be applied during compilation of a source data representation to derive additional states within the source data representation from the source data. Certain states of the source data representation that contain sensitive data can be selectively protected through encryption and/or obfuscation, while other portions of the source data representation that are not sensitive may remain in clear-text form. |
| US12265795B2 |
Action selection based on environment observations and textual instructions
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for selecting actions to be performed by an agent interacting with an environment. In one aspect, a system includes a language encoder model that is configured to receive a text string in a particular natural language, and process the text string to generate a text embedding of the text string. The system includes an observation encoder neural network that is configured to receive an observation characterizing a state of the environment, and process the observation to generate an observation embedding of the observation. The system includes a subsystem that is configured to obtain a current text embedding of a current text string and a current observation embedding of a current observation. The subsystem is configured to select an action to be performed by the agent in response to the current observation. |
| US12265793B2 |
Modeling analysis of team behavior and communication
A computer evaluates free-form text messages among members of a team, using natural language processing techniques to process the text messages and to assess psychological state of the team members as reflected it the text messages. The computer assembles the psychological state as reflected in the messages to evaluate team collective psychological state. The computer reports a trend of team collective psychological state in natural language text form. |
| US12265792B2 |
Generating commonsense context for text using knowledge graphs
Methods and systems are provided for facilitating generation and utilization of a commonsense contextualizing machine learning (ML) model, in accordance with embodiments described herein. In embodiments, a commonsense contextual ML model is trained by fine-tuning a pre-trained language model using a set of training path-sentence pairs. Each training path-sentence pair includes a commonsense path, identified via a commonsense knowledge graph, and a natural language sentence identified as contextually related to the commonsense path. The trained commonsense contextualizing ML model can then be used to generate a commonsense inference path for a text input. Such a commonsense inference path can include a sequence of entities and relations that provide commonsense context to the text input. Thereafter, the commonsense inference path can be provided to a natural language processing system for use in performing a natural language processing task. |
| US12265788B1 |
Systems and methods for connected natural language models
Methods, systems, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media are provided for providing answer data through multiple connected large language models. Operations may include receiving, through a graphical user interface associated with a local large language model having access to a first limited private dataset but not a second limited private dataset, an input from a user device, identifying, based on the input, an external large language model from among a plurality of external large language models, transmitting the input to the external large language model, receiving, from the external large language model, the answer data responsive to the input, generating, by the local large language model, response data based on the answer data, and outputting the response data at the user device. |
| US12265784B2 |
People suggestion in collaborative online text editors
Techniques are described herein for providing people suggestions in collaborative online text editors. A method includes: receiving user interface input that corresponds to a document in a document editing application; automatically parsing the received user interface input to identify a name included in the user interface input; in response to identifying the name included in the user interface input, providing an option to create a link in the document between the name and a corresponding contact in a contact store; receiving additional user interface input that indicates acceptance of the option to create the link in the document; and in response to receiving the additional user interface input, automatically creating the link in the document between the name and the corresponding contact in the contact store. |
| US12265783B2 |
Systems and methods for multi-modal conversation summarization on a conversation platform
Embodiments described herein provide a multi-modal search-and-summarize tool for message platforms. Specifically, the multi-modal search-and-summarize tool may monitor conversational content of different formats, e.g., text, image, video, etc., and use multi-modal summarization models to generate a summary of the conversation channel. The summarization may be conducted via a search-and-summarize process in response to a specific user query, e.g., a user may enter “what did John and Josh say about the presentation tomorrow?” The multi-modal summarization model would first search for relevant conversation messages between user John and user Josh, identify communication files of different format (e.g., text messages, emojis, multimedia attachments, etc.), and then input the communication files to respective text or image encoders to generate a summary of the communication content. |
| US12265782B2 |
Transformer model architecture for readability
A method including detecting, in a written electronic communication, an input sentence satisfying a readability metric threshold. The method also includes transforming, by a sentence transformer model, the input sentence to output suggested sentences. The method also includes evaluating the suggested sentences along a set of acceptability criteria. The method also includes determining, based on the evaluating, that the set of acceptability criteria is satisfied. The method also includes modifying, based on determining that the set of acceptability criteria is satisfied, the written electronic communication with the suggested sentences to obtain a modified written electronic communication. The method also includes returning the modified written electronic communication. |
| US12265781B2 |
Facilitating conversion of a page description language representation of a correspondence to an accessible format
Systems and methods for facilitating conversion of a page description language (PDL) representation of a correspondence to an accessible format are provided. According to one embodiment, a correspondence is received in a form of an input file represented in a PDL. Text strings and corresponding coordinates indicative of points at which the text strings are positioned within a printable area of a page of the correspondence or an electronic equivalent thereof are extracted from the input file. Information is received indicative of multiple groups of the text strings. Each group is processed in accordance with an associated rule selected from multiple rules to create an output file in which the text strings within a given group of the plurality of groups are excluded or included within an element of the output file based on application of the associated rule to the given group. |
| US12265774B2 |
Boundary cell
Boundary cells may be provided. A boundary of a first functional cell of a circuit is determined. A first plurality of a first type of dummy cells are placed along a first portion of the determined boundary. The first portion extends in a first direction. Each of the first type of dummy cells comprises first pre-defined dimensions. A second plurality of a second type of dummy cells are placed along a second portion of the determined boundary. The second portion extends in a second direction. Each of the second type of dummy cells comprises second pre-defined dimensions. The second pre-defined dimensions is different than the first pre-defined dimensions. |
| US12265759B2 |
Image construction method and system for heating area
An image construction method and system for a heating area is provided. The method includes: obtaining an initial image according to a heating structure diagram and a building structure diagram of the heating area; segmenting the initial image according to heating attribute of the heating area to obtain a plurality of segmentation sub-graphs; performing first collection on a surface temperature of a heating pipeline according to pre-deployed surface devices corresponding to the segmentation sub-graphs, and setting first heating labels corresponding to the segmentation sub-graphs, and meanwhile, performing second collection on a regional temperature of a sub-area of the heating pipeline being located according to a pre-deployed monitoring device corresponding to the segmentation sub-graphs, and setting second heating labels; performing position and temperature analysis on a label setting result of each of the segmentation sub-graphs to obtain a heating image of the heating area. |
| US12265758B2 |
System and method for construction estimation using aerial images
A system and method for construction estimation using aerial images is provided. The system receives at least one aerial image of a building. An estimation engine processes the aerial image at a plurality of angles to automatically identify a plurality (e.g., perimeter and interior) lines in the image corresponding to a plurality of features of a roof the building. The estimation engine allows users to generate two-dimensional and three-dimensional models of the roof by automatically delineating various roof features, and generates a report including information about the roof of the building. |
| US12265755B2 |
Display of text images of overlapping voices in a teleconference
A display method includes displaying, side by side, in a first region, a first image corresponding to a first terminal and a second image corresponding to a second terminal, when a first voice detected by the first terminal and a second voice detected by the second terminal overlap, displaying a first text image indicating content of the first voice in the first region in association with the first image and displaying a second text image indicating content of the second voice in the first region in association with the second image, and, when receiving operation for moving the first text image to a second region different from the first region, displaying the first text image in the second region. |
| US12265754B2 |
Audio-based near field communication
The disclosed systems and method provide for an audio playback device to form a Bluetooth connection with an audio source device based on audio generated by an acoustic transducer. The audio is encoded with Bluetooth connectivity data corresponding to the audio source device. The acoustic transducer can be arranged on the audio source device, or it can be arranged on an audio playback device connected to the audio source device via a Bluetooth connection. The audio is received by a microphone of an audio playback device. The audio playback device then extracts the Bluetooth connectivity information from the audio, and forms a Bluetooth connection with the audio source device. If the Bluetooth connection is a Broadcast Audio stream, as defined by the LE Audio standard, multiple audio playback devices can be able to connect audio source device, allowing for a communal listening experience. |
| US12265747B2 |
Method and medium for multiple users participating in a communication service to watch a same distribution image
A control method includes displaying, by a terminal device of a first user, a first image and a second image, the first image including a first object representing the first user, and the second image including a second object representing a second user that is different from the first user; transmitting, to a terminal device of the second user via a network, information relating to display of the first image; displaying the first image including the first object as being changed in accordance with an action or audio data of the first user; displaying the second image including the second object as being changed in accordance with an action or audio data of the second user; and displaying a third image, including a third object representing a distributing user, in accordance with a first instruction by the first user or the second user. |
| US12265746B2 |
Controlling visual indicators in an audio responsive electronic device, and capturing and providing audio using an API, by native and non-native computing devices and services
Disclosed herein are embodiments for controlling visual indicators of an audio responsive electronic device. In some embodiments, an audio responsive electronic device operates by receiving audio input, and then analyzing the audio input to identify an intended target of the audio input. The intended target may be one of a plurality of electronic devices or services which are native or non-native to the audio responsive electronic device. The audio responsive electronic device transmits the audio input to the identified intended target. A reply message is received from the intended target. Then, the audio responsive electronic device controls its visual indicators using information in the reply message, to thereby provide visual feedback to a user. Also disclosed herein are embodiments for capturing and providing audio to an application according to an application programming interface of a media device. |
| US12265745B2 |
Non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, control method, and information processing apparatus for displaying information related to a function
A control method of an information processing apparatus on which an expansion application configured to expand a function of print data generation software configured to generate print data runs, is provided. The control method comprises obtaining attribute data on a printing apparatus, the attribute data being output from the printing apparatus, obtaining data indicating a print function, and adding information related to a specific function based on attribute information included in the obtained attribute data if information indicating the specific function is not included in the obtained data indicating the print function. A setting screen including a setting item of the specific function is displayed based on the added information related to the specific function. |
| US12265738B2 |
Reordering commands to optimize execution of the commands
Optimizing the time that a link is active in a data storage device is desirable. Changing the way the device processes commands will minimize the link uptime and maximize the time that the link can remain in a low power mode. The data storage device will control the command arbitration from the host to aggregate together command chunks as large as possible, such that will extend the link down durations, and won't need to wake the link up occasionally. In another approach the execution of commands from internal buffers of the host will be prioritized according to command-batch completion criteria, and not based on minimizing the latency of a single command. |
| US12265737B2 |
Command tags
Embodiments of using command tags are described to prevent data corruption in a multi-path network in an NVMe over Fabrics (NVMe-OF) environment. A command tag is incorporated in a written command send from a host for command identification. Once the host detects an issue of a first link between the host and namespace, the host may immediately send, using a second link, a retry of a command that was previously sent by the host to a first controller via the first link. The retry of the command comprises the same command tag which allows the first and second controllers to detect an execution condition of the first write command, and thus avoiding repeat execution of the first write command by the first controller and the second controller. Therefore, data corruption may be addressed efficiently to the root cause. |
| US12265734B2 |
Storage nodes, integrated circuits and methods for storage node management
The present disclosure provides storage nodes, integrated circuits, and methods for storage node management. A method for storage node management includes performing one or more network tasks by one or more first processing cores in a network engine of an integrated circuit; and performing one or more storage tasks by one or more second processing cores in a storage engine of the integrated circuit. |
| US12265729B1 |
Enhanced write buffer flush scheme for memory devices with high density storage memory architecture
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for memory systems that support enhanced write buffer flush schemes. In a first aspect, a method performed by a memory controller includes detecting, by the memory controller, a flush operation associated with a write buffer. The method also includes detecting, by the memory controller during the flush operation, a command for placement into a command queue. The method further include prioritizing, by the memory controller, the flush operation to by placing the command in a wait queue and maintaining the flush operation. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described. |
| US12265725B2 |
Accelerated read translation path in memory sub-system
A system includes a non-volatile memory device and a processing device to perform operations including creating a logical transfer unit (LTU) corresponding to a logical block address (LBA) received in a read request, wherein the LTU comprises a subset of a plurality of sequential LBAs of a zone of LBA space of the non-volatile memory device, wherein one of the subset is the LBA. The processing device comprises a hardware accelerator to perform operations comprising: retrieving, using an LTU identifier associated with the LTU, metadata that specifies a mapping between the LTU identifier and a physical address of a physical address space; and providing the metadata for use in determining and utilizing the physical address to perform a read operation specified by the read request. |
| US12265722B2 |
Generating and maintaining a batch action clipboard for web-based platforms
The present disclosure is directed toward systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for generating and maintaining an intelligent, web-based digital content clipboard for viewing and performing batch actions on copied content items. In particular, based on a client device request to copy a content item from a web-based folder, the disclosed systems can generate and add an item reference for the copied content item to a batch action clipboard. The disclosed systems can perform batch actions on multiple digital content items together with a single web-based batch action. The disclosed systems can also intelligently provide a clipboard element for display that is selectable to view item references representing content items copied to the batch action clipboard, along with a set of available batch actions for performing on one or more of the copied content items. |
| US12265721B2 |
Fast recovery in recoverpoint using direct storage access
Data protection operations based on direct storage access. Data protection operations that involve large data transfers are optimized or improved by transferring the data using a communication path that includes direct access to disks of a storage array. This avoids latencies associated with transferring data through the layers of the storage array. The locations of the data to be transferred are identified and provided to an appliance. The appliance can then read and transfer the data over a communication path that includes direct disk access. |
| US12265712B2 |
Dynamic DDR scaling and use case management based on DDR refresh rate and size
Various embodiments include methods and devices for implementing scaling memory frequency configuration by a computing device. Embodiments may include comparing at least a memory refresh rate, a memory size, at least one use case bandwidth of transmission between the memory and a system on chip (SoC), and a use case latency of transmission between the memory and the SoC with at least one stored memory refresh rate, at least one stored memory size, at least one stored use case bandwidth of transmission between the memory and the SoC, and at least one stored use case latency of transmission between the memory and the SoC, selecting a memory frequency based on a result of the comparison, and configuring the memory for the memory frequency. Some embodiments may include issuing an alarm indicating changing the use for the memory to be able to achieve a use case parameter. |
| US12265711B1 |
Mechanism to enhance endurance in universal flash storage devices
Methods that may be performed by a universal flash storage (UFS) device of a computing device for configuring flash memory cells. Various embodiments may include setting a number of degraded triple-level cells (TLCs) attribute, and configuring at least one degraded TLC as at least one single-level cell (SLC) based on the number of degraded TLCs attribute, the at least one degraded TLC being not functional as a TLC and functional as an SLC. Some embodiments may include identifying the at least one degraded TLC based on at least one degradation attribute associated with the at least one degraded TLC, the at least one degradation attribute configured to indicate that the at least one degraded TLC is not functional as a TLC, and identifying an amount of degraded TLCs that are not functional as a TLC. |
| US12265706B2 |
Memory system with nonvolatile semiconductor memory
According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a non-volatile semiconductor memory, a block management unit, and a transcription unit. The semiconductor memory includes a plurality of blocks to which data can be written in both the first mode and the second mode. The block management unit manages a block that stores therein no valid data as a free block. When the number of free blocks managed by the block management unit is smaller than or equal to a predetermined threshold value, the transcription unit selects one or more used blocks that stores therein valid data as transcription source blocks and transcribes valid data stored in the transcription source blocks to free blocks in the second mode. |
| US12265699B2 |
Central control hub for entertainment system
Methods and systems are provided for an entertainment system. In one example, a method for operating an entertainment system includes receiving user input at a central control hub communicatively coupled to one or more display devices and converting the instructions into one or more signal transmission modes at the central control hub. The one or more signal transmission modes may correspond to communication modes of the one or more display devices, allowing the instructions to be delivered to the one or more display devices from the central control hub to present the instructions as a visual and/or audio display to an audience. |
| US12265696B2 |
User interface for audio message
The present disclosure generally relates to receiving voice input via the one or more microphones; and displaying a visual indication of the voice input, where in accordance with a determination that a portion of the voice input corresponds to voice input that is to be transmitted to one or more devices displaying, via the one or more display devices, the visual indication includes displaying the visual indication with a first set of one or more colors; and in accordance with a determination that the voice input does not include an instruction to transmit any portion of the voice input to the one or more devices, displaying, via the one or more display devices, the visual indication includes displaying the visual indication with a second set of one or more colors that is different from the first set of one or more colors. |
| US12265695B2 |
Virtual whiteboarding application for visualizing and organizing issues from an issue tracking system
A virtual whiteboarding application is configured to interface with an issue tracking system to visualize and organize issues managed by the issue tracking system in a graphical user interface of the virtual whiteboarding application. Graphical elements corresponding to issues managed by the issue tracking system can be interacted with in the graphical user interface of the virtual whiteboarding application to relate issues in the issue tracking system and visualize relationships between issues managed by the issue tracking system. |
| US12265689B2 |
Interactive menu elements in a virtual three-dimensional space
An electronic device, which is in communication with a display and one or more input devices, displays a view of a three dimensional environment that includes a plurality of selectable user interface objects overlaid on an animated background. In response to detecting a request to change a viewpoint associated with a user of the electronic device, the electronic device shifts the plurality of selectable user interface objects in the three dimensional environment in accordance with the request, and also shifts the animated background in the three dimensional environment in accordance with the request. |
| US12265688B2 |
Window display method and related apparatus
Embodiments of this application provide a window display method and a related apparatus. The method includes: An electronic device displays a first window. The electronic device determines a hot region of the first window based on a first display region of the first window, where the first display region includes a display region of a response control in the first window, and the response control is a control capable of responding to a touch operation. According to embodiments of this application, the hot region of the window can be determined based on a display region of display content in the window. In this way, an operable region for a user on a display screen is increased, and screen utilization is effectively improved. |
| US12265679B2 |
Dynamic adjustment of a click threshold corresponding to a force-based tactile sensor
Facilitating dynamic adjustment of a click/unclick threshold corresponding to a force-based tactile sensor is presented herein. A system can comprise a tactile sensor comprising force-based sensor(s); and a motion detection component that can determine a rate of change of a movement that has been detected via a group of sensors comprising the force-based sensor(s), and based on the rate of change of the movement, modify a defined sensitivity of the force-based sensor(s) with respect to detection of a click and/or unclick event corresponding to the tactile sensor. Further, the motion detection component can decrease the defined sensitivity with respect to detection of the click and/or unclick event in response to the rate of change being determined to satisfy a defined condition representing an increase in the speed at which the stylus or the finger has moved across the tactile sensor. |
| US12265673B2 |
Touch display device and display panel
A touch display device and a display panel uniformly distributing capacitances between the touch lines and the touch electrodes are provided. The device includes a display panel in which a plurality of X-touch electrodes are electrically connected to form a X-touch electrode line and a plurality of X-touch electrode lines arranged in parallel to receive a plurality of touch driving signals, and a plurality of Y-touch electrode lines to transmit a plurality of touch sensing signals, and a touch driving circuit. A plurality of X-touch lines transmit the touch driving signals connect together the plurality of X-touch electrodes constituting a same X-touch electrode line through a plurality of contact holes. Distances between at least one Y-touch electrode line and the plurality of contact holes through which the plurality of X-touch lines are electrically connected to the X-touch electrodes adjacent to the at least one Y-touch electrode line are uniform. |
| US12265667B2 |
Stylus-based data processing method and apparatus
Embodiments of this application provide a stylus-based data processing method and apparatus, which are applied to a communication system. The communication system includes a stylus and an electronic device. The electronic device displays a first interface. After a user performs a first operation on a first target area in the first interface by using the stylus, the electronic device may determine first target content in the first target area. The stylus may obtain the first target content from the electronic device, and obtain a first target result corresponding to the first target content. The electronic device may obtain the first target result from the stylus and display the first target result on the first interface. |
| US12265663B2 |
Gesture-based application invocation
A head-worn device system includes one or more cameras, one or more display devices and one or more processors. The system also includes a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the system to detect a gesture made by a user of the computing apparatus and generate gesture data identifying the gesture, select an application or selected action from a set of registered applications and actions based on the gesture data, and invoke the application or selected action. |
| US12265662B2 |
Device for reproducing a heartbeat pattern to memorialize a loved one
Devices, systems, and methods for reproducing or simulating a heartbeat pattern in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure. In particular aspects, a device is configured to reproduce a tactile, auditory, and/or visual output representing a heartbeat pattern of a loved one. A user may perceive, during operation, the reproduced heartbeat pattern reproduced by the device. For example, the user may touch the device (e.g., may wrap a hand around the device, may pressed the device against any part of the user's body, etc.), the device may be activated (e.g., by the user's touch) and may reproduce an output (e.g., tactile, auditory, and/or visual) causing the user to perceive the heartbeat pattern. The heartbeat pattern may be one stored in the device, an external device and provided to the device via a link, or generated by the device dynamically during operation. |
| US12265661B2 |
Human computer interaction devices
Various examples are provided related to devices for human-computer interactions. In one example, a human computer interaction device includes a sensing platform with at least one inner zone and an outer zone. The sensing platform can provide control inputs to a computing device in response to detecting movement of a foot of a user on the sensing platform and can provide haptic feedback to the user in response to the detected movement. The haptic feedback can be provided via the at least one inner zone, the outer zone or a combination thereof. |
| US12265657B2 |
Methods for navigating user interfaces
In some embodiments, an electronic device navigates between user interfaces based at least on detecting a gaze of the user. In some embodiments, an electronic device enhances interactions with control elements of user interfaces. In some embodiments, an electronic device scrolls representations of categories and subcategories in a coordinated manner. In some embodiments, an electronic device navigates back from user interfaces having different levels of immersion in different ways. |
| US12265652B2 |
Document signing and storage using data models and distributed ledgers
A method includes populating a template database with templates associated with template identifiers (IDs) identifying the templates. The method also includes generating a data model that references a template within the template database, where the data model includes a template ID referencing the template in the template database, and where the template includes a parameter field. The data model further includes a template parameter to apply to the parameter field and a digital signature for at least the template ID and the template parameter. The method also includes deploying the data model within a distributed ledger. |
| US12265651B2 |
Information processing device and control method of information processing device
An information processing device includes a guest OS and a host OS that accesses a sector group in response to an access request from the guest OS. The host OS includes: an access log analyzer that generates, by reference to a sector-group database, a sector-group access log from the access request; a sector-group access determiner that determines, based on the sector-group access log, whether the access request seeks to access the sector group related to an application; and a manager that updates, based on a developer definition policy, a sector-group access rule database and the sector-group database if it is determined that the access request seeks to access the sector group and the guest OS makes a change to an application storage area. |
| US12265650B2 |
Systems, methods, and media for protecting applications from untrusted operating systems
Mechanisms for protecting an application from an untrusted operating system (OS) are provided, the methods including: determining that a virtual address for a page of memory allocated by the untrusted OS for the application belongs to a valid mapping; determining that the page of memory is not already in use; and in response to determining that the virtual address for the page of memory belongs to a valid mapping and determining that the page of memory is not already in use, mapping the page of memory to an enclaved container for the application. Some mechanisms further include unmapping the page of memory from the untrusted OS. In some mechanism, determining that the virtual address for the page of memory belongs to a valid mapping is based on a list of valid mappings for the application. |
| US12265649B2 |
Synthetic data generation apparatus, method for the same, and program
A synthetic data generation apparatus codes a value of each of category attributes contained in original data into a value of a numerical attribute in accordance with a coding rule; generates first synthetic data from the original data after coding using a synthetic data generation method for numerical attributes; if the value of the numerical attribute which is contained in the first synthetic data and corresponds to the value of one of the category attributes exceeds a range of values that can be assumed by the value of that numerical attribute, converts the value of that numerical attribute to a value included in the range of values that can be assumed by the value of that numerical attribute; and decodes the value of the numerical attribute which is contained in the first synthetic data after conversion and corresponds to the value of one of the category attributes to the value of that category attribute in accordance with the coding rule to obtain synthetic data. |
| US12265644B1 |
Device management and security through a distributed ledger system
Techniques are described for managing internet-of-things (IoT) devices, such as managing the storage of data generated by the IoT devices, managing the access, to the data, by users, processes, and/or other entities, managing command and control of the devices, and so forth. In some implementations, an IoT platform is provided for IoT device management, and the IoT platform can be agnostic with respect to providers. For example, the IoT platform may provide one or more common interfaces that enable communications with IoT devices that are manufactured by different device providers. In some implementations, a distributed ledger system (DLS) is employed to facilitate IoT device management. For example, the DLS can act as a gateway and/or overall interface to control access of users, processes, devices, IoT device providers, and/or other entities to the IoT devices and/or to an IoT platform. |
| US12265643B2 |
Systems and methods for validating sensitive data in data change repositories for shared data resources
Systems and methods utilize a data change repository that supplements existing data in a database by storing various data labels for each record. Each data label comprises a first data characteristic comprising a stateless value and a second data characteristic that comprises a modification characteristic of the stateless value. The systems and methods may then use these additional labels to identify and/or validate the underlying data. As the labels are used for the identification and/or validation (as opposed to the underlying data itself), the systems and methods do not affect, and function despite, security protocols, access restrictions, and/or viewing rights. |
| US12265638B2 |
Direct access to host memory for guests
Direct access to host memory for guests is disclosed. For example, a system includes a processor, a host memory, a filesystem daemon, a guest including a storage controller, and a filesystem queue accessible to the filesystem daemon and the storage controller. The storage controller receives a file retrieval request associated with a file stored in the host memory and forwards the file retrieval request to the filesystem daemon by adding the file retrieval request to the filesystem queue. The filesystem daemon retrieves the file retrieval request from the filesystem queue, determines a host memory address (HMA) associated with the file, and causes the HMA to be mapped to a guest memory address (GMA). The guest accesses the file in the host memory with the GMA, and later terminates access to the file, where the filesystem daemon is then configured cause the GMA to be unmapped. |
| US12265635B2 |
Selective security augmentation in source control environments
A method enhances authentication requirements to documents of a document repository based, at least in part, on a security policy associated with a branch under which the documents are organized. The method implements an approval service that is identified in a branch policy. The approval service determines whether a user is authorized to modify documents included in the branch. The method further selectively requires multiple authentications from multiple authentication systems in order to access one or more particular branches in a document repository. Further, the multiple authentication systems are based on separate and independent sets of authentication credentials. |
| US12265630B2 |
Row access strobe (RAS) clobber and row hammer failures using a deterministic protocol
There are provided systems and methods that include at least one memory that has a plurality of memory cells. The cells may be disposed in rows and columns. The device can further include a controller that is communicatively coupled to the at least one memory, and the controller may be configured by its hardware topology and its instruction set and/or by a communicatively coupled processor or higher level system or subsystem to maintain data integrity in the at least one memory and/or to prevent or mitigate malicious access patterns that may compromise the at least one memory. The controller may be configured to execute a deterministic protocol in conjunction with or sequentially to a probabilistic protocol to achieve one or more of the above-noted functions. |
| US12265629B2 |
Suppressing a vulnerability of a continuous integration pipeline with audit functionality
A vulnerability with respect to an image file in a continuous integration (CI) pipeline can be suppressed according to some aspects described herein. For example, a processor can receive an alert for the vulnerability with the CI pipeline being able to block deployment of the image file in response to the alert. Based on the alert, the processor can determine that the vulnerability of the image file is deferrable. After determining that the vulnerability is deferrable, the processor can automatically adjust a status of the vulnerability from an observed state to a deferred state. The CI pipeline can allow the deployment of the image file based on the status of the vulnerability being in the deferred state. The processor can deploy the image file in the CI pipeline after adjusting the status of the vulnerability to the deferred state. |
| US12265626B2 |
Apparatuses and methods with secure configuration update
One example securely updates an integrated circuit to mitigate undesirable modifications and this involves an application circuit accessing an external network while a (e.g., nonvolatile) program memory is write protected; and a reset-boot circuit resetting and booting the application circuit while access to the external network is disabled, and causing an update for the application circuit. In response to an indication that an update is downloaded for installation, the downloaded update is installed in the memory while access to the external network is disabled, and execution of the reset mode is permitted after the update is installed. Also, a retrieval module may download, in response to an indication that an update is not downloaded, an update provided via the external network while the memory is write-protected and thereby permitting execution of the reset mode after the update is downloaded. |
| US12265617B2 |
Labeling device and labeling program
A labeling apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to extract a feature of malware to be labeled and features of a malware group with a known label, and identify malware or a malware group with a feature among the features of the malware group that is most similar to the feature of the malware to be labeled based on a degree of similarity between the feature of the malware to be labeled and each of the features of the malware group extracted, and give a label that has been given to the malware or the malware group to the malware to be labeled. |
| US12265616B2 |
Detect anomalous container deployment at a container orchestration service
A computing system is configured to detect a request for a deployment of a container at a container orchestration service. One or more datasets associated with the deployment of the container are collected, and a plurality of features associated with the deployment are extracted based on the one or more datasets. A probability score is then generated based on the plurality of features, using a machine-learning model trained on datasets associated with historical deployments of containers that have been performed via the container orchestration service. The probability score indicates a probability that the deployment of the container is anomalous compared to the historical deployments of containers. When the probability score is greater than a threshold, the deployment of the container is determined as anomalous. |
| US12265614B2 |
Label recommendation for cybersecurity content
Described are techniques for automated labeling of cybersecurity incidents. The techniques include generating a set of labels for a received cybersecurity incident based on features of the received cybersecurity incident. The techniques further include prioritizing the set of labels to generate a subset of labels, and associating the subset of labels to the received cybersecurity incident. |
| US12265607B2 |
Method, device, and computer program product for executing computer programs
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, a device, and a computer program product for executing computer programs. The method includes implementing multiple executions of a deep neural network that includes a hooking portion outside a trusted execution environment (TEE), wherein an operator in the hooking portion, when executed outside the TEE, invokes a corresponding execution operator in the TEE. During the period, the method includes determining, on the basis of the invocation of the corresponding execution operator in the TEE by the operator in the hooking portion, a computation graph corresponding to the hooking portion. The method further includes executing, on the basis of the computation graph, the execution operator corresponding to the hooking portion in the TEE during the execution of the deep neural network after the multiple executions. |
| US12265604B2 |
Electronically secured package delivery
Securing package delivery via unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), drones, robots, etc. is contemplated. The package delivery may include assigning a provenance certificate to a package scheduled for drone delivery, determining a plurality of vehicles to be used in transporting the package to an autonomous receiver, determining credentials assigned to each of the vehicles, pairing the credentials with the package to generate a delivery pairing, the delivery pairing identifying the credentials of the vehicles authorized to transport the package, and transporting the delivery pairing to each of the vehicles to prevent vehicles having certificates omitted from the delivery pairing from transporting the package. |
| US12265598B2 |
Method and system for remote voter identity verification and liveness detection in an online voting system
A system for remote voter verification, comprising a user device including a camera, the user device configured to generate registration request including a set of biometric information; a voting authority agent device configured to receive an indication of a failed registration attempt; and at least one registration processor, the at least one registration processor communicatively coupled to the remote user device and located remote from the user device, the at least one registration processor communicatively coupled to the voting authority agent device, the at least one registration processor configured to receive the registration request from the user device, evaluate a liveness status from the set of biometric information, generate the indication of a failed registration attempt in response to a negative liveness status, and send the indication of a failed registration attempt to the voting authority agent device for manual verification. |
| US12265596B2 |
Video game integration of cryptographically secured digital assets
A method of integrating a cryptographic digital asset into a digital software application, includes receiving a digital asset identification (ID) code, the digital asset ID code existing together with a unique owner ID code on a distributed blockchain ledger. The digital asset ID code represents the cryptographic digital asset, and the cryptographic digital asset comprises a plurality of attributes. A virtual object is then represented on the display via the digital software application. The virtual object has an appearance that is based on the plurality of attributes of the cryptographic digital asset, and the virtual object includes a plurality of object attributes. The method further includes modifying at least one of the object attributes according to an aspect of the digital software application or interaction between the character avatar and the virtual object and representing a modified virtual object on the display via the digital software application. |
| US12265594B2 |
Data processing methods and systems for simulating changes to categorical features
Data processing method of simulating changes to categorical features of subjects are described. A method of simulating changes to categorical features of subjects comprises: receiving a current categorical feature set for the subject, the current categorical feature set for the subject comprising a plurality of categorical features for the subject, each categorical feature indicating a category from a plurality of possible categories into which the subject falls; inputting categorical features from the current categorical feature set for the subject into a set of trained machine learning models, each trained machine learning model of the set of trained machine learning model being configured to predict a respective outcome value for the subject from one or more of the categorical features for the subject, and thereby generating a set of current predicted outcome values for the subject; generating a plurality of simulated categorical features sets for the subject by varying respective categorical features for the subject; inputting categorical features from the simulated categorical feature sets for the subject into the set of trained machine learning models, and thereby generating a plurality of simulated sets of predicted outcome values for the subject; and storing a predicted outcome dataset for the subject, the predicted outcome dataset comprising the set of current predicted outcome values for the subject and the plurality of simulated sets of predicted outcome values for the subject. |
| US12265593B2 |
Providing ambient information based on learned user context and interaction, and associated systems and devices
Methods, computer readable media, and devices for auto scheduling of ambient information and apps based on learned user context and interaction are described. A method may include recording information corresponding to one or more ambient screens previously displayed to a user, building a probabilistic inference model based at least in part on the recorded information, ranking the one or more ambient screens based at least in part on the probabilistic inference model, selecting a candidate ambient screen from the ranked one or more ambient screens, and displaying the candidate ambient screen during an idle timeslot. |
| US12265589B2 |
Method for providing address information of internet resource using dynamic QR code, and system thereof
Proposed is a method of providing internet resource address information using dynamic QR codes. In one embodiment, the method includes the following steps, receiving a first protocol request and extracts a QR code label identification number contained within the first URL from the received first protocol request, using the extracted QR code label identification number as a search key to retrieve redirection link address information from a QR code identification table, extracting redirection code information contained in the second URL upon receiving the forwarded second protocol request, and consulting the redirection link table using the extracted redirection code information as a search key to fetch the internet resource address information. |
| US12265588B1 |
System and method for topic-based search engine
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for providing search results to an agent that are organized and streamlined to allow for quick and efficient navigation by the agent. The database responds to a search query with a plurality of search results. Certain configurations allow these data entries to include tags included within their metadata that identify a type associated with those entries. The entries are then categorized based on their respective types. Once categorized, the categories are then analyzed for relevance to determine which of the categories should be displayed. Once this has been determined, then each of the different panes are sized and positioned based on their respective relevancy. Further, entries within the different panes can be emphasized based on their relevance to provide the agent with a short list of highest relevance entries for review. |
| US12265585B2 |
Venue recommendations based on shared guest traits
A platform identifies that a first venue attendee is similar to a second venue attendee based on at least one shared trait. The platform identifies an indicator of positivity about a particular point of interest corresponding to the second venue attendee. The platform selects the particular point of interest as a recommended point of interest for the first venue attendee based on the similarity between the first venue attendee and the second venue attendee and the indicator of positivity about the particular point of interest corresponding to the second venue attendee. |
| US12265584B2 |
Personalized data management systems and methods
This disclosure relates to systems and methods for managing data associated with a user using a personalized cloud storage platform operating as a centralized repository for user data generated from a variety of sources and/or user devices. By centralizing the storage and/or management of personal data that would conventionally be confined between multiple information silos, embodiments of the systems and methods disclosed herein may improve the ability of a user to control their personal data, facilitate utilization of their personal data in a variety of ways not offered by services associated with the silos, and/or allow a user to centrally manage their personal data. Further embodiments disclosed herein allow a user to define one or more policies or other rules associated with personal data stored in their personal cloud. |
| US12265582B2 |
Query modality recommendation for e-commerce search
A query modality recommendation system provides recommendations to use a particular query modality based on one or more categories of search results for a search query. Upon receiving a search query in a first query modality at a search engine, the query modality recommendation system determines to recommend use of a second query modality based on one or more categories of the search results. For example, the first query modality may be a textual query and the second query modality may be an image query. In aspects, recommending use of the second query modality comprises comparing a first search performance of the one or more categories for the first query modality in historical search queries to a second search performance of the one or more categories for the second query modality in the historical search queries. |
| US12265575B2 |
System and method for efficient creation and incremental updating of representations of email conversations
Embodiments as disclosed include document analysis systems that may obtain email data collected or obtained from email servers from one or more source systems and build a graph of the emails, where the nodes of the email graph represent data about an email and the edges in the graph between the nodes of the graph are determined based on metadata associated with the emails or the text content of the emails. These email graphs may be quickly and efficiently updated as new email data is obtained such that the document analysis systems may organize emails into conversations for utilization by users in reviewing these emails in context. |
| US12265573B2 |
Automated local story generation and curation
Systems and methods for automated local story generation and curation are described. In one example embodiment, a server computer receives content from client devices, and processes the content to identify content characteristics. Stories are then generated based on the characteristics of the received content, and the stories are communicated to client devices. In certain embodiments, selection at a client device of an individual piece of content within a story may further be used by the system to provide the client device with a sub-story that includes pieces of content sharing content characteristics with the characteristics of the selected image or video. |
| US12265569B2 |
Rule based de-duplication of software system defects
A system allows users to submit information describing system defects, for example, defects in software systems. The system stores information describing defects for multiple external systems. The system further allows users to specify de-duplication rules for determining duplicate defects submitted by users. A de-duplication rule is associated with an original system defect and specifies regular expressions that are evaluated against a target system defect. The evaluation of the regular expressions against the target system defect indicates whether the target system defect is a duplicate of the original system defect. If the target system defect is determined to be a duplicate of another existing system defect, the target system defect may be closed. |
| US12265567B2 |
Artificial intelligence assisted originality evaluator
A method is disclosed, involving converting each structured text document stored in a database into one or more vectors, using the vectors of the structured text documents stored in a database to create a similarity search index, then for each structured text document from the database, searching the search index using the one or more vectors of the structured text document in order to generate a list of N other structured text document from the database similar to the structured text document based on said search; an storing each list of N other structured text document from the database similar to the structured text document in a table. |
| US12265565B2 |
Methods, apparatuses and computer program products for intent-driven query processing
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide query processing techniques for generating optimized query results. The techniques include generating using a machine learning framework, one or more predictions for a natural language query. The one or more predictions may include an intent prediction and an event prediction. The technique may include generating an intent classification for the natural language query based on the intent prediction and the event prediction. The techniques may include in response to the intent classification corresponding to a target query intent: generating, a plurality of candidate data objects based on an identifier associated with the natural language query, identifying one or more relevant data objects from the plurality of candidate data objects based on a relevancy score for each of the plurality of candidate data object; and providing, via a user interface, a natural language query result. |
| US12265564B2 |
Instance-level adaptive propulsion of external knowledge (IAPEK)
There is included a method and apparatus comprising computer code for instance-wise adaptive knowledge injection in a pre-trained language model (PTLM) including determining a necessity of external knowledge in a plurality of queries of a first dataset based on a likelihood that a respective query is solved by internal knowledge of a target model. Then, the one or more queries determined to need external knowledge may be augmented with pieces of external knowledge. A combined dataset may be generated by combining the first dataset and the one or more augmented queries, and the combined dataset may be applied to the target model. |
| US12265563B2 |
System and method for querying of unstructured text using graph analysis
Systems and methods for enhanced rule-based querying of unstructured text using graph analysis are provided. Some embodiments apply machine learning to the analysis of unstructured text to identify regulatory, privacy, and cybersecurity risks. In some embodiments, a query string is provided to identify desired content in the unstructured text. The query string is tokenized and the tokenized parts are converted into nodes of a query graph and relationships are defining between the nodes. After identifying matches between terms in target text with nodes of the query graph, a graph is generated using matched terms as nodes. Based on the defined relationships, a determination is made whether any group of nodes on the graph satisfy the query string. Any matched nodes are mapped to the target text, and this information is provided to an analyst or reviewer for further consideration or action. |
| US12265560B2 |
Subquery generation from a query
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for generating subqueries from a query. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining a query, generating a set of two subqueries from the query, where the set includes a first subquery and a second subquery, determining a quality score for the set of two subqueries, determining whether the quality score for the set of two subqueries satisfies a quality threshold, and in response to determining that the quality score for the set of two subqueries satisfies the quality threshold, providing a first response to the first subquery that is responsive to a first operation that receives the first subquery as input and providing a second response to the second subquery that is responsive to a second operation that receives the second subquery as input. |
| US12265558B2 |
Object centric process mining algorithm
Systems and methods for object centric process mining are provided. Execution data of a process having a plurality of entities is received. A plurality of object networks representing relationships between objects of the plurality of entities are generated based on the execution data. A set of transitions is determined for each of the plurality of object networks. A process graph of execution of the process is generated based on the sets of transitions. The process graph is output. |
| US12265556B1 |
Apparatus and method for classifying an entity to an executable data structure
An apparatus for classifying an entity to an executable data structure, the apparatus including a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the processor, the memory containing instructions configuring the processor to receive entity input from an entity using a graphical user interface, wherein receiving the entity data includes receiving a low-level entity data at a first time and receiving a high-level entity data at a subsequent time determine a degree of interaction pertaining to the entity by comparing the low-level entity data to the high-level entity data, identify at least a protocol metric as a function of the degree of interaction, determine a protocol object as a function of the high-level entity data and the at least a protocol metric, establish an executable data structure for the entity as a function of the protocol object and display the executable data structure using the graphical user interface. |
| US12265555B2 |
Adaptive multi-model item selection systems and methods
An adaptive multi-model item selection method, comprising: receiving, from one of a plurality of client devices, a request including a client-side feature vector representing a state of the client device; determining, by an advocate model, a probability distribution of a plurality of specialist cluster models from the client-side feature vector; choosing, by a use case selector, a cluster corresponding to a use case from the probability distribution; and obtaining, by the use case selector based on the cluster (i.e., the cluster that was sampled by the user case selector), a specialist cluster model from the plurality of specialist cluster models. |
| US12265552B2 |
Optimization based on archetypes
A processor may filter data to generate a subset of the data less than an entire set of the data. The subset may include at least one string and at least one numeric value. The processor may match the at least one string and the at least one numeric value to one of a plurality of archetypes by applying a clustering algorithm. Each archetype may include a subset of archetype data less than an entire set of archetype data. The processor may compare the entire set of data to the entire set of archetype data to identify at least one difference between the entire set of data and the entire set of archetype data. The processor may apply at least one optimization to address the at least one difference. |
| US12265544B2 |
Domain knowledge guided selection of nodes for addition to data trees
A computing server may continuously update a set of nodes that are addable to a data tree based on past interactions of the user with one or more nodes. The computing server may track a recently interacted set of interacted nodes with which the user has interacted within a number of past interactions. The computing server may select a pool of candidate nodes based on the recently interacted set. At least one of the candidate nodes is within a domain boundary of one of the interacted nodes that is in the recently interacted set. The domain boundary may be determined by the degree of relationship. The computing server may present one or more candidate nodes in the pool as a version of the continuously updated set of nodes. The computing server may update the pool of candidate nodes as additional interactions performed by the user updates the recently interacted set. |
| US12265542B2 |
No-code platform for generating reports as a transaction
Generating reports from database is conventionally performed manually which requires skilled persons, time consuming and prone to errors. Thus, embodiments of present disclosure provide a no-code platform for generating reports as a transaction. User selects a slice object, its information attributes, report attributes, and optionally filters, grouping, splitting, and sorting conditions which are displayed by the no-code platform. Further, a database query is generated based on the user selection by the no code platform. The database query is then executed to retrieve data from a database. Finally, a report is generated based on the retrieved data and the report attributes. Thus, users can obtain reports as a transaction by just specifying their requirements. They need not know the complex structure of the database. Also, the method can be used to generate any type of report from any type of database irrespective of the internal data organization of the database. |
| US12265539B2 |
Systems and methods for managing structured query language on dynamic schema databases
In various aspects of the present disclosure, systems and methods are described to identify and resolve structured queries so they execute consistently and accurately against any data architecture, and for example, dynamic or unstructured database stores. According to one embodiment, a dynamic schema data system implements a query dialect that is configured to expose underlying flexible schemas of the dynamic schema data system, any structured data, unstructured or partially structured data, and expressive querying native to the dynamic schema system in a language that is compatible with structured queries, and for example, compatible with SQL-92. In further embodiments, the query dialect is configured to enable consistency with existing dynamic schema database query semantics (e.g., the known MongoDB database and associated query semantics). |
| US12265536B2 |
Intelligent API service for enterprise data in the cloud
The proposed systems and methods provide a fixed set of intelligent, general APIs to manage access to enterprise data stored in a cloud-based data lake. These systems and methods allow a fixed set of APIs to respond to all queries regarding the stored enterprise data by using a cached reference table that locates the container and document in which the requested data is held. The proposed systems and methods provide a framework for a minimal API service code with the capacity for responding to dynamic queries while maintaining stringent privacy control protections. |
| US12265533B2 |
Dimensionality reduction and model training in a database system implementation of a K nearest neighbors model
A database system operates by: determining a first query that indicates a first request to generate a K nearest neighbors (KNN) model; executing the first query to generate KNN model data for the KNN model, wherein the KNN model data is set as a reduced dataset for one of a plurality of training iterations; determining a second query that indicates a second request to apply the KNN model to input data; and executing the second query to generate model output of the KNN model for the input data based on, for each row in the input data, identifying a classification label for the each row from the discrete set of labels based on performing the KNN classification algorithm to classify the each row in the input data by applying the reduced data set. |
| US12265524B2 |
Content item profiles
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium for managing a relationship between content and an environment for provisioning the content. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a request for a content item; and in response to receiving the request: selecting a creative from a plurality of creatives, the creative including a reference to a profile associated with one or more elements; retrieving content data from one or more content feeds bound to the elements; and delivering the creative and the content data to a user device. |
| US12265523B2 |
Probabilistic relay for efficient propagation in a blockchain network
A computer-implemented method for a node of a blockchain network comprising receiving or generating data for distribution in the blockchain network, said node having a plurality of interfaces, said data corresponding to an object such as a transaction or a block. The transaction can be a Bitcoin transaction for recordal in a blockchain. The method determines a correlation matrix having correlation coefficients representing the correlation between data processed at each interface of said node. From the correlation matrix a correlation index for each interface is determined. A threshold or indicator is calculated and data or objects such as Bitcoin transactions are relayed from nodes via interfaces according to a set of correlation coefficients of interface receiving the data. An indicator or threshold can derived from the correlation matrix and data is relayed if the correlation between the receiving interface and the other interface is lower than the indicator. |
| US12265522B2 |
Confidential blockchain database with a distributed ledger
The disclosed technology is generally directed to a distributed query-and-command system. In one example of the technology, in a trusted execution environment (TEE) of a first node, database code of the first node and distributed ledger code of the first node is executed, such that execution of the distributed ledger code of the first node instantiates a first instance of a distributed ledger of a consortium blockchain, and such that execution of the query-and-command code of the first node instantiates a first instance of a query-and-command system. The consortium blockchain is distributed among a plurality of nodes, and the query-and-command system is distributed among the plurality of nodes. A first transaction that is associated with modifying the query-and-command system is received. The first transaction is executed. Changes associated with the first transaction to the distributed ledger are persisted. |
| US12265521B1 |
Methods and systems for authorization rate gradual degradation detection
Described herein are systems and methods to use modeling techniques to identify gradual changes in various metrics identified as a result of analyzing an aggregated transaction dataset. In one method, a computer model dynamically slice the data using an attribute, calculates an entropy value for using a rolling time window, and uses the entropy value to identify anomalous behavior. The model may use information gain to determine whether to further segmented the data slice into smaller data slices. The model may iteratively slice and analyze the data until a data slice corresponding to the root cause is determined. The model may then traverse the hierarchy of data slices and combine the data slices until an optimized combined data slice. The model may train a machine learning component, such as a booted tree algorithm, to optimize its traversal of the hierarchy of data slices. |
| US12265520B2 |
Storage tier verification checks
Techniques are provided for storage tier verification checks. A determination is made that a mount operation of an aggregate of a set of volumes stored within a multi-tier storage environment has completed. A first metafile and a second metafile are maintained to track information related to the storage of objects of a volume of the aggregate within a remote object store that is a tier of the multi-tier storage environment. A distributed verification is performed between the first metafile and the second metafile to identify an inconsistency. Accordingly, the first metafile and the second metafile are reconciled to address the inconsistency so that storage information within the first metafile and the second metafile are consistent. |
| US12265514B1 |
Efficient sorting techniques facilitating the creation and use of dataset summary metadata
The present disclosure provides techniques and solutions for sorting data. In a particular implementation, a sorting technique is provided that places values in a sorted order by adding an offset value to values that are not in a sorted order. The resulting sorted set of values is not truly sorted, in that the set of modified values is sorted, but the underlying data itself is not sorted. In another implementation, a sorting technique can use multiple streams or sets. When an out of order element is encountered, it can be added to a new stream, if such a stream is available. The sorting techniques can be used for a variety of purposes, including provided sorted data for use in generating summary data, or for providing sorted data to be used in determining an intersection between two datasets. |
| US12265512B2 |
Data management system
Approaches for managing communication between a first database server and a second database server are described. According to one example, an out-of-sequence data (OOSD) notification is generated by the first database server each time out-of-sequence data is received from at least one data source. The OOSD notification indicates receipt of the out-of-sequence data from the at least one data source and may include the out-of-sequence data. The OOSD notification is then transmitted by the first database server to the second database server over a dedicated communication channel. The OOSD notification is received and processed by the second database server for incorporating the out-of-sequence data within a database of the second database server in a chronological order. |
| US12265509B2 |
Loading data files into hierarchical storage system
A data file comprising a plurality of rows, each of the rows includes at least a first column and a second column, the first column contains a first-level resource ID that identifies a first-level resource, the second column provides information regarding the first-level resource. For each respective unique first-level resource ID, the processing circuitry identifies a row set for the respective first-level resource ID, performs a sequential deduplication process on the row set, and enqueues remaining rows in a queue for a thread assigned to the respective first-level resource ID. For each row enqueued in the queue for the thread, the thread dequeues the row from the queue for the respective thread, requests creation of a second-level resource that stores a version of the data element contained in the second column of the dequeued row, and requests creation of relationship data for the second-level resource. |
| US12265506B1 |
Asynchronous to synchronous replication transition
A method for transitioning from asynchronous replication to a synchronous replication, the method includes (i) receiving, by a DSS and following the start of the transitioning, a synchronous update related to a first FSE part; (ii) implementing the synchronous update of the first FSE part; (iii) receiving, by the DSS and following the start of the transitioning, an asynchronous update related to a last version of a second FSE part before the start of the transitioning; (iv) ignoring the asynchronous update when the DSS currently stores a version of the second FSE part that is associated with a timestamp that is indicative of a point in time that exceeds the start of the transitioning; and (v) else—implementing the asynchronous update. |
| US12265504B2 |
Method and system of storing data to data storage for variable size deduplication
A method of storing data to a data storage and related device are provided, wherein data storage is divided into two or more variable size chunks, and each variable size chunks is divided into blocks, and the data storage comprises set of metadata. The data storage is also divided into two fixed size chunks. The method comprises: writing incoming write IO to a position of the corresponding size chunk in the data storage; setting the change indicator for the corresponding fixed size chunk to indicate that the corresponding fixed size chunk has been changed since it was divided into variable sized chunks. When change indicators indicate that division of the associated fixed size chunk or chunks into variable sized chunks should be changed, rechunking fixed size chunk into variable sized chunks is executed. Because of the change indicator, high deduplication is maintained even for offline deduplication in the data storage. |
| US12265501B1 |
Planar file system for organizing and interrelating large data sets
In certain embodiments, a computer-implemented method includes: receiving, from a user interface and at a planar file system manager executing on one or more processors, a planar file system configuration request comprising a plurality of planes and a plurality of plane relationships, wherein the plurality of plane relationships comprise a sub-planar relationship between a plane and a sub-plane and an orthogonal relationship between two separate planes of the plurality of planes; configuring, by the planar file system manager, a storage environment to include a planar file system based on the planar file system configuration request; receiving, from the user interface, a plane operation request to perform an operation on a plane of the planar file system, wherein the plane operation request comprises a plane identifier corresponding to the plane; and performing, based on the plane operation request, the operation on the plane. |
| US12265499B2 |
Method for migrating a customer communication document between customer communication management platforms
The invention relates to a method for migrating a customer communication document from a first customer communication management platform to a second customer communication management platform. The method automates or at least semi-automates the migration of documents between customer communication management platforms by automating the generation of an intermediate document. The method automatically detects the dynamic information and the static information displayed on a set of documents, which is a crucial point to generate the intermediate documents. |
| US12265488B2 |
Apparatus and method for die-to-die (D2D) interconnects
An apparatus includes a first die connected to a second die through a die-to-die (D2D) interface. The first die includes a first interconnect configured to provide first lanes communicating with the second die to the D2D interface, the first interconnect includes a first logic circuit configured to indicate a correlation between a number of chiplet dies connected to the first lanes and connected signal pins from among a plurality of signal pins of the connected chiplet dies. The second die includes the number of connected chiplet dies each including a second interconnect configured to provide second lanes to the D2D interface from each of the connected chiplet dies. The second lanes are configured to be set according to a number of the connected signal pins of the connected chiplet dies. |
| US12265487B2 |
Method and circuit for accessing write data path of on-chip storage control unit
The present disclosure discloses a method and circuit for accessing a write data path of an on-chip storage control unit. The method includes: transmitting, by the write data path interface, the write address and the write data to an address conversion unit; transmitting, by the address conversion unit, a target address and the write data to a plurality of storage control units, and determining, by the address conversion unit, a target storage control unit; obtaining, by the address conversion unit, a feedback signal of the target storage control unit, and transmitting, by the address conversion unit, the feedback signal to the target controller; and storing the write data. |
| US12265485B2 |
Apparatus including parallel pipelines and methods of manufacturing the same
Methods, apparatuses, and systems related to an apparatus are described. The apparatus may include (1) a read state circuit configured to control the schedule/timing associated with parallel pipelines, and (2) a timing control circuit configured to coordinate output of data from the parallel pipelines. |
| US12265484B2 |
Processing device and method of sharing storage between cache memory, local data storage and register files
An accelerated processing device is provided which comprises a plurality of compute units each including a plurality of SIMD units, and each SIMD unit comprises a register file. The accelerated processing device also comprises LDS in communication with each of the SIMD units. The accelerated processing device also comprises a first portion of cache memory, in communication with each of the SIMD units and a second cache portion of memory shared by the compute units. The compute units are configured to execute a program in which a storage portion of at least one of the register file of a SIMD unit, the first portion of cache memory and the LDS is reserved as part of another of the register file, the first portion of cache memory and the LDS. |
| US12265481B2 |
Method and system for communicating between apple mobile device and apple peripheral
A method and system for communicating between Apple mobile device and Apple peripheral. The Apple application runs a first script and sends a credential creating request to a server; when the first script receives a challenge code returned by the server, takes data to be processed as a parameter of user information and a parameter of server information to generate the user information and the server information, sets values of a first extension and a key storing identification to preset values; the Apple application generates register data and sends the register data to the Apple peripheral; the Apple peripheral obtains the data to be processed from the register data and processes the data to be processed, takes the obtained processing result as a second extension to generate a register response; the first script obtains the processing result from the register response. |
| US12265476B2 |
System, method, apparatus, and computer program product for providing a cache mechanism
Provided herein are systems, methods and computer readable media for providing an out of band cache mechanism for ensuring availability of data. An example system may include a client device configured to, in response to determining requested data is not available in a cache, access the requested data from a data source, transmit, to a cache mechanism, an indication that the requested data is unavailable in the cache, the indication configured to be placed in a queue as an element pointing to the requested data, a cache mechanism configured to receive an indication of requested data, determine whether an element, the element indicative of the requested data, exists in a queue, and in an instance in which the element is not present in the queue, placing the element in the queue, the queue being a list of elements, each indicative of requested data needing to be placed in the cache. |
| US12265472B2 |
Queue optimization in cloud computing
Systems and methods for object-based data storage are provided. A queue may be maintained of operations relating to a plurality of documents operable to be maintained at an object-based data storage. An independent operation may be identified in the queue that must be processed prior to processing at least one dependent operation to thereby enable parallelization of processing of operations in the queue. The identified independent operation may then be processed. Subsequently, the dependent operations may be processed. |
| US12265470B1 |
Bypassing cache directory lookups for processing-in-memory instructions
Selectively bypassing cache directory lookups for processing-in-memory instructions is described. In one example, a system maintains information describing a status—clean or dirty—of a memory address, where a dirty status indicates that the memory address is modified in a cache and thus different than the memory address as represented in system memory. A processing-in-memory request involving the memory address is assigned a cache directory bypass bit based on the status of the memory address. The cache directory bypass bit for a processing-in-memory request controls whether a cache directory lookup is performed after the processing-in-memory request is issued by a processor core and before the processing-in-memory request is executed by a processing-in-memory component. |
| US12265469B2 |
Flash memory controller, SD card device, method used in flash memory controller, and host device coupled to SD card device
A flash memory controller includes a processing circuit which is arranged for receiving a first command and a first portion address parameter, receiving a second command and a second portion address parameter, obtaining a complete address parameter by combining the first portion address parameter with the second portion address parameter, and performing a corresponding operation upon a flash memory according to the complete address parameter and a command type of the second command. |
| US12265468B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing access management of memory device in predetermined communications architecture with aid of automatic parameter setting
A method for performing access management of a memory device in a predetermined communications architecture with aid of automatic parameter setting and associated apparatus are provided. The method includes: utilizing the memory controller to set at least one write booster static parameter of a write booster function of the memory device; utilizing the memory controller to perform device initialization corresponding to at least one initialization phase of the memory device; and after completing the device initialization corresponding to the at least one initialization phase, performing at least one adaptive flag-setting operation, for setting at least one write booster flag among a plurality of write booster flags of the write booster function, wherein the at least one write booster flag includes a first write booster flag acting as a write booster switch. The adaptive flag-setting operation includes setting the first write booster flag to enable the write booster function by default. |
| US12265466B2 |
Multi-drivers-in-the-loop driving testing platform
A multi-drivers-in-the-loop driving testing platform is provided including at least a sensing simulation system, a vehicle dynamic simulation system, a driving simulator and a scene simulation system. The sensing simulation system is configured to generate object-level perception information, and send it to a vehicle control system; the driving simulator is configured to provide a driving environment and a driving scene for a human driver, output a driving instruction according to a driving intention of the human driver, and then send the driving instruction to the vehicle control system; the vehicle dynamic simulation system is configured to calculate state information according to control signals output by the vehicle control system; and the scene simulation system is configured to update the driving scene displayed in the driving simulator timely according to the vehicle state information. The disclosure saves costs of research and development and shortens cycles of research and development. |
| US12265465B2 |
System and method for auto-generation of test scripts
Provided is a system communicatively coupled to a network including a plurality of aviation assets. The system includes a processor; a memory including instructions which when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform operations including detecting a change in a state of the network, the change being characterized by comparing a previous state of the network with a current state of the network, and the change being associated with one or more assets of the plurality of assets. The operations also include fetching configuration data and test data from a plurality of sources, the fetching being responsive to detecting the change; generating, based on the change, the configuration data, the test data, one or more verification scripts; and executing a specified test utilizing the one or more verification scripts, the specified test being configured to analyze one or more assets of the plurality of aviation assets. |
| US12265464B2 |
Framework for providing binary release isolation for parts of a web application
The technology relates to executing a multi-portion web application. A web browser executing on one or more computing devices may load a main portion of a web application into a main window. The web browser may load into a sandboxed environment a feature application. The feature application may include a portion of the web application. A release isolation framework (RIF) executing on the one or more computing devices, may apply one or more patches to the sandboxed environment. The one or more patches may be configured to redirect elements from a window of the sandboxed environment to the main window. |
| US12265463B2 |
Software program error testing for autonomous systems and applications
One or more embodiments relate to executing a software testing tool to identify function calls—internal and/or external—of software code and their corresponding errors. Once identified-such as during an information gathering operation-the error codes may be returned in place of actual outputs of the function during testing, and the downstream processing of the software as a result of the errors may be evaluated. As such, an automatic software testing tool may be implemented that not only identifies functions calls and corresponding errors, but also evaluates performance of the software in view of the various different error types associated with the function calls. |
| US12265461B2 |
Intelligently optimized machine learning models
An approach for intelligent optimization of machine learning models for a target environment may be provided herein. The approach may include extracting metadata from a training pipeline for a first machine learning model that has been configured to operate within a first computing environment. The approach may also include mapping the extracted metadata to one or more constraints associated with a second machine learning model that has been configured to operate within a second computing environment. The approach may also include training the second machine learning model configured to the second computing environment, with the dataset that was used to train the first machine learning model, based on the mapped constraints. The approach may also include comparing performance metrics of the first machine learning model to corresponding metrics of the now trained second machine learning model. |
| US12265459B1 |
Automated determination of tuned parameters for analyzing observable metrics
Implementations of this disclosure provide an anomaly detection system that automatically tunes parameters of a forecasting detector that detects anomalies in a metric time series. The anomaly detection system may implement a three-stage process where a first stage tunes a historical window parameter, a second stage tunes a current window parameter, and a third stage tunes the number of standard deviation different from historical mean required to trigger an alert. The tuned historical window length determined by the first stage may be provided to the second stage as input. Both the tuned historical window length and the tuned current window length may be provided to the third stage as input as use in determining the tuned number of standard deviations. |
| US12265457B2 |
Methods and systems for data resynchronization in a replication environment
Methods, computer program products, computer systems, and the like are disclosed that provide for scalable deduplication in an efficient and effective manner. For example, such methods, computer program products, and computer systems can include determining whether a source data store and a replicated data store are unsynchronized and, in response to a determination that the source data store and the replicated data store are unsynchronized, performing a resynchronization operation. The source data stored in the source data store is replicated to replicated data in the replicated data store. The resynchronization operation resynchronizes the source data and the replicated data. |
| US12265447B2 |
Memory sub-system with dynamic calibration using component-based function(s)
An apparatus includes circuitry configured to generate multiple results, each result using a different read voltage, in response to one or each received data access command. The multiple read results may be used to dynamically calibrate a read voltage assigned to generate a read result in response to a read command. |
| US12265443B2 |
Block-storage service supporting multi-attach and health check failover mechanism
A block-based storage system hosts logical volumes that are implemented via multiple replicas of volume data stored on multiple resource hosts in different failure domains. Also, the block-based storage service allows multiple client computing devices to attach to a same given logical volume at the same time. In order to prevent unnecessary failovers, a primary node storing a primary replica is configured with a health check application programmatic interface (API) and a secondary node storing a secondary replica determines whether or not to initiate a failover based on the health of the primary replica. |
| US12265442B2 |
Power management integrated circuit
A power management integrated circuit (PMIC) is disclosed. The PMIC is configured to generate multiple voltages during a voltage generation period(s). In embodiments disclosed herein, the voltage generation period(s) is divided into multiple voltage generation intervals. A voltage generation circuit is configured to generate and maintain a respective one of the voltages during a respective one of the voltage generation intervals based on a reference voltage modulated for the respective one of the voltage generation intervals to thereby make the voltages concurrently available during the voltage generation period(s). Moreover, a voltage modulation circuit is configured to modulate the reference voltage in each of the voltage generation intervals based on a single direct-current to direct-current (DC-DC) power inductor. As a result, the PMIC can concurrently support multiple load circuits (e.g., power amplifiers) with significantly reduced footprint. |
| US12265438B2 |
Dynamic interface circuit to reduce power consumption
A system for a given device may include a plurality of systems on a chip (SOCs). Each SOC may include an interface circuit and a bridge circuit for communicating with other SOCs. The interface circuit of an SOC may include a plurality of communication devices to transfer data packets from/to the SOC to the other SOCs. The bridge circuit may provide various control functions for the interface circuit. An indication may be generated when the system enters an idle mode. In response, the bridge circuit may generate signal(s) to cause some of the communication devices of the interface circuit into a low power state. The interface circuit may obtain the signal(s) and accordingly transition some of the communication devices to the low power state. |
| US12265434B2 |
Disregarding spurious power-on and power-off triggers
An information handling system detects a transition of a signal from a magnetic sensor, wherein the transition of the signal indicates a change of a lid of the information handling system from a first state to a second state. The system may determine an angle of the lid based on information from an inertial sensor, and confirm whether the lid is at the second state based on the determined angle of the lid. In response to a confirmation that the lid is at the second state, the system may perform a power sequence. |
| US12265429B2 |
Display device
A device can include a housing that comprises a front side that includes a display operatively coupled to display circuitry and a back side that comprises a ferromagnetic surface, a hinge assembly, and a recess; and a ferromagnetic panel transitionable via the hinge assembly from a storage position in the recess to a bridge position that covers the ferromagnetic surface. |
| US12265428B2 |
Device posture-based pre-boot display orientation and other usage support
An example computing device comprises a processor to be coupled to a display device, and a boot controller coupled to the processor and to be coupled to the display device. The boot controller is configured to detect a power signal, receive sensor data detected by one or more sensors prior to an operating system being loaded by a boot process of the processor, determine a posture associated with the display device based on the sensor data detected by the one or more sensors, and communicate, to the display device, posture information indicating the posture associated with the display device. Pre-boot content is to be displayed on a display panel of the display device in a first arrangement based on the posture information. In more specific embodiments, determining the posture includes determining at least an orientation of the display device and whether a peripheral is present on the display device. |
| US12265422B2 |
Contact structure for coupling with external electronic device and electronic device including same
A cover device of an electronic device is provided. The cover device includes a cover housing configured to cover at least a portion of the electronic device in a first state in which the electronic device is electrically coupled to the cover device, and a bracket including a first surface on which a terminal part is disposed and a second surface which faces the cover housing, wherein the bracket includes at least one first magnet disposed adjacent to the first surface and at least one second magnet disposed adjacent to the second surface, the cover housing includes at least one third magnet, and the at least one third magnet is disposed to align with the at least one second magnet in a second state in which the electronic device is electrically isolated from the cover device. |
| US12265420B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a folding area and a non-folding area divided into a first non-folding area and a second non-folding area spaced apart in a first direction with the folding area therebetween. The display device includes a display module, a window on a first surface of the display module, and a support plate on a second surface of the display module. At least one of the window and the support plate includes a folding part corresponding to the folding area and including a plurality of first sub film layers stacked in the first direction, and a non-folding part corresponding to the non-folding area and including second sub film layers stacked in the first direction. A second sub film layer of the second sub film layers has a storage modulus larger than a storage modulus of a first sub film layer of the plurality of first sub film layers. |
| US12265419B2 |
Display apparatus
A display apparatus includes: a display panel; a rear chassis covering a rear surface of the display panel; a support frame coupled to the rear chassis; a panel holder provided on the rear surface of the display panel to face the support frame, the panel holder being configured to be coupled to the support frame to attach the display panel to the rear chassis; and a wire configured to: couple the panel holder to the support frame based on the wire being coupled to the panel holder and the support frame, and release the coupling between the panel holder and the support frame based on the wire being separated from the panel holder and the support frame. |
| US12265417B2 |
Configurable clock macro circuits and methods
An integrated circuit includes a clock macro circuit. The clock macro circuit includes first, second, and third latch circuits and a multiplexer circuit. The first latch circuit is coupled to the second latch circuit. The multiplexer circuit is coupled to the second and third latch circuits. The clock macro circuit includes programmable vias that are programmed during fabrication of the integrated circuit to couple inputs of the clock macro circuit to the first latch circuit, the second latch circuit, the third latch circuit, and the multiplexer circuit. Programming the programmable vias causes the clock macro circuit to function as a selected type of clock circuit. |
| US12265416B2 |
Low power and area clock monitoring circuit using a capacitor and constant current sink
Circuitry and a method of operating a clock monitoring circuit for monitoring a clock signal is disclosed. The method comprises charging a first capacitor connected to a connection between a first pair of transistors and a voltage reference, charging a second capacitor connected to a connection between a second pair of transistors and to the voltage reference, sinking a current from the first and second pair of transistors with a constant current sink, and asserting a clock slow detect (CSD) signal when a voltage at the constant current sink drops below a threshold indicating durations of phases of the clock signal lengthen. |
| US12265415B2 |
Moderation feeling adding apparatus
An apparatus that adds a favorable moderation feeling is provided. Base section 17 operates to one and other sides in a direction. Contact section 43 attached to spring 42 can be in contact with base section 17. Holding section 48 holds spring 42. Wall portion 47a faces contact section 43 in the direction, and generates a sound by a collision between wall portion 47a and contact section 43 moved by a biasing force of spring 42 as a contact state between contact section 43 and base section 17 changes due to an operation of base section 17. A limiting section limits a movable range of contact section 43 along the direction. Holding section 48 regulates a position of spring 42 in the direction. Clearance CL between contact section 43 and wall portion 47a is substantially equal between the one and other sides in the direction. |
| US12265413B2 |
System and method for regulating power output of multiple solar substrings
One variation of a system for regulating power output of multiple solar substrings includes: a set of solar substrings and a power regulator. The power regulator includes: a power supply; an adder; a modulation signal generator; a de-modulator; and an integrator. The power supply is configured to receive an input voltage from the set of solar substrings. The adder is configured to modify a voltage gain of the input voltage at the power supply. The modulation signal generator is coupled to the adder and configured to generate an oscillating power signal at the power supply. The de-modulator is configured to de-modulate the oscillating power signal output from the power supply. The first integrator: is coupled to the de-modulator and the adder; and configured to define voltage gain step at the power supply based on a DC signal component output from the de-modulator. |
| US12265410B2 |
Voltage supply circuit with a voltage regulator
The present technology relates to a voltage supply circuit, and the voltage supply circuit according to the present technology includes a signal generation circuit configured to generate an active mode enable signal according to a chip selection signal provided from an external device, and generate a standby mode enable signal using an external voltage provided from the external device, an active voltage regulator configured to receive the active mode enable signal and output an active mode operation voltage when the active mode enable signal is in a high state, and a standby voltage regulator configured to receive the active mode enable signal and the standby mode enable signal, output a standby mode operation voltage while the standby mode enable signal is in the high state, and output a voltage lower than the standby mode operation voltage when the active mode enable signal is in the high state. |
| US12265409B1 |
Radiation tolerant bandgap reference
Systems, apparatuses, and methods that compensate for total ionizing doses and intrinsic base currents in transistors of a bandgap reference circuit are provided. A compensation circuit can include a compensation transistor with a size and one or more bias conditions that are based at least in part on a respective bipolar transistor of a bandgap reference circuit. The compensation circuit can include an operational amplifier that is configured to: (i) set a base-collector voltage of the compensation transistor to zero; and (ii) provide a compensation base current to a base terminal of the compensation transistor that is representative of at least a radiation-induced current transistor or an intrinsic base current for the respective bipolar transistor. A bandgap reference circuit can be augmented with one or more compensation circuits to accommodate for a total ionizing dose and/or an intrinsic base current for one or more transistors of the bandgap reference circuit. |
| US12265408B2 |
Apparatus for controlling in-rush current and an operation method thereof
A power circuit includes a plurality of regulators and a plurality of in-rush current controllers. The plurality of regulators is coupled to an external power voltage and configured to adjust a level of an input voltage to generate a plurality of internal power voltages. The plurality of in-rush current controllers is configured to provide the input voltage to the plurality of regulators, the input voltage corresponding to an increasement voltage. The increasement voltage has a level rising at a preset rate until the plurality of internal power voltages all reach a target level. |
| US12265407B2 |
Method for correcting pointing errors of biaxial rotation system based on spherical cap function
The invention discloses a method for correcting the pointing errors of a biaxial rotation system based on the spherical cap function, comprising: error collection: selecting stars or radio sources distributed evenly in a star catalogue for tracking and observation to obtain the theoretical position and measurement position of the stars, and subtracting the measurement positions and the theoretical positions to obtain the error distribution; error model fitting: selecting a suitable orthogonal spherical cap function for the obtained error distribution and performing fitting to calculate an error fitting coefficient, the orthogonal spherical cap function model comprising a hemispheric harmonic function HSH, a Zernike spherical cap function ZSF, and a longitudinal spherical cap function LSF; and error control and compensation: putting the error model and the related fitting coefficient into a pointing control system for compensation. In the present method for correcting the pointing errors of a biaxial rotation system based on a spherical cap function, the model has strong stability and is not easily affected by measurement noise; there is no need to determine the form of the model on the bases of the frame form of the telescope, and the correction accuracy is high. |
| US12265405B2 |
Arrangement and manipulation system, and method for manipulating the flow of a fluid
An arrangement for manipulating the flow of a fluid into a fluid actuator, preferably of a seat, has a base body having an opening designed to introduce the fluid into the base body, and at least one further opening provided for forwarding or discharging the fluid introduced into the base body. Means for producing and/or interrupting a fluid-conducting connection between the openings are provided. The means comprise such additional means that can be charged with a pressure of the fluid to be conducted and are designed such that, in a first pressure range of the fluid, the fluid entering the base body from the fluid actuator is discharged via one of the openings from the base body to the surroundings and, in a second pressure range of the fluid that is higher than the first pressure range, the fluid introduced into the base body is introduced into the fluid actuator. |
| US12265402B2 |
Method for controlling the velocity of a pipeline pig
A method for controlling the velocity of a pipeline pig, the method including, introducing a pressurized gas into a section of pipeline to be treated and maintaining the velocity of a smart pipeline pig at a predetermined velocity by regulating the pressurized gas to a predetermined volume. A method for controlling the velocity of a pipeline pig, the method including fluidically connecting a first skid to a first end of a section of pipeline to be treated, fluidically connecting a second skid to a second end of the section of pipeline to be treated, introducing a pressurized gas into the section of pipeline to be treated via the first skid, launching a smart pipeline pig into the section of pipeline to be treated, and maintaining the velocity of the smart pipeline pig at a predetermined velocity by regulating the pressurized gas to a predetermined volume. |
| US12265400B1 |
Facility layout
A facility including a first AGV including a first drive system and a first rechargeable battery for powering the first drive system to autonomously move the first AGV, a second AGV including a second drive system and a second rechargeable battery for powering the second drive system to autonomously move the second AGV, and a control server in communication with the first AGV to provide instructions to the first AGV to perform first tasks requiring movement within a first designated area within the facility and in communication with the second AGV to provide instructions to the second AGV to perform second tasks requiring movement within a second designated area within the facility. The first AGV has a first home position in the first designated area, and the second AGV has a second home position in the second designated area, which is different from the first designated area. |
| US12265392B2 |
Information processing device, information processing system, and behavior planning method
Influence of risks, such as sound and light generated by the host device, on surroundings is reduced. An information processing device (100) according to an embodiment includes a planning unit (105) configured to plan behavior executed by a drive unit (107) based on an influence target existing in a predetermined area and affected by a risk propagating in space. |
| US12265391B1 |
Systems and methods for controlling drive units of a marine vessel to enhance imaging of a marine environment
A propulsion control system for a marine vessel includes at least one image sensor positioned on the marine vessel and configured to image an area behind the marine vessel, and multiple drive units configured to propel the marine vessel. Each of the drive units is steerable about a vertical steering axis. The propulsion control system further includes a controller configured to receive a prompt to perform an obstacle clearance procedure, and in response to the prompt, steer at least one of the drive units about its vertical steering axis to increase visibility of the area behind the marine vessel by the at least one image sensor. |
| US12265388B2 |
Tactical advanced robotic engagement system
This invention describes a tactical advanced robotic engagement system (ARES) (100) for combat or rescue mission by employing advanced electronics, AI and AR capabilities. In ARES, a user carries a weapon or tool (102) equipped with a hand-operable controller (150) for controlling an associated UGV (170), UAV (180) or UUV. The UGV (170) provides a ground/home station for the UAV (180). The UGV, UAV is equipped with a camera (290) to obtain real-time photographs or videos and to relay them to a heads-up display (HUD) (110) mounted on the user's helmet (104). The HUD (110) system provides intuitive UIs (132) for communication and navigation of the UGV, UAV; AR information reduces visual cognitive and mental loads on the user, thereby enhancing situation awareness and allowing the user to maintain heads-up, eyes-out and hands-on trigger readiness. The HUD (110) also provides intuitive UIs to connect up with peers and/or a Command Centre (190). |
| US12265379B2 |
Methods and mechanisms for adjusting film deposition parameters during substrate manufacturing
An electronic device manufacturing system capable of obtaining metrology data associated with a deposition process performed on a substrate according to a process recipe, wherein the deposition process generates a plurality of layers on a surface of the substrate. The manufacturing system can further obtain an expected profile associate with the process recipe, wherein the expected profile comprises a plurality of values indicative of a desired thickness for a plurality of layers of the process recipe. The manufacturing system can further generate a correction profile based on the metrology data and the expected profile, wherein the correction profile comprises a deposition time offset value for at least one layer of the plurality of layers. The manufacturing system can further generate an updated process recipe by applying the correction profile to the process recipe and cause a deposition step to be performed on the substrate according to the updated process recipe. |
| US12265378B2 |
Industrial internet of things with independent management platform and control methods thereof
An industrial internet of things with independent management platform and control methods thereof are provided. The service platform and sensor network platform use a centralized arrangement, and the management platform uses an independent arrangement. When the management platform receives sensing detection data transmitted by the object platform, the sensing detection data is presented to the user platform after being processed by a sub-platform. When the management platform sends a control command to the object platform, a control parameter of a type of production line stage is calculated by a corresponding sub-platform and sent to the object platform by the sub-platform. Since the centralized arrangement and the independent arrangement are used, data management and arithmetic control for the data of each production stage can be performed through different sub-platforms in the management platform, which effectively improves the efficiency and reduces the pressure of data calculation of the management platform. |
| US12265376B2 |
Programmable delay line with glitch suppression
There is disclosed herein programmable delay lines and control methods having glitch suppression. In particular, the programmable delay lines may include latches that are triggered based on a trigger event of an input signal (which is often an edge of the input signal). The programmable delay lines may include one or more latches coupled between capacitor and transistor subassemblies and the latches, where the latches cause a delay between the time the trigger event arrives at the capacitor and transistor subassemblies and the latches. The delay can prevent the latches from updating at the same time that the edge of the input signal arrives at the capacitor and transistor subassemblies, which can suppress glitches that can causes errors in operation. |
| US12265372B2 |
Analysis of body-side performance differences using activity-based data collection devices
Sensor data are obtained for an activity performed by a user. The sensor data include data from one or more sensors in one or more grips gripped by the user's left hand and the user's right hand during the activity. The sensor data are analyzed to identify a difference in performance of the activity between the left side of the user's body and the right side of the user's body. Feedback is provided to the user to compensate for the difference. |
| US12265367B2 |
Artificial intelligence (AI) companions for function blocks in a programmable logic controller (PLC) program for integrating AI in automation
A system and a method provide an Artificial Intelligence (AI) companion for each Function Block in a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) program to integrate AI in automation systems. Multiple function blocks and system function blocks are grouped into a logic group. A control problem is broken down from a top level into logical partitions as several functions that are programmed as Function Blocks in a PLC program. Each Function Block and the entire PLC program are integrated with an associated AI Companion. A runtime system for the AI Companion provides new runtime capabilities. An approach to implementing the AT Companions is provided. A method of controlling an automation process is also provided. |
| US12265360B2 |
Timepiece component and timepiece
Provided is a timepiece component including a train wheel bridge, wherein the train wheel bridge includes a base material in which a first groove, a second groove, and a flat portion are formed along a first direction, in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the flat portion is provided between the first groove and the second groove, in the first direction, in the first groove and the second groove, a wide width portion and a narrow width portion are alternately provided, in the second direction, the wide width portion and the narrow width portion are alternately provided, and a depth of the wide width portion is deeper than a depth of the narrow width portion. |
| US12265356B2 |
Photoresponsive polymer, photoresponsive adhesive, toner, and image forming method
A photoresponsive polymer that is fluidized by light irradiation and reversibly non-fluidized and contains a structural unit represented by a general formula (1) shown below: wherein each substituent is defined as described in the specification. |
| US12265355B2 |
Image forming apparatus having grounded fixing member
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a transfer member, a power source, a detecting portion, a controller, an environment detecting portion, and a contact member. In a case that an absolute water content acquired on the basis of environmental information is a predetermined threshold or more, the controller sets a limit voltage on the basis of a detection result of the detecting portion in a state in which the recording material is absent in a transfer portion, and the controller controls the power source so that an absolute value of a voltage applied from the power source to the transfer member during contact of the recording material with the transfer member and the contact member is an absolute value of the limit voltage or less. |
| US12265354B2 |
Image forming apparatus
Provided are an image bearing member; a charging member that charges the image bearing member; an exposure unit that exposes the image bearing member; a developing unit that develops an electrostatic latent image as a developer image by supplying a developer, charged to regular polarity, to the image bearing member; a transfer member that transfers the developer image to a transfer-receiving body; and a collecting member that collects a deposit on the image bearing member downstream of a transfer portion of the image bearing member at which the developer image is transferred to the transfer-receiving body by the transfer member, and upstream of a charging portion of the image bearing member charged by the charging member, in a rotation direction of the image bearing member. After transfer of the developer image to the transfer-receiving body, the developer remaining on the image bearing member is collected by the developing unit. |
| US12265343B2 |
Image forming apparatus adopting an intermediate transfer method
An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image carrying member units and an intermediate transfer unit. The image carrying member units include image carrying members and image carrying member support frames. The intermediate transfer unit includes an intermediate transfer belt. The image forming apparatus includes: a locating member; image carrying member-side guide rails that are formed on upper end portions of the image carrying member support frames and extend along a horizontal direction; and a main body-side guide rail that is formed as a bridge in the horizontal direction between the image carrying member-side guide rails. When the intermediate transfer unit is fitted to the main body of the apparatus, the intermediate transfer unit slides on the image carrying member-side guide rails and the main body-side guide rail and is guided by the locating member to be located in a fitting position. |
| US12265340B2 |
Image-forming apparatus
An image-forming apparatus includes first and second photosensitive drums, first and second image-forming portion including first and second development rollers configured to bear developers composed of first and second toner particles and organosilicon protrusions formed on surfaces of the first and second toner particles, an intermediate transfer member to which a developer image is to be transferred in first and second contact portions in contact with the first and second photosensitive drums, and a transfer member configured to transfer the developer image to a recording material in a transfer portion. The first contact portion is formed downstream of the transfer portion and upstream of the second contact portion in a movement direction of the surface of the intermediate transfer member. A protrusion formed on the second developer has a lower height than a protrusion formed on the first developer. |
| US12265334B2 |
Optical proximity correction and photomasks
A method includes receiving a layout for fabricating a mask, determining a plurality of target contours corresponding to a plurality of sets of lithographic process conditions, determining a modification to the layout, simulating the modification to the layout under the plurality of sets of lithographic process conditions to produce a plurality of simulated contours, determining a cost of the modification to the layout based on comparisons between the plurality of simulated contours and corresponding ones in the plurality of target contours, and providing the modification to the layout for fabricating the mask based at least in part on the cost being within a predetermined threshold. |
| US12265331B2 |
Radiation-sensitive resin composition and method for forming resist pattern
A radiation-sensitive resin composition includes: a resin including a structural unit (A) represented by formula (1) and a structural unit (B) having an acid-dissociable group; a radiation-sensitive acid generator; and a solvent. R1 is a halogen atom-substituted or unsubstituted monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; X is —O— or —S—; La1 is a halogen atom-substituted or unsubstituted divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and RP is a monovalent organic group having at least one structure selected from the group consisting of a lactone structure, a cyclic carbonate structure, and a sultone structure. |
| US12265330B2 |
Polymer material in a redistribution structure of a semiconductor package and method of manufacture
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes applying a polymer mixture over a substrate, exposing and developing at least a portion of the polymer mixture to form a developed dielectric, and curing the developed dielectric to form a dielectric layer. The polymer mixture includes a polymer precursor, a photosensitizer, and a solvent. The polymer precursor may be a polyamic acid ester. |
| US12265324B2 |
Agglutinant for pellicle, pellicle, exposure original plate with pellicle, method for producing semiconductor device, method for producing liquid crystal display board, method for regenerating exposure original plate, and peeling residue reduction method
Provided is an agglutinant for pellicles that can reduce residues stuck onto an exposure original plate when a pellicle is peeled from the exposure original plate after being used in lithography, and also provided are a pellicle, an exposure original plate with a pellicle, a method for regenerating an exposure original plate, and a peeling residue reduction method. |
| US12265319B2 |
Laser source assembly and laser projection apparatus
A laser source assembly is provided. The laser source assembly includes a plurality of lasers, a light combining assembly and a fly-eye lens. The fly-eye lens is disposed on a light exit side of the light combining assembly, and is configured to homogenize laser beams. The fly-eye lens includes a plurality of first microlenses located on a light incident surface thereof and a plurality of second microlenses located on a light exit surface thereof. A sine value of a divergence angle of a laser beam in a fast axis direction is greater than a sine value of an aperture angle of a first microlens in a slow axis direction, and a sine value of a divergence angle of the laser beam in the slow axis direction is greater than a sine value of an aperture angle of the first microlens in the fast axis direction. |
| US12265315B2 |
Oven camera assembly with heat management structures
A camera assembly includes an insulating block for mounting the camera against a surface in contact therewith and aligned with an opening through the surface. The insulating block defines an aperture therethrough, a lower side of the aperture being aligned with the opening in the surface. The assembly further includes a sink washer mounted to the insulating block in partial contact therewith and extending outward from the top side of the aperture. A camera is mounted to the sink washer and has a lens directed through the aperture in the insulating block and through the opening in the surface. A glass substrate is coupled within the lower side of the aperture to enclose an air gap within the aperture between the glass substrate and a housing of the camera. |
| US12265313B2 |
Systems and methods for video camera systems for smart TV applications
Video display systems comprising a video display and a camera assembly are shown and described. In one example, video cameras may be stowed in and deployed from a compartment proximate the upper surface of the display and configured to deploy in an arc-like motion and for rotation about a center of the video camera housing itself. In other examples, video cameras may be aligned with openings in the frame of the television screen and operatively connected to shutter plates that selectively admit light to or block light from the camera. In a further example, video cameras may be provided on motorized mounts that are attached to the frame to collect multiple images for video processing tasks to enhance the video image in a variety of ways. |
| US12265312B2 |
Temporal resolution and fidelity enhancement of arbitrary waveforms
An apparatus, comprising: Mach-Zehnder modulators (MZMs) numbered MZM #1 to MZM #n that exhibit nonlinearity between an input electrical domain signal and an output optical domain signal; a waveform source for applying a first voltage waveform to a first optical arm of said MZM #1; a laser source configured to direct laser light into the two arms of at least said MZM #1 to produce a first output optical domain signal; the apparatus being provided for utilizing said first output optical signal and the nonlinearities of MZMs numbered MZM #2 to said MZM #n to produce a final output voltage waveform that, compared to said input voltage, comprises at least one of: a shorter rise time, a shorter fall time, an increased signal temporal resolution or small signal dynamic range, an increased vertical resolution for small signals or large signals, a reduced noise on small signals or large signals and an increased bandwidth. |
| US12265309B2 |
Display device
A display device can include a first substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface, an active layer on the lower surface of the first substrate and including a channel part, a first connection part connected to a first side of the channel part and a second connection part connected to a second side of the channel part, a gate electrode under the active layer and overlapping the channel part, a first electrode connected to a first surface of the first connection part, a second electrode connected to a second surface of the first connection part, and a third electrode connected to the second connection part. Also, a second substrate is under the gate electrode, a liquid crystal layer is between the first and second substrates, and a backlight is under the second substrate. |
| US12265306B2 |
Light adjustment device
A light adjustment device includes a panel unit including a plurality of light adjustment panels stacked in a first direction. The light adjustment panels each include a first substrate, a second substrate overlapping the first substrate in a first direction, a first alignment film provided on the first substrate, a second alignment film provided on the second substrate and overlapping the first alignment film in the first direction, a liquid crystal layer filling a gap between the first alignment film and the second alignment film, a seal material provided between the first substrate and the second substrate and on the outer side of the first alignment film and the second alignment film, and a conductive member providing conduction between a first electrode provided on the first substrate and a second electrode provided on the second substrate. |
| US12265302B2 |
Display device
Disclosed is a display device. The display device according to an aspect of the present disclosure may include: a display panel; a frame which is positioned behind the display panel, and to which the display panel is coupled; a plurality of substrates which are positioned between the display panel and the frame, on which a plurality of light sources providing light to the display panel are mounted, and which are formed of flat plates separated from each other; and a reflective sheet positioned between the display panel and the plurality of substrates, covering the plurality of substrates, and having a plurality of holes corresponding to the plurality of light sources, wherein the plurality of substrates may include: a first substrate; a second substrate next to the first substrate; and a third substrate next to the second substrate, wherein the reflective sheet may include: a first reflective sheet covering at least a portion of the first substrate and a portion of the second substrate; and a second reflective sheet covering another portion of the second substrate and at least a portion of the third substrate. |
| US12265299B1 |
Method for preparing nanosized mixed crystal of cyanuric acid coated halide perovskite and use thereof
The invention provides a method for preparing a nanosized mixed crystal of cyanuric acid-coated halide perovskite, and use thereof. The method includes: (1) dispersing cesium halide, a lead salt, and urea in water, and stirring to obtain a mixed solution; and (2) adding phosphoric acid to the mixed solution, and subjecting to microwave heating, to obtain a solid after water is evaporated off, which is allowed to stand to obtain the nanosized mixed crystal of cyanuric acid coated halide perovskite. The method is simple, reproducible, and low in cost, with which mass production is achievable, and the emission wavelength of the obtained product is adjustable within a certain range through heat treatment. Due to the passivation and protection effects of cyanuric acid on halide perovskite, the prepared nanosized mixed crystal has excellent luminescence performance and stability, and is useful in the preparation of a high-color-point quantum dot brightness enhancement film. |
| US12265298B2 |
Backlight module and display device
A backlight module and a display device are provided. The backlight module includes a light-emitting substrate. The light-emitting substrate includes a substrate, an array layer disposed on the substrate and including a plurality of photosensitive units and switch units, and a plurality of light-emitting chips disposed on a side of the array layer away from the substrate and staggered from the photosensitive units. The light-emitting chips are electrically connected to at least one of the switch units. |
| US12265295B2 |
Electronic device
An electronic device includes pixel regions and pixel spacing regions, and includes: a display layer disposed in the pixel regions and the pixel spacing regions, and including a liquid crystal material and a dye material; and reflective layers respectively disposed in the pixel regions, and at one side of the display layer. The display layer is in a scattering state under a non-display state, and light is scattered by the liquid crystal material and absorbed by the dye material when the light passes through the display layer. The display layer in the pixel regions is in a transmissive state and the display layer in the pixel spacing regions is in a scattering state under a display state, and light passes through the liquid crystal material and the dye material in the pixel regions and is reflected by the reflective layers when the light passes through the display layer. |
| US12265278B2 |
Lens driving apparatus
A lens driving apparatus includes a holder, a cover, a carrier, a first magnet, a coil, a spring, two second magnets and a hall sensor. The holder includes an opening hole. The cover is made of metal material and coupled to the holder. The carrier is movably disposed in the cover, and for coupling to a lens. The first magnet is connected to an inner side of the cover. The coil is wound around an outer side of the carrier, and adjacent to the first magnet. The spring is coupled to the carrier. The second magnets are disposed on one end of the carrier which is toward the holder. The hall sensor is for detecting a magnetic field of any one of the second magnets, wherein the magnetic field is varied according to a relative displacement between the hall sensor and the second magnet which is detected. |
| US12265277B2 |
Imaging lens module with plastic barrel and electronic device including same module
An imaging lens module has an optical axis, an object side and an image side. The imaging lens module includes a plastic barrel, an optical lens assembly, an image-side assembled element and a light blocking element assembly. The plastic barrel includes a first contacting surface, which is close to an image-side end of the plastic barrel. The image-side assembled element is disposed close to the image-side end of the plastic barrel. The image-side assembled element is in a tube shape and extends from the object side to the image side. The image-side assembled element includes a second contacting surface and an inner protruding portion, and the second contacting surface is disposed close to an object-side end of the image-side assembled element and correspondingly to the first contacting surface. The plastic barrel and the image-side assembled element contact each other via the first contacting surface and the second contacting surface. |
| US12265276B2 |
Lens unit for preventing lens surface being clouded
A lens unit includes a first lens disposed on an object side in an optical axis direction, a plurality of image-side lenses (second lens through seventh lens) comprising a second lens facing the first lens on an image side in the optical axis direction and disposed on the image side with respect to the first lens, a lens barrel coaxial with the optical axis to hold the first lens and the plurality of image-side lenses radially inside, a first sealing member to seal a gap between the first lens and the lens barrel, and a second sealing member to seal a gap between an image side surface (flange surface) of the first lens and the lens barrel radially inside the first sealing member. |
| US12265275B2 |
High density patch panel with modular cassettes
A patch panel may include a tray that is slidable between a retracted position and an extended position on tray supports and features for holding the tray in the retracted position and in the extended position. The patch panel may also include a cassette that is slidable on cassette supports, latches for engaging the cassette to block movement of the cassette and features for disengaging the latches. |
| US12265273B2 |
Assembling custom design modular data center cabinet layout for electronic devices
A central electrical cabinet unit is designed and assembled as a pre-assembled unit for installation at a client site for designing/building a custom electronic data center cabinet design or layout. The pre-assembled unit includes a central patch panel in a central cabinet for electronic devices. The central patch panel includes specified connections for components using the specified connections. Central patch panel connecting cables with central patch panel connectors include reciprocal connectors are connectible to client specified connections in a client cabinet. Power cables and electrical cables have electrical connections to the central patch panel. The electrical cables are configured to have reciprocal connectors connectable to compatible client electrical connectors on client electrical cables in the client cabinet, thereby the central patch panels in the central cabinet are a pre-assembled unit for installation at a client site and for connecting client cabinets thereto. |
| US12265272B2 |
Fiber connection box for multi-dwelling unit
An optical connection box for housing an optical connection between a distribution cable and at least one drop cable of an optical access network includes a base. The base includes a bottom configured to house an excess length of a first optical fiber of a distribution cable in a first section of the interior and configured to house an excess length of a second optical fiber of a drop cable in a second section of the interior, a first sidewall having a slot and recessed configured to receive a duct housing the distribution cable, and a plurality of splice-holder elements extending from the bottom of the base and configured to house at least one splice between the first optical fiber of the distribution cable and either (i) the second optical fiber of the drop cable, or (ii) an optical fiber pigtail that is coupled with the second optical fiber of the drop cable. The first section and the second section are disposed on opposite sides of the splice-holder elements. |
| US12265267B2 |
Angle polishing systems and methods for multi-ferrule optical connectors
Systems and methods for angle polishing of the end faces of a plurality of optical connectors are provided. Systems are provided that include a connector defining a longitudinal axis, and at least two ferrules mounted with respect to the connector and arranged in a side-by-side orientation. The end faces of the connectors are movable relative to the connector and such movement facilitates lateral orientation of the angle polished end faces of the ferrules relative to the connector when in the mating position. Various mechanisms and methods for facilitating movement of the ferrules relative to the connector are disclosed to achieve the desired lateral polish orientation of the ferrule end faces. |
| US12265266B2 |
Fiber optic connectors having a sealing membrane disposed on the connector housing
Fiber optic connectors having a sealing membrane such as a foil or the like disposed on the front end of the connector housing for inhibiting dirt, debris or dust from reaching a ferrule end face are disclosed. The fiber optic connectors may have one or more ferrules with a mating end face that is located rearward of a front end of a connector housing of the fiber optic connector. The sealing membrane is disposed on the front end about a perimeter of the connector housing for inhibiting contaminants from reaching the one or more mating end faces of the respective ferrules until the fiber optic connector is desired to be mated. The sealing membrane is quick and easy to remove and/or pierce, thereby allowing optical mating of the fiber optic connector while providing single-use contaminant protection beforehand. |
| US12265262B2 |
Source/drain feature separation structure
Structures and methods including a waveguide having a cladding layer surrounding a core layer disposed over a substrate, a cavity extending into the substrate adjacent the waveguide, a fiber disposed in the cavity, and an isolation space extending into the substrate and disposed under the waveguide. A plurality of holes may extend through the cladding layer adjacent the core layer. |
| US12265260B2 |
Optical fiber signal mode conversion apparatus and conversion method, and optical fiber transmission system
An example optical fiber signal mode conversion apparatus includes a non-single-mode optical fiber and a single-mode optical fiber. The single-mode optical fiber forms, with the non-single-mode optical fiber, a first coupling region and a second coupling region along a signal transmission direction in the non-single-mode optical fiber, where an effective refractive index of a fundamental mode signal of the single-mode optical fiber in the first coupling region is equal to an effective refractive index of a signal in a first mode, the signal in the first mode is coupled to a fundamental mode channel of the single-mode optical fiber, and an effective refractive index of the fundamental mode signal of the single-mode optical fiber in the second coupling region is equal to an effective refractive index of a signal in a second mode. |
| US12265259B2 |
Waveguide mode coupling
An optical mode coupler for mode coupling of waveguides. The optical mode coupler includes an oxide cladding layer, a waveguide channel formed on the oxide cladding layer, and a waveguide portion formed on the oxide cladding layer and partially enclosed by the waveguide channel on an end of the waveguide portion. The waveguide portion has a tapered region located on the end of the waveguide portion. The tapered region has a dual-plane tapering arrangement extending from the waveguide portion towards the waveguide channel for enhanced mode transformation efficiency. |
| US12265257B2 |
Optical modulator
An optical modulator includes a substrate; an electro-optical material layer formed on a predetermined region of the substrate; a buffer layer formed on the substrate which is provided so as to cover the electro-optical material layer; and an electrode formed on the buffer layer. The electro-optical material layer has a RF portion optical waveguide which is applied with a modulation signal and is patterned, and a DC portion optical waveguide which is applied with a DC voltage and is patterned. The electrode has an RF portion electrode formed on the buffer layer where the RF portion optical waveguide is located and a DC portion electrode formed on the buffer layer where the DC portion optical waveguide is located. The film thickness of the DC portion electrode is smaller than the film thickness of the RF portion electrode. |
| US12265256B2 |
Bricked sub-wavelength periodic waveguide, modal adapter, power divider and polarisation splitter that use said waveguide
A bricked sub-wavelength periodic waveguide and a modal adapter, power divider and polarization splitter that use the waveguide. The waveguide includes blocks disposed periodically with a period “Lz” on a substrate and which alternate with a covering material. The first blocks have a width “ax” and the second blocks have a width “bx”, alternating on the substrate according to a period “Lx” the second blocks being shifted a distance “dz” the first blocks in the direction of propagation. A modal adapter, a power divider and a polarization splitter all use the periodic waveguide and can operate with larger wave periods without leaving the sub-wavelength regime. |
| US12265251B2 |
Display device for a motor vehicle
A display device for a motor vehicle is provided. The display device includes at least one display with a display surface for displaying content via a plurality of pixels. The display device comprises a light-guiding lens with at least one entry surface and an exit surface. During operation of the display device the light emitted from the display surface enters the light-guiding lens through the at least one entry surface and is emitted by an exit surface, such that the content is shown on the exit surface. In one embodiment, the exit surface features a different shape. In another embodiment, the exit surface is a different size than the at least one display surface. In another embodiment, the display device comprises several displays with display surfaces at distances to each other, and the light-guiding lens features merely one exit surface or several exit surfaces directly adjoining each other. |
| US12265250B2 |
Resin composition, optical fiber, and method for producing optical fiber
A resin composition for secondary coating of an optical fiber is a resin composition comprising: a non-reactive urethane compound having a number average molecular weight of 10000 or more and 40000 or less, a photopolymerizable compound, and a photopolymerization initiator, wherein the content of the non-reactive urethane compound is 0.05 parts by mass or more and 10 parts by mass or less based on the total amount of the resin composition of 100 parts by mass, and the non-reactive urethane compound is a reaction product of a polyol having a number average molecular weight of 1800 or more and 4500 or less, a diisocyanate, and a compound having active hydrogen. |
| US12265245B2 |
Method of forming birefringent structures in an optical element
A method of fabricating an optical element includes providing a substrate of a transparent material in which is to be formed a plurality of birefringent nanostructures spaced apart; generating from the output of a source of femtosecond laser pulses a laser beam group comprising a plurality of focused seeding beams having a circular polarisation; directing the laser beam group onto the surface of the substrate at a first position and applying one or more femtosecond laser pulses from each beam to corresponding volumes in the substrate; repeatedly translating the laser beam group relative to the substrate parallel to the line of seeding beams; translating the laser beam group relative to the substrate and repeating the repeated translation and application of the femtosecond laser pulses; wherein the relative translation of the laser beam group and the substrate aligns the writing beam with successive corresponding volumes. |
| US12265243B2 |
Curved reflective polarizer
A curved reflective has at least one location having a radius of curvature in a range from about 6 mm to about 1000 mm. Each location on the reflective polarizer has a maximum reflectance greater than about 70% for a block polarization state, a maximum transmittance greater than about 70% for an orthogonal pass polarization state, and a minimum transmittance for the block polarization state. For a continuous first portion of the reflective polarizer extending between different first and second edges of the reflective polarizer and defining disjoint second and third portions of the reflective polarizer, the minimum transmittance of the reflective polarizer for the block polarization state is higher at each location in at least 70% of the first portion than at each location in at least 70% of the second portion and at each location in at least 70% of the third portion. |
| US12265240B2 |
Mirror and mirror substrate with high aspect ratio, and method and means for producing such a mirror substrate
A mirror, a mirror substrate, a method for producing are provided. The mirror substrate is made of a material having a coefficient of mean linear thermal expansion of less than or equal to 1*10−6/K. The mirror substrate includes at least one feature selected from a group consisting of: a ratio of a lateral dimension to a maximum thickness of at least 100, a ratio of the lateral dimension to the maximum thickness of at least 150, a ratio of the lateral dimension to the maximum thickness of at least 200, a ratio of the lateral dimension to the maximum thickness of at least 300, a weight per unit area of 100 kg/m2 or less, a weight per unit area of 50 kg/m2 or less, a weight per unit area of 30 kg/m2 or less, a weight per unit area of 15 kg/m2 or less, a mirror surface with a roughness (Ra) of at most 3.5 μm, and a mirror surface with a roughness (Ra) of less than 1.2 μm. |
| US12265239B2 |
Wide angle application high reflective mirror
Provided is a wide angle application high reflective mirror having a reflection band partially overlapping in a wavelength range of 800-4000 nm. The mirror comprises a film system in which a plurality of high refractive index film layers and a plurality of low refractive index film layers that are alternately stacked, and the material of the high refractive index film layer is one of SiH, SiOxHy, or SiOxNy, or a mixture thereof. The highly reflective mirror can achieve a reflectance greater than 99% with an incident angle ranging from 0 to 60 degrees over a large angle range. |
| US12265234B2 |
Thin dual-aperture zoom digital camera
A dual-aperture zoom camera comprising a Wide camera with a respective Wide lens and a Tele camera with a respective Tele lens, the Wide and Tele cameras mounted directly on a single printed circuit board, wherein the Wide and Tele lenses have respective effective focal lengths EFLw and EFLT and respective total track lengths TTLw and TTLT and wherein TTLw/EFLw>1.1 and TTLT/EFLT<1.0. Optionally, the dual-aperture zoom camera may further comprise an optical OIS controller configured to provide a compensation lens movement according to a user-defined zoom factor (ZF) and a camera tilt (CT) through LMV=CT*EFLZF, where EFLZF is a zoom-factor dependent effective focal length. |
| US12265224B2 |
Near eye display apparatus
Disclosed is a near eye display apparatus, comprising a display screen and an imaging system. The imaging system comprises a biconvex lens, a transflective plane mirror and a transflective curved mirror. The biconvex lens is configured to magnify a display image of the display screen; the transflective plane mirror is configured to receive imaging light from the biconvex lens and reflect same to the transflective curved mirror; and the transflective curved mirror is configured to converge the imaging light and reflect same to the position(s) where human eyes are located. |
| US12265220B2 |
Image display device
An image display device includes: a display device configured to display an image; a liquid crystal element on which light emitted from the display device is incident, the liquid crystal element being configured to selectively allow one of P-polarized light or S-polarized light to exit the liquid crystal element; a reflective polarizing member configured to reflect the one of the P-polarized light or the S-polarized light that has exited the liquid crystal element and to transmit the other of the P-polarized light or the S-polarized light; and a reflecting member configured to reflect the other of the P-polarized light or the S-polarized light in the same direction as a travel direction of the one of the P-polarized light or the S-polarized light reflected by the reflective polarizing member. |
| US12265217B2 |
Display device and glasses
The present application provides a display device and glasses. The display device includes an optical waveguide, a first and second projectors, at least one optical sensing assembly, and a feedback tracking device. The first and second projectors respectively project a first light with a wavelength of visible light wavelength and a second light with a wavelength of second wavelength to a coupling-in device. The optical sensing assembly is arranged corresponding to a coupling-out device, and includes at least one imaging device. The feedback tracking device is electrically connected to the first projector and the light sensing assembly. The optical sensing assembly is used for receiving the second light reflected by human eye. The feedback tracking device adjusts the first projector according to the second light received by the optical sensing assembly such that the first light coupled out of the coupling-out device follows a line of sight of human eye. |
| US12265216B2 |
Device for augmented reality or virtual reality display
A device is disclosed comprising a waveguide (2; 102), an input diffractive optical structure (4; 104) configured to receive light from a projector and couple the received light into the waveguide and an output diffractive optical structure (10; 110). An intermediate diffractive optical structure (6, 8; 106) is configured to receive light from the input diffractive optical structure (4; 104), provide a one-dimensional expansion of the received light, and couple the expanded light towards the output diffractive optical structure (10; 110). The output diffractive optical structure (10; 110) is configured to receive light from the intermediate diffractive optical structure and couple it towards a viewer. The intermediate diffractive optical structure (6, 8; 106) comprises diffractive features that are oriented at a first angle to light received from the input diffractive optical structure to provide a first diffraction and a second diffraction within the intermediate diffractive optical structure in order to couple light towards the output diffractive optical structure. The first diffraction couples light from the input diffractive optical structure towards the diffractive features at a second angle so that the second diffraction is provided at a plurality of spaced positions in the intermediate diffractive optical structure thereby providing the one-dimensional expansion of light. The second diffraction couples light towards the output diffractive optical structure. |
| US12265214B2 |
Method of manufacturing monolithic optical systems
Disclosed are monolithic optical systems using an aerogel molded around a mandrel. A method of manufacturing an optical system includes applying a reflective coating to at least a portion of a surface of a mandrel, placing the mandrel in a tank and subsequently filling the tank with aerogel to a predetermined depth below a top of the mandrel. The method includes adding a separation layer to the tank on top of the aerogel at the predetermined depth, catalyzing the separation layer into a solid, and adding aerogel on top of the separation layer filling the tank with aerogel above a height of the mandrel, and removing the aerogel and mandrel from the tank, drying the aerogel into a solid aerogel structure, catalyzing the reflective coating to bond the reflective coating with the aerogel, and removing the mandrel from the aerogel structure to produce the aerogel structure having a hollowed-out interior. |
| US12265213B2 |
Shaped reflector for coaxial illumination of non-normal surfaces
A microscope may receive a fiber optic connector via a connector adapter of the microscope, wherein the connector adapter includes an opening and a shaped reflective surface surrounding the opening. The microscope may align a ferrule of the fiber optic connector with the opening of the connector adapter of the microscope, wherein the ferrule includes a ferrule chamfer or a ferrule radius. The microscope may transmit direct light onto the shaped reflective surface and may receive reflected light from the ferrule chamfer or the ferrule radius and with a camera of the microscope. |
| US12265212B2 |
3D microscope including insertable components to provide multiple imaging and measurement capabilities
A three-dimensional (3D) microscope includes various insertable components that facilitate multiple imaging and measurement capabilities. These capabilities include Nomarski imaging, polarized light imaging, quantitative differential interference contrast (q-DIC) imaging, motorized polarized light imaging, phase-shifting interferometry (PSI), and vertical-scanning interferometry (VSI). |
| US12265211B2 |
Microscope device with virtual objective
There is provided a microscope device comprising: a microscope objective (18), a sample stage (12) for holding a sample (16) and moving the sample in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis of the microscope objective, a light source (20) and an illumination pattern generator unit (22) for illuminating the sample with a line-type illumination pattern, an area-detector detector (40, 44) for detecting light from the sample collected by the microscope objective, a scanning unit (24) for moving the illumination pattern in a scanning direction across the field of view, wherein the scanning direction is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the illumination pattern, and a control unit (42) configured to selectively operate the microscope arrangement in a normal magnification mode or in a lower magnification mode, wherein in the lower magnification mode the sample is moved in a direction antiparallel to the scanning direction while the illumination pattern is moved across the field of view by the scanning unit so as to obtain an at least unidirectionally compressed image, whereby the compression-factor is given by the ratio of the stage- and scan-speed. |
| US12265208B2 |
Optical device
An optical device includes a range finding module. The range finding module includes a first light condenser unit, a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit. The first light condenser unit defines an optical axis and a hole disposed along the optical axis. The first light condenser unit, the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit are sequentially arranged along the optical axis. The light is emitted by the light emitting unit, passes through the hole, reaches an object, is reflected by the object, is converged by the first light condenser unit and is received by the light receiving unit to generate an electrical signal. |
| US12265207B2 |
Dynamic focus for laser processing head
A laser processing head transmits a laser beam to a process zone. An input lens fixedly mounted in the head images the beam from an input with a first (negative) focal length along an optical axis. An intermediate lens is movably mounted in the head in connection with an actuator, which can move the intermediate lens along the axis at a variable lens distance relative to the input lens. The intermediate lens images the beam with a second (positive) focal length. An output lens fixedly mounted in the head images the beam with a third (positive) focal length along the axis to a focal point. The third focal length is greater than the second focal length and provides a large working distance. The focal point can be varied at a variable focal distance along the axis in relation to the variable lens distance by which the intermediate lens is moved. |
| US12265201B2 |
Light-emitting device array and optical transceiver system having the same
A light-emitting device array includes a first light-emitting device, a second light-emitting device, and a third light-emitting device. A first beam shaping structure of the first light-emitting device is configured to convert light emitted by a first light-emitting structure of first light-emitting device into first structured light. A second beam shaping structure of the second light-emitting device is configured to convert light emitted by a second light-emitting structure of second light-emitting device into second structured light. Speckle patterns and spatial distributions of the first structured light and the second structured light on a projection plane are the same. A third beam shaping structure of the third light-emitting device is configured to convert light emitted by a third light-emitting structure of third light-emitting device into third structured light. |
| US12265197B2 |
Sensor and locking device therefor
A sensor and a locking device therefore are disclosed. The locking device may comprise: a bracket including a first part and a second part bent and extending from the first part; a body coupled to the sensor part to be movable in the longitudinal direction of the second part of the bracket; and a cover pivotally connected to the body, wherein: the cover includes a center plate and a plurality of bridges which extend from the center plate to have a long shape in one direction and include a first bridge extending in the one direction and a second bridge extending in the one direction and spaced apart from the first bridge; the body is positioned between the plurality of bridges; and the plurality of bridges are pivotally connected to the body. |
| US12265190B2 |
High resolution depth-encoding pet detector with prismatoid light guide array
Provided is a particle detection device and method of fabrication thereof. The particle detection device includes a scintillator array that includes a plurality of scintillator crystals; a plurality of detectors provided on a bottom end of the scintillator array; and a plurality of prismatoids provided on a top end of the scintillator array. Prismatoids of the plurality of prismatoids are configured to redirect particles between top ends of crystals of the scintillator array. Bottom ends of a first group of crystals of the scintillator array are configured to direct particles to a first detector of the plurality of detectors and bottom ends of a second group of crystals of the scintillator array are configured to direct particles to a second detector substantially adjacent to the first detector. |
| US12265185B2 |
Variable resonance frequency acoustic wave emission and/or detection device
An acoustic, preferably ultrasonic, wave emission and/or reception device, including a wave emitter configured to transmit waves at an emission frequency, and a receiver of preferably ultrasonic waves, separate from the emitter, having a resonance frequency, and configured to receive waves generated by the emitter and including direct waves and reflected waves, wherein the device includes a resonance frequency modulator of the receiver and a control unit configured to control the resonance frequency modulator during a predetermined time period, so as to reduce the sensitivity of the receiver during the predetermined time period by moving the resonance frequency of the receiver away from the emission frequency of the emitter. The acoustic device relates to the field of ultrasonic sensors, particularly PMUTs or CMUTs, having a high quality factor. |
| US12265183B2 |
Signal processing based on signal subband typing
A frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to: generate subbands in a frequency domain based on a range-dependent time domain baseband signal, classify each subband into a subband type, select processing parameters for each subband based on the respective subband type, and process each of the subbands using the selected processing parameters for the subband. |
| US12265182B2 |
Method and system for optical data communication via ladar
A ladar system capable of operating in a ladar mode and an optical communication mode is disclosed. When operating in the ladar mode, a ladar transmitter and ladar receiver cooperate to transmit ladar pulses that are used for ranging to targets in a field of view. When operating in an optical communication mode, ladar pulses are used to transmit data messages to locations in the field of view that are determined to have devices that are capable of receiving the optically communicated data messages. |
| US12265173B2 |
System and method for radar
In accordance with an embodiment, a method of operating a radar system includes receiving radar configuration data from a host, and receiving a start command from the host after receiving the radar configuration data. The radar configuration data includes chirp parameters and frame sequence settings. After receiving the start command, configuring a frequency generation circuit is configured with the chirp parameters and radar frames are triggered at a preselected rate. |
| US12265170B2 |
Control device, system, and control method
To estimate a positional relationship between devices having transmitted and received signals with higher accuracy.A control device includes a control unit that compares reliability parameters that are indexes indicating a degree of whether or not a signal is appropriate as a processing target for estimating a positional relationship between each of the plurality of communication devices and the other communication device, calculated on the basis of the signals received from the other communication device by the communication device, and performs control for estimating the positional relationship on the basis of a signal transmitted and received between the communication device that has received a signal that is more appropriate as a processing target for estimating the positional relationship and the other communication device. |
| US12265169B2 |
Method for access control using real-time positioning technology and the device using the same
Disclosed herein are a method for access control using real-time positioning technology and a device using the same. According to a positioning method of a positioning module, the positioning module is configured to measure a location of at least one location-unrecognized device and a location of a terminal, wherein the at least one location-unrecognized device, the terminal and at least one location-recognized device is located in a certain zone, and wherein the positioning module has coordinate information of the at least one location-recognized device and the positioning module has not coordinate information of the at least one location-unrecognized device. |
| US12265168B2 |
Radio frequency signal receiver/identifier leveraging unused pulses
An RF pulse correlator comprising a track database, an antenna, a receiver, and a processor. The track database is configured to store established tracks of RF emissions. The antenna and receiver are configured to receive RF pulses. The tracker is configured to generate improved geolocation data for every received RF pulse based on kinematics of the received RF pulses. The processor is communicatively coupled to the database, the receiver, and the tracker. The processor is configured to associate each received RF pulse with an existing track in the track database or to create a new track. |
| US12265157B2 |
Imaging device
An imaging device includes: a solid-state image sensor that is exposed to reflection light from an object and accumulates signal charges; and a control arithmetic device that controls irradiation by an infrared light source and exposure of the solid-state image sensor. The solid-state image sensor includes: photoelectric converters that convert the reflection light from the object into the signal charges; and charge accumulators that accumulate the signal charges. The imaging device performs, within one frame period, m types of exposure sequences (m is an integer greater than or equal to four) for controlling the irradiation and the exposure; assigns the charge accumulators exclusively to the m types of exposure sequences; accumulates, into the charge accumulators, the signal charges obtained from n (n is an integer greater than or equal to three) of the photoelectric converters in at least one type of exposure sequence among the m types of exposure sequences. |
| US12265153B2 |
Radar system for a vehicle
Disclosed are aspects of a radar system for a vehicle that includes a radar circuit for generating and processing radar signals, wherein the radar circuit includes a ground plane connector for an electrical connection with an antenna ground plane. The radar system also includes a radar antenna assembly for transmitting radar signals into a traffic space and for receiving radar signals reflected by objects present in the traffic space. The radar system further includes a component of the vehicle. The ground plane connector is electrically connected to the component of the vehicle. |
| US12265150B2 |
Apparatus, system and method of radar tracking
Some aspects relate to an apparatus, method and/or system of radar tracking. For example, a radar tracker may be configured to generate target tracking information corresponding to a plurality of targets in an environment of a radar device. For example, the radar tracker may include a processor configured to determine the target tracking information based on a plurality of multi-target density functions corresponding to a respective plurality of target types, and to update the plurality of multi-target density functions based on detection information corresponding to a plurality of detections in the environment. For example, the radar tracker may include an output to output the target tracking information. |
| US12265149B2 |
System and method for the compression of echolocation data
A method for compressing echolocation data is provided. The method includes dividing the echolocation data into a plurality of partitions, and selecting a first partition for processing. The method also includes combining echolocation data from the first partition with echolocation data within a second partition, and combining echolocation data from the first partition with echolocation data within a third partition. The method further includes storing the combined echolocation data for all of the plurality of partitions except for the first partition in a memory. |
| US12265148B2 |
Radar device
A radar device utilizing frequency modulation of a frequency modulated continuous wave type, and includes a voltage-controlled oscillator generating a high frequency signal frequency-modulated based on a triangular wave voltage signal, a transmission antenna emitting the high frequency signal into the air, a receiving antenna receiving, as a reception signal, a reflected wave from a target object, of the high frequency signal, a mixer generating a beat signal having a frequency equal to a frequency difference between the reception signal and the high frequency signal, and a microcomputer calculating distance from the target object and relative velocity with respect to the target object, using the beat signal, and causing the initial voltage of the triangular wave voltage signal corresponding to second modulation scheme to be equal to that corresponding to first modulation scheme at a time of switching from the first modulation scheme to the second modulation scheme. |
| US12265145B2 |
Systems and methods of deep learning for large-scale dynamic magnetic resonance image reconstruction
A method for performing magnetic resonance imaging on a subject comprises obtaining undersampled imaging data, extracting one or more temporal basis functions from the imaging data, extracting one or more preliminary spatial weighting functions from the imaging data, inputting the one or more preliminary spatial weighting functions into a neural network to produce one or more final spatial weighting functions, and multiplying the one or more final spatial weighting functions by the one or more temporal basis functions to generate an image sequence. Each of the temporal basis functions corresponds to at least one time-varying dimension of the subject. Each of the preliminary spatial weighting functions corresponds to a spatially-varying dimension of the subject. Each of the final spatial weighting functions is an artifact-free estimation of the one of the one or more preliminary spatial weighting functions. |
| US12265142B1 |
Magnetic particle imaging (MPI) device based on asymmetric bilateral structure
A magnetic particle imaging (MPI) device based on an asymmetric bilateral structure includes a fixed section and a movable section. The fixed section includes a pair of magnetic field generation coils, and the magnetic field generation coils are configured to generate a uniform and variable magnetic field and drive a field-free point (FFP) to move along a Z-axis direction. The movable section includes a permanent magnet, excitation coils and a reception coil. The permanent magnet is configured to cooperate with the magnetic field generation coils to generate the FFP. The excitation coils are configured to move the FFP on a two-dimensional plane and excite magnetic particles to generate a nonlinear response signal. The reception coil is configured to receive an MPI signal. The MPI device is simple in structure and convenient to operate, and can perform targeted local imaging or covered overall imaging on the target object. |
| US12265139B2 |
Magneto-resistive element and magnetic sensor
A magneto-resistive element includes a first element section including a first unit element and a second element section including a second unit element. The first element section is connected to the second element section in series. The first unit element includes a first reference layer with a magnetization that is fixed in an in-plane direction, and a first free layer including a vortex magnetization. The second unit element includes a second reference layer with a magnetization that is fixed in an in-plane direction, and a second free layer including a vortex magnetization. A direction of the fixed magnetization of the first reference layer is opposite to that of the second reference layer. |
| US12265137B2 |
Diagnostic path for gain and offset calibration
A method for use in a magnetic field sensor, including: in each of a plurality of calibration periods, generating a reference magnetic field based on a different one of a plurality of drive codes; storing, in a memory, a plurality of values of a reference magnetic field signal that is generated in response to the reference magnetic field, each of the values of the reference magnetic field signal being generated by sampling the reference magnetic field signal in a different one of the plurality of calibration periods; calculating a calibration gain coefficient based on the plurality of values of the reference magnetic field signal; and storing the calibration gain coefficient in the memory and using the calibration gain coefficient to adjust an output of the magnetic field sensor. |
| US12265136B2 |
Method and system for thermal control of devices in electronics tester
A tester apparatus is provided. Slot assemblies are removably mounted to a frame. Each slot assembly allows for individual heating and temperature control of a respective cartridge that is inserted into the slot assembly. A closed loop air path is defined by the frame and a heater and cooler are located in the closed loop air path to cool or heat the cartridge with air. Individual cartridges can be inserted or be removed while other cartridges are in various stages of being tested or in various stages of temperature ramps. |
| US12265134B2 |
Evaluation method of secondary battery
A durability evaluation method of a secondary battery includes a durability step of continuing to apply an alternating current voltage of a durability frequency to a first secondary battery for evaluation over a durability test period, and an evaluation step of evaluating durability of an associated battery reaction associated with the durability frequency from among battery reactions of the first secondary battery. A temperature and a state of charge of the first secondary battery are adjusted to a first temperature and a first state of charge, respectively. |
| US12265133B2 |
Method for inspecting nonaqueous electrolyte rechargeable battery
An inspecting step includes a first period after a cooling step ends and a second period after the first period ends. Variations in a voltage drop value per unit time in a nonaqueous electrolyte rechargeable battery are smaller in the second period than in the first period. The cooling step cools the battery in a state where the electrode body is directly or indirectly pressurized and restrained in a thickness direction with a smaller pressure than that in the inspecting step or in a state where the electrode body is not restrained. The voltage value of the battery is measured when a specified time has passed after the voltage value of the battery was measured in the second period. The battery is determined as being normal when the voltage drop value per unit time based on the measured voltage value is less than or equal to a threshold value. |
| US12265132B2 |
Updating battery capacity after clinical implementation
A method for battery management, the method including determining an amount of charge Qchg delivered to the battery during a portion of a charging cycle. The method can also include measuring state of charge (SoCfull) of the battery subsequent to the charging cycle, and determining an amount of charge Qdsg produced by the battery during a discharging cycle of the battery to a depth of discharge (DoD) threshold. The method can also include measuring state of charge (SoCempty) of the battery subsequent to discharging the battery. The method can include determining total battery capacity based on the values determined in previous operations. Apparatuses and systems for battery management are also described. |
| US12265131B2 |
Characterisation of lithium plating in rechargeable batteries
A method for characterizing a rechargeable battery (91-96) that is at risk of lithium plating comprises: receiving (1001) operating values (41) of the battery (91-96) as time-series, wherein the operating values of the battery comprise a terminal voltage of the battery (U(t)) and a battery current of the battery (I(t)), determining (1002) a simulated terminal voltage (USim(t)) using a model of the battery (400) on the basis of the battery current (I(t)), comparing (1003) the simulated terminal voltage (USim(t)) with the terminal voltage (U(t)), determining (1004, 1004a, 1004b) a lithium plating state of the battery on the basis of the comparison. |
| US12265127B2 |
Method of detecting and positioning insulation failure of aircraft generator
A method of detecting and positioning an insulation failure of an aircraft generator is provided, comprising: S1, for each stator slot in the aircraft generator, wrapping one semiconductor layer on a surface of an external insulation layer of each copper conductor in the stator slot; S2, for each semiconductor layer, partitioning the semiconductor layer to obtain a plurality of zones, disposing a resistor-inductance branch network in each zone, and connecting the resistor-inductance branch networks to form an insulation failure detection circuit; S3, supplying power to a three-phase winding of the aircraft generator from an external power source; S4, determining whether an unearthed voltage is present in four end corners of the insulation failure detection circuit; if not, returning to S3 for further powering; if yes, outputting a detection result and collecting an insulation failure position with potential change and difference in the insulation failure detection circuit as a positioning result. |
| US12265124B1 |
Test time reduction in circuits with redundancy flip-flops
According to an embodiment, a digital circuit with N number of redundant flip-flops is provided, each having a data input coupled to a common data signal. The digital circuit operates in a functional mode and a test mode. During test mode, a first flip-flop is arranged as part of a test path and N−1 flip-flops are arranged as shadow logic. A test pattern at the common data signal is provided and a test output signal is observed at an output terminal of the first flip-flop to determine faults within a test path of the first flip-flop. At the same cycle, the test output signals of each of the N−1 number of redundant flip-flops is observed through the functional path to determine faults. |
| US12265123B1 |
Universal test chiplet
A universal test chiplet for testing a plurality of chiplets to be tested is provided. The universal test chiplet includes a chiplet test control circuit module, a test data distribution circuit module, a memory test configuration circuit module, and a chiplet test interface circuit module. The chiplet test control circuit module is configured to provide test data and configure test modes for the chiplets to be tested. The test data distribution circuit module is configured to distribute the test data required by each of the chiplets to be tested from a test data bus. The memory test configuration circuit module is configured to provide test circuits for memories of the chiplets to be tested and automatically generate a test vector. The chiplet test interface circuit module is configured to transmit the test data to the chiplets to be tested in any direction through chiplet test interfaces. |
| US12265122B1 |
Memory profiler for emulation
A method for determining a sparse memory size during emulation, the method including: determining, by a profiler memory coupled to a user memory, that one or more pages of the user memory are used by a first test sequence of a testbench during the emulation; identifying, by the profiler memory, a first set of indexes of the one or more pages of the user memory used by the first test sequence; determining a number of unique pages of the user memory that are used by the first test sequence for the emulation based on the first set of indexes; determining, by a processor, the sparse memory size for the user memory based on the number of unique pages of the user memory that are used by the testbench for the emulation and a page size of the user memory. |
| US12265121B2 |
Compression-based scan test system
In accordance with an embodiment, a method for operating a Pseudo-Random Pattern Generator (PRPG) based scan test system includes: generating test patterns using a Pseudo-Random Pattern Generator (PRPG), generating the test patterns including clocking the PRPG using a first clock signal; loading the test patterns into a plurality of scan chains coupled to the PRPG; modifying a bit distribution of the generated test patterns with respect to the plurality of scan chains by freezing at least one clock cycle of the first clock signal while a second clock signal is active or freezing at least one clock cycle of the second clock signal while the first clock signal is active; shifting the loaded test patterns using the second clock signal; applying the test patterns to a circuit under test (CUT) through the plurality of scan chains; and capturing response patterns generated by the CUT in the plurality of scan chains. |
| US12265117B2 |
Probe apparatus and manufacturing method for probe apparatus
A probe apparatus includes a sensor including at least one element, a plurality of electrically conductive wires each of which has a connection portion at which electrical connection is made between the electrically conductive wire and the sensor so that a signal used in the sensor can flow through the electrically conductive wire, and an insulative member configured to cover at least one of the electrically conductive wires at a place nearer to a tip than the connection portion in the at least one electrically conductive wire. The insulative member having an electrical insulating property. |
| US12265116B2 |
Device and method for detecting light-emitting diode
A device and a method for detecting LEDs bonded to a display substrate are provided. The device includes a power supply assembly, a pressure fixture and a detector. The power supply assembly is used for providing electrical signals to the LEDs. The pressure fixture is used for applying a force to the power supply assembly, so that the power supply assembly directly contacts and electrically connects to at least one of the LEDs. The detector is on a side of the pressure fixture away from the power supply assembly and used for detecting whether each of the LEDs emits light according to a normal standard. |
| US12265115B2 |
Digital loop dual-stage source measure unit
A dual-stage source measure unit (SMU) has a user interface to allow a user to input one or more target values, at least two terminals to couple to a device under test (DUT), a current loop having a current digital control loop (DCL), a current digital-to-analog converter (DAC), a sense resistor, a current analog-to digital converter (ADC), and a common ADC, the current DCL to receive inputs from the current ADC, from the common ADC, and a target value for the output current, and to control a first output stage to produce the output current, and a voltage loop having a voltage DCL, a voltage DAC, a voltage ADC, and the common ADC, the voltage DCL to receive inputs from the voltage ADC, from the common ADC, and a target value for the output voltage, and to control a second output stage to produce the output voltage. |
| US12265109B2 |
Device and method for measuring microwave surface resistance of dielectric conductor deposition interface
A device for measuring a microwave surface resistance of a dielectric conductor deposition interface includes: a test platform, a calibration component, a sealing cavity and a support plate; wherein the test platform comprises: a shielding cavity having an open bottom, a dielectric rod, an input coupling structure, an output coupling structure, and a dielectric supporter; the dielectric conductor test sample and the test platform form a TE0m(n+δ) mode dielectric resonator; the calibration component and the dielectric conductor test sample are mounted on the test platform to measure corresponding quality factors, thereby calculating the microwave surface resistance of the deposition interface of the dielectric conductor test sample. The present invention requires no pre-measurement of relative permittivity and loss tangent of the dielectric conductor test sample. After calibration, the microwave surface resistance of the dielectric conductor deposition interface can be obtained by only one non-destructive measurement. |
| US12265104B2 |
Voltage detection circuit and voltage detection method
A voltage detection circuit including a threshold setting module and a voltage conversion module, and a voltage detection method are provided. In the threshold setting module, a first input end is configured to receive a voltage to be detected, a second input end is configured to receive a threshold regulation signal, a power supply end is connected to a first voltage and is configured to set a voltage regulation range according to the threshold regulation signal, determine a first voltage regulation value in the voltage regulation range according to the voltage to be detected, and generate a control voltage according to the first voltage and the first voltage regulation value. The voltage conversion module is configured to output a first level when the control voltage is greater than a preset value and output a second level when the control voltage is less than or equal to the preset value. |
| US12265103B2 |
Leadless current sensor package with high isolation
A sensor package comprising a lead frame, a current sensor die, and an interposer. The lead frame includes: (i) a primary conductor, (ii) a plurality of secondary leads, and (iii) a layer of dielectric material that is disposed between the primary conductor and the plurality of secondary leads. The current sensor die includes one or more sensing elements. The current sensor die is configured to measure a level of electrical current through the primary conductor of the lead frame. The interposer is disposed over the layer of dielectric material. The interposer includes a plurality of conductive traces that are configured to couple each of a plurality of terminals of the current sensor die to a respective one of the plurality of secondary leads. |
| US12265101B1 |
Load pull tuner for waveguide wafer probe
A waveguide to wafer-probe adapter includes an integrated computer-controlled load pull tuner forming a compact and handy assembly. The adapter includes a horizontal, a vertical and a sloped straight section, joined with two knee junctions. The tuner is simple and includes two, only along the sloped waveguide section moving at fixed penetration tuning probes without cumbersome vertical axis mechanisms. The sloped cavity section of the waveguide includes niches at the knee junctions, in which the probes can be moved and hidden, thus allowing a for low residual reflection and original transmission behavior. When the probes are hidden the adapter can be used for instantaneous s-parameter measurement still maintaining full load pull capacity. High-speed calibration and tuning algorithms allow efficient operation. |
| US12265099B2 |
Rotating direction and rotating speed sensing device
A rotating direction and rotating speed sensing device includes a tested unit, a housing, and a Hall effect sensor disposed in the housing. The tested unit includes an output shaft, and a toothed disk sleeved on and driven by the output shaft. The Hall effect sensor positionally corresponds to the toothed disk for detecting rotating direction and rotating speed, and includes three Hall effect sensing elements spaced apart along a first straight line, and a first pin and a second pin respectively outputting a first signal and a second signal when the toothed disk rotates. The first straight line cooperates with a tangential direction of the toothed disk to form an included angle that ranges in a predetermined angle range, such that a phase shift between the first signal and the second signal ranges from 45 degrees to 135 degrees when the toothed disk rotates. |
| US12265096B2 |
Reagent delivery and waste management system
Reagent delivery systems, which can include a reagent trough and a pump system, are useful for delivering liquids to a laboratory workbench. Processing samples on the laboratory workbench can result in a large amount of liquid waste. Described herein are reagent troughs, pump systems, reagent delivery systems, waste management systems, and methods of using the same. |
| US12265095B1 |
Extraction operation room and intelligent sample access system
An extraction operation room is provided. The extraction operation room is provided with a multi-stage Z-direction extraction arm and an X-direction pushing system. Movement on a multi-distance road section in a Z-axis direction is realized by using the multi-stage Z-direction extraction arm, such that the movement of an extraction member on the multi-distance road section in the Z-axis direction is realized, thereby greatly increasing the depth or length of the movement in a Z axis. The corresponding X-direction pushing system is provided, and the X-direction pushing system realizes the movement of a tank cover of a sample storage tank or a storage box in an X-axis direction. An operation space is given when the movement in the Z-axis direction and the X-axis direction are implemented, and meanwhile, the extraction structure is reasonable in design, small in occupied space, relatively low in cost, and convenient and intelligent to operate. |
| US12265092B2 |
Workflow for risk assessment and patient management using procalcitonin and midregional-proadrenomedullin
The present invention is in the field of clinical diagnostics. Particularly, the present invention relates to the assessment of severity of a subject being suspected of an infection or having an infection, who may have physiological signs or increased risk factors for infection, in particular from an infectious disease by determination of the levels of Procalcitonin (hereinafter: PCT) (SEQ ID No: 1 and/or proadrenomedullin (hereinafter: proADM)) (SEQ ID No: 3) or a partial peptide or fragment thereof, in particular midregional proadrenomedullin (MR-proADM) (SEQ ID No: 2), in a sample of a patient and the invention is related to a workflow hereto. Moreover, the invention refers to the assessment related to an infection like ruling out/in a patient and stratification, risk assessment, in particular to avoid rehospitalisation and hospital and post-discharge mortality. |
| US12265090B2 |
Inter-alpha inhibitor proteins
Described herein are methods for quantifying IAIP levels in a sample. |
| US12265086B2 |
Biomarker of gingivitis diagnosis and treatment
Methods of identifying an individual as being a slow gingivitis responder or a high gingivitis responder are disclosed. Some methods are based on IL-1β levels in the individual's GCF at the site of inflammation. Some methods are based on MIF and/or CCL-1 levels in the individual's GCF in healthy tissue distant from the site of inflammation. Some disclosed methods are based on temporal differences in IL-8, IL-6 and/or TNFα levels in the individual's GCF in healthy tissue distant from the site of inflammation during the development of plaque induced inflammation. Methods of treating an individual who has gingivitis and methods of preventing gingivitis are also provided. The treatment and prevention methods comprise determining if individual is a slow gingivitis responder or a high gingivitis responder and applying oral care compositions to the individual's oral cavity. |
| US12265085B2 |
Method for analyzing content and distribution of microplastics in marine Cnidaria organisms
Disclosed is a method for analyzing the content and distribution of microplastics in marine Cnidaria organisms, including: an exposure experiment of marine Cnidaria organisms; observation with a stereotype fluorescence microscope; plotting of a standard curve of fluorescence microplastics; sample fluorescence imaging and calculation of content of microplastics and freeze-drying of samples and calculation of a microplastics concentration. Technical solutions of the present disclosure can accurately position the distribution of microplastics in living marine Cnidaria organisms, and effectively and accurately quantify the content of microplastics in living organisms and local tissues, which is of great significance to the monitoring and treatment of new environmental pollutants. |
| US12265083B2 |
Immunoassay method for free AIM in biological sample, and assay kit
A problem to be solved is to improve the specificity of an anti-AIM antibody for free AIM in a biological sample containing complex AIM and free AIM.The problem can be solved by an immunoassay method for measuring an amount of free AIM in a biological sample containing complex AIM and free AIM, and the method comprises bringing the biological sample into contact with an anti-AIM antibody in the presence of an anti-IgM antibody. |
| US12265079B1 |
Systems and methods for detecting analytes from captured single biological particles
Disclosed are systems and methods for selecting biological particles (e.g., cells or nuclei) based on specific binding to a substrate and single-biological particle measurement of analytes from the substrate-bound biological particles (e.g., cells or nuclei). Single biological particles (e.g., cells or nuclei) from a population of biological particles are captured through their binding to biological particle- (e.g., cell- or nucleus-) and/or molecule-specific biological particle (e.g., cell or nucleus) capture moieties on a substrate. Analytes are released from the single captured biological particles (e.g., cells or nuclei) and bind to analyte-specific barcode molecules associated with the specific biological particle (e.g., cell or nucleus) capture moieties to which a biological particle (e.g., a cell or nucleus) has bound. Analysis of the barcode molecules identifies the bound analytes. The systems and methods are used to select and capture immune cells, such as T-cells that bind specific peptide epitopes through their T-cell receptors (TCRs) or B-cells that bind antigen through their B cell receptors (BCRs). Detection and analysis of barcode molecules that have bound cellular analytes comprising rearranged V(D)J-expressing RNAs from the T-cells or B-cells allows identification of the specific TCR sequences that recognize and bind the specific peptide epitopes or specific BCR sequences that recognize and bind specific antigens. |
| US12265078B2 |
Modeling neurological disorders and ataxias with cardiac dysfunction using bioengineered heart tissues
A system for screening compounds for therapeutic cardiac effects in the cells, tissues and organoids (1) of patients having diseases such as neurological diseases or disorders with significant cardiac comorbidities. The system comprises a medical device apparatus that can be suitable for a single-tier screen for cardio-active compounds that comprises a human ventricular cardiac anisotropic sheet (hvCAS) and human ventricular cardiac tissue strip (hvCTS), a two-tier system further comprising human ventricular cardiac organoid chamber (hvCOC) (20), or a three-tier system still further comprising a medical device comprising multiple organoids (20), which include tissues or organoids (1) of the same or different type (e.g., heart, liver, pancreas, kidney). Another aspect of the disclosure is the methods suitable for use with the systems, comprising screens for identifying compounds having cardiac effects on cells, tissues or organoids (1) of patients having a non-cardiac disease exhibiting a cardiac effect, such as neurological diseases. The methods are further useful in assessing the toxicity of compounds to various cells, tissues or organoids (1) of such patients. |
| US12265077B2 |
Acoustic separation of particles for bioprocessing
A method for separating particles in a biofluid includes pretreating the biofluid by introducing an additive, flowing the pretreated biofluid through a microfluidic separation channel, and applying acoustic energy to the microfluidic separation channel. A system for microfluidic separation, capable of separating target particles from non-target particles in a biofluid includes at least one microfluidic separation channel, a source of biofluid, a source of additive, and at least one acoustic transducer coupled to the microfluidic separation channel. A kit for microfluidic particle separation includes a microfluidic separation channel connected to an acoustic transducer, a source of an additive, and instructions for use. |
| US12265076B2 |
Complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) multi-well apparatus for electrical cell assessment
Disclosed herein are semiconductor devices to provide a CMOS-compatible, wafer-scale, multi-well platform that can be used for biomedical or other applications, and methods to operate the same. In some embodiments, circuitry is provided underneath a multiple-well array to electrically interface with electrodes in the wells. To interface with electrodes in a large array, circuitry may be fabricated on a single silicon (Si) wafer having a dimension that is at least the same or larger than that of the multiple-well array. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, standard CMOS fabrication process such as those known to be used in a standard semiconductor foundry may be used without expensive customization for complex fabrication procedures. This may help the production cost to be lowered in some cases. |
| US12265074B2 |
Borehole electrokinetic energy generation and on-line water determination
A fluid flow control device, a well system, and a method are provided. The fluid flow control device, in one aspect, may include an inlet port, allowing a downhole fluid of a borehole to flow into the fluid flow control device, and an outlet port, allowing the downhole fluid to flow out of the fluid flow control device. The fluid flow control device, in accordance with this aspect, may further include a fluid chamber positioned between the inlet port and the outlet port, wherein an electrokinetic film is located within the fluid chamber and is capable of generating a voltage as the downhole fluid flows over the electrokinetic film. |
| US12265070B2 |
Sensor system and failure detection method for sensor system
A sensor system includes a sensor element to which a control current is inputted, a DA converter to output the control current, and a control part configured to generate a control current instruction value and input the control current instruction value to the DAC, and further includes an instruction value generation part to sequentially generate an inspection current instruction value to be inputted to the DAC instead of the control current instruction value, an inspection current detection part to detect an inspection current value of an inspection current, an expected value calculation part to calculate an inspection current expected value, a difference value acquisition part to acquire a difference value between the inspection current value and the inspection current expected value, and a failure detection part to detect a failure of a bit in the DA converter, by frequency analysis of a temporal change of the difference value. |
| US12265069B2 |
Gas concentration measurement system
Provided are a gas concentration measurement system, gas concentration computation section, and gas concentration measurement method enabling high-accuracy gas concentration measurement. The gas concentration measurement system includes: a gas concentration measurement section (10a) including a light-emitting element (11) and a first sensor element; a light-emitting element drive section that drives the light-emitting element; a signal acquisition section (21) that acquires at least an output signal of the first sensor element, a first drive signal that is a first voltage value or first current value of the light-emitting element, and a second drive signal that is a second voltage value or second current value of the light-emitting element; and a computation section (22) that computes gas concentration based on signals acquired by the signal acquisition section. The computation section, based on the first and second drive signals, corrects the output signal of the first sensor element and computes the gas concentration. |
| US12265066B2 |
Imaging method and system for residual stress of basin insulator, and method for preparing test block
Provided are an imaging method and system for residual stress of a basin insulator and a method for preparing a test block. The imaging method includes cutting and preparing a standard industrial sample of a basin insulator and testing the acoustoelastic coefficient of the standard industrial sample; then obtaining the residual stress data of the basin insulator and obtaining the spatial point sound velocity distribution of the basin insulator; finally, obtaining a stress distribution cloud map of the basin insulator by calculation of the attribute value and the coordinate data of a to-be-measured location, and performing reliability verification based on the residual stress data. |
| US12265065B1 |
Fracture opening simulation device for hard brittle mudstone and shale with organic matter
The invention provides a fracture opening simulation device for hard brittle mudstone and shale with organic matter, it includes a simulated support, the lower part of the simulated support is connected with a storage bucket bottom block plate through a screw, the middle of the simulated support is provided with a support socket with a circular structure, the upper surface of the storage bucket bottom block plate is provided with a circular convex structure of a block plate boss, the block plate boss is closely inserted in the support socket, the upper surface of the simulated support is fixed connected with a core column storage barrel. |
| US12265064B2 |
Systems and methods for determining concrete strength
In one embodiment, a concrete strength testing system includes a core drill having a core barrel, a press associated with the core drill that is configured to drive the core barrel into concrete to be tested, a force sensor associated with the core drill that is configured to measure a force with which the core barrel is driven into the concrete by the press, and a depth measurement device configured to measure a depth into the concrete to which the core barrel is driven by the press. |
| US12265060B2 |
Device and method for testing a test object
The invention comprises a device (10) for testing a test object (40), comprising an excitation system (13) for generating broadband ultrasound pulses (12′) in the test object, a detection system (20) for detecting ultrasound waves (21), which are generated through the broadband ultrasound pulses (12′) in the test object (40) and emitted by the test object (40). The device (10) comprises a processing unit (30) for processing the detected ultrasound waves (21), while the excitation system (13) being one of a thermoacoustic emitter or a pulsed laser and the detection system (20) is a broadband detection system. The excitation system (13) comprises a modulator (11) for modulating the broadband ultrasound pulses (12′). Furthermore, the invention comprises a method for testing a test object. |
| US12265058B2 |
Sensors incorporated into adhesive material
A disclosed apparatus includes sensors incorporated into adhesive material. In use, an apparatus may comprise an adhesive material and at least one split-ring resonator (SRR) disposed on or in the adhesive material. Additionally, the at least one SRR is formed from a carbon-containing material, and the adhesive material is a non-elastomeric material or a semi-rigid material. In some aspects, each SRR may resonate at a first frequency in response to an electromagnetic ping when the adhesive material is in a first state, and may resonate at a second frequency in response to the electromagnetic ping when the adhesive material is in a second state. A resonant frequency of the adhesive material may be based on physical characteristics of the adhesive material. |
| US12265057B2 |
Monitoring radical particle concentration using mass spectrometry
A monitoring system detects and measures a quantity of radical particles within a gas. A test chamber is coupled to a flow channel that transmits a gas. The test chamber defines an aperture connecting the test chamber and the flow channel, and the aperture permits a subset of the gas to enter the test chamber from the flow channel. An ionizer is positioned within the test chamber and generates radical ions from radical particles of the subset of the gas. A mass spectrometer measures a quantity of the radical ions, thereby providing a measurement of the radical particles in the gas. |
| US12265056B2 |
Ion identification using ion mobility spectrometry
A method of analysing ions is disclosed comprising: (i) subjecting ions of an analyte molecule to different activation levels at different times so as to cause the ions to have different mobilities at said different times, wherein the activation level is varied in a plurality of cycles, and wherein the activation level is varied between said different levels during each of the cycles. The method uses an ion mobility separator or scanned ion mobility filter to determine the mobilities of the ions for said different activation levels; and correlates the determined mobilities with their respective activation levels so as to thereby obtain a fingerprint for the analyte molecule. |
| US12265055B2 |
Method of providing contacts on a graphene sheet
The present invention relates to a method of forming a material on a graphene layer structure 5 for injecting charge into, or extracting charge out of, the graphene layer structure 5, the method comprising: providing a graphene layer structure 5 having one or more first portions 25 on a non-metallic substrate 10, said one or more first portions 25 having one or more surface defects comprising excess out-of-plane material 15; plasma etching the one or more first portions 25 of the graphene layer structure 5 to remove the out-of-plane material 15; depositing a material 30 for injecting charge into, or extracting charge out of, the graphene layer structure 5 onto the one or more plasma-etched first portions 25. |
| US12265048B2 |
Moisture detection along input/output opening in IC structure
An integrated circuit (IC) structure includes a substrate; and a plurality of moisture sensors along an edge of an optical input/output (I/O) opening in the substrate. The plurality of moisture sensors are positioned between a primary guard ring and a moisture barrier. The moisture sensors may detect moisture in a sequential manner to monitor moisture ingress and predict when remedial action is necessary. The teachings of the disclosure may be applicable to any IC structure including an I/O opening, and in particular, IC structures that have elongated I/O openings such as photonic integrated structures (PICs) with optical I/O openings for photonics components, e.g., an optical fiber or an external laser. The moisture sensors provide an early and definitive alarm for moisture, with no false alarms. The system accurately predicts time to failure and allows adjustment based on real time field data input. |
| US12265035B2 |
Method for detecting defects of the horizontal mold seal for glass containers
A method for detecting, on the finish of containers, defects in a horizontal mold seal of the container includes the steps of disposing the container between a light source and a camera and ensuring the rotation of the container on itself according to one rotational revolution. The camera acquires, at each increment of rotation of the container, an image so that the number of images per rotational revolution is greater than 36. The images captured for each container are analyzed such that the profile of the finish edge is detected in each image, the profiles of the finish edge of the images are compared with a reference profile of the finish edge so as to detect deviations between these profiles, and a defect in the horizontal mold seal for a container is detected when at least one image of said container has a deviation. |
| US12265034B2 |
Detection tool and detection method
Provided is a detection tool that detects a temperature of air. The detection tool includes a detection section that detects a temperature of air released from an air turbine handpiece, and a main body that includes a surface. The detection section is provided on the surface to allow the air turbine handpiece to be brought close to the detection section. |
| US12265031B2 |
Systems and methods for the detection and analysis of free thiol
Embodiments described herein relate to devices, and methods for quantifying thiol content in a sample containing a mixture of proteins or protein isoforms. The method includes conjugating a portion of the sample with free thiol detection binders, separating the contents in the portion of the sample into separated protein isoforms, detecting fluorescence signals associated with each separated protein isoform, and quantifying, based on the fluorescence signals, a relative amount of free thiol associated with each separated protein isoform. In some instances, the method includes quantifying the amount of each separated protein isoform based on absorbance signals associated with each separated protein isoform. In some instances, the fluorescence and/or absorbance signals associated with protein isoforms conjugated with detection binders can be compared with the corresponding signals associated with unconjugated protein isoforms. In some instances, the method further includes applying a reducing agent and quantifying total-thiol content in the sample. |
| US12265030B2 |
Hybrid multi-photon microscopy
A multi-photon imaging system includes a laser module having a first channel for outputting a two-photon excitation laser pulse and a second channel for outputting a three-photon excitation laser pulse. The system further includes a first optical path for guiding the two-photon laser pulse from the first channel of the laser module and a second optical path for guiding the three-photon laser pulse from the second channel of the laser module. A microscope is also provided for simultaneously receiving the two-photon laser pulse from the first optical path and the three-photon laser pulse from the second optical path, and simultaneously, or with well controllable delays, delivering the two-photon laser pulse and the three-photon pulse to a target volume. The system further includes a photodetector configured to collect photons generated within the target volume in response to simultaneous excitation of the target volume by both the two-photon laser pulse and the three-photon laser pulse. |
| US12265029B2 |
Apparatus comprising a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a first optical fiber, a second optical fiber, and a spectrometer for spectral analysis
An apparatus for spectral analysis comprises a first lens holder comprising a first lens, a second lens holder comprising a second lens, a first optical fiber, and a spectrometer. The first lens and the second lens are for receiving a scattered light beam and focusing it to a point. The first optical fiber is arranged between the first lens holder and the second lens holder. The first optical fiber receives a first light beam focused by the first lens, transmits the first light beam through, and then projects the first light beam on the second lens. The spectrometer is positioned on a side of the second lens holder opposite the first optical fiber. The second lens focuses the first light beam received from the first optical fiber and projects the first light beam onto the spectrometer so that the spectrometer can analyze the first light beam. |
| US12265027B2 |
System and method for focusing color Schlieren diagnostics
Embodiments of the present application are directed toward a focusing Schlieren technique that is capable of adding color-coded directional information to the visualization of density gradients. Other advantages of the technique can include that it does not require manual calibration, has a simple design and is sensitive enough to be used in compact experimental setups. Certain embodiments include the use of a color-coded source image that replaces the conventional source grid. The technique may benefit from a computer-controlled digital background, which is used for both illumination and display of color-coded source images. |
| US12265022B2 |
THz measuring device and THz measurement method for measuring test objects, in particular pipes
The invention relates to a THz measuring device (2) for measuring a test object (8), in particular a pipe (8), including a first THz transceiver (3) which outputs a first THz beam (10) with a first polarization plane along an optical axis (A) through a measuring chamber (7), a first polarization mirror (4) designed to reflect the first THz beam (10) passing through the measuring chamber (7) back to the first THz transceiver (3) along the optical axis (A), a second THz transceiver (5), designed to output a second THz beam (11) which is polarized in a second polarization plane that is different, in particular orthogonal, from the first polarization plane, a second polarization mirror (6), designed to reflect the second THz beam (11) passing through the measuring chamber (7) along the optical axis (A) through the measuring chamber (7) back to the second Transceiver (5), wherein the THz beams pass through the respective other polarization mirrors without being substantially influenced, and the measuring signals (S1, S2) of the THz transceivers (3, 5) are correlated with each other so as to determine layer thicknesses (d1, d2) and/or a refractive index (n) of the tested object (8). |
| US12265021B2 |
Method and system to identify microorganisms
A method of identifying microorganisms in a sample by evaluating the vibrational profile. |
| US12265019B2 |
Compact imaging-based sensors
Disclosed is an optical system for interrogating a sample, an optical system for measuring the spectrum of a beam of light, an optical system for measuring the spectrum of two beams of light, a compact imaging-based sensor or sensors, and combinations thereof. |
| US12265018B2 |
Adhesion strength measurement system for wet electrode specimen and adhesion strength measurement method for wet electrode specimen using the same
The present technology relates to an adhesion strength measurement system for a wet electrode specimen that can evaluate the adhesion strength of an electrode specimen impregnated with an electrolyte solution, and an adhesion strength measurement method for a wet electrode specimen using the same. The adhesion strength measurement system includes: a test substrate; an electrode specimen attached to the test substrate; a fixing jig configured to fix the test substrate so that the electrode specimen attached to the test substrate is immersed in an electrolyte solution; and an adhesion strength measurement unit configured to measure a force at which a mixture layer of the electrode specimen is peeled off by applying a tensile force to the gripped electrode specimen, the adhesion strength measurement unit including a grip part configured to grip one region of the electrode specimen. |
| US12265017B2 |
Method for establishing hydrogen charging model for pipeline steel in equivalent wet hydrogen sulfide environment and application thereof
The disclosure provides a method for establishing a hydrogen charging model for pipeline steel in an equivalent wet hydrogen sulfide environment and an application thereof, which belongs to the field of corrosion electrochemistry. The method includes the following steps: using a cathode hydrogen charging method and a wet hydrogen sulfide environment method respectively to perform hydrogen charging on each sample to be tested under different reaction conditions to obtain several first hydrogen charging samples and second hydrogen charging samples; measuring the hydrogen content of each of the first hydrogen charging sample and the second hydrogen charging sample; performing curve fitting on the variables in the two methods respectively according to the obtained hydrogen content, and the hydrogen charging model for pipeline steel in the equivalent wet hydrogen sulfide environment is obtained according to the fitting result. |
| US12265015B2 |
Method for optimizing microparticle suction conditions, microparticle sorting device, microparticle sorting system, and microparticle sorting program
The present technology is to provide a technique for further optimizing microparticle suction conditions, using a microparticle sorting microchip.The present technology provides a method for optimizing microparticle suction conditions, using a microparticle sorting microchip including: a main flow channel in which a sheath solution and a microparticle-containing sample solution flow; and a pressure chamber that sucks microparticles. The method includes: the step of acquiring data of a velocity V of each microparticle, by introducing the sheath solution and the microparticle-containing sample solution into the main flow channel, and detecting the point of time at which the microparticle passes through a predetermined position in the main flow channel; and the step of controlling the pressure for sucking the microparticles, on the basis of the data of the velocity V of each microparticle. |
| US12265010B2 |
Particle measuring device
A particle measuring device includes a probe including a nozzle spraying a gas on a surface of an object and an inlet inhaling the gas and particles scattered from the surface by the gas; a main pipe including an inflow hole through which the gas flows and a discharge hole through which the gas is discharged; a first manifold provided to connect the main pipe to the nozzle, and supplying the gas to the nozzle; a second manifold provided to connect the main pipe to the inlet between a connecting portion of the first manifold and the discharge hole, and supplying the particles and the gas to the main pipe; a third manifold branched from the second manifold and supplying the particles and the gas; and a particle counter connected to the third manifold, and counting the particles included in the gas supplied through the third manifold. |
| US12265008B2 |
Particle measuring device
Provided is a particle measurement device in which irradiation light emitted by a light source is expanded by an expander in a shape satisfying the requirements of a diffractive optical element, converted into parallel light, and made to enter the diffractive optical element. The diffractive optical element shapes the irradiation light entering therein into a flat top beam in which the cross section in the focal position thereof has an elongate rectangle shape. The intensity distribution of light can be made substantially uniform in a detection area formed by the shaped irradiation light. |
| US12265005B2 |
Environmental DNA sample collector
An eDNA sample collection device having a rigid housing with openings to allow contact between the interior of the housing and the external environment. The housing includes membrane retaining portions for holding flexible membranes in the housing of the device, and membrane holders are used to secure membranes within the housing. |
| US12264998B2 |
Vibration control system
A vibration control device, while applying Gaussian vibration that matches a target vibration physical quantity PSD to a test piece, makes a corresponding vibration physical quantity non-Gaussian. Using a response vibration physical quantity PSD and a target vibration physical quantity PSD, a control vibration physical quantity PSD calculation generates a control vibration physical quantity PSD for generating a drive signal. A PSD conversion converts the control vibration physical quantity PSD into a control corresponding vibration physical quantity PSD of another dimension. Using the control corresponding vibration physical quantity PSD, a control corresponding vibration physical quantity waveform calculation calculates a control corresponding vibration physical quantity waveform that is non-Gaussian. At least based on the control characteristics and the control corresponding vibration physical quantity waveform, a drive waveform calculation generates a next drive waveform such that vibration that matches the control corresponding vibration physical quantity waveform is applied to a test piece. |
| US12264997B2 |
System for synchronous monitoring of multi-point displacement and rotation responses of large structure, and data analysis method therefor
The present invention relates to a system for synchronous monitoring of multi-point displacement and rotation responses of a large structure, and a data analysis method therefor, and belongs to the technical field of structural health monitoring engineering. The system includes a laser sensor and a laser receiver. A laser device is disposed inside the laser sensor and is capable of emitting laser, and laser emitted by the laser device is received by the laser receiver. The displacement and rotation responses at a monitoring point of the large structure drive displacement and pointing direction of laser produced by the laser sensor to change, and the change is received by an internal measurement system of the laser receiver. The displacement and rotation responses at the monitoring point of the large structure can be inversely calculated based on internal measurement data of the laser receiver according to the data analysis method for the system for synchronous monitoring of the multi-point displacement and rotation responses of the large structure provided by the present invention. By means of the system for synchronous monitoring of the multi-point displacement and rotation responses of the large structure, long-term real-time monitoring of multi-point displacement of large civil engineering structures such as bridges, tunnels and high-rise buildings can be realized. |
| US12264992B1 |
Systems and methods for detecting conditions of a fluid conduit
A system configured to monitor a condition of a fluid conduit includes a leak detection sensor assembly having a first electrical conductor and a second electrical conductor positioned on the fluid conduit. The system also includes one or more additional sensor assemblies positioned on the fluid conduit. The system further includes a controller configured to determine a presence of a leak along the fluid conduit in response to a resistance of a leak detection electrical circuit formed by the first electrical conductor and the second electrical conductor indicating that the leak detection electrical circuit is closed and data from the one or more additional sensor assemblies indicating the presence of the leak along the fluid conduit. |
| US12264991B2 |
Apparatus, system and method for maintenance of a structure carrying a fluid
A method and apparatus are for maintaining a structure for carrying a fluid. In addition, a method, apparatus and system are for detecting leakage from a structure carrying a fluid. The methods include: providing a jacket covering at least a portion of a structure carrying a fluid, the jacket forming a pocket between the jacket and the structure, the pocket having an inlet and an outlet; injecting a drive fluid into the pocket in a flow through the inlet; and moving a potentially harmful fluid in the pocket with the flow of injected drive fluid out of the pocket through the outlet. The method may further include detecting the potentially harmful fluid by use of a detector downstream of the pocket. The described apparatuses and/or the system may be for performing one or more of the methods. |
| US12264990B2 |
Method and a system for monitoring the state of an exchanger in an air circuit of an aircraft
A method and a system are provided for monitoring the state of a heat exchanger (17) in an air circuit (5) of an aircraft (7), the heat exchanger being intended to cool the air extracted from a source of a main hot air source of the aircraft. An acquisition module (11) is configured to acquire temperature measurements taken by a probe disposed at an outlet of said heat exchanger, the acquisition being carried out when the air circuit is supplied by a secondary hot air source downstream of the heat exchanger and the main hot air source being turned off. A processor (9) is configured to select a relevant temperature measurement from the temperature measurements and to detect a possible leak in the heat exchanger (17) by comparing the relevant temperature measurement to a predetermined alert threshold. |
| US12264987B2 |
Test part automatic operation device, test part testing system, test part automatic operation method, and non-transitory computer readable medium
The present invention enables the measuring and evaluating of variations in vehicle fuel consumption and emission test results due to differences in driving style. An automatic operation device that automatically operates a test part based on a command vehicle speed includes a receiving unit, a command vehicle speed shaping unit, and an operation control unit. The receiving unit receives a driving mode set or changed by a user. The command vehicle speed shaping unit shapes a command vehicle speed r(t) based on the driving mode received by the receiving unit. The operation control unit controls an operation of the test part by a shaped command vehicle speed r′(t) obtained by the command vehicle speed shaping unit. |
| US12264984B2 |
Dual-end loopback-based multi-fiber cable measurement
In some examples, dual-end loopback-based multi-fiber cable measurement may include connecting at least two multi-fiber loopback devices respectively to a near end and a far end of a multi-fiber cable to place at least two fibers of the multi-fiber cable in series. The at least two multi-fiber loopback devices may include a near-end multi-fiber loopback device connected to a fiber optic reflectometer and to the near end of the multi-fiber cable to connect together at least two near-end fibers of the multi-fiber cable. Further, the at least two multi-fiber loopback devices may include a far-end multi-fiber loopback device connected to the far end of the multi-fiber cable to connect together at least two far-end fibers of the multi-fiber cable. |
| US12264980B2 |
Stress sensor and methods of operating same
A stress sensor is provided, including a substrate and a bridge circuit disposed thereon. The bridge circuit is coupled between an output node and a ground node. The bridge circuit includes a first and second branch, the first branch having a first resistor coupled to a tunable resistor at a first intermediate node. The second branch has a second resistor coupled to a variable reference resistor of value Rref at a second intermediate node, wherein the variable reference resistor is configured to sweep through a plurality of discrete values Rref. The bridge circuit also includes an amplifier having a positive input terminal coupled to the first intermediate node and a negative input terminal coupled to the second intermediate node. The amplifier is configured to generate a digital voltage output at the output node as a function of the mechanical stress applied to the substrate and of the value Rref. |
| US12264978B2 |
Device and arrangement for measuring load on a test object, in particular a chassis component
The invention relates to a load measurement device (12) for accurately measuring a load in a test object (14) such as, in particular, a chassis component, comprising a magnetic field generating device (18), a first magnetic field detecting device (20), a second magnetic field detecting device (22), and a measurement environment parameter acquisition device (80) for acquiring at least one measurement environment parameter in the test object (14), wherein an evaluation device (42) is configured to generate a measurement signal obtained on the basis of outputs of the first and second magnetic field detection devices (20, 22) in dependence on the at least one measurement environment parameter detected by the measurement environment parameter acquisition device (80). |
| US12264976B2 |
Inverter and method to measure junction temperature for thermal protection
A three-phase load is powered by an SPWM driven inverter having a single shunt-topology. During operation, drain-to-source resistances of transistors of each branch of the inverter are determined. Interpolation is performed on assumed drain-to-source resistances of the transistors for different temperatures to produce a non-linear model of drain-to-source resistance to temperature for the transistors, and the drain-to-source resistances determined during operation and the non-linear model are used to estimate temperature values of the transistors. Driving of the inverter can be adjusted so that conductivity of each branch is set so that power delivered by that branch is as high as possible without exceeding an allowed drain current threshold representing a threshold junction temperature. In addition, driving of the inverter can be ceased if the temperature of a transistor exceeds the threshold temperature. |
| US12264975B2 |
Device for determining a temperature
A device for determining temperature information from a sensor device, which is configured to transmit sensor information by time-limited electrical pulses according to a defined protocol, including: a data processing unit configured to perform the following: retrieving reference data relating to a relationship between a pulse duration of the electrical pulses and thermal effects in the sensor device; measuring the pulse duration at at least one of the electrical pulses; and determining the temperature information on the basis of at least one result of the measurement and the reference data. Also described are a related sensor system, a related vehicle, related methods, and a computer readable medium. |
| US12264974B2 |
Identification tag
The disclosure provides an identification tag including a bag body, an identification substance, and an identification component. The bag body is configured to be disposed on a product, and has a chamber. The identification substance is stored in the chamber. The identification substance is colored, and the state of the identification substance is changeable with temperature. When the identification substance is changed from one of the states to the other of the states, the identification substance has a volume increase and causes at least one crack on the bag body, wherein the at least one crack is connected to the chamber. |
| US12264973B1 |
Temperature probe
A temperature probe includes a probe tube, a handle, a PCB, a rechargeable battery and a wireless charging coil, the handle is connected to the probe tube in a sealing manner, the handle is configured with a first inner cavity, the probe tube is configured with a second inner cavity in communication with the first inner cavity, the rechargeable battery is electrically connected to the PCB, the PCB is arranged in the second inner cavity, and the wireless charging coil is arranged in the first inner cavity and is electrically connected to the PCB, so as to charge the rechargeable battery. |
| US12264971B2 |
Noncontact thermometer
A thermometer includes one or more temperature sensors mounted on a housing. The one or more temperature sensors determine a temperature of at least one measurement site without contact. The non-contact thermometer displays an indicator to assist alignment of the one or more temperature sensors with the at least one measurement site, receives at least one measurement reading from the at least one measurement site, determines a temperature based on the at least one measurement reading, and displays the temperature on a display unit. |
| US12264970B2 |
Method, device, and system for temperature calibration and determination of a temperature in a scene
A method for temperature calibration and determination of a temperature in a scene. At each time point out of a plurality of time points in a first period of time, collecting an ambient temperature representing a temperature at a first part of the scene and collecting thermal image sensor signal values corresponding to the collected ambient temperatures and relating to the first part. Determine a calibration function based on the collected ambient temperatures and the thermal image sensor signal values corresponding to each of the collected ambient temperatures. In a second period of time, capturing a thermal image of the scene comprising thermal image sensor signal values relating to a second part of the scene and determine a temperature at the second part of the scene based on the calibration function and based on thermal image sensor signal values comprised in the thermal image. |
| US12264956B2 |
System and method for weighing frac sand
A system is provided that comprises an inlet fluid conduit, an outer frame, and an inner frame coupled to the outer frame via at least one mass measurement device, where the inner frame includes an opening. A bi-directional scale is pivotally connected to the inner frame along an axis of rotation, where the bi-directional scale comprises filter media positioned between a first material receiving receptable and a second material receiving receptable. The first material receiving receptacle is configured to receive a fluid mixture from the inlet fluid conduit. The system comprises a separator pivoting system coupled to the bi-directional scale. The separator pivoting system is configured to: rotate the bi-directional scale about the axis of rotation, wherein following rotation of the bi-directional scale, the second material receiving receptacle is positioned to receive the fluid mixture from the inlet fluid conduit. |
| US12264949B2 |
Gas flow estimation method, hole diameter estimation method, gas flow rate estimation device, and hole diameter estimation device
A flow rate of a gas is determined based on a predetermined relational expression including, as parameters: the flow rate of the gas; diameter and length of a hole; upstream and downstream pressures; and temperature, molecular weight, viscosity coefficient, and specific heat ratio of the gas. Additionally, setting conditions for a type and temperature of the gas, the length of the hole, and the pressures upstream and downstream from the hole are set; the relational expression is used to obtain the correspondence relationship between the diameter of the hole and the flow rate of the gas flowing through the hole; an approximation function approximating the obtained correspondence relationship is determined; the flow rate of a gas passing through a test piece having a hole of an unknown diameter is measured; and the diameter of the hole is estimated, based on the measured flow rate and the approximation function. |
| US12264947B2 |
Measuring system, measuring device, and measuring method
A measuring system according to an exemplary embodiment acquires a measurement value indicating electrostatic capacitance between a measuring device and a transport fork for transporting the measuring device. The transport fork includes a target electrode. The measuring device includes a first sensor provided on a base board. The first sensor includes a central electrode and peripheral electrodes. The central electrode acquires electrostatic capacitance for reflecting a distance with the target electrode. The peripheral electrodes are disposed around the central electrode to acquire electrostatic capacitance for reflecting an amount of deviation in a horizontal direction with respect to the target electrode of the transport fork. |
| US12264944B2 |
System for measuring the rotation of a vehicle throttle knob
A system for measuring the rotation of a throttle knob of a vehicle such as a motorcycle, snowmobile, personal watercraft or the like is disclosed, including a knob fitted onto a handlebar and capable of rotating around it. The knob has a magnet, provided for a fixed sensor suitable to detect the angular movement of the magnet following a rotation of the knob for the vehicle throttle control. The magnet has two sectors (N, S) with opposite polarity and different length, with the magnet therefore having asymmetric polarities. |
| US12264940B2 |
Method and apparatus for the downhole in-situ calibration of angular rate sensors and magnetometers
A method for calibrating the sensors present within a drilling tool, whereby the calibration occurs downhole and in-situ within the drilling tool. The calibration method may use the rotation of the drilling tool which typically occurs during drilling operations, whereby the drilling tool is rotating along the axis which follows the drilling trajectory. Direction and speed of rotation of the drilling tool may contribute to the in-situ calibration of the sensors, which may include angular rate sensors, magnetometers, and accelerometers. |
| US12264939B2 |
Digital map for navigation including permeability attribute numerically representing an ability of a boundary to be traversed
A digital map representing a physical location as a hierarchical structure of cells. Each cell has attributes including but not limited to permeability in each direction of a three-dimensional coordinate system and associated with one or more faces or edges of a boundary. The permeability pertains separately to transmissions of radio frequency signals and to physical travel of objects and persons. |
| US12264936B2 |
Fully aligned junctions
Systems and methods for creating maps used in navigating autonomous vehicles are disclosed. In one implementation at least one processor is programmed to receive drive information from each of a plurality of vehicles that traverse different entrance-exit combinations of a road junction; for each of the entrance-exit combinations, align three-dimensional feature points in the drive information to generate a plurality of aligned three-dimensional feature point groups, one for each entrance-exit combination of the road junction; correlate one or more three-dimensional feature points in each of the plurality of aligned three-dimensional feature point groups with one or more three-dimensional feature points included in every other aligned three-dimensional feature point group from among the plurality of aligned three-dimensional feature point groups; and generate a sparse map based on the correlation, the sparse map including a target trajectory associated with each of the entrance-exit combinations. |
| US12264935B2 |
Incorporating current and anticipated parking locations into directions suggestions
The technology relates to a navigation system that provides one or more routes from a starting location to a destination location, including a candidate parking location at or near the destination location. The starting location may be the current location of a user or the parking location from a previous navigation session. In some examples, the current location of the user may be the same location as the parking location from the previous navigation session. Each route suggestion may include one or more segments. For example, a route may include a first segment from the location of the user to the candidate parking spot and a second segment may be from the candidate parking location to the destination location. In some examples, there may be a third segment from the user's current location to the parking location from the previous navigation session. |
| US12264934B2 |
Method for improved depiction of at least one virtual element in a view-limited display device
The invention relates to a method for depicting a virtual element in a display area of at least one display apparatus of a vehicle. Virtual elements that lie outside of the display area of a display apparatus are perceptible by the driver with a certain estimation of distance, or respectively direction, in that a driver of the vehicle is signaled when the determined three-dimensional coordinates of the at least one virtual element lie outside of the display area of the display apparatus. |
| US12264932B2 |
Automated assistant that detects and supplements various vehicle computing device capabilities
Implementations set forth herein relate to interactions, between vehicle computing devices and mobile computing devices, that reduce duplicative processes from occurring at either device. Reduction of such processes can be performed, in some instances, via communications between a vehicle computing device and a mobile computing device in order to determine, for example, how to uniquely render content at an interface of each respective computing device while the user is driving the vehicle. These communications can occur before a user has entered a vehicle, while the user is in the vehicle, and/or after a user has left the vehicle. For instance, just before a user enters a vehicle, a vehicle computing device can be primed for certain automated assistant interactions between the user and their mobile computing device. Alternatively, or additionally, the user can authorize the vehicle computing device to perform certain processes immediately after leaving the vehicle. |
| US12264923B2 |
Information providing apparatus, information providing method, and program
The information providing apparatus according to the present invention is an information providing apparatus which can be installed in a plurality of moving bodies, and comprises: a movement related information acquisition unit configured to acquire movement related information which is information relating to movement of one moving body and which is information stored in association with the one moving body; a moving body-identifying information acquiring unit configured to acquire moving body-identifying information which is information useful for identifying a moving body in which the information providing apparatus is currently installed; an information output unit configured to output provision information based on the movement related information associated with the one moving body. |
| US12264921B2 |
Method for preprocessing a set of feasible transfers for computing itineraries in a multimodal transportation network
A method for preprocessing a set of feasible transfers within a multimodal transportation network of predetermined stations, comprising, for each trip in the multimodal transportation network hereafter called origin trip: (a) for each station (pti) of the origin trip (t), computing at this station (pti) an earliest arrival/change time associated with all transportation modes (m) of the multimodal transportation network; (b) for at least one transfer of the set of feasible transfers from a station (pti) on the origin trip (t) to a reachable station (puj) on a target trip (u), computing, at each station (puk>j) of the target trip (u) after the reachable station (puj), a value of the earliest arrival/change time specifically associated with the transportation mode (mu) of the multimodal transportation network used by the target trip (u); (c) removing the transfer only if determining that each computed value of the earliest arrival/change time is not improved by the transfer; (d) outputting the set of feasible transfers for computing at least one itinerary in the multimodal transportation network; and (e) performing a routing optimization algorithm so as to build, among the itineraries having a main part from an initial trip belonging to the set of possible initial trips to a final trip belonging to the set of possible final trips, at least one optimal itinerary according to the earliest arrival time and the number of transfers or the latest departure time and the number of transfers, when considering only trips from the set of possible trips using the selected transportation modes, and only transfers from the subset of feasible transfers between considered trips. |
| US12264918B2 |
Dynamically adjusting UAV flight operations based on thermal sensor data
In some implementations, a UAV flight system can dynamically adjust UAV flight operations based on thermal sensor data. For example, the flight system can determine an initial flight plan for inspecting a flare stack and configure a UAV to perform an aerial inspection of the flare stack. Once airborne, the UAV can collect thermal sensor data and the flight system can automatically adjust the flight plan to avoid thermal damage to the UAV based on the thermal sensor data. |
| US12264916B2 |
Sensor and electronic device
According to one embodiment, a sensor includes a sensor element, a housing provided around the sensor element, and a processor. The sensor element includes a base body including first and second base body regions, and first and second sensor parts. The first sensor part is provided in the first base body region, and includes a first sensor movable part. The second sensor part is provided in the second base body region and includes first and second beams. The processor can derive a rotation angle and an angular velocity based on a signal obtained from the first sensor movable part. The processor can detect acceleration and a temperature based on a first resonance frequency of the first beam and a second resonance frequency of the second beam. The processor can correct one of the rotation angle or the angular velocity based on one of the temperature or the acceleration. |
| US12264915B2 |
MEMS gyroscope
The invention discloses a MEMS gyroscope, including a substrate, a first unit and a second unit, and the first unit and the second unit are relatively arranged on the substrate along the first direction. The first unit is connected to the second unit through a coupling spring, and the substrate is also provided with a driving electrode and a detection electrode. The first unit includes a first weight and a second weight. The second unit includes the third weight and the fourth weight set oppositely along the second direction. The second set of coupling structures are connected to the third weight and fourth weight. Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effect of the present invention is that the MEMS gyroscope adopts a symmetrical layout, which facilitates the realization of differential detection and improves the sensitivity. |
| US12264913B2 |
Method and device for measuring the mechanical angular position of a rotor
The invention relates to a method and a device for measuring the mechanical angular position of a rotor including, during a calibration phase and then a setting phase: acquiring Ns measurement signals, at measurement locations offset by a corresponding mechanical angle, modulo 2Pi/Nc radians of angle, to Pi/(2×Nc) radians for Ns=2 and 2Pi/3Nc radians for Ns=3; compute an instantaneous electrical angular position value taking into account the arctangent of the ratio of the values of the two measurement signals for the time under consideration, or the arctangent of the ratio of the values of the two transforms obtained by a Clarke transform, applied to three measurement signals; determine electrical calibration (SIGcb) and setting (Sigi) signatures; determine an angular measurement offset value by an operation of resetting the signatures. |
| US12264912B2 |
Digital linear measuring device
A digital linear measuring device that digitizes the length of the extended tape and displays this measurement on a primary display screen that continually updates to a current measurement. The user can decide when to save a measurement, at which point the saved measurement will appear on a secondary screen (either a portion of the primary display, or a secondary adjacent display) as a previously taken measurement. These measurements can account for both an external measurement read from the tape measure, as well as an internal measurement, and the measurement may be adjusted where necessary to take into consideration the length of the device body. In use, there is no need to write down or remember a previous measurement, as they are displayed and easily accessible. |
| US12264910B2 |
Target unit of machine vision system, target assembly and machine vision system
The present invention belongs to the field of machine vision system technologies, and discloses a target unit of a machine vision system, a target assembly and a machine vision system, the target unit including a protective plate, a light absorbing layer and a light reflecting layer. The protective plate includes a connection surface. The light reflecting layer is connected to the light absorbing layer, one of the light absorbing layer and the light reflecting layer includes a preset pattern and is connected to the protective plate through the connection surface, and a surface that is of the other of the light absorbing layer and the light reflecting layer and that faces away from the protective plate is an outer surface of the target unit. In the target unit in the embodiments of the present invention, the protective plate can provide functions such as mechanical support, flatness and water resistance and scratch resistance, and a substrate in the prior art can be omitted, so that the weight of the target unit in this embodiment is reduced, and the thickness of a product is reduced, enabling that it is possible to make a thinner product. In addition, a product assembly process is simplified, and product costs are reduced. |
| US12264909B2 |
Type of device(s) for automatically monitoring a coating and/or structure applied to a substrate with determination of reflective properties and/or geometric dimensions, and a corresponding method
A material application and analysis device may comprise at least one analysis device for optically monitoring at least a first material application and a second material application, and a material application element for applying the second material application to a substrate provided with the first material application at least in sections. The material application element is arranged between a first radiation source and detection device assembly and a second radiation source and detection device assembly, wherein by the first radiation source and detection device assembly the first material application is detectable and wherein by the second radiation source and detection device assembly the second material application is detectable. Furthermore, first image data are processed and second image data are processed, and the processed first image data are evaluated with respect to a physical parameter and the processed second image data are evaluated with respect to a geometrical parameter. |
| US12264907B2 |
Device and method for measuring height
A device for measuring a height includes an inclined portion including a display, a bottom portion connected to the inclined portion, a support vertically connected to the bottom portion, and a laser device disposed in a region where the inclined portion and the support meet each other, the inclined portion, the bottom portion, and the support are connected to each other based on a shape of a right triangle when viewed from a side, the bottom portion includes a support plate for covering the bottom portion, and a switch is included between the bottom portion and the support plate. |
| US12264904B2 |
Variable cutting diameter arrowhead
A variable cutting diameter arrowhead includes a first blade, a second blade, and a ferrule, where the first blade and the second blade have a stowed position and a deployed position. The first blade and the second blade may be pivotally attached to the ferrule. In addition, a resilient member may be within a ferrule cavity, where the resilient member applies a force to a blade locking member that engages the first blade and the second blade to retain the blades in a stowed position. When the blades are in a deployed position, the distance between a distal end of the first blade and an outer surface of the ferrule is greater than the distance between the distal end of the first blade and the outer surface of the ferrule is in the stowed position. |
| US12264901B2 |
Camouflage apparatus using reflective display
A camouflage apparatus using a reflective display is disclosed. The camouflage apparatus includes a camouflage sheet configured to cover an object, thereby hiding the object, and to avoid detection of electromagnetic waves, a plurality of reflective display type panels coupled to one surface of the camouflage sheet and configured to outwardly display a visible-light and infrared camouflage pattern, and a control module configured to control the panels. |
| US12264895B2 |
Systems and techniques for facilitating archery
Systems and techniques for facilitating archery implemented in conjunction with a bow mountable laser-based speed measurement instrument or a speed sensor bar as well as a bow movement sensor system which may be affixed to any of the available mounting positions on a conventional bow. |
| US12264894B2 |
Aiming device with light sensor
An optical aiming device for mounting on a firearm is provided, having a housing defining a barrel axis; an optical element received in the housing; an illumination device being arranged to project light onto the optical element to display a reticle, the reticle having a first light intensity; a light sensor arrangement comprising a first sensor defining a first effective detector angle of view and providing a first sensor signal and a second sensor defining a second effective detector angle of view and providing a second sensor signal, the light sensor arrangement being arranged to cooperate with the illumination device to enable adjustment of the light intensity of the reticle to a second light intensity as a function of the first and second sensor signals; and a processor configured to communicate with the light sensor arrangement to adjust the light intensity of the reticle as a function of the first and second sensor signals. |
| US12264893B2 |
Tubular archery bow riser
An archery bow is provided including opposing limbs and a riser. The riser can include a riser handle and one or more primary riser elongated elements extending away from the handle to respective limbs. The primary riser elongated elements can be straight, elongated round or other shaped tubes, rods or bars constructed optionally from a composite or other material. Vents can be included in ports of the riser to facilitate escape of air when riser elongated elements are installed in those ports. The riser can include one or more connector lugs disposed between tube portions to facilitate attachment of accessories to the elongated elements. The elongated elements can be bonded, adhered or otherwise fixed to the riser handle, struts, lugs and/or limb pockets, which can be constructed from a metal such as aluminum, titanium or an alloy, and which can handle significant moments and forces transferred via the elongated elements. |
| US12264889B2 |
Suppressor for a firearm
Disclosed herein are embodiments of a suppressor for a firearm, and methods of making and using such a suppressor, whereby the suppressor includes a body extending along a longitudinal axis between body proximal and distal ends, the body defined by an annular body wall; an inner chamber disposed within the body, the inner chamber defined by an annular inner chamber wall; an outer chamber disposed between the inner chamber wall and the body wall, the outer chamber radially surrounding the inner chamber; at least one inner chamber baffle disposed within the inner chamber; and at least one outer chamber baffle disposed within the outer chamber; wherein the inner and outer chamber baffles are configured to slow the rate of expansion of the firearm's propellant gases. |
| US12264888B2 |
Trigger for a firearm and a firearm equipped therewith
A trigger unit for a firearm, including a rotatable trigger lever in which the trigger lever has a trigger bar which lies below the trigger axis and is moved when the trigger bar is actuated against a barrel direction, and a fire-control/safety selector for selecting at least one “safe” and one “fire” position, where a locking lever rotatably mounted about a locking lever axis is arranged in the trigger unit and is biased in a circumferential direction by a locking lever spring, and that the locking lever axis, when viewed in the barrel direction, is arranged behind the trigger axis, and the locking lever is designed to releasable fix the fire-control/safety selector in a selectable position. |
| US12264878B2 |
RF treatment systems and methods
Methods and systems are provided for, applying RF power as part of an RF treatment. The RF power may be applied until a first target temperature is reached, wherein the first target temperature is less than a final target temperature. Responsive to the reaching the first target temperature, application of the RF power may be varied via a feedback control loop until final target temperature is achieved. The application of the RF power may be paused responsive to determining that a temperature spread is greater than a threshold. |
| US12264876B2 |
Refrigeration apparatus for shipping, and shipping container
A guide member extends from an opening of a casing toward an internal space. The guide member guides the temperature sensor to the internal space. The detector and the lead wire of the temperature sensor are held by the guide member. |
| US12264875B2 |
Refrigerator
A refrigerator includes a cabinet having a storage space, a door configured to open and close the storage space, a first display disposed on the door, and a second display spaced apart from the first display, configured to operate to be interlocked with the first display, and having a plurality of light emitting portions. |
| US12264871B2 |
Vacuum insulated door structure for an appliance incorporating a dispenser structure
A door panel for a refrigerating appliance includes an inner liner. An outer wrapper is attached to the inner liner and defines an insulating structure with an insulating cavity disposed therein. An insulating material is defined within the insulating cavity. A dispenser structure is defined within a central portion of the inner liner and the outer wrapper. The dispenser structure defines an insulated dispenser portion therein. A dispenser conduit extends from an interior area disposed above the dispenser structure to an external dispensing cavity and passing through the insulated dispenser portion. |
| US12264868B2 |
Side access panel for an appliance
An appliance cabinet includes an outer wrapper that encloses an inner liner. The outer wrapper defines an integrally formed machine compartment. A vacuum insulated structure is defined between the outer wrapper and the inner liner. A selectively removable side access panel is removably coupled to the outer wrapper. The selectively removable side access panel includes a central body with support ribs and an arcuate offset flange that extends orthogonally from the central body. Vertical supports are operably coupled to the top and the bottom of a frame and define at least one retention slot. The selectively removable side access panel includes at least one retention tab selectively disposed within the at least one retention slot. |
| US12264867B2 |
Cryostat socket for holding an ion trap device mounted on a substrate in a cryostat
A cryostat socket for holding an ion trap device mounted on a substrate in a cryostat includes a housing frame provided for pre-assembly in the cryostat. A pin insert is arranged in the housing frame. The pin insert includes a base plate and contact pins. The contact pins are arranged in an array. A housing cover has a receptacle for the substrate. The housing cover, when assembled with the housing frame, exerts a compressive force on a front side of the substrate by which a rear side of the substrate is pressed onto the contact pins. |
| US12264861B2 |
Controller, air conditioner, and high-pressure protection circuit
Provided is a controller, an air conditioner, and a high-pressure protection circuit. The controller includes a first rectifier unit, a power conversion unit, a high pressure switch (HPS) wiring terminal, a low-voltage control unit, and a high-voltage operating unit. An input end of the first rectifier unit is capable of being electrically connected to an input power supply. An output end of the first rectifier unit is electrically connected to an input end of the power conversion unit. An output end of the power conversion unit is electrically connected to a power supply end of the low-voltage control unit. The HPS wiring terminal is connected to the front end of the power supply end of the low-voltage control. The controller has a function of high-pressure protection. |
| US12264858B2 |
Cooling system with oil return to accumulator
A cooling system drains oil from low side heat exchangers to vessels and then uses compressed refrigerant to push the oil in the vessels back towards a compressor. Generally, the cooling system operates in three different modes of operation: a normal mode, an oil drain mode, and an oil return mode. During the normal mode, a primary refrigerant is cycled to cool one or more secondary refrigerants. As the primary refrigerant is cycled, oil from a compressor may mix with the primary refrigerant and become stuck in a low side heat exchanger. During the oil drain mode, the oil in the low side heat exchanger is allowed to drain into a vessel. During the oil return mode, compressed refrigerant is directed to the vessel to push the oil in the vessel back towards a compressor. |
| US12264856B2 |
Condenser subassembly with integrated flash tank
A condenser subassembly for providing an economizer function in a refrigeration circuit, the condenser subassembly including: a condenser chamber 113; a flash tank chamber 114; an expansion device 117; and a housing, the housing defines a vessel 112a, the vessel comprising the condenser chamber 113 and the flash tank chamber 114, the condenser chamber 113 and the flash tank chamber 114 are separated from one another by a partition 115a in the vessel 112a and the expansion device 117 is arranged to pass condensed refrigerant from the condenser chamber 113 to the flash tank chamber 114. |
| US12264855B2 |
Cascade heat pump and method for heating or cooling a coolant by means of a cascade heat pump
In order to provide a cascade heat pump with which a large temperature lift can be provided with high efficiency, a cascade heat pump comprising n stages where n≥2 is proposed. Each of the n stages has a heat pump with a coolant inlet, a first coolant outlet, and a second coolant outlet. Each heat pump has a hot side and a cold side and a flow divider to divide a coolant flow entering the coolant inlet between the hot side and the cold side. The first coolant outlet of the heat pump of each stage i, where i=1 . . . n−1, is connected to the coolant inlet of the heat pump of a subsequent stage i+1. The second coolant outlet of the heat pump of at least one subsequent stage i+1 is connected by a recirculation line to the coolant inlet of the heat pump of a preceding stage. |
| US12264854B2 |
Heat exchange device and cooling system having the same
A heat exchange device and a cooling system are provided. The heat exchange device includes a low-pressure chamber and a high-pressure chamber disposed in the low-pressure chamber. The low-pressure chamber has a first wall for enabling heat exchange and an output portion in communication with the outside to output the low-pressure fluid. The high-pressure chamber has an input portion in communication with the outside to admit the high-pressure fluid and nozzles in communication with the low-pressure chamber. The fluid discharged from the nozzles undergoes a pressure drop and undergoes heat exchange through the first wall. Cooling capability is developed in the heat exchange device and works in the heat exchange device to thereby dispense with a pipeline which must be otherwise provided to link an expansion process and an evaporation process of the fluid and may otherwise cause cooling capability loss, so as to greatly enhance heat exchange capability and cooling efficiency. |
| US12264851B2 |
Geothermal plant for extracting energy from a geothermal reservoir located below the ocean bottom
A geothermal plant, for extracting energy from a geothermal reservoir located below the ocean bottom, includes a floating platform; a riser that extends from a well drilled into the geothermal reservoir, to the floating platform; an electrical pump having a mechanical actuation part located in a bore of the riser, and an electronic part located outside the riser, wherein the electrical pump is configured to pump a geothermal liquid from the geothermal reservoir to the floating platform; and a power plant located on the floating platform and configured to use a steam produced by the geothermal liquid to generate electrical power. The electrical pump is placed at a depth of the riser where the geothermal liquid is in a single-phase. |
| US12264847B2 |
Multi-split type air-conditioning device and connection determination method
A multi-split type air-conditioning device includes an indoor hot water unit, an indoor air unit, and an outdoor unit to which the indoor hot water unit and the indoor air unit are connected. The outdoor unit includes an outdoor unit-control unit configured to control a refrigerant circuit and transmits control commands for the indoor hot water unit and the indoor air unit via transmission signal lines. The outdoor unit-control unit executes an indoor hot water unit-determination process of causing the refrigerant circuit to perform a heating operation, and determining the branch port to which the indoor hot water unit is connected and an indoor air unit-determination process of causing the refrigerant circuit to perform a cooling operation, and determining a connection relationship between the branch port to which the indoor air unit is connected and the indoor air unit. |
| US12264846B2 |
Hygiene management device for entrance hall
A hygiene management device for an entrance hall includes a fan assembly which generates an air blowing force, a function module which provides a storage space, an air discharger which discharges air toward a person, and an opening/closing unit which selectively stops an air flow. Particularly, the opening/closing unit is configured such that air is supplied into at least one of the function module and a duct unit or simultaneously into both the function module and the duct unit. |
| US12264843B1 |
Spray fan
A spray fan includes a box, a mounting base and a fan body. The fan body can be arranged on the mounting base. The opposite sides of the mounting base can be respectively fastened with the box so that the fan body has a first state arranged on the box and a second state contained in the box. The fan body can be set on the box when in use. The fan body can be inverted and stored in the box when storing to improve the convenience of storage. |
| US12264842B2 |
Integrated zone control system
A zoning system for a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a temperature control device configured to monitor a temperature in a zone of a structure for conditioning by the HVAC system and configured to send a wireless control signal including data based on the temperature, and a damper actuator configured to be associated with the zone and configured to adjust a position of a damper to control an airflow into the zone, where the damper actuator is configured to receive the wireless control signal from the temperature control device and configured to adjust the position of the damper based on the data. |
| US12264838B2 |
Air-conditioning apparatus
An air-conditioning apparatus includes an outdoor unit, multiple indoor units, and an intermediate unit. The indoor units each include a flow control device and an indoor controller. The intermediate unit includes an intermediate heat exchanger, a circulation device, and an intermediate controller. When at least one indoor unit starts operating, the intermediate controller determines whether a flow rate of a heat medium flowing into the intermediate heat exchanger is greater than or equal to a minimum flow rate. In response to determining that the flow rate is less than the minimum flow rate, the intermediate controller transmits an open instruction signal, representing an instruction to increase the opening degree of the flow control device, to the indoor controller of the indoor unit that is in a non-operation state. The indoor controller increases the opening degree of the flow control device in response to the received open instruction signal. |
| US12264837B2 |
Hygiene management device for entrance hall
A hygiene management device for an entrance space is proposed. In the hygiene management device, an air discharger for discharging air toward the bottom of an entrance space operates within a predetermined angle range in an entering/exiting direction of a person, and air to be discharged through a discharge hole of the air discharger is guided to an air guide unit. A plurality of vanes are installed in a row in the air guide unit to control the direction of the air to be discharged through the discharge hole. |
| US12264836B2 |
Systems and methods for air temperature control using a target time based control plan
A system and method for controlling the air temperature of a building using a control plan based on a target time. The system includes a controller which may be connected to a number of indoor and outdoor heating ventilation and air-conditioning units. The system may include a thermostat. The system may also operate without a thermostat. The method includes determining a control plan to reach a desired temperature in a target time. The method also includes updating the plan by comparing the actual time to reach the desired temperature with the target time. |
| US12264826B2 |
Air conditioner
An air conditioner includes an indoor unit and an outdoor unit. The outdoor unit includes a housing, a compressor, a first damping member, and a second damping member. The compressor is provided with a pipe. The first damping member and the second damping member each are disposed on the pipe. The second damping member is located at a preset position of the pipe. The first damping member and the second damping member are configured to change a natural resonant frequency of the pipe to a target frequency. The second damping member includes a housing assembly and a clamping groove. The clamping groove is disposed on a side of the cavity proximate to the pipe, so that a center of gravity of the second damping member deviates from a center of gravity of a portion of the pipe connected with the damping groove. |
| US12264822B2 |
Storable griddle-grill
A heating surface is rotatably coupled to an appliance such that it can be rotated between a use position and a stored position. The heating surface includes a grease container that collects grease and other material from the cooking surface. When the heating surface is in a use position, it is positioned above one or more heating elements on the appliance. When the heating surface is in a stored position, it is positioned behind the main body of the appliance. |
| US12264819B2 |
Systems and methods for controlling a variable gas valve
A modulating gas valve assembly includes a modulating gas valve to variably control a flow of gas through the gas valve assembly and a control circuit. The control circuit includes a valve memory storing a calibration table for the modulating gas valve, and a controller communicatively coupled to the peripheral component. The calibration table includes a plurality of control settings for the modulating gas valve, each control setting being associated with a different gas flow rate. The controller is programmed to receive a command to open the gas valve, and to control the gas valve to a target control setting in the calibration table adjusted in accordance with a valve offset. |
| US12264815B2 |
Method of providing doses of light sufficient to deactivate dangerous pathogens throughout a volumetric space over a period of time
A method of inactivating one or more pathogens in an environment. The method includes providing light from at least one lighting element of a lighting device installed in the environment, the at least one lighting element configured to provide light toward a target area in the environment, the provided light having at least a pathogen-inactivating first component in a first range of wavelengths of 400 nanometers to 420 nanometers. The pathogen-inactivating first component of light produces an irradiance of at least 0.01 mW/cm2 as measured at a surface in the target area that is unshielded from the lighting device and located at a distance of 1.5 meters from an external-most luminous surface of the lighting device. Providing the light causes the one or more pathogens to be inactivated. |
| US12264809B1 |
Retractable light fixture
A retractable light fixture device includes a support panel which can be suspended from a horizontal support surface. A lifting unit is rotatably attached to the support panel and the lifting unit is actuatable to rotate in either a first direction or a second direction. A communication unit is attached to the support panel and is in wireless communication with a remote control thereby enabling the remote control to remotely actuate the lifting unit to rotate in either the first direction or the second direction. A light fixture is attached to the lifting unit and the light fixture is either lifted toward the support panel or lowered from the support panel when the lifting unit is actuated to rotate in the first direction or the second direction. In this way the light fixture can be lifted to accommodate an overhead door that is being urged into an open position. |
| US12264808B2 |
Stage light fixture with universal support arm
The present invention relates to the technical field of stage light fixtures, in particular to a stage light fixture having a universal support arm, which includes a supporting arm rotatably supported on a bottom base, the supporting arm having a universal frame of an integrally formed structure and an adapter detachably connected to the universal frame and a light head rotatably disposed at the adapter via a rotating shaft, a light source being disposed in the light head. The present invention is advantageous to improve the mounting accuracy and overall structural strength of the movable support of a light head, simplify the assembly process of the movable support of the light head, and contribute to standardize the production of the movable support of the light head. |
| US12264807B2 |
Mounting accessories for luminaires
A luminaire assembly can include an enclosure top, and adapter coupled to the enclosure top, and a mounting accessory coupled to the adapter, where the mounting accessory is configured to secure the enclosure top to a structure. |
| US12264803B2 |
Light output system with reflector and lens for highly spatially uniform light output
In some embodiments, optical systems with a reflector and a lens proximate a light output opening of the reflector provide light output with high spatial uniformity and high efficiency. The reflectors are shaped to provide substantially angularly uniform light output and the lens is configured to transform this angularly uniform light output into spatially uniform light output. The light output may be directed into a spatial light modulator, which modulates the light to project an image. |
| US12264802B2 |
Apparatus and system for lighting shroud system and methods thereof
A dynamic acoustic jacket device and a dynamic acoustic jacket system, that includes a single piece of material folded into acoustic jacket for covering a lighting fixture, using locking devices or the cut away portion of the device, to quickly and easily install the acoustic jacket over suspension cables so that the acoustic jacket can be lowered and raised over the lighting fixture without the need to be attached thereto. |
| US12264799B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a light-transmitting portion, a display light source arranged at an inner side of the light-transmitting portion, and a housing including an opening. The housing accommodates the display light source and the light-transmitting portion is arranged in the opening. The light-transmitting portion includes a transparent plastic base member, a first color exhibiting layer containing dye or pigment, and a second color exhibiting layer containing a filler made of a cold mirror thin film. The first color exhibiting layer has a transmittance of 20% or more for light having a specific wavelength. The second color exhibiting layer has a reflectance of 80% or less for light having a wavelength not absorbed by the dye or the pigment of the first color exhibiting layer and a transmittance of 60% or more for light having a wavelength absorbed by the dye or the pigment of the first color exhibiting layer. |
| US12264798B2 |
Lighting apparatus for vehicle
A lighting apparatus for a vehicle may include a lamp housing part mounted on a vehicle body, a projection optical system disposed within the lamp housing part and configured to radiate light, and a reflection part rotatably disposed in a light path of the light radiated by the projection optical system and configured to reflect, toward a lighting-up surface of the vehicle, the light radiated by the projection optical system. |
| US12264796B2 |
Laser high beam and low beam headlamp apparatus
The present techniques include a plurality of laser lamp modules. In an example, the plurality of laser lamp modules includes a high beam wide lamp module, a high beam narrow lamp module, a low beam cut lamp module, and a low beam wide lamp module, each of which has a blue laser, and is sealed from an outside environment for reliability. |
| US12264794B2 |
Electrical connector, lamp, and lamp assembly system
A lamp includes a cover plate, a housing, and a light source assembly. At least one side wall of the housing is a light-emitting surface; the cover plate and the housing are enclosed to form an accommodating space; the light source assembly is arranged in the accommodating space; and the light source assembly emits light toward the cover plate. |
| US12264793B2 |
Pole mounted torch assembly
A support pole is received in a pole receiver. The pole has an outwardly biased spring tab that is compressible by an inside surface of the pole receiver until the spring tab is inserted to a location above a top surface of the pole receiver, thereby creating a secure attachment of the torch assembly to the pole. |
| US12264792B2 |
Systems, methods, and devices for spectrochrome laser output
In one aspect, an example handheld device for providing a spectrochrome output includes (a) an enclosed chamber containing one or more substances; (b) a light source; (c) an electromagnetic coil; (d) one or more magnets; and (e) a housing, wherein the housing is configured to: (i) secure the enclosed chamber; (ii) secure the light source such that an output of the light source is substantially aligned to pass through the enclosed chamber in one or more directions; and (iii) secure the electromagnetic coil around the enclosed chamber such that an electromagnetic field is created in a substantially same direction of the output of the light source through the enclosed chamber. |
| US12264791B2 |
Light-emitting device
A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element, a light-transmissive member, and a first light adjustment member. The light-transmissive member has a first upper surface, a second upper surface, a lower surface facing a first surface of a support substrate of the light-emitting element, a first lateral surface contiguous with the first upper surface and the second upper surface, a second lateral surface contiguous with the second upper surface and the lower surface, and a third lateral surface contiguous with the first upper surface and the lower surface. The first light adjustment member exposes the first upper surface of the light-transmissive member and covers the second upper surface and the first lateral surface of the light-transmissive member. The light-transmissive member and the first light adjustment member collectively define a rectangular cross-sectional shape. |
| US12264790B2 |
Integrated solid state light source and phosphor module
The invention provides a light generating system (1000) comprising a first light generating device (110), a second light generating device (120), a first luminescent material (210), a window element (400), and a light mixing chamber (500), wherein: (A) the first light generating device (110) is configured to provide first device light (111); wherein the first light generating device (110) comprises one or more of a laser and a superluminescent diode; (B) the second light generating device (120) is configured to generate second device light (121); wherein the second light generating device (120) comprises a solid state light source; (C) the light mixing chamber (500) is at least partly defined by the window element (400); (D) the window element (400) comprises (i) a first window element part (410) comprising the first luminescent material (210), wherein the first window element part (410) is configured in a light receiving relationship with the first light generating device (110), and (ii) a second window element part (420), wherein the second window element part (420) is translucent for the second device light (121), and wherein the second window element part (420) is configured in a light receiving relationship with the second light generating device (120); wherein the first window element part (410) and the second window element part (420) are configured in thermal contact with each other, wherein the first window element part (410) and the second window element part (420) differ in material composition; and (E) the first luminescent material (210) is configured to convert at least part of the first device light (111) into first luminescent material light (211). |
| US12264789B2 |
LED tube lamp
An LED tube lamp includes a glass lamp tube, two end caps, an adhesive, an LED light strip, a plurality of LED light sources, a power supply, and a diffusion film. The glass lamp tube includes a main body region and two rear end regions. Each of the two end caps coupled to a respective rear end region by the adhesive. The LED light strip comprises a mounting region adhered to an inner circumferential surface of the glass lamp tube and a connecting region. The plurality of LED light sources are mounted on the mounting region. The power supply includes a circuit board separating from the LED light strip. The diffusion film is covering on an outer surface of the glass lamp tube. The connecting region, one of the rear end regions, the adhesive and one of the lateral wall are stacked sequentially in a radial direction of the glass lamp tube. |
| US12264786B2 |
Delimiting unit, pipeline system and method for operating a pipeline system
A delimitation unit (18) for a pipe section (24), in particular a pipe section (24) of a pipeline (12), comprises at least one protective component (46), a control unit (48) for controlling the protective component (46), and a communication unit (50) for communicating with a remote monitoring station (14). The communication unit (50) is arranged to receive at least one control command from the monitoring station (14). The control unit (48) is arranged to operate the protective components (46) in different operating modes to maintain the voltage of the pipe section (24) below at least one limit value, and to change the operating modes due to the control command received by the communication unit (50).Furthermore, a pipeline system (10) and a method of operating a pipeline system (10) are shown. |
| US12264785B2 |
Gas control system and method with bracketed deadband
A control system having a primary run and a trim run, each run including an inlet coupled to a main gas supply line, a pneumatically actuated control valve positioned downstream of the inlet, a pneumatic pressure controller having variable deadband adjustment, and an outlet feeding into a gas supply line to the facility. The control valve of the primary run is preferably high-capacity, while the control valve of the trim run is low-capacity. Further, the system and method for controlling gas supply to the facility has a total flow capacity through the primary run and trim run to the facility being defined by CX, which is the total flow capacity of the primary run (CP) plus the total flow capacity of the trim run (CT), and an actual gas flow to the facility being defined by FX, which is the actual flow of the primary run (FP) plus the actual flow of the trim run (FT) and wherein FX is less than CX, CT is less than CP and FX is either stable, increasing, or decreasing based on a demand from the facility. |
| US12264784B2 |
Portable cargo handling equipment for liquid hydrogen
Portable cargo handling equipment for liquid hydrogen is portable cargo handling equipment for liquid hydrogen which transfers the liquid hydrogen stored in a land-side cryogenic tank to a ship-side cryogenic tank. The portable cargo handling equipment includes: a liquid hydrogen pipe through which the liquid hydrogen is guided and which includes a first joint connectable to an end portion of a ship-side liquid pipe extending from the ship-side cryogenic tank and a second joint connectable to an end portion of a land-side liquid pipe extending from the land-side cryogenic tank; a first emergency release coupling located at the liquid hydrogen pipe; a hydrogen gas pipe through which a hydrogen gas generated by evaporation of the liquid hydrogen is guided and which includes a third joint connectable to an end portion of a ship-side gas pipe extending from the ship-side cryogenic tank; a second emergency release coupling located at the hydrogen gas pipe; and a vent pipe including one end connected to the hydrogen gas pipe and the other end that is open to an atmosphere. |
| US12264782B2 |
Hydrogen cryogenic non circular dorsal tank
In order to enlarge a tank volume of a hydrogen powered aircraft, an aircraft tank for storing cryogenic H2 is configured as a non-circular dorsal tank. The aircraft tank may be configured as a conformal fuel tank fitted to an outer contour of an aircraft fuselage. Further, an aircraft is provided with such an aircraft tank. |
| US12264776B2 |
Display stand apparatus for an electronic device
A display stand apparatus for supporting an electronic device on a support surface and blocking electromagnetic radiation emitted by the electronic device includes a case with an electromagnetic field (EMF) shield for blocking the electromagnetic radiation. A support is attached to the case which is deployable to position the electronic device on the support surface. The support has an appearance of an animal and has a pivoting prop that appears as an appendage of the animal. |
| US12264775B2 |
Electronic device case with attachments
An electronic device attachment system is described. The attachment system includes an electronic device case configured to receive and house an electronic device such as a smartphone, a mobile media player, a tablet, or the like. The attachment system also includes a storage component affixed to the case either permanently or removably. The storage component is configured with a storage space to receive and house at least one attachment when the attachment is not in use. |
| US12264772B2 |
Maneuverable pipeline inspection device
A device for assessing the condition of a pipeline containing a liquid is provided. The device includes an actuatable maneuvering module to generate a force sufficient to move the device from one side to another side along a horizontal plane and to move the device from top to bottom along a vertical plane, or any combinations thereof, so as to maneuver the device. |
| US12264768B2 |
Fluidic connector provided with a pressure sensor
A fluid connector comprises a body, an assembly interface arranged on and in the body, a pressure sensor, a cover, and a resilient element positioned between the cover and one face of the pressure sensor. The body has two fluid connection end pieces and an internal duct. The assembly interface comprises an orifice placing the internal duct in communication with the outside of the body, a first receiving area extending around the orifice, a second receiving area extending around the first receiving area, and attachment regions. The pressure sensor is in contact with the first receiving area via a first gasket. The cover is positioned on the pressure sensor and is in contact with the second receiving area via a second gasket to isolate the pressure sensor from the outside environment. The cover comprises side wings configured to cooperate with the attachment regions. |
| US12264767B2 |
Polyethylene pipe service system including quick connect means for polyethylene pipe tapping, plugging, and completion operations
Embodiments of a polyethylene (“PE”) pipe servicing system of this disclosure may include a fusible PE fitting (F) providing a branch connection to a PE pipeline section or run (P), a valve (10) connected to the fitting and including quick connect/disconnect means, and a machine connectable to the valve including complementary quick connect/disconnect means. The quick connect means provide for full scope of operation, including cleaning, fusion, cool down, hot tap, plugging, and completion. No squeezing is used. The quick connect/disconnect means may include a first portion 20 of a cam profile and a second portion 40 of the cam profile complementary to that of the first. The machine may be a drilling or hot tapping machine (30T), a plugging machine (30P), or a completion machine (30C), and their associated tools. The valve and machine are more lightweight and faster and easier to use than the prior art. |
| US12264765B2 |
Coupling device for fluid lines
A coupling device for fluid lines includes a female part having an annular wall with an aperture, a locking arm with a cam, and a male part having an annular wall with an outside surface with a circumferential groove and defining a longitudinal channel extending into the groove. The male part can be inserted into and rotated within the female part. The locking arm has a cam, and can be rotated between a locked position in which the cam is in a locked position and an unlocked position in which the cam is in an unlocked position. When the cam is in either the locked or unlocked position, the cam engages the groove to retain the male part within the female part, unless the male part is rotationally positioned relative to the female part such that cam is aligned with the channel, in which case the male part is releasable from the female part. |
| US12264763B2 |
System for conduit squeeze retainer
A pipe system includes a tubular body with an axis, a bore that is axial and a retainer groove formed in the bore of the tubular body. A retainer is mounted in the retainer groove. An entirety of the retainer is both axially movable and radially movable relative to the retainer groove during formation of a pipe assembly with a pipe in the bore. |
| US12264760B2 |
Expansion joint and incineration ash treatment equipment
An expansion joint includes: an outer tube including first and second ends and extending therebetween, the outer tube including first and second flanges, the first being located at the first end, the second being located at the second end and connectable to a downstream pipe; an inner tube including third and fourth ends and extending therebetween, the inner tube being located inside the outer and including third and middle flanges, the third flange being located at the third end and connectable to the upstream pipe, the middle flange being located at a middle portion between the third and fourth ends; and a closure including an outer peripheral portion connected to the first flange, an inner peripheral portion connected to the middle flange, and an elastic portion connecting the outer and inner peripheral portions. The first end is spaced from the third and located between the third and fourth ends. |
| US12264755B2 |
Timer applicable to various types of fuel gas valves and fuel gas valve including same
A timer applicable to various types of fuel gas valves and a fuel gas valve including the timer are provided. The timer includes a rotary knob, a gear-set main body, a guide plate including a guide tube, a push axle, and an elastic element. The timer is combinable with a valve body to form a fuel gas valve. With the guide plate including the guide tube in which the push axle is disposed, a push bar of the timer may push the push axle to accurately drive a valve plug assembly arranged in the valve body to open and shut down a flow passage of the valve body between an entry opening and an exit opening. This allows one single timer to be applicable to various types of valve body and a fuel gas valve including the timer enables use of fuel gas in a safe and correctly timing manner. |
| US12264751B2 |
Control valve
A control valve (1) for regulating a water flow to or from a device in a HVAC system, having a valve body (2), a shaft (15,25) rotatable about a valve axis X, a first ceramic plate (16,26) and a second ceramic plate (17,27) mounted about the shaft (15,15′,15″), the first ceramic plate (16,26) being stationary, while the second ceramic plate (17,27) is coupled to the shaft (15,15′,15″) to rotate with the shaft (15,15′,15″), the first ceramic plate (16,26) having first- and second through-going openings (31,32,41,42), the second ceramic plate (17,27) having one through-going opening or recess (33,43), first-, second- and third, ports (11,21,12,22,13,23), wherein the second ceramic plate (17,27) is rotatable: to a first range of angular positions in which the first port (11, 21) is in fluid communication with the third port (13, 23), and to a second, different range of angular positions in which the second port (12, 22) is in fluid communication with the third port (13, 23). |
| US12264749B2 |
Flow control equipment and automatic refilling system
The present disclosure provides a flow control equipment and an automatic refilling system. The flow control equipment includes: a housing, including a discharge hole in a bottom of the housing; a liquid inlet tube connecting with a top of the housing; a motor located in the housing; a flow locking blade and a plurality of flow control blades connected to the motor, where leakage holes of different sizes are formed in the flow control blades, and the motor drives the flow control blades and the flow locking blade to rotate to align the different leakage holes with the discharge hole, or to seal the discharge hole; and a liquid outlet tube connecting with the discharge hole. |
| US12264743B2 |
Fluid control valve
A valve includes a valve housing provided with an inlet port and an outlet port; a valve body configured to be driven by a drive source; a spring that urges the valve body in a direction opposite a direction of driving by the drive source. A valve seat is formed at an edge of a through-flow passage. The valve body and the valve seat forms a poppet valve that controls a flow rate in accordance with a movement of the valve body. A flow passage on a downstream side of the poppet valve is provided with a reduction region where a flow passage cross-sectional area tends to decrease toward a downstream side. |
| US12264742B2 |
Non-contact seal with seal device axial locator(s)
An assembly is provided for rotational equipment. This assembly includes a seal device, a ring structure and a fastener. The seal device includes a plurality of seal shoes, a seal base, a plurality of spring elements and a fastener aperture extending axially through the seal device. The seal shoes are arranged around a centerline in an annular array. The seal shoes include a first seal shoe. The seal base circumscribes the annular array. The spring elements include a first spring element. The first spring element connects and extends between the first seal shoe and the seal base. The ring structure is axially adjacent the seal device. The fastener is mated with the fastener aperture and abutted axially against the ring structure. |
| US12264740B2 |
Claw-type gearshift and method of shifting a claw-type gearshift
A claw-type gearshift has a sliding sleeve which is adapted to be axially displaced on a hub body and a clutch body of a speed change gear. The hub body has at least one thrust piece arranged thereon which includes a friction surface that cooperates with a mating friction surface on the clutch body, the at least one thrust piece being displaceable in the circumferential direction between a release position and two locking positions that are located on either side of the release position. A first locking structure on the at least one thrust piece cooperates with a second locking structure on the internal toothing of the sliding sleeve. The locking structures are configured such that in each of the locking positions, the locking structures rest against each other such that a further axial movement of the sliding sleeve is blocked. For shifting a gear, a difference in speed between the clutch body and the hub body is reduced. |
| US12264738B1 |
Method for adaptively determining a shifting point of a multi-gear powershift transmission of a working machine, control unit, computer program product and working machine
A method for adaptively setting a shift point of a multi-speed powershift transmission of a working machine that includes an electric drive system and a control device. The electric drive system has a battery and an electric motor. The multi-speed powershift transmission is connected to the electric drive system. The control device is connected to the electric drive system and the multi-speed powershift transmission in a signal-effective manner. The method includes specifying a tractive force which must be present during shifting operations of the multi-speed powershift transmission, determining a state variable of the electric drive system, and determining based on the state variable and the specified tractive force, a driving speed at which the specified tractive force is essentially maintained during the shifting operation. The method includes setting the shift point at the determined driving speed and carrying out the shifting operation at the shift point. |
| US12264732B1 |
Strain-wave gear assembly having circumferentially spaced apart bridge circuits and related technology
A strain-wave gear assembly in accordance with at least some embodiments of the present technology includes a circular spline, a flexspline, and a wave generator operably associated with one another. Relative rotation between the flexspline and the wave generator causes relative rotation between the circular spline and the flexspline about an axis. The strain-wave gear assembly further includes a first bridge circuit configured to generate a first electrical signal corresponding to strain at a first portion of flexspline. The strain-wave gear assembly also includes a second bridge circuit configured to generate a second electrical signal corresponding to strain at a second portion of flexspline circumferentially offset from the first portion of the flexspline about the axis. The first bridge circuit includes a first resistor at the first portion of the flexspline. Similarly, the second bridge circuit includes a second resistor at the second portion of the flexspline. |
| US12264729B2 |
Lockable differential transmission
A differential gear for transmitting a torque to an axle of a motor vehicle including a differential basket, a bevel gear, first and second output shafts, and a multi-plate clutch. The bevel gear includes inner and outer circumferential surfaces. The bevel gear is supported by a contact surface of the differential basket with respect to a radial direction. The output shafts have a common rotary axis, the first output shaft forming a positive connection with the bevel gear with respect to a circumferential direction via a outer circumferential surface of the first output shaft and the inner circumferential surface of the bevel gear. The multi-plate clutch provides for selectively connecting the first output shaft with the differential basket and includes an inner plate carried by a section of the outer circumferential surface of the bevel gear and an outer plate carried by the differential basket. |
| US12264725B2 |
Device for transmitting torque and axially securing two torque-transmitting components
A device for transmitting torque and axially securing a first torque-transmitting component (1) and a second torque-transmitting component (2) is provided. The first component (1) includes axially projecting first projections (3) distributed over the circumference and have first gaps (4) arranged therebetween. The second component (2) includes radially projecting second projections (5) having second gaps (6) arranged therebetween. Each second projection (5) on the second component (2) protrudes into a respective first gap (4) in the first component (1). At least two of the second projections (5) include a section (8) that projects axially in the direction of the first component (1) and is configured in each case such that, when the device is installed, the section rests axially via an end face (9) against the first component (1). |
| US12264712B2 |
Friction brake system for a vehicle
The present application relates to a friction brake system (1) for a vehicle. The friction brake system (1) comprises a braking member (12) connectable to first and second brake pads and configured for pressing the first and second brake pads against a friction surface. The system (1) further comprises a transmission unit (2) configured for converting a rotary motion generated by an electric motor (30) into a braking motion of the braking member (12). The transmission unit (2) comprises a ball-in-ramp assembly (3) having a first plate (9) with at least one groove (23), a second plate (10) with at least one groove (22) facing the groove (23) of the first plate (9), and at least one ball (11) arranged between the first plate (9) and the second plate (10). The ball (11) is retained by the groove (23) of the first plate (9) and the groove (22) of the second plate (10). Further, the ball-in-ramp (3) assembly is configured to convert a rotary motion of the first plate (9) into a translational motion of the second plate (10) with respect to the first plate (9). The first plate (9) is configured to be rotated by the electric motor (30). Further, at least one of the first plate (9) and the second plate (10) is mechanically coupled with the braking member (12). The first plate (9) is rotatably supported by a brake bolt bracket (16) coupled to a braking bolt (13), and the second plate (10) is operably connected to a caliper housing bolt (14) connected with a caliper housing (33) such that the caliper housing (33) and the braking bolt (14) are configured to press the first and second brake pads against opposing surfaces of a brake disc when the braking member (12) executes the braking motion. |
| US12264711B2 |
Drive shaft connection
A torque transfer assembly including a drive shaft with external splines. A first proximal groove and a first distal groove of the drive shaft are spaced apart at a first distance. A driven member includes a hub configured to receive the drive shaft. The hub includes internal splines, a second proximal groove, a second distal groove, and a slit. The second proximal groove and the second distal groove are spaced apart at a second distance equal to the first distance. A first retention member is configured to be inserted into the slit and into cooperation with the first proximal groove when the drive shaft is seated in the hub. The first distal groove of the drive shaft aligns with the second proximal groove of the hub when the drive shaft is within the hub such that the first proximal groove of the drive shaft is aligned with the slit. |
| US12264709B2 |
Method for installing a bearing assembly on a stationary component
A method for installing a bearing assembly on a stationary component where the bearing assembly includes a bearing carrier, a stationary bearing ring rotationally secured to the bearing carrier and a rotatable bearing ring supported for rotation relative to the first bearing ring. The method includes inserting a portion of the bearing carrier into an opening in the stationary component or inserting a portion of the stationary component into the bearing carrier, using an alignment tool to position at least two exposed radial surface portions of the stationary bearing ring with a surface of the stationary component to produce a temporary alignment of a rotational axis of the stationary bearing ring with a central axis of the stationary component, after producing the temporary alignment, attaching the bearing carrier to the stationary component in a manner that maintains the alignment, and removing the alignment tool from the bearing ring. |
| US12264702B2 |
Wall mounting bracket for a mounting rail and method of manufacture thereof
A wall mounting bracket for mounting an elongate mounting rail as a cantilever arm to a wall or other supporting surface is provided including a wall plate having mounting holes for mounting the bracket to a wall by means of male fasteners, and a socket for inserting the end portion of the mounting rail, including at least two flange profiles, which at their distal end have an embracing portion to interlock with the end portion of the mounting rail thereby inhibiting movement of an inserted end portion parallel to the wall plate. At least one of the embracing portions has a fixing hole for passing through a male fastener to fix the end portion of the mounting rail to inhibit retraction of the end portion from the socket. A supporting rim is provided to interlock with the outer or inner side of the end portion of the mounting rail. |
| US12264700B2 |
Push-on retainer(s) for an aircraft wall structure
A wall structure is provided for an aircraft. This wall structure includes a first wall section, a second wall section and a fastener system fastening the second wall section to the first wall section. The second wall section includes an aperture extending axially along an axis through the second wall section. The second wall section is axially spaced from the first wall section. The fastener system includes a mount and a retainer. The mount is connected to the first wall section. The mount includes a post that projects axially into the aperture. The retainer includes a head and a spring clip connected to the head. The head axially engages the second wall section. The spring clip is disposed in the aperture and is mated with the post. |
| US12264686B1 |
Ceiling fan with quick-connect blade connector
A ceiling fan assembly for mounting to a structure, the ceiling fan assembly comprising: a motor having a rotor assembly, which rotates about a rotational axis, and a stator assembly that is stationary relative to the rotational axis; at least one blade assembly having a root assembly; and a connector assembly comprising: a pocket carried by the rotor assembly, a tab carried by the at least one blade assembly and received within the pocket, and a tensioner to secure the tab within the pocket. |
| US12264682B2 |
Centrifugal compressor
A centrifugal compressor that includes: a rotary shaft; a compressor impeller mounted on the rotary shaft and configured to rotate together with the rotary shaft to compress a fluid; a housing accommodating the rotary shaft and the compressor impeller; and a thrust bearing supporting the rotary shaft in a thrust direction such that the rotary shaft is rotatable. The housing includes: an impeller chamber in which the compressor impeller is accommodated; a thrust bearing accommodation chamber in which the thrust bearing is accommodated; and a partition wall separating the impeller chamber from the thrust bearing accommodation chamber. The partition wall has therein a cooling gas passage through which cooling gas flows to cool the thrust bearing and a cooling water passage through which cooling water flows to cool the partition wall. |
| US12264678B2 |
Fuel pump driven by a variable displacement motor for aerial refueling operation
A fuel pump system for an aerial refueling system including: a variable displacement motor operable to be driven by a hydraulic fluid pressure; a fuel pump operable to be driven by the variable displacement motor; and a drive system controller (DSC) connected to the variable displacement motor, wherein the DSC is operable to direct an operation of the fuel pump in modes including: a flow control mode operable to maintain an output fuel flow rate from the fuel pump to a predetermined maximum inlet pressure at a reception coupling for a receiver aircraft; a fuel pressure control mode operable to regulate the output fuel flow rate to not exceed the predetermined maximum inlet pressure; and a priority mode operable to reduce the output fuel flow rate in response to a decrease in the hydraulic pressure. Also, a method of refueling a receiver aircraft. |
| US12264677B2 |
Device to assist the performance of a heart
A device to assist the performance of a heart with at least one pump that is formed as a rotary pump and magnetically driven. |
| US12264673B2 |
Electronic positive displacement fluid pump with motor cooling and air purging
A positive displacement fluid pump is provided. The fluid pump includes a housing defining an internal cavity. A motor having a drive shaft that rotates about an axis is housed within the internal cavity of the housing. An internal plate is adjacent the motor and includes a central bore through which the drive shaft extends. The fluid pump further includes an external plate including an inlet in fluid communication with a suction port and an outlet in fluid communication with a delivery port. A pumping ring is sandwiched between the internal and external plates, and a pumping arrangement is located within the pumping ring and axially between the internal plate and the external plate. The pumping arrangement is rotatably coupled to the drive shaft such that rotation of the pumping arrangement by the drive shaft causes fluid to be pumped from the suction port to the delivery port. |
| US12264663B2 |
Overmolded tubing assembly and adapter for a positive displacement pump
A tubing assembly is provided that can comprise a plurality of tubes or lumens that can be disposed within a head of a peristaltic pump. The tubing assembly can provide a flow rate or volume capacity that is generally equal to or greater than that achieved with a comparable prior art tube while operating at higher pressures than that possible using the prior art tube. Further, in accordance with some embodiments, the tubing assembly can achieve a longer working life than a comparable prior art tube, and the load on the pump motor can be reduced such that the pump life is increased and/or a larger pump motor is not required to achieve such advantageous results. |
| US12264662B2 |
Portable electric inflator
A portable electric inflator includes: a core assembly including a motor and an air compressing mechanism, the motor configured to drive the air compressing mechanism to compress and discharge air; a housing defining a receiving space for accommodating the core assembly, and having an external surface that defines a display receiving hole and a number of through holes communicating with the receiving space; a cloth in full contact with and covering the external surface of the housing, the cloth defining an opening, an edge of the opening extending from a junction of the display receiving hole and the external surface of the housing into the housing, forming a side surface covering portion that is in contact with an inner side surface of the display receiving hole; and a display received in the display receiving hole, the display comprising a lateral surface abutting against the side surface covering portion. |
| US12264659B2 |
Piston assembly
The present disclosure relates to a piston assembly, the piston assembly comprising a cylinder extending along an axis and having an open axial end, a cap assembly closing the cylinder at its open axial end, wherein the cap assembly comprises an insertion portion received in the cylinder at its open axial end, and a piston axially movably disposed within the cylinder and partially received in the insertion portion of the cap assembly. The present disclosure further relates to a variable displacement hydraulic unit including said piston assembly. |
| US12264658B2 |
Oil pump for gas turbine engine and associated method of pumping oil
The pump can have a support having a guide extending around an axis, a radial position of the guide relative the axis varying around the axis, and a first oil passage formed in the support; a rotary assembly mounted to the support via support bearings, and rotatable around the axis, the rotary assembly having a second oil passage and a cylinder, the cylinder extending radially relative the axis, an inlet port fluidly connecting the first oil passage to the cylinder, and an outlet port fluidly connecting the cylinder to the second oil passage, and a piston slidingly mounted in the cylinder, a radially-outer end of the piston further slidingly engaged with the guide. |
| US12264657B1 |
Centrifugal force propulsion device
A centrifugal force propulsion device is disclosed. The device includes an asymmetrical device enclosure, having a first end wider than a second end. The device includes a magnetically charged mass and a rotating electromagnetic field source encircling the asymmetrical device enclosure, where the asymmetrical device enclosure is accelerated to a high revolutions-per-minute, resulting in a force vector in a direction of the first end of the robotic arm assemblies, and interchangeable robotic arm assembly attachment tools attachable to the attachment end for each of the robotic arm assemblies. The device may include a belt-driven centrifugal force propulsion system including a first pulley coupled to a second pulley by a weighted belt, where the first pulley has a first pulley size greater than a second pulley size and a power source coupled to either of the pulleys to generate a net force vector in the direction of the first pulley. |
| US12264649B2 |
Single and twin turbine fluid stream energy collection and conversion devices
A fluid turbine assembly includes a circular housing, one or more turbines placed inside the housing and configured to rotate about a rotational axis, the turbine including a rotor and a plurality of blades which protrude from an outer surface of the rotor, a funnel assembly configured to collect and compress fluid stream energy through a fluid inlet opening, and an intake ducting part of the funnel configured to direct the collected fluid stream energy into the housing and toward the turbine blades in a first direction, and to direct the collected fluid stream energy into the housing and toward the turbine blades in a second direction opposite the first direction at the same time. The funnel is configured to rotate on the same axis independently of the turbine blades. |
| US12264647B1 |
Method for tracking a gear tooth meshing angle of a gearbox of a wind turbine
A method for tracking a gear tooth meshing angle of a gearbox of a wind turbine is disclosed. An initial reference virtual gear tooth meshing angle of the gearbox is selected, and an angular position of a high speed shaft and/or a low speed shaft of the gearbox is monitored. A virtual gear tooth meshing angle relative to the reference virtual gear tooth meshing angle is estimated, based on the monitored angular position of the high speed shaft and/or the low speed shaft and on information regarding topology of the gearbox. A number of full rotations of the high speed shaft and/or the low speed shaft which corresponds to an integer number of full periods of gear meshing of the gearbox is calculated, and the reference virtual gear tooth meshing angle is reset each time the high speed shaft and/or the low speed shaft has performed the calculated number of full rotations. The estimated virtual gear tooth meshing angle is applied to a periodic noise signal of the wind turbine. |
| US12264645B1 |
Energy capture device and system
A hydroponic container growing system is provided. The growing system provides a closed growing environment providing climate and other growing conditions suitable for year-round plant production. The growing system may include a container having a plurality of subsystems therein. The plurality of subsystems may include a plant production system, an environmental regulation system, an energy capture system, a control system, and a dosage system. The plant production system may include an Ebb and Flow irrigation system and one or more Nutrient Film Technique (NFT) irrigation systems. A single reservoir may supply the Ebb and Flow irrigation system and a NFT irrigation system to provide a dual technique, single nutrient supply source irrigation system for plant production. An energy capture system which utilizes the kinetic energy of flowing liquid to generate electrical energy may be integrated into one or more irrigation systems within the plant production system. |
| US12264642B1 |
Toroidal vortex induction diffuser
In certain embodiments, a PFI diffuser induction device may use toroidal vortex flow to thoroughly mix H2 and air in the intake runner and port of a H2 engine. When H2 enters a stream of air flow in the form of a toroidal vortex, it may tend to swallow the air into the vortex where a low-pressure region may be formed due to the swirling velocity of the vortex, which may be more effective that the typical mixing via conventional injection methods. Engine test measurements show remarkable improvements in engine combustion stability as well as engine efficiency and power output using a counterflow Toroidal Vortex Induction Diffuser to achieve high levels of fuel mixture homogeneity in combustion engines using hard-to-mix fuels like H2, CH3OH, C2H5OH and other gaseous and liquid fuels. |
| US12264639B2 |
Fuel ejector assembly for fuel assisted EGR flow
A fuel ejector assembly includes a nozzle structured to receive fuel from a fuel conduit and eject the fuel therethrough, and an exhaust gas recirculation (“EGR”) conduit structured to communicate a recirculated exhaust gas therethrough. A mixing portion is disposed downstream of the nozzle and the EGR conduit, the nozzle and the EGR conduit fluidly coupled to the mixing portion such that the mixing portion receives each of the fuel and the recirculated exhaust gas. A diffuser is disposed downstream of the mixing portion and is configured to be fluidly coupled to an engine to communicate a mixture of the fuel and the recirculated exhaust gas to the engine. |
| US12264637B2 |
Propulsion system with downstream section having deformable shape-memory material and actuators extending in different consecutive angular sectors
The invention relates to a propulsion system (1, 1) for an aircraft, comprising a rotor (2) and a nacelle failing (3) that extends around said rotor in relation to an axis (X) and includes an upstream portion (10) forming an inlet section (BA) of the nacelle fairing (3) as well as a downstream portion (20), a downstream end (21) of which forms an outlet section (BF) of the nacelle fairing (3); and characterized in that the downstream portion (20) has a radially inner wall (20a) and a radially outer wall (20b), both of which are made of a deformable shape memory material, and in that the downstream end (21) includes pneumatic or hydraulic actuators (23, 23′) extending in different consecutive angular sectors about said axis (X), each actuator being independently actuatable and being configured to deform, in a direction that extends radially in relation to said axis (X) and is centered angularly in relation to its angular sector, under the effect of a predetermined control pressure. |
| US12264629B2 |
Air turbine starter with decoupler
An air turbine starter with a housing; a turbine member located within the housing; a drive shaft operably coupled to the turbine member, and having an interior portion. The air turbine starter output shaft extending between a first end and a second end, the output shaft movable between a first position, where the first end is coupled to the engine, and a second position, where the second end is retained within the interior portion and the first end is uncoupled from the engine. A decoupler assembly is included for decoupling the output shaft from the engine. |
| US12264628B2 |
Fuel supply system with air expulsion drain for an aircraft engine
A liquid fuel supply system for an aircraft engine includes a fuel tank, a suction duct connected to the fuel tank and located higher than the fuel tank, an electric pump, a supply pump that is mechanically driven by an accessory gear box and an outlet of the supply pump being connected to a fuel supply circuit of the engine, and an air expulsion drain. The electric pump is in communication with the suction duct independently of the supply pump, the electric pump is in communication with the air expulsion drain, and the supply pump is in communication with the suction duct independently of the electric pump. |
| US12264627B2 |
Heat exchanger for a gas turbine engine
A heat exchanger is provided. The heat exchanger includes one or more exchanger units that each have a core and manifolds. The core of an exchanger unit is formed by multiple unit cells coupled together in flow communication to create a flow distribution grid. Each unit cell has at a first primary channel, a second primary channel, a first secondary channel in flow communication with the first primary channel, and a second secondary channel in flow communication with the second primary channel. The first secondary channel traverses through the second primary channel and the second secondary channel traverses through the first primary channel. Each manifold includes two chambers for separating fluids flowing through the heat exchanger, with one chamber being in flow communication with one of the primary channels and having one or more tubes traversing therethrough to provide flow communication between the other primary channel and the other chamber. |
| US12264625B2 |
Acoustic attenuation panel and its manufacturing methods
An acoustic attenuation panel includes a cellular structure including a plurality of acoustic cells separated from one another by peripheral partitions, a perforated acoustic structure, the perforated acoustic structure and the cellular structure being formed in one piece in a first material, and a porous acoustic layer formed of a second material and fastened to a surface of the perforated acoustic structure by entangling the first material and the second material. |
| US12264624B2 |
Build plate integrated into additive manufactured component
During a formation method, a build plate is arranged within a build space. A first object is built onto the build plate within the build space using an additive manufacturing process. The object is fused to the build plate during the additive manufacturing process. At least the build plate is machined to form a component that includes a portion of the build plate and at least a portion of the first object. |
| US12264622B2 |
Gas turbine air bleed arrangement with an inlet
A gas turbine engine comprises at least one radially extending bleed passage optionally in fluid communication with at least one generally circumferentially extending plenum. The passage has an upstream inlet in fluid communication with a bleed passage and an outlet for releasing air from the plenum. The upstream leading edge of the inlet or the downstream trailing edge of the inlet has a non-uniform profile. |
| US12264621B2 |
Gas turbine plant with ammonia decomposition system
The present disclosure relates to a gas turbine plant which decomposes ammonia into a decomposition gas including hydrogen and supplies the decomposition gas as fuel to a combustor of the gas turbine. The gas turbine plant supplies sufficient heat to the ammonia in order to thermally decompose the ammonia effectively and separates the residual ammonia present in the decomposition gas and supplies the decomposition gas to a combustor of the gas turbine. |
| US12264620B2 |
Attenuated combustion for clean power and hydrogen capture
Systems and systems to generate clean energy and for providing hydrogen capture and carbon capture sequestration are provided. Hydrogen from partial combustion of hydrocarbon fuel in combination with full combustion of carbon from hydrocarbon fuel is used to generate clean power with hydrogen capture and carbon capture sequestration. |
| US12264614B2 |
Wastegate actuator mechanism of a wastegate system of a turbocharger
The invention relates to a wastegate actuator mechanism comprising an elongated link plate and a pin which are rotatable relative to each other. The wastegate actuator mechanism further comprises a sliding assembly including a bushing fixedly connected to the link plate and a sleeve fixedly connected to the pin. Assembly of the wastegate actuator mechanism involves pressing the bushing into the eye of the link plate and allowing material of the link plate to deform and to be received in recessed portions of the bushing in the process and/or arranging the sleeve on the pin and allowing material of the pin to deform and to be received in recessed portions of the sleeve in a process of forming an end section of enlarged diameter on the pin. |
| US12264613B2 |
Centrifugal compressor and turbocharger
In this centrifugal compressor, when a passage cross-section of a bypass passage at a connection point where the bypass passage and a compressor inlet passage are connected to each other is defined as an outlet cross-section of the bypass passage, a range of the outlet cross-section on the downstream side of the center of the outlet cross-section in the axial direction of an impeller and on the upstream side of the center in the rotation direction of the impeller is defined as a first range, and a portion of a passage wall surface of the bypass passage at the outlet cross-section that belongs to the first range is defined as a first-range wall surface portion, at least the first-range wall surface portion of the passage wall surface of the bypass passage at the outlet cross-section is formed from a curved line. |
| US12264606B1 |
Oil pan with air return ports for directing airflow in internal combustion engines
A system for collecting lube oil in an internal combustion engine with a rotating cranktrain which reduces lube oil aeration. The system includes a first side wall and a second side wall opposite the first side wall. An oil accumulation ramp extends downwards from the second side wall to the first side wall, and separates the oil sump from the crankcase. An oil entrance aperture is arranged in the ramp near the first side wall for directing oil accumulating on the ramp into the oil sump. A plurality of air return ports extend through the oil accumulation ramp from the oil sump to the crankcase. The shape and aim of the air return ports are tuned to optimize the pressure of air and oil level in the sump. |
| US12264603B2 |
Camshaft phaser having non-return valves
The disclosure relates to a camshaft phaser for adjusting a phase position between a crankshaft and a camshaft of a motor vehicle. The camshaft phaser comprises a stator, a rotor which is rotatable in relation thereto, and working chambers which are formed between the stator and the rotor and each of which are subdivided by a blade of the rotor into a first sub-chamber and a second sub-chamber. For storage of the hydraulic fluid, the camshaft phaser has a reservoir which is connected to the sub-chambers via one non-return valve each, in order that when a negative pressure prevails in one of the sub-chambers, hydraulic fluid is fed from the reservoir to this sub-chamber. The non-return valves are preloaded in such a way that they only open when a pressure within an associated sub-chamber falls below a predetermined negative pressure. |
| US12264599B2 |
Synergistic heat pumped thermal storage and flexible carbon capture system
A power plant system is disclosed. The power plant system includes a combustor configured, a turbine configured to generate electricity, a heat exchanger and a steam turbine, a carbon capture system configured to remove at least a portion of carbon-based gasses from the flue gas downstream from the heat recovery steam generator, and a thermal storage system including a hot storage unit configured to store thermal energy at a hot temperature, the hot temperature greater than ambient temperature. The power plant is configured to operate in at least a first mode for storing thermal energy in the thermal storage system and a second mode for releasing the stored thermal energy from the thermal storage system and during the second mode, heat stored in the hot storage unit is transferred to the carbon capture system. |
| US12264595B2 |
Turbine support case having axial spokes
An aircraft engine, has: a turbine including a turbine rotor rotatable about a central axis; a scroll case having an inlet fluidly connected to a source of combustion gases and an outlet fluidly connected to the turbine, and a conduit extending around the central axis from the inlet to the outlet, the conduit spiraling towards the central axis; a bearing housing extending around the central axis; an exhaust case disposed downstream of the turbine; and a turbine support case secured to the bearing housing and to the exhaust case, the turbine support case having spokes distributed around the central axis and extending along a direction having an axial component relative to the central axis, the spokes extending through the conduit of the scroll case and radially supported by the bearing housing. |
| US12264591B2 |
Component repair system and method
A method of repairing a component of a gas turbine engine in situ, wherein the component includes a deposit, includes directing a flow of gas, which may be an oxygen-containing gas, to the deposit of the component; and heating the component including the deposit while the component is installed in the gas turbine engine and for a duration sufficient to substantially remove the deposit. |
| US12264588B2 |
Liquid fluid systems including phase detection sensors for turbine engines
A liquid fuel system for a turbine engine may include one or more sensors configured to generate sensor outputs corresponding to one or more phase properties of a fuel supplied to the turbine engine through a fuel pathway, and a controller configured to generate control commands configured to control one or more controllable components of the liquid fuel system based at least in part on the sensor outputs. The one or more sensors may include one or more phase detection sensors. The fuel may include hydrogen. The fuel may have a liquid phase state. |
| US12264587B2 |
Integrated hybrid propulsion system
A hybrid propulsion system extracts electrical power using a combined heat engine and electrical generator. The propulsion system includes a gas generator, an electrical power generator disposed upstream of the gas generator and configured to be driven by a power turbine, an output power shaft mated to the power turbine and extending through a central axis of the gas generator and power generator unit, an engine enclosure circumferentially surrounding the power generator, and a shroud disposed between the power generator and the engine enclosure. The electrical power generator includes at least one rotating member and a stationary conductive member, wherein the at least one rotating member includes a magnetic portion, and rotation of the at least one rotating member relative to stationary conductive member generates a current transmissible by one or more coupled power output cables. |
| US12264585B2 |
Friction fit drill bit assembly for a self-drilling rock bolt
The invention provides an adaptor for connecting a drill bit to a hollow shank of a self-drilling rock bolt, the adaptor including a body which extends in an axial direction between a distal end and a proximal end, a tubular conduit which extends between the ends, an abutment surface formed in an outer surface of the body that divides the body into a proximal portion and a distal portion, wherein at least a part of the proximal portion includes a first taper which tapers towards the proximal end, wherein at least a part of the distal portion includes a second taper which tapers towards the distal end, and wherein the first taper and the second taper are adapted for friction fit in a bore of the shank and a recess in the drill bit respectively. |
| US12264583B2 |
Hydraulic system with safety mode, rock drilling rig and method
A hydraulic system, rock drilling rig, and method for limiting the output performance of a hydraulic drilling actuator temporarily under execution of a safety function feature of the hydraulic system. The output performance is limited by limiting produced hydraulic fluid flow in a hydraulic circuit of the hydraulic drilling actuator, whereby a restricted magnitude of the fluid flow is produced at a hydraulic pump. This way a restricted operation mode is enabled and is controlled by a control unit. |
| US12264579B2 |
Tracer release system and method of use
The invention provides a tracer release system (100) and method of use. The tracer release comprises at least one tracer chamber for connection to a production tubing (12). The at least one tracer chamber comprising at least one inlet (118), at least one outlet (120), a fluid volume (122) and a tracer material (124) located in the fluid volume. The tracer chamber also comprises a valve (126) configured to selectively open and/or close the at least one outlet. |
| US12264575B2 |
Apparatus and methods for deploying sensor in downhole tool
A downhole assembly includes a tubular body having a bore and a downhole tool connected to the tubular body. The downhole assembly also includes a sensor assembly having a carrier and a sensor. A sensor adapter is used to couple the sensor assembly to the tubular body. The sensor adapter includes an adapter body disposed in the bore of the tubular body; an adapter shaft for connection with the carrier; and a plurality of channels formed between the adapter shaft and the adapter body. |
| US12264574B2 |
Visual inspection system and method for monitoring annular environment
A visual inspection system intended for inspection of the difficult to reach lateral wellhead ports and annulus is provided. The inspection of the annular ports is carried out prior to running a simplified annulus intervention system. The imaging assembly of the visual inspection system of the present invention can be manoeuvred to view and capture images of remote, inaccessible, difficult to reach locations in the lateral access port and the adjacent annular region, prior to running of annulus intervention system, thus enhancing the success rate of carrying out annulus interventions and increasing safety by increasing the efficiency of well intervention operations and reducing the risk of unintended incidents. |
| US12264572B2 |
System and method to predict and optimize drilling activities
A method may include obtaining a plurality of historical drilling signals for a plurality of wells and generating a plurality of drilling parameters from the plurality of historical drilling signals of drilling activities of the plurality of wells into one real-time database of a computer processor. The method further includes applying Fourier Transform to decompose a plurality of functions into the plurality of drilling parameters and determining an optimum drilling parameter based on one or more optimized drilling parameters. The method further includes recomposing the plurality of functions to automate drilling activities for new wells by generating trends of the one or more optimized drilling parameters and using the trends in the drilling activities. The method further includes creating Key Performance Indexes (KPIs) for the plurality of optimized drilling parameters to evaluate performance and monitor the drilling activities in real time using machine learning algorithms. |
| US12264571B2 |
Control and management system of multiphase streams in subsea oil and gas production modules
The present disclosure describes a control and management system of multiphase streams in subsea oil and gas production modules. The system comprises (i) a phase separator vessel; (ii) mixing lines; (iii) multiphase, single-phase, pressure, and level variation flow rate measuring instruments; (iv) flow rate and pressure sensors; (v) automatic control valves; and (vi) cascade PID pressure, level, and pressure controllers.The system control is further carried out by controlling fluid accumulation inventory, controlling the gas-liquid ratio of the stream sent to a first stationary production unit and controlling the gas-liquid ratio of the stream sent to a second stationary production unit so that a maritime field works optimally and without stoppages or bottlenecks. |
| US12264567B2 |
Systems and methods for multi-stage well stimulation
A plugging device for use in multistage fracturing a subterranean formation. The plugging device includes a plug body having a distal end, a proximate end, and an outer surface. There are a plurality of grooves disposed on the outer surface, and an index sleeve movingly disposed on the outer surface, the index sleeve configured to engage the plurality of grooves. The index is incrementable with respect to the plurality of grooves from the distal end toward the proximate end. |
| US12264566B2 |
Method for borehole completion
A method for improved borehole completion. In one embodiment, the method comprises removing a section of casing entirely and cutting a notch through the cement and into the surrounding rock formation, wherein the notch optimally comprise a symmetric triangle terminating in a sharp point oriented perpendicular to the casing axis. Flow may be further optimized by extending the notch as far as practical into the rock matrix to increase the effective diameter of the wellbore and increase the length of the intersection between the fracture and the wellbore. |
| US12264563B1 |
Flow control devices for hydrogen production from wellbore
A system can be used to recover hydrogen from a geological formation. The system can include a first flow control device and a second flow control device. The first flow control device can be positioned in a wellbore, which can be positioned in a geological formation, to control flow of a first material based on one or more first fluid properties of the first material. The second flow control device can be positioned in the wellbore offset from the first flow control device to control flow of a second material based on one or more second fluid properties of the second material. The second material can be different than the first material and can include hydrogen. The flow of the first material and the flow of the second material can be controlled in response to wellbore fluid being injected into the geological formation to enhance a hydrogen-producing reaction. |
| US12264561B2 |
Perforating gun
In general, in one aspect, embodiments relate to a perforating gun that includes a gun body, a bulkhead assembly for coupling the perforating gun to an uphole perforating gun, where the bulkhead assembly is at least partially disposed in the gun body, and where the bulkhead assembly includes a bulkhead and electrical feedthrough formed in the bulkhead, and a charge tube assembly attached to the bulkhead assembly, where the charge tube is disposed in the gun body, and where the charge tube assembly includes a charge tube, a detonator housing interlocked with the charge tube, an end alignment interlocked with the charge tube, and a detonation cord extending from the detonator housing to the charge tube. |
| US12264556B1 |
Low pressure starter wellhead system and method of assembly for oil and gas applications
A well system includes a wellhead installation positioned above and extending over a wellbore, the wellhead installation including a low pressure wellhead (LPWH) providing a body having opposing upper and lower ends, and an internal through-bore defined within the body and extending between the upper and lower ends, two or more fluid outlets defined through a sidewall of the body to facilitate fluid communication with the internal through-bore, and a load shoulder defined within the internal through-bore axially uphole from the two or more fluid outlets. Conductor casing is secured to the lower end of the body of the LPWH, and a casing hanger is operatively coupled to an extension of casing and extends concentrically within the conductor and into the wellbore, the casing hanger defining a hanger shoulder engageable with the load shoulder when the casing hanger is lowered into the LPWH. |
| US12264554B2 |
Valve arrangement
A valve arrangement for a wellhead of a hydrocarbon well comprises a valve for mounting in a port of a wellhead, and an actuator device for actuating the valve to move to an open position. The actuator device comprises a housing having a through channel extending between a first end, at which the valve is mounted, and a second end. The housing comprises at least one first port that leads into the through channel. The actuator device further comprises an actuator rod that is movably arranged in the through channel and configured to open the valve by the actuator rod being movable between at least a first position and a second position, and a control device arranged to control the movement of the actuator rod. |
| US12264550B1 |
Downhole tool for sealing in openhole washouts
A variety of methods/systems/apparatus/compositions are disclosed, including, in one embodiment, a downhole tool (for use in a borehole) having a mandrel, a sealing element including metal particles disposed about the mandrel, and a piston to move a containment component of the downhole tool in an axial direction to move the metal particles in the axial direction, thereby displacing the metal particles in a radial direction toward a borehole wall to expand the sealing element in the radial direction to form a seal between the downhole tool and the borehole wall. |
| US12264545B2 |
Running tool system for a hanger
A technique facilitates utilization of a running tool system for use with a tubing hanger deployed at a wellhead. The running tool system may comprise a running tool which may be coupled to a hanger. The running tool may include a first sleeve which may be coupled to the hanger for moving the hanger in an axial direction. According to an embodiment, the running tool also may include a second sleeve which may be coupled to an adjustable landing ring disposed about the hanger. The second sleeve may be used to rotate the adjustable landing ring so as to lock the hanger in position. |
| US12264542B2 |
Fixed cutter drill bits and cutter element arrangements for same
A drill bit for drilling a borehole in an earthen formation has a central axis and a cutting direction of rotation. The bit includes a bit body configured to rotate about the axis in the cutting direction of rotation. The bit body includes a bit face. The bit also includes a blade extending radially along the bit face. In addition, the bit includes a first cutter element mounted to a cutter-supporting surface of the blade and a second cutter element mounted to the cutter-supporting surface of the blade. The first cutter element has a central axis and includes a first forward-facing cutting face including a first cutting tip distal the cutter supporting surface and a first planar surface extending radially from the first cutting tip toward the central axis of the first cutter element. The first planar surface is oriented at a first effective backrake angle measured between the cutter supporting surface and a surface vector of the first planar surface. The second cutter element has a central axis and comprises a second forward-facing cutting face including a second cutting tip distal the cutter supporting surface and a second planar surface extending radially from the second cutting tip toward the central axis of the second cutter element. The second planar surface is oriented at a second effective backrake angle measured between the cutter supporting surface and a surface vector of the second planar surface. The second effective backrake angle is greater than the first effective backrake angle. |
| US12264536B2 |
Motorized shade with automated configuration and control
A motorized roller shade configured to connect to a power over Ethernet network includes a motor for rotating the shade to roll and unroll shade material to and from a roller tube to raise and lower the shade. A rechargeable battery positioned in the roller tube provides power to the motor and to logic and control circuitry also positioned within the roller tube. The logic and control circuitry charges the battery though power derived from the power over Ethernet network, and controls the operation of the motor to achieve a desired target velocity. Synchronized operation of multiple motorized roller shades is achieved though autonomous operation of the shades by their corresponding logic and control circuitry. In exemplary embodiments, a lighting element controlled by the logic and control circuitry allows controlled lighting of the shade. |
| US12264533B2 |
Low thermal conducting spacer assembly for an insulating glazing unit
A spacer for an insulated glazing unit (IGU) is provided herein, along with an IGU and methods of making the spacer and IGU. The spacer imparts high thermal insulation to the IGU. Also provided are methods of preparing an insulating glazing unit, as well as methods of preparing a spacer for an IGU. |
| US12264530B2 |
Closure system and method thereof
A closure system including a curtain configured to seal an opening, a wireless network having a plurality of channels, at least one transmitter coupled to the curtain and configured to communicate over the plurality of channels, and an operator operatively coupled to the curtain and configured to communicate over the plurality of channels, the operator and the at least one transmitter configured to communicate with each other over a selected one of the plurality of channels based upon communication interference detected on one or more channels. |
| US12264523B2 |
Overhead garage door system with sealing feature
A threshold sealing system for a door panel assembly includes a threshold biasing element and an anchor. The threshold biasing element including a base configured to attach to a floor surface and a biasing surface extending at an oblique angle relative to the base. The anchor is configured to secure the base of the threshold biasing element to the floor. The anchor and the threshold biasing element may be integrally formed and include the same materials. The oblique angle of the biasing surface ranges from 70 degrees to 80 degrees and has a height of at least 1.5 inches. |
| US12264516B2 |
Interlock assembly for a truck cap
An interlock assembly for a door of a cap configured to cover a bed of a vehicle includes a strike assembly coupled with a structural component of the cap and including a strike. The interlock assembly further includes a latch assembly coupled with the door. The latch assembly comprising a latch selectively engaging the strike, a cam configured to move the latch between an extended position in which the latch engages the strike and a retracted position in which the latch is disengaged from the strike, a biasing member operably coupling the latch with the cam, the biasing member configured to bias the latch toward the extended position, and a first handle proximate an inside of the bed and mechanically linked with the latch, wherein the first handle is configured to move the latch between the extended position and the retracted position. |
| US12264513B2 |
Integrated primary lock and isolation lock emergency release mechanism
A lock mechanism includes a release cam assembly configured to be articulated around an axis of a spindle, an isolation lock unlock linkage, a primary lock unlock linkage, and a door panel suspension. Responsive to an emergency release being pulled, the isolation lock unlock linkage and the primary lock unlock linkage are configured to be sequentially actuated in a sequence that includes a) unlocking an isolation lock when the isolation lock previously was in a locked position, b) unlocking a primary door lock by rotational stroke motion of the spindle, and c) rotating the spindle in an open direction. |
| US12264510B2 |
Anti-theft device for portable electronic device
An anti-theft device for protecting a portable electronic device from theft or unauthorized removal in a retail environment is provided. A shroud may at least partially enclose a portable electronic device. A dock may releasably engage the shroud such that the shroud and portable electronic device are locked to the dock when engaged with the dock. A key may engage activate a lock mechanism to release the shroud and the portable electronic device from the dock. |
| US12264506B2 |
Exit device rod adjustment
A latching device may include an actuator configured to actuate between an actuated state and an unactuated state, a first rod including a threaded end, and a first rod coupler operatively coupled to the actuator and the first rod and configured to transfer force between the actuator and the first rod. The first rod coupler may include a rod receptacle configured to rotate about a first axis and to at least partially receive and engaged the first rod. The first rod coupler may also include a rod adjuster rotatably coupled to the rod receptacle and configured to rotate about a second axis to rotate the rod receptacle about the first axis. The rotation of the rod receptacle may change the position of the first rod relative to the actuator. |
| US12264505B2 |
Latch holdback with electronic release
A method for operating a lockset generally includes transmitting an unlock command to an electronic actuator in response to receiving an unlock signal. In response to receiving the unlock command, the electronic actuator performs a first operation, including moving a holdback from a release position to a hold position. In response to actuation of a manual actuator, a latchbolt is moved from an extended position to a retracted position. The holdback in the hold position retains the latchbolt in the retracted position. |
| US12264504B2 |
Locking mechanism
A locking mechanism for a door has a lever that is mounted on the door that can be rotated on the door to enable the door to be opened or closed. A first disc, located on the door, is triggered by moving the lever. A shaft is located on the door in contact with the first disc and moves along an extension direction when the first disc is triggered. A slot is located on the body in the direction that the shaft extends, and into which the shaft is inserted in a removable way. The locking mechanism has an open position (I) in which the shaft is located far from the slot and the door can be opened by the user and a lock position (II) that limits the movement of the door, in which the shaft is almost completely contained in the slot. |
| US12264501B2 |
Motor gear drive release
Mechanically or electromechanically positioning a deadbolt used to lock or unlock a door is disclosed. An electromechanical lock can include a deadbolt to be positioned to lock or unlock a door. The deadbolt can be mechanically positioned based on the rotation of a paddle of the electromechanical lock or electromechanically positioned via a motor being turned on to position the deadbolt. A disengagement mechanism can disengage an engagement cog from a worm gear hub of a gear train of the motor upon the mechanical positioning, but remain engaged upon the electromechanical positioning. |
| US12264493B2 |
Fence panel
There is provided a stackable fencing panel and a method for stacking fencing panels. The fencing panel including: a first outside post including a post depth; a second outside post opposing the first outside post and including the post depth; and two or more horizontal cross-members each intermediate the first outside post and the second outside post, each horizontal cross-member including a cross-member depth, each horizontal cross-member including a narrowed section proximate both the first outside post and the second outside post, the narrowed sections including a narrowed depth less than the post depth. |
| US12264484B2 |
Device for levelling and separating floor tiles
A device for levelling and separating floor tiles, comprising:—a body with a supporting base (11) for the tiles (B) and a separator element (12) linked to said base (11) by pre-weakened break points (13), and—a levelling wedge (2) suited to be inserted into a window (14) in the separator element (12) and which comprises a lower surface (21) for support on the tiles (B) and an upper surface (22) with a plurality of teeth (26) presenting superiorly, in a transversal direction, a curvature, defining therein:—a higher central area (26a) for initial contact with a central part (14a) of the upper end of the window in the separator element (12) and—laterally descending areas (26b) for progressive contact with lateral parts (14b) that are more remote from said central part (14a) of the window (14). |
| US12264480B1 |
Reinforced porcelain panel product for enhanced structural protection
The present disclosure provides embodiments of a reinforced porcelain panel product such as for renovations or new construction in buildings. In an embodiment, a reinforced porcelain panel product includes a porcelain slab and a structural core board. The porcelain slab includes a top surface with a first surface area. The structural core board includes a core material having a second surface area and a thickness greater than the porcelain slab. A top surface of the structural core board is positioned in contact with a bottom surface of the porcelain slab with an adhesive. A buffer region is defined by regions of the structural core board extending beyond outer peripheries of the porcelain slab. The buffer region enhances protection from cracking when the reinforced porcelain panel product is installed, handled, transported, or cut. The bottom surface of the structural core board is to be attach to a mounting surface when installed. |
| US12264475B2 |
Topping slab installation methodology
A method of laying one or more concrete topping slabs over an existing concrete structure includes providing a concrete form defining an area on a surface of the concrete structure, drilling a hole into the surface of the concrete structure within the area, the hole being closer to a first border of the concrete form than to a second border of the concrete form opposite the first border, attaching first and second slip-dowel receiving sheaths respectively to the first and second borders, securing a first end portion of a bent metal bar in the hole with a second end portion of the bent metal bar extending parallel to the surface and the slip-dowel receiving sheaths toward the second border, and pouring a concrete mixture over the surface of the concrete structure and about the first and second slip-dowel receiving sheaths and the second end portion of the bent metal bar. |
| US12264473B1 |
Parapet bracket and method of using thereof
A parapet bracket is disclosed that may be mounted on a parapet wall of a roof without the usage of fasteners. The parapet bracket may be used to attach utility pipes to the parapet wall without using fasteners directly on the parapet wall. The parapet bracket may have a short leg, long leg, and a connecting plate between the two legs that form an inverted U-shape. The short leg may be used to hook the parapet bracket on the parapet wall, and the long leg may be used to couple pipes to the parapet bracket. Consequently, the pipes may be mounted to the parapet wall indirectly and without having to pierce the parapet wall with fasteners, such as screws and nails. |
| US12264469B2 |
Drain cleaning machine
A drain cleaning machine for moving a snake in a drain. The drain cleaning machine includes a housing, a motor configured to move the snake in the drain, a switch trigger configured to move between a first switch trigger position and a second switch trigger position, an actuating lever moveable between a deactivated position and an activated position, and a switch linkage configured to be moved by the actuating lever between a first switch linkage position and a second switch linkage position. In response to the actuating lever moving from the deactivated position to the activated position, the switch linkage is moved from the first switch linkage position to the second switch linkage position, and in response to the actuating lever moving from the activated position to the deactivated position, the switch linkage is moved from the second switch linkage position to the first switch linkage position. |
| US12264466B2 |
Dynamically re-configurable in-field self-test capability for automotive systems
Various embodiments include components (e.g., a processor in a vehicle advanced driver assistance system) configured to identify subsystems that require testing in order to verify their compliance with a safety requirement. The components may determine whether verification of compliance requires that the subsystems be tested at PON, at POFF, during runtime or a combination thereof, dynamically determine the achievable parallelism for testing the identified subsystems, dynamically determine coverage level requirements for performing or executing built in self tests (BISTs) on each identified subsystem, and perform or execute the BISTs on the subsystems at the determined level of parallel and at the determined coverage level. |
| US12264463B2 |
Toilet fixture clog prevention and cleanout
A toilet fixture is provided including an inlet pipe, a toilet bowl in fluid communication with the inlet pipe, an outlet pipe in fluid communication with the toilet bowl, a jet pipe in fluid communication with the inlet pipe and the outlet pipe, and a removable jet pipe assembly that connects the jet pipe to the outlet pipe. A foreign object strainer may be positioned in-line with the inlet pipe. A flush assembly may also include a flush valve, a vacuum breaker tube in fluid communication with the flush valve, a foreign object strainer in fluid communication with the vacuum breaker tube, and an outlet pipe in fluid communication with the foreign object strainer. |
| US12264462B2 |
Liquid control apparatus and related methods
Apparatuses and methods for liquid control are provided. A liquid control apparatus may be for selectively treating and/or substituting a liquid flow from at least one of a plurality of supply lines. The ultimate liquid flow is for dispensing to a user by way of a liquid supply fixture such as a tap. The apparatus comprises a liquid conditioning module for connection in-line with at least one of the plurality of supply lines. The liquid conditioning module receives a diverted liquid flow of the at least one supply line from an upstream portion of the supply line. It then outputs a selectively treated and/or substituted liquid flow for returning to a downstream portion of the supply line for dispensing to the user. The apparatus has at least one flow sensor, each flow sensor associated with one of the plurality of supply lines. It has a controller, the controller configured to receive information indicative of the liquid flow of at least one of the plurality of supply lines from the at least one flow sensor. The controller, upon the occurrence of a predetermined flow characteristic, is operable to activate the liquid conditioning module to treat and/or substitute the liquid flow from one or more of the liquid conditioning module connected supply lines in order to provide a treated and/or substituted liquid flow at the liquid supply fixture. |
| US12264460B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for measuring saddle linkage position of a motor grader
A work machine includes a chassis and a linkage supported for movement relative to the chassis. The linkage has a lock pin aperture and a plurality of locking holes. The lock pin aperture may be aligned with one of the plurality of locking holes to position the linkage in use of the work machine. |
| US12264458B2 |
Lift arm with mounting plate and first and second brackets
A lift arm including an attachment assembly and an electrical supply line having a first end and a second end. The first end is fixed in relation to the lift arm and the second end has a connector coupled to a mounting plate. The lift arm includes a first bracket affixed to the lift arm and a second bracket affixed to the attachment assembly. The mounting plate is moveable between and removably securable to the first bracket and the second bracket. |
| US12264456B2 |
Shovel
A shovel includes an operating element and circuitry. The circuitry is configured to recognize a worker in an area surrounding the shovel and recognize a predetermined gesture made by the recognized worker. The circuitry is further configured to perform operation control on the operating element in response to the predetermined gesture made by the worker recognized by the recognition part. |
| US12264455B2 |
Construction equipment
A construction equipment includes: a lower traveling body; an upper rotating body rotatably supported on the lower traveling body; a work machine comprising a boom rotatable with respect to the upper rotating body, an arm rotatable with respect to the boom, a bucket rotatable with respect to the arm, a tilt rotator having a tilting actuator for supporting the bucket to tilt with respect to the arm, and a rotating actuator for supporting the bucket to rotate with respect to the arm; an operation lever for outputting an operation signal; a location information providing unit providing location and posture information of the work machine; a work setting unit for setting and providing plane information of a work area; and an electronic control unit controlling the work machine and the posture of the bucket so that the rotating axis of the bucket is vertically aligned with respect to the work area. |
| US12264454B2 |
Hammering device and a method for operating a hammering device
Disclosed is a hammering device (1) comprising a hammer (2), an elongated linear carriage guide (3) including a first guide end (4) and a second guide end (5) at eithers ends of the elongated linear carriage guide (3) and a hammer carriage (6) arranged to be displaceable back and forth along the elongated linear carriage guide (3). The hammering device (1) further comprises a lifting line (7) connected to the hammer carriage (6) and to the hammer (2), so that the hammer (2) is displaced in response to displacement of the hammer carriage (6), wherein the lifting line (7) is extending from the hammer carriage (6) in a direction towards the first guide end (4). The hammering device (1) also comprises a displacement carriage (8) arranged to be displaceable back and forth along the elongated linear carriage guide (3), and displacement means (9) connected to the displacement carriage (8) and arranged to displace the displacement carriage (8), wherein the displacement carriage (8) is arranged between the hammer carriage (6) and the first guide end (4). Furthermore, a method for operating a hammering device (1) is disclosed. |
| US12264453B2 |
Pneumatic excavator and methods of use
A pneumatic excavator includes: a barrel with an ingress configured to be fluidly connected to a supply of compressed air and an egress; an actuator; a releasable coupling to lock the actuator to the barrel in a plurality positions; and a flow valve fixedly arranged to the barrel, the flow valve in a communicative coupling with the actuator by an actuation conduit. The actuation conduit is flexible and slaved by an adjustment movement of the releasable coupling and actuator along the barrel to thereby maintain the communicative coupling therebetween. When the actuator is actuated, the actuation conduit sends causes the flow valve to open and the compressed air passes through the flow valve and exits the pneumatic excavator, and when the actuator is released, the actuation conduit sends a signal to the flow valve to close to prevent the compressed air from passing through the flow valve. |
| US12264451B2 |
Hydraulic excavator
A hydraulic excavator includes a traveling body, a slewing body, a working front having a boom, an arm, and a bucket, an operation amount detector, a posture detector, a load detector, a drive controller, and a drive unit. The drive controller calculates a target operation speed of the actuator based on the operation amount, the posture of the working front, and the target surface distance so that the bucket excavates along the construction target surface, and determines soil hardness of a place to be excavated based on a result detected by the load detector, corrects the target operation speed based on the soil hardness, and generates a motion command value. The drive controller determines a target jack-up speed when the hydraulic excavator jacks up based on the target surface distance, and corrects the target operation speed based on the determined target jack-up speed. |
| US12264447B2 |
Retaining wall systems
A retaining wall system includes at least one wall block, at least one ground-stabilizing base body supporting the at least one wall block, a fastening body under the at least one ground-stabilizing base body, and at least one tension link attached to the at least one wall block and to the fastening body. |
| US12264442B2 |
Levelling system for a road construction machine
A levelling system for a road construction machine, especially for a paving machine or a road milling machine, includes a first height sensor arrangement, a second height sensor arrangement, a first controller, a second controller and an additional sensor. The first controller includes a first controller loop configured to control a height position of the first side of the tool or of the first side of the machine chassis based on the first actual value and a first setpoint. The second controller includes a second controller loop configured to control a height position of the second side of the tool or of the second side of the machine chassis based on the second actual value and a second setpoint. The first and/or the second controller are configured to adapt the setpoint based on the actual reference value, wherein a setpoint adaption takes place only either on the first side or on the second side of the tool or of the machine. |
| US12264439B2 |
Soft through-air dried facial tissue
Disclosed am multi-ply tissue products, particularly creped and through-air dried facial tissue products, having improved strength and softness. For example, the products have a geometric mean tensile strength (GMT) greater than about 1,2000 g/3″, a geometric mean tensile energy absorption (GM TEA) of about 20 g·cm/cm2 or greater and a TS7 value less than about 16.0. In certain instances, the tissue products also have a low degree of stiffness and a relatively smooth surface, such as a Stiffness Index less than about 8.00 and a TS750 value less than about 15.0. The tissue products may be prepared from webs manufactured by a print-crepe process that deposits a latex polymer on at least one of the outer surfaces of the tissue web. |
| US12264438B2 |
Soft wet pressed facial tissue
Disclosed are multi-ply tissue products, particularly wet pressed facial tissue products that have been recreped. For example, disclosed are tissue products prepared from wet pressed tissue webs that have been recreped using a print-crepe process that deposits a latex polymer on at least one of the outer surfaces of the tissue web. The tissue products have improved strength and softness, such as a geometric mean tensile strength (GMT) greater than about 1,400 g/3″, a geometric mean tensile energy absorption (GM TEA) of about 20 gocm/cm2 or greater and a TS7 value less than about 16.0. In certain instances, the tissue products also have a low degree of stiffness and a relatively smooth surface, such as a Stiffness Index less than about 8.00 and a TS750 value less than about 20.0. |
| US12264433B2 |
Cloth spreading apparatus
A cloth spreading apparatus includes: a spreading unit having spreading clamps that spread an upper-side part of a fed cloth in a right-left direction; and an ejection unit having an intermediate movable body that releases the upper-side part of the cloth that the intermediate movable body has received from the spreading clamps in the forward position and held onto an upper surface by sucking, and a belt conveyor that receives the upper-side part of the cloth released by the intermediate movable body and ejects the entire cloth backward. The ejection unit has: a large number of suction holes that are dispersedly disposed in the intermediate movable body's upper surface; a negative pressure source that sucks out air inside the intermediate movable body to form a negative pressure region inside the intermediate movable body; and sucking force maintaining means that maintains a sucking force of the suction holes |
| US12264428B2 |
Modular chemical dispenser and pump for same
A chemical dispenser (14) includes a housing (40), a controller (34) disposed in the housing (40) for operating the chemical dispenser (14), at least one module bay (64) in the housing (40) and at least one module (66) selectively coupled to the at least one module bay (64) and operatively coupled to the controller (34) for operation with the chemical dispenser (14). The at least one module (66) may be selected from a plurality of modules each capable of being coupled to the at least one module bay (64) and operating under the control of the controller (34). A low-maintenance piston pump module (90, 240, 340) for use with the chemical dispenser (14) is also disclosed. |
| US12264426B2 |
Laundry washing machine and low profile conductivity sensor therefor
A low profile conductivity sensor for a laundry washing machine includes a pair of electrodes that extend substantially parallel to a wall of a wash tub of the laundry washing machine to which the low profile conductivity sensor is mounted and that have respective sensing surfaces that are substantially flush with a housing surface of the sensor housing, and in some instances, with a wall of the laundry washing machine, to reduce the collection of lint and/or hair by the low profile conductivity sensor. |
| US12264420B2 |
Method for thermal molding of filament product
Provided is a thermal molding method for producing a thermally molded article having excellent abrasion resistance at its melt-fused part. Polyamide 6 and a copolyester are prepared separately. The copolyester contains terephthalic acid, ethylene glycol, and 1,4-butanediol as copolymerization units. The copolyester may further contain ε-caprolactone and/or diethylene glycol as a copolymerization unit. A multifilament yarn in which core-sheath type composite filaments each containing a core component and a sheath component at a ratio of 1 to 4:1 by mass are bundled is produced by a composite melt-spinning method using the polyamide 6 as the core component and the copolyester as the sheath component. Using the multifilament yarn, a product of filaments is produced by weaving, knitting, knitting and braiding, or braiding. The product of filaments is heated to melt the copolyester and fuse the core-sheath type composite filaments to each other while retaining the initial filament form of the polyamide 6, thus thermally molding the product of filaments. |
| US12264419B2 |
Recycling facility for non-wovens
Recycling facility for non-wovens, comprising a fraying roller (8), a flat carding machine (9) without workers mounted downstream of the fraying device (8) in the direction of travel of the non-wovens in the facility. |
| US12264416B2 |
Methods and compositions for sustainable textile materials
In one aspect, the disclosure relates to compositions that can have improved thermal management properties, UV-absorbing properties, anti-bacterial properties, and/or fire-resistance properties that utilize sustainable materials and can be used to fabricate filaments, yarns, fabrics, and artificial leather. The disclosed compositions can comprise a boron nitride nanomaterial and a cellulose nanomaterial. The disclosed compositions can also comprise a boron nitride nanomaterial, a cellulose nanomaterial, and an alginate material. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure. |
| US12264413B2 |
Spunbond system and process
A system and method for providing a plurality of fibers from a spinneret; subjecting the fibers to quench air; attenuating the fibers through a closed stretching unit; reducing a velocity of the plurality of fibers in a diffuser that is spaced apart from an exit of the closed stretching unit in a direction of travel of the fibers, the diffuser having opposed diverging sidewalls; and subjecting the fibers to an applied electrostatic charge before the fibers enter the diffuser, wherein the electrostatic charge is applied by one or more electrostatic charging units. |
| US12264410B2 |
Aluminum nitride crystals having low urbach energy and high transparency to deep-ultraviolet wavelengths
In various embodiments, single-crystal aluminum nitride boules and substrates have low Urbach energies and/or absorption coefficients at deep-ultraviolet wavelengths. The single-crystal aluminum nitride may function as a platform for the fabrication of light-emitting devices such as light-emitting diodes and lasers. The single-crystal aluminum nitride boules may advantageously have diameters that increase along at least portions of their lengths. |
| US12264403B2 |
Electrochemical system, apparatus and method to generate metal hydroxide in the presence of metal silicates
An apparatus and method are provided for the electrochemical production of hydrogen, oxygen and metal hydroxide wherein the metal is derived from a metal silicate. The process involves the electrolysis of a metal salt solution where hydrogen and a metal hydroxide are produced at the cathode, and oxygen, or chlorine, and an acid are produced at the anode. The acid is reacted with a metal silicate producing a soluble metal salt and water that is used in turn to make solid or dissolved metal hydroxide. The net CO2 and acid gas emissions of the invention and its products may therefore be significantly reduced or turned negative. |