US11670821B2
An embodiment of the present application is provided with a battery box, a battery, a power consumption device, and a method for producing a battery and an apparatus for producing a battery. The box of the battery includes: an electrical chamber, configured to accommodate a battery cell group; a collection chamber, configured to collect emissions of the battery cell provided with the pressure relief mechanism when the pressure relief mechanism is actuated; an isolation component for isolating the electrical chamber and the collection chamber, such that the electrical chamber and the collection chamber are arranged on both sides of the isolation component; wherein a surface of the isolation component that is close to the battery cell group is provided with an avoidance opening, the avoidance opening extends along the first direction, and the plurality of pressure relief mechanisms of the battery cell group face the avoidance opening.
US11670819B2
A battery pack that includes a housing. The housing includes a support portion that is configured to removably connect to a device, such as a cordless, hand-held power tool. The battery pack is configured to electrically and/or communicatively connect to the device through at least one terminal. The at least one terminal can include a battery positive power terminal, a battery negative power terminal, and a communications terminal. In some embodiments, at least one of the terminals of the battery pack is positioned at a first depth level within the support portion and at least one of the terminals of the battery pack is positioned at a second depth level within the support portion. The battery pack includes a first distance between the first depth level and the second depth level (e.g., approximately 0.5 inches).
US11670817B2
An energy storage arrangement for a motor vehicle, including a protective device which can be arranged above a ground clearance line of the motor vehicle, and at least one battery module which is arranged above the protective device and which has at least one load-bearing battery module housing and at least one battery cell pack arranged in the interior of the battery module housing. The battery module housing includes at least two vertically arranged housing walls. The protective device has a protective plate and at least two load introduction elements arranged above the protective plate. The load introduction elements are arranged below the housing walls.
US11670814B2
An electricity storage block includes: an element stacked body in which a plurality of square electricity storage elements is stacked and arranged such that wide surfaces of the adjacent square electricity storage elements are opposed to each other; and a pressing device that presses the element stacked body toward the thermally-conductive sheet arranged on the heat transfer plate. The element stacked body includes holders having wide surface abutment parts in abutment with one of the wide surfaces in a pair in at least the predetermined square electricity storage element. The outer surfaces of the bottom plates of the square electricity storage elements are set as heat transfer surfaces thermally connected to the heat transfer plate via the thermally-conductive sheet. The heat-transfer surfaces protrude toward the heat transfer plate more than the end surfaces of the wide surface abutment parts at the heat transfer plate side.
US11670813B2
A battery is provided having heat transfer bars that directly transfer heat between the interior layers of a battery cell and the case that encloses the battery cell. The battery does not transfer significant heat from its interior layers to the posts of the battery that reside outside of the battery case. A temperature-controlled power system also is provided that uses multiple, active thermoelectric devices paired with multiple batteries to provide individual temperature control of the individual batteries forming the power system. The multiple, active thermoelectric devices preferably transfer heat to a single radiator on each side of the power system. A method of transferring heat from a battery interior using conductive, active, and convective heat transfer is also described.
US11670810B2
A battery pack includes at least one battery cell having first and second end portions spaced apart from each other in a length direction of the at least one battery cell, and an outer peripheral surface between the first and second end portions, a circuit board connected to the at least one battery cell, the circuit board to monitor the at least one battery cell, and a sensor extending from the circuit board toward the at least one battery cell, the sensor contacting the outer peripheral surface of the at least one battery cell, and the sensor having a casing having a first surface that is concave toward the outer peripheral surface of the at least one battery cell, a thermistor chip inside the casing, a lead wire extending from the thermistor chip outside the casing, and a filler inside the casing.
US11670807B2
To provide a lithium-ion storage battery or electronic device that is flexible and highly safe. One embodiment of the present invention is a flexible storage battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, an exterior body that surrounds the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the separator, and a wiring provided along the exterior body. At least part of the wiring is more easily breakable by deformation than the exterior body. The wiring is more vulnerable to deformation than the exterior body and thus damaged earlier than the exterior body. Damage to the wiring is detected and an alert is sent to a user; thus, the use of the storage battery can be stopped before the exterior body is damaged.
US11670803B2
The present invention relates to a battery pack capable of securing a welding strength between a tab plate and an electrode tab, and a manufacturing method therefor. As an example, disclosed is a battery pack comprising: a battery cell from which an electrode tab is withdrawn; and a protection circuit module which is electrically connected to the battery cell and which has a circuit board and a tab plate formed on one surface of the circuit board and electrically connected to the electrode tab, wherein the tab plate has a through hole for heating the electrode tab.
US11670793B2
A fuel cell stack and inspection method, the fuel cell stack including fuel cells disposed in a stack and interconnects disposed between the fuel cells. Each fuel cell includes an electrolyte, an anode disposed on a first side of the electrolyte, a cathode disposed on an opposing second side of an electrolyte, and a witness mark disposed on the first side of the electrolyte. Each interconnect includes first ribs disposed on air side of the interconnect and at least partially defining oxidant channels, and second ribs disposed on an opposing fuel side of the interconnect and at least partially defining fuel channels. The witness mark of each fuel cell is visible from outside of the stack when the cathode directly faces the air side of an adjacent interconnect.
US11670788B2
A drive circuit comprising a DC bus configured to supply power to a load, a first fuel cell coupled to the DC bus and configured to provide a first power output to the DC bus, and a second fuel cell coupled to the DC bus and configured to provide a second power output to the DC bus supplemental to the first fuel cell. The drive circuit further includes an energy storage device coupled to the DC bus and configured to receive energy from the DC bus when a combined output of the first and second fuel cells is greater than a power demand from a load, and provide energy to the DC bus when the combined output of the first and second fuel cells is less than the power demand from the load.
US11670778B2
A method for manufacturing a functionalized metal oxide product configured to be used in an anode catalyst layer of a fuel cell can include forming a catalyst solution, which can include mixing a metal oxide in water. A stock solution can be formed by mixing a fatty acid in water. The stock solution can be added to the catalyst solution to form a solid fraction and a liquid fraction. The solid fraction can be removed from the liquid fraction. The solid fraction can be washed and dried, thereby forming the functionalized metal oxide product. The functionalized metal oxide product is configured to improve the cell reversal tolerance of the fuel cell.
US11670777B2
The present invention provides a thin film forming composition for energy storage device electrodes, said composition containing a conductive carbon material, a dispersant, a solvent and a polymer that has a partial structure represented by formula (P1) in a side chain. (In the formula, L represents —O— or —NH—; R represents an alkylene group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms; T represents a substituted or unsubstituted amino group, a nitrogen-containing heteroaryl group having from 2 to 20 carbon atoms or a nitrogen-containing aliphatic heterocyclic group having from 2 to 20 carbon atoms; and * represents a bonding hand.)
US11670764B2
According to a first embodiment, there is provided a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material-containing layer containing a first active material having a spinel type crystal structure. The positive electrode satisfies the formulas (1) to (3) when combined with a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material-containing layer containing a first active material having a spinel type crystal structure: 0.5≤a1/b1≤1.5 (1); 0.4≤a2/b2≤1.4 (2); and 0.5≤a3/b3≤2.3 (3), where a1 and b1 are a pore volume per 1 g weight, a2 and b2 are a pore specific surface area, and a3 and b3 are a median diameter in pore distribution, for the positive and negative electrode active material-containing layers, respectively.
US11670751B2
Provided is a flexible air supply damper system for preventing an overdrying-caused defect of a secondary battery electrode plate, the flexible air supply damper system including: a fluid supply unit supplying a fluid; a heating unit heating the fluid supplied through the fluid supply unit; a drying unit drying the electrode plate while receiving the fluid heated through the heating unit; a damper unit splitting the fluid passing through the heating unit to control an amount of the fluid to be introduced into the drying unit; and a discharge unit through which the fluid used in the drying unit and the fluid split out of the damper unit are discharged. By controlling the amount of the fluid to be introduced into the drying unit, the electrode plate is prevented from being overdried.
US11670748B2
A light emitting diode (LED) package structure includes a circuit board, a reflective cup, a LED chip and a lens structure. The reflective cup is mounted on the circuit board, wherein the reflective cup and the circuit board collectively form a concave cup with an opening. The reflective cup has a first metal ring in the concave cup. The LED chip is mounted on the circuit board and within the concave cup. The lens structure has a second metal ring configured to join the first metal ring to cover the opening.
US11670740B2
A conversion layer, a light emitting device and a method for producing a conversion layer are disclosed. In an embodiment a conversion layer includes light-converting nanocrystals, an encapsulation surrounding the light-converting nanocrystals and ligands bonded to a surface of the encapsulation, wherein encapsulated light-converting nanocrystals are crosslinked by the ligands.
US11670739B2
A light emitting diode (LED) package structure including a first light emitting portion, a second light emitting portion, a partition, and a surrounding wall is provided. The first light emitting portion includes a first LED chip emitting a first initial light, and the first initial light passes through the first light emitting portion to form a first white light. The second light emitting portion includes a second LED chip, a third LED chip, and a fourth LED chip. The partition is disposed between the first light emitting portion and the second light emitting portion. The surrounding wall is disposed around the partition, the first light emitting portion, and the second light emitting portion. The first white light has a view angle offset less than 1 degree.
US11670738B2
Solid-state radiation transducer (SSRT) devices having buried contacts that are at least partially transparent and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. An SSRT device configured in accordance with a particular embodiment can include a radiation transducer including a first semiconductor material, a second semiconductor material, and an active region between the first semiconductor material and the second semiconductor material. The SSRT device can further include first and second contacts electrically coupled to the first and second semiconductor materials, respectively. The second contact can include a plurality of buried-contact elements electrically coupled to the second semiconductor material. Individual buried-contact elements can have a transparent portion directly adjacent to the second semiconductor material. The second contact can further include a base portion extending between the buried-contact elements, such as a base portion that is least partially planar and reflective.
US11670734B2
According to an embodiment, a self-powered sensor comprises at least one first layer emitting light in a preset wavelength band by receiving power from an outside, or receiving the emitted light reflected by an object, at least one second layer receiving light and generating a current, and a plurality of connectors each grown between two adjacent ones of the at least one first layer and the at least one second layer, the plurality of connectors transferring the generated current to the outside or transferring the power received from the outside to the at least one first layer and the at least one second layer.
US11670733B2
A light emitting device includes: a first light emitting element having a light emitting surface; an optical member having a lower surface, a first reflecting surface inclined to the lower surface, transmitting part of a first light emitted from the light emitting surface, and reflecting the rest upward, and a second reflecting surface located farther from the light emitting surface than the first reflecting surface and reflecting part or all of the first light passing through the first reflecting surface; and a photodetector located below the optical member and having a top surface provided with one or a plurality of light receiving regions including a first light receiving region configured to receive the first light reflected by the second reflecting surface. In a top view, part or all of the first light receiving region overlaps part or all of the first reflecting surface.
US11670732B2
A device for detecting a chemical species, including a Geiger-mode avalanche diode, which includes a body of semiconductor material delimited by a front surface. The semiconductor body includes: a cathode region having a first type of conductivity, which forms the front surface; and an anode region having a second type of conductivity, which extends in the cathode region starting from the front surface. The detection device further includes: a sensitive structure arranged on the anode region and including at least one sensitive region, which has an electrical permittivity that depends upon the concentration of the chemical species; and a resistive region, arranged on the sensitive structure and electrically coupled to the anode region.
US11670730B2
An avalanche photodiode for detecting ultraviolet radiation, including: a silicon carbide body having a first type of conductivity, which is delimited by a front surface and forms a cathode region; an anode region having a second type of conductivity, which extends into the body starting from the front surface and contacts the cathode region; and a guard ring having the second type of conductivity, which extends into the body starting from the front surface and surrounds the anode region.
US11670729B2
A solar cell apparatus 100 and a method for forming said solar cell apparatus 100, comprising a substrate 101, a n-type transparent conductive oxide (TCO) layer 102 deposited atop said substrate 101, a p-i-n structure 200 that includes a p-type layer 103, an i-type layer 104, a n-type layer 105, a metal back layer 106 deposited atop said n-type layer 105 of the p-i-n structure 200. The n-type layer 105 comprises n-type donors 115 including phosphorus atoms. The n-type donors 115 include oxygen atoms at an atomic concentration comprised between 5% and 25% of the overall atomic composition of the n-type layer 105.
US11670726B2
A method of generating electricity from light, that uses a photovoltaic array, that includes a junction between an inorganic electron-donating layer and an inorganic electron-accepting layer. The electron-donating layer includes moieties which after photon activation have unpaired electrons, and wherein some of the electrons are freed when light strikes the electron-donating layer, thereby transforming the moieties into free radicals or equivalents but many of the freed electrons recombine. Also, many of the free radicals or equivalents in the triplet state are optimally responsive to a selective magnetic field that has been determined to optimally increase the lifetime of the triplet state of the free radicals and thereby forestall recombination of the freed electrons into the free radicals. A magnetic field of substantially the optimal strength that is substantially unvarying over the electron donating layer is created as the array is being exposed to light.
US11670725B2
The present disclosure relates to an image sensor. The image sensor includes a substrate and a photodetector in the substrate. The image sensor further includes an absorption enhancement structure. The absorption enhancement structure is defined by a substrate depression along a first side of the substrate. The substrate depression is defined by a first plurality of sidewalls that slope toward a first common point and by a second plurality of sidewalls that slope toward a second common point. The first plurality of sidewalls extend over the second plurality of sidewalls.
US11670723B2
A semiconductor device according to the present disclosure includes a fin structure over a substrate, a vertical stack of silicon nanostructures disposed over the fin structure, an isolation structure disposed around the fin structure, a germanium-containing interfacial layer wrapping around each of the vertical stack of silicon nanostructures, a gate dielectric layer wrapping around the germanium-containing interfacial layer, and a gate electrode layer wrapping around the gate dielectric layer.
US11670722B2
Embodiments described herein provide thin film transistors (TFTs) and processes to reduce plasma induced damage in TFTs. In one embodiment, a buffer layer is disposed over a substrate and a semiconductor layer is disposed over the buffer layer. A gate dielectric layer is disposed over the semiconductor layer. The gate dielectric layer contacts the semiconductor layer at an interface. The gate electrode 204 is disposed over the gate dielectric layer. The gate dielectric layer has a Dit of about 5e10 cm−2eV−1 to about 5e11 cm−2eV−1 and a hysteresis of about 0.10 V to about 0.30 V improve performance capability of the TFT while having a breakdown field between about 6 MV/cm and about 10 MV/cm.
US11670719B2
A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, the device including a first semiconductor pattern on a substrate, the first semiconductor pattern including a lower channel; a second semiconductor pattern on the first semiconductor pattern and spaced apart from the first semiconductor pattern in a vertical direction, the second semiconductor pattern including an upper channel extending in the vertical direction; a gate electrode covering the lower channel and surrounding the upper channel; and source/drain patterns on opposite sides of the upper channel, wherein the substrate and the first semiconductor pattern have a doping concentration of 1019/cm3 or less.
US11670710B2
A high electron mobility transistor includes a first III-V compound layer. A second III-V compound layer is disposed on the first III-V compound layer. The composition of the first III-V compound layer and the second III-V compound layer are different from each other. A shallow recess, a first deep recess and a second deep recess are disposed in the second III-V compound layer. The first deep recess and the second deep recess are respectively disposed at two sides of the shallow recess. The source electrode fills in the first deep recess and contacts the top surface of the first III-V compound layer. A drain electrode fills in the second deep recess and contacts the top surface of the first III-V compound layer. The shape of the source electrode and the shape of the drain electrode are different from each other. A gate electrode is disposed on the shallow recess.
US11670704B2
A semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a dielectric structure over the substrate. The semiconductor device structure includes a contact structure passing through the dielectric structure. The contact structure includes a contact layer, a first barrier layer, and a second barrier layer. The first barrier layer surrounds the contact layer, the second barrier layer surrounds a first upper portion of the first barrier layer, the contact layer passes through the first barrier layer and extends into the dielectric structure, and the first barrier layer passes through the second barrier layer and extends into the dielectric structure.
US11670702B2
Provided is a thin film transistor including a highly-textured dielectric layer, an active layer, a gate electrode and a source/drain electrode that are stacked on a base substrate. The source/drain electrode includes a source electrode and a drain electrode. The gate electrode and the active layer are insulated from each other. The source electrode and the drain electrode are electrically connected to the active layer. Constituent particles of the active layer are of monocrystalline silicon-like structures. According to the present disclosure, the highly-textured dielectric layer is adopted to replace an original buffer layer to induce the active layer to grow into a monocrystalline silicon-like structure, such that the performance of the thin film transistor is improved.
US11670694B2
The structure of a semiconductor device with dual metal capped via contact structures and a method of fabricating the semiconductor device are disclosed. A method of fabricating the semiconductor device includes forming a source/drain (S/D) region and a gate structure on a fin structure, forming S/D and gate contact structures on the S/D region and the gate structure, respectively, forming first and second via contact structures on the S/D and gate contact structures, respectively, and forming first and second interconnect structures on the first and second via contact structures, respectively. The forming of the first and second via contact structures includes forming a first via contact plug interposed between first top and bottom metal capping layers and a second via contact plug interposed between second top and bottom metal capping layers, respectively.
US11670692B2
A semiconductor device includes power rails in a first interconnect structure on a backside of the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device further includes a gate-all-around (GAA) transistor having multiple channel layers stacked over the first interconnect structure, a gate stack wrapping around each of the multiple channel layers except a bottommost one of the multiple channel layers, and a source/drain feature adjoining the channel layers. The semiconductor device further includes a first conductive via connecting the first interconnect structure to a bottom of the source/drain feature and a dielectric feature isolating the bottommost one of the multiple channel layers from the first conductive via.
US11670691B2
A device includes a substrate, a gate structure over the substrate, a gate spacer on a sidewall of the gate structure, a source/drain (S/D) region adjacent to the gate spacer, a silicide on the S/D region, a dielectric liner over a sidewall of the gate spacer, wherein a bottom surface of the dielectric liner is spaced away from the silicide by a gap, and an S/D contact over the silicide and at least partially filling the gap.
US11670688B2
The disclosure provides a semiconductor apparatus capable of keeping a semiconductor characteristics and realizing excellent semiconductor properties even when using an n type semiconductor (gallium oxide, for example) having a low loss at a high voltage and having much higher dielectric breakdown electric field strength than SiC. A semiconductor apparatus includes a gate electrode and a channel layer formed of a channel directly or through other layers on a side wall of the gate electrode, and wherein a portion of or whole the channel layer may be a p type oxide semiconductor (iridium oxide, for example).
US11670681B2
A method includes forming an N well and a P well in a substrate; depositing a first layer having silicon over the N well and the P well; depositing a first dielectric layer over the first layer; forming a resist pattern over the first dielectric layer, the resist pattern providing an opening directly above the N well; etching the first dielectric layer and the first layer through the opening, leaving a first portion of the first layer over the N well; removing the resist pattern; and epitaxially growing a second layer having silicon germanium (SiGe) over the first portion of the first layer. The epitaxially growing the second layer includes steps of (a) performing a baking process, (b) depositing a silicon seed layer, and (c) depositing a SiGe layer over the silicon seed layer, wherein the steps (a), (b), and (c) are performed under about a same temperature.
US11670670B2
A manufacturing method of a package includes at least the following steps. A carrier is provided. An inductor is formed over the carrier. The inductor includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion. The first portion is parallel to the third portion, and the second portion connects the first portion and the third portion. A die is placed over the carrier. The die is surrounded by the inductor. An encapsulant is formed between the first portion and the third portion of the inductor. The encapsulant laterally encapsulates the die and the second portion of the inductor.
US11670669B2
An integrated transformer includes a first and second inductors. The first inductor includes a first and second windings. The second inductor includes a third and fourth windings. The first, second, third and fourth windings have a first, second, third and fourth outer turn, respectively. At least one segment of the first (or second) outer turn substantially overlaps at least one segment of the third (or fourth) outer turn. The first and second outer turns are connected through a first segment and a first trace that cross each other, and the third and fourth outer turns are connected through a second trace and a second segment that cross each other. The first trace and the second segment are on the first metal layer, and the first segment and the second trace are on the second metal layer different from the first metal layer.
US11670657B2
An image sensor includes; a photoelectric conversion element disposed on a substrate, a fence structure disposed on the substrate and including a low refractive index layer stacked on a barrier layer, wherein the barrier layer includes at least one metal, and a color filter disposed inwardly lateral with respect to a sidewall of the fence structure, wherein the barrier layer includes an inward lateral protrusion.
US11670648B2
A flicker-mitigating pixel-array substrate includes a semiconductor substrate and a metal layer. The semiconductor substrate includes a small-photodiode region. A back surface of the semiconductor substrate forms a trench surrounding the small-photodiode region in a cross-sectional plane parallel to a first back-surface region of the back surface above the small-photodiode region. The metal layer covers the first back-surface region, at least partially fills the trench, and surrounds the small-photodiode region in the cross-sectional plane. A method for fabricating a flicker-mitigating pixel-array substrate includes forming, on a back surface of a semiconductor substrate, a trench that surrounds a small-photodiode region of the semiconductor substrate in a cross-sectional plane parallel to a first back-surface region of the back surface above the small-photodiode region. The method also includes forming a metal layer on the first back-surface region and in the trench.
US11670645B2
The present disclosure provides an array substrate and a display device. The array substrate includes a base substrate; a signal transmission line on the base substrate; at least one electrostatic discharging device and an electrostatic discharging signal line coupled to each other and located at a non-display region of the base substrate. The at least one electrostatic discharging device is configured to discharge static electricity generated in the array substrate. The signal transmission line is coupled with the at least one electrostatic discharging device through at least two branch circuits.
US11670644B2
A display device includes a first region and a second region each including a plurality of pixels, and a plurality of wires connected to the plurality of pixels, respectively, to transmit a signal, where the number of pixels per unit area in the second region is less than the number of pixels per unit area in the first region, and the number of wires per unit area in the second region is less than the number of wires per unit area in the first region.
US11670640B2
A display device is disclosed, which includes: a first substrate; an oxide semiconductor layer disposed on the first substrate; a silicon semiconductor layer disposed on the first substrate; and a capacitor including a first conductive component and a second conductive component, wherein the first conductive component is electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor layer and the second conductive component is electrically connected to the silicon semiconductor layer.
US11670639B2
A flexible display device substrate and a preparation method thereof are provided. The flexible display device substrate includes a first flexible substrate, a toughening layer, a second flexible substrate, and an interweaved structure layer. The second flexible substrate is disposed on the first flexible substrate. The interweaving structure layer is disposed between the first flexible substrate and the second flexible substrate, wherein the interweaving structure layer is formed by a part of the first flexible substrate and a part of the second flexible substrate penetrating and interweaving with each other. The toughening layer is disposed at intervals between the first flexible substrate and the second flexible substrate, and the toughening layer and the interweaved structure layer are disposed alternately.
US11670629B2
A semiconductor package is provided. The semiconductor package comprising a first redistribution structure comprising a first redistribution pattern; a first semiconductor chip on the first redistribution structure, the first semiconductor chip comprising a semiconductor substrate comprising a first surface and a second surface, a first back end of line (BEOL) structure on the first surface of the semiconductor substrate and comprising a first interconnect pattern, and a second BEOL structure on the second surface of the semiconductor substrate and comprising a second interconnect pattern; a molding layer covering a sidewall of the first semiconductor chip; a second redistribution structure on the first semiconductor chip and the molding layer and comprising a second redistribution pattern electrically connected to the second interconnect pattern.
US11670627B1
Techniques disclosed herein relate generally to integrating photonic integrated circuits and electronic integrated circuits in a same package. A device includes a semiconductor substrate and a die stack on the semiconductor substrate. The die stack includes a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) die and an electronic integrated circuit (EIC) die. The PIC die includes a PIC substrate and a photonic integrated circuit formed on the PIC substrate. The EIC die includes an EIC substrate and an electronic integrated circuit formed on the EIC substrate. The EIC die and the PIC die are bonded such that the PIC substrate and the EIC substrate are disposed on opposing sides of the die stack. The PIC substrate is bonded to the semiconductor substrate. The device also includes a cooling plate bonded to the EIC substrate.
US11670618B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate with an opening formed through the substrate. A first electronic component is disposed over the substrate outside a footprint of the first opening. A second electronic component is disposed over the substrate opposite the first electrical component. A third electronic component is disposed over the substrate adjacent to the first electronic component. The substrate is disposed in a mold including a second opening of the mold over a first side of the substrate. The mold contacts the substrate between the first electronic component and the third electronic component. An encapsulant is deposited into the second opening. The encapsulant flows through the first opening to cover a second side of the substrate. In some embodiments, a mold film is disposed in the mold, and an interconnect structure on the substrate is embedded in the mold film.
US11670616B2
A method of hybridizing an FPA having an IR component and a ROIC component and interconnects between the two components, includes the steps of: providing an IR detector array and a Si ROIC; depositing a dielectric layer on both the IR detector array and on the Si ROIC; patterning the dielectric on both components to create openings to expose contact areas on each of the IR detector array and the Si ROIC; depositing indium to fill the openings on both the IR detector array and the Si ROIC to create indium bumps, the indium bumps electrically connected to the contact areas of the IR detector array and the Si ROIC respectively, exposed on a top surface of the IR detector array and the Si ROIC; activating exposed dielectric layers on the IR detector array and the Si ROIC in a plasma; and closely contacting the indium bumps of the IR detector array and the Si ROIC by bonding together the exposed dielectric surfaces of the IR detector array and the Si ROIC. Another exemplary method provides a pillar support of the indium bumps on the IR detector array rather than a full dielectric layer support. Another exemplary method includes a surrounding dielectric edge support between the IR detector array and the Si ROIC with the pillar supports.
US11670615B2
A bonded structure can include a first element having a first conductive interface feature and a second element having a second conductive interface feature. An integrated device can be coupled to or formed with the first element or the second element. The first conductive interface feature can be directly bonded to the second conductive interface feature to define an interface structure. The interface structure can be disposed about the integrated device in an at least partially annular profile to connect the first and second elements.
US11670612B2
A semiconductor device assembly that includes a semiconductor device positioned over a substrate with a number of electrical interconnections formed between the semiconductor device and the substrate. The surface of the substrate includes a plurality of discrete solder mask standoffs that extend towards the semiconductor device. A thermal compression bonding process is used to melt solder to form the electrical interconnects, which lowers the semiconductor device to contact and be supported by the plurality of discrete solder mask standoffs. The solder mask standoffs permit the application of a higher pressure during the bonding process than using traditional solder masks. The solder mask standoffs may have various polygonal or non-polygonal shapes and may be positioned in pattern to protect sensitive areas of the semiconductor device and/or the substrate. The solder mask standoffs may be an elongated shape that protects areas of the semiconductor device and/or substrate.
US11670604B2
A semiconductor arrangement is provided. The semiconductor arrangement includes a first portion and a vertically conductive structure. The first portion includes a first dielectric layer and a first guard ring in the first dielectric layer. The first guard ring includes, in the first dielectric layer, a first metal layer coupled to a first via. The first portion includes a vertical conductive structure passing through the first dielectric layer and proximate by the first guard ring.
US11670592B2
Embodiments of 3D memory devices having staircase structures and methods for forming the same are disclosed. In an example, a 3D memory device includes a memory array structure and a staircase structure in an intermediate of the memory array structure and laterally dividing the memory array structure into first and second memory array structures. The staircase structure includes a first staircase zone and a bridge structure connecting the first and second memory array structures. The first staircase zone includes a first pair of staircases facing each other in a first lateral direction and at different depths. Each staircase includes a plurality of stairs. Each staircase includes divisions in a second lateral direction perpendicular to the first lateral direction at different depths. At least one stair in the first pair of staircases is electrically connected to at least one of the first and second memory array structures through the bridge structure.
US11670589B2
The presently disclosed programmable fabric die includes a direct fabric die-to-fabric die interconnect interface column disposed in a sector of programmable logic fabric. Each row of the interconnect interface column includes at least one interconnect interface that is electrically coupled to a microbump. The microbump is configured to be electrically coupled to another microbump of another interconnect interface of another fabric die through an interposer. The fabric die may include multiple interconnect interface columns that each extend deep into the sector, enabling low latency connections between the fabric dies and reducing routing congestion. In some embodiments, the fabric die may include interconnect interfaces that are instead distributed throughout logic blocks of the sector.
US11670585B1
Active-on-active microelectronic devices are described. For example, a first die is on a second die with a bottom surface of a first substrate facing a top surface of a second substrate, respectively, to provide a die stack. The first and second dies each have metal layers in ILD layers to provide a first stack structure and a second stack structure, respectively. The first stack structure is interconnected to an upper end of a TSV of the first die. A metal layer of the second stack structure near a bottom surface of the first substrate is interconnected to a lower end of the TSV. A power distribution network layer of the second stack structure is located between lower and upper layers of the metal layers thereof. A transistor located at least in part in the second substrate is interconnected to the power distribution network layer to receive supply voltage or ground.
US11670584B2
The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure, including patterning a photo-sensitive polymer layer with a plurality of trenches by a first mask, the first mask having a first line pitch, patterning a photoresist positioning on a mesa between adjacent trenches by a second mask, the second mask having a second line pitch, the first mask and the second mask having substantially identical pattern topography, and the second line pitch being greater than the first line pitch, and selectively plating conductive material in the plurality of trenches.
US11670575B2
A package structure, and a RDL structure are provided. The package structure incudes a die and a RDL structure electrically connected to the die. The RDL structure includes a first redistribution layer, a second redistribution layer and a third redistribution layer. The first redistribution layer includes a first ground plate. The second redistribution layer includes a second ground plate and a signal trace. The signal trace is laterally spaced from the second ground plate. The third redistribution layer includes a third ground plate. The third redistribution layer and the first redistribution layer are disposed on opposite sides of the second redistribution layer. The signal trace is staggered with at least one of the first ground plate and the third ground plate in a direction perpendicular to a top surface of the signal trace.
US11670562B2
The present disclosure describes heat dissipation structures formed in functional or non-functional areas of a three-dimensional chip structure. These heat dissipation structures are configured to route the heat generated within the three-dimensional chip structure to designated areas on or outside the three-dimensional chip structure. For example, the three-dimensional chip structure can include a plurality of chips vertically stacked on a substrate, a first passivation layer interposed between a first chip and a second chip of the plurality of chips, and a heat dissipation layer embedded in the first passivation layer and configured to allow conductive structures to pass through.
US11670555B2
Method and devices to reduce integrated circuit fabrication process yield loss due to undesired interactions between PCMs and the wafer test probes during wafer sorting tests are disclosed. The described methods entail the use of a properly patterned metal layer on the PCM dies adjacent to the product dies under test. Such patterned metal layers shield traces of the wafer probes from the circuits of the PCM dies. Various exemplary metal layer patterns are also presented.
US11670552B2
A method includes forming a patterned etching mask, which includes a plurality of strips, and etching a semiconductor substrate underlying the patterned etching mask to form a first plurality of semiconductor fins and a second plurality of semiconductor fins. The patterned etching mask is used as an etching mask in the etching. The method further includes etching the second plurality of semiconductor fins without etching the first plurality of semiconductor fins. An isolation region is then formed, and the first plurality of semiconductor fins has top portions protruding higher than a top surface of the isolation region.
US11670542B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to fabrication methods and resulting interconnect structures having stepped top vias that reduce via resistance. In a non-limiting embodiment of the invention, a surface of a conductive line is recessed below a first dielectric layer. A second dielectric layer is formed on the recessed surface and an etch stop layer is formed over the structure. A first cavity is formed that exposes the recessed surface of the conductive line and sidewalls of the second dielectric layer. The first cavity includes a first width between sidewalls of the etch stop layer. The second dielectric layer is removed to define a second cavity having a second width greater than the first width. A stepped top via is formed on the recessed surface of the conductive line. The top via includes a top portion in the first cavity and a bottom portion in the second cavity.
US11670538B2
A method for manufacturing logic device isolation in an embedded storage process, removing the pad silicon nitride and floating gate polysilicon layer in a shallow trench isolation area and retaining the floating gate oxide layer; depositing acid etching silicon nitride; removing the acid etching silicon nitride at the bottom of the shallow trench isolation and a portion of the silicon substrate adjacent to and under the shallow trench isolation, to form a trench and retain the acid etching silicon nitride on a side of the floating gate polysilicon layer close to the shallow trench isolation; remove the acid etching silicon nitride on the side of the floating gate polysilicon layer close to the shallow trench isolation.
US11670530B2
A cassette for receiving at least one substrate for a display device includes a base; and a first wall extending in a direction generally perpendicular to an upper surface of the base and a plurality of first projections extending from the first wall in a first direction and arranged in a second direction generally perpendicular to the first direction at substantially regular intervals. A first opening is defined between adjacent first projections to receive one end of a first substrate, the first opening includes a first portion having a first width in the second direction and a second portion having a second width greater than the first width, and the first portion is disposed closer to the first wall than the second portion.
US11670529B2
A substrate processing device according to the present invention is a substrate processing device that performs substrate processing with a processing solution and includes inspection means for inspecting degradation of components constituting the substrate processing device. The inspection means includes: capturing means for acquiring image data of the components; color information acquisition means for acquiring color information of an inspection target component from the image data acquired by the capturing means; and degradation determination means for determining a degradation degree of the inspection target component based on the acquired color information.
US11670522B2
According to one embodiment, a processing liquid generator capable of improving the reliability of the concentration of generated processing liquid is provided. A processing liquid generator that generates processing liquid having undergone concentration adjustment includes a processing liquid adjuster (11a), which adjusts the concentration of the processing liquid, a first processing liquid path P1, through which the processing liquid flows to the processing liquid adjuster (11a), a second processing liquid path P2, through which the processing liquid flows to the processing liquid adjuster 11a, a first concentration meter 201a, which measures the concentration of the processing liquid flowing through the first processing liquid path P1, the measured concentration being the concentration of a component involved in the concentration adjustment in the processing liquid adjuster (11a), a second concentration meter 201b, which measures the concentration of the processing liquid flowing through the second processing liquid path P2, the measured concentration being the concentration of a component that is involved in the concentration adjustment and should be measured with the first concentration meter 201a in terms of concentration, a first valve mechanism 120a/130a, which opens and closes the first processing liquid path P1, and a second valve mechanism 120b/130b, which opens and closes the second processing liquid path P2.
US11670515B2
Disclosed is a capacitively coupled plasma etching apparatus, wherein a lower electrode is fixed to a lower end of an electrically conductive supporting rod, a retractable electrically conductive part is fixed to the lower end of the electrically conductive supporting rod, wherein the retractable electrically conductive part being extended or retracted along an axial direction of the electrically conductive supporting rod; besides, the lower end of the retractable electrically conductive part is electrically connected with the output end of the radio-frequency matcher via an electrically connection portion, and the loop end of the radio-frequency matcher is fixed to the bottom of a chamber body. In this way, the height of the lower electrode may be controlled by extension or retraction of the retractable electrically conductive part, such that the distance between the upper and lower plates becomes adjustable; besides, the loop end of the radio-frequency matcher is fixed to the bottom of the chamber body, such that when the retractable electrically conductive part is axially extended or retracted, the movement of the electrically connection portion in the radial direction of the extractable electrically conductive part is reduced, not causing instability of the radio-frequency loop, thereby achieving stability of the radio-frequency loop while achieving adjustability of the plate distance.
US11670511B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes: forming a gate structure including a source side and a drain side over a substrate, wherein a dielectric material and a columnar crystal grain material are stacked over the substrate; doping a chemical species on the drain side of the gate structure; and exposing the gate structure doped with the chemical species to a re-growth process in order to thicken the dielectric material on the drain side of the gate structure.
US11670501B2
A semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a semiconductor substrate, a first resistive element and a second resistive element over the semiconductor substrate. A topmost surface of the second resistive element is higher than a topmost surface of the first resistive element. The semiconductor device structure also includes a first conductive feature and a second conductive feature electrically connected to the first resistive element. The second resistive element is between and electrically isolated from the first conductive feature and the second conductive feature. The semiconductor device structure further includes a first dielectric layer surrounding the first conductive feature and the second conductive feature.
US11670496B2
Certain configurations of an ionization source comprising a multipolar rod assembly are described. In some examples, the multipolar rod assembly can be configured to provide a magnetic field and a radio frequency field into an ion volume formed by a substantially parallel arrangement of rods of the multipolar rod assembly. The ionization source may also comprise an electron source configured to provide electrons into the ion volume of the multipolar rod assembly to ionize analyte introduced into the ion volume. Systems and methods using the ionization source are also described.
US11670491B2
A radio frequency (RF) screen for a microwave powered ultraviolet (UV) lamp system is disclosed. In one example, a disclosed RF screen includes: a sheet comprising a conductive material; and a frame around edges of the sheet. The conductive material defines a predetermined mesh pattern of individual openings across substantially an operative area of the screen. Each of the individual openings has a triangular shape.
US11670485B2
Methods and apparatus for performing physical vapor deposition in a reactor chamber to form aluminum material on a substrate including: depositing a first aluminum layer atop a substrate to form a first aluminum region having a first grain size and a second aluminum layer atop the first aluminum layer, wherein the second aluminum layer has a second grain size larger than the first grain size; and depositing aluminum atop the second aluminum layer under conditions sufficient to increase the second grain size.
US11670482B2
Embodiments described herein relate to methods and apparatus for forming gratings having a plurality of fins with different slant angles on a substrate and forming fins with different slant angles on successive substrates using angled etch systems and/or an optical device. The methods include positioning portions of substrates retained on a platen in a path of an ion beam. The substrates have a grating material disposed thereon. The ion beam is configured to contact the grating material at an ion beam angle ϑ relative to a surface normal of the substrates and form gratings in the grating material.
US11670475B2
A bearing structure for an X-ray tube is provided that includes a journal bearing shaft with a radially protruding thrust bearing encased within a sleeve. The structure of sleeve is formed with enlarged traps or voids in the sleeve that are disposed adjacent various rotating anti-wetting seals/seal surfaces formed between the sleeve and the shaft. The geometry of the traps is formed to retain liquid metal/lubricating fluid within the gap defined by the bearing assembly and to direct to liquid metal flowing outwardly from the gap defined between the sleeve and the shaft away from the rotating anti-wetting seals and back towards the gap. This geometry allows the centrifugal forces exerted on the liquid metal by the rotation of the bearing structure to move the outflowing liquid metal away from the rotating anti-wetting seals to significantly reduce contact of the liquid metal with the seals.
US11670473B2
The power distribution system includes a plug-in frame, a board located in the plug-in frame, and at least one circuit breaker. The board includes a plurality of slot positions, a position signal acquisition apparatus is disposed on the board, and the position signal acquisition apparatus is configured to acquire an address of any slot position on the board. A first end of each circuit breaker extends into the plug-in frame and is plugged to a slot position on the board, and a second end of the circuit breaker is located at an open end of the plug-in frame. The open end of the plug-in frame is provided with an address code, the address code corresponds to an address of a slot position on the board, and each circuit breaker corresponds to at least one address code.
US11670472B2
A DC relay resistant to short-circuit current includes two stationary contact leading-out terminals, a push rod component and a straight sheet type movable spring mounted on the push rod component. Upper magnetizers arranged in a width direction of the movable spring are mounted above a preset position of the movable spring. Lower magnetizers arranged mounted below the preset position can move with the movable spring. At least one through hole is provided in the movable spring at the preset position, so that the upper magnetizers and the lower magnetizers can approach one to another or come into contact with each other through the through holes; and at least two independent magnetically conductive loops are formed in the width direction of the movable spring by the upper magnetizers and the lower magnetizers.
US11670460B2
To provide an electrolytic capacitor with improved reliability. The electrolytic capacitor including: at least one capacitor element including an anode foil having a first part including a first end, and a second part including a second end, a dielectric layer formed on at least a surface of the second part, and a cathode part covering at least part of the dielectric layer; a package body enclosing the capacitor element; and an external electrode. At least a surface of the second part has a porous portion, and at least an end face of the first end is exposed from the package body and is in contact with the external electrode.
US11670453B2
An electrical component having a layered structure including first and second electrodes each having first and second electrode portions located in a plane and at least partially embedded in a dielectric body, each of the first and second electrode portions separated by a gap and substantially isolated by the dielectric, the first electrode substantially parallel to and at least partially overlapping the second electrode, wherein the first and second electrodes are electrically isolated and separated by the dielectric body.
US11670452B2
A multilayer electronic component includes: a body including dielectric layers and internal electrodes alternately stacked with one of the dielectric layers interposed therebetween; and external electrodes disposed on external surfaces of the body and connected to the internal electrodes. One of the internal electrodes includes a plurality of conductive particles and conductive nanowires each of which having a shape different from a shape of the plurality of conductive particles and being connected to at least one of the plurality of conductive particles.
US11670451B2
A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body comprising dielectric layers and first and second internal electrodes laminated in a third direction with respective dielectric layers interposed therebetween, and first electrode and second external electrodes disposed on both surfaces of the ceramic body in the first direction and electrically connected to the first and second internal electrodes. When an absolute value of a horizontal angle in the second direction of the first internal electrode with respect to the first surface of the ceramic body is referred to a first angle of the internal electrode, a total sum of the first angles is less than 10°.
US11670435B2
Flexible cables may include multiple power, ground, and signal traces, and include EM interference suppression devices within the cable itself. Signal traces may be shielded by ground traces. The body of a cable may be divided into lateral portions through which different types of traces extend. One lateral side of a cable body may include a stack of power traces, while another lateral side of the cable body may include ground and signal traces. EBG patterns may be incorporated into ground traces. Capacitors may be positioned within the cable along its length, mounted between power and ground traces, for decoupling.
US11670433B2
Provided are a transparent conducting film laminate to which a curl generated during a heating step and after the heating step can be controlled, and a method for processing the same. A transparent conducting film laminate comprises a transparent conducting film 20 and a carrier film 10 stacked thereon, wherein the transparent conducting film 20 comprises a transparent resin film 3, transparent conducting layer 4, and an overcoat layer 5 stacked in this order, the transparent resin film 3 having a thickness T1 of 5 to 25 μm and being made of an amorphous cycloolefin-based resin, the carrier film 10 is releasably stacked on the other main face, the face opposite to the face having the transparent conducting layer 4, of the transparent resin film 3 with an adhesive agent layer 2 therebetween, and a protection film 1 has a thickness T2 which is 5 times or more of the thickness T1 of the transparent resin film 3 and is 150 μm or less, and is made of polyester having an aromatic ring in its molecular backbone.
US11670432B2
The present disclosure is directed to a nuclear thermionic avalanche cell (NTAC) systems and related methods of generating energy comprising a radioisotope core, a plurality of thin-layered radioisotope sources configured to emit high energy beta particles and high energy photons, and a plurality of NTAC layers integrated with the radioisotope core and the radioisotope sources, wherein the plurality of NTAC layers are configured to receive the beta particles and the photons from the radioisotope core and sources, and by the received beta particles and photons, free up electrons in an avalanche process from deep and intra bands of an atom to output a high density avalanche cell thermal energy through a photo-ionic or thermionic process of the freed up electrons.
US11670422B2
A method for determining a risk of decompensated heart failure in a user includes receiving a first set of data that is fixed with respect to time. A machine-learning model generates one or more initial risk factors based on the first set of data. A second set of data for the user that dynamically updates over time is received from a wearable cardiovascular physiology monitor. The machine-learning model is used to generate dynamic data classifiers based on the one or more initial risk factors. Aggregate risk scores for the user are then indicated based on an evaluation of the second set of data against the dynamic data classifiers. In this way, static electronic medical records may be combined with dynamic, real-time data from wearable cardiovascular physiology monitors to provide an accurate and continuously updating risk of decompensated heart failure for a user.
US11670420B2
Techniques are described herein for drawing conclusions using free form texts and external resources. In various embodiments, free form input data (202) may be segmented (504) into a plurality of input data segments. A first input data segment may be compared (510) with an external resource (304) to identify a first candidate conclusion. A reinforcement learning trained agent (310) may be applied (512) to make a first determination of whether to accept or reject the first candidate conclusion. Similar actions may be performed with a second input data segment to make a second determination of whether to accept or reject a second candidate conclusion. A final conclusion may be presented (522) based on the first and second determinations of the reinforcement learning trained agent with respect to at least the first candidate conclusion and the second candidate conclusion.
US11670417B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for classifying a patient. In one aspect, a method comprises: receiving multi-modal data characterizing a patient, wherein the multi-modal data comprises a respective feature representation for each of a plurality of modalities; processing the multi-modal data characterizing the patient using an encoder neural network to generate an embedding of the multi-modal data characterizing the patient; determining a respective classification score for each patient category in a set of patient categories based on the embedding of the multi-modal data characterizing the patient; and classifying the patient as being included in a corresponding patient category from the set of patient categories based on the classification scores.
US11670416B2
Various techniques for facilitating communication with and across a clinical environment and a cloud environment are described. For example, a method for tagging messages with facility identifiers in a manner that does not require changing the identifiers when logically re-arranging the facilities. A connectivity adapter in the clinical environment can receive a message from an infusion pump and tag the message with only permanent IDs such that when the facility in which the connectivity resides is categorized under a different system or region, the identifiers in the message need not be updated.
US11670414B2
The present invention pertains to a process for providing failure safety for a medical monitoring procedure (40) of patient data (41), wherein the medical monitoring procedure (40) is carried out by a standard computer (10), wherein the patient data (41) are sent, furthermore, to the standard computer (10) and are compared with threshold values there. The present invention further pertains to a control device (20), to a computer program product (30) as well as to a system (1) for providing failure safety for a medical monitoring procedure (40) of patient data (41), wherein the medical monitoring procedure (40) is carried out by a standard computer (10).
US11670413B2
Embodiments generally relate to a surgical resource allocation system. Patients seeking a procedure can use the system to identify surgeons and surgical facilities. The patient can then use the system to book the procedure with a selected surgeon at a selected facility. In an example, a patient can indicate a need for a certain procedure. The patient can then provide criteria for a surgeon or facility, such as a desired location, desired time, surgeon rankings, and facility rankings. The system can then identify surgeons and facilities that match the criteria and present them for selection by the patient. The patient can then select the surgeon and facility with which the patient would like the procedure performed. With the surgeon and facility selected, the patient can then choose to book the procedure.
US11670411B2
There is provided a system for computing connectivity of medical imaging network nodes, comprising: at least one hardware processor executing a code for: monitoring packets transmitted over a network connecting a plurality of network nodes, analyzing the monitored packets to identify packets associated with a Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) protocol, analyzing the packets associated with the DICOM protocol to identify medical imaging network nodes implementing the DICOM protocol, designating a respective medical imaging type for each node of the medical imaging network nodes, and computing a data structure storing connectivity of the medical imaging network nodes each designated with the respective medical imaging type.
US11670403B2
Generating a new chemical structure by using a neural network using an expression region that expresses a particular property in a descriptor or an image for a reference chemical structure. The new chemical structure may be generated by changing a partial structure in the reference chemical structure that corresponds to the expression region.
US11670393B2
A semiconductor device includes a flag generation circuit configured to receive region fuse data and used fuse data which are generated from a fuse set selected based on a fuse set selection signal among from fuse sets and generate a bank resource flag to control a repair operation for a bank on which a repair operation has not been performed, based on the region fuse data and the used fuse data. The semiconductor device also includes a repair control circuit configured to control the repair operation for banks sharing the fuse sets based on the bank resource flag.
US11670392B2
A switch circuit for use in a single-ended switched-capacitor circuit for front-end circuitry of a sensor device is disclosed. The switch circuit comprises a first transistor and a second transistor having a same channel-type as the first transistor. A first node is connected to a source of the first transistor and a drain of the second transistor and a second node is connected to a drain of the first transistor and a source of the second transistor. Also disclosed is a sampling circuit comprising the switch circuit and a sampling capacitor, wherein the switch circuit is configurable to electrically couple the sampling capacitor to an integrator circuit or to a voltage reference. An integrated circuit device and a light to frequency converter or light sensor comprising the switch circuit is also disclosed.
US11670387B2
A non-volatile memory device includes a memory cell array including memory cells, a page buffer circuit including page buffers respectively connected to bit lines, a buffer memory, and a control logic configured to control a read operation on the memory cells. In the read operation, the control logic obtains valley search detection information including read target block information and word line information by performing a valley search sensing operation on a distribution of threshold voltages of the memory cells, obtains a plurality of read levels using a read information model by inputting the valley search detection information into the read information model, and performs a main sensing operation for the read operation.
US11670384B2
A bias circuit, a memory system, and a method of boosting a voltage level of a first bit line are provided. The bias circuit includes a first current generator, a second current generator, and a bit line bias generator. The first current generator is configured to generate a first replica charging current according to a charging current flowing through a voltage bias transistor. The second current generator is configured to generate a first replica cell current according to a cell current flowing through a common source transistor. The bit line bias generator is coupled to a first page buffer, the first current generator, and the second current generator, and configured to generate a bit line bias voltage, supplied to the first page buffer, according to a comparison of the first replica charging current and the first replica cell current.
US11670381B2
Devices and techniques for read voltage calibration of a flash-based storage system based on host IO operations are disclosed. In an example, a memory device includes a NAND memory array having groups of multiple blocks of memory cells, and a memory controller to optimize voltage calibration for reads of the memory array. In an example, the optimization technique includes monitoring read operations occurring to a respective block, identifying a condition to trigger a read level calibration based on the read operations, and performing the read level calibration for the respective block or a memory component that includes the respective block. In a further example, the calibration is performed based on a threshold voltage to read the respective block, which may be considered when the threshold voltage to read the respective block is evaluated within a sampling operation performed by the read level calibration.
US11670373B2
A three-dimensional (3D) memory device may include a first set of memory layers, a second set of memory layers above the first set of memory layers, and a first dummy memory layer between the first and second sets of memory layers. The 3D memory device may further include a peripheral circuit that includes a word line (WL) driving circuit configured to when programming a first memory layer of the first set of memory layers, apply a first pre-charge voltage to the first dummy memory layer during a pre-charge period associated with the first memory layer, and when programming a second memory layer of the first set of memory layers located above the first memory layer, apply a second pre-charge voltage to the first dummy memory layer during a pre-charge period associated with the second memory layer. The first pre-charge voltage may be larger than the second pre-charge voltage.
US11670372B2
Control logic in a memory device initiates, subsequent to a program verify phase of a program operation, a new program operation on the memory array, the new program operation comprising a pre-boosting phase occurring prior to a program phase. The control logic causing one or more positive pre-boosting voltages to be applied to corresponding subsets of a plurality of word lines of a block of the memory array during the pre-boosting phase and causes the one or more positive pre-boosting voltages to be ramped down to a ground voltage during the pre-boosting phase in a designated order based on a location of the corresponding subsets of the plurality of word lines to which the one or more positive pre-boosting voltages were applied.
US11670370B2
Some embodiments include apparatuses, and methods of operating the apparatuses. Some of the apparatuses include a data line, a first memory cell string including first memory cells located in different levels of the apparatus, first access lines to access the first memory cells, a first select gate coupled between the data line and the first memory cell string, a first select line to control the first select gate, a second memory cell string including second memory cells located in different levels of the apparatus, second access lines to access the second memory cells, the second access lines being electrically separated from the first access lines, a second select gate coupled between the data line and the second memory cell string, a second select line to control the second select gate, and the first select line being in electrical contact with the second select line.
US11670363B2
Various implementations described herein are directed to a device having a multi-tiered memory structure with a first tier and a second tier arranged vertically in a stacked configuration. The device may have multiple transistors disposed in the multi-tiered memory structure with first transistors disposed in the first tier and second transistors disposed in the second tier. The device may have a single interconnect that vertically couples the first transistors in the first tier to the second transistors in the second tier.
US11670357B2
Methods, systems, and devices for cell data bulk reset are described. In some examples, a logic state (e.g., a first logic state) may be written to one or more memory cells based on an associated memory device transitioning power states. To write the first logic state to the memory cells, a first subset of digit lines may be driven to a first voltage and a plate may be driven to a second voltage. While the digit lines and plate are driven to the respective voltages, one or more word lines may be driven to the second voltage. In some instances, the word lines may be driven to the second voltage based on charge sharing occurring between adjacent word lines.
US11670354B2
A memory device includes a memory cell array connected to a plurality of wordlines and a plurality of bitlines; a row decoder configured to select a wordline, among the plurality of wordlines, in response to a row address; a column decoder configured to corresponding bitlines, among the plurality of bitlines, in response to a column address; a sense amplification circuit having a plurality of amplifiers connected to the selected corresponding bitlines; a row hammer detector configured to generate a refresh row address when the number of accesses to a row corresponding to the row address is a multiple of a predetermined value; and a refresh controller configured to perform a refresh operation on a row corresponding to the refresh row address. The row corresponding to the refresh row address is disposed adjacent to the row corresponding to the row address.
US11670352B1
Endurance mechanisms are introduced for memories such as non-volatile memories for broad usage including caches, last-level cache(s), embedded memory, embedded cache, scratchpads, main memory, and storage devices. Here, non-volatile memories (NVMs) include magnetic random-access memory (MRAM), resistive RAM (ReRAM), ferroelectric RAM (FeRAM), phase-change memory (PCM), etc. In some cases, features of endurance mechanisms (e.g., randomizing mechanisms) are applicable to volatile memories such as static random-access memory (SRAM), and dynamic random-access memory (DRAM). The endurance mechanisms include a wear leveling scheme that uses index rotation, outlier compensation to handle weak bits, and random swap injection to mitigate wear out attacks.
US11670335B2
The magnetic tape cartridge includes a magnetic tape, and a cartridge reel, in which, in the magnetic tape, a minimum winding deviation occurrence load measured after the magnetic tape is rewound around the cartridge reel by applying a tension of 0.30 N in a longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape is 250 N or less.
US11670333B2
The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support and a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder, in which the ferromagnetic powder is ε-iron oxide powder, and a coefficient of variation of particle size of the ε-iron oxide powder in a longitudinal direction of the magnetic layer is 0.50% or more and 5.00% or less.
US11670332B2
The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support; a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on one surface side of the non-magnetic support; and a back coating layer including non-magnetic powder and a binding agent on the other surface side of the non-magnetic support, in which an isoelectric point of a surface zeta potential of the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 3.8, and an isoelectric point of a surface zeta potential of the back coating layer is equal to or smaller than 3.0, a magnetic tape cartridge, and a magnetic tape apparatus including this magnetic tape.
US11670331B2
According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a rotatable disk-shaped recording medium, a magnetic head including a write head having a main magnetic pole that applies a recording magnetic field to the recording medium, an assist element that assists magnetic recording by the main magnetic pole, and a plurality of thermal actuators that control a head gradient with respect to the recording medium, and a controller which includes a detection unit configured to detect deterioration of the magnetic head, and changes a head gradient of the magnetic head by the thermal actuator according to the detected deterioration.
US11670322B2
A method and system are provided for extracting features from digital audio signals which exhibit variations in pitch, timbre, decay, reverberation, and other psychoacoustic attributes and learning, from the extracted features, an artificial neural network model for generating contextual latent-space representations of digital audio signals. A method and system are also provided for learning an artificial neural network model for generating consistent latent-space representations of digital audio signals in which the generated latent-space representations are comparable for the purposes of determining psychoacoustic similarity between digital audio signals. A method and system are also provided for extracting features from digital audio signals and learning, from the extracted features, an artificial neural network model for generating latent-space representations of digital audio signals which take care of selecting salient attributes of the signals that represent psychoacoustic differences between the signals.
US11670320B2
Different embodiments of methods and apparatus to produce audio output signals are disclosed. In one embodiment, an ultrasonic speaker outputting ultrasonic signals can be transformed into first audio output signals, which are directional. A non-ultrasonic speaker can output second audio output signals. The embodiment can be configured to output the first audio output signals or the second audio output signals in a vehicle. Another embodiment can be configured to output the first and the second audio output signals together. Yet another embodiment can be configured to be personalized to hearing characteristics of a user, or to depend on sound level of an environment of the user. One embodiment can include a directional speaker attached to a vehicle, with its output steerable towards a user in the vehicle.
US11670318B2
An apparatus and method for auto echo cancellation utilizing an occluded voice sensor. The technology as disclosed and claimed herein and the various implementations and embodiments improves Acoustic Echo Cancellation (AEC) system performance by increasing cancellation quality and speech SNR by the replacement of the lower frequency portion of the microphone signal with the signal of an Occluded Voice Sensor (OVS) signal and never including the spectral band in the transmission. This frequency band replacement excludes the reinjection of that band from the speaker.
US11670308B2
A method for generating a comfort noise (CN) parameter is provided. The method includes receiving an audio input; detecting, with a Voice Activity Detector (VAD), a current inactive segment in the audio input; as a result of detecting, with the VAD, the current inactive segment in the audio input, calculating a CN parameter CNused; and providing the CN parameter CNused to a decoder. The CN parameter CNused is calculated based at least in part on the current inactive segment and a previous inactive segment.
US11670293B2
Techniques described herein are directed to arbitrating between multiple potentially-responsive, automated-assistant capable electronic devices to determine which should respond to the user's utterance, and/or which should defer to other electronic device(s). In various implementations, a spoken utterance of a user may be detected at a microphone of a first electronic device, a spoken utterance provided by a user. Sound(s) emitted by additional electronic device(s) may also be detected at the microphone. Each of the sound(s) may encode a timestamp corresponding to detection of the spoken utterance at a respective electronic device. Timestamp(s) may be extracted from the sound(s) and compared to a local timestamp corresponding to detection of the spoken utterance at the first electronic device. Based on the comparison, the first electronic device may either invoke an automated assistant locally or defer to one of the additional electronic devices.
US11670292B2
An electronic device comprising circuitry configured to perform a transcript based voice enhancement based on a transcript to obtain an enhanced audio signal.
US11670289B2
Systems and processes are disclosed for handling a multi-part voice command for a virtual assistant. Speech input can be received from a user that includes multiple actionable commands within a single utterance. A text string can be generated from the speech input using a speech transcription process. The text string can be parsed into multiple candidate substrings based on domain keywords, imperative verbs, predetermined substring lengths, or the like. For each candidate substring, a probability can be determined indicating whether the candidate substring corresponds to an actionable command. Such probabilities can be determined based on semantic coherence, similarity to user request templates, querying services to determine manageability, or the like. If the probabilities exceed a threshold, the user intent of each substring can be determined, processes associated with the user intents can be executed, and an acknowledgment can be provided to the user.
US11670288B1
In various embodiments, a natural language (NL) application receives a partial NL request associated with a first context, and determining that the partial NL request corresponds to at least a portion of a first next NL request prediction included in one or more next NL request predictions generated based on a first natural language (NL) request, the first context associated with the first NL request, and a first sequence prediction model, where the first sequence prediction model is generated via a machine learning algorithm applied to a first data dependency model and a first request prediction model. In response to determining that the partial NL request corresponds to at least the portion of the first next NL request prediction, the NL application generates a complete NL request based on the first NL request and the partial NL request, and causes the complete NL request to be applied to a data storage system.
US11670287B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for speaker diarization are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving audio data corresponding to an utterance. The actions further include determining that the audio data includes an utterance of a predefined hotword spoken by a first speaker. The actions further include identifying a first portion of the audio data that includes speech from the first speaker. The actions further include identifying a second portion of the audio data that includes speech from a second, different speaker. The actions further include transmitting the first portion of the audio data that includes speech from the first speaker and suppressing transmission of the second portion of the audio data that includes speech from the second, different speaker.
US11670285B1
Techniques for an interactive turn-based reading experience are described. A system may take turns reading content, such as a book, with a user. The system may process audio data representing a user reading a portion of the content, determine reading evaluation data, and determine how to proceed for the next turn based on the reading evaluation data. For example, based on the reading evaluation data, the system may read a portion of the content by outputting synthesized speech representing the content, may ask the user re-read a portion of the content, or may ask the user to read a different, smaller portion of the content.
US11670282B2
A method, computer program product, and computing system for obtaining calibration information for a three-dimensional space incorporating an ACI system; and processing the calibration information to calibrate the ACI system.
US11670279B2
A method for reducing noise includes: obtaining a priori signal-to-noise ratio of air-bone integration, the priori signal-to-noise ratio of air-bone integration being obtained by integrating air conduction parameters of the current frame, bone conduction parameters of the current frame and air conduction noise parameters of the current frame; calculating a noise reduction gain according to the priori signal-to-noise ratio of air-bone integration; and performing noise reduction operation according to the noise reduction gain and the air conduction parameters of the current frame.
US11670277B1
In at least one embodiment, a system for providing a frequency dependent dynamic leakage for noise cancellation is provided. The system includes a noise cancellation controller and a current limiter. The noise cancellation controller is programmed to perform noise cancellation in a vehicle based on a limited input signal. The current limiter is programmed to receive a reference signal from one of an accelerometer or a loudspeaker and to convert the reference signal from a time domain and into a frequency domain to limit the reference signal. The current limiter is further programmed to generate the limited input signal in response to limiting the reference signal.
US11670275B2
Disclosed embodiments may relate to systems and methods for monitoring and/or mapping noise data from a plurality of noise monitoring devices. In some embodiments, the plurality of noise monitoring devices may include hearing protection devices configured to detect noise, and typically may communicate such noise data (which may also include location) so that the noise data can be pooled. The pooled noise data from the plurality of noise monitoring devices may then be used to the benefit of one or more of such noise monitoring devices.
US11670269B2
An electronic portable keyboard instrument includes: a lower casing that includes a plurality of supporting members that support the fulcrums of a plurality of hammers, and a plurality of reinforcing members arranged in the first direction, each reinforcing member having a shape of rib that is erected upward from the lower casing and that is running in a length direction of the keys, wherein each of the plurality of supporting members sandwiches, from sides in the first direction, the corresponding hammer at the fulcrum so as to restrict movement of the hammer in the first direction, and wherein each of the reinforcing members is disposed in a gap between adjacent hammers, and a portion of the reinforcing members that corresponds to the weights of the adjacent hammers in position is lower than any other portions of the reinforcing member to avoid contacting the weights of the adjacent hammers.
US11670266B2
A musical instrument stand is detachably secured to a musical instrument and is movable from a stowed position into a deployed position to support the musical instrument in an upright orientation. The stand includes a low-profile track that is attached to the back of the instrument and an assembly that is configured to removably receive the track to secure the assembly to the musical instrument via the track. The assembly has a base member and a leg member that is pivotally attached to the base member at the tops thereof and is pivotal between the stowed and deployed positions. In the stowed position, the leg member lays against the base member. In the deployed position, the leg member forms together with the base member and instrument an A-frame like support for the instrument. The stand is low profile in relation to the musical instrument and does not interfere with the normal operation of the instrument.
US11670263B2
Sonic improvement for all stringed instruments that employ a fulcrum tremolo bridge system with back of instrument counter tensioning springs. The improvement is provided by securing springs to claw assembly, as well as securing claw assemble to a flat plate of material which is in turn secured to instrument body. The claw and resonator plate can be fabricated as two individual pieces then fastened together or as a combined one piece assemble that is then fastened to instrument body.
US11670259B2
An electronic device includes: a display device, a processor operatively connected to the display device, and a memory operatively connected to the processor. The memory stores one or more instructions that when executed, cause the processor to: determine, as a second screen code value, a code value obtained by reducing a first screen code value corresponding to a luminance value of a screen of the display device by a decrement based on the screen being maintained in a turned on state during a first specific time after a screen-off condition of the display device is satisfied, and change the luminance value of the screen to correspond to the determined second screen code value.
US11670251B2
The resolution of a low-resolution image is made high and a stereoscopic image is displayed. Resolution is made high by super-resolution processing. In this case, the super-resolution processing is performed after edge enhancement processing is performed. Accordingly, a stereoscopic image with high resolution and high quality can be displayed. Alternatively, after image analysis processing is performed, edge enhancement processing and super-resolution processing are concurrently performed. Accordingly, processing time can be shortened.
US11670221B2
A display panel includes a pixel circuit and a light-emitting element. The pixel circuit includes a data write device, a drive device, a compensation device, and a bias adjustment device. The drive device includes a drive transistor. The data write device connected to a source of the drive transistor. The compensation device configured to compensate for a threshold voltage of the drive transistor. The bias adjustment device connected between the source or a drain of the drive transistor and a bias adjustment signal terminal. The working process of the pixel circuit includes bias adjustment stage. In bias adjustment stage, the bias adjustment device is turned on to provide bias adjustment signal to the source or the drain of the transistor. The drive transistor is PMOS, and the bias adjustment signal is high-level signal; or, the drive transistor is NMOS, and the bias adjustment signal is low-level signal.
US11670220B2
A pixel circuit includes a compensating circuit which can adjust an electric potential of a second control node (a gate of a transistor controlling conduction or non-conduction between a first connection node and a second connection node) based on an electric potential of a first control node, and can adjust an electric potential of the second control node based on an electric potential of the second connection node. A method for driving a pixel circuit, a display substrate, and a display device is also provided.
US11670219B2
An electronic device comprises a display and a controller. The controller is configured to provide a first frequency refresh rate to the display. The controller is also configured to generate a control signal configured to control emission of a light emitting diode of a display pixel of the display at a second frequency based on whether the first frequency refresh rate of the display is less than a predetermined threshold value.
US11670218B2
A data driver for providing data voltages to a display panel includes a digital-to-analog converting block, an option storing block, a data swap block and an output buffer block. The digital-to-analog converting block converts line data into the data voltages. The option storing block stores a pixel arrangement option representing a pixel arrangement structure of the display panel. The data swap block is connected to the digital-to-analog converting block and the option storing block, and selectively performs a data swap operation that swaps the data voltages based on the pixel arrangement option and whether the line data are odd line data or even line data. The output buffer block is connected to the data swap block and outputs the data voltages on which the data swap operation is selectively performed to data lines.
US11670210B2
An electronic device may have a display with pixels configured to display an image. The pixels may be overlapped by a cover layer. The display may have peripheral edges with curved cross-sectional profiles. An inactive area in the display may be formed along a peripheral edge of the display or may be surrounded by the pixels. Electrical components such as optical components may be located in the inactive area. An image transport layer may be formed from a coherent fiber bundle or Anderson localization material. The image transport layer may overlap the pixels, may have an opening that overlaps portions of the inactive area, may have an output surface that overlap portions of the inactive area, and/or may convey light associated with optical components in the electronic device.
US11670194B2
The disclosed embodiments provide a method for tamper-evident shipment or storage of goods. An Electrical Shield pattern is embedded in or printed on a substrate with other electrical, optical, and electronic components, communication components, semiconductors, which are attached or printed on a substrate to form a shipment bag used as a shipping container. The shield pattern can be made variable between different bags by using algorithms entered into a printer control system. The shipment bag with its components can then be assigned a unique signature which differentiates each bag. Application of encryption methods serves to guarantee the shipped goods are authentic and that were not tampered with during shipment. Digital signal processing is used to generate pedigree information, which may include items such as shipping location, serial numbers, sensor information, and lot numbers for the goods. The information related to the history of tampering attempts and other sensor status can be placed in encrypted form in an RFID tags or control or monitoring electronics which can be read by a mobile phone application or sent to a remote cloud-based server.
US11670190B1
Various embodiments described herein relate to a server-based virtual training environment monitor, which may configure and customize an exercise and fitness program accessible through augmented and virtual reality applications running on an electronic device of a user, based on a current state and events associated with the user. The current state and events are determined through reactive agents (for example, intelligent agents) and monitoring devices (for example, sensors), which are directly or indirectly associated with the electronic device.
US11670189B2
A cleanup assisting system includes: a space state detector that detects a state in which items are scattered in a space; a space state determiner that determines a scattering degree of the items based on a result of detection by the space state detector; an action state detector that detects an action of a first subject person cleaning up the items; an action state determiner that determines whether the first subject person has an interest in the action of cleaning up the items, based on a result of detection by the action state detector; a processor that determines content of a notification to be provided to a second subject person different from the first subject person, based on results of determination by the space state determiner and the action state determiner; and a notifier that provides a notification including the content determined by the processor to the second subject person.
US11670188B2
A method for online music learning of playing a musical instrument, that may be a string instrument, a woodwind instrument, a brass instrument, a percussion instrument, or vocal (singing) is described. A client device, such as a smartphone or a tablet notifies a person, such as visually by a display or audibly by a sounder, of a sequence of musical symbols that may be part of a musical piece to be played on the musical instrument. The pace or tempo of the notified sequence is adapted according to a stored skill level value of the person and the pace or tempo associated with the musical piece. The client device, monitors, using a microphone(s) in the client device, the errors in the playing of the sequence, and using a predefined accordingly updates the stored skill level value, and accordingly changes the arrangement, pace and/or tempo of the next sequence of musical symbols.
US11670187B2
An information processing device includes a control unit. The control unit acquires actual traveling information about a first vehicle that travels along a first traveling route, and generates control information for reproducing a traveling state of the first vehicle on the first traveling route, based on the acquired traveling information about the first vehicle.
US11670176B2
An apparatus, system and method for managing airspace for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The apparatus, system and method may include a platform comprising at least records of certified administratively acceptable requestors of restricted use of the airspace for UAVs, a plurality of airspace management rules for UAVs, and a broadcaster for providing notifications over at least one telecommunications network; and a plurality of applications, each instantiated by a processor on one of a plurality of corresponded devices by non-transitory computing code, wherein the plurality of corresponded devices comprises at least a plurality of mobile devices. A first of the plurality of applications may be capable of receiving the restricted UAV use request from a requestor within a physical area of the restricted UAV use request, and of forwarding the restricted UAV use request and an identification of the requestor to the platform over the at least one telecommunications network.
US11670174B2
A reserved vehicle control method includes a step of acquiring positional information of a terminal device, a step of acquiring positional information of a reserved vehicle, a step of determining whether a distance between the terminal device and the reserved vehicle is a predetermined value or less, in accordance with the positional information of the terminal device and the positional information of the reserved vehicle, and a step of outputting, to the terminal device, allowing information indicating that an operation on a light-emitting device mounted on the reserved vehicle is allowed, when determining that the distance between the terminal device and the reserved vehicle is the predetermined value or less.
US11670171B1
A system for preventing collisions between users of the system. The system includes a central processing server receiving first path information relating to a first user and second path information relating to a second user. The central processing server determines a projected path of each user. The central processing server compares the projected paths identifies points of intersection, which are locations that put the users at risk of a collision. The central processing server sends navigation directions to avoid the collision to the first user.
US11670170B2
Techniques for parking space light are provided. A parking space light can identify, via one or more instruments of the parking space light, a set of parking spaces in a defined region of a parking structure in which the parking space light is installed, monitor, via the one or more instruments, the set of parking spaces, and determine respective occupied statuses of parking spaces of the set of parking spaces, wherein the respective occupied statuses indicate whether the parking spaces are occupied or unoccupied.
US11670169B2
Systems and methods for distributed cooperative localization in a connected vehicular platform are disclosed herein. At a first sensor-rich vehicle, one embodiment receives, from a second sensor-rich vehicle via direct vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication, an estimated location of the first sensor-rich vehicle and an associated confidence level; estimates a location of the second sensor-rich vehicle based on first sensor data and assigns a confidence level to the estimated location; transmits to the second sensor-rich vehicle via direct V2V communication, the estimated location of the second sensor-rich vehicle and the assigned confidence level; accepts, based on communication between the first and second sensor-rich vehicles and predetermined acceptance criteria, an assignment to perform localization for a legacy vehicle; estimates a location of the legacy vehicle based on second sensor data; and transmits, to the legacy vehicle, the estimated location of the legacy vehicle.
US11670162B2
An automated vehicle control distributed network node, that includes at least two modems for communicating with two neighboring roadside nodes on the same side of the roadway; at least one antenna for communicating with vehicles via a wireless connection; pattern recognition processing operative to detect patterns using image data from a plurality of high speed, high resolution video cameras that include night vision; vehicle prediction processing, operatively coupled to the pattern recognition processing, operative to predict vehicle location, velocity and direction using the pattern recognition processing; and a vehicle controller, operatively coupled to the vehicle prediction processing to receive vehicle prediction data, and to the at least one antenna, operative to send acceleration, deceleration and steering control signals to a plurality of vehicles in response to vehicle prediction data received from the vehicle prediction processing.
US11670161B2
Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for a remote control system that improves one or more of directionality, target specificity, signal specificity, and bandwidth. An example embodiment is a remote control system that includes a radiation source configured to generate an infrared radiation projection based on one or more remote control codes to control a device. The remote control system further includes an optical controller configured to adjust one or more parameters associated with the infrared radiation projection before the infrared radiation projection is emitted to the device.
US11670159B2
A system for monitoring event related data including a sensor data analyzer, an event analyzer and an actuator is disclosed. The sensor data analyzer detects events based on sensor data, the event analyzer couples to the sensor data analyzer and estimates the size of the detected entire events based on event related data of the detected events from the sensor data analyzer, and the actuator couples to the sensor data analyzer and the event analyzer and actuates a predetermined device based on the estimated size of the detected entire events.
US11670151B2
An integrated fire and emergency management system comprised of standard emergency devices wherein each device is equipped with a sensing device configured for detecting and reporting to a server, by way of a transceiver, to a Central Management Software which connects to the Internet and all manner of private networks. The devices include alarm bells, extinguishers, manual alarm stations, battery-backed emergency lights which also comprise infrared, smoke, and motion detectors, sprinklers from a sprinkler system, smoke detectors (6 in 1), a display screen for displaying evacuation instructions, and light strips along the walls to indicate the best exit route. The 6-in-1 smoke detectors send their readings to the server where the Central Management Software has an algorithm that determines the best evacuation route that minimizes exposure to smoke and noxious gases.
US11670142B2
Disclosed is a system for generating alerts communicated to emergency responders and/or contacts indicating a location of an incident. The system comprises a housing, one or more light sources, and a computing processor. A switch is located in the housing and configured to be accessible to a user. When the switch is actuated by a user indicating an incident, the processor provides power to the at least one light source to output light from the housing thereby indicating the location of the system. The system may also control a speaker to output an audible signal and a transmitter to transmit an emergency signal with location information to a device of an emergency responder and/or an emergency contact. The present invention may also be embodied in a software application that is implemented on a mobile device to thereby leverage the components of the mobile device to send alerts.
US11670138B2
The present system incorporates mobile computing devices to play games, such as electronic pull-tabs, in a plurality of venues, each having a local wireless network. Each network communicates with a central system that generates decks of game outcomes and associated awards. All wagers and awards for each game are tracked on the central system, which also provides each game award and associated outcome from a deck stored on the central system.
US11670136B2
A system for simulating a gaming tournament with a quasi-tournament, the system including a central processor connected to one or more electronic game machines, the central processor configured to receive an input corresponding to an outcome of one or more games to determine one or more winners of the quasi-tournament, wherein the one or more human users select, as input, after a game is initiated and value received from the one or more human users, from one of at least two different potentially winning actions at a single stage in at least one of the one or more games played by the one or more human users, and wherein the system is operative to provide a human user winning the quasi-tournament with a payout from one or more prize pots upon winning the quasi-tournament.
US11670130B2
The present disclosure relates generally to gaming devices, systems, and methods. As an example, a gaming device is disclosed to generate game outcomes based on game instructions applying game rules to user inputs; cause gameplay graphics to be rendered by the user interface in accordance with the game outcomes; receive, from a sensor, information that enables the processor to identify a number of players positioned in proximity of the user interface; dynamically modify the game rules based on the identified number of players being greater than one; generate additional game outcomes based on the game instructions applying the modified game rules to user inputs; and cause additional gameplay graphics to be rendered by the user interface in accordance with the additional game outcomes.
US11670124B2
Systems, methods and apparatus to collect sensor data generated in an autonomous vehicle. Sensors of the vehicle generate a sensor data stream that is buffered, in parallel and in a cyclic way, in a first cyclic buffer and a larger second cyclic buffer respectively. An advanced driver assistance system of the vehicle generates an accident signal when detecting or predicting an accident and provides a training signal when detecting a fault in object detection, recognition, identification or classification. The accident signal causes a sensor data stream segment to be copied from the first cyclic buffer into a slot of a non-volatile memory, selected from a plurality of slots in a round robin way. The training signal causes a sensor data stream segment to be copied from the second cyclic buffer into an area of the non-volatile memory outside of the slots reserved for the first cyclic buffer.
US11670123B2
A method for an autonomous vehicle includes: controlling at least one system of the vehicle by a host system; automatically collecting, by a memory device, data generated by the at least one system, where the data is collected by the memory device independently of control by the host system; and storing the data in the memory device.
US11670120B2
A method for autonomous vehicle test data distribution and analysis is described. The method includes uploading driving session data from a computer of a drive site to a network attached storage of the drive site. The method also includes uploading the driving session data from the network attached storage of the drive site to a cloud-based storage location. The method further includes distributing the driving session data from the cloud-based storage location and a work unit to at least one research site separate from the drive site. The method also includes processing, by the at least one research site, the driving session data according to an analysis/processing task associated with the work unit.
US11670093B2
A vehicle external environment recognition apparatus includes a light source extraction processor, a light source pair identification processor, a degree of reliability derivation processor, a light source pair re-identification processor, and a vehicle identification processor. The light source pair identification processor identifies a first pair of light sources based on positional relation of extracted light sources. The degree of reliability derivation processor derives a degree of vehicle reliability of the first pair of light sources. The degree of vehicle reliability indicates how reliably the first pair of light sources is regarded as belonging to the identical vehicle. When the degree of vehicle reliability of the first pair of light sources is lower than a re-identification threshold, the light source pair re-identification processor identifies a second pair of light sources in the vicinity of the first pair of light sources having the degree of vehicle reliability lower than the re-identification threshold.
US11670089B2
Systems, methods, and computer readable media for performing task assignment, completion, and management within a crowdsourced surveillance platform. A remote server may identify targets for image capture and may assign capture tasks to users based on travel plans of the user. Users may be assigned task to capture image of target locations lying along a travel path. The remote server may aggregate data related to the captured images and use it to update a map and log changes to the target location over time.
US11670088B2
A plurality of temporally successive vehicle sensor images are received as input to a variational autoencoder neural network that outputs an averaged semantic birds-eye view image that includes respective pixels determined by averaging semantic class values of corresponding pixels in respective images in the plurality of temporally successive vehicle sensor images. From a plurality of topological nodes that each specify respective real-world locations, a topological node closest to the vehicle, and a three degree-of-freedom pose for the vehicle relative to the topological node closest to the vehicle, is determined based on the averaged semantic birds-eye view image. A real-world three degree-of-freedom pose for the vehicle is determined by combining the three degree-of-freedom pose for the vehicle relative to the topological node and the real-world location of the topological node closest to the vehicle.
US11670085B2
A method for personalized playback of a video as performed by a video platform includes parsing a video into segments based on visual and audio content of the video. The platform creates multimodal fragments that represent underlying segments of the video, and then orders the multimodal fragments based on a preference of a target user. The platform thus enables nonlinear playback of the segmented video in accordance with the multimodal fragments.
US11670079B1
Systems and methods for analyzing image data to assess property damage are disclosed. According to certain aspects, a server may analyze segmented digital image data of a roof of a property using a convolutional neural network (CNN). The server may extract a set of features from a set of regions output by the CNN. Additionally, the server may analyze the set of features using an additional image model to generate a set of outputs indicative of a confidence level that actual hail damage is depicted in the set of regions.
US11670073B2
A method and system is provided for detection of carbonate core features from core images. An input carbonate core image is separated into a plurality of first blocks, each of the plurality of first blocks having a first block size. An image of each of the separated plurality of first blocks is input into an artificial intelligence (AI) model. The AI model being trained to predict for each first block, one of a plurality of carbonate core features and a corresponding confidence value indicating a confidence of the predicted carbonate core feature being imaged in the first block. Any bounding boxes of a first set of bounding boxes are detected in the input core image based on the predicted one of the plurality of carbonate core features and the corresponding confidence values for each first block.
US11670068B2
An image processing apparatus and an image processing method for estimating a region of interest based on information of interest learned by a data recognition model satisfying a certain condition from among a plurality of data recognition models and for setting a focus are provided. The image processing apparatus includes estimating a region of interest by using a rule-based algorithm or an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm. When estimating a region of interest by using an AI algorithm, the image processing apparatus may estimate a region of interest by using a machine learning algorithm, a neural network algorithm, or a deep learning algorithm.
US11670060B1
Methods, systems, and storage media for auto-generating an artificial reality environment based on access to personal user content are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: receive consent from a user to access user content on a user device, the user content comprising digital media; generate a user profile based at least in part on the user content; determine user preferences based at least in part on the user profile; generate an artificial reality environment based at least in part on the user preferences; and share the artificial reality environment with contacts of the user.
US11670051B1
Described are systems and methods that enable users to virtually experience an environment at a destination location from their own user device, control their experience and even interact with others that are physically located within the environment. Likewise, the user's experience may even be improved with the inclusion of enhancements that are presented to the user as the user experiences the environment. Users may interact with the enhancements to obtain additional enhancements, interact with others physically located within the environment, interact with and direct a guide that is physically located within the environment, and receive near real-time video and audio that is transmitted from a guide device located within the environment.
US11670050B1
Various implementations of the present application set forth a method comprising receiving, by a remote device from a host device, geometry data representing a physical space that is remote to a location of the remote device, where the geometry data comprises a set of vertices, a set of faces comprising edges between pairs of vertices, and texture data, constructing, based on the geometry data, an adaptable three-dimensional (3D) representation of the physical space for display at the location of the remote device, receiving, by the remote device, an input representing an interaction with at least one portion of the adaptable 3D representation, and transmitting, to the host device, data corresponding to the interaction.
US11670043B2
A virtual viewpoint foreground image generating unit generates a virtual viewpoint foreground image, which is an image of a foreground object seen from a virtual viewpoint without a shadow, based on received multi-viewpoint images and a received virtual viewpoint parameter. A virtual viewpoint background image generating unit generates a virtual viewpoint background image, which is an image of a background object seen from the virtual viewpoint, based on the received multi-viewpoint images and virtual viewpoint parameter. A shadow mask image generating unit generates shadow mask images from the received multi-viewpoint images. A shadow-added virtual viewpoint background image generating unit renders a shadow in the virtual viewpoint background image based on the received virtual viewpoint background image, shadow mask images, and virtual viewpoint parameter. A combined image generating unit generates a virtual viewpoint image by combining the virtual viewpoint foreground image with the shadow-added virtual viewpoint background image.
US11670037B2
Apparatus and method for efficient BVH construction. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a memory to store graphics data for a scene including a plurality of primitives in a scene at a first precision; a geometry quantizer to read vertices of the primitives at the first precision and to adaptively quantize the vertices of the primitives to a second precision associated with a first local coordinate grid of a first BVH node positioned within a global coordinate grid, the second precision lower than the first precision; a BVH builder to determine coordinates of child nodes of the first BVH node by performing non-spatial-split binning or spatial-split binning for the first BVH node using primitives associated with the first BVH node, the BVH builder to determine final coordinates for the child nodes based, at least in part, on an evaluation of surface areas of different bounding boxes generated for each of the child node.
US11670032B2
Systems and methods for reducing the dimensionality of a blendshape deformation matrix. A plurality of blendshapes can be stored in an input deformation matrix. Principal components of the input deformation matrix can be determined. One or more principal components of the input deformation matrix can be omitted, leaving one or more remaining principal components. An output deformation matrix can be generated using one or more blendshapes associated with the remaining principal component(s).
US11670031B2
A system including an avatar generation engine (AGE) (607) and a method for automatically generating an avatar with pronounced features are provided. The AGE (607) extracts a primary image of a primary component, for example, a face component, and a secondary image of a secondary component, for example, a hair component, from an input image of a target object. The AGE (607) normalizes and processes the primary image for extracting a feature image corresponding to a feature indicating a distinct characteristic of the target object. The AGE (607) processes the extracted feature image for graphically pronouncing the features. The AGE (607) generates a primary canvas including a predicted tone of the primary component. The AGE (607) generates an avatar with pronounced features by merging a primary graphical image generated by merging the primary canvas with the graphically pronounced features, with a secondary graphical image of the secondary component.
US11670029B2
A method and apparatus for processing character image data are provided. A specific embodiment of the method can include: acquiring a video including character images of a first character as first data, and acquiring a video including character images of a second character as second data, the video including character images of the first character including a plurality of types of movement-state images; replacing a head image extracted from the first data with a head image extracted from the second data; replacing a face extracted from the first data with a face extracted from the second data; and replacing the face in the replaced head image with the replaced face to obtain a target head image.
US11670025B2
A content display system can control which content and how the content is displayed based on viewing parameters, such as a map zoom level, and physical distance parameters, e.g., a geo-fence distance and an icon visibility distance. Different combinations of input (e.g., zoom level and physical distances) yield a myriad of pre-set content displays on the client device, thereby allowing a creator of an icon to finely tune how content displayed otherwise accessed.
US11670023B2
This disclosure involves executing artificial intelligence models that infer image editing operations from natural language requests spoken by a user. Further, this disclosure performs the inferred image editing operations using inferred parameters for the image editing operations. Systems and methods may be provided that infer one or more image editing operations from a natural language request associated with a source image, locate areas of the source that are relevant to the one or more image editing operations to generate image masks, and performing the one or more image editing operations to generate a modified source image.
US11670022B2
Disclosed is a method for displaying a panoramic image by an electronic device. According to an example embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for generating a panoramic image may comprise sensing a direction that a first side surface of the electronic device faces through a sensor included in the electronic device, displaying a first partial image of the panoramic image corresponding to the sensed direction of the first side surface, determining a direction corresponding to the reference view information with respect to the first partial image if information regarding the first partial image differs from reference view information indicating a reference view for the panoramic image, and providing information about the determined direction.
US11670021B1
Systems and methods are provided for an enhanced graphical user interface (GUI) for presenting events. In particular, a graphical user interface includes, a visualization of unique values. Such a visualization includes a first set of rows for each unique value, wherein each row is divided into regions each representing a timeslot within the time range. Each region in a particular row of the first set of rows graphically illustrates a count of events from the plurality of events that both have an associated timestamp that is within a respective timeslot represented by the region and include a particular unique value associated with the particular row. The graphical user interface also includes a table including a second set of rows that each correspond to the first set of rows. Each row includes a set of statistics determined from events that each include the particular unique value associated with the row.
US11670015B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for generating a video. The method may include: acquiring a cartoon face image sequence of a target cartoon character from a received cartoon-style video, and generating a cartoon face contour figure sequence based on the cartoon face image sequence; generating a face image sequence for a real face based on the cartoon face contour figure sequence and a received initial face image of the real face, a face expression in the face image sequence matching a face expression in the cartoon face image sequence; generating a cartoon-style face image sequence for the real face according to the face image sequence; and replacing a face image of the target cartoon character in the cartoon-style video with a cartoon-style face image in a cartoon-style face image sequence, to generate a cartoon-style video corresponding to the real face.
US11670012B2
Disclosed are methods for encoding information in a graphic image. The information may be encoded so as to have a visual appearance that adopts a particular style, so that the encoded information is visually pleasing in the environment in which it is displayed. An encoder and decoder are trained during an integrated training process, where the encoder is tuned to minimize a loss when its encoded images are decoded. Similarly, the decoder is also trained to minimize loss when decoding the encoded images. Both the encoder and decoder may utilize a convolutional neural network in some aspects to analyze data and/or images. Once data is encoded, a style from a sample image is transferred to the encoded data. When decoding, the decoder may largely ignore the style aspects of the encoded data and decode based on a content portion of the data.
US11670007B2
A device and a method for detecting cigarette fly ash by a gray-scale difference based on machine vision (MV) are provided. A manipulator holds a cigarette as a detection sample to simulate a human smoking action, and multiple groups of cameras track a simulated smoking process of the detection sample synchronously in real time. It is determined whether fly ash appears based on a gray-scale difference of burning ash columns, produced without being subjected to flicking, in acquired images. A fly ash area of the burning ash columns of the cigarette is calculated by an area with the gray-scale difference of the burning ash columns of the cigarette in two sequential images of the burning ash columns of the cigarette, and a fly ash amount is further determined. The detection of the amount of fine fly ash is converted into the detection of the gray-scale difference.
US11670006B2
Systems and methods for determining a dominant color in a digital image are provided and include dividing pixels of the digital image into pixel groups, with pixels in a first pixel group being closer to a center of the digital image than pixels in a second pixel group. Pixels in the first and second pixel groups having a chroma value greater than a predetermined chroma value threshold and a lightness greater than a low brightness threshold and less than a high brightness threshold are analyzed using a first sample rate for the first pixel group and a second sample rate for the second group. The first sample rate is greater than the second sample rate. A dominant color for the digital image is determined based on the analyzed pixels in the first and second pixel groups.
US11669996B2
A crop generation system determines multiple types of saliency data and multiple crop candidates for an image. Multiple region of interest (“ROI”) ensembles are generated, indicating locations of the salient content of the image. For each crop candidate, the crop generation system calculates an evaluation score. A set of crop candidates is selected based on the evaluation scores.
US11669986B2
Enhanced methods and systems for generating both a geometry model and an optical-reflectance model (an object reconstruction model) for a physical object, based on a sparse set of images of the object under a sparse set of viewpoints. The geometry model is a mesh model that includes a set of vertices representing the object's surface. The reflectance model is SVBRDF that is parameterized via multiple channels (e.g., diffuse albedo, surface-roughness, specular albedo, and surface-normals). For each vertex of the geometry model, the reflectance model includes a value for each of the multiple channels. The object reconstruction model is employed to render graphical representations of a virtualized object (a VO based on the physical object) within a computation-based (e.g., a virtual or immersive) environment. Via the reconstruction model, the VO may be rendered from arbitrary viewpoints and under arbitrary lighting conditions.
US11669984B2
A method, computer system, and a computer-readable medium for registering one or more structures to a desired orientation for planning and guidance for surgery is provided. The method includes in a preoperative stage, obtaining one or more 3D models of one or more structures from one or more CT images using an image processing segmentation technique or a manual segmentation technique; in the preoperative stage, registering the one or more structures to a template that is adapted to an alternating registration for a patient-specific shape and pose for a desired reduction and corresponding reduction transformations; in an intraoperative stage, mapping the one or more structures to one or more radiographs via a 3D-2D registration that iteratively optimizes a similarity metric between acquired and simulated radiographs; and in the intraoperative stage, providing an output that is representative of a radiograph or a 3D tomographic representation to provide guidance to a user.
US11669983B2
A system identifies strong features in conjugate digital images and correlates the conjugate digital images for an identification of candidate tie points using only portions of the conjugate digital images that include the strong features.
US11669981B2
A sensor may be configured to determine how many people that have entered or exited a space. The sensor may comprise a pyroelectric infrared (PIR) detection circuit capable of generating different output signal patterns in response to a person entering or exiting the space. The sensor may determine whether the person has entered or exited the space based on the output signal pattern. The sensor may include a thermopile array, a radar detection circuit, or a visible light sensing circuit. The thermopile array, radar detection circuit, or visible light sensing circuit may be capable of detecting a person's location and/or movements within an area monitored by the sensor and determining, based on the detected movements, whether the person has entered or left the space. An occupant count of the space may then be determined accordingly by the sensor or by a system controller.
US11669979B2
A camera system comprises an image capturing device, object detection module, object tracking module, and match classifier. The object detection module receives image data and detects objects appearing in one or more of the images. The object tracking module temporally associates instances of detected objects, each of which has a signature representing features of the detected object. The match classifier matches object instances by analyzing data derived from the signatures. The match classifier determines whether the signatures match.
US11669971B2
An imaging system and method for microbial growth detection, counting or identification. One colony may be contrasted in an image that is not optimal for another type of colony. The system and method provides contrast from all available material through space (spatial differences), time (differences appearing over time for a given capture condition) and color space transformation using image input information over time to assess whether microbial growth has occurred for a given sample.
US11669965B2
A label generating system operates to generate an artificial intelligence model by: training on a training data set that includes the plurality of medical scans with the corresponding global labels; generating testing global probability data by performing an inference function that utilizes the artificial intelligence model on the plurality of medical scans with the corresponding global labels, wherein the testing global probability data indicates a testing set of global probability values corresponding to the set of abnormality classes, and wherein each of the testing set of global probability values indicates a probability that a corresponding one of the set of abnormality classes is present in each of the plurality of medical scans with the corresponding global labels; comparing the testing set of global probability values to a corresponding confidence threshold for each of the plurality of medical scans selected based on the corresponding one of the global labels; generating an updated training data set by correcting ones of the plurality of medical scans having a corresponding one of the testing set of global probability values that compares unfavorably to the corresponding confidence threshold; and retraining the artificial intelligence model based on the updated training set.
US11669940B2
An apparatus for baseline estimation in input signal data is configured to retrieve input signal data (I(xi)) and to subtract baseline estimation data (ƒ(xi)) from the input signal data (I(xi)) to compute output signal data. The apparatus is further configured to compute the baseline estimation data (ƒ(xi)) from a convolution using a discrete Green's function (G(xi)).
US11669932B2
A mechanism is described for facilitating sharing of data and compression expansion of models at autonomous machines. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes detecting a first processor processing information relating to a neural network at a first computing device, where the first processor comprises a first graphics processor and the first computing device comprises a first autonomous machine. The method further includes facilitating the first processor to store one or more portions of the information in a library at a database, where the one or more portions are accessible to a second processor of a computing device.
US11669931B2
The present disclosure a method of providing identification code insertion service for tracking a duplicated image, which is performed by a server, including: (a) receiving an image from a user terminal; (b) converting the received image to black and white, and selecting a plurality of insertion regions in the converted image; (c) transforming an image of at least one of a plurality of insertion regions selected at random; and (d) mapping an identification code and image information included in the transformed image of the insertion region, storing the identification code and the image information in a database, and providing the image in which the identification code is inserted to the user terminal.
US11669927B2
Unique codes for marking packages for liquid food are generated with a header portion (40) containing non-encrypted code-definition data ([E], [G]) that represents the code structure and/or the code generation methodology, and a payload portion (41) containing encrypted payload data ([EP]). The encryption ensures that the code is sufficiently scrambled to make guessing and fraudulent code generation difficult. The payload data, before encryption, may be defined to be unique in each code, thereby also rendering the code unique. The payload data, before encryption, may also be structured so as to enable efficient search for the code in a database. When read from a package, the code may be processed by extracting the code-definition data ([E], [G]), identifying the payload portion (41), extracting the encrypted payload data ([EP]), re-creating the payload data by decryption, and searching the database for the code based on the payload data or one or more subsets thereof.
US11669901B2
A communication network may include a first computer and a second computer configured for communication with each other. The second computer may include a project manager module configured to receive computing projects from the first computer and manage the execution of work tasks for the computing projects. The project manager may throttle performance if needed to prevent negative impact on the performance of other applications also being executed on the second computer, such as a video game. Rewards for performing the work tasks may be automatically converted from a first cryptocurrency to a second currency such as a video game currency.
US11669896B2
In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for provisioning an electronic device with an account are described. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for providing usage information of an account are described. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for providing visual feedback on a representation of an account are described. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for managing the tracking of a category are described. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for managing a transfer of items are described. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for managing an authentication credential connected with an account are described. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for activating a physical account object are described. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for managing balance transfers are described.
US11669889B2
A system and method are provided for generating and seamlessly integrating a mobile application into an e-commerce site. The method includes installing an API module on the e-commerce site, generating a mobile application in accordance with a set of methods, publishing the mobile application in an application store (such as Apple Store, for example) and dynamically updating the mobile application with changes of parameters of the e-commerce site.
US11669885B2
Systems and methods are provided for identifying a first user account based on an indication of purchase of a first item; identifying a second user account associated with the first user account; determining a shared characteristic between the first item of the first user account and a second item in an online container associated with the second user account; determining a user interest of the second item based on user attribute data associated with the second user account and the shared characteristic; removing the second item from the online container based on the determining of the user interest; and causing display of a notification on a user interface of a device associated with the second user account, the notification including an indication of the second item being removed from the online container based on the indication of purchase of the first item.
US11669879B2
This invention relates to a computer-implemented method, a computer program product and a system for generating an article of manufacture. More specifically, the method, computer program product and the system are configured for providing a highly individualised article of manufacture suitable for presentation as a gift or memento. The method comprises the steps of receiving user input data including one or more of the date, time and location of a special event and thereafter accessing an astronomical catalogue and retrieving from the astronomical catalogue astrometric and photometric data of a plurality of celestial bodies for the date, time and location before rendering a plot of the celestial bodies along with other pertinent information on the article of manufacture.
US11669877B1
Techniques to help reduce latency and improve computer performance including managing latency between client computers over a network with server computers including determining configurable time period, communicating quote data to client computers, determining most recent quote data from a cache and determining whether to execute quote data based on quote version data and time data associated with the quote data and based on the configurable time period.
US11669876B2
A method of setting a listing price for an item is disclosed. One or attributes of the item are determined based on data entered into fields of a listing user interface. One or more additional items are identified based on a comparison of one or more attributes of the one or more additional items with the one or more attributes of the item. Sales information associated with the one or more additional items is determined. A range of suggested prices and at least some of the sales information is incorporated into a selection user interface region of the listing user interface. Based on a selection of a suggested price from the range of suggested prices, a preview of the listing as it would appear in a search results page with the one or more additional items is presented in the listing user interface.
US11669865B2
Positional communication systems and methods include receiving a definition of a first geographic area including a first commercial location by a computer system and storing the first geographic area in a memory. The location of a mobile device in the possession of a customer is determined, and if the mobile device is determined to be at a location within the first geographic area, an incentive message for the customer to leave the location and go to a second commercial location is sent to the mobile device.
US11669860B2
Methods, systems, and media for automated compliance determination of content items are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving, at a server from a user device associated with a user, a request to provide a branded content item on a media content platform; in response to receiving the request, generating a transcript of a speech portion of the branded content item; generating a plurality of candidate word sequences based on the transcript; selecting a candidate word sequence from the plurality of candidate word sequences based on a similarity that is determined by comparing each of the plurality of candidate word sequences with each of a plurality of target word sequences; in response to selecting the candidate word sequence, applying a model to the selected candidate word sequence to determine whether the selected candidate word sequence contains a first disclosure statement in accordance with one or more disclosure requirements and applying the model to a content description associated with the branded content item to determine whether the content description contains a second disclosure statement in accordance with the one or more disclosure requirements; and associating the branded content item with a compliance indicator that indicates the branded content item is compliant with the one or more disclosure requirements in response to the model indicating that the selected candidate word sequence contains the first disclosure statement and in response to the model indicating that the content description contains the second disclosure statement.
US11669852B2
In a wallet server including a processor having hardware, the processor acquires image information that includes a captured image of food provided to a user transmitted from a store terminal of a store providing the food, and user information related to the user provided with the food, and associates the acquired image information with the user information and transmits a display instruction to instruct display of the image information and a screen for accepting input of evaluation for the food to a user terminal of the user determined based on the user information.
US11669848B1
Presenting a content item and a question from an inquirer to a group of users in a first feedback session with a requirement for the users to provide predictions of how a member of a distinct target group will respond to the content item in the future, receiving, during the first feedback session, the first group's prediction of the target group's future responses, presenting, during a second feedback session, the same content item and the same question to the target group with a requirement for the target group to provide responses directed to their own responses, constructing a predictive model of the target group based on responses received from the target group during the second feedback session, measuring accuracy of the first group's prediction using the target group predictive model, and providing inquirer access to the predictive model of the target group and the most accurate prediction.
US11669846B2
A method for web browser-based distribution of targeted advertising messages is provided. An advertising party registers with a distributor of targeted advertising messages. An advertising campaign for goods targeting user demographic categories chosen by the advertising party is created, with advertising messages being customized for each category and the advertising messages being stored on a web server of the distributor. The advertising party pays the distributor for the advertising campaign. A user registers with the distributor for receiving advertising messages through a web browser and the user providing user demographic data and value account information at registration. The web browser home page of the user is configured with a user-specific URL corresponding to a set of targeted advertising messages according to the user demographic data. The user opens the browser and views the home page containing a target advertising message of the set of targeted advertising messages according to the user demographic category and the distributor credits the user value account upon the user viewing the advertising message.
US11669840B2
Disclosed herein is a system and a computer implemented method for managing associations between a plurality of entities in a safe, reliable, effective and efficient manner. The system leverages biometric authentication and identity verification to ensure authentic entity profiles and weed out fake profiles and transactions. Further, the system employs one or more artificial intelligence based algorithms to generate an integrity score for a registered entity based on veracity of information shared by an entity with other entities and with the platform, thereby eliminating fake claims made by registered entities to solicit proposals and connection requests.
US11669837B2
Systems, methods and apparatus are disclosed for remote management of payment terminals. Public keys, or other security elements can be received from a certification authority and distributed to the payment terminals. A merchant, or other entity affiliated with the payment terminals, can monitor the status of the software and security elements of the payment terminals.
US11669824B2
Methods and systems are provided for facilitating shared mobile payments. According to an embodiment, a user can initiate a purchase using a mobile device. The mobile device can display a total price for the purchase. The first user can cooperate with one or more second users to share the cost of the purchase. The cooperation can be facilitated via the first and second users' mobile devices.
US11669809B1
Intelligent vehicle repair estimating techniques include an image processing component that extracts image attributes from one or more images of a damaged vehicle, and utilizes the attributes to predict an initial set of parts that are globally-identified. Based on a jurisdiction associated with the damaged vehicle, the initial set of parts is transformed into a set of jurisdictionally-based repairs (e.g., parts, labor operations, time intervals, costs, etc.), which may be included in a draft vehicle repair estimate. An estimate refinement component iteratively modifies/refines the draft estimate using a machine-only loop nested within a larger human-machine loop, where system-generated modifications are incrementally incorporated into the draft within the smaller loop, and user-generated modifications are incrementally incorporated into the draft within the larger loop. User-facing draft estimates may be of a WYSIWYG format, and draft estimate contents and/or guidance annotations are updated, via the nested loops, in-line upon each individual/unitary user modification.
US11669807B2
Methods and systems for controlling the usage of devices with embedded RFID tags including connecting a device to an energy source and reading data from a memory device incorporated in the device. The data may include a unique identifier (UID), a usage value, an activation value, a reprocessing value, and/or a sterilization indicator. The usage value is incremented when the device is connected to the energy source and the activation value is incremented when the device is activated permitting energy to flow from the energy source to the device. Usage of the device is prevented if the UID is on a list of prohibited UIDs, the usage value is not lower than a usage limitation value, the reprocessing value equals a reprocessing limitation value, the activation value equals an activation limitation value, and/or the sterilization indicator does not indicate that the device has been sterilized since its previous usage.
US11669792B2
A medical scan triaging system is operable to train a computer vision model and to generate abnormality data indicating abnormality probabilities for medical scans via the computer vision model. A first subset of medical scans is determined by identifying medical scans with abnormality probabilities greater than a first probability value of a triage probability threshold. A second subset of medical scans is determined by identifying medical scans with abnormality probabilities less than the first probability value. An updated first subset of medical scans is determined by identifying medical scans with abnormality probabilities greater than a second probability value of an updated triage probability threshold. An updated second subset of the plurality of medical scans is determined by identifying medical scans with a abnormality probabilities less than the second probability value. The updated first subset of medical scans is transmitted to client devices.
US11669790B2
An intensity transform augmentation system is operable to generate a plurality of sets of augmented images by performing a set of intensity transformation functions on each of a training set of medical scans. Each of the set of intensity transformation functions are based on density properties of corresponding anatomy feature present in the training set of medical scans. A computer vision model is generated by performing a training step on the plurality of sets of augmented images, where each augmented image of a set of augmented images is assigned same output label data based on a corresponding one of the training set of medical scans. Inference data is generated by performing an inference function on a new medical scan by utilizing the computer vision model on the new medical scan. The inference data is transmitted to a client device for display via a display device.
US11669789B1
The subject disclosure relates to ways to determine the mass of a vehicle, such as an autonomous vehicle (AV), based on the vehicle pose. In some aspects, a method of the disclosed technology includes steps for measuring a first pose of a vehicle using one or more environmental sensors, measuring a second pose of the vehicle using the one or more environmental sensors, and calculating a mass of the vehicle based on the first pose and the second pose. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
US11669782B2
The present invention provides a method for allocating ticket inventory on a buyer's side. The method includes steps of, loading, the webpage, providing a map, checking compatibility of map, initializing plug-in, and mapping seats. Further, the map is represented with respective tickets with location, quantity and amount on the webpage. Moreover, the ticket list with triggering onInit is generated on the webpage or an existing external tabular ticket list is controlled by the plugin thereby loading the map completely with corresponding ticket inventory matching respective portions on map simultaneously while loading the webpage on the buyer's device thereby enabling the buyer to select desired seating section.
US11669779B2
Systems and methods include receiving a content item between a user device and a location on the Internet or an enterprise network; utilizing a trained machine learning ensemble model to determine whether the content item is malicious; responsive to the trained machine learning ensemble model determining the content item is malicious or determining the content item is benign but such determining is in a blind spot of the trained ensemble model, performing further processing on the content item; and, responsive to the trained machine learning ensemble model determining the content item is benign with such determination not in a blind spot of the trained machine learning ensemble model, allowing the content item. A blind spot is a location where the trained machine learning ensemble model has not seen any examples with a combination of features at the location or has examples with conflicting labels.
US11669776B2
In an embodiment, a method for optimizing computer machine learning includes receiving an optimization goal. The optimization goal is used to search a database of base option candidates (BOC) to identify matching BOCs that at least in part matches the goal. A selection of a selected base option among the matching BOCs is received. Machine learning prediction model(s) are selected based at least in part on the goal to determine prediction values associated with alternative features for the selected base option, where the model(s) were trained using training data to at least identify weight values associated with the alternative features for models. Based on the prediction values, at least a portion of the alternative features is sorted to generate an ordered list. The ordered list is provided for use in manufacturing an alternative version of the selected base option with the alternative feature(s) in the ordered list.
US11669775B2
A target object detection method performed by a computing device includes detecting a first target object on a user screen and obtaining a bot executable file to perform a defined operation for the first target object, labelling object type classification criteria for the first target object by encoding detection criteria information of the first target object included in the bot executable file, extracting a characteristic of process execution information of the first target object included in the bot executable file, and generating an object classification model that outputs data on an object type corresponding to process execution information by performing machine learning using the object type classification criteria and the characteristic.
US11669774B2
A method and system for optimizing a learning model post-deployment. Specifically, the disclosed method and system re-optimize—i.e., re-train and/or re-validate—machine learning and/or artificial intelligence algorithms that have already been deployed into a production environment. During post-deployment, the re-optimization process may transpire following the advent of varying model re-adjustment triggers.
US11669773B2
An electronic device configured to generate a verification vector for verifying a semiconductor circuit including a first circuit block and a second circuit block includes a duplicate command eliminator configured to receive a first input vector including a plurality of commands and to provide a first converted vector, in which ones of the plurality of commands that generate the same state transition are changed into idle commands, based on a state transition of the first circuit block obtained by performing a simulation operation on the first input vector, a reduced vector generator configured to provide a first reduced vector in which a number of repetitions of the idle commands included in the first converted vector is reduced, and a verification vector generator configured to output the first reduced vector having a coverage that coincides with a target coverage among a plurality of first reduced vectors as a first verification vector.
US11669772B2
Systems and methods for 3D printer management can allow or reject printing of an object based on a model that is trained with machine learning. In one example, the model classifies the object according to object type. The object type can be compared against a list, such as a whitelist or blacklist, to determine whether to block the object from printing. The lists can be specific to users, such as based on an organizational group to which the user belongs. A print server can apply the model prior to forwarding the object to a 3D printer for printing. Both the models and the lists can evolve based on machine learning, such as based on which print decisions receive override from administrators.
US11669771B2
A learning system including: a training data acquisition unit that, for each of a plurality of feature amounts obtained by converting time-series data on a predetermined period basis, acquires training data with which an event type in the predetermined period is associated; and a classifier learning unit that performs learning on a plurality of classifiers different from each other by using a feature amount group including one or more feature amounts corresponding to some or all periods out of the plurality of feature amounts included in the training data to perform learning on a classifier, which classifies the event type, for multiple times while changing a combination in the feature amount group, and the event type includes a first event type corresponding to a state where a target event to be classified occurs and a second event type corresponding to a state where the target event does not occur.
US11669765B2
A system that includes: a qubit; a qubit readout resonator arranged adjacent to the qubit to couple to the qubit; and a first filter arranged adjacent to the qubit readout resonator to couple to the qubit readout resonator, the first filter comprising: a common port arranged to receive both a qubit readout resonator input drive signal and a measurement output signal from the qubit readout resonator, wherein the first filter is configured to impede at least one measurement photon emitted from the qubit is disclosed.
US11669764B2
A method for the development of a compilation process for a quantum circuit on a quantum processor, includes an implementation step of the compilation method including an iteration loop successively including: a step of simulation of a given implementation of the logical qubits on the physical qubits of the quantum processor; a step of detecting, in the quantum circuit, ineffective quantum gate(s); a step of estimating the number of quantum swap gates to be inserted into the quantum circuit so that all of the quantum gates of the quantum circuit are effective; and a retroaction step, by way of a simulated annealing, involving a new step of simulation, until attaining, whereupon all the quantum gates are effective: either a minimum threshold of the number of estimated quantum value swap gates between two physical qubits, or a maximum threshold of iterations in the loop.
US11669742B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for multi-model processing on resource-constrained devices. A resource-constrained device can determine, based on a battery-life for a battery of the device, whether to process input through a first model or a second model. The first model can be a gating model that is more energy efficient to execute, and the second model can be a main model that is more accurate than the gating model. Depending on the current battery-life and/or other criteria, the system can process, through the gating model, sensor input that can record activity performed by a user of the resource-constrained device. If the gating model predicts an activity performed by the user that is recorded by the sensor data, the device can process the same or additional input through the main model. Overall power consumption can be reduced with a minimum accuracy maintained over processing input only through the main model.
US11669741B2
Disclosed is a method for meta-knowledge fine-tuning and platform based on domain-invariant features. According to the method, highly transferable common knowledge, i.e., domain-invariant features, in different data sets of the same kind of tasks is learnt, the common domain features in different domains corresponding to different data sets of the same kind of tasks learnt in the network set are fine-tuned to be quickly adapted to any different domains. According to the present application, the parameter initialization ability and generalization ability of the universal language model of the same kind of tasks are improved, and finally a common compression framework of the universal language model of the same kind of downstream tasks is obtained through fine tuning. In the meta-knowledge fine-tuning network, a loss function of the domain-invariant features is designed in the present application, and domain-independent universal knowledge is learn.
US11669740B2
Systems and methods for training a machine-learning model for named-entity recognition. A rule graph is constructed including a plurality of nodes each corresponding to a different labeling rule of a set of labeling rules (including a set of seeding rules of known labeling accuracy and a plurality of candidate rules of unknown labeling accuracy). The nodes are coupled to other nodes based on which rules exhibit the highest sematic similarity. A labeling accuracy metric is estimated for each candidate rule by propagating a labeling confidence metric through the rule graph from the seeding rules to each candidate rule. A subset of labeling rules is then identified by ranking the rules by their labeling confidence metric. The identified subset of labeling rules is applied to unlabeled data to generate a set of weakly labeled named entities and the machine-learning model is trained based on the set of weakly labeled named entities.
US11669738B2
Various embodiments herein each include at least one of systems, methods, software, and data structures for context-aided machine vision. For example, one method embodiment includes identifying a customer in a shopping area and maintaining an item bin in a computing system of data identifying items the customer has picked up for purchase. This method further includes receiving an image of the customer holding an item and performing item identification processing on the image to identify the item the customer is holding. The item identification processing may be performed based in part on a stored shopping history of the customer indicating items the customer is more likely to purchase. The identified item is then added to the item bin of the customer.
US11669737B2
A deep neural network may be trained on the data of one or more entities, also know as Alices. An outside computing entity, also known as a Bob, may assist in these computations, without receiving access to Alices' data. Data privacy may be preserved by employing a “split” neural network. The network may comprise an Alice part and a Bob part. The Alice part may comprise at least three neural layers, and the Bob part may comprise at least two neural layers. When training on data of an Alice, that Alice may input her data into the Alice part, perform forward propagation though the Alice part, and then pass output activations for the final layer of the Alice part to Bob. Bob may then forward propagate through the Bob part. Similarly, backpropagation may proceed backwards through the Bob part, and then through the Alice part of the network.
US11669734B2
A supervised training device and method for training a neural network, and a supervised classification method and device based on the neural network are provided. The training device includes a storage unit and a processor. The processor accesses and executes a sampling module, a labelling module and a training module in the storage unit. The sampling module samples a first image and a second image from a first dataset. The labelling module tags the first image in response to a first control instruction to generate a first tagged image, and generates label data according to the first tagged image and the second image. The training module trains the neural network according to the label data.
US11669731B2
Described is a system for controlling a mobile platform. A neural network that runs on the mobile platform is trained based on a current state of the mobile platform. A Satisfiability Modulo Theories (SMT) solver capable of reasoning over non-linear activation functions is periodically queried to obtain examples of states satisfying specified constraints of the mobile platform. The neural network is then trained on the examples of states. Following training on the examples of states, the neural network selects an action to be performed by the mobile platform in its environment. Finally, the system causes the mobile platform to perform the selected action in its environment.
US11669727B2
Provided are an information processing device and the like that facilitate designing a neural network capable of extracting higher-order features. An information processing device includes: an extraction unit that extracts a plurality of subgraphs from a graph including a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges; a calculation unit that calculates a distance between the plurality of subgraphs extracted; and a design unit that designs a neural network, based on the distance calculated, in that at least a part of the graph is set to an input.
US11669718B2
Methods and apparatus for discrimitive semantic transfer and physics-inspired optimization in deep learning are disclosed. A computation training method for a convolutional neural network (CNN) includes receiving a sequence of training images in the CNN of a first stage to describe objects of a cluttered scene as a semantic segmentation mask. The semantic segmentation mask is received in a semantic segmentation network of a second stage to produce semantic features. Using weights from the first stage as feature extractors and weights from the second stage as classifiers, edges of the cluttered scene are identified using the semantic features.
US11669717B2
A device for completing a social network using an artificial neural network includes: a neural network unit configured to receive a target network having unrevealed missing nodes as input, infer the connections of the missing nodes with a neural network, and output multiple candidate complete networks according to various node sequences; and a selection unit configured to select one of the candidate complete networks outputted by the neural network unit, where the neural network unit outputs the candidate complete networks by using weights of a graph-generating neural network that has learned graph structures of reference networks having attributes similar to those of the target network, and the selection unit uses connection probability vectors obtained from the learned graph-generating neural network to select the candidate complete network probabilistically having a structure closest to that of the target network based on the connection probability vectors.
US11669710B2
Processing raw data stored in an historian device for determining an amount of products passed through a process element in a process control environment is described. A count value is incremented by a counter at a rate at which products pass through the process element. The count value rolls over to zero when the count value reaches a rollover value R. An historian device periodically receives count value data points from the counter. A deadband value D is set in the historian device for distinguishing between rollovers, resets, and reversals. A client device queries the historian device for an amount of products passed through the process element for a timeframe. The historian device selects a set of count value data points from within the queried timeframe. The historian device determines, based on the selected data points and their quality, an amount of products passed through the process element.
US11669709B2
Methods for manufacturing RFID devices are provided with self-limiting heating features. Inducing current flow through the antenna of an RFID device (e.g., by exposing the antenna to a changing magnetic field) will increase heat of the RFID device, thereby curing/sintering elements of the RFID device (which may include curing an adhesive used to couple the antenna to an RFID chip) without applying external heat, which typically heats regions of the RFID device that were not intended to be heated (e.g., the substrate to which the antenna is secured). Inducing current flow through the antenna of an RFID device will reduce the resistance of the antenna, which has a heat-limiting effect that prevents overheating of the RFID device. Inducing current flow may also change the resonant frequency of the antenna, which may provide another heat-limiting effect.
US11669705B2
A printing apparatus includes a print execution section and a controller. The print execution section includes a printing head which has nozzles for discharging ink of specified color, the nozzles being aligned in a first direction; a head driver which drives the printing head to discharge the ink of the specified color thereby forming dots of the specified color on a printing medium; and a conveyor which conveys the printing medium relative to the printing head in any direction of the first direction and a second direction intersecting with the first direction. The controller is configured to: acquire object image data; generate a plurality of pieces of dot data, which represent formation states of the dots of the specified color, for a plurality of pixels by using the object image data; and print a printing image on the printing medium by using the plurality of pieces of dot data.
US11669704B2
Document classification techniques are disclosed that convert text content extracted from documents into graphical images and apply image classification techniques to the images. A graphical image of the text (such as a bar-code) may be generated and applied to improve the performance of document classification, bypassing NLP and utilizing more efficient localized OCR than in conventional approaches.
US11669699B2
Embodiments described herein provide a composed variational natural language generation (CLANG) model that is configured to generate training samples for few-shot intents. Specifically, the CLANG model may build connections between existing training samples of many-shot intents and new training samples of few-shot intents by modeling an intent as a combination of a domain and an action. In this way, the CLANG model transfers knowledge from existing many-shot intents to few-shot intents in natural language generation by learning how to compose utterances with many-shot intents and transferring such knowledge to few-shot intents.
US11669691B2
An information processing apparatus (10) includes: a formal language query accepting unit (12) that accepts a query expression and correct answer data; a semi-structured data accepting unit (14) that accepts semi-structured data that includes text nodes; a node text extraction unit (16) that extracts natural language text from the text node, as node text; a node text expression generation unit (18) that receives the node text from the a converter (100) and obtains node text expressions; an answer calculation unit (20) that calculates an answer to the query expression with use of the node text expressions; and an update unit (22) that, if the answer calculated by the answer calculation unit (20) matches the correct answer data, updates parameters in the converter (100) such that the corresponding node text expression is more likely to be output in the converter (100).
US11669688B1
A system and a corresponding computer-implemented method identifies and classifies community-sourced documents as true documents. The community-sourced documents include one or more data objects such as data items, including text, strings, phrases, and words; image items, including still image items, video image items, and icons; and drawing items. The system and corresponding method then report the analysis results.
US11669681B2
Media, methods, and systems are disclosed for automatically calculating predicted values using deep learning models. One or more input forms having a plurality of input form field values are received. The input form field values are automatically parsed into a set of computer-generated candidate standard field values. The set of candidate standard field values are automatically normalized into a data frame having a set of normalized field values. In response to determining which portions of the data frame to apply to a line calculation neural network, a corresponding line calculation neural network is applied. At least one output form line calculation is performed. A natural language explanation regarding the at least one output form line calculation is generated. Additional user provided inputs are received in response to the natural language explanation, and at least one remaining calculation is carried out based on the one or more additional user provided inputs.
US11669679B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a text sequence generating method and apparatus, a device and a medium. The method includes: obtaining an initial text sequence, extracting an initial text feature from the initial text sequence; obtaining a structured text sequence, and extracting a structured feature from the structured text sequence, where the structured text sequence is associated with a fact in the initial text sequence; and fusing and generating a target text sequence based on the initial text feature and the structured feature.
US11669677B2
An electronic mail (email) system generates an email user interface display for composing an email message. A context-sensitive widget display is surfaced, on the user interface display, in-line with other message content. A widget that generates the widget display interacts with a remote data service to surface data from the remote data service, on the widget display.
US11669675B2
Provided are techniques for comparing similar applications. A feature is identified from a linkage table, wherein the linkage table comprises a link to first information and a link to second information describing the feature, wherein the first information is for a first application and the second information is for a second application. There is redirection from a first web page to a second web page in a Graphical User Interface (GUI) with a first window in the second web page displaying the first information and a second window in the second web page displaying the second information.
US11669667B2
Systems and methods for automatic test pattern generation (ATPG) for parametric faults are described. A model may be constructed to predict a measurement margin for an integrated circuit (IC) design based on a random sample of random variables. A set of failure events may be determined for the IC design using the model, where each failure event may correspond to a set of values of the random variables that is expected to cause a metric for the IC design to violate a threshold.
US11669662B2
An information processing apparatus calculates a value based on the lengths of wires included in inner layers selecting the inner layers other than outermost layers and layers adjacent to the outermost layers from among a plurality of layers included in circuit data. The information processing apparatus generates training data including first layer data corresponding to the patterns of the outermost layers, second layer data corresponding to the patterns of the layers adjacent to the outermost layers, and the value based on the lengths of the wires. The information processing apparatus trains a machine learning model by using the training data.
US11669655B2
In one embodiment, a wizard can automate a setup of a welding simulation by requiring the input of data (e.g. in data entry fields labelled as required) that is used to automatically set up a welding simulation. The wizard can be part of a general purpose mechanical simulation software package, and the wizard can receive inputs from CAD software that specifies the geometrical shapes of bodies of the assembly to be welded and the filling material itself and physical properties of bodies to be welded (e.g. sizes of bodies, number of bodies, physical arrangement and geometries of bodies, melting temperatures, etc.), in addition to the material physical properties and the wizard can provide outputs to the mechanical simulation software package to provide boundary conditions for use in the mechanical simulation software that can use finite element analysis methods in simulations.
US11669654B2
Apparatus and method is provided for simulating behavior of a flexible medium for a plurality of times under different conditions. A component inside the conveyance path is displayed together with a plurality of locations in which abnormal behavior of the flexible medium has occurred based on a result of the simulation.
US11669652B2
Disclosed is a robust topology optimization design method of a damping composite stiffened cylindrical shell box structure, comprising: constructing working load data, and obtaining circumferential target modal frequencies based on the working load data and the stiffened cylindrical shell box; laying constrained layer damping materials on the stiffened cylindrical shell box to construct a damping composite stiffened cylindrical shell box; constructing interval parameters based on the damping composite stiffened cylindrical shell box, and obtaining modal loss factor based on the interval parameters; constructing an objective function based on the modal loss factors, constructing design variables and constraint conditions based on the damping composite stiffened cylindrical shell box, integrating the objective function, design variables and constraint conditions to form an interval robust topology optimization model; updating the design variables based on the interval robust topology optimization model, and obtaining an optimized topology configuration of the damping composite stiffened cylindrical shell box.
US11669634B2
A provided method includes: obtaining a predictor matrix having at least one masked attribute; obtaining a response matrix; setting that the predictor matrix is approximated by a product of a basis matrix and a coefficient matrix; setting that the response matrix is approximated by a product of a weight matrix, a projection matrix and the predictor matrix; setting that the basis matrix, the coefficient matrix, the weight matrix, and the projection matrix are nonnegative; setting that the projection matrix, the weight matrix, or a product of the projection matrix and the predictor matrix is orthogonal, and thus setting a cost function; and calculating the basis matrix, the coefficient matrix, the weight matrix, and the projection matrix according to the cost function. Accordingly, operations of imputation, fitting, and subspace analysis can be performed.
US11669630B1
A data dictionary generation system utilizes a background service that is programmed to automatically populate and update a data dictionary for listings offering shared data. A data dictionary includes metadata describing the shared data overall as well as the individual objects included in the listing, such as the individual tables, schemas, views, and functions. To generate the data dictionary, the data dictionary generation system analyzes the shared data to identify objects, identifies a set of data fields associated with each identified object and populates the set of data fields associated with each identified object based on the shared data offered by the listing. To ensure that a data dictionary for each listing remains up to date, the data dictionary generation system periodically scans the listings to identify any changes to share access granted to the listings.
US11669627B1
A method may include, receiving, at a server device and from a requesting computing device associated with a requesting user, a request for a data item. The data item configured may be configured as a data structure and include an encrypted data payload; metadata identifying a source of the payload and when the data payload was captured; and a token identifying an owner of the data item and access rights to the data item. The method may include parsing he token to identify the owner of the data item; transmitting the request for the data item to a computing device associated with the owner; receiving a response from the computing device. The response may indicate the requesting user may access the data item, and in response, transmit a decryption key to the requesting computing device for the encrypted data payload. The method may include updating the token.
US11669624B2
A method for providing response-hiding searchable encryption includes receiving a search query for a keyword from a user device associated with a user. The keyword appears in one or more encrypted documents within a corpus of encrypted documents stored on an untrusted storage device. The method also includes accessing a document oblivious key-value storage (OKVS) to obtain a list of document identifiers associated with the keyword. Each document identifier in the list of document identifiers associated with a respective keyword identifier is concatenated with the keyword and uniquely identifies a respective one of the one or more encrypted documents that the keyword appears in. The method also includes returning the list of document identifiers obtained from the document OKVS to the user device.
US11669617B2
A simulated process is initiated. The simulated process includes generating, by an emulator, a control signal based on external inputs. The simulated process further includes processing, by a simulator, the control signal to generate simulated response data. The simulated process further includes generating, by a deep learning processor, expected behavioral pattern data based on the simulated response data. An actual process is initiated by initializing setpoints for a process station in a manufacturing system. The actual process includes generating, by the deep learning processor, actual behavioral pattern data based on actual process data from the at least one process station. The deep learning processor compares the expected behavioral pattern to the actual behavioral pattern. Based on the comparing, the deep learning processor determines that anomalous activity is present in the manufacturing system. Based on the anomalous activity being present, the deep learning processor initiates an alert protocol.
US11669613B2
A computer implemented method for analyzing and verifying software for safety and security. A software program comprising a sequence of program statements to be executed is provided. A compact representation of the program is computed, and the subset of program statements that are relevant to a property of the software to be verified is identified. A homomorphism that maps non-relevant program statements to an identity is computed, and the property is verified using the homomorphism.
US11669607B2
A system for remote identification of users. The system uses deep learning techniques for authenticating a user from an identification document and using automated verification of identification documents. Identification documents may be authenticated by validating security features. The system may determine features expected in a valid identification document and determine whether those features are present, employing techniques, such as determining whether direction-sensitive features are present. Liveness of a user indicated by the identification document may be determined with a deep learning model trained for identification of facial spoofing attacks.
US11669600B2
A system and method for controlling usage of shared demo assets includes embedding a digital watermark into a demo asset created by a first entity, the digital watermark including usage conditions defined by the first entity, tracking a use of the demo asset by a second entity by utilizing the digital watermark embedded into the demo asset, and controlling, by the processor, the use of the demo asset by the second entity based on a compliance with the usage conditions defined by the first entity.
US11669598B1
Methods, systems, and devices that support determining whether media data has been altered are described. Captured media data may be segmented into one or more subsets, and cryptographic representations (e.g., hashes) based on the subsets may be written to an immutable ledger, possibly along with metadata and other related data. A block of a blockchain may be created for each entry in the immutable ledger. A set of media data may be validated, if a corresponding immutable ledger exists, based on segmenting the set of media data into one or more subsets in accordance with the segmenting upon capture, creating candidate cryptographic representations (e.g., hashes) based on the subsets, and comparing the candidate cryptographic representations with contents of the corresponding immutable ledger.
US11669596B2
A system for performing digital rights protected content playing includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a memory storing a software code. The hardware processor executes the software code to receive, from a first user, metadata identifying one or more content segment(s), determine whether the first user has a right to access the content segment(s), produce a playlist using the metadata when the first user has the right, and output the playlist to the first user and/or a second user. The hardware processor may further execute the software code to receive the playlist from the second user, determine each content segment identified by the playlist that the second user has a right to access, generate a content compilation that omits any content segment identified by the playlist to which the second user lacks the right, and playout the content compilation to the second user.
US11669595B2
Methods and apparatus for secondary content management, including preventing viewing fraud, are disclosed. In one embodiment, apparatus of the present disclosure includes an Advertisement Decisioning Service (ADS) and Manifest Manipulator (MM) configured cooperate to receive client requests for secondary content, select one or more secondary content elements (e.g., advertisements), and generate and transmit one or more identifiers that uniquely identify the client's request for a session. The selected advertisements in one implementation include embedded beacons or tags used to ensure accurate accounting with regards to the amount or quality of consumption of the advertisement by a user.
US11669591B2
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to infer an object represented in image data to be processed, the object being inferred by using a learning model for inferring the object represented in the image data, and perform image processing on the image data with a correction level of the image processing for correcting the image data being varied on a basis of a probability of correctness in inference of the object.
US11669588B2
Systems and methods that allow examination of response data collected from content providers and provide for classification and routing according to the classification. The process of classification employs an unsupervised, or partially unsupervised, Machine Learning classifier model for identifying data collection responses that contains no data, mangled data, or a block, for assigning a classification correspondingly and for feeding the classification decision back to a data collection platform.
US11669570B2
An aspect of implementing amortized execution of updates for a hash table includes aggregating, within a data structure, updates to be executed for the hash table. The aggregated updates are distributed across a plurality of chunks in the data structure. An aspect also includes sorting, within each of the chunks, the updates according to respective bucket index values associated with the updates, and iteratively executing the sorted updates across each of the chunks in the data structure.
US11669565B2
Disclosed is a method for tracking an object, which is performed by a computing device including at least one processor, including: obtaining a query set including one or more query samples from a first frame included in an image sequence including two or more image frames; obtaining a detection set including one or more detection samples from a second frame included in the image sequence; and determining a label corresponding to each query sample included in the query set, based on the label of each detection sample included in the detection set.
US11669563B2
A media file system, apparatus, computer program product and method are provided for storing a file relationship graph and media data files. An exemplary method includes obtaining a new media file and determining the one or more portions of essence data from which the new media file is derived. The method further including generating a new materials data file for the new media file indicating the determined one or more portions of essence data. Moreover, storing the new materials data file in the media file system, and updating the file relationship graph using the new materials data file.
US11669555B2
A system, that when operated, creates an index for a database arrangement, wherein the system includes a support server and an indexing server communicably coupled to the database arrangement, wherein the support server: receives a document, metadata pertaining to the document, and a document identifier associated with the document; extracts keywords from the document and store the keywords in a meta-document; stores the document identifier corresponding to the metadata in the database arrangement; and provides, to the indexing server, the meta-document and the document identifier; and wherein the indexing server: receives the meta-document and the document identifier from the support server; extracts keywords from the meta-document; and creates the index, wherein the index includes document identifier listed corresponding to the extracted keywords.
US11669551B2
Systems and methods for rule-based data stream processing by data collection, indexing, and visualization systems. An example method includes: receiving, by the computer system, an input data stream comprising raw machine data; processing the raw machine data by a data processing pipeline that produces transformed machine data, wherein the data processing pipeline comprises an ordered plurality of pipeline stages, wherein a pipeline stage of the ordered plurality of pipeline stages applies a rule of a set of rules to an input of the pipeline stage, wherein the rule specifies an action to be performed on the input of the pipeline stage responsive to evaluating a conditional expression applied to the input of the pipeline stage, wherein the action generates an output of the pipeline stage, and wherein the rule is selected based on a source type associated with the input data stream; and supplying the transformed machine data to a data collection, indexing, and visualization system.
US11669547B2
A data sync cache is maintained to facilitate syncing of child data objects between a first computing system and a second computing system. Responsive to successful syncing of a parent data object of a child data object by a first sync engine, parent object data sync information indicating that the parent data object was successfully synced is written to the data sync cache. Prior to initiating a sync of the child data object by a second sync engine different from the first sync engine, a cache lookup of the data sync cache is performed to determine if the sync information is contained therein. If the data sync cache includes the sync information, the child data object sync is initiated. In this manner, failed syncs of child data objects are reduced along with the expensive API calls to the second computing system that would otherwise be required to retry failed syncs.
US11669544B2
A client can allocate and reassociate unique identifiers to local content items associated with an account at a content management system, and use the unique identifiers to commit operations for the content items on the content management system. For example, a client can create a content item and determine the content item does not have an identifier from the content management system. The client obtains an identifier for the content item and asks the content management system to verify a uniqueness of the identifier. When the identifier is unique, the client adds a node corresponding to the content item to a local tree representing a state at the client of content items associated with the account, and uploads the content item with the identifier to the content management system. When the identifier is not unique, the client obtains a new identifier for the content item.
US11669540B2
Various embodiments relate generally to data science and data analysis, computer software and systems, and wired and wireless network communications to interface among repositories of disparate datasets and computing machine-based entities configured to access datasets, and, more specifically, to a computing and data storage platform to identify and match equivalent subsets of data between an ingested dataset, such as in a tabular data arrangement, and one or more graph-based data arrangements, according to at least some examples. For example, a method may include identifying a tabular data arrangement including a subset of data as a column, computing a compressed data representation for a column of data, correlating a compressed data representation to a reference compressed data representations, detecting a link between a column of data associated with a correlated compressed data representation to a dataset stored in a graph data arrangement, and forming an expanded tabular data arrangement.
US11669537B2
Systems and methods for graph embedding already-collected but not yet connected data are disclosed. A method includes extracting a first set of actor-related data, a second set of object-related data, and a third set of temporal data from a set of the already-collected but not yet connected data representative of a unit-level contribution to the target activity. The method further includes generating graph data for at least one graph having a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges using the set of the already-collected but not yet connected data, where each of the plurality of nodes corresponds to the actor or the object, and where an attribute associated with each of the plurality of edges corresponds to a measurement associated with the target activity during a temporal dimension of interest. The method further includes converting the graph data into metric space data using a graph embedding process.
US11669520B1
Techniques for communicating with a third-party management database are described herein. According to an embodiment, a computer receives a search-style query, searches the third-party management database, retrieves multiple computer-readable database search strings, displays the computer-readable database search strings, and receives a selected computer-readable database search string. In response, the computer queries the third-party management database using the selected search string, returns a temporary variable associated with a supplier risk score, and receives a command to perform a decision step as part of a workflow.
US11669518B1
A method and system of processing database transactions in a distributed online transaction processing (OLTP) database is provided. Overhead and network bandwidth associated with a global transaction manager are reduced and scalability improved by determining whether incoming statements are single-shard or multi-shard. For single-shard statements, a local transaction identifier (TXID) stored and associated with a data record reference by the statement is retrieved. The retrieved TXID is compared against a copy of a list of prepared transactions that are pending in a respective data node. If the TXID is in the copy of the prepared list, the statement is caused to await until the previous transaction has been committed or aborted. The visibility of a change committed by the previous is then determined, and the statement is processed.
US11669512B1
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and devices for facilitating in determining, logging, and analyzing intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) information in near real-time. According to one embodiment, a method is implemented on a server for facilitating identification tagging and logging of ISR information. The method includes receiving georeferenced map data and receiving image data. The method further includes transmitting the georeferenced map data and image data to a client device. The method also includes receiving ISR data from the client device and storing the ISR data. In another embodiment, a method implemented on a client device for facilitating an analyst in determining and logging ISR information is disclosed. The method includes receiving georeferenced map data, displaying the georeferenced map data on a GUI implemented on the client device, receiving analyst provided input from the GUI, and transmitting ISR data to a server.
US11669508B2
A system includes a stream partition manager configured to receive data packets input from a plurality of actors, the actors including virtual representations of physical devices, and partition the data packets into a number of stream partitions based at least in part on one or more criteria. The system further includes a plurality of stream processors communicatively coupled to the stream partition manager. Individual stream processors of the plurality of stream processors being configured to receive data packets from a stream partition of the number of stream partitions, process the data packets to generate multiple table entries, and transmit the multiple table entries in batches. The system further includes a target table communicatively coupled to the plurality of stream processors. The target table is configured to receive and store the batches received from the individual stream processors.
US11669504B2
A branch of a main database is created, comprising a copy of the main database schema. A user edits the branch and requests that it be merged back into the main database. A schema diff is generated and used to determine differences between the main database and the edited branch. The merge is performed if it does not create a conflict. A second branch is created and edited by a second user. When the second user indicates to merge the second branch back into the main database, differences between the two branches are determined, relative to the main database. If merging the second branch back into the main database on top of the first branch does not create a conflict, a three-way merge is performed of the first branch, the second branch, and the version of the main database from which the first and second branches were generated.
US11669502B2
Version vector-based rules are used to facilitate asynchronous execution of machine learning algorithms. The method uses version vector based rule to generate aggregated parameters and determine when to return the parameters. The method also includes coordinating the versions of aggregated parameter sets among all the parameter servers. This allows to broadcast to enforce the version consistency; generate parameter sets in an on-demand manner to facilitate version control. Furthermore the method includes enhancing the version consistency at the learner's side and resolving the inconsistent version when mismatching versions are detected.
US11669500B2
A system and method for distributing data are provided. The system for distributing data which manages the distribution of data from one or more data transmitting nodes to a data receiving node, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: an off-chain pool management unit; an integrity authentication unit; a data distribution verification unit; and a block chain storage unit.
US11669498B2
Facilitating exclusive local locks on a distributed file system is provided herein. An embodiment relates to a node device of a cluster of node devices. The node device can comprise a processor and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations. The operations can comprise determining at least one resource is to be removed from a cache of the node device. The operations also can comprise implementing an exclusive local lock over a defined lock. The defined lock can indicate interest in the at least one resource by other node devices of the cluster of node devices other than the node device. Further, the operations can comprise removing the at least one resource from the cache. The other node devices are not notified of the removing.
US11669495B2
Disclosed techniques include deduplication. Techniques include determining whether a file is unique, and depending on whether the file is unique, deduplicating only part of the file or the entire file. The techniques include processing the first chunk of a file to determine whether the hash of the chunk hash is already within a chunk hash table, and if not, then a percentage of chunks of the file is similarly processed. If any of the hashes of chunks are already in the chunk hash table, then at least some of file has been previously deduplicated, and file is not unique the storage system. If none of the processed chunks have a hash that is already in the chunk hash table, then the file is considered to be unique within chunk store and only a partial percentage of the file's chunks are deduplicated. Not all of a unique file's chunks are deduplicated.
US11669483B2
An apparatus includes a plurality of output ports and a processor. The output ports may each be configured to connect to a respective trigger device and generate an output signal to activate the respective trigger device. The processor may be configured to determine a number of the trigger devices connected to the output ports, determine a timing between each of the number of the trigger devices connected, convert the timing for each of the trigger devices to fit a standard timing using offset values specific to each of the trigger devices and perform a trigger routine to trigger the output signal for each of the trigger devices connected. The trigger routine may activate each of the trigger devices connected according to an event. The offset values may delay triggering the trigger devices to ensure that the trigger devices are sequentially activated at intervals that correspond consistently with the standard timing.
US11669482B2
A memory subsystem is provided, including a memory controller integrated circuit (IC), a memory bus and a memory IC, all which use fewer signals than common DDR type memory of the same peak bandwidth. Using no more than 22 switching signals, the subsystem can transfer data over 3000 Megabytes/second across the bus interconnecting the ICs. Signal count reduction is attained by time-multiplexing address/control commands onto at least some of the same signals used for data transfer. A single bus signal is used to initiate bus operation, and once in operation the single signal can transfer addressing and control information to the memory IC concurrent with data transfer via a serial protocol based on 16 bit samples of this single bus signal. Bus bandwidth can be scaled by adding additional data and data strobe IO signals. These additional data bus signals might be used only for data and data mask transport. The physical layout of one version of the memory IC dispatches switching signal terminals adjacent to one short edge of the memory die to minimize the die area overhead for controller IC memory interface circuitry when used in a stacked die multi-chip package with said memory controller IC. The memory IC interface signal placement and signal count minimize signal length and circuitry for the memory bus signals.
US11669481B2
Methods and apparatuses associated with a secure stream protocol for a serial interconnect are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an apparatus comprises a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter and receiver are configured to transmit and receive transaction layer data packets through a link, the transaction layer data packets including indicators associated with transmission of order set transmitted after a predetermined number of data blocks, when the transmission is during a header suppression mode. Additional features and other embodiments are also disclosed.
US11669479B2
Integrated circuit packages with multiple integrated circuit dies are provided. A multichip package may include a substrate, a main die that is mounted on the substrate, and multiple transceiver daughter dies that are mounted on the substrate and that are coupled to the main die via corresponding Embedded Multi-die Interconnect Bridge (EMIB) interconnects formed in the substrate. Each of the main die and the daughter dies may include configurable adapter circuitry for interfacing with the EMIB interconnects. The adapter circuitry may include FIFO buffer circuits operable in a 1× mode or 2× mode and configurable in a phase-compensation mode, a clock-compensation mode, an elastic mode, and a register bypass mode to help support a variety of communications protocols with different data width and clocking requirements. The adapter circuitry may also include boundary alignment circuitry for reconstructing (de)compressed data streams.
US11669477B2
A method for supporting TCM communication by a BIOS of an ARM server, including: setting an access mode of a LPC bus device to a 4-byte mode by means of a BIOS of an ARM server; causing the BIOS to perform data communication with a TCM chip of the LPC bus device in the 4-byte mode; in response to the BIOS reading a register by means of the LPC bus device, determining a type of the register; in response to determining that the type of the register is a specific FIFO register, changing a control register from the 4-byte mode to a single-byte mode, and performing single-byte read-write on the specific FIFO register; and in response to completion of read-write of the specific FIFO register, changing the control register to the 4-byte mode by means of the BIOS, and performing a read-write operation on other FIFO registers.
US11669475B2
An isolating repeater and corresponding method for Universal Serial Bus (USB) communications. The isolating repeater includes, on either side of a galvanic isolation barrier, front end circuitry coupled to a pair of external terminals, a full speed (FS) transceiver adapted to drive and receive signals over one or more FS isolation channels, and a high speed (HS) transceiver adapted to drive signals over a one HS isolation channel and receive signals over another HS isolation channel. The front end circuitry encodes received signals corresponding to HS data into two-state signals for transmission over one HS isolation channel, and encodes received signals corresponding to HS signaling into two-state signals for transmission over one or more of the FS isolation channels. The front end circuitry on the other side of the isolation barrier decodes the two-state signals received over the one or more FS isolation channels and the two-state signals received over the HS isolation channel for transmission at its external terminals.
US11669470B2
The present disclosure provides a storage system including a first storage device (e.g., a main storage device) and one or more additional storage devices (e.g., sub storage devices). The first storage device includes a host interface for communicating with a host device and is directly connected to the host device. The additional storage devices may be directly connected to the first storage device and may communicate with the host device through the host interface included in the first storage device. The storage system thus has a total combined capacity of both the capacity of the first storage device and the capacity of the one or more additional storage devices. Further, the one or more additional storage devices may be added or removed to increase or decrease the total capacity of the storage system, and the one or more additional storage devices may not necessarily themselves include a host interface.
US11669467B2
Processing circuitry performs processing operations specified by program instructions, and a decoder decodes memory access instructions to generate control signals to control the processing circuitry to perform memory access operations. The memory access instructions have respective encodings specifying protected memory access instructions corresponding to protected memory access operations and less-protected memory access instructions corresponding to less-protected memory access operations. The less-protected memory access operations are associated with less restrictive memory access conditions than the protected memory access operations.
US11669459B2
A data storage system includes a logical space having logical block addresses (LBAs) divided into non-overlapping LBA ranges, and a physical space having pairs of physical bands. The system also includes a map in which first successive alternate LBAs of each different one of the non-overlapping LBA ranges are mapped to successive adjacent physical blocks of a first physical band of each different pair of the pairs of physical bands, and second successive alternate LBAs of each different one of the non-overlapping LBA ranges are mapped to successive adjacent physical blocks of a second physical band of each different pair of the pairs of physical bands. A controller employs the map to concurrently read data from a first physical block of the first physical band of one pair of physical bands and from a first physical block of the second physical band of the same pair of physical bands.
US11669457B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for generating a measurement of write memory bandwidth are disclosed. A control unit monitors writes to a cache hierarchy. If a write to a cache line is a first time that the cache line is being modified since entering the cache hierarchy, then the control unit increments a write memory bandwidth counter. Otherwise, if the write is to a cache line that has already been modified since entering the cache hierarchy, then the write memory bandwidth counter is not incremented. The first write to a cache line is a proxy for write memory bandwidth since this will eventually cause a write to memory. The control unit uses the value of the write memory bandwidth counter to generate a measurement of the write memory bandwidth. Also, the control unit can maintain multiple counters for different thread classes to calculate the write memory bandwidth per thread class.
US11669454B2
A processor includes one or more cores having cache, a cache home agent (CHA), a near memory controller, to near memory, and a far memory controller, which is to: receive a first memory read operation from the CHA directed at a memory address; detect a miss for the first memory address at the near memory; issue a second memory read operation to the far memory controller to retrieve a cache line, having first data, from the memory address of far memory; receive the cache line from the far memory controller in response to the second memory read operation; and send the cache line to the CHA with a forced change to a directory state of the cache line at the CHA, the forced change to cause the CHA to snoop remote sockets to maintain data coherence for the cache line in an absence of directory state in the far memory.
US11669449B1
One example method includes a cache eviction operation. Entries in a cache are maintained in an entry list that includes a recent list, a recent ghost list, a frequent list, and a frequent ghost list. When an eviction operation is initiated or triggered, timestamps of last access for the entries in the entry list are adjusted by corresponding adjustment values. Candidate entries for eviction are identified based on the adjusted timestamps of last access. At least some of the candidates are evicted from the cache.
US11669446B2
Various embodiments comprise systems, methods, architectures, mechanisms or apparatus for providing programmable or pre-programmed in-memory computing operations.
US11669445B2
A method performed by a slave device to obtain a host memory address includes: inquiring a description list to obtain information of an allocated memory of a host; dividing the allocated memory into N storage spaces according to the information; using a first memory space of the N storage spaces to store a first level look-up table indicating physical addresses of the N storage spaces; dividing the first memory space into M storage spaces; storing a second level look-up table in the slave device to indicate physical addresses of the M storage spaces; inquiring the second level look-up table according to a logical address and obtaining a first index indicating a physical address of one of the M storage spaces; and inquiring the first level look-up table according to the first index and obtaining a second index indicating a physical address of one of the N storage spaces.
US11669442B2
Systems and methods for computer memory management by a memory coordinator and a plurality of memory consumers. An urgency and memory quota of each memory consumer is initialized by the memory coordinator, which then adjusts the memory quota of each memory consumer such that the sum of the memory quota of each memory consumer does not exceed a finite amount of computer memory. Each memory consumer adjusts its memory usage in response to the quota input and urgency input from the memory coordinator.
US11669440B2
A prioritized list of recommended disk images is created by providing software artifacts associated with a virtual network function that has access to a set of system libraries. Validation tests for the software artifacts are provided in the virtual network function is instantiated. The validation tests are run in the call invocations from the virtual network function to the set of system libraries is monitored. The system call invocations generated by the validation tests are analyzed and a list of required libraries based on system call invocations generated by the validation test is created. A list of recommended disk images with performance metrics are created and communicated to a developer.
US11669439B2
Disclosed is a method, a device, a system and/or a manufacture of computing hardware and software design testing auditability, including for critical control systems, functional safety, and autonomous vehicle component certification. In one embodiment, a system includes a test recording routine that defines a database relation associating a design version within a design dependency graph and a test version. The system includes a design audit interface that generates a first validation request to validate an isolation testing. An isolation validation engine determines that the design version has completed the isolation testing where each design script of the design fileset was executed in a discrete environment. In addition, a reproduction validation engine may also retrieve the design fileset and the runtime environment data, reassemble a workspace data, execute the test script, and compare the result data to a previous result data to validate reproducibility of the testing.
US11669430B2
A performance information visualization apparatus includes a memory and a processor. The memory configured to stores, as node information, information that indicates a connection relationship of a node, and information that indicates a generation in which the node is added to an information processing system and a generation in which the node is deleted from the information processing system. The processor configured to that synthesizes configuration information by, when an event occurrence node where an event has occurred does not exist in configuration information of a specific generation associated with a time when the event has occurred and the event occurrence node is added to the configuration information, adding a node and connection between nodes including a connection relationship of the event occurrence node, based on the node information.
US11669428B2
Techniques are disclosed relating to detecting matching datasets using encode values. In various embodiments, a data monitoring system may perform encoding operations on a first dataset to generate a first encode value that corresponds to a particular one of one or more fields included in the first dataset. The data monitoring system may then determine whether the first dataset matches a previously analyzed dataset. For example, in some embodiments, data monitoring system may compare the first encode value to a previous encode value that corresponds to a second field of the previously analyzed dataset. Based on this comparison, the data monitoring system may generate an output value that is indicative of a similarity between the first encode value and the previous encode value. The data monitoring system may then determine whether the first dataset matches the previously analyzed dataset based on this output value.
US11669427B2
Disclosed herein are embodiments of systems and methods for query-attempt processing in a database environment. In an embodiment, a database platform receives a query, and operates a first query manager of the database platform to manage a first attempt to execute the query. Based on determining that the attempt to execute the query was unsuccessful, the database platform identifies a second query manager of the database platform as implementing a same version of the database platform as the first query manager, and operates the second query manager to manage a first retry attempt to execute the query.
US11669421B2
Unavoidable physical phenomena, such as an alpha particle strikes, can cause soft errors in integrated circuits. Materials that emit alpha particles are ubiquitous, and higher energy cosmic particles penetrate the atmosphere and also cause soft errors. Some soft errors have no consequence, but others can cause an integrated circuit to malfunction. In some applications (e.g. driverless cars), proper operation of integrated circuits is critical to human life and safety. To minimize or eliminate the likelihood of a soft error becoming a serious malfunction, detailed assessment of individual potential soft errors and subsequent processor behavior is necessary. Embodiments of the present disclosure facilitate emulating a plurality of different, specific soft errors. Resilience may be assessed over the plurality of soft errors and application code may be advantageously engineered to improve resilience. Normal processor execution is halted to inject a given state error through a scan chain, and execution is subsequently resumed.
US11669420B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for monitoring performance of computing systems. In some implementations, a set of tasks for a server system to perform is identified. Multiple performance testing cycles are performed, in which each of the performance testing cycles includes: sending, for each task in the set of tasks, a request for the server system to perform the task; receiving a response from the server system for each of the requests, and storing a performance measure for each of the tasks based on the response received from the server system for the task. Based on the performance measures for the multiple performance testing cycles, an evaluation is performed whether conditions are satisfied for adjusting one or more operating parameters of the server system or for providing a notification regarding the operation of the server system.
US11669417B1
Provided is a redundancy determination system extending a system on an on-premise data center to a public cloud by using a computer including a processor and a memory, in which the processor performs first processing of deploying the system in a plurality of of sites included in the public cloud when a recovery time objective of the system is less than a build-out time of the system that is calculated on the basis of an operational status of the system, and second processing of deploying the system in one site of the sites included in the public cloud when the recovery time objective of the system is not less than the build-out time.
US11669411B2
A computer program product, system, and computer implemented method for management of a consolidated database and implementing pluggable database recovery with redo filtering in a consolidated database according to some embodiments. Generally, the process includes ongoing activities that maintain activity logs and summarize the activity for respective activity logs (e.g., in an activity vector maintained in a consolidated database catalog). In some embodiments, event-based activities corresponding to recovery processes are triggered by an administrator or an automated process, completed and then do not occur again until another triggering event. The event-based activities can leverage the summary information to quickly determine which online activity logs are relevant to the type of recovery operation for a particular pluggable database. In this way the approach provided herein enables recovery without requiring that all log activity be analyzed to determine whether it is relevant to a particular pluggable database.
US11669408B2
Embodiments disclosed herein address the need to more efficiently backup a network-based storage environment that may be remote from a primary storage environment. For example, embodiments herein can provide a more efficient backup of a storage managed by a third-party entity. To improve the backup process, embodiments herein may optimize the number of scanning threads that are used to identify files that are to be backed up by, for example, analyzing the characteristics of the network and/or the network storage system to determine a number of scanning threads that will enable faster scanning of the network storage system while at the same time not overburden or be slowed down by a network between the network-based storage environment and the primary storage environment.
US11669393B2
An operating method of a memory device, which includes a first memory region and a second memory region, includes reading first data from the first memory region and storing the read first data in a data buffer block, performing a first XOR operation on the first data provided from the data buffer block and second data read from the second memory region to generate first result data, writing the first data stored in the data buffer block in the second memory region, performing a second XOR operation on the first data and the first result data to generate the second data, storing the generated second data in the data buffer block, and writing the second data stored in the data buffer block in the first memory region.
US11669391B2
A data processing method for safe Instrumentation and Control Systems (I&C Systems) based on data processing in safety I&C Systems consisting of self-diagnosable modules of the platform with the unified architecture, to use specifically developed computing facilities implemented in FPGA, to design and configure the modules with the unified architecture of the unified units, to use units operation in different clock domains and diversity technologies, to design and configure the computing facilities, to provide mutual diagnostics and self-diagnostics for hardware, computing facilities, interfaces and data transfer at both modular and system levels implemented by hardware design tools and module platform logic, to use different software for application diverse logic design, to provide I&C System functional safety, to simplify design of modules and I&C Systems, to provide unified process and diagnostics and self-diagnostics coverage, to simplify user operation, to simplify I&C System maintenance and support.
US11669390B2
Systems and methods for automatically detecting and mitigating errors in a cloud computing environment. One example method includes receiving, from a telemetry server, telemetry data for the cloud computing environment, detecting an error within the cloud computing environment based on the telemetry data, determining an error type for the error based on the telemetry data, determining an impact severity for the error based on the telemetry data, and when the error type is a reportable error type and the impact severity exceeds a predetermined threshold, performing a mitigation action.
US11669386B1
Managing an application's resource stack, including: detecting, in dependence upon one or more storage system metrics, an occurrence of a storage system performance anomaly; and responsive to detecting the storage system performance anomaly, identifying, in dependence upon codified relationships between one or more storage system metrics and one or more elements in the application stack that are external to the storage system, a root cause of the storage system performance anomaly.
US11669382B2
A continuous anomaly detection service receives data stream and performs continuous anomaly detection on the incoming data streams. This continuous anomaly detection is performed based on anomaly detection definitions, which define a signal used for anomaly detection and an anomaly detection configuration. These anomaly detection definitions can be modified, such that continuous anomaly detection continues to be performed for the data stream and the signal, based on the new anomaly detection definition.
US11669381B1
In an approach to improve resolving defects within computer hardware, programs, software, or systems, embodiments pause mainline traffic and isolating interface or retention issues, and determine one or more types of errors in an event of a mainline traffic fail, wherein debug techniques are applied to fail information to resolve or further diagnose the one or more types of errors, and wherein the debug techniques are tracked and categorized. Additionally, embodiments apply corrective read actions to a detected error based on previously stored corrective actions associated with the detected error, and responsive to identifying no additional actions are required, restoring a collected system data. Further, embodiments, resume the paused mainline traffic.
US11669373B2
A system for finding and identifying computer nodes in a network includes a network having multiple computer nodes and a planning module. The computer nodes are connected to one another by communication connections and are configured to perform a workload of one or more software application(s). The planning module includes at least one probe having a test code and is configured to send the probe with the test code to the computer nodes to test the properties of the computer nodes with respect of their ability to perform a specific workload of at least one software application. The planning module is configured to take the test results as a basis for selecting one or more computer nodes for performing the workload of at least one software application, and to start the performance of the workload of the at least one software application on the selected computer node.
US11669363B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for intelligently optimizing the utilization of clusters. The system is configured to continuously gather real-time hardware telemetric data associated with one or more entity systems via a hardware telemetric device, continuously convert the real-time hardware telemetric data into a first color coded representation, receive one or more tasks associated with one or more entity applications, queue the one or more tasks associated with the one or more entity applications, determine hardware requirements associated with the one or more tasks, determine one or more attributes associated with the one or more tasks, convert the hardware requirements and the one or more attributes of the one or more tasks into a second color coded representation, and allocate the one or more tasks to the one or more entity systems based on the first color coded representation and the second color coded representation.
US11669361B1
Systems and methods are provided for optimizing computer processing power in cloud computing systems. The method may include obtaining, by an interactive dynamic resizer application stored on non-volatile computer readable memory operatively connected to an administrator device, status information of a first server instance; accessing policy rule information for a first set of server instances associated with a first server; identifying a second server instance based on the status information and the policy rules information; automatically selecting the second server instance; generating resizing instructions based on the selected second server instance; and sending the resizing instructions to a cloud network.
US11669359B2
A server-based desktop-virtual machines architecture may be extended to a client machine. In one embodiment, a user desktop is remotely accessed from a client system. The remote desktop is generated by a first virtual machine running on a server system, which may comprise one or more server computers. During execution of the first virtual machine, writes to a corresponding virtual disk are directed to a delta disk file or redo log. A copy of the virtual disk is created on the client system. When a user decides to “check out” his or her desktop, the first virtual machine is terminated (if it is running) and a copy of the delta disk is created on the client system. Once the delta disk is present on the client system, a second virtual machine can be started on the client system using the virtual disk and delta disk to provide local access to the user's desktop at the client system. This allows the user to then access his or her desktop without being connected to a network.
US11669354B2
A method, computer system, and a computer program product for AR guidance is provided. The present invention may include detecting a plurality of objects in a video recording associated with completing a task. The present invention may include generating a plurality of three-dimensional (3D) object models based on scanning a plurality of real objects in a task space. The present invention may include matching the detected plurality of objects in the video recording with the generated plurality of 3D object models representing the plurality of real objects in the task space. The present invention may include generating, based on the video recording, an augmented reality (AR) guidance model for completing the task, wherein the generated AR guidance model replaces the detected plurality of objects in the video recording with the generated plurality of 3D object models representing the plurality of real objects in the task space.
US11669349B2
A system and method for a virtual desktop system is disclosed. The system includes a master fabric region including resources for provisioning a desktop. The system includes an expansion fabric region including replicated resources for provisioning the desktop from the master fabric region. The system includes a control plane having a global pool. A client device application operated by a user associated with the global pool accesses a desktop from either the master fabric region or the expansion fabric region.
US11669344B2
Apparatuses and methods are disclosed for an FPGA architecture that may improve processing speed and efficiency in processing less complex operands. Some applications may utilize operands that are less complex, such as operands that are 1, 2, or 4 bits, for example. In some examples, the DSP architecture may skip or avoid processing all received operands or may process a common operand more frequently than other operands. An example apparatus may include a first configurable logic unit configured to receive a first operand and a second operand; a second configurable logic unit configured to receive a third operand and the first calculated operand; a first switch configured to receive the first operand and a fourth operand and to output a first selected operand; and a second switch configured to receive the second calculated operand and the first selected operand.
US11669337B2
Examples described herein include systems and methods for bare metal management of computing devices. Firmware of the computing device can be configured to contact a network location as part of an HTTP boot and download a boot agent. The boot agent can be prioritized to execute before a primary OS boot loader. The boot agent can download an OS configuration including a package that is inserted into the primary OS. The primary OS, as configured, can then boot. The boot agent can also attest to OS health and device compliance on subsequent boots. For example, the boot agent can cause the firmware to track how many boots have occurred since compliance verification. If a threshold number of boots occur without verification, the boot agent can initiate restoration. Alternatively, if a decommission flag is set, the boot agent can cause the computing device to boot into its original configuration.
US11669332B1
Methods and supporting systems are disclosed herein that when applied to enterprise applications built on various enterprise application development platforms are translated from the high-level platform-specific language into applications programmed using low-code objects that are deployable as edge-ready, cloud-based applications.
US11669319B2
Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for creating and using native virtual probes in computing environments. A request for a service that includes a virtual function can be received, where the virtual function is to be monitored by a native virtual probe. An image of the service can be obtained, where the image can include a first image component for the virtual function and a second image component for the native virtual probe. The image can be deployed. Deployment of the image can result in instantiation of the virtual function on a computing device and instantiation of the native virtual probe on the computing device.
US11669317B2
A method for deploying an application at a cluster of cloud nodes comprises receiving a component defining the deployment of the application at the cluster of cloud nodes, the component recursively defining a first graph of other components. A component has a mapping from an interface of the component to an interface of any component referenced in the component. The method comprises compiling the received component into instructions for input to an orchestrator of the cluster of cloud nodes; and sending the instructions to the orchestrator to trigger deployment of the application.
US11669314B2
This disclosure generally relates to high-level synthesis (HLS) platforms, and, more particularly, enable print functionality in high-level synthesis (HLS) platforms. The recent availability FPGA-HLS is a great success due to availability of compilers for FPGAs as opposed to hardware description languages (HDLs) that requires special skills. However, the compilers within the HLS design platform includes limited support for all the standard libraries, wherein features like print functionality is not supported. The invention discloses techniques to enable print functionality in HLS design platforms based on source-to-source transformations and stream combining scheme. In addition to enabling print functionality, the invention also discloses a formatter technique to receive-format FPGA data into human interpretable data.
US11669312B2
The technology disclosed herein enables a processor to receive program code comprising a plurality of program code instructions generated by a compiler in view of source code, identify, among the program code instructions, one or more optimizable instructions, wherein at least one of the optimizable instructions is associated with an execution characteristic, and the execution characteristic is associated with an optimization decision, identify a profiling instruction location associated with the at least one of the optimizable instructions, and add a profiling instruction to the program code at the profiling instruction location. The at least one profiling instruction comprises a profiling identifier, and causes the processing device to: generate a profiling information item in view of the execution characteristic of the optimizable instructions, and store the profiling information item in a persistent memory region at a memory location corresponding to the profiling identifier.
US11669297B2
A audio playback control method includes: triggering switching audio of media content played on a terminal to a first audio playback device for playback in response to a distance between the terminal and the first audio playback device reaching a communicable distance for near field communication during a process of playing the media content on the terminal; and switching the audio of the media content played on the first audio playback device to a second audio playback device for playback in response to the second audio playback device being triggered to play the media content during a process of playing the media content on the first audio playback device.
US11669296B2
Disclosed are systems, servers and methods for providing a novel framework that enables the unique cataloging and organization of audio files, upon which audio rendering experiences can be created and provided to requesting users, whether the users are individuals or third party partners. The disclosed framework enables audio files to be stripped down, uniquely stored, and then stitched together in a novel manner that previously did not exist within the computing arts. The disclosed systems and methods, therefore, provide a novel platform where audio is not just provided to consumers, but audio experiences are compiled from various types of audio formats and types in a unique, dynamically determined manner for a listening user.
US11669276B2
A storage control device, includes a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to: when receiving a first response that includes first information from a control device, generate a second response that includes second information by converting the first response, transmit, to a host device, the second response, and when detecting that a first recording device is removed from a slot and a second recording device is mounted in the slot, update, by using the first information of the first recording device associated with the second information, the first information of the second recording device.
US11669273B2
A device includes a scoreboard and a processor. The scoreboard includes scoreboard entries configured to store information regarding one or more uncompleted memory access operations. The scoreboard also includes a dependency matrix configured to store dependency information corresponding to the scoreboard entries. The processor is configured to retrieve a first memory access instruction that indicates a first address range of a first memory access operation, and to add an indication of the first memory access instruction to a first scoreboard entry. The processor is further configured to, based on determining that the first address range at least partially overlaps a second address range associated with a second scoreboard entry that corresponds to a second memory access instruction, set an element of the dependency matrix to have a has-dependency value indicating a dependency of the first scoreboard entry on the second scoreboard entry.
US11669267B2
Technologies and techniques for use by a data storage controller or similar device for throttling the delivery of completion entries pertaining to the execution of commands by a nonvolatile memory (NVM) device are provided. In an illustrative example, the data storage controller selectively throttles the delivery of completion entries to a host device using uniform delivery intervals to provide for stable delivery of completion entries to the host. In some examples, the throttling is achieved by storing new completion entries in a completion queue of the host while initially setting corresponding indicator bits within the completion entries (e.g. phase tags) to cause the host to ignore the new completion entries as though the new entries were old entries. Later, after a throttling delay interval, the indicator bits are inverted to allow the host to recognize and process the new completion entries. NVMe examples are provided.
US11669264B2
According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a non-volatile memory and a controller. The non-volatile memory is configured to store an address translation table and a data map. In a case where an invalidation command for invalidating the data written in the non-volatile memory is received from the host, the controller is configured to update the address translation table and the data map based on the invalidation command. A response to the invalidation command is transmitted to the host after the address translation table is updated and before the data map is updated.
US11669261B2
Certain embodiments described herein relate to an improved selective data backup system. In some embodiments, one or more components in an information management system can determine that a portion of the primary data scheduled for backup was previously backed up or is scheduled to be backed up as part of another backup operation. For example, a data agent performing a cluster-level backup operation for an entire cluster of storage servers may check whether any part of the primary data was previously backed up by a prior server-level backup operation for one of the storage servers in the cluster. If so, the data agent may skip, in the cluster-level backup operation, any portion of the primary data stored in the storage server previously backed up as part of the prior server-level backup operation.
US11669260B2
A computing system having memory components of different tiers. The computing system further includes a controller, operatively coupled between a processing device and the memory components, to: receive from the processing device first data access requests that cause first data movements across the tiers in the memory components; service the first data access requests after the first data movements; predict, by applying data usage information received from the processing device in a prediction model trained via machine learning, second data movements across the tiers in the memory components; and perform the second data movements before receiving second data access requests, where the second data movements reduce third data movements across the tiers caused by the second data access requests.
US11669257B2
Examples described herein relate to management of containers in a storage system. Examples may receive a container specification corresponding to a container image. Examples may obtain the container image from a container repository and select storage volumes based on the container specification. Examples may execute one or more containers from the container image on a controller of the storage system within resource limits. Examples may dynamically select the controllers based on resource availability at the plurality of controllers. Examples may allow scheduling the execution of the containers at a specific controller at a predetermined time. The execution may include performing one or more batch operations on the storage volumes. Examples may further enable monitoring a status of the container and providing alerts in response to a detection of a failure event associated with the container.
US11669254B2
The present invention is directed to an SSD that stores data in a plurality of regions of the SSD, each of the regions associated with a plurality of logical cluster addresses. The SSD also sets a deallocation status of each of the plurality of regions in a deallocate flag bitmap and sets a deallocation status of one or more sections of the deallocate flag bitmap in a deallocate summary table, wherein each of the one or more sections corresponds to more than one of the plurality of regions. In response to a shutdown or loss of power event. The SSD writes to non-volatile memory only sections of the deallocation flag bitmap with a predetermined deallocation status in the deallocate summary table. The SSD stores the deallocate flag bitmap is stored in a first volatile memory and stores the deallocate summary table is stored in a second volatile memory, different from the first volatile memory.
US11669250B2
Techniques manage a wear degree of a storage system. Such techniques involve: receiving respectively, for multiple storage devices in the storage system, multiple access histories of the multiple storage devices in a previous time period; determining respectively multiple wear increments of the multiple storage devices at a future time point based on the multiple access histories of the multiple storage devices; acquiring a wear balance degree of the storage system at the future time point based on the multiple wear increments of the multiple storage devices at the future time point; and migrating data among the multiple storage devices in response to determining that the wear balance degree satisfies a preset condition. Accordingly, it is possible to determine the wear degree of each storage device in the storage system more accurately and ensure that the wear degree of each storage device is in a balanced state.
US11669247B2
According to one general aspect, a memory management unit (MMU) may be configured to interface with a heterogeneous memory system that comprises a plurality of types of storage mediums. Each type of storage medium may be based upon a respective memory technology and may be associated with performance characteristic(s). The MMU may receive a data access for the heterogeneous memory system. The MMU may also determine at least one of the storage mediums of the heterogeneous memory system to service the data access. The target storage medium may be selected based upon at least one performance characteristic associated with the target storage medium and a quality of service tag that is associated with the virtual machine and that indicates one or more performance characteristics. The MMU may route the data access by the virtual machine to the at least one of the storage mediums.
US11669231B2
An electronic mail (email) system generates an email user interface display, with a timeslot actuator, for composing an email message. Actuation of the timeslot actuator is detected and the email system accesses available timeslots from a calendar system corresponding to the user. User selectable display elements, corresponding to each available timeslot, are displayed on the email user interface display, along with message content. When a user selectable display element corresponding to an available timeslot is selected, the email message content is populated with a selectable timeslot element, corresponding to the available timeslot, that can be sent to recipients in the email message.
US11669222B2
Template based calendar events with graphic enrichment are provided. In some examples, upon receiving a request to create a calendar event, an event creation prompt may be presented. The prompt may include an event template selection element comprising visual aids, such as icons or emojis, that each represent different event templates for selection. Upon receiving a visual aid selection, information associated with the user requesting the calendar event may be retrieved based on the selected visual aid to infer one or more aspects of the requested event such as title, timing, and location. A suggested event with the inferred aspects may be presented to the user and upon receiving confirmation and/or modification, the suggested or modified event may be added to the user's calendar. Some events may be presented with a visual background such as an image or graphics on the calendar for prompt recognition.
US11669220B2
In various embodiments, a ranking application automatically ranks designs included in a design space based on user preference(s). The ranking application determines that a first design included in the design space is a first positive example of user preference(s). The ranking application then computes a score associated with a second design that is also included in the design space based on a first attribute value and a second attribute value. The first attribute value is associated with both the first design and an attribute and the second value is associated with both the second design and the attribute. Subsequently, the ranking application orders the designs based on the first score and a second score associated with the second design to generate a ranked list of designs. The ranking application then displays the ranked list of designs via a graphical user interface to facilitate exploration of the design space.
US11669218B2
Virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and/or mixed reality (MR) systems may enable one or more users to connect two or more connectable objects together. These connectable objects may be real objects from the user's environment, virtual objects, or a combination thereof. A preview system may be included as a part of the VR, AR, and/or MR systems that provide a preview of the connection between the connectable objects prior to the user(s) connecting the connectable objects. The preview may include a representation of the connectable objects in a connected state along with an indication of whether the connected state is valid or invalid. The preview system may continuously physically model the connectable objects while simultaneously displaying a preview of the connection process to the user of the VR, AR, or MR system.
US11669215B2
A method includes receiving, by a processing device, an indication of an application being opened. In response to receiving the indication, the method includes retrieving, from a storage connected to the processing device, a last captured photo. For the last captured photo as retrieved, the method includes extracting a device identifier from the last captured photo by the processing device. The extracted device identifier is stored in the storage.
US11669212B2
A touch panel includes first touch electrodes, second touch electrodes, and third touch electrodes. The first touch electrodes include sub electrodes spaced apart from one another in a first direction. The second touch electrodes extend in a second direction crossing the first direction. The second touch electrodes are spaced apart from one another in the first direction. The third touch electrodes extend in the second direction and are spaced apart from one another in the first direction. The third touch electrodes are shaped differently than the second touch electrodes.
US11669207B2
Apparatuses and methods of capacitance-to-digital code conversion are described. One apparatus includes a bridge circuit and a modulator front-end circuit. The bridge circuit includes a first terminal to couple to a reference cell and a second terminal to couple to a sensor cell. The modulator front-end circuit includes a comparator coupled to the bridge circuit, a first modulation capacitor coupled to a first input of the comparator, and a second modulation capacitor coupled to a second input of the comparator. The modulator front-end circuit provides a digital bitstream. A duty cycle of the digital bitstream is representative of a ratio between a capacitance of the sensor cell and a reference capacitance of the reference cell.
US11669205B2
Various embodiments for detecting and rejecting false, unintended rotations of rotary inputs of electronic devices are disclosed herein. In one example, an electronic device is provided with an optical detector that measures the distance between the electronic device and the wearer's forearm or hand, and when the distance is smaller than a threshold distance, the turns of the rotary input are false, unintended turns. In another example, a crown of a rotary input includes a plurality of capacitive sensors that detects the presence of a wearer's finger, which when absent, the turns of the rotary input are false turns. In another example, deflections or positions of a shaft of the rotary input are measured and if the deflections/positions indicate an upward force on the rotary input (which are likely caused by the wearer's forearm or hand), the turns of the rotary input are false turns. Other embodiments are described herein.
US11669204B2
The present disclosure relates to a data processing method and apparatus, and an intelligent interactive device. The data processing method is performed by a display having a touch function. The method include: obtaining a writing track point position when a writing pen writes on the display, and an inclination angle of the writing pen relative to the display during writing; obtaining a touch track point position of a user on the display at a current moment obtaining a holding parameter for holding the writing pen; determining a shielding area for a touch at the current moment according to the holding parameter, the inclination angle and the writing track point position; and when touch track point position is located in the shielding area, not displaying a track of the touch track point position on the display.
US11669179B2
A display device includes a panel part including a bending area, a digitizer disposed under the panel part, a first magnetic member disposed under the digitizer, and a second magnetic member disposed under the first magnetic member. The first magnetic member includes a first portion and a second portion, which are spaced apart from each other by a dividing area at least partially overlapping the bending area. The second magnetic member at least partially overlaps the dividing area.
US11669172B2
Methods and devices for a display apparatus. In one aspect, a display apparatus includes a display device including a transparent layer, a display integrated circuit layer including one or more display control circuits, and a shielding layer between the transparent layer and the display integrated circuit layer, a near-infrared (NIR) light source and a visible light source, and a detector device including a detector integrated circuit layer including one or more detector control circuits, where a surface of the detector device contacts a surface of the display device, and a photodetector electrically coupled to at least one detector control circuit and including a detection region positioned to receive NIR light propagating from a front side of the display device to a back side of the display device along a path, where the shielding layer includes a filter region positioned in the path.
US11669168B2
A system for detection of a touch gesture of a user on a detection surface includes a processing unit, an electrostatic-charge-variation sensor, which generates a charge-variation signal; and an accelerometer, which generates an acceleration signal. The processing unit is configured to: detect, in the charge-variation signal, a first feature identifying the touch; detect, in the acceleration signal, a second feature identifying the touch; detect a temporal correspondence between the first and second features identifying the touch gesture; and validate the touch gesture only in the case where both the first and second features have been detected and the temporal correspondence satisfies a pre-set relation.
US11669166B2
An electronic device includes a communication circuit to communicate with at least one wearable device, and at least one processor electrically connected with the communication circuit. The at least one processor is configured to obtain position information on a position on which the at least one wearable device is placed on a user's body, and to transmit a control signal to the at least one wearable device through the communication circuit such that, when an output of a haptic pattern specified based on a function is requested, the at least one wearable device outputs a haptic feedback corresponding to the position information and the specified haptic pattern.
US11669158B2
Systems and methods for detecting eye information are described. According to one embodiment, a detecting device includes a determination unit, a generation unit, and a detection unit. The determination unit is configured to determine whether a user wears glasses from an input image by using a first neural network including a plurality of filters. The generation unit is configured to generate a face image in which the glasses are removed from the input image by using a learned generator when a glasses-wearing signal is received from the determination unit. The detection unit is configured to generate an eye image by receiving the input image from the determination unit or receiving the face image from the generation unit and detect a pupil from the eye image using a second neural network including a plurality of filters.
US11669156B2
Techniques for employing augmented reality or virtual reality information are presented. An information management component (IMC) of an augmented reality device (ARD) can monitor and detect user activities and conditions in area in proximity to ARD. Based on user activities and conditions, IMC can determine augmented reality information that can enhance user experience, performance of user activities, or security and safety of user. IMC can present, via an interface component of ARD, the augmented reality information to the user. The augmented reality information can relate to user location; navigation by the user; tasks to be performed by the user; product assembly; maintenance work; system or product design or configuration; remote control of assembly, maintenance, design, or configuration; environmental and/or hazardous conditions; security, identification, and authentication of users; or training the user to perform tasks. IMC can translate information from a language to a different language of the user.
US11669153B2
A sensor which detects voluntary movements of ear structures, including the ear drum complex, which triggers user interfaces of electronic devices to enable communication and other activities by interaction with assistive technology. The method of detecting this voluntary movement may also be used to trigger and control user interfaces in connected devices such as mobile telephones and incorporated into multi-function earphones.
US11669145B2
A power management subsystem included in a computer system may include a host device and a power circuit group. The power circuit group includes multiple power circuits arranged in a tree-like structure. The resources of the multiple power circuits are mapped to corresponding addresses within a common address space. The host device sends, via a first communication bus, commands to a branch power circuit of the multiple power circuits, which, in turn, relays the commands, using a second communication bus, to corresponding ones of the other power circuits based on respective power resources specified in the commands received from the host device.
US11669144B2
A distributed power control system is provided. The system can include a datacenter and a remote master control system. The datacenter can include (i) computing systems, (ii) a behind-the-meter power input system configured to receive power from a behind-the-meter power source and deliver power to the computing systems, and (iii) a datacenter control system configured to control the computing systems and the behind-the-meter power input system. The remote master control system can be configured to issue instructions to the datacenter that affect an amount of behind-the-meter power consumed by the datacenter. The datacenter control system can receive, from a local station control system configured to at least partially control the behind-the-meter power source, a directive for the datacenter to ramp-down power consumption, and in response to receiving the directive, cause the computing systems to perform a set of predetermined operations correlated with the directive.
US11669141B2
Examples are disclosed that relate to computing systems having a common conductive pathway. One example provides a computing system comprising a power supply configured to output electrical power for delivery to one or more power nodes, and one or more power monitors configured to identify a power overload condition based on the power output by the power supply. The computing system further comprises a parent controller configured to, based at least on receiving an indication of the power overload condition, transmit an instruction to one or more child controllers that causes each child controller to effect a change in an operational state of a corresponding power node. The computing system also comprises a conductive pathway along which electrical power output from the power supply is transmitted for delivery to the one or more power nodes, and along which the instruction is transmitted to the one or more child controllers.
US11669139B2
The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for providing indications associated with power management events. An example apparatus may include a plurality of memory units coupled to a shared power management signal. In this example apparatus, each of the plurality of memory units may be configured to provide to the other of the plurality of memory units, via the shared power management signal, an indication of whether the one of the plurality of memory units is entering a power management event. Further, each of the plurality of memory units may be configured to, if the one of the plurality of memory units is entering the power management event, an indication of a particular operation type associated with the power management event.
US11669137B2
Examples described herein relate to improved powering down of PoE interfaces in a network device. In response to detecting a fault that interrupts a flow of power from the PSUs to one or more of the PoE interfaces, the examples determine a total operational power value based on an operational power value of each operational PSU of the PSUs and determine a total available power value based on the total operational power value and a reserved power value. For each of the PoE interfaces, the examples determine whether a threshold power value for the PoE interface exceeds the total available power value and power down the PoE interface in response to determining that the threshold power value for the PoE interface exceeds the total available power value.
US11669136B1
Disclosed herein are methods and systems enabling automatic powering on and off of a computer of a user when the user is within a predetermined range from the computer. When there is a startup error detected during the remote powering on process of the computer, an alert is generated and automatically transmitted to an analyst computer to resolve the startup error. The disclosed systems and methods save a lot of time for the user each day as the user does not have to wait for execution of computer startup processes and the computer is ready to use when the user arrives at a location of their computer.
US11669133B2
A display panel including a first display area, a second display area and a third display area. The second display area surrounds at least a part of the first display area and is located between the first display area and the third display area; the second display area includes a plurality of first groups of driving transistors and a plurality of second groups of driving transistors, the first groups of driving transistors include driving transistors for driving pixel units of the first display area, the second groups of driving transistors include driving transistors for driving pixel units of the second display area. The second groups of driving transistors and the first groups of driving transistors are alternately arranged, and a number and relative positions of the second groups of driving transistors adjacent to each first group of driving transistors are the same.
US11669129B2
A display module including non-folding portions and a folding portion disposed between the non-folding portions; a first supporting member disposed under the display module; and a second supporting member disposed between the display module and the first supporting member, wherein the first supporting member includes: a first supporter and a second supporter overlapping with the non-folding portions; and a plurality of supporting units overlapping with the folding portion.
US11669127B2
An extended reality headset is configured to position and stabilize the headset on a face when worn. For example, the headset can include an external frame with first and second side pieces coupled to a display structure and configured to provide lateral stabilization. In some examples, the headset can include a front head-engaging structure front head-engaging structure that is rotationally coupled to the external frame via a pivot point. The headset can also include a rear head-engaging structure coupled the external frame. In some examples, the rear head-engaging structure can include a tensioning mechanism to adjust the headset to fit various head shapes. Additionally, the headset can include a flexible strap coupled to the front head-engaging structure and the tensioning mechanism. In some examples, applying tension to the flexible strap by the tensioning mechanism can cause the front head-engaging structure to rotate along the pivot point, providing a secure fit.
US11669119B2
Various implementations described herein are directed to systems, apparatuses and methods for operating stand-alone power systems. The systems may include power generators (e.g., photovoltaic generators and/or wind turbines), storage devices (e.g., batteries and/or flywheels), power modules (e.g., power converters) and loads. The methods may include various methods for monitoring, determining, controlling and/or predicting system power generation, system power storage and system power consumption.
US11669117B2
Methods of powering a radio that is mounted on a tower of a cellular base station are provided in which a direct current (“DC”) power signal is provided to the radio over a power cable and a voltage level of the output of the power supply is adjusted so as to provide a substantially constant voltage at a first end of the power cable that is remote from the power supply. Related cellular base stations and programmable power supplies are also provided.
US11669116B2
A low dropout regulator includes a proportional-to-absolute-temperature (PTAT) circuit, an amplification circuit, and an output circuit. The PTAT circuit outputs one current, and the amplification circuit outputs one or more currents. The one or more currents are outputted by the amplification circuit based on collector-emitter voltages associated with transistors of the PTAT circuit. Alternatively, the one or more currents are outputted by the amplification circuit based on the current outputted by the PTAT circuit and the collector-emitter voltages associated with the transistors of the PTAT circuit. The output circuit generates one or more output voltages based on at least one of a base-emitter voltage associated with a transistor of the PTAT circuit and a current of the one or more currents outputted by the amplification circuit.
US11669110B2
The control system based on multi-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) cooperative strategic confrontation includes a management module, a UAV formation module, a situation assessment module, a decision-making module, and a cooperative mission assigning module of both sides in a confrontation. The management module is configured to store state information acquired by the UAV formation module. The UAV formation module is configured to acquire state information of UAVs and execute a control instruction. The situation assessment module is configured to acquire situation assessment information according to the state information. The decision-making module is configured to acquire a countermeasure based on the situation assessment information. The cooperative mission assigning module is configured to generate control instructions for the UAVs based on the countermeasure and in combination with a confrontation target and an optimal situation assessment value.
US11669106B2
Disclosed is a control method of a moving robot configured to drive a work area where a plurality of beacons, the control method comprising a radio direction acquiring step of acquiring radio direction information from the beacons; a first distance tracking step of tracking first distance information between the moving robot and the beacons based on the radio direction information, after the radio direction acquiring step; a second distance tracking step of tracking second distance information between the moving robot and an object existing in the work area via a distance sensor provided in the moving robot; and a first comparison step of comparing the first distance information with the second distance information, wherein location recognition of the moving robot is performed based on the radio direction information, when the first distance is equal to the second distance based on the result of the first comparison step.
US11669094B2
An apparatus for controlling an MDPS system including: an autonomous driving cancellation determination unit configured to determine whether to cancel autonomous driving, using column torque passed through a band stop filter, under an autonomous driving condition; and a signal processing unit configured to calculate command steering angle acceleration information using command steering angle information outputted from an autonomous driving system. When the steering angle acceleration information is equal to or greater than a predetermined reference value, the autonomous driving cancellation determination unit may determine that urgent steering is performed by the autonomous driving system, and forbid cancellation of the autonomous driving.
US11669087B2
A method performed by a controller device is provided. The method includes (a) connecting to a plurality of remote robotic vehicles over a wireless connection; (b) selectively controlling one of the plurality of remote robotic vehicles over the wireless connection; and (c) displaying, on a video screen of the controller device, a video stream received from the one remote robotic vehicle over the wireless connection. A corresponding method is provided to be performed by a robotic vehicle. Apparatuses, computer program products, and a system for performing the method(s) are also provided.
US11669082B2
A method and system for localizing faults in an industrial process is proposed. The industrial process includes a plurality of components. The method includes receiving structural plant data from an industrial plant. A structured model of the process is generated from the structural plant data. Sensor data measuring characteristics of the plurality of components is also received. Parameters of the structured model are identified from the received sensor data and stored. Faults are detected during operation of the industrial plant utilizing the identified parameters and detecting changes in the parameters by comparing current parameters to stored parameters. The fault information is then displayed via a display to an operator.
US11669077B2
A machine learning apparatus includes: a state observation unit that observes a characteristic shape, an adopted plan, and a determination result as state variables, the characteristic shape representing a shape of a part of a product of wire electric discharge machining, adjustment of machining conditions being deemed as necessary for the part of the product, the adopted plan being an adjustment method selected from among one or more adjustment methods for adjusting the machining conditions to improve machining performance for the part indicated by the characteristic shape, the determination result indicating whether implementation of the adopted plan is effective in improving machining performance for the part corresponding to the characteristic shape; and a learning unit that learns the machining condition adjustment method according to a data set created based on the state variables.
US11669071B2
Provided are techniques for organizing a temporary device group for collaborative computing. A list of functions for each of a plurality of devices are stored. A determination is made to form a device group including a receiver device from the plurality of devices, where the receiver device will perform one of the functions. An individual function usage score is generated. In response to the individual function usage score exceeding a device threshold, a request to form a device group is sent to the receiver device. In response to receiving an indication of acceptance to form the device group from the receiving device, the device group is formed for a temporary period, where functions and data are shared in the device group.
US11669069B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus to facilitate multi-channel isolation is disclosed. An example apparatus includes a multiplexer including a first input terminal, a second input terminal, and an output terminal; a modulator including an input terminal and an output terminal, the input terminal of the modulator coupled to the output terminal of the multiplexer; an isolation capacitor including a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal of the isolation capacitor coupled to the output terminal of the modulator; a first receiver die coupled to the second terminal of the isolation capacitor; and a second receiver die coupled to the second terminal of the isolation capacitor.
US11669063B2
Aspects of the technology described herein comprise a surrogate model for a chemical production process. A surrogate model is a machine learned model that uses a collection of inputs and outputs from a simulation of the chemical production process and/or actual production data as training data. Once trained, the surrogate model can estimate an output of a chemical production process given an input to the process. Surrogate models are not directly constrained by physical conditions in a plant. This can cause them to suggest optimized outputs that the not possible to produce in the real world. It is a significant challenge to train a surrogate model to only produce outputs that are possible. The technology described herein improves upon previous surrogate models by constraining the output of the surrogate model to outputs that are possible in the real world.
US11669061B2
A variable refrigerant flow (VRF) system for a building includes an outdoor VRF unit, a plurality of indoor VRF units, a battery, and a predictive VRF controller. The outdoor VRF unit includes powered VRF components configured to apply heating or cooling to a refrigerant. The indoor VRF units are configured to use the heated or cooled refrigerant to provide heating or cooling to a plurality of building zones. The battery is configured to store electric energy and discharge the stored electric energy for use in powering the powered VRF components. The predictive VRF controller is configured to optimize a predictive cost function to determine an optimal amount of electric energy to purchase from an energy grid and an optimal amount of electric energy to store in the battery or discharge from the battery for use in powering the powered VRF components at each time step of an optimization period.
US11669053B2
An electronic device comprises a body and a band being able to attach the body to a part of a human body. The body comprises first and second detectors and at least one processor. The first detector detects illuminance on an upper surface of the body. The second detector is located in a position distant from a position of the first detector in a short-side direction of the band and detects the illuminance on the upper surface of the body. The at least one processor executes predetermined processing if the at least one processor determines that at least one of first illuminance detected by the first detector and second illuminance detected by the second detector changes.
US11669050B2
A watch self-winding device with rotary motion, including a base carrying a motor driving in rotation a support carrying a watch and includes an upper watch holder with a surface in direct contact with a watch, this support includes a microphone for listening to a watch and an embedded electronic circuit processing the signal from the microphone, the device includes, in order to supply power to the embedded electronic circuit, a first coil fixed to the base and powered by a power source carried or relayed by the base, and a second coil embedded in the support, coaxial to the first coil and arranged to transmit power to the embedded electronic circuit, which is arranged to exchange information with a static electronic circuit in the base.
US11669046B2
A display device includes a light source, a waveguide element, a liquid crystal coupler, a first holographic optical element and a second holographic optical element. The light source is configured to emit light. The waveguide element is located above the light source. The liquid crystal coupler is located between the waveguide element and the light source. The first holographic optical element is located on a top surface of the waveguide element, in which the liquid crystal coupler is configured to change an incident angle that the light emits to the first holographic optical element. The second holographic optical element is located on the top surface of the waveguide element, and there is a first distance in a horizontal direction between the first holographic optical element and the second holographic optical element, in which the second holographic optical element is configured to diffract the light to the waveguide element below.
US11669044B2
An apparatus body of an image forming apparatus has a first guide portion having an inlet shape corresponding to an outer shape of an engagement portion provided in a cartridge when seen in an attachment direction of the cartridge to the apparatus body and guiding the engagement portion, a second guide portion for guiding a positioning target portion which is provided on the cartridge for positioning an attachment completion position of the cartridge with respect to the apparatus body, and a movable member being at a regulation position at which a guiding path of the positioning target portion by the second guide portion is blocked is immovable from the regulation position unless being pressed by the engagement portion.
US11669037B2
A sheet conveying device can selectively execute a first conveyance process of conveying sheets on a first tray and discharging the sheets onto a second tray, a second conveyance process of conveying the sheets on the first tray and discharging the sheets onto a third tray, or a third conveyance process of conveying the sheets on the third tray and discharging the sheets onto the second tray. A control device records conveyance history information indicating by which conveyance processes each of the sheets on the first tray has been conveyed in a storage device. Furthermore, the control device causes the sheet conveying device to sequentially select the first conveyance process or the third conveyance process for each of the sheets based on the conveyance history information and execute the selected process.
US11669033B2
A heating device includes a rotatable film, a heater including a substrate that extends along a first direction and having two surfaces opposite to each other, and a heater element on one of the surfaces of the substrate, and a heat conductor having first and second surfaces and including a first portion contacting the other surface of the substrate, and a second portion that is adjacent to the first portion in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and does not contact the other surface of the substrate. A thickness of the first portion of the heat conductor from the first surface to the second surface is greater than a thickness of the second portion from the first surface to the second surface.
US11669030B2
Provided is an image forming device capable of performing an operation corresponding to a defect occurring in a fixing device at a desired timing. The image forming device includes a conveyance unit, an image forming unit, a fixing device, a motor, and a control unit. The motor drives the fixing device and outputs a signal having a magnitude corresponding to a value of a drive current. The control unit, when conveyance of a print medium is stopped and when the motor is driven in a first operation mode, continues to drive the motor in the first operation mode, and performs a first operation when the magnitude of the signal is out of a first range, and when the conveyance of the print medium is stopped and when the motor is driven in a second operation mode, stops driving the motor in the second operation mode and then drives the motor in the first operation mode, and performs the first operation when the magnitude of the signal is out of the first range.
US11669025B2
An image forming apparatus includes a drum cartridge and a toner cartridge. The drum cartridge includes a photosensitive drum, a developing device, and a cushion member. The developing device includes a developing roller and a developing housing having a toner receiving port. The developing housing is movable with respect to the photosensitive drum. The toner cartridge includes a toner housing having a toner discharge port and a toner shutter. The toner shutter opens and closes the toner discharge port. The cushion member allows the developing housing to move with respect to the developing shutter in a state where the developing shutter is engaged with the toner cartridge.
US11669016B2
A digital exposure apparatus includes a lens array, the lens array at least including a first lens unit and a second lens unit, a light transposition assembly arranged on an exit light path of the second lens unit, and the light transposition assembly being used for controlling a light exiting from the second lens unit to be transposed with respect to an exposure direction of the digital exposure apparatus. When the digital exposure apparatus is used for exposure, a light passing through the first lens unit and a light penetrating through the second lens unit are needed to expose the same position for multiple times.
US11669012B2
In one embodiment, a method of fabricating a device having at least two features of differing heights comprises: depositing a resist over a substrate; determining a topography pattern for the at least two features of the device; determining an exposure pattern for the at least two features of the device; exposing a first area of the resist with a first dose of light, the first area corresponding to a first feature of the at least two features; exposing a second area of the resist with a second dose of light that is different from the first dose of light, the second area corresponding to a second feature of the at least two features; and developing the resist.
US11669011B2
A template includes: a base material having a surface including a first pattern, a second pattern and a third pattern, the first pattern including a first recess, the second pattern including a second recess. The base material containing a first material having a first refractive index; a first layer disposed in the first recess and containing a second material, the second material having a second refractive index different from the first refractive index; and a second layer disposed in the second recess, containing the second material, and being thicker than the first layer.
US11669009B2
A method for fabricating patterns on a flexible substrate in a roll-to-roll configuration. Drops of a monomer diluted in a solvent are dispensed on a substrate, where the drops spontaneously spread and merge with one another to form a liquid resist formulation. The solvent is evaporated (e.g., blanket evaporation) from the liquid resist formulation followed by selective multi-component resist film evaporation resulting in a non-uniform and substantially continuous film on the substrate. The gap between the film on the substrate and a template is closed such that the film fills the features of the template. After cross-linking the film to polymerize the film, the template is separated from the substrate thereby leaving the polymerized film on the substrate.
US11669004B2
A light source optical system includes: a first optical system configured to guide a first light beam having a first wavelength emitted from a light source to a wavelength conversion element; the wavelength conversion element configured to convert the first light beam into a second light beam having a second wavelength different from the first wavelength, and emit the second light beam; and a second optical system through which the second light beam emitted from the light conversion element passes. The second optical system includes a light guide element configured to guide a portion of the second light beam from one end surface of the light guide element to the other end surface of the light guide element to separate the portion of the second light beam from the second light beam.
US11668997B2
An underwater system is disclosed for use with a digital image capturing device (DICD) in underwater environments. The underwater system includes a center band having first and second support bands; a first housing fixedly connected to the first support band and including an optically clear material; a second housing fixedly connected to the second support band and including an optically clear material; a cradle connected to the first support band and configured to receive the DICD; and a latching mechanism positioned between the cradle and the first support band. The second support band is pivotally connected to the first support band such that the underwater system is repositionable between an open position and a closed position, and the latching mechanism is repositionable between a locked position, in which the latching mechanism securely engages the DICD, and an unlocked position, in which the latching mechanism is disengaged from the DICD.
US11668996B1
A lens cap device, comprising a base configured as inner ring; an outer ring configured to be rotatable relative to the base; and a plurality of curved blades rotatably connected to the base and slidably connected to the outer ring, wherein the plurality of curved blades is configured to function as an iris; and wherein when the outer ring is rotated, each blade in the plurality of curved blades travels from an outer position that defines an opening to an inward position that defines a closure.
US11668986B2
An array substrate is provided. One of a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer in the array substrate includes at least one slit electrode. The slit electrode is disposed between two adjacent data leads in the array substrate, and includes an electrode connecting portion and a plurality of first strip-shaped sub-electrodes. The electrode connecting portion includes a first connecting section parallel to and adjacent to the data lead. A width of the first strip-shaped sub-electrode gradually decreases along a direction going away from the first strip-shaped sub-electrode, and a distance between two adjacent first strip-shaped sub-electrodes in a direction parallel to an extending direction of the first connecting section gradually increases along the direction going away from the first connecting section.
US11668985B2
The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device provided with an in-cell touch panel, capable of reducing or preventing color mixing in an oblique view while reducing or preventing a reduction in transmittance, and of reducing or preventing a reduction in display quality. The liquid crystal display device includes: a first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate; and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate includes: a thin-film transistor; a pixel electrode connected to the thin-film transistor; a color filter layer including color filters of multiple colors; a touch panel line on a liquid crystal layer side of the color filter layer; and a flattening film on a liquid crystal layer side of the touch panel line.
US11668971B2
The present invention provides a backlight and a display apparatus. The backlight comprises a substrate and at least one light source. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface along a thickness direction of the substrate. The first surface and the second surface are both continuous. The first surface has at least one light incident surface in the edge area. A light source is opposed to or in contact with the light incident surface to provide the substrate with light through the light incident surface.
US11668970B2
A display device includes: a color filter including a first transmissive filter, a second transmissive filter, and a third transmissive filter, the first, second and third transmissive filters being configured to transmit respective light beams having peak wavelengths different from each other; a first selective-wavelength-reflection layer adjacent to an optical-input surface of the first transmissive filter, the first selective-wavelength-reflection layer being configured to reflect light of a wavelength band that passes through the third transmissive filter; a second selective-wavelength-reflection layer adjacent to an optical-input surface of the second transmissive filter, the second selective-wavelength-reflection layer being configured to reflect light of a wavelength band that passes through the third transmissive filter, the second selective-wavelength-reflection layer being identical in composition to the first selective-wavelength-reflection layer; and a light emitter configured to emit light that travels toward the color filter.
US11668966B2
The liquid crystal display device includes: a display region for displaying an image; and a frame region surrounding the display region, the liquid crystal display device sequentially including from a viewing surface side toward a back surface side: a first polarizing plate; a first substrate provided with a switching element connected to a gate line and a source line; a liquid crystal layer; a second substrate; and a second polarizing plate, in the frame region, the first substrate sequentially including from a viewing surface side toward a back surface side a support substrate, a reflectance-reducing layer, and a metal line layer that overlaps the reflectance-reducing layer and includes at least one of a gate line layer provided with the gate line or a source line layer provided with the source line, the reflectance-reducing layer having a lower viewing surface side reflectance than the metal line layer.
US11668962B2
A beam steering apparatus may include: a mirror; a refractive index modulation layer disposed on the mirror; a nanoantenna on the refractive index modulation layer; and an insulating layer disposed between the nanoantenna and the refractive index modulation layer, wherein the insulating layer has a thickness distribution in which a first thickness of the insulating layer on a central region of the mirror is less than a second thickness of the insulating layer on an edge region of the mirror, wherein a refractive index of the refractive index modulation layer is modulated to control propagation direction of beam.
US11668956B2
An eye-mountable device is provided that includes an eyelid occlusion sensor. The eyelid occlusion sensor is used to detect winks, squints, downwards glances or looks, blinks, or other eye-based gestures generated by the user. Based on the detected gestures, an optical power of an adjustable lens of the device may be changed or some other operations could be performed by the eye-mountable device. Such operations could include toggling the optical power of the lens between first and second power levels due to the user squinting, looking downward, or performing some other gesture. Additionally or alternatively, such operations could include setting the optical power of the lens to a first optical power unless the user is looking downward, in which case the optical power of the lens could be set to a second optical power.
US11668951B2
Laser or narrow band light sources (e.g., red, green, and blue) are utilized to form left (e.g., R1, G1, B1) and right (e.g., R2, G2, B2) images of a 3D projection. Off-axis viewing of the projections which has the potential to cause crosstalk and/or loss of energy/brightness in any channel or color, is eliminated (or reduced to only highly oblique viewing angles) via the combined use of any of guard bands between light bands of adjacent channels, curvature of viewing filters, and selection of passband wavelengths that maximize usability of the passband as it “shifts” due to varying or increasing angles of off-axis viewing. Implemented with any number of light sources, the light sources selected may also be converted to showing 2D images where the additional light sources are utilized to affect a desirable increase in color gamut.
US11668940B2
Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, manufacture, circuit, composition of matter, and/or user interface adapted for and/or resulting from, and/or a method and/or machine-readable medium comprising machine-implementable instructions for, activities that can comprise and/or relate to, via light from a light source, rendering an image on a retina.
US11668936B2
An HMD includes an image display unit configured to display objects in a display region (VR) overlapping with outside scenery; a storage unit configured to store a process flow data to be used for selecting the objects to be displayed in the display region (VR); and a control unit configured to select any of the objects to be displayed in the display region (VR), based on the selection information, and to control display positions of the objects in a depth direction of the display region (VR) so that a display position of a selected object is different from a display position of another object to be displayed in the display region (VR).
US11668934B2
Disclosed is an electronic device. In the electronic device according to the present disclosure, a central axis of a viewing angle based on an eye of a user and the central axis of the viewing angle based on a lens optical axis of a camera match each other. An electronic device according to the present disclosure may be associated with an artificial intelligence module, robot, augmented reality (AR) device, virtual reality (VR) device, and device related to 5G services.
US11668923B2
The present invention is a lightweight night vision device (NVD) sealed from environmental conditions, shielded from electromagnetic interference (EMI), and having mechanisms for easy adjustment and fixation of collimation and interpupillary distance. The NVD monocular housing is integrated with the eyepiece, image intensifier tube module, and objective, allowing collimation to be fixed via an optical alignment of the monocular housing to its eyepiece, tube module, and objective. Certain components from existing NVDs may be reused in assembling the present invention to provide cost savings.
US11668921B2
Driving an emitter to emit pulses of electromagnetic radiation according to a jitter specification in a hyperspectral, fluorescence, and laser mapping imaging system is described. A system includes an emitter for emitting pulses of electromagnetic radiation and an image sensor comprising a pixel array for sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation. The system includes a driver for driving emissions by the emitter according to a jitter specification. The system is h that at least a portion of the pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter comprises one or more of a hyperspectral emission, a fluorescence emission, and/or a laser mapping pattern.
US11668910B2
Lens assemblies comprising from an object side to an image side, seven lens elements numbered L1-L7; an optical window; and an image sensor having a sensor diagonal length (SDL), wherein an exemplary lens assembly has a total track length TTL that includes the optical window an effective focal length EFL and a field of view (FOV), wherein TTL/EFL<1.100, wherein TTL/SDL<0.64, wherein FOV<90 degrees, wherein a normalized thickness standard deviation constant T_STD of at least four of the seven lens elements complies with T_STD<0.035, and wherein a focal length f1 of lens element L1 fulfills f1/EFL<0.95.
US11668907B2
A photographing optical lens assembly includes six lens elements which are, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. Each of the six lens elements has an object-side surface facing toward the object side and an image-side surface facing toward the image side. The first lens element has positive refractive power. The second lens element has negative refractive power. The third lens element has negative refractive power. The fourth lens element has negative refractive power. The fifth lens element has positive refractive power. The sixth lens element has negative refractive power. An axial distance between the fourth lens element and the fifth lens element is larger than an axial distance between the fifth lens element and the sixth lens element.
US11668904B2
An imaging lens includes a first lens; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; a sixth lens; and a seventh lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The sixth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side is concave at a paraxial region thereof. The seventh lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side is aspheric. The first lens and the second lens have a specific composite focal length. The third lens have a specific focal length. The fourth lens and the fifth lens have a specific composite focal length. The sixth lens and the seventh lens have a specific composite focal length.
US11668893B2
An imaging transmitter (Tx) for free-space optical communications (FOC) includes a light source for providing modulated light, a pixel controller configured for dynamic selection of at least a portion of the modulated light to provide at least one pre-collimated FOC beam. An imaging lens assembly is for collimating the pre-collimated FOC beam to provide a transmitted FOC beam. The pixel controller controls a location of the pre-collimated FOC beam with respect to a focal surface of the imaging lens assembly so that the transmitted FOC beam is projected into a desired direction in object space that is determined by the location, or in the case that the light source is an emitting array, equivalently the transmitted FOC beam is projected into a unique angular volume described by the center line-of-sight (LOS) and instantaneous FOV (iFOV) of the emitting pixel(s) in the array.
US11668890B2
Devices such as multiports comprising connection ports with associated securing features and methods for making the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the device comprises a shell, at least one connection port, and at least one securing feature. The at least one connection port is disposed on the multiport with the at least one connection port comprising an optical connector opening extending from an outer surface of the multiport to a cavity of the multiport and defining a connection port passageway. The at least one securing feature is associated with the connection port passageway, and is biased by a resilient member.
US11668887B2
An optical module includes a housing including an optical interface, a circuit board module disposed in the housing, a fiber optic receptacle module disposed in the housing and including a plurality of fiber optic receptacles, an optoelectronic chip disposed in the housing and electrically connected to the circuit board module, a position limiting card disposed behind the fiber optic receptacle module, and a plurality of through holes arranged at the optical interface. The plurality of fiber optic receptacles are installed at the optical interface and fit through the plurality of through holes, and the position limiting card is fixed to the housing and locks the fiber optic receptacle module tightly against the optical interface.
US11668865B2
The subject of the present disclosure is to enhance spectral characteristics. The present disclosure relates to an optical sensor and an electronic apparatus. The optical sensor includes: multiple optical receivers, multiple color filters covering light receiving surfaces of the multiple optical receivers, and a multi-layer filter layered on the multiple color filters. The multiple color filters include a red color filter, a green color filter and a blue color filter. The multi-layer filter includes a first transmission wavelength region allowing transmission of a portion of the transmission wavelength regions of the green color filter and the blue color filter, and a second transmission wavelength region allowing transmission of a portion of the transmission wavelength region of the red color filter.
US11668862B2
A texture image acquiring device, a display device and a collimator are disclosed. The texture image acquiring device includes a collimator and an image sensor. The collimator includes a lens array, a first diaphragm layer, and a second diaphragm layer. The lens array allows light rays to be converged and incident on the first diaphragm layer. The first diaphragm layer allows light rays incident on the first diaphragm layer to pass through and be incident on the second diaphragm layer, and restricts an angle of light rays capable of passing through the first diaphragm layer. The second diaphragm layer allows light rays incident on the second diaphragm layer to pass through, and restricts an angle of light rays capable of passing through the second diaphragm layer. The image sensor senses light rays incident on the image sensor for acquiring a texture image.
US11668856B2
Implementations are described herein for predicting a future climate condition in an agricultural area. In various implementations, a teleconnection model may be applied to a dataset of remote climate conditions such as water surface temperatures to identify one or more of the most influential remote climate conditions on the future climate condition in the agricultural area. A trained machine learning model may be applied to the one or more most influential remote climate conditions and to historical climate data for the agricultural area to generate data indicative of the predicted future climate condition. Based on the data indicative of the predicted future climate condition, one or more output components may be caused to render output that conveys the predicted future climate condition.
US11668855B2
A method may include obtaining geological data and seismic data regarding a geological region of interest, wherein the geological data includes grain size data. The method may further include determining a first set of sedimentary pathways using the grain size data. The method may further include determining a topographical surface for the geological region of interest using the seismic data or/and well data. The method may further include determining, by the computer processor, a second set of sedimentary pathways using the topographical surface. The method may further include generating various output sedimentary pathways based on a combination of the first set of sedimentary pathways and the second set of sedimentary pathways.
US11668850B2
A method can include controlling radio frequency emission circuitry of a nuclear magnetic resonance unit to emit radio frequency energy according to a first set of parameters that comprises a first wait time for an even number of sequence repeats with positive and negative phases and to emit radio frequency energy according to a second set of parameters that includes a second wait time for a single sequence with a single phase, where the second wait time is greater than the first wait time; and acquiring, via antenna circuitry and analog-to-digital conversion circuitry, nuclear magnetic resonance.
US11668842B2
The disclosure relates to a method for satellite-based determination of a vehicle position, comprising the following steps: a) receiving GNSS satellite data; b) determining a vehicle's position with the GNSS satellite data received in step a); c) providing input variables that can have an effect on the accuracy of the vehicle position determined in step b); d) determining a positional accuracy of the vehicle position determined in step b) using an algorithm that assigns a positional accuracy to a vehicle position; and e) adapting the algorithm.
US11668841B2
Methods and apparatus for processing of GNSS signals are presented. These include GNSS processing with obtaining GNSS data derived from signals received at a rover antenna, obtaining correction data, maintaining a time sequence of at least one rover position and at least one rover position difference with associated time tags, using the time sequence to determine at least one derived rover position by, starting from a position determined using corrections synchronous with rover data as an anchor position at a time tag, deriving a new anchor position for the time tag of the anchor position and at least one other estimated rover position at the time tag of the anchor position, and/or reporting the new anchor position and/or a new derived rover position.
US11668837B2
A receiver device to receive an incoming radio frequency (RF) satellite signal from a satellite vehicle includes a processor and computer-readable storage media. The computer-readable storage media is communicably connected to the processor and has instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to track the incoming RF satellite signal in code phase and carrier frequency, the incoming RF satellite signal having a primary pseudorandom (PRN) code and a secondary PRN code modulated thereon, generate an encoded sequence of dot product values of adjacent integrated in-phase (I) and quadrature-phase (Q) components of the incoming RF satellite signal, compare the encoded sequence with expected secondary code chip transitions, determine a secondary code phase for the secondary PRN code based on the comparison, and coherently integrate the secondary code phase with the incoming RF satellite signal to increase an integration interval.
US11668834B2
A satellite orbiting in one of a plurality of orbital planes of a satellite constellation system at an altitude range corresponding to low earth orbit includes at least one processor configured to generate satellite state data, and to generate a navigation signal based on the satellite state data. The satellite includes at least one transmitter configured to transmit the navigation signal for receipt by at least one client device on earth. Each of the plurality of orbital planes includes a corresponding one of a plurality of satellite subsets of a plurality of satellites of the satellite constellation system. Each of the plurality of orbital planes is within the altitude range, and the plurality of orbital planes includes a set of inclined orbital planes at a non-polar inclination.
US11668820B2
A sonar survey system including a multibeam echo sounder using plural transmit projectors and plural receive hydrophones, wherein beams with associated magnitudes are received such that the largest magnitude beam(s) are identified as characterizing beam(s) and data associated with these characterizing beam(s) is used as a compressed characterization of the ensonified space.
US11668816B2
An installation structure for a vicinity information detection sensor includes the vicinity information detection sensor and a vibration absorbing member. The vicinity information detection sensor includes a detector attached to a vehicle inner side of an outer panel of a vehicle body and configured to radiate electromagnetic waves that function as radar waves that detect vicinity information of a vehicle, and a motor provided in the detector and configured to change a radiation direction of the electromagnetic waves. The vibration absorbing member is placed between the outer panel and the vicinity information detection sensor.
US11668815B2
A method for radar imaging is disclosed herein. The method may comprise using a plurality of radar antenna arrays provided on a terrestrial vehicle to obtain phase measurements associated with one or more radar signals transmitted and received by the plurality of radar antenna arrays as the terrestrial vehicle moves through an environment. The method may further comprise processing the phase measurements to compute (i) a set of object-specific properties for one or more objects external to the terrestrial vehicle and (ii) a set of vehicle-specific properties for the terrestrial vehicle. The method may further comprise using the set of object-specific properties and the set of vehicle-specific properties to generate one or more radar images of the environment as the terrestrial vehicle moves through the environment.
US11668806B2
Staggered channel state information reference signal resource sets for tracking used for positioning
Disclosed are techniques for receiving reference radio frequency (RF) signals for positioning estimation. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) receives, from a network node, multiple resource sets for tracking (TRSs). Each TRS comprises a plurality of reference signal resources. The multiple TRSs are signals from a same antenna port or are quasi-co-located signals. The UE processes the multiple TRSs to determine positioning-related quantity(ies). The UE can estimate its position based on the positioning-related quantity(ies) and/or send the positioning-related quantity(ies) to the network.
US11668803B1
A few-mode light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system may include an illumination source to generate an illumination beam, one or more transmission optics to direct at least a portion of the illumination beam within a field of view, one or more collection optics to collect return light from an object in the field of view illuminated by the illumination beam, wherein the collected return light includes a plurality of spatial modes, a few-mode optical amplifier to optically amplify portions of the return light propagating along at least two of the plurality of spatial modes, and a detector configured to convert output light from the few-mode optical amplifier to an output electrical signal.
US11668800B2
A detection device includes (a) a LiDAR sensing device and (b) a housing enclosing the LiDAR sensing device, the housing including at least one cover lens. At least a portion of the cover lens is made of at least one glass sheet having an absorption coefficient lower than 5 m−1 in the wavelength range from 750 to 1650 nm. The cover lens helps to protect the LiDAR sensing device from external degradation.
US11668794B2
An extrinsic-calibration system includes at least one target and a computer. Each target includes three flat surfaces that are mutually nonparallel and a corner at which the three surfaces intersect. The computer is programmed to estimate a first set of relative positions of the corner in a first coordinate frame from a first sensor, the first set of relative positions corresponding one-to-one to a set of absolute positions of the at least one target; estimate a second set of relative positions of the corner in a second coordinate frame from a second sensor, the second set of relative positions corresponding one-to-one to the set of absolute positions; and estimate a rigid transformation between the first coordinate frame and the second coordinate frame based on the first set of relative positions and the second set of relative positions.
US11668790B2
Aspects of the disclosure are directed to apparatuses, systems and methods for radar processing. As may be implemented in accordance with one or more aspects herein, an apparatus may include receiver circuitry to receive and sample radar signals reflected from a target, and processing circuitry to carry out the following. Representations of the reflections are transformed into the time-frequency domain where they are oversampled. The oversampled representations of the reflections are inversely transformed to provide resampled reflections. Positional characteristics of the target may then be ascertained by constructing a range response characterizing the target based on the resampled reflections.
US11668785B2
A method for locating a connected object within an LPWA network using a plurality of base stations. The connected object transmits packets in RF frequency channels forming a virtual band being scanned once in the uplink direction and once in the downlink direction in a symmetrical manner. The base stations receiving the signal perform an RF to intermediate frequency translation and then a baseband translation in digital mode. The phase differences of arrival for each pair of base stations and the attenuation coefficients of each transmission channel between the connected object and each base station enable a composite transfer function to be constructed for each pair of base stations. The peaks of highest amplitude are detected in the corresponding impulse responses and the distance differences between the connected object and the different base stations are derived therefrom. The position of the object is then estimated by hyperbolic trilateration.
US11668782B2
Provided is an electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus includes an audio receiver configured to obtain an audio signal of sound output by an external object; a sensor configured to sense a posture of the electronic apparatus; a display; and a processor configured to, based on the audio signal that is obtained by the audio receiver, determine a direction in which the external object is located with respect to the electronic apparatus, and control the display to display a graphical object that corresponds to the external object based on the posture of the electronic apparatus sensed by the sensor and the direction in which the external object is located.
US11668780B2
An electronic beacon placed stationary in a known location. The beacon includes a map, stored therein, pertaining to a covered area. The map includes coordinates of the known location with reference to the map. The electronic beacon is configured to transmit at least a navigational signal. The electronic beacon has a radio transmitter to communicate the map to at least one moving device in the covered area.
US11668776B2
Techniques are disclosed for providing a process plan of a magnetic resonance examination incorporating n protocols where n≥1. The process plan includes selecting an examination strategy with a number n of metaprotocols and a chronological order of the n metaprotocols. Each of the n metaprotocols includes a protocol category having a plurality of different variants of a protocol of the one protocol category. The process plan further includes selecting a variant of a protocol of the one protocol category of an ith metaprotocol, where 1≤i≤n, repeating the step of selecting the variant of a protocol of the one protocol category of an ith metaprotocol until i=n, and providing the magnetic resonance examination process plan including the n protocols.
US11668775B2
A coil assembly includes: a radio frequency (RF) coil operable to be placed over a portion of a subject; a quarter-wave transformer coupled to the RF coil and configured to transform a characteristic impedance of the RF coil; and a diode placed behind the quarter-wave transformer and away from the RF coil, wherein the diode is operable to: (i) when the diode is forward biased, the diode turns the quarter-wave transformer into an open circuit such that the power amplifier drives the RF coil with sufficient electrical power for the RF coil to transmit an RF pulse into the portion of the subject; and (ii) when the diode is provided zero or revers bias, the diode turns the quarter-wave transformer into a short circuit such that the RF coil is detuned from a Lamor frequency of nuclei of interest immersed in the main magnet.
US11668769B2
Superconducting output amplifiers having return to zero to non-return to zero converters are described. An example superconducting output amplifier (OA) includes a first superconducting OA stage having a first DC-SQUID and a second DC-SQUID arranged in parallel to the first DC-SQUID. The superconducting OA includes an input terminal for receiving a single flux quantum (SFQ) pulse train. The superconducting OA includes a first splitter configured to split a first set of SFQ pulses corresponding to the SFQ pulse train into a first return to zero (RZ) signal and a second RZ signal. The superconducting OA includes a first return to zero to non-return to zero (RZ-NRZ) converter configured to convert the first RZ signal into a first non-return to zero (NRZ) signal for driving the first DC-SQUID, and a second RZ-NRZ converter configured to convert the second RZ signal into a second NRZ signal for driving the second DC-SQUID.
US11668768B2
The disclosure concerns a magnetometer for detecting a magnetic field, comprising: a solid state electronic spin system containing a plurality of electronic spins and a solid carrier, wherein the electronic spins are configured to be capable of aligning with an external magnetic field in response to an alignment stimulus; and a detector configured to detect an alignment response of the electronic spins, such that the external magnetic field can be detected; wherein the electronic spins are provided as one or more groups, each group containing a plurality of spins, the plurality of spins in each of the one or more groups being arranged in a line that is angled at an angle Θ with respect to the local direction of the external magnetic field at the said group. Also disclosed is a method for detecting a magnetic field.
US11668763B2
An analog fault detection circuit is disclosed. The analog fault detection circuit comprises an input terminal, an input circuit path coupled to the input terminal at a first end and a first sampling switch coupled to the second end of the input circuit path. The first sampling switch is configured to sample an input path voltage at the second end of the input circuit path to provide a first analog to digital converter (ADC) input voltage. The analog fault detection circuit further comprises a first ADC conversion circuit configured to convert the first ADC input voltage to a first digital ADC output; and a first broken wire detection circuit coupled between the first sampling switch and the first ADC conversion circuit, and configured to adaptively pulldown or pullup the first ADC input voltage, in order to detect a fault associated with a first analog circuit path.
US11668755B2
This disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for determining available energy of a battery, a battery management system, and a storage medium, and relates to the field of battery technologies. The method includes: obtaining a DOD interval corresponding to a current SOC interval of the battery, and a cycle quantity and a cycle temperature that correspond to the DOD interval; obtaining recoverable energy information of the battery based on the DOD interval, the cycle quantity, and the cycle temperature; and determining current remaining available energy of the battery based on the recoverable energy information. For a battery with a recoverable attenuation capacity, the method, the apparatus, the battery management system, and the storage medium in this disclosure could help improve accuracy in estimating remaining available energy of the battery, thereby improving battery reliability, prolonging a service life of the battery, and enhancing user experience.
US11668752B2
Implementations of ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) self-test circuits may include: a current transformer coupled to a controller, a silicon controlled rectifier (SCR) test loop coupled to the controller, a ground fault test loop coupled to the controller, and a solenoid coupled to the controller. The SCR test loop may be configured to conduct an SCR self-test during a first half wave portion of a phase and the ground fault test loop may be configured to conduct a ground fault self-test during a second half wave portion of a phase. An SCR may be configured to activate the solenoid to deny power to a load upon one of the SCR self-test or the ground fault self-test being identified as failing.
US11668746B2
Systems, devices, and methods for performing a non-contact electrical measurement (NCEM) on a NCEM-enabled cell included in a NCEM-enabled cell vehicle may be configured to perform NCEMs while the NCEM-enabled cell vehicle is moving. The movement may be due to vibrations in the system and/or movement of a movable stage on which the NCEM-enabled cell vehicle is positioned. Position information for an electron beam column producing the electron beam performing the NCEMs and/or for the moving stage may be used to align the electron beam with targets on the NCEM-enabled cell vehicle while it is moving.
US11668744B2
A contact for burning-in and testing a semiconductor IC and a socket device including the contact are proposed. The contact includes: an upper terminal part (111) having an upper tip part (111b) at an upper end part thereof; a lower terminal part (112) having a lower tip part (112c) at a lower end part thereof and provided on the same axis as the upper terminal part (111); and an elastic part (113) elastically supporting the upper terminal part (111) and the lower terminal part (112), wherein the upper terminal part (111) and the lower terminal part (112) include a shoulder part (111a) and a shoulder part (112a), respectively, formed by protruding therefrom in width directions thereof, and the elastic part (113) has a third width (w3), and includes a first strip (113a) and a second strip (113b).
US11668741B2
An electromagnetic wave measurement system may include: a reference receiving device; a plurality of auxiliary receiving devices; and a control device connected to the reference receiving device and the plurality of auxiliary receiving devices, wherein the reference receiving device has a wider dynamic range than the plurality of auxiliary receiving devices, the control device collects a frequency-specific measurement value from each of the reference receiving device and the plurality of auxiliary receiving devices, and the frequency-specific measurement value of each of the auxiliary receiving devices is calibrated based on the frequency-specific measurement value of the reference receiving device.
US11668739B2
Systems, methods and apparatus for automatic alarm management in a radio-frequency (RF) environment are disclosed. An apparatus calculates a power distribution by frequency of the RF environment in real time or near real time, including a first derivative and a second derivative of FFT data of the RF environment. The apparatus then creates a baseline based on the power distribution by frequency of the RF environment in a period of time, identifies at least one alarm situation based on a multiplicity of alarm triggering conditions by comparing the power distribution in real time or near real time to the baseline of the RF environment, identifies at least one signal based on the first derivative and the second derivative of FFT data in the at least one alarm situation, and sends at least one alarm comprising details of the at least one signal identified in the at least one alarm situation.
US11668734B2
The disclosed technology generally relates to electrical overstress protection devices, and more particularly to electrical overstress monitoring devices for detecting electrical overstress events in semiconductor devices. In one aspect, an electrical overstress monitor and/or protection device includes a two different conductive structures configured to electrically arc in response to an EOS event and a sensing circuit configured to detect a change in a physical property of the two conductive structures caused by the EOS event. The two conductive structures have facing surfaces that have different shapes.
US11668733B2
A test and measurement instrument includes a current measurement device having an input to accept an electrical current for measurement, an output to pass an output current output from the current measurement device, a sense path through which the electrical current is measured, and an active bypass device to pass an amount of current from the input of the current measurement device to the output of the current measurement device without passing through the sense path. The active bypass device may be tuned to allow the current sense device to operate without bypass within a specific range of target current values. Some current measurement devices may include more than one active bypass circuits, each tuned for a different range of input current values.
US11668732B2
A testing head apt to verify the operation of a device under test integrated on a semiconductor wafer includes a plurality of contact elements, each including a body that extends between a first end portion and a second end portion, and a guide provided with a plurality of guide holes apt to house the contact elements. The guide includes a conductive portion that includes and electrically connects the holes of a group of guide holes to each other and is apt to contact a corresponding group of contact elements apt to carry a same type of signal.
US11668731B2
A testing system for electrical interconnects having a removable device under test printed circuit board (DUT PCB) that electrically connects with the electrical testing components of the system. A removable top plate is placed on top of the DUT PCB and is locked in place by a plurality of locking posts that selectively connect to cam surfaces in the top plate that pull the top plate down sandwiching the DUT PCB between the top plate and the electrical testing components of the system. An actuator is also presented that presses the device under test into the electrical interconnect at increments where tests are performed on one, some or all of the contact points of the electrical interconnect. This information is then analyzed and graphed to assist with determine the optimum force and/or height to use during actual use.
US11668730B2
An apparatus and method of operating an atomic force profiler (AFP), such as an AFM, using a feedforward control signal in subsequent scan lines of a large area sample to achieve large throughput advantages in, for example, automated applications.
US11668728B2
An acceleration transducer defines a rectangular coordinate system with two orthogonal horizontal axes that are both normal to a vertical axis and includes a main body defining tangential side faces arranged tangentially to the vertical axis, and normal side faces arranged normally to the vertical axis. The transducer includes exactly three piezoelectric elements and three seismic masses. Exactly one piezoelectric element is secured to each of the three tangential side faces, and exactly one seismic mass is secured to each of the three piezoelectric elements. Each piezoelectric element has a high sensitivity for a shear force exerted by the attached seismic mass along a principal tangential axis that is another one of the three axes for each of the three piezoelectric elements.
US11668723B2
Combined dissolution rate and permeation rate testing apparatus includes temperature-controllable testing cell units arranged on a housing frame. Each testing cell unit includes a donor chamber receivable of dissolution media, a receptor chamber receivable of bodily fluid, gaskets that retain a membrane between the two chambers, and controllable mixers that mix the fluid in the receptor chamber. A flow control arrangement operatively circulates dissolution media through the donor chamber and enables sampling of the dissolution media. Another flow control arrangement operatively circulates bodily fluid through the receptor chamber. An analysis unit analyzes dissolution media removed from the donor chamber and bodily fluid removed from the receptor chamber to provide data about dissolution of a pharmaceutical product dissolved in the dissolution media and permeation of the pharmaceutical product through the membrane into the bodily fluid.
US11668722B2
Herein is reported a method for selecting an antibody with a systematic clearance in cynomolgus monkeys of less than 8 mL/kg/day comprising the steps of measuring the retention time of the antibody on performing an FcRn affinity chromatography with a positive linear pH gradient and on a heparin affinity chromatography with a positive linear conductivity/salt gradient, and selecting an antibody that has a relative retention time on the FcRn affinity chromatography column is less than 1.78 times the retention time difference between peaks 2 and 3 the retention time of preparation of an oxidized anti-Her3 antibody of SEQ ID NO: 03 and 04, and a relative retention time on the heparin affinity chromatography column is less than 0.87 times the retention time of an anti-pTau antibody of SEQ ID NO: 01 and 02.
US11668719B2
The present disclosure relates to a method of identifying components present in a lipoprotein. Methods provided include single particle mass spectrometry, such as charge detection mass spectrometry (CDMS). Distinct subpopulations that exist within lipoprotein classes are determined by correlating m/z and mass.
US11668718B2
Methods for differentiating full-length high molecular weight kininogen (HMWK) and cleaved HMWK in a sample are provided herein. Such methods may comprise treating a biological sample with a protease to generate a plurality of digested peptides, and measuring one or more signature peptides, which are indicative of cleaved HMWK and/or full-length HMWK.
US11668716B2
Water soluble light harvesting multichromophores that have an ultraviolet absorption maximum are provided. In some embodiments, the multichromophores include a conjugated segment including a fused 6-5-6 tricyclic co-monomer and a UV absorbance-modifying co-monomer. The multichromophores may include an acceptor chromophore covalently linked to the multichromophore in energy-receiving proximity therewith. In some embodiments, a specific binding member is covalently linked to the multichromophore. Also provided are methods of evaluating a sample for the presence of a target analyte and methods of labelling a target molecule using compositions including the light harvesting multichromophores. Kits and systems for practicing the subject methods are also provided.
US11668715B2
The present invention relates to methods for the diagnosis and treatment of melanoma. In particular, the invention relates to methods for the diagnosis and treatment of early stage melanoma by measuring the expression of one or more autoantibodies selected from the group consisting of anti-ZBTB7B, anti-PRKCH, anti-TP53, anti-PCTK1, anti-PQBP1, anti-UBE2V1, anti-IRF4, anti-MAPK8_tv2, anti-MSN and anti-TPM1. Further, the present invention relates to kits comprising one or more reagents and/or devices when used in performing the methods for the diagnosis and treatment of melanoma.
US11668714B2
A solid support for detecting the presence of antibodies in a biological sample, where the solid support includes microbial antigens immobilized on the solid support, wherein the microbial antigens include at least one antigen prepared from the group consisting of pleomorphic round bodies of Borrelia genus, for example Borrelia burgdorferi, Borrelia afzelii and Borrelia garinii. Also, a method of detecting a tick-borne microbe in a biological sample, wherein the solid support is contacted with a biological sample.
US11668711B2
A diagnostic assay strip includes a first layer that includes an iron mobile labelled specific binding partner that will bind to and iron biomarker from a sample and produce an iron complex and a vitamin A mobile labelled specific binding partner that will bind to a vitamin A biomarker from the sample and produce a vitamin A complex. A second layer includes iron and vitamin A test regions, and a control region. The iron test region has immobilized specific binding partners that will bind to the iron complex. The vitamin A test region has immobilized vitamin A biomarker that will bind to vitamin A mobile labelled specific binding partner, which is not bound to the vitamin A biomarker, passing from the first layer to the second layer. The control region has a moiety which will non-specifically bind to and immobilize the iron and vitamin A labelled specific binding partners. Methods of using the diagnostic assay strip are also discussed.
US11668706B2
Provided are a near-infrared II polymer fluorescent sub-microsphere and a method for preparing the same. The method includes steps of 1) dissolving fluorochrome in a water-immiscible organic solvent, thus obtaining a fluorochrome solution; 2) distributing a polymer sub-microsphere into a sodium dodecyl sulfonate solution, thus obtaining a sub-microsphere solution with the polymer sub-microsphere as a carrier for the fluorochrome; 3) subjecting a first mixture of the fluorochrome solution and the sub-microsphere solution to ultrasonic treatment, thus obtaining an emulsion; 4) swelling the emulsion such that the fluorochrome solution enters nanopores formed during swelling of the polymer sub-microsphere, thus obtaining a second mixture; and 5) heating the second mixture to volatilize the organic solvent, such that the fluorochrome is crystallized out and encapsulated in the nanopores, thus obtaining the near-infrared II polymer fluorescent sub-microsphere.
US11668698B2
The present disclosure provides a three-dimensional micro-electrode that comprises an electrically conductive, elongate body with: a base that is electrically connectible to a recording system; a tip that is opposite the base and that is configured to establish electrical communication with an excitable cellular-network or a cell therein; and an elongate portion between the base and the tip. The elongate portion is covered with at least one layer of an electrical-insulator coating that extends from the base to proximal the tip. The present disclosure also provides a micro-electrode array comprising at least two three-dimensional micro-electrodes that are electrically connective to at least one recording system. The present disclosure also provides a method of making and using a three-dimensional micro-electrode and an array that comprises three-dimensional micro-electrodes.
US11668686B1
Recent progress related to energy harvesting solutions and printed electronics is opening the opportunity for a smart label to combine chemical/physical color change technology with an electronic based reader architecture, which can be achieved with printed electronics technologies and can be suitable for monitoring applications that are very cost sensitive. The smart label provides an innovative product architecture to achieve a very low cost solution to monitor packaged items during storage and shipment. Exemplary applications of the smart label include, but are not limited to, cold chain monitoring, food monitoring, and in-package control of sensitive devices, such as electronic components.
US11668676B2
The present disclosure provides methods, microfluidic devices, and systems for isolating target particles from a sample containing or suspected of containing the target particles. The methods, microfluidic devices, and systems disclosed herein facilitate affinity-based isolation of target particles in a microfluidic channel by translating the target particles to the side walls of the microfluidic channel where capture agents that bind to the target particles are immobilized.
US11668671B2
A biosensor includes a semiconductor layer having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a FET device in the semiconductor layer, an isolation layer over the first surface of the semiconductor layer, a dielectric layer over the isolation layer and the first surface of the semiconductor layer, and a pair of first electrodes and a pair of second electrodes over the dielectric layer and separated from each other. The isolation layer has a rectangular opening substantially aligned with the FET device. The rectangular opening has pair of first sides and a pair of second sides. An extending direction of the pair of first sides is perpendicular to an extending direction of the pair of second sides. The pair of first electrodes is disposed over the pair of first sides, and the pair of second electrodes is disposed over the pair of second sides.
US11668670B2
A gas sensor includes a main pump cell, a storage unit that stores information about a zero point in a first correspondence relationship, where the first correspondence relationship is a linear correspondence relationship between the oxygen concentration in a measurement-object gas and the main pump current, an oxygen-concentration-detecting unit that detects the oxygen concentration in a measurement-object gas, based on a measured value p of the main pump current and the information about the zero point, and a measured-value-obtaining unit that performs a second control process and that obtains a measured value b1 at a measurement point B1 at which a known value of the oxygen concentration and the main pump current are relevant to each other with a measurement timing. The oxygen-concentration-detecting unit makes zero point correction such that a divergence of the zero point from the first correspondence relationship is corrected based on the measured value b1.
US11668664B2
A method and device for detection of solid organic matter and fluids in a shale rock by means of low field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) in a single measurement, by submitting a rock sample to a 2D NMR assay comprising applying a 2D pulse sequence with a saturation-recovery, or inversion-recovery, in an indirect dimension and an FID-CPMG in a direct dimension. The method can be used as an analytical technique for rock samples from unconventional hydrocarbon reservoirs.
US11668661B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for inspecting a semiconductor sample are disclosed. In some embodiments, the sample may comprise a structure having a plurality of openings in a top layer of the structure. In some embodiments, the method may comprise generating an image of the structure using a SEM; inspecting an opening of the plurality of openings by determining a dimension of the opening based on the image and determining an open-state of the opening, based on a contrast of the image; and determining a quality of the opening based on both the determined dimension and the determined open-state of the opening.
US11668660B2
Some embodiments include a radiographic inspection system, comprising: a drive mechanism configured to move along a structure; a detector attached to the drive mechanism; a radiation source attached to the drive mechanism and positionable relative to the detector such that a width of the structure casts a radiation shadow on an active area of the detector; and control logic coupled to the detector and configured to: receive an image from the detector; generate side wall loss information based on the image; and generate bottom wall loss information based on the image.
US11668656B1
A system for inspecting and validating processes performed on a continuous web of fabric in an automated apparel manufacturing environment. The continuous web of fabric can move in a step wise fashion across a work area where tooling can perform one or more processes on the continuous web of fabric. At least one projector is provided to display an image onto the continuous web of fabric the image including a first image related to an article to be manufactured and a second image related to a reference grid. The continuous web of fabric and the first and second images are viewed by a camera, and data related to the viewed first and second images and the continuous web of fabric can be sent to a computer implemented control center which can analyze the data to determine whether a deviation or error exists regarding the manufacturing process.
US11668649B2
A sensor arrangement includes a reaction subassembly having a housing and a detector subassembly. The housing is a layered component arrangement encompassing a luminophore-containing reaction laminate excitable, by irradiation with a first electromagnetic radiation of a first wavelength, to emit a second electromagnetic radiation of a second wavelength different from the first wavelength; and a temperature-detection laminate emitting an infrared radiation. The housing includes an opening for introducing a fluid, a reaction window and a temperature-sensing window. The reaction window transmits the first and second electromagnetic radiation, and the temperature-sensing window is penetrable by infrared radiation. The detector subassembly encompasses a radiation source emitting the first electromagnetic radiation, a radiation detector detecting the second electromagnetic radiation, and an infrared detector detecting, through the temperature detection window, the infrared radiation emitted from the temperature detection laminate. The reaction laminate and the temperature-detection laminate are embodied separately.
US11668645B2
A spectroscopic ellipsometry system and method for thin film measurement with high spatial resolution. The system includes a rotating compensator so that spectroscopic ellipsometric and imaging ellipsometric data are collected simultaneously with the same measurement beam. Collecting both ellipsometric data sets simultaneously increases the information content for analysis and affords a substantial increase in measurement performance.
US11668644B2
A non-destructive opto-acoustic metrology device detects the presence and location of non-uniformities in a film stack that includes a large number, e.g., 50 or more, transparent layers. A transducer layer at the bottom of the film stack produces an acoustic wave in response to an excitation beam. A probe beam is reflected from the layer interfaces of the film stack and the acoustic wave to produce an interference signal that encodes data in a time domain from destructive and constructive interference as the acoustic wave propagates upward in the film stack. The data may be analyzed across the time domain to determine the presence and location of one or more non-uniformities in the film stack. An acoustic metrology target may be produced with a transducer layer configured to generate an acoustic wave with a desired acoustic profile based on characteristics of the film stack.
US11668642B2
A method of measuring adhesive strength includes setting an evaluation time (te), fixing a substrate and an adhesive member to a measurement device, pulling the adhesive member fixed to the measurement device with a first measurement force (Fe1) for the evaluation time (te), pulling the adhesive member fixed to the measurement device is pulled with a second measurement force (Fe2), which is obtained by increasing the first measurement force (Fe1) by a preset amount, for the evaluation time (te), and determining a reference measurement force (Fes) which is a static force applied to the adhesive member when a distance by which a first portion of the adhesive member is detached from the substrate is equal to a preset distance (dt) is determined.
US11668633B2
The present disclosure provides an apparatus and method of use thereof for compressive creep testing of materials in the presence of fluids. The apparatus includes a cantilever arm connected on a first end to a cantilever pivot and including a weight holder on a second end; a first platen connected to the cantilever arm via a swivel located between the first end and the second end; a reservoir; and a second platen disposed within the reservoir and positioned to secure a sample between the first platen and the second platen when a force is applied via the weight holder and the first platen to a sample. Electrical properties of the material can be monitored and measured during the compression creep testing.
US11668625B2
Apparatus and method for detecting wavefront aberration of an objective lens, comprising a wavefront detection system, a planar mirror, and a planar mirror adjusting mechanism; the objective lens is placed between planar mirror and wavefront detection system; planar mirror is positioned at focal point of the objective lens. A test wavefront emitted by wavefront detection system passes through the objective lens, gets reflected by the planar mirror, and t passes through the objective lens again; the wavefront detection system receives and detects the test wavefront to derive a phase distribution thereof; an angle of the planar mirror tilts at is adjusted to obtain different return wavefronts; a polynomial for expressing wavefront aberration is selected, and expressions corresponding to all the return wavefronts are calculated; result of fitting the wavefront aberration of the objective lens when expressed by the selected polynomial is derived through fitting with the polynomial.
US11668620B2
A leak detecting device for a fluid filled vessel including a housing, a solid shaft, an anchoring attachment, and a resilient member. The housing has a continuous perimeter edge sized to extend around an underwater surface, forms a hollow interior, and includes a first aperture formed through a wall of the housing and a second aperture formed through the wall of the housing. The solid shaft extends through the first aperture of the housing and has a first end on an interior side of the housing and a second end on an exterior side of the housing. The anchoring attachment is secured to the first end of the solid shaft. The resilient member is secured to the perimeter edge of the housing.
US11668614B2
A wearable universal blast sensor includes an underwater pressure sensing transducer and at least one blast parameter sensing transducer to measure a blast parameter from the blast other than pressure, an analog-to-digital converter having an analog input and a digital output, the analog input coupled to the pressure sensing transducer and a digital output, a rolling memory buffer coupled to the digital output of the analog-to-digital converter, at least one controller coupled to the rolling memory buffer and configured to store a time sequence of digital pressure signals from the digital output of the analog-to-digital converter, write into a blast event memory data from the rolling memory buffer including data corresponding to the blast event if one of the digital pressure signals exceeds a set first threshold, generate a first blast magnitude indicator signal if any of the digital pressure signals exceeds a second set threshold.
US11668609B1
In variants, an automatically-identifiable temperature probe can include: a probe body, one or more sensors, a connector, and/or any other suitable components. In variants, the method for temperature determination can include: determining a set of electrical signals, determining a temperature probe type based on the set of electrical signals, determining a sensor resolution model based on the temperature probe type, and determining a set of final temperature estimates based on the set of electrical signals and the sensor resolution model.
US11668601B2
An instrumented substrate apparatus is configured to measure wavelength-resolved radiation, such as extreme ultraviolet radiation. The instrumented substrate apparatus includes a substrate and photoelectric sensors on the substrate. The photoelectric sensors include a photoemissive material, a photoelectron collector, and a measurement circuit. The measurement circuit is electrically coupled to the photoemissive material and the photoelectron collector. The measurement circuit is configured to measure a current generated by the photoelectron collectors by a current meter. Such current is used to determine the wavelength-resolved EUV measurement information by a controller on the instrumented substrate apparatus, or by communicating the current to a factory automation system.
US11668592B2
A method of using a measuring system for detecting a measured physical variable pertains to measuring systems that include a plurality of transmission members forming a measuring chain for detecting the measured physical variable and in which transmission members that are immediately successive in the measuring chain are in a cause-and-effect relationship to each other. The method includes the steps of: a) specifying the measured physical variable to be detected; b) using a computer to compile several measuring chains that include transmission members necessary for the detection of the specified measured physical variable; c) determination of performance criteria of the compiled measuring chains; d) using the determined performance criteria to assess each of the compiled measuring chains; and e) identification of a measuring chain that best satisfies one of the performance criteria determined.
US11668588B2
Apparatus, systems, and methods for detecting the presence of a metallic surgical instrument. A metal detector for detecting insertion of a metallic surgical device into a hollow tube may include a switch, resonant circuit and a controller. The resonant circuit has a capacitor and a coil mounted to the hollow tube. The controller turn on the switch for a preselected time to temporarily provide a current to the resonant circuit and analyzes a resulting decaying voltage waveform originating from the resonant circuit when the switch is turned off in order to determine the presence and longitudinal depth of the metallic surgical device in the hollow tube.
US11668580B2
A system and methods relate to, inter alia, aggregating geolocation data and auxiliary data associated with a plurality of driving activities. The system and methods may further identify the plurality of driving activities that have common geolocation data points based on a geolocation threshold. The system and methods may further determine, from among the identified plurality of driving activities, one or more designated driving activities based on an auxiliary threshold. The system and methods may further generate the neighborhood map that includes the one or more designated driving activities. The system and methods may further transmit a visual representation of, or electronic message detailing, the neighborhood map to a mobile device of a user for display, or otherwise causing the neighborhood map to be displayed to the user.
US11668579B2
The moving route guidance device includes: display control means configured to execute display control to change at least one of a content and a display position of the route guidance image based on position information of the moving body. The route guidance image includes: a plurality of route identification images respectively corresponding to the plurality of the movable routes that are close to each other and displayed in a manner to correspond to a visually recognized position relationship between the plurality of the movable routes by the driver or a predetermined reference position; and an route instructing image displayed in association with the route identification image that corresponds to the moving route guided by the route guidance image of the plurality of the movable routes.
US11668574B2
An approach is provided for synchronizing a function among an embedded system and/or one or more devices. The approach involves causing, at least in part, an authentication of at least one user at an embedded system. The approach also involves causing, at least in part, an association of the at least one user with at least one cloud account associated with the embedded system. The approach further involves causing, at least in part, a registration of one or more devices associated with the at least one user to the at least one cloud account. The approach also involves causing, at least in part, a synchronization of at least one function, data associated with the at least one function, or a combination thereof among the at least one embedded system, the one or more devices, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on the registration.
US11668552B1
A square gauge apparatus configured for being selectively and removably mounted on a leg of a carpenter's square has a ledge having a ledge first surface and an opposite ledge second surface, the ledge first and second surfaces being parallel and offset, a first abutment extending from the ledge and having a first abutment front surface that is perpendicular to the ledge first surface, a second abutment extending from the ledge opposite the first abutment and having a second abutment front surface that is perpendicular to the ledge second surface and parallel to and coplanar with the first abutment front surface, and a slot formed adjacent to the ledge between the first and second abutments, the slot having a slot end surface that is parallel to and coplanar with the first and second abutment front surfaces.
US11668550B2
An insensitive munitions (IM) primer for use with major caliber gun systems, including an elongate housing, a tube, an ignition assembly, and a booster assembly. The elongate housing has a proximal end and a distal end. The tube has a first end coupled within the distal end of the elongate housing. The ignition assembly is located within the proximal end of the housing. The booster assembly is located within the elongate housing adjacent the ignition assembly and including a booster holder providing a cylindrical structure defining an internal bore in which a first burst disk resides and is mechanically restrained by a booster disk lock.
US11668543B2
An archery limb adjustment device and method for archery bows are disclosed herein. The archery limb adjustment device, in an embodiment, includes an archery limb support configured to be coupled to an archery bow, a pivot portion configured to be pivoted about an axis, and a position setter operatively coupled to the archery limb support. The position setter is configured to control a pivoting of the pivot portion relative to the archery bow.
US11668542B2
Stocks for aimable devices are provided. In one aspect, stock has a body mechanically associated with the aimable device and movable to determine an aiming axis of the aimable device, a shoulder mount positioned proximate to one end of the body, a firing grip positioned apart from the shoulder mount along a length of the body; a support leg having a mounting end pivotably mounted to the body between the firing grip and an end of the body opposite from the shoulder mount and having a foot end movable between a first range of positions and a second range of positions and a receiver located between the mounting of the support leg to the body and the firing grip and adapted to releasably hold the support leg in the first range of positions wherein the at least one support leg provides a grippable forestock.
US11668535B2
A method of controlling cooling water treatment may involve measuring operating data of one or more downstream heat exchangers that receive cooling water from the cooling tower. For example, the inlet and outlet temperatures of both the hot and cold streams of a downstream heat exchanger may be measured. Data from the streams passing through the heat exchanger may be used to determine a heat transfer efficiency for the heat exchanger. The heat transfer efficiency can be trended over a period of time and changes in the trend detected to identify cooling waterfouling issues. Multiple potential causes of the perceived fouling issues can be evaluated to determine a predicted cause. A chemical additive selected to reduce, eliminate, or otherwise control the cooling water fouling can be controlled based on the predicted cause of the fouling.
US11668534B2
In one aspect, a fan array fault response control system is provided for a cooling tower. The fan array fault response control system includes a fan interface configured to be in communication with a plurality of fans of the cooling tower and a processor operably coupled to the fan interface. The processor is configured to detect at least one non-operational fan of the plurality of fans. The processor configured to effect, in response to detecting the at least one non-operational fan, a reduced fan speed of at least one operational fan of the plurality of fans.
US11668533B2
A method for manufacturing a heat exchanger includes stacking a plurality of parting sheets, a plurality of lengthwise closure bars, and a plurality of widthwise closure bars to form a rectangular first heat exchanger section. The first heat exchanger section includes at least one widthwise passage extending between a pair of the widthwise closure bars and at least one lengthwise passage extending between a pair of the lengthwise closure bars. The method also includes brazing the rectangular first heat exchanger section together and cutting a first side and a second side of the rectangular first heat exchanger section to give the first heat exchanger section a tapered-trapezoid profile. The method further includes brazing an end of a second heat exchanger section to the first or second side of the first heat exchanger section.
US11668531B2
A heat exchanger includes a first side opposite a second side and a third side opposite a fourth side and a cold layer with an inlet at the first side of the heat exchanger, an outlet at the second side of the heat exchanger, and a cold passage extending from the inlet to the outlet. The heat exchanger also includes a hot layer with an inlet manifold at the third side of the heat exchanger extending between the first side and the second side, an outlet manifold at the fourth side of the heat exchanger opposite the inlet manifold and extending between the first side and the second side, a hot passage extending from the inlet manifold to the outlet manifold, and a tube on the first side of the heat exchanger extending from the third side to the fourth side.
US11668530B2
Oil cooler is provided to include: a number of core plates each of which has three oil pass holes where oil flows and three cooling water pass holes where cooling water flows; heat-exchanging section where core plates are laminated to define inter-plate oil flow passage and inter-plate cooling water flow passage alternately between an adjacent pair of core plates, in which oil and cooling water can mutually independently flow in direction perpendicular to core plate lamination direction while changing its flow direction by U-turn thereby proceeding in core plate lamination direction as a whole; one end part located at one side of core plate lamination direction and provided with both oil inlet and oil outlet; and the other end part located at the other side of core plate lamination direction and provided with both cooling water inlet and cooling water outlet.
US11668512B2
A method for controlling a refrigerator includes providing an initial input value to a heater configured to supply heat to an evaporator, performing a continuous operation of the heater based on the initial input value to increase a temperature of the evaporator to a predetermined temperature, determining a period of time taken to increase the temperature of the evaporator to the predetermined temperature, determining whether the period of time is within a reference period of time, operating the heater based on a first input value that is equal to the initial input value based on a determination that the period of time is outside of the reference period of time, and operating the heater based on a second input value that is less than the initial input value based on a determination that the period of time is within the reference period of time.
US11668511B2
Provided is a refrigerator including a main body, a first storage chamber and a second storage chamber provided inside the main body with front sides thereof open, an evaporator, while being arranged inside the main body, configured to generate cold air and arranged behind the first storage chamber, a first duct configured to supply the cold air generated from the evaporator to the first storage chamber, a second duct configured to supply cold air to the second storage chamber, and a connection duct configured to connect the first duct and the second duct to cause the cold air inside the first duct to flow into the second duct, and a damper configured to selectively open and close the connection duct, wherein the damper is provided inside the first duct, and the second duct has a front surface in a form of a flat surface.
US11668510B2
A vacuum assembly for a refrigerator includes upper and lower sealing bodies, which are buckled to define a sealed cavity. A vacuum pump is provided in the cavity. A plurality of sheet members are arranged between the vacuum pump and a sealing box. A plurality of abutting parts are provided on the upper sealing body and abutting against tops of the sheet members. A step is provided at an end of the abutting part coming into contact with the sheet member. A top surface of the step abuts against the sheet member, and a side surface of the step abuts against the sheet member. A plurality of ribs are provided on the lower sealing body and spaced apart from the side walls to define limiting grooves. A plurality of guide grooves are provided on the lower sealing body and extend in a vertical direction to guide the sheet members.
US11668500B2
The present application discloses a cooling system and a control method thereof; the cooling system includes a compressor unit, a condenser, a first solenoid valve, a second solenoid valve, a first throttle valve and a frequency converter; the second solenoid valve and the first throttle valve are connected with the first solenoid valve in parallel after being connected in series with each other; the compressor unit, the condenser, the first solenoid valve and the frequency converter are connected in series to form a first cooling loop; the compressor unit, the condenser, the second solenoid valve, the first throttle valve and the frequency converter are connected in series to form a second cooling loop; and the frequency converter is internally provided with a temperature detection module and a heat exchange module.
US11668499B2
An evaporative cooling device for a refrigeration system includes one or more heat exchanger coils, a first moisture panel, a second moisture panel, a first nozzle array, a second nozzle array, a moisture sensor, and a controller. The first moisture panel and the second moisture panel are separated by a distance and disposed external to the one or more heat exchanger coils. The first nozzle array is disposed external to the first moisture panel and the second nozzle array is disposed external to the second moisture panel. The first nozzle array and the second nozzle array are configured to provide an atomized spray of electrostatically charged droplets. The moisture sensor is configured to provide a signal representative of a moisture level. The controller is configured to receive the signal representative of the moisture level and control a supply of water.
US11668490B2
A ventilation louver (10) includes a first plate (52) defining a first opening (74) therein for permitting fluid flow along a first direction (128), a second plate (54) defining a vane (82) therein, the vane at least partially covering the first opening and directing the fluid flow along a second direction (130), non-parallel to the first direction, and a third plate (56) defining a louvered opening (108) therein wherein the louvered opening directs fluid flow along a third direction (138), non-parallel to both the first direction and the second direction. In a non-limiting example, the ventilation louver may be disposed in a belly fairing of an aircraft.
US11668480B2
Improvements to an HVAC thermostat include a sleep-enhancing feature which regulates the target temperature of the HVAC system according to a temperature profile which complements the natural changes in body temperature of a person during sleep. The timing of the temperature profile is advanced to cause room temperature to decrease before the natural decrease in body temperature is expected to occur, thereby helping lead a person into sleep without the use of pharmaceuticals or other artificial sleeping aids. The temperature profile causes room temperature to increase towards the end of the sleep period, thus avoiding disruptions of sleep when body temperature is lowest or during REM stages of sleep when the human body's ability to thermo-regulate is diminished. The rate of change of the target environment temperature is controlled to further enhance the quality and duration of sleep.
US11668477B2
A dedicated outdoor air system (DOAS) includes an outdoor unit providing a temperature at a set dry bulb temperature and dew point temperature in a wide variety of outdoor air conditions. The DOAS monitors and modulates suction pressure and head pressure in order to maintain a dew point temperature of 45° F. for supplied air. Furthermore, the DOAS includes a hot gas reheat coil, allowing the system to heat the air to 73° F. before supplying the air to a space, even where outdoor air temperature is lower than 73° F. In one embodiment, the DOAS includes an energy recovery ventilator (ERV) in order to precondition the air to decrease the amount of energy needed to operate the DOAS in some conditions.
US11668466B2
A combustor nozzle assembly and a gas turbine combustor including the same are provided. The combustor nozzle assembly includes a central nozzle tube, an inner nozzle tube surrounding the central nozzle tube in a spaced-apart state, an outer nozzle tube surrounding the inner nozzle tube in a spaced-apart state, a pilot fuel injector provided between the central nozzle tube and the inner nozzle tube, and a main fuel injector provided between the inner nozzle tube and the outer nozzle tube.
US11668451B2
There is provided a light emitting device, for example a grow-light, comprising: a grow-light comprising: a broadband blue solid-state light source that generates broadband blue light with a peak emission wavelength from 420 nm to 495 nm and a full width at half maximum of at least 30 nm. It may be that the broadband blue light substantially matches at least one of: the absorption peak wavelength of chlorophyll-a; the absorption peak wavelength of chlorophyll-b; and the absorption peak wavelength of carotenoid.
US11668438B2
A nozzle device includes: a charging nozzle configured to supply a charging fluid and provided to be connected to a receptacle provided in a subject; a cover member to surround the charging nozzle and the receptacle; and a fluid supply unit to supply an interior of the cover member with an anti-freezing fluid for inhibiting freezing between the charging nozzle and the receptacle, thereby obtaining an advantageous effect of preventing freezing of the receptacle and improving safety and reliability. In addition, the nozzle device may include a hydrophobic coating layer for inhibiting freezing.
US11668435B2
An attachable fluid leak capture assembly including a mesh carrier having an absorbing media pad embedded therein, and an attachment mechanism for attaching the mesh carrier to a leaking vehicle or machinery part. A method of capturing fluids from vehicles or machines, by attaching the attachable fluid leak capture assembly to a vehicle or machine part leaking fluid through the attachment mechanism and absorbing the leaking fluid onto the absorbing media pad.
US11668426B2
A helical strake pole system that includes a tubular pole having a longitudinal axis and threaded attachment points. The system further includes a helical strake fin disposed circumferentially around a portion of the tubular pole along the longitudinal axis. The system further includes couplers disposed on the tubular pole. The couplers are configured such that each coupler has a first portion with a slot configured to receive an upper portion of the helical strake fin and a second portion configured to removably coupled to a threaded attachment point of the tubular pole. In addition, each coupler is configured to position a portion of the helical strake fin substantially perpendicular to a surface of the tubular pole.
US11668420B2
A hydraulic fracturing system for fracturing a subterranean formation includes an electric powered pump having an inlet and an outlet, the outlet coupled to a well associated with the subterranean formation and powered by at least one electric motor. The system also includes a fluid source, coupled to the inlet of the electric powered pump, the fluid source providing a slurry for injection into the subterranean formation. The system further includes a hose extending between the fluid source and the electric powered pump, the hose being flexible and having a first diameter. The system includes a fitting between the hose and the electric powered pump, the fitting having a first end for receiving the hose at the first diameter and a second end for coupling to the electric powered pump at a second diameter, the second diameter being larger than the first diameter.
US11668411B2
A valve abnormality detecting device includes an opening acquiring portion to acquire a valve opening value; a pressure acquiring portion to acquire a pressure value of operating device air of an operating device for a valve; a stability-time detecting portion configured to detect a stable-opening state in which the valve opening value acquired by the opening acquiring portion 1 is substantially constant; a frictional force detecting portion configured to detect a difference between a maximum pressure value and a minimum pressure value of the operating device air in the stable-opening state as an index value indicating a frictional force at a sliding portion of the valve; and an abnormality determining portion configured to determine that an abnormality may have occurred in the valve in a case where a frequency of occurrence of reduction in which the index value falls below a specified value is an abnormal frequency.
US11668409B2
A stepper motor proportionally controlled bellows valve system comprising: a valve manifold; one or more stepper motors; and one or more bellows valves. The one or more bellows valves may comprise a bellows, a sealing washer, and a profile washer. The sealing washer is configured to removeably engage with a vacuum orifice rim. The profile washers are configured to stick into the valve orifice, such that the profile washer defines a flow through the valve.
US11668407B2
A motorized valve includes a body with at least one intake duct and one outlet duct, a plugging member movably mounted in the body to plug or release a passage between the intake duct and the outlet duct, and a motorized control system for controlling the movement of the plugging member. The motorized control system also includes a plug valve connecting intake and outlet ducts, a gear motor including an electric motor and a reduction gear train. The gear train includes an exit wheel rotating the plug of the valve so as to allow progressive opening of the valve, and the gear motor is formed by a casing including the electric motor and reduction gear train, the valve body being integrally formed with the casing.
US11668401B2
A dual gate valve includes two valve plates that open and close two openings of a valve box, a support bar that supports the two valve plates, a valve rod connected to the support bar, and an operation unit that performs an open and close operation of the two valve plates via the valve rod. The support bar and the valve plate linearly and elongatedly extend in a lateral direction perpendicular to a central axis of the valve rod. The valve rod is connected to a central portion in the long direction of the support bar, and one and the other of the two valve plates are tiltably attached to one end and the other end in the long direction of the support bar via elastic members, respectively.
US11668396B2
A gasket for a combustion chamber is provided. The gasket comprises an upper assembly including an upper combustion sealing section with a raised bead positioned between a first component and a second component adjacent to a combustion chamber and an upper fluid sealing section positioned between the first component and the second component at a location spaced away from the combustion chamber. The upper combustion sealing section includes an anti-fret coating on a metal layer, the upper fluid sealing section includes a synthetic rubber coating on a metal layer, and the upper combustion sealing section is greater in thickness than the upper fluid sealing section.
US11668393B2
The present disclosure relates to a vehicle transmission system that includes a transmission component and an electro-mechanical actuator coupled to the transmission component. The electro-mechanical actuator includes an electric motor and a solenoid that are configured to maintain the transmission component in one of a park position and a non-park position upon receipt of a command. The electric motor and the solenoid are also configured to prevent the transmission component from returning to the park position upon receipt of the command. Further, the electric motor and solenoid are configured to receive the command from a vehicle control system.
US11668387B1
A damper and pulley assembly for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The damper and pulley assembly, including a pulley closely fitted between two dampers, is configured to have increased air movement for heat dissipation while conforming to low spacing requirements of an engine compartment. The pulley can have multiple slots along its two side surfaces and openings located in the slots. The slots and openings of the pulley are aligned with openings of the two dampers, and facilitate air movement through the pulley and around the dampers.
