US12028326B2
There has been such an issue that, when an operation for stopping a Virtual Network Computing (VNC) connection is received from a user on a mobile terminal in a state where the VNC connection is established between the mobile terminal and a multifunction peripheral (MFP) and the user is logged in to the MFP, a screen in a state where the user is logged in is continued to be displayed on the MFP. One aspect of the present disclosure allows processing for logging the user out of the MFP to be automatically performed when processing for disconnecting the VNC connection is received.
US12028319B1
A firewall system stores filtering criteria which include rules for blocking presentation of all or a portion of the media content based at least in part on an identity of an individual appearing in the media content. The firewall system receives the media content. The firewall system determines the identity of the individual appearing in the media content. Based at least in part on the identity of the individual appearing in the media content and the filtering criteria, the firewall system determines an action for securing the media content. The action may be allowing presentation of the media content, blocking presentation of the media content, or blocking presentation of a portion of the media content. The determined action is automatically implemented.
US12028313B2
Systems and methods for managing DNS services include a DNS management module defining a user interface, at least one generic DNS agent receiving a management command from the user interface of the DNS management module, and at least one external DNS server receiving a request from the at least one generic DNS agent corresponding to the management command, the at least one generic DNS agent implementing a capability-based API to define service specific operations of the at least one external DNS server. The management command may include an API call corresponding to a generic capability or a service specific operation defined in the capability-based API, and the capability-based API may include a gRPC API.
US12028308B2
Systems and computer-implement methods of displaying archived data are provided for determining that it is an anniversary of the archived data, the archived data including a message transmitted from a first client device to a second client device; causing display, on the first client device, of a graphical indicium and an avatar of a user associated with the first client device, the graphical indicium indicating an anniversary associated with the message transmitted from the first client device to the second client device; causing, display on the first client device of a notification of the anniversary; and causing the display of the graphical indicium and notification of the anniversary to be removed after a predefined time.
US12028307B2
Systems and methods for managing location-based messaging are provided. The location-based messaging may occur between users within a particular venue. A location-based messaging system may facilitate messaging between event attendees and service personnel at the venue, such as during times of emergency or other times when the location of one user is to be sent to and used by another user.
US12028304B2
A method for restricting reception of e-mail messages from a sender of bulk spam mail includes identifying an unknown sender of received e-mail messages. A set of e-mail messages received from the identified sender is selected. A type of bulk spam mailing is determined based on the selected set of e-mail messages using one or more spam identification signatures. Restrictions on reception of e-mail messages from a sender distributing bulk spam of the determined type are generated.
US12028290B2
A user terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a control section that generates a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest ACKnowledgement (HARQ-ACK) codebook containing only HARQ-ACK corresponding to a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) downlink shared channel (Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH)), so that HARQ-ACK bits corresponding to the PDSCH each SPS are ordered in accordance with a given rule, and a transmitting section that transmits an HARQ-ACK information bit corresponding to the HARQ-ACK codebook by using an uplink control channel resource based on an SPS corresponding to HARQ-ACK at a specific location in the order. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to feed back HARQ-ACK appropriately even when a plurality of SPSs is utilized.
US12028284B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a sounding reference signal (SRS) configuration that indicates a maximum number of SRS ports and whether the UE is permitted to determine an actual number of SRS ports to be used for SRS transmission that is different from the maximum number of SRS ports. The UE may determine the actual number of SRS ports to be used for SRS transmission based at least in part on the SRS configuration. The UE may transmit one or more SRSs using the actual number of SRS ports. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US12028282B2
Disclosed in the embodiments of the present disclosure are a parameter configuration method and related products, the method includes indicating, by a network device, at least one preset parameter of a PT-RS to a terminal, wherein the at least one preset parameter of the PT-RS is configured for at least one BWP of the terminal, and the at least one preset parameter is used for indicating resource information that needs to be used by the terminal when the terminal sends or receives the PT-RS on the at least one BWP; and instructing, by the network device, the terminal to select, when performing transmission on an activated BWP among the at least one BWP, a preset parameter corresponding to the activated BWP from the at least one preset parameter.
US12028281B2
A user equipment (UE) is configured with multi-transmission and reception point (multi-TRP) operation. The UE groups capabilities of handling two overlapping physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmissions into a plurality of groups, determining a UE capability of handling two overlapping PDSCH transmissions based on the plurality of groups and transmits the UE capability to a next generation nodeB (gNB) of a 5G new radio (NR) wireless network. The UE also determines if a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission collides with a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) of a long term evolution (LTE) transmission and determines if the CRS originated from a same multi-transmission/reception point (TRP) as the DMRS.
US12028266B2
The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for dynamically controlling requestor device queues by monitoring and utilizing the throughput rate of matched provider devices and requestor devices. In some embodiments, the disclosed systems determine throughput rate of matched provider devices and requestor devices in real-time and/or predicts throughput rate utilizing historical features of a particular location. The disclosed systems can generate and provide queue request notifications to requestor devices based on a throughput rate at the location. Specifically, the disclosed systems can monitor a current queue status over time, compare the queue status to a queue threshold, and dynamically generate queue request notifications that reflects throughput-based queue modifiers as the current queue status approaches the queue threshold.
US12028261B2
Methods of network operation are disclosed herein that may reduce congestion on a network. The methods of network operation may include the steps of communicating data between a network and several clients and placing each client of the several clients in VoIP communication with the network. The methods of network operation may include the step of tagging data being communicated by each client with the network with a Quality of Service (QoS) level, and the step of setting the QoS level for each client. The methods of network operation may include the step of reducing congestion of the network by controlling a quantity of data being communicated by each client with the network.
US12028256B2
This application discloses a method for controlling traffic in a packet-based network. In the method, after receiving a control packet from a transmit end, an intermediate node between the transmit end and the receive end sends a control packet at the head of a first control queue based on a first duration, wherein the first duration is obtained based on a committed burst size (CBS) and a first committed information rate (CIR), and the intermediate node is configured to send a packet of a first transmit end to a first receive end in the packet-based network. After sending the control packet in the control queue, the intermediate node sends a first data packet set at the head of a data queue based on the sent control packet, wherein the first data packet set comprises C data packets, and C is an integer greater than or equal to 1.
US12028249B2
A method performed by a network node for routing data packets is disclosed. The method includes receiving a data packet that includes an abstract destination address in a shipping specification of the data packet. The abstract destination address indicates one or more network resource requirements of a destination. The method also includes determining whether a server satisfies the one or more network resource requirements of the destination specified by the abstract destination address. The method also includes forwarding the data packet to the server according to the determination.
US12028247B2
The present invention relates to IoT devices existing in a deployed ecosystem. The various computers in the deployed ecosystem are able to respond to requests from a device directly associated with it in a particular hierarchy, or it may seek a response to the request from a high order logic/data source (parent). The logic/data source parent may then repeat the understanding process to either provide the necessary response to the logic/data source child who then replies to the device or it will again ask a parent logic/data sources for the appropriate response. This architecture allows for a single device to make one request to a single known source and potentially get a response back from the entire ecosystem of distributed servers.
US12028238B2
A traffic controller device for distributing or otherwise controlling the distribution of routing information may be included in a telecommunications network. The traffic controller may receive routing tables from a plurality of network devices, such as one or more provider edge devices of the network. The traffic controller, upon receiving the routing information from the provider edge devices, may generate a routing table associated with each device providing the routing information. The traffic controller may also provide updates to one or more of the networking devices associated with the controller. The traffic controller may alter or update, at the traffic controller, the routing table associated with the target provider edge device based on the network policy. The routing information in the routing table for that device and maintained by the traffic controller may be updated with a new route or new local preferred parameter value.
US12028232B2
Systems and methods are provided for timing signals, measuring latency, and/or timestamping. Some of the systems described herein can measure latency in a network device, and can include a signal generator, a sampler, a pulse detector, a timer, and a connector. The signal generator can define a signal profile. The sampler can sample the signal profile at a frequency of at least 4 GHz to generate a plurality of bits, each bit corresponding to a value of the signal profile during the sampling. The pulse detector can detect a change in the signal profile by detecting at least one change in the plurality of bits. The timer can time the change in value in the plurality of bits to provide at least one detection time measurement. The connector can electronically link the signal generator and the sampler to the network device to provide an external network path for transmitting a signal from the signal generator to the sampler via the network device.
US12028225B2
A scaling method related to the field of network function virtualization (NFV) includes a VNF manager (VNFM) that receives a virtualized network function (VNF) scale out request from an NFV orchestrator (NFVO), where the request includes VNF instance information and indication information that indicates a scale aspect and step; the VNFM determines, based on the VNF scale out request, information about a virtualization deployment unit (VDU) and a corresponding subnet that need to be created; and the VNFM requests creation of the VDU and the corresponding subnet from a virtualized infrastructure manager (VIM).
US12028218B2
A system and a method for managing a virtual network function (VNF) and a multi-access edge computing (MEC) topology are provided. The method includes the following steps. A first VNF descriptor (VNFD) corresponding to a first VNF is received. According to the first VNFD, first provision data is generated. According to the first VNFD, first internal topology information of the first VNF is generated. According to the first provision data, the first VNF is instantiated to be provisioned. In response to provisioning the first VNF, a graphical user interface including the first internal topology information is output, and the first internal topology information includes a network component communicatively connected to the first VNF.
US12028213B2
A device may receive CNF data identifying a CNF to be deployed in a network. The device may perform multiple levels of validation associated with deploying the CNF. The device may determine, based on performing the multiple levels of validation, whether one or more issues are associated with deploying the CNF in the network. The one or more issues may include one or more of: a connectivity issue, a package issue, a network functions virtualization orchestrator (NFVO) issue, or a network functions virtualization infrastructure (NFVI) issue. The device may perform one or more actions based on determining whether the one or more issues are associated with the deploying the CNF in the network.
US12028211B2
The pre-configuring of a set of cloud endpoints to connect to a device in response to receiving a request that cloud endpoints be pre-configured for connection to the device. The request is used to identify the set of cloud endpoints that is to be so pre-configured. Then, a pre-configuration instruction is formulated that is structured to be interpretable by each cloud endpoint to establish device-specific connection configuration that is specific to the device. Furthermore, the pre-configuration is structured to assist the respective cloud endpoint to establish a connection with the device upon request of the device. The pre-configuration instruction is then sent to each cloud endpoint in the set of cloud endpoints, causing the pre-configuration to occur. Thus, subsequent connection to the device is more efficient.
US12028207B1
An apparatus comprises a memory communicatively coupled to a processor. The memory may be configured to store user profiles, security information, and multiple updated tokens. The processor may be configured to identify a first updated token and a second token that are associated with user profiles in a user group; determine a first entitlement associated with a first user profile; and determine a second entitlement associated with a second user profile. Further, the processor may be configured to generate an initial token indicating that the user group is entitled to access the first entitlement and the second entitlement; transmit the initial token to a decentralized network; and receive a third updated token from the decentralized network indicating a firewall configuration that a first user device and a second user device use to implement a firewall at the first user device and at the second user device.
US12028206B2
Embodiments relate to reducing logging entries based on contents are disclosed. According to the embodiments, the logging entries are converted into an image with pixels whose values are related with the log content and the image size is reduced by applying an image processing technology. The reduced image is converted back to the log entries. In this way, the number of logging entries is reduced without losing important information.
US12028204B2
A method of identification and remediation of a mass event in a managed network. The method includes receiving a first report of an event occurring at a first endpoint of the managed network. In response, a first action is performed. The first action being initiated based on a repeating event trigger not being triggered. The method includes receiving a second report of the event occurring at a second endpoint. In response, the method includes determining whether a threshold that triggers the repeating event trigger is exceeded. The threshold being indicative of a mass event in the managed network. Responsive to the threshold being exceeded, the method includes triggering the repeating event trigger and performing a second automated resolution action in the managed network. The second action being different from the first action. Responsive to the threshold not being exceeded, the method includes performing the first action at the second endpoint.
US12028202B2
A system that includes a downstream device that receives an analog out-of-band signal received in a downstream frequency spectrum of the downstream device including control channel data for a consumer premise equipment. At the downstream device converting the analog out-of-band signal to a digital signal including the control channel data. At the downstream device converting the digital control channel data out-of-band signal to an analog signal including the control channel data at an out-of-band signal for the consumer premise equipment, where the converted analog out-of-band signal for the consumer premise equipment is at a frequency included in an upstream frequency spectrum of the downstream device.
US12028199B2
This application provides a sequence-based signal processing method and apparatus. An example signal processing method includes: determining a sequence {xn} including N elements, where N is equal to 18 and the sequence {xn} satisfies a preset condition; generating a first signal based on the sequence {xn}; and sending the first signal.
US12028198B2
An apparatus and system to compensate for phase noise in a 5G or 6G DFT-S-OFDM signal are described. An access port (AP)-specific orthogonal cover code (OCC) is applied to phase tracking reference signal (PTRS) symbols in each of a plurality of PTRS groups. The PTRS group are inserted between data symbols to form a data vector prior to perform transform precoding on the data vector and transmission to a UE. The UE extracts the PTRS symbols from different PTRS APs using the OCC specific to each AP. After extraction, the phase noise for each PTRS group is estimated and used to compensate the data symbols associated with the PTRS group.
US12028196B2
A vehicle may wirelessly communicate with another vehicle via a physical channel (a vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) channel) that is robust and reliable under high mobility propagation conditions. The physical channel may be created by modifying an existing long-term evolution (LTE) physical channel, such as an LTE sidelink (SL) channel. For instance, the V2V physical channel may be created by increasing, by a particular factor, the subcarrier spacing of legacy LTE channels (e.g., from 15 kilohertz (kHz) to 30 kHz). Additionally, a symbol duration and a fast Fourier transform (FFT) size for the V2V physical channel may each be reduced by the same factor. Doing so may enable the V2V physical channel to be implemented without significant modifications to other aspects of the LTE standard.
US12028191B2
Some embodiments include apparatus having multiple samplers in a decision feedback equalizer (DFE). The multiple samplers include at least two samplers and are configured to be activated in a first mode of the DFE to receive first input information from a summing circuit. At least one of the samplers is configured to be deactivated in a second mode of the DFE. At least one of the samplers is configured to be activated in the second mode of the DFE to receive second input information from the summing circuit.
US12028188B2
Systems, devices, and methods related to hybrid basis function, neural network-based digital predistortion (DPD) are provided. An example apparatus for a radio frequency (RF) transceiver includes a digital predistortion (DPD) actuator to receive an input signal associated with a nonlinear component of the RF transceiver and output a predistorted signal. The DPD actuator includes a basis-function-based actuator to perform a first DPD operation using a set of basis functions associated with a first nonlinear characteristic of the nonlinear component. The DPD actuator further includes a neural network-based actuator to perform a second DPD operation using a first neural network associated with a second nonlinear characteristic of the nonlinear component. The predistorted signal is based on a first output signal of the basis-function-based actuator and a second output signal of the neural network-based actuator.
US12028187B2
Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to machine learning-based channel estimation. According to an example embodiment, a first device determines a signal quality that is expected in transmission of a reference signal from a second device to the first device and receives the reference signal from the second device. The first device selects, based on the expected signal quality, a channel estimation model from a plurality of channel estimation models that have been trained for a plurality of candidate signal qualities for the reference signal. The first device determines, using the selected channel estimation model and based on the received reference signal, channel state information of a communication channel from the first device to the second device. According to this solution, a channel estimation model is dynamically selected for use, depending on a real-time signal quality expected to be gained in transmission of a certain RS.
US12028181B2
An improved telecommunications network that can reduce the network load on a rich communication services (RCS) server and/or local routers that implement 1-to-N and/or M-to-N services is described herein. In particular, the improved telecommunications network may include an improved RCS server that can route multicast messages instead of and/or in addition to unicast messages. For example, the improved RCS server can create a multicast group for a group of UEs in response to a request from a UE to create a group of UEs. Creation of the multicast group may include assigning a group Internet protocol (IP) address to the multicast group. The improved RCS server can then determine which UEs in the multicast group are capable of sending and/or receiving multicast messages, and send multicast messages instead of unicast messages to these UEs.
US12028175B2
A method of selectively commissioning a node device by a coordinator device in a network created by the coordinator device is disclosed. The coordinator device and the node device interact with each other to check and confirm that a coordinator temporal indication related to a commissioning start time recorded by the coordinator device and a node temporal indication related to a commissioning start time recorded by the node device are the same or temporally very similar or close to each other. Then the coordinator device will commission the node device by joining the node device into the network created by the coordinator device. The ensures that only wanted or expected node devices will be joined into the network created and managed by the coordinator device.
US12028171B2
An HARQ feedback method and a UE performing the HARQ feedback method are provided. The HARQ feedback method includes transmitting a Physical Sidelink Control Channel (PSCCH)/Physical Sidelink Shared Channel (PSSCH) to a second UE, and receiving a Physical Sidelink Feedback Channel (PSFCH) transmitted by the second UE performing the HARQ feedback according to a decoding result of the PSCCH/PSSCH.
US12028167B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to resource allocation for feedback in groupcast communication. A method comprises identifying a plurality of destination devices for reception of data from a source device in groupcast communication; in response to the number of the plurality of destination devices being below a threshold, allocating resources to the plurality of destination devices to enable feedback transmission associated with the reception by the plurality of destination devices; and in response to the number of the plurality of destination devices exceeding the threshold, disabling feedback transmission associated with the reception by the plurality of destination devices. By flexibly allocating resources to the destination devices, it is possible to facilitate identifying destination devices that miss the data or control information and save the resource consumption.
US12028165B2
Provided are an HARQ-ACK codebook determination method and apparatus, a terminal and a storage medium. The method includes: dividing candidate PDSCHs in at least one slot into groups according to candidate PDSCH types and end times of the candidate PDSCHs, and forming pieces of HARQ-ACK information corresponding to the divided candidate PDSCHs; and concatenating the pieces of HARQ-ACK information corresponding to the candidate PDSCHs to obtain an HARQ-ACK codebook.
US12028161B2
Some embodiments of this disclosure include apparatuses and methods for data repetition transmission for high reliable communication. The apparatuses and methods can include at least enabling, by a user equipment (UE), generic PDSCH repetition transmission(s) by a radio resource control (RRC) signaling configuration, and receiving, by the UE, the generic PDSCH repetition transmission(s).
US12028155B2
A system for maintaining a Precision Time Protocol (PTP) hardware clock, the system being operative in conjunction with a network device which is external to the system, the system comprising a controller to receive information characterizing a network peer oscillator frequency, wherein the information was extracted from an RX symbol rate, and to adjust the PTP Hardware Clock's frequency responsive to the information characterizing the network peer oscillator frequency.
US12028150B2
A communication control apparatus and method of an artificial satellite are disclosed. The communication control apparatus includes a processor, a memory operatively connected to the processor, the memory being configured to store at least one piece of code to be executed by the processor, and a transmission and reception interface configured to communicate with a ground control center, wherein the memory stores code enabling the processor to receive location information of a signal generator on the ground from the ground control center, to calculate an angle of arrival for a target signal from the signal generator, received by the artificial satellite, based on the location information of the signal generator and location information of the ground control center, and to perform beamforming in a direction in which the artificial satellite detects the target signal based on the angle of arrival, when the code is executed by the processor.
US12028142B2
A motor vehicle comprises a towing vehicle and an antenna network which has at least two antenna units with identical network addresses, wherein the two antenna units are arranged on different side surfaces of the towing vehicles and are digitally connected.
US12028139B2
This disclosure provides a method of controlling a transmission of a wireless signal in a wireless telecommunications network, the wireless telecommunications network including a transmitter, a multi-layer transmissive Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) including a first transmissive RIS layer and a last transmissive RIS layer, and a receiver.
US12028130B2
Multi-beam uniform coverage in a coverage cell(s) in a wireless communications system (WCS) is provided. The WCS includes a number of wireless devices that are typically mounted on a fixed structure to provide coverage for user devices. Each wireless device includes one or more antenna arrays. Each antenna array is controlled via a set of codewords to form one or more RF beams to each cover a respective area in a coverage cell. The codewords are predetermined based on fairness and/or leakage constraints such that the RF beams can be formed in desired geometric shapes and steered toward desired directions to provide a uniform coverage in the coverage cell. By forming the RF beams based on the codewords predetermined based on fairness and/or leakage constraints, it is possible to ensure an equal RF power signal level inside the coverage cell and/or reduced power leakage outside the coverage cell.
US12028125B2
A node circuit associated with a hybrid fiber coax (HFC) network is disclosed. The node circuit includes an optimizer circuit configured to process a plurality of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) values associated with a plurality of subcarriers, respectively, associated with a set of cable modem (CM) circuits coupled to the node circuit. In some embodiments, at least one subcarrier is allocated to the set of CM circuits for communication with the node circuit. In some embodiments, the optimizer circuit is further configured to determine an optimal transmit power of the node circuit, based on the plurality of SNR values and a transmitter distortion of a transmitter circuit associated with the node circuit. In some embodiments, the transmitter distortion defines a transmitter distortion associated with the transmitter circuit in terms of a total transmit power of the node circuit.
US12028115B2
A device for coherent detection of data transported in an optical incoming useful signal. The device includes: a first incoming single-mode optical fibre, injecting the incoming useful signal; a second incoming single-mode optical fibre, injecting an optical signal of optical frequency substantially equal to that of the incoming useful signal, referred to as an oscillation signal, a signal mixer in which one of the signals from the first or second fibre is separated into two signals having orthogonal polarisations, and where the other one of the signals from the first or second fibre is mixed with the two separate signals, producing a mixed signal; a detector of the transported data present in the mixed signal; and an amplitude modulator configured to modulate the oscillation signal before it enters the mixer, the modulation pattern having repetitive pulses of the same interval as a symbol time of the incoming useful signal.
US12028113B2
A polarization modulation method of photonic pulses, in particular for generating quantum cryptographic keys, ensures an optimum stability of the outgoing polarization states, and comprises the steps of: generating a plurality of photonic pulses with an unspecified polarization state obtained by the overlapping of both the horizontal and vertical polarization modes thereof, and routing them in a first polarization-maintaining fiber; splitting said horizontal and vertical polarization modes and routing them in respective terminals of a second polarization-maintaining fiber forming a ring, whereby they travel such ring clockwise and counter-clockwise respectively, or vice versa; inducing a respective phase modulation (oe, ol) of both said polarization modes, in one point of said ring which is spaced from said terminals by optical paths having different length along said ring, thereby a polarization-maintaining fiber delay line is determined; and recombining said polarization modes in one single photonic pulse beam, and routing the resulting beam through said first polarization-maintaining fiber, by obtaining, at the output thereof, a polarization state of the pulses depending upon the difference between said phase modulations (oe, ol).
US12028109B2
A tap-coefficient control circuit sets the tap coefficient converged by the second tap coefficient updater as an initial value of the tap coefficient in the first digital filter which is to be updated by the first tap coefficient updater, arranges the tap coefficients converged by the second tap coefficient updater in descending order of contribution degree to the convergence operation of tap coefficient update in the first tap coefficient updater, judges the tap coefficient not less than upper specified number to be valid and the tap coefficient less than the specified number to be invalid, and sets the tap coefficient of the first digital filter corresponding to the tap coefficient judged to be invalid to zero not to be used in a calculation of the first tap coefficient updater until a next judgment result is made.
US12028104B2
Embodiments of this application provide example transceiver devices and example transceiver apparatuses used in the example transceiver devices. One example transceiver apparatus includes a transmit antenna and a receive antenna. The transmit antenna is configured to send a local signal to a receive antenna of a peer end. The receive antenna is configured to receive a signal transmitted by a transmit antenna of the peer end. The transmit antenna is on an interference cancellation plane of the receive antenna. The receive antenna is on an interference cancellation plane of the transmit antenna. An interference signal generated by the transmit antenna is canceled on the interference cancellation plane of the receive antenna or the interference cancellation plane of the transmit antenna.
US12028099B2
A semiconductor chip includes a first wireless communication circuit, a second wireless communication circuit, and an auxiliary path. The first wireless communication circuit includes a signal path, wherein the signal path includes a signal node. The second wireless communication circuit includes a mixer and a local oscillator (LO) buffer. The LO buffer is arranged to receive and buffer an LO signal, and is further arranged to provide the LO signal to the mixer. The auxiliary path is arranged to electrically connect the LO buffer to the signal node of the signal path, wherein the LO buffer is reused for a loop-back test function of the first wireless communication circuit through the auxiliary path.
US12028098B2
An electronic device may include wireless circuitry with a processor, a transceiver, an antenna, and a front-end module coupled between the transceiver and the antenna. The front-end module may include one or more power amplifiers for amplifying a signal for transmission through the antenna. A power amplifier may include a phase distortion compensation circuit. The phase distortion compensation circuit may include one or more n-type metal-oxide-semiconductor capacitors configured to receive a bias voltage. The bias voltage may be set to provide the proper amount of phase distortion compensation.
US12028096B2
A transmitter comprises an antenna array demultiplexor having a first input for an output signal, a second input for a control signal, a first output coupled to a first output pin, and a second output coupled to a second output pin. The antenna array demultiplexor provides the output signal to the first or second output based on the control signal. The first and second output pins are coupled to first and second antennae, respectively. In some implementations, the transmitter includes a transformer and a capacitor coupled in parallel between the first and second output pins, and the antenna array demultiplexor comprises a first switch coupled between the first output pin and a first ground pin, and a second switch coupled between the second output pin and a second ground pin. The first switch receives a second control signal, and the second switch receives an inverse of the second control signal.
US12028090B2
A digital-to-analog converter is provided. The digital-to-analog converter includes a delay circuit configured to iteratively delay a digital input signal based on a clock signal for generating a plurality of delayed digital input signals. Further, the digital-to-analog converter includes a plurality of groups of inverter cells. Each group of inverter cells is configured to generate a respective analog signal based on one of the plurality of delayed digital input signals. The inverter cells includes a respective inverter circuit configured to invert the respective delayed digital input signal. The plurality of groups of inverter cells include different numbers of inverter cells. The digital-to-analog converter additionally includes an output configured to output an analog output signal based on the analog signals of the plurality of groups of inverter cells.
US12028089B2
A hybrid digital-to-analog converter (DAC) driver circuit includes a current-mode DAC driver, a voltage-mode DAC driver, and a combination circuit. The current-mode DAC driver may be configured to receive a first set of bits of a digital input signal and to generate a first analog signal. The voltage-mode DAC driver may be configured to receive a second set of bits of the digital input signal and to generate a second analog signal. The combination circuit may be configured to combine the first analog signal and the second analog signal and to generate an analog output signal. The DAC driver circuit may be terminated by adjusting resistor values of the voltage-mode DAC driver. The current-mode DAC driver and the voltage-mode DAC driver are differential drivers, and may be configured to operate with a single clock signal.
US12028088B2
Analogue-to-digital converter, ADC, circuitry, including: an analogue input terminal; a comparator having first and second comparator-input terminals; and successive-approximation control circuitry to apply a potential difference across the first and second comparator-input terminals based on an input voltage signal, and to control the potential difference for a series of successive approximation operations to cause the comparator to test in each successive approximation operation whether a magnitude of an analogue input voltage signal is larger or smaller than a corresponding test value, the test value for each successive approximation operation being, dependent on a comparison result generated by the comparator in the preceding approximation operation, bigger or smaller than the test value for the preceding approximation operation by a difference amount configured for that successive approximation operation.
US12028085B2
In described examples, a digital-to-analog converter includes an output, multiple most significant bit (MSB) connector resistors each having a resistance R−ΔR, multiple least significant bit (LSB) connector resistors each having a resistance R, and multiple binary arm resistors each having a resistance 2R. The MSB connector resistors are coupled in a series beginning with the output and ending with a first one of the LSB connector resistors, and the LSB connector resistors are coupled in a series beginning with the first LSB connector resistor. A terminal of one of the binary arm resistors is coupled to an ending of the LSB connector resistor series, and a terminal of each of different remaining ones of the binary arm resistors is coupled between a different pair of the MSB and/or LSB connector resistors.
US12028081B2
The present disclosure relates to a phase-locked loop (PLL) based on a charge-sharing locking technique, capable of both fractional-N and integer-N operation. The PLL comprises a voltage pre-setting stage; an oscillator: a shared capacitive load; and a switching network configured for selectively connecting the voltage pre-setting stage to the shared capacitive load during a voltage pre-setting stage for applying an expectant voltage to the capacitive load. The switching network is being further configured for selectively connecting the capacitive load to the oscillator during a charge-sharing locking stage for correcting a phase error in response to a difference between the expected voltage of the capacitor and the voltage of the oscillator. Frequency-tracking and waveform-learning stages are also provided for maintaining PVT (process, voltage, temperature) robustness and for suppressing fractional-N spur, respectively.
US12028072B2
Disclosed herein are silicon-on-insulator (SOI) switches and associated control circuits having level shifters configured to provide increased voltages (positive and/or negative) to the switches. The disclosed level shifters can be configured to provide increased voltages and can be used with high-linearity switches and/or can improve the linearity of switches. The improved switch performance can improve front end module performance for applications such as carrier aggregation (CA) and multiple input multiple output (MIMO) as well as with protocols such as Long-Term Evolution Advanced (or LTE-A).
US12028055B2
A signal driver may include a variable termination resistor and a signal transmission line. The variable termination resistor may include one or more variable termination resistor units. Each of the one or more variable termination resistor units may include a switch connected to a first end node of the variable termination resistor; a T-coil connected to the switch; a first resistor connected to the first end node of the variable termination resistor and to the T-coil; and a second resistor connected to a second end node of the variable termination resistor and to the T-coil. The signal transmission line may be connected to the second end node of the variable termination resistor.
US12028049B2
Radio frequency filters are disclosed. A filter includes a first transversely-excited film bulk acoustic resonator (XBAR) having a first sub-resonator and a second sub-resonator connected in parallel. A pitch of the first sub-resonator is not equal to a pitch of the second sub-resonator and/or a mark of the first sub-resonator is not equal to a mark of the second sub-resonator.
US12028036B2
The present invention discloses an amplifier. The bias amplifier includes a signal input end, for inputting an input signal; a voltage input end, for inputting a source voltage; an amplifying circuit, for generating an amplified input signal according to the input signal, and the amplified input signal comprises a fundamental signal, a first harmonic signal and a second harmonic signal, wherein the first harmonic signal is a second order harmonic of the fundamental signal, and the second harmonic signal is a third order harmonic of the fundamental signal; a harmonic filter, coupled between the voltage input end and the amplifying circuit, for filtering the first harmonic signal and the second harmonic signal; and a signal output end, coupled to the harmonic filter, for outputting an output signal according to the amplified input signal.
US12028032B2
A method of controlling a signal power of a received signal received by a wireless communication device, the method including: measuring the signal power of the received signal at a plurality of time points in response to a gain control signal; calculating a variance of the signal power of the received signal at least some time points of the plurality of time points; and controlling the signal power of the received signal based on a gain level determined according to the variance of the signal power of the received signal.
US12028031B2
The present invention is gallium nitride based operational amplifier because reliability and performance of the gallium nitride is better than the silicon counterpart in radiation environment. The operational amplifier includes four stages, first stage is dual input balanced output differential amplifier, second stage is dual input unbalanced differential amplifier, third stage is buffer stage to couple second and fourth stage, and fourth stage is cascaded common source amplifier with degeneration. A capacitor coupled between second and third stage is to enhance the stability of operational amplifier.
US12028030B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to apparatus and methods for dynamically adjusting the common-mode input signal of a power amplifier, such as a class-D power amplifier. One example power amplifier circuit generally includes a first amplifier having a signal input and a power input; and a common-mode adjustment circuit having a first input coupled to the power input of the first amplifier, having an output coupled to the signal input of the first amplifier, and being configured to generate a common-mode signal to apply to the signal input of the first amplifier, based on a power supply voltage on the power input of the first amplifier.
US12028025B2
An amplifier with temperature compensation where the amplifier has transistors configured to amplify a received signal to create an amplified signal. The amplifier gain changes over temperature. A gain control circuit, connected to the amplifier, that adjusts the amplifier gain responsive to a gain control signal. A temperature compensation circuit includes numerous elements. A constant current source that generates a constant current which is used to create a constant voltage. A temperature dependent current source that generates a temperature dependent current which is used to create a temperature dependent voltage, such that the temperature dependent current source has an inverse temperature dependance as compared to the amplifier. An operational amplifier compares the constant voltage to the temperature dependent voltage and generates an offset signal which varies over temperature. A gated buffer is configured to receive the offset signal and responsive thereto, selectively modify the gain control signal.
US12028012B2
A method of operating a stepper motor for use in a dental tool machine for removing material from a dental blank, the method including: a step of adapting torque reserves of the stepper motor at operating points to net load moments respectively. The method includes a first step of predicting, through simulation, the net load moments beforehand; a second step of predicting, through simulation, the supply current to be supplied to the stepper motor for setting up the torque reserves that correspond to the predicted net load moments respectively; and a step of driving the stepper motor based on the predicted supply current.
US12027997B2
Provided is an inverter for reducing electric power consumption and noise. The inverter comprises: a driving unit including three switching elements included in an upper arm and connected in a three-phase bridge configuration and three switching elements included in a lower arm and connected in a three-phase bridge configuration, and converting input direct current power into three-phase alternating current power and then outputting the alternating current power to a three-phase load; and at least one processor for maintaining one of the three switching elements, which are included in the upper arm, in an on-state in a first period, maintaining one of the three switching elements, which are included in the lower arm, in an on-state in a second period, and driving the driving unit in a two-phase modulation method by alternately repeating the first period and the second period, wherein the at least one processor turns on all of the three switching elements at a crest of a carrier wave in the first period, and the at least one processor turns off all of the three switching elements at a crest of a carrier wave in the second period.
US12027987B2
An electronic transformer and a microwave cooking appliance. The electronic transformer includes a rectifier device, a transformer, a switch device, and a control device. The rectifier device is connected to an alternating current source; the transformer is connected to the rectifier device; the switch device is configured to provide an on/off signal to the transformer; the control device is connected to the switch device; the control device is configured to generate a control signal according to preset power and provide the control signal to the switch device to control the switching frequency of the switch device.
US12027985B2
A power conversion system includes N power converters. Each power converter includes an input terminal, a first output terminal and a second output terminal. Each of the N power converters receives a DC power through the input terminal. The first output terminal of a first power converter and the second output terminal of an N-th power converter are connected in parallel to form an N-th total output terminal. The first output terminal of an i-th power converter and the second output terminal of an (i−1)-th power converter are connected in parallel to form an (i−1)-th total output terminal. The two input terminals of the load are connected with two total output terminals of N total output terminals. A (2k−1)-th power converter is connected with a first power source. A 2k-th power converter is connected with a second power source. The redundancy of the power conversion system can be achieved.
US12027982B2
The present document relates to a power converter comprising an inductor, a first stage, and a second stage. The first stage may be coupled between an input of the power converter and the inductor, and the first stage may comprise a first flying capacitor. The second stage may be coupled between the inductor and an output of the power converter, and the second stage may comprise a second flying capacitor. A second terminal of the first flying capacitor may be connected to a first terminal of the inductor, and a first terminal of the second flying capacitor may be connected to a second terminal of the inductor.
US12027981B2
Methods and systems for ripple suppression in multi-phase buck converters may comprise a buck converter for providing an output voltage with controlled ripple current. The buck converter may include one or more main buck converter stages and one or more suppression buck converter stages coupled with the one or more main buck converter stages. The one or more suppression buck converter stages may provide suppression currents to reduce ripple currents generated in the one or main buck converter stages.
US12027975B2
A packaged power module includes a case, and a metal structure that has first and second surfaces. A transistor is also included that has first and second terminals between which current is transmitted when the transistor is activated, and a control terminal controlling the transistor, wherein the first terminal is sintered to the first surface. A first opening through the case exposes the second surface.
US12027969B2
A converter for electrical connection to a three-phase electrical grid and a single-phase electrical grid is provided. The converter includes three DAB modules, each for converting a respective alternating current of a three-phase electrical grid. When connected to a single-phase electrical grid, the third DAB module is bi-directional such that it is operable to filter the power output of the first and second DAB modules. The converter further includes a filter capacitor in electrical communication with the third DAB module through a relay, wherein the relay is responsive to a controller to couple the third DAB module to the filter capacitor when the single-phase electrical grid is detected and to couple the third DAB module to a grid rectifier when the three-phase electrical grid is detected.
US12027967B2
In an example, a method includes providing a signal to a driver for a switching voltage regulator to turn off a high-side field effect transistor (FET) of the switching voltage regulator. The method also includes reducing a voltage at a source of the high-side FET. The method includes responsive to the signal, turning off a pull-down FET coupled to a gate of the high-side FET. The method also includes commutating current from the high-side FET to a low-side FET.
US12027966B2
A control circuit for controlling a stackable multiphase power converter includes: a synchronization terminal; a synchronization signal connected to the synchronization terminals of a plurality of the control circuits in parallel, wherein the synchronization signal includes a plurality of pulses to be successively counted as a count number; and a reset signal, configured to reset and initiate the count number; wherein the control circuit further comprises a phase-sequence number, wherein the control circuit enables a corresponding power stage circuit to generate a phase of the output power when the count number reaches the phase-sequence number.
US12027962B2
A device includes an operational amplifier having a first input, a second input and an output, the operational amplifier configured to generate a first signal at the output. The device includes a reference resistor divider having a first and second resistor, a first terminal of the first resistor coupled to the second input of the operational amplifier. A second terminal of the first resistor is coupled to a first terminal of the second resistor and a second terminal of the second resistor coupled to an electrically neutral terminal. The device includes a voltage to current (V2I) converter having an input and an output, the input coupled to the output of the operational amplifier, and the V2I converter configured to generate a second signal at the output of the V2I converter. The device includes a switch coupled to the output of the V2I converter and to the reference resistor divider.
US12027959B2
In a generator including an engine, a rotating electric machine, and a cooling fan that rotates integrally with a rotor of the rotating electric machine, the cooling fan includes a plurality of fans disposed at an interval in an axial direction of the fan, and a cylindrical body that extends in the axial direction of the cooling fan with a cylindrical cross section in an inner peripheral space of an upstream fan and is disposed more on the upstream side than a downstream fan.
US12027955B2
A generator rotor assembly (42) comprises a cylindrical ring structure (46) defining a central hollow portion and arranged to rotate around a rotational axis. The cylindrical ring structure (46) comprises a plurality of permanent magnet packages (48) arranged coaxially around the rotational axis, the permanent magnet packages (48) comprising a plurality of coaxially stacked ring-shaped segmented layers (80), a plurality of tie rod holes (86) and a plurality of tie rods (54). The coaxially stacked ring-shaped segmented layers (80) comprise a plurality of contiguous segment sheets (82) arranged around the rotational axis to form the ring-shaped layer, the stacked layers (80) being staggered such that segment breaks between two contiguous segment sheets (82) in one of the layers are angularly offset with respect to segment breaks between two contiguous segment sheets (82) in an adjacent layer. The tie rod holes (86) extend axially through the layers of the permanent magnet packages (48), wherein the plurality of tie rod holes (86) of adjacent permanent magnet packages (48) are complementary in size and position, such that a plurality of tie rod bores is defined. The tie rods (54) extend through respective ones of the plurality of tie rod bores.
US12027946B2
A motor unit according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a motor having a rotor that rotates about a motor axis and a stator located radially outside the rotor; an inverter that controls a current to be supplied to the motor; and a housing having a motor housing portion that houses the motor and an inverter housing portion that houses the inverter. The housing further includes an inverter housing provided with a top plate portion covering an opening of the inverter housing portion. The inverter is fixed to a back surface of the top plate portion, facing the inside of the inverter housing portion.
US12027943B2
An electric motor cooling jacket enclosing a surface of an electric motor stator and having protuberances adapted for contact with the surface of the stator, with fluid passageways formed by the cooling jacket body, the protuberances, and the surface of the electric motor stator, wherein the fluid passageways are arranged to permit a cooling fluid to flow in a serpentine path across the surface of the stator to remove heat from the stator. Spray rings are fluidly coupled with the fluid passageways so as to permit the cooling fluid to flow into the fluid passageways, across the outer circumference of the electric motor stator, and out from orifices in the spray rings to cool the windings of the stator. The protuberances are formable using a pair of mold halves aligned anti-symmetrically with one another so that a serpentine fluid path is formed when casting the cooling jacket body.
US12027936B2
A linear motor includes: a mover including an output shaft portion extending in a direction of a thrust axis; a detection portion configured to be capable of detecting a position of the output shaft portion in the direction of the thrust axis; and a detected portion fixed to the mover, the mover further includes: a mounting base to which the detected portion is attached; and a metal fastening member that fastens the mounting base to an end surface, on one side in the direction of the thrust axis, of the output shaft portion, and the mounting base includes: a metal fastened portion sandwiched between the end surface, on the one side in the direction of the thrust axis, of the output shaft portion, and the fastening member; and a resin mounting portion having a mounting surface to which the detected portion is attached, the mounting surface being provided at a position off the thrust axis.
US12027935B2
A vibration actuator includes a fixing body including a base part, and a magnetic suction force generation part provided at a core on which a coil is wound; a movable body including a connecting part, and a suction part suctioned by the magnetic suction force generation part through energization to the coil; and a plurality of elastic support parts. The suction part is disposed in a vicinity of a magnetic pole of the core of the magnetic suction force generation part with an air gap between the suction part and the magnetic pole in a vibration direction, and the suction part is disposed at a center portion in the vibration direction of the movable body supported by the plurality of elastic support parts.
US12027933B2
A motor includes a rotor, a stator, and a bus bar unit disposed on one side in an axial direction of the stator. The stator includes conductor connection bodies and a segment coil. Each connection body includes first and second ends in the axial direction. The bus bar unit includes a neutral point bus bar connected to the first end and phase bus bars connected to the second end. The neutral point bus bar extends along a circumferential direction. The phase bus bar includes a main body extending along the circumferential direction and at least partially overlapping the neutral point bus bar and a connection portion extending from the main body to one side in the axial direction. The first end passes through one side in the axial direction of the neutral point bus bar and is connected to the connection portion.
US12027928B2
Insulators are formed of a resin material using injection molding and provided at an end portion in an axial direction of a cylindrical stator included in a motor. Each of the insulators includes a wall portion that is formed in a cylindrical shape; a plurality of winding drum portions that consecutively extend from the wall portion so as to be along one end surface in an axial direction of the wall portion from an inner peripheral surface of the wall portion toward an inner side in a radial direction of the wall portion; and a plurality of opening portions that are formed between the respective winding drum portions, which are adjacent in the circumferential direction of the wall portion. A gate mark, which indicates an injection location of the resin material, is formed on the one end surface in the axial direction of the wall portion.
US12027926B2
Disclosed is a method for pulling a stator winding system of an electric machine into a stator lamination stack of the electric machine and to a winding tool, with the stator lamination stack having stator grooves which run parallel to a rotation axis of the electric machine and are distributed in a circle around the rotation axis and open thereto and which have on an end facing the rotation axis a gap region which is narrowed relative to the rest of the stator groove. Windings are arranged in the stator grooves, and winding overhangs, as seen in the direction of the rotation axis, protrude from the stator lamination stack at the two axial ends thereof, with the windings formed in the stator grooves as laid windings. The stator lamination stack has no guide structures on the two axial ends for guiding the individual turns of the windings.
US12027925B2
A method of making an electromagnetic coil for use in a high-temperature electromagnetic machine includes pre-coating magnet wire with a high-temperature insulation precursor to produce pre-coated magnet wire, winding, while applying in-situ a glass-ceramic slurry, the pre-coated magnet wire into a predetermined coil shape to produce a wet-wound green coil, and thermally processing the wet-wound green coil to produce a processed coil. In some instances, a second layer of a high-temperature insulation may be applied to the processed coil to produce a further insulated processed coil, and then thermally processing the further insulated processed coil to produce a further processed electromagnetic coil.
US12027921B2
A motor having a compact volume by reducing sizes in axial and radial directions includes a stator, and a rotor arranged outside the stator and rotated by electromagnetically interacting with the stator, wherein the rotor includes a ring-shaped back yoke, a plurality of magnets separately arranged inside of the back yoke along a circumferential direction of the back yoke, and a frame arranged to combine the back yoke and the plurality of magnets, and having an open side through which an outer surface of the back yoke is exposed to an outside of the frame.
US12027920B2
A rotor includes a rotor core having a plurality of magnetic poles. At least one magnetic pole includes a first magnetic pole having three or more circumferentially arranged magnet holes, and a plurality of permanent magnets housed corresponding magnet holes. A portion of the rotor core between adjacent magnet holes has a radially extending region. A maximum radial dimension of each magnet hole is greater than a minimum radial dimension of a portion of the rotor core between a magnet hole radially outer surface and a rotor core outer peripheral surface. The first magnetic pole has a smaller amount of harmonic components in a radial flux density distribution on the rotor core outer peripheral surface, compared to a magnetic pole having a plurality of magnet holes arranged at equal circumferential intervals and a plurality of permanent magnets having substantially the same magnetic flux and number.
US12027918B2
A rotor core of a rotor includes a salient pole portion; air gap portions that extend from the permanent magnet to an outer peripheral surface of the rotor core; notch grooves formed such that the outer peripheral surface of the rotor core is notched; and a bridge portion that is formed between the outer peripheral surface and the air gap portions. The notch grooves are disposed such that the bridge portion is sandwiched between the notch grooves and the air gap portion, and, a notch minimum outside diameter portion in which a distance from the rotation center of the rotor core is the minimum is formed on a plane perpendicular to a rotation axis. The notch minimum outside diameter portion is located at a position closer to a center side of the salient pole portion than the air gap portions in the circumferential direction of the rotor.
US12027916B2
The presently disclosed invention provides an outer rotor brushless direct current motor that includes a tire integrated as part of the outer rotor, and is thus configured as a direct drive wheel, such as may be used on a mobile robot. The drive wheel includes a cylindrical outer rotor having a plurality of poles positioned on an inner surface, a stationary stator spaced inwardly from the rotor and defining a magnetic clearance gap between the plurality of poles of the rotor and a plurality of electromagnets positioned on an outer circumference of the stator, and a stationary central shaft. The stator is mounted to the central shaft and the rotor is configured for rotation about the stator.
US12027915B2
A rotor assembly includes a rotor core having an axial length and configured to rotate about a longitudinal axis and at least one permanent magnet disposed about a radially outer surface of the rotor core. The rotor assembly further includes an electrical insulator disposed between the radially outer surface of the rotor core and the at least one permanent magnet and configured to disrupt an electrical conduction path along the axial length of the rotor core.
US12027901B2
A method and device for reducing voltage loads of semiconductor components of an inverter. The method includes: ascertaining a request to charge a battery of an electric system including the battery, the inverter, and an electric machine. The inverter including a series connection including a first and a second semiconductor component, and being configured to convert a direct voltage provided by the battery into an alternating voltage for the electric machine, and adapt a gate voltage of the first semiconductor component and/or of the second semiconductor component to interrupt a current flow between the battery and the electric machine during the charging. A voltage load of a gate oxide layer of the semiconductor components is reduced by decreasing the gate voltages of the first semiconductor component and of the second semiconductor component and/or a voltage load of a drain-source path of the semiconductor components being matched to one another.
US12027885B2
A power transmitting device performs power transmission to a power receiving device. The power receiving device is provided in a space that a person can enter or exit. The power transmitting device includes a power transmitting unit, a processing circuitry, and a reception unit. The power transmitting unit is configured to perform power transmission to the power receiving device through contactless power supply. The processing circuitry is configured to switch a power transmission mode of the power transmitting unit between a normal-output mode and a limit mode in which a transmitted power is more limited than in the normal-output mode. The reception unit is configured to receive a limit instruction for the power transmission given by the person. The processing circuitry is configured to set the power transmission mode to the limit mode when the reception unit receives the limit instruction.
US12027871B2
An electric power supply system for an aircraft includes: a first electric source and a second electric source coupled together to supply electric power to a set of electrical loads, and a controller configured to acquire a piece of information on the current electric consumption consumed by the set of electrical loads; acquire a piece of information corresponding to a target ratio of the distribution, between the first and second electric sources, of the current electric consumption consumed by the set of electrical loads; perform frequency filtering of the current electric consumption to determine a transient consumption portion of the current electric consumption; determine control setpoints for the first electric source and for the second electric source in accordance with the target distribution ratio and with the transient consumption portion; and apply the control setpoints to the first and second electric sources.
US12027867B2
Renewable electrical energy is provided with aspects and circuitry that can harvest maximum power from an alternative electrical energy source (1) such as a string of solar panels (11) for a power grid (10). Aspects include: i) controlling electrical power creation from photovoltaic DC-AC inverter (5), ii) operating photovoltaic DC-AC inverter (5) at maximal efficiency even when MPP would not be, iii) protecting DC-AC inverter (5) so input can vary over a range of insolation and temperature, and iv) providing dynamically reactive capability to react and assure operation, to permit differing components, to achieve code compliant dynamically reactive photovoltaic power control circuitry (41). With previously explained converters, inverter control circuitry (38) or photovoltaic power converter functionality control circuitry (8) configured as inverter sweet spot converter control circuitry (46) can achieve extraordinary efficiencies with substantially power isomorphic photovoltaic capability at 99.2% efficiency or even only wire transmission losses.
US12027862B1
A method and apparatus is described for conveying the amount of loading of a power source to a load control device by controlling the frequency of the AC power output from that power source in a manner that controlled frequency represents the loading. At a different location in the power system, the frequency is measured and the corresponding loading of the power source is used to prevent or alleviate a power source overload.
US12027860B2
A source-network-load-storage coordination dispatching method in a background of a coupling of renewable energy sources, including: taking an expectation of a minimum grid operating cost in a dispatching cycle as an objective function; generating an approximate value function of an output of a set for generating electricity from renewable energy sources and a user load, and constructing a source-network-load-storage coordination dispatching model with combination of the objective function; obtaining forecast data of the output of a set for generating electricity from renewable energy sources and the user load, and inputting the forecast data into the dispatching model for solving; performing iterative updating on the approximate value function, importing the approximate value function after the iterative updating into the dispatching model for iterative solving, and terminating an iterative process until a solving result satisfies a preset convergence condition; and using a solving result of a last iteration as a dispatching strategy.
US12027859B2
A method for power management in a microgrid, the microgrid including at least one renewable energy source, at least one non-renewable energy source and at least one grid-forming energy storage source.
US12027856B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide control systems and methods to reduce wastage of energy associated with fuel cell systems. The method includes transmitting DC power from a plurality of fuel cells of a set of power modules to a centralized DC bus through a first set of DC-DC converters. The method includes operating a second set of DC-DC converters to provide an output DC power by boosting a voltage level of the DC power from the centralized DC bus and further operating a first set of DC-AC inverters to convert the DC power from the second set of DC-DC converters to AC power. The method includes transmitting the AC power from the first set of DC-AC inverters to a grid. The AC power is transmitted to the grid at substantially unity power factor due to combined effect of switching modulation and MPPT of the first set of DC-AC inverters.
US12027855B2
A power outlet control device includes at least one electrical outlet and a processing circuit comprising a processor and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations. The operations include monitoring external power supplied to the power outlet control device, detecting one or more powerline events based on the external power supplied to the power outlet control device, and automatically controlling an amount of power supplied to the at least one electrical outlet based on the one or more powerline events.
US12027852B2
DeepOPF-V, a deep neural network (DNN)-based voltage-constrained approach for solving an alternating-current optimal power flow (AC-OPF) problem, is used to determine an operating point of an AC electrical power system. DeepOPE-V advantageously uses two DNNs to separately determine voltage magnitudes and voltage phase angles of buses in the system without cross-over operations between the two DNNs. A computation complexity is reduced when compared to using a single DNN for generating both the magnitudes and phase angles, allowing high computation efficiency achieved by DeepOPE-V. Remaining variables of the system are computed based on the determined magnitudes and phase angles. A solution for the operating condition is predicted. A fast post-processing (PP) method is developed to improve the feasibility of the predicted solution. The PP method uses linear adjustment to adjust the predicted solution to improve the solution feasibility while enabling fast execution of the PP method.
US12027844B2
A power flow control system and method relate to power flow control for faults on power transmission lines. An inverter has power switching devices and a capacitor. A power-safe circuit holds the power switching devices inactive during an initial fault current of the power transmission line, until a power supply for operating the inverter reaches a threshold.
US12027842B2
Provided is a device including a series circuit in which a rectifying element and a fuse element are connected in series, in which one end on an anode side of the rectifying element in the series circuit is connected to a first connection point having a reference potential, and another end on a cathode side of the rectifying element in the series circuit is connected to a second connection point that is to have a potential higher than the reference potential. The device may further include a parallel circuit in which a plurality of the series circuits is connected in parallel. A rectifying characteristic of the rectifying element in at least one of the series circuits connected in parallel may be different from a rectifying characteristic of the rectifying element in at least another one of the series circuits connected in parallel.
US12027839B2
A device for electrically connecting cables where a change of direction occurs. The device includes at least two busbars as well as a plate having independent internal ducts in which the busbars are located, each duct being electrically insulated from the other ducts, the busbars ensuring electrical conduction from one open end of a duct to the other end. The cables are fastened at these open ends and thus do not undergo any deformation, the change of direction taking place inside the plate with the aid of the busbars.
US12027838B2
A cable support device, cable tie and cable tidy are provided. The cable support device includes a retainer, for retaining the cable support device to an edge of a surface, such as a desk or table, and a cable support, coupled to the retainer, and configured to support one or more cables. The retainer comprises: a planar upper support member; and an opposing biasing member, configured to bias the surface towards the planar upper support member to thereby retain the retainer to the surface. The biasing member tapered along its length, such that it is more flexible at its end.
US12027831B2
A hydraulic fracturing system for fracturing a subterranean formation is disclosed. In an embodiment, the system may include a plurality of electric pumps fluidly connected to a well associated with the subterranean formation and powered by at least one electric motor, and configured to pump fluid into a wellbore associated with the well at a high pressure so that the fluid passes from the wellbore into the subterranean formation and fractures the subterranean formation; at least one generator electrically coupled to the plurality of electric pumps so as to generate electricity for use by the plurality of electric pumps; and at least one switchgear electrically coupled to the at least one generator and configured to distribute an electrical load between the plurality of electric pumps and the at least one generator.
US12027820B2
A surface-emitting laser includes a first reflector layer, an active layer provided on the first reflector layer, and a second reflector layer provided on the active layer. The second reflector layer includes a corner reflector that tapers in a direction opposite to the first reflector layer, and the corner reflector has a plan shape of a circle or a polygon with an even number of vertexes.
US12027819B2
VCSELs have a substrate, first and second electrical contacts (ECs), and an optical resonator (OR), having first and second distributed Bragg reflectors (DBRs) and an active layer between the DBRs. The first DBR is between the substrate and the active layer. One of the DBRs has: first and second parts, having different conductivity types, and each with a pair of layers with different refractive indices. A tunnel junction (TJ) is between the parts. The ECs are for electrically pumping the OR such that the TJ is reversely biased during operation of the VCSEL. Either the first DBR includes the parts, having a relative thickness of the second part to a total thickness of the first and second parts between 0.1-0.8, or the second DBR has the parts, the second part being on the TJ facing away from the active layer, and the relative thickness being between 0.15-0.6.
US12027818B2
A semiconductor laser includes a distributed feedback active region and two distribution Bragg reflecting mirror regions which are arranged to be continuous with the distributed feedback active region. The distributed feedback active region has an active layer which is composed of a compound semiconductor and a first diffraction grating. The first diffraction grating is composed of a recessed portion which is formed to extend through a diffraction grating layer formed on the active layer and a projection portion which is adjacent to the recessed portion.
US12027816B2
A method of manufacturing a laser light source includes: providing a submount, the submount having a principal surface on which a laser diode chip is to be fixed, and comprising a pair of lens supports each including an end surface, the end surfaces located at opposite sides with respect to an emission end surface of the laser diode chip; providing a lens having a bonding surface; performing adjustment such that end surfaces of the pair of lens supports of the submount are parallel to a reference plane; performing adjustment such that the bonding surface of the lens is parallel to the reference plane; and while maintaining the end surfaces of the pair of lens supports and the bonding surface of the lens so as to be parallel to the reference plane, bonding the end surfaces with the bonding surface of the lens using an inorganic bonding member.
US12027803B2
A cage includes a cage housing forming an inner area with internal walls that define an upper port and a lower port. Each of the ports include a cap that forms a keyway. The cap in an upper bay can extend from the upper bay in a direction that is opposite a direction the cap in the lower port extends. The cage may include a plurality of spring fingers therein which engage with a conductive bezel. The cage provides EMI shielding for the plug connector.
US12027801B2
Disclosed are embodiments for providing electrical connection between trunk sections of an artificial tree. In some embodiments, forces are created between electrical connectors on plugs and sockets to ensure a secure electrical connection. In other embodiments, pins and sockets are used in conjunction with rotational orientation devices to ensure proper orientations of the pins and sockets.
US12027795B2
Provided are a terminal position assurance and a connector, which belong to the technical field of connectors. The terminal position assurance includes a positioning body, an upper-row snap, a limiting member, and a lower-row snap. The positioning body extends along a first direction. Two upper-row snaps are provided, fixedly connected to the positioning body separately, and disposed opposite to each other. The limiting member is connected to one side of the positioning body and extends along a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction. Two lower-row snaps are provided, fixedly connected to the limiting member separately, and disposed opposite to each other.
US12027794B2
An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a row of slots defined by plural dividing walls thereof, and plural contacts secured in the insulative housing and each including a securing portion, a front contacting portion disposed in a corresponding slot, and a rear tail, wherein the plurality of dividing walls includes a group of first dividing walls each having a first length and a group of second dividing walls each having a second length along a front-to-back direction, and the first length is shorter than the second length to expose to air a larger extent of the front contacting portions of associated contacts disposed in the slots defined by the group of first dividing walls with respect to the front contacting portions of associated contacts disposed in the slots defined by the group of second dividing walls.
US12027792B2
A connector comprises a housing, a holder, a contact, an electrical wire and a sleeve member. The housing is formed with a contact accommodating portion. The contact accommodating portion is formed with a first receiving portion. The holder is formed with a second receiving portion. The contact is provided with a first press-fit portion. The sleeve member is provided with a first abutment portion, a second abutment portion and a second press-fit portion. The first abutment portion abuts against the first receiving portion. The second abutment portion abuts against the second receiving portion. One of the first press-fit portion and the second press-fit portion is press-fit into a remaining one of the first press-fit portion and the second press-fit portion in a direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction and thereby a relative movement of the sleeve member with respect to the contact along the front-rear direction is regulated.
US12027791B2
A board to board connector includes a first male connector and a second male connector. The first male connector includes a first number of pins. The second male connector is aligned with the first male connector and includes a second number of pins. The first male connector is configured to be removably electrically coupled to a first female connector including a third number of pins equal to the first number and the second male connector is configured to be removably electrically coupled to a second female connector including a fourth number of pins equal to the second number. The first male connector and the second male connector are also configured to be removably electrically coupled to a single third female connector including a fifth number of pins equal to the first number plus the second number.
US12027777B2
An antenna device includes: a first ground member; one or more first antennas which are connected to the first ground member and resonate in a first frequency band; a second ground member; one or more second antennas which are connected to the second ground member and resonate in a second frequency band; one or more first filters which connect the first and second ground members and attenuate a signal in the first frequency band; and one or more second filters which connect the first and second ground members at a position different from a position where the one or more first filters connect the first and second ground members and attenuate the signal in the first frequency band less than the one or more first filters.
US12027770B2
A digital receiver/exciter (DREX) antenna calibration system includes a DREX antenna array, and an antenna probe configured to receive energy from the DREX antenna array and/or transmit energy to the DREX antenna array. A modular signal processing unit is in signal communication with the DREX antenna array. The modular signal processing unit includes a plurality of individual signal processing programmable integrated circuits configured to process the energy. A modular array controller is in signal communication with the probe controller, the DREX antenna array, and the modular signal processing unit. The modular array controller includes at least one modular array unit that includes an array programmable integrated circuit and a multicore processor.
US12027767B1
An antenna may include rigid antenna ribs, a flexible antenna reflector layer, and a flexible support member extending behind the flexible antenna reflector layer between adjacent antenna ribs and having first and second sets of openings therein. A drawstring may extend through the first set of openings between adjacent ribs and a rear support cord is behind the flexible support member between adjacent ribs. Tie cords may extend between the flexible antenna reflector layer and the rear support cord and pass through respective ones of the second set of openings. A biasing member may maintain tension in the drawstring as adjacent antenna ribs move between first and second positions so that the flexible support member defines a pleated support body for the flexible antenna reflector layer.
US12027764B2
An example electronic device includes an antenna; a switching regulator; a communication chip including an amplifier, a first linear regulator operably connected to the amplifier and the switching regulator and configured to be supplied with a first voltage from the switching regulator, and a second linear regulator operably connected to the amplifier and the switching regulator and configured to be supplied with a second voltage higher than the first voltage from the switching regulator, the communication chip configured to transmit a radio-frequency signal outside of the electronic device through the antenna; and a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to produce an envelope of an input signal input to the amplifier in connection with the radio-frequency signal and to provide the produced envelope to at least one of the first linear regulator or the second linear regulator. The first linear regulator is configured to provide a third voltage corresponding to the envelope to the amplifier using the first voltage based on the envelope having a voltage in a first range. The second linear regulator is configured to provide a fourth voltage higher than the third voltage to the amplifier using the second voltage based on the voltage of the envelope being in a second range including values larger than values included in the first range.
US12027761B2
An antenna module is an antenna module attached to a roof in a vehicle and includes a substrate and a plurality of antennas provided on the substrate, wherein the substrate is kept in a curved state.
US12027760B2
An antenna system of a satellite may consist of an antenna receiver that is coupled to a plurality of flexible couplings. The couplings may each be affixed to one or more antenna elements. The couplings may be deployed in space in an uncontrolled manner. Additionally, the spacing between the couplings, and in turn the antenna elements, may be spaced in an uncontrolled manner. The antenna elements may have no pointing requirements. The antenna system may receive training signals and associate an antenna element to a time of arrival based on the training signal. Upon receiving a data signal, the antenna system may apply coefficients determined from the association of the antenna element to the time of arrival to the data signal to discover wanted signal coherence among the antenna elements.
US12027755B2
This application provides a wireless data terminal and a wireless data terminal control system. The wireless data terminal includes a housing, a drive assembly, a first antenna assembly, and a second antenna assembly. The drive assembly can drive the first antenna assembly and the second antenna assembly to extend or retract to move in different directions between a first location and a second location. When the wireless data terminal does not need to be used or high isolation between antennas is not required, the drive assembly may drive the antenna assembly to retract to the first location, so that a volume occupied by the wireless data terminal can be reduced while an antenna isolation requirement is met. When high isolation between the antennas is required, the drive assembly may drive the antenna assembly to extend to the second location, so that isolation between the antennas is increased.
US12027751B2
An antenna device, applied to an electronic device and the antenna device includes: an antenna unit, configured to transmit and receive signals; a rotation unit, connected to the antenna unit, and configured to rotate the antenna unit when the electronic device is powered on, record a signal strength in preset angle for each rotation and generate an angle and signal strength mapping table, and further configured to rotate the antenna unit to a position with a strongest signal according to the angle and signal strength mapping table, which realizes automatic adjustment of antenna direction to optimize antenna performance.
US12027742B2
A distributed constant filter includes a resonator that is not grounded and a first ground electrode. The first ground electrode faces the resonator in a first direction (Z). The resonator is a distributed constant line resonator. The resonator includes a plurality of distributed constant lines and a via conductor. The plurality of distributed constant lines are arranged in layers in the first direction (Z). The via conductor extends in the first direction (Z). Each of the plurality of distributed constant lines is connected to the via conductor only at one end portion of both end portions of the distributed constant line.
US12027741B2
Embodiments of this application disclose a dielectric filter and a communication device. In one example, the dielectric filter includes: a first dielectric block and a second dielectric block that are stacked up, where a first surface of the first dielectric block is opposite to a second surface of the second dielectric block; a first blind hole, a first through hole, and two or more resonance through holes whose openings are located on the first surface of the first dielectric block, and a second through hole whose opening is located on the second surface of the second dielectric block. A metal layer on the first surface of the first dielectric block is connected to a metal layer on the second surface of the second dielectric block.
US12027739B2
The present invention relates to the field of fuel cell stacks and stack tower or module, in particular to a sealing structure for stack tower and a stack tower. The sealing structure comprises a first component, a second component and a mica spacer, the first component and the second component are opposite to each other, the mica spacer is disposed between the first component and the second component, sealing part is arranged between the mica spacer and at least one of the first component and the second component, and the sealing part comprises a glass ceramic layer and an outer circumferential ceramic cement ring surrounding the glass cement layer; the sealing structure for stack tower has excellent sealing performance and service durability for a fuel cell system.
US12027738B2
The invention relates to a fuel cell comprising a plurality of modules mounted in series with one another so as to form a peripheral structure, each module comprising two end members and a stack of electrochemical cells mounted between two end members, each end member including a mounting face in contact with one of the ends of a stack and an interface face in contact with another interface face of another end member, the mounting face and the interface face being angularly spaced apart by an angle (α) which is between 0.5° and 60°.
US12027735B2
A fuel cell system 1 includes a fuel cell FC having a plurality of fuel battery cells, a control unit Cnt configured to control power generation of the fuel cell FC, a power storage apparatus S, and a DCDC converter Cnv. The control unit Cnt makes the voltage of the fuel cell FC higher than the voltage of the power storage apparatus S when the power generation by the fuel cell FC is stopped and makes the power generated in the fuel cell FC when the power generation by the fuel cell FC is stopped chargeable to the power storage apparatus S through a first path having diodes D1, D3, D5.
US12027731B2
Ion exchange membranes materials according to the present disclosure exhibit improved conductivity at low and intermediate relative humidity without sacrificing mechanical strength. Polymers are provided that include a backbone with one or more aryl groups, a halocarbyl group, and a halocarbyl side chain attached to the backbone, wherein the halocarbyl side chain includes a halide separated from the backbone by a hydrocarbyl chain, a hydrocarbyl ring, or combinations thereof. The halide is substituted with a tertiary amine and halide anions are then exchanged with hydroxide anions. The polymers are then contacted with phosphoric acid, which is deprotonated by the hydroxide ions, forming anions which enhance interactions with adjacent quaternary ammonium groups and induce excess phosphoric acid molecules to cluster around those quaternary ammonium groups. The membranes exhibit negligible dopant leaching even at high relative humidity.
US12027730B2
A fuel cell stack includes stacked cells, each including a sheet-shaped power generation portion, two separators, a gas passage defining plate that includes a gas passage portion through which reactant gas flows, and a frame member that includes a supply port and a discharge port. The gas passage portion includes opposing portions extended in a flow direction of the reactant gas and arranged in parallel in an orthogonal direction and wavy portions each having a wavy cross-sectional shape orthogonal to the orthogonal direction. The gas passage portion includes a first passage portion adjacent to the supply port in the flow direction and a second passage portion adjacent to the first passage portion in the orthogonal direction. The connection passages of the second passage portion each have a larger cross-sectional flow area than the connection passages of the first passage portion.
US12027722B2
A housing is disclosed, including an accommodating cavity, where a surface of the housing is provided with a groove, a thickness of an area provided with the groove in the housing is less than a thickness of an area provided with no groove in the housing, the housing further includes a protective layer, and the protective layer is disposed on the surface of the housing and covers an opening end of the groove. The groove helps discharge a pressure from the housing, and the protective layer can prevent the housing from being accidentally broken. This application further provides a battery to which the housing is applied, and an electronic apparatus to which the battery is applied.
US12027718B2
The present invention provides a battery module case for an electric vehicle, wherein an electric vehicle battery provided to be utilized in an electric vehicle is accommodated inside the battery module case to improve assemblability. The battery module case for an electric vehicle is characterized by comprising: a case part which is formed by extrusion-molding an aluminum material, has a cavity formed in an inner profile corresponding to the outer profile of the battery for an electric vehicle, and is open in at least one end in the longitudinal direction, wherein a press-fit protrusion is formed along the edge of the open end; and at least one cover part which is formed by die-casting an aluminum material and provided so as to be coupled to the open end of the case part, and in which an extension portion is integrally formed to extend and protrude toward the case part from the edge thereof, at a position corresponding to the press-fit protrusion, so as to be press-fit on the edge of the press-fit protrusion, and both-side contacting grooves surrounding and closely contacting both sides of the press-fit protrusion are recessed in an end section of the extension portion.
US12027717B2
This invention relates to a support pad formed of a shock absorbing material capable of absorbing energy resulting from vibration and gravitational forces acting on a battery disposed in engagement with the support pad and, correspondingly, transferring gravitational forces that occur along a z-axis resulting from up and down movement of the battery and dispersing these gravitation forces along an x-axis, a y-axis and the z-axis so as to reduce the impact shock on the battery by between about 65% to about 80% and, in doing so, prolonging the performance and life-cycle of the battery.
US12027706B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of carbon materials, in particular to an amorphous carbon material and a preparation method and an use thereof. The amorphous carbon material has the following characteristics: (1) the true density ρ of the amorphous carbon material and the interlayer spacing d002 obtained by powder XRD spectrum analysis satisfy the relational formula: 100×ρ×d002≥70; (2) the interlayer spacing d002, La and Lc satisfy the following relational formula: Lcλd002≤0.58; and 100×(Lc/La2)×d0023≤0.425; (3) the amorphous carbon material contains 0.001-2% of a silicon component and 0.001-2% of an aluminum component, based on the total mass of the amorphous carbon material. The amorphous carbon material prepared by the present disclosure has desirable heat transfer performance and can provide high battery capacity.
US12027691B2
Methods are proposed for fabricating highly pure lithium metal electrodes from aqueous lithium salt solutions. Electrolysis is performed through lithium ion selective membranes, with constant current densities between about 10 mA/cm2 and about 50 mA/cm2 being applied for a time between about 1 minute and about 60 minutes. The electrolysis is performed under a blanketing atmosphere, the blanketing atmosphere being substantially free of lithium reactive components. Methods are further proposed for vertically integrating the electrolytic fabrication of highly pure lithium metal electrodes into the production of lithium metal batteries, the fabrication of lithium electrodes and lithium metal batteries being performed in a single facility.
US12027689B2
A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a method for producing an electrode of which uncoated part can stretch while inhibiting breakage. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing a method for producing an electrode, the method including: a preparing step of preparing a precursor sheet including a metal foil, and a coated part and an uncoated part, arranged on the metal foil; a coated part pressing step of pressing the coated part in a thickness direction; and an uncoated part pressing step of pressing the uncoated part in the thickness direction, before or after the coated part pressing step; wherein the coated part contains an electrode material including at least an active material; the uncoated part does not contain the electrode material, and is arranged in an edge of the coated part; and in the uncoated part pressing step, the uncoated part is roll-pressed by a pair of an elastic roll including a shaft body and an elastic body covering the shaft body, while the uncoated part is pushed against the thickness direction.
US12027683B1
Disclosed is a method for recovering and processing a retired battery electrode plate. The method includes disassembling a retired battery to obtain an electrode plate, energizing two ends of the electrode plate until a binder on the electrode plate is heated and melted, and then separating out an electrode material and a current collector, and when the electrode plate is a negative electrode plate, ball milling the separated electrode material, winnowing the ball-milled material to obtain graphite, subjecting the graphite to an alkali treatment, adding the graphite, which has been subjected to the alkali treatment, and an aggregate to softened asphalt, and stirring same to obtain conductive asphalt. The two ends of the electrode are energized, such that the binder is melted into liquid to flow out of the current collector, and the electrode material is stripped off the electrode plate.
US12027672B2
According to one embodiment, a battery includes an external container, an electrode group, and a sealing plate. The electrode group includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode wound in a flat shape with an insulating layer interposed therebetween. Thicknesses TE of the positive and negative electrodes are each from 0.03 mm to 0.08 mm. A first direction is orthogonal to a winding axis direction of the electrode group. A second direction is parallel to the winding axis direction. The thicknesses TE of each electrode, a thickness TW of the electrode group in the third direction orthogonal to the first and second directions, and an innermost circumferential height HIC of the electrode group in the first direction satisfy 0.02≤(TE×TW)/HIC≤0.04.
US12027669B2
An electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the electrolyte solution are provided. The electrolyte solution includes an additive represented by Chemical Formula 1, an organic solvent and a lithium salt: wherein in Chemical Formula 1, R1 and R2 are each independently hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C5 alkyl group, X is O or S, and L is a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C5 alkylene group. The lithium secondary battery including the electrolyte solution provides enhanced high-temperature properties.
US12027666B2
The present invention aims to provide an electrolyte composition from which an electrolyte film having a higher battery performance than typical electrolyte films is obtained. The present invention provides an electrolyte composition containing an alkali metal salt. The composition further contains a photocurable and/or thermosetting monomer; and a salt dissociating agent. A content ratio of the alkali metal salt is 50% by mass or more relative to 100% by mass of the total amount of the alkali metal salt, the photocurable and/or thermosetting monomer, and the salt dissociating agent.
US12027664B2
A super ion conductor composition is disclosed. The super ion conductor composition has the general formula: A1+xMx/2Zr2−x/2(PO4)3, where each A is independently Na or Li, M is Mn or Mg, and subscript x is from 0.5 to 3. A solid electrolyte comprising the super ion conductor composition, and a method of preparing the solid electrolyte, are also disclosed. The method comprises combining a zirconium compound, a manganese or magnesium compound, a sodium compound, and a phosphate compound to give a mixture; and calcining the mixture to give the super ion conductor composition, thereby preparing the solid electrolyte. Functional materials and devices comprising the super ion conductor composition are also disclosed, including a catholyte composition, an ion conducting solid electrolyte membrane, as well as all-solid-state batteries.
US12027653B2
The invention relates to an illuminating device (1) comprising a substrate (2), a non-transparent spacer (4) which is connected to the substrate (2) so as to be hermetically sealed, an opening in the spacer (4), opposite said substrate (2), and an illumination element (3) positioned beneath the spacer (4) and beneath the opening, which element is connected to the substrate (2) so as to be hermetically sealed, characterized in that the opening in the spacer (4) is closed, so as to be hermetically sealed, by an optical element (5) consisting of a glass material the volume of which comprises at least one luminophore and thus constitutes a luminescent composite glass material.
US12027651B2
A light-emitting device includes a substrate, a semiconductor diode structure, a wavelength-converting layer less than 50. microns thick with luminescent particles in an index-matched inorganic binder, optical sidewall coating, and an optical sidewall structure. The optical sidewall structure is interposed between substrate sidewalls and optical sidewall coating, and redirects side-propagating output light toward or within the wavelength-converting layer. The optical sidewall structure can be part of the wavelength-converting layer or part of an adhering layer between the substrate and the wavelength-converting layer.
US12027643B2
A process for producing at least two adjacent regions, each comprising an array of light-emitting wires connected together in a given region by a transparent conductive layer, comprises: producing, on a substrate, a plurality of individual zones for growing wires extending over an area greater than the cumulative area of the two chips; growing wires in the individual growth zones; removing wires from at least one zone forming an initial free area to define the arrays of wires, the initial free area comprising individual growth zones level with the removed wires; and depositing a transparent conductive layer on each array of wires to electrically connect the wires of a given array of wires, each conductive layer being separated from the conductive layer of the neighbouring region by a free area. A device obtained using the process of the invention is also provided.
US12027629B2
An oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (OSFET) includes a first insulating layer, a source, a drain, a U-shaped channel layer and a metal gate. The first insulating layer is disposed on a substrate. The source and the drain are disposed in the first insulating layer. The U-shaped channel layer is sandwiched by the source and the drain. The metal gate is disposed on the U-shaped channel layer, wherein the U-shaped channel layer includes at least an oxide semiconductor layer. The present invention also provides a method for forming said oxide semiconductor field effect transistor.
US12027624B2
A semiconductor device in a first area includes first non-planar semiconductor structures separated with a first distance, and a first isolation region including a first layer and a second layer that collectively embed a lower portion of each of the first non-planar semiconductor structures. At least one of the first layer or second layer of the first isolation region is in a cured state. The semiconductor device in a second area includes second non-planar semiconductor structures separated with a second distance, and a second isolation region including a first layer and a second layer that collectively embed a lower portion of each of the second non-planar semiconductor structures. At least one of the first or second layer of the second isolation region is in a cured state.
US12027618B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes first to third electrodes, a semiconductor member, a conductive member, and an insulating member. The semiconductor member includes first to third semiconductor regions. The first semiconductor region includes first and second partial regions. The second semiconductor region is between the first partial region and the third semiconductor region. The conductive member is located between the second partial region and the third electrode. The conductive member includes a first end portion and a first other-end portion. The first end portion is between the first other-end portion and the third electrode. The conductive member includes first to third portions. The second portion is between the third portion and the third electrode. The first portion is between the second portion and the third electrode. The first portion includes the first end portion. The second portion contacts the first and third portions.
US12027617B2
A voltage withstanding structure disposed in an edge termination region is a spatial modulation junction termination extension (JTE) structure formed by a combination of a JTE structure and a field limiting ring (FLR) structure. All FLRs configuring the FLR structure are surrounded by an innermost one of p−−-type regions configuring the JTE structure. An innermost one of the FLRs is disposed overlapping a p+-type extension and the innermost one of the p−−-type regions, at a position overlapping a border between the p+-type extension and the innermost one of the p−−-type regions. The FLRs are formed concurrently with p++-type contact regions in an active region and have an impurity concentration substantially equal to an impurity concentration of the p++-type contact regions. An n+-type channel stopper region is formed concurrently with n+-type source regions in the active region and has an impurity concentration substantially equal to an impurity concentration the n+-type source regions.
US12027609B2
A semiconductor device and a method of forming the same are provided. A method includes forming a fin extending from a substrate. A sacrificial gate electrode layer is formed along a sidewall and a top surface of the fin. A patterning process is performed on the sacrificial gate electrode layer to form a sacrificial gate electrode. A reshaping process is performed on the sacrificial gate electrode to form a reshaped sacrificial gate electrode. The reshaped sacrificial gate electrode includes a first portion along the top surface of the fin and a second portion along the sidewall of the fin. A width of the first portion decreases as the first portion extends from a top surface of the first portion toward the top surface of the fin. A width of the second portion decreases as the second portion extends from the top surface of the fin toward the substrate.
US12027608B2
Methods of cutting fins, and structures formed thereby, are described. In an embodiment, a structure includes a first fin and a second fin on a substrate, and a fin cut-fill structure disposed between the first fin and the second fin. The first fin and the second fin are longitudinally aligned. The fin cut-fill structure includes a liner on a first sidewall of the first fin, and an insulating fill material on a sidewall of the liner and on a second sidewall of the first fin. The liner is further on a surface of the first fin between the first sidewall of the first fin and the second sidewall of the first fin.
US12027606B2
A semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a semiconductor layer, a gate stack, two first gate spacers over two opposing sidewalls of the gate stack and extending above the gate stack; a second gate spacer over a sidewall of one of the first gate spacers and having an upper portion over a lower portion; an etch stop layer adjacent to the lower portion and spaced away from the upper portion; and a seal layer over the gate stack, the two first gate spacers and the second gate spacer, resulting in a first void and a second void below the first seal layer. The first void is above the lower portion of the second gate spacer and laterally between the etch stop layer and the upper portion of the second gate spacer. The second void is above the gate stack and laterally between the two first gate spacers.
US12027590B2
A silicon carbide semiconductor device includes a drift layer of n-type formed on a semiconductor substrate composed of silicon carbide, a well region of p-type formed on a surface portion of the drift layer, a source region of p-type formed on a surface portion of the well region, a gate insulating film formed in contact with the source region, the well region, and the drift layer, and a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film. In the silicon carbide semiconductor device, oxygen is contained in a region having a predetermined thickness from an interface between the well region and the gate insulating film toward the well regions side.
US12027580B2
The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to a semiconductor on insulator substrate with cavity structures and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a bulk substrate with at least one rectilinear cavity structure; an insulator material sealing the at least one rectilinear cavity structure; and a buried insulator layer on the bulk substrate and over the at least one rectilinear cavity structure.
US12027579B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type having a main surface, a diode region of the first conductivity type formed in a surface layer portion of the main surface of the semiconductor layer, a carrier trapping region including crystal defects and formed along a peripheral edge of the diode region in the surface layer portion of the main surface of the semiconductor layer, and an anode electrode formed on the main surface of the semiconductor layer and forming a Schottky junction with the diode region.
US12027570B2
A display device can include a display panel including a first area and a second area surrounded by the first area, where each of the first area and the second area includes a plurality of subpixels. The display device can further include a plurality of first driving thin film transistors disposed respectively in the plurality of subpixels positioned in the first area, and a plurality of second driving thin film transistors disposed respectively in the plurality of subpixels positioned in the second area. The second area can include a transparent area. For at least one of the plurality of the second driving thin film transistors, a length of the channel region of the second driving thin film transistor can be shorter than a length of the channel region of the first driving thin film transistor.
US12027568B2
A device including first and second light-emitting cells respectively emitting in first and second wavelength ranges, wherein: each cell includes a stack of a first layer of a first semiconductor material and of a second layer of a second semiconductor material having a different mesh parameter; in the first cell, the first layer is in contact with the second layer across the entire surface of the cell; and in the second cell, a mask provided with a plurality of through nano-openings forms an interface between the first layer and the second layer, the second layer comprising a plurality of nanopillars of the second material arranged in the nano-openings of the mask, and a coalesced layer extending across substantially the entire surface of the cell on the side of the mask opposite to the first layer.
US12027567B2
The pcLED pixels in a phosphor-converted LED array each comprise an optical element on the light-emitting surface above the phosphor layer. In methods for making such pixelated LED arrays, a thin layer of a sacrificial phosphor carrier substrate is retained as the optical element on the output surface of the phosphor pixels upon completion of the fabrication process.
US12027564B2
A method of manufacturing a radiographic imaging apparatus, including: providing a flexible base material on a support body and forming a substrate in which pixels are provided in a pixel region of a first surface of the base material; providing a terminal portion for connecting a cable on the first surface; connecting a circuit board for reading the electric charges from the pixels or driving the pixels to the terminal portion via the cable; peeling the substrate from the support body; and using a transport jig including a suction unit having suction members and a holding part having a holding member, to suction and support the first surface or a second surface opposite to the first surface with the suction members, and transporting the substrate peeled from the support body in a state where the circuit board is held by the holding member.
US12027563B2
The image sensor structure includes a substrate, a readout circuit array, a photoelectric layer and a filter layer. The filter layer has a first spectrum defining a first wavelength. The photoelectric layer has a second spectrum defining a second wavelength. The second wavelength is longer than the first wavelength. The first wavelength corresponds to a first line passing through a first point and a second point on a curve of the first spectrum of the filter layer. The first point aligns with an extinction coefficient of 0.9. The second point aligns with an extinction coefficient of 0.1. The second wavelength corresponds to a second line passing through a third point and a fourth point on a curve of the second spectrum of the photoelectric layer. The third point aligns with an extinction coefficient of 0.9. The fourth point aligns with an extinction coefficient of 0.1.
US12027557B2
A semiconductor element including: an element substrate provided with an element region at a middle part and a peripheral region outside the element region; and a readout circuit substrate facing the element substrate, in which the element substrate includes a first semiconductor layer provided in the element region and including a compound semiconductor material, a wiring layer provided between the first semiconductor layer and the readout circuit substrate, the wiring layer electrically coupling the first semiconductor layer and the readout circuit substrate to each other, a first passivation film provided between the wiring layer and the first semiconductor layer, and a second passivation film opposed to the first passivation film with the first semiconductor layer interposed therebetween, and in which the peripheral region of the element substrate includes a bonded surface with respect to the readout circuit substrate.
US12027547B2
A solid-state image sensor is provided. The solid-state image sensor includes photoelectric conversion elements. The solid-state image sensor also includes a mosaic pattern layer disposed above the photoelectric conversion elements. The mosaic pattern layer includes an infrared-passing segment and color filter segments disposed on the periphery of the infrared-passing segment. The solid-state image sensor further includes a first condensing structure disposed on the mosaic pattern layer. The infrared-passing segment and the color filter segments share the first condensing structure.
US12027541B2
An image sensor includes a first column line and a second column line configured to extend in a first direction, a plurality of pixel groups configured to connect to the first column line or the second column line and to comprise a plurality of pixels in each of the plurality of pixel groups, a bias circuit configured to comprise a first current circuit and a second current circuit configured to output different bias currents in a first operational mode, and a switching circuit configured to connect the first column line to the first current circuit and connect the second column line to the second current circuit during a first time period, and to connect the first column line to the second current circuit and connect the second column line to the first current circuit during a second time period subsequent to the first time period in the first operational mode.
US12027540B2
The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device and an electronic apparatus capable of improving the accuracy of phase difference detection while suppressing degradation of a picked-up image. There is provided a solid-state imaging device including: a pixel array unit, a plurality of pixels being two-dimensionally arranged in the pixel array unit, a plurality of photoelectric conversion devices being formed with respect to one on-chip lens in each of the plurality of pixels, a part of at least one of an inter-pixel separation unit formed between the plurality of pixels and an inter-pixel light blocking unit formed between the plurality of pixels protruding toward a center of the corresponding pixel in a projecting shape to form a projection portion. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a CMOS image sensor including a pixel for detecting the phase difference.
US12027530B2
A transparent display device is disclosed, which may improve yield and reduce a tact time, and may reduce resistance of a power line. The transparent display device includes a substrate provided with a display area, in which a plurality of subpixels are disposed, and a non-display area adjacent to the display area. The device further includes first and second pads provided over the substrate, a first pixel power line extended between a pad area in which the first pad and the second pad are disposed and the display area in a first direction, a first common power line extended between the first pixel power line and the display area in the first direction, a first common power connection electrode electrically connecting the second pad with the first common power line, and a second common power connection electrode disposed in a layer different from the first common power connection electrode, electrically connecting the second pad with the first common power line.
US12027527B2
A display device includes a base substrate; an oxide semiconductor layer disposed on the base substrate; a first gate insulating layer disposed on a first channel region of the oxide semiconductor layer and that overlaps the first channel region thereof; a first upper gate electrode disposed on the first gate insulating layer; and an upper interlayer insulating layer disposed on the first upper gate electrode, the first upper gate electrode, and the oxide semiconductor layer, wherein the upper interlayer insulating layer includes a first upper interlayer insulating layer, a second upper interlayer insulating layer, and a third upper interlayer insulating layer, the first upper interlayer insulating layer includes silicon oxide, each of the second and third upper interlayer insulating layers include silicon nitride, and a hydrogen concentration in the second upper interlayer insulating layer is less than a hydrogen concentration in the third upper interlayer insulating layer.
US12027523B2
Disclosed are semiconductor devices and their fabricating methods. The semiconductor device comprises first and second active patterns, a first channel pattern including first semiconductor patterns, a second channel pattern including second semiconductor patterns, a gate electrode on the first and second channel patterns, and a gate dielectric layer between the gate electrode and the first and second channel patterns. The gate electrode includes a first inner gate electrode between the first semiconductor patterns, a second inner gate electrode between the second semiconductor patterns, and an outer gate electrode outside the first and second semiconductor patterns. The first and second inner gate electrodes are on bottom surfaces of uppermost first and second semiconductor patterns. The outer gate electrode is on top surfaces and sidewalls of the uppermost first and second semiconductor patterns. The first and second inner gate electrodes have different work functions.
US12027515B2
Apparatus, and their methods of manufacture, that include an insulating feature above a substrate and a resistor formed on the insulating feature. Forming the resistor includes depositing polysilicon and doping the polysilicon (e.g., in-situ) with a carbon dopant and/or an oxygen dopant.
US12027514B2
Clamping circuit integrated on gallium nitride semiconductor device and related semiconductor device
A semiconductor device and a clamping circuit including a substrate; a first semiconductor layer, arranged on the substrate and composed of a III-nitride semiconductor material; a second semiconductor layer, arranged on the first semiconductor layer and composed of a III-nitride semiconductor material; a power transistor structure, including a gate structure, a drain structure and a source structure arranged on the second semiconductor layer; the first transistor structures, arranged on the second semiconductor layer; and the second transistor structures, arranged on the second semiconductor layer in series. One end of the first transistor structures and one end of the second transistor structures are jointly electrically connected to the drain structure of the power transistor structure, and the other end of the first transistor structures and the other end of the second transistor structures are jointly electrically connected to the source structure of the power transistor structure.
US12027498B2
Semiconductor device package assemblies and associated methods are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the semiconductor device package assembly includes (1) a base component having a front side and a back side opposite the first side, the base component having a first metallization structure at the front side, the first metallization structure being exposed in a contacting area at the front side; (2) a semiconductor device package having a first side and a second side, the semiconductor device package having a second metallization structure at the first side; and (3) a metal bump at least partially positioned in the recess and electrically coupled to the second metallization structure and the first metallization structure.
US12027490B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes providing a semiconductor die, arranging an electrical connector over the semiconductor die, the electrical connector including a conductive core, an absorbing feature arranged on a first side of the conductive core, and a solder layer arranged on a second side of the conductive core, opposite the first side and facing the semiconductor die, and soldering the electrical connector onto the semiconductor die by heating the solder layer with a laser, wherein the laser irradiates the absorbing feature and absorbed energy is transferred from the absorbing feature through the conductive core to the solder layer.
US12027484B2
An electronic package is provided and includes a carrier for carrying electronic components. Electrical contact pads of the carrier for planting solder balls are connected with a plurality of columnar conductors, and the conductors are electrically connected to a circuit portion in the carrier. By connecting a plurality of conductors with a single electrical contact pad, structural stress can be distributed and breakage of the circuit portion can be prevented.
US12027483B2
In a described example, a device includes an overcoat layer covering an interconnect; an opening in the overcoat layer exposing a portion of a surface of the interconnect; a stud on the exposed portion of the surface of the interconnect in the opening; a surface of the stud approximately coplanar with a surface of the overcoat layer; and a conductive pillar covering the stud and covering a portion of the overcoat layer surrounding the stud, the conductive pillar having a planar and un-dished surface facing away from the stud and the overcoat layer.
US12027482B2
A semiconductor chip includes: a semiconductor substrate; a pad insulating layer on the semiconductor substrate; a through electrode which penetrates the semiconductor substrate and the pad insulating layer and includes a conductive plug and a conductive barrier layer surrounding a sidewall of the conductive plug; and a bonding pad which surrounds a sidewall of the through electrode and is spaced apart from the conductive plug with the conductive barrier layer disposed therebetween.
US12027480B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a bonding pad, and a first dielectric layer disposed over the semiconductor substrate. A portion of the bonding pad is exposed by the first dielectric layer. The semiconductor device also includes a metal oxide layer disposed over the portion of the bonding pad, and a wire bond penetrating through the metal oxide layer to bond to the bonding pad. The portion of the bonding pad is entirely covered by the metal oxide layer and the wire bond.
US12027477B2
A method of manufacturing an interconnect packaging structure is provided. In one aspect, the method includes forming a first body defining a cavity around at least one integrated circuit using an additive manufacturing machine, depositing a conductive transmission line on the first body and electrically coupling the conductive transmission line and the at least one integrated circuit with a conductive interconnect.
US12027475B2
A die includes: a semiconductor substrate; an interconnect structure disposed on the semiconductor substrate and including: inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layers; metal features embedded in the IMD layers; and a guard ring structure including concentric first and second guard rings that extend through at least a subset of the IMD layers; and a through silicon via (TSV) structure extending through the semiconductor substrate and the subset of IMD layers to electrically contact one of the metal features. The first guard ring surrounds the TSV structure; and the second guard ring surrounds the first guard ring and is configured to reduce a parasitic capacitance between the guard ring structure and the TSV structure.
US12027474B2
Structures for a laser-detection device including a magnetic-tunneling-junction layer stack and related methods. The structure has a magnetic-tunneling-junction layer stack including a fixed layer, a free layer, and an insulating spacer between the fixed layer and the free layer, and a power supply coupled to the magnetic-tunneling-junction layer stack. The power supply is configured to bias the magnetic-tunneling-junction layer stack to modulate an energy barrier of the magnetic-tunneling-junction layer stack for switching between a low-resistance state and a high-resistance state in response to receiving incident electromagnetic radiation of an intensity.
US12027469B2
An electronic device package and manufacturing method thereof are provided. The electronic device package includes an electronic component including an active surface, a patterned conductive layer disposed on the active surface, an encapsulation layer disposed over the patterned conductive layer, and a buffer layer disposed between the patterned conductive layer and the encapsulation layer. The buffer layer is shaped and sized to alleviate a stress generated due to an interaction between the patterned conductive layer and the encapsulation layer.
US12027463B2
A memory device includes a memory array, disposed on a substrate of a peripheral-circuit structure; a conductive plug, extending through the memory array and connected to the peripheral-circuit structure; and a conductive pad layer, disposed over the memory array and including a plurality of conductive pads spaced apart from each other. The conductive plug protrudes into a corresponding conductive pad of the plurality of conductive pads.
US12027462B2
A method and a structure for determining a blocking ability of a copper diffusion blocking layer are disclosed. The method includes: a step S1 of forming an a-Si semiconductor layer, the copper diffusion blocking layer, and a copper electrode layer on a glass substrate; a step S2 of forming a transparent electrode layer on the glass substrate; a step S3 of performing a high temperature deterioration process to the glass substrate; and a step S4 of observing a degree of forming the black copper-silicon alloy layer on a surface of a composite film layer sample of the glass substrate.
US12027460B2
A microelectronic device comprises a stack structure, and slot structures vertically extending through the stack structure and dividing the stack structure into block structures. Each of the slot structures individually comprises an insulative liner material vertically extending through the slot structure and contacting sidewalls of the insulative levels and the conductive levels defining the slot structure, and grains of a material in contact with sidewalls of the insulative liner material. The grains of the material comprise first grains spanning an entire width between the sidewalls of the insulative liner material. Related memory devices, electronic systems, and methods are also described.
US12027450B2
An electronic device includes: an electronic element having an element obverse surface and an element reverse surface spaced apart from each other in a first direction, the element obverse surface being provided with an obverse-surface electrode; a resin member having a resin reverse surface facing in a same direction as the element reverse surface, the resin member covering the electronic element; and an electrically conductive member supporting the electronic element and electrically connected to the electronic element. The electrically conductive member has a first exposed region, a second exposed region and a third exposed region each of which is exposed from the resin reverse surface. The resin member has a first resin side surface and a second resin side surface connected to each other and standing up from the resin reverse surface. As viewed in the first direction, the first exposed region is located at a corner portion where the first resin side surface and the second resin side surface are connected. As viewed in the first direction, the second exposed region is located side by side with the first exposed region in a second direction extending along the first resin side surface. The third exposed region is located between the first exposed region and the second exposed region in the second direction. As viewed in the first direction, the third exposed region has a larger area than each of the first exposed region and the second exposed region.
US12027443B2
Integrated cooling device based on Peltier effect and manufacturing method thereof are provided. The device comprises one or more first heat dissipation structures around a device area. Each first heat dissipation structure comprises first N-type deep doped regions and first P-type deep doped regions arranged alternately, first vias, and first metal interconnection layers. The first vias are respectively located on two ends of each first N-type and each first P-type deep doped region. The first metal interconnect layers connect the first vias and such that the first heat dissipation structures are connected as a first S-shaped structure. When the first S-shaped structure is turned on, heat in the first N-type deep doped regions and the first P-type deep doped regions flows from a side close to the device area to its other side away from the device area, so as to realize heat dissipation in the device area.
US12027438B2
A semiconductor device including a board having a ground electrode and resin layers and a semiconductor chip mounted on the board, includes: a core embedded inside the board such that a front surface thereof is exposed on the front surface side of the board; a filled via provided so as to penetrate the resin layer disposed between the core and the ground electrode, of the resin layers, and electrically connecting a back surface of the core and the ground electrode; a joining material including a lid provided on the board so as to cover the semiconductor chip, having an exposed front surface, and having a high thermal conductivity and sintered silver joining a back surface of the lid and the front surface of the core; and a mold resin transfer-molded on an entirety of the front surface of the board and provided so as to surround the lid.
US12027429B2
A mounting substrate according to an embodiment of the present technology includes: a wiring substrate (30); a plurality of light-emitting elements (12) arranged in a matrix on the wiring substrate; and a plurality of drive ICs (13) that are arranged in a matrix on the wiring substrate, and control light emission of the light-emitting elements. The light-emitting elements and the drive ICs are mounted on a same surface. The wiring substrate includes a plurality of first wiring lines (16) on a mounting surface where the light-emitting elements and the dive ICs are mounted. The first wiring lines electrically couple the light-emitting elements to the drive ICs.
US12027426B2
A system and method including a processing device. The processing device receives data including a first set of plasma exposure values each associated with a respective plasma element of a plurality of plasma elements designed to generate plasma related fluxes. The processing device causes a plasma controller to activate the set of plasma elements based on the data to expose a substrate to the plasma related fluxes generated by the set of plasma elements during a plasma process. Each respective plasma element of the set of plasma elements is activated for a duration based on a respective plasma exposure value from the first plurality of plasma exposure values that is associated with the respective plasma element.
US12027424B2
A semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) including a first fin structure having a first aqueous soluble channel layer. The semiconductor IC includes a first gate structure over the first aqueous soluble channel layer, wherein the first gate structure includes a first oxide film directly contacting the first aqueous soluble channel layer, and the first oxide film includes a first material. The semiconductor IC includes a first spacer along the first gate structure, wherein a bottom surface of the first spacer is above an interface between the first oxide layer and the first aqueous soluble channel layer. The semiconductor IC includes a second fin structure having a second aqueous soluble channel layer. The semiconductor IC includes a second gate structure over the second aqueous channel layer, wherein the second gate structure includes a second oxide film directly contacting the second aqueous soluble channel layer, the second oxide film includes a second material.
US12027418B2
The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device and a preparation method thereof. The method for preparing a semiconductor device comprises: providing a first dielectric layer; forming a first window in the first dielectric layer; forming a first connection structure in the first window; forming a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer, the second dielectric layer having a second window from which at least the first connection structure is exposed; forming a first barrier layer on the sidewall and bottom of the second window, the first barrier layer comprising an opening from which part of the first connection structure is exposed; and forming a second connection structure in the second window.
US12027415B2
In one exemplary aspect, a method for semiconductor manufacturing comprises forming first and second silicon nitride features on sidewall surfaces of a contact hole, where the contact hole is disposed in a dielectric layer and above a source/drain (S/D) feature. The method further comprises forming a contact plug in the contact hole, the contact plug being electrically coupled to the S/D feature, removing a top portion of the contact plug to create a recess in the contact hole, forming a hard mask layer in the recess, and removing the first and second silicon nitride features via selective etching to form first and second air gaps, respectively.
US12027408B2
A transfer device of micro-elements and manufacturing method thereof are provided in the present disclosure. The transfer device of micro-elements may comprise a vacuum chamber, a plurality of movable mass blocks and a plurality of electrode assemblies. The vacuum chamber may define a vacuum space and a plurality of through holes. The plurality of through holes can communicate the vacuum space with outside. The plurality of through holes can be configured to suck the micro-elements. The plurality of movable mass blocks may be arranged in the vacuum chamber. Each movable mass block may be arranged corresponding to a through hole. The plurality of electrode assemblies may be fixed in the vacuum chamber. Each electrode assembly can be arranged corresponding to a through hole.
US12027407B2
A substrate support apparatus includes a housing and a plurality of spherical supports. The housing has a top surface, the top surface including a plurality of openings. The housing is configured to position the plurality of spherical supports within the plurality of openings so that topmost surfaces of the plurality of spherical supports are arranged in a plane above the top surface. A spherical support of the plurality of spherical supports is rotatable within the housing.
US12027405B2
A semiconductive ceramic member according to the present disclosure contains a plurality of aluminum oxide crystal grains, and a plurality of titanium oxide crystal grains. The total content of aluminum oxide and titanium oxide is 99% by mass or more per 100% by mass of all constituents. The content of the aluminum oxide is 86% by mass or more and 96% by mass or less and the content of the titanium oxide is 4% by mass or more and 14% by mass or less per 100% by mass of the aluminum oxide and the titanium oxide in total. A peak of TiOx (0
US12027401B2
Semiconductor substrate alignment device and a semiconductor substrate bonding system using the same
A semiconductor substrate alignment device includes: a lower chuck; a lower chuck driving unit; an upper chuck above and overlapping the lower chuck; observation windows in the upper chuck, imaging units respectively configured to irradiate light through the observation windows and to obtain images by detecting light reflected from the semiconductor substrates; a distance sensor configured to detect a distance between an edge of the lower chuck and an edge of the upper chuck; and a control unit configured to identify first and second alignment keys from images of first and second semiconductor substrates, determine an alignment error value of the first and second semiconductor substrates, and compensate for the alignment error value by driving the lower chuck driving unit.
US12027400B2
A method for automatically calibrating the position of a wafer handling robot relative to a wafer carrier. The method comprises providing a semiconductor processing assembly comprising the wafer carrier and the wafer handling robot having an end effector, placing a wafer on a wafer support surface of the end effector, moving the end effector to an end position adjacent the wafer carrier, determining a displacement of the wafer on the wafer support surface, repeating these steps until the magnitude of the displacement meets a set end criterion, and storing the latest used end position as a calibrated end position.
US12027392B2
Provided is a pump backstream prevention structure for semiconductor fabrication equipment, including a sensor, an isolation air supply pipe, and a control unit. A time delay from a point in time at which the dry pump starts to malfunction to a point in time at which the isolation valve is closed is reduced, compared to a method of closing the isolation valve by a controller of the semiconductor fabrication equipment. Accordingly, a backstream in which particles move from the pumping pipe to the process chamber before the closing of the isolation valve is prevented.
US12027387B2
A holding device includes a plate-shaped member, a tubular member, and a connecting member. The tubular member is made of ceramic and is joined to plate-shaped member at an end thereof. The tubular member has, at an other end thereof, a flange portion having a first through-hole. The connecting member is disposed on the other side of the tubular member and has, in a third surface, which is an end face of the connecting member, a hole into which a fastening member inserted through the first through-hole in the flange portion is to be screwed. A specific portion, which is a portion in an outer edge line of a fourth surface of the tubular member, the portion overlapping a minimum virtual circle covering the fourth surface, is not in contact with the third surface of the connecting member.
US12027382B2
Cleaning chambers may include a substrate support having a substrate seating position. The cleaning chambers may include a plurality of fluid nozzles facing the substrate support. Each fluid nozzle of the plurality of fluid nozzles may define a fluid port characterized by a leading edge and a trailing edge. Each fluid nozzle of the plurality of fluid nozzles may be angled relative to the substrate seating position of the substrate support to produce an interior angle of greater than or about 90° at an intersection location across the substrate seating position for a fluid delivered from each fluid nozzle at the leading edge of the fluid port.
US12027378B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, includes: alternately stacking a first film and a second film on a surface of a semiconductor substrate to form a multilayer film; partially removing the multilayer film to form stacks and a depression between one of the stacks and another one of the stacks and expose an end portion of the surface; forming a first insulating film to fill the depression; forming a first protective film on the stacks, the first insulating film, and the end portion; forming a second insulating film on the first protective film, the second insulating film overlapping at least a part of the other one of the stacks and the end portion; and removing the second insulating film in a thickness direction using chemical mechanical polishing.
US12027377B2
A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device includes: preparing a semiconductor substrate including a first semiconductor layer made of gallium oxide containing Sn and a second semiconductor layer disposed on the first semiconductor layer and made of n type gallium oxide having a Sn concentration lower than a Sn concentration of the first semiconductor layer; implanting ions of a group 2 element into the second semiconductor layer; and forming a diffusion region, in which the group 2 element diffuses, in a range from a surface of the second semiconductor layer to an interface between the second semiconductor layer and the first semiconductor layer.
US12027372B2
A method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a source/drain region on a substrate, depositing a metal-rich metal silicide layer on the source/drain region, depositing a silicon-rich metal silicide layer on the metal-rich metal silicide layer, and forming a contact plug on the silicon-rich metal silicide layer. This disclosure also describes a semiconductor device including a fin structure on a substrate, a source/drain region on the fin structure, a metal-rich metal silicide layer on the source/drain region, a silicon-rich metal silicide layer on the metal-rich metal silicide layer, and a contact plug on the silicon-rich metal silicide layer.
US12027370B2
A method of forming an integrated circuit includes forming a patterned mask layer on a material layer, wherein the patterned mask layer has a plurality of first features, and a first distance between adjacent first features of the plurality of first features. The method further includes patterning the material layer to form the first features in the material layer. The method further includes increasing the first distance between adjacent first features of the plurality of first features to a second distance. The method further includes treating portions of the material layer exposed by the patterned mask layer. The method further includes removing the patterned mask layer; and removing non-treated portions of the material layer.
US12027364B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device by using a plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition apparatus. A substrate comprising a silicon substrate and a first oxide layer is provided. A plurality of stacked structures are deposited on the substrate, which comprises a dielectric layer and a conductive layer. The stacked structures are etched to form trenches. A second oxide layer is deposited by using a plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition apparatus that includes a chamber, an upper electrode, a lower electrode, and a three-dimensional rotation device. The upper electrode is connected to a first radio-frequency power device. The upper electrode is configured to generate a plasma. The lower electrode is connected to a second radio-frequency power device. The three-dimensional rotation device drives the substrate to rotate. A high resistance layer is deposited on the second oxide layer. A low resistance layer is deposited on the high resistance layer.
US12027359B2
A Time of Flight analyser comprising a flight tube (160) and a reflectron (170), wherein the reflectron comprises a stack of electrodes (172) that are compressed against the flight tube such that they remain parallel to each other under compression.
US12027358B2
The invention provides a mass spectrometry analysis method and a mass spectrometry system, including: a first sample separation step, separating a sample by a first sample separation device to obtain first isolates; a second sample separation step, introducing ionized first isolates into a second sample separation device for further separation based on a difference in ion mobility to obtain second isolates; and a mass spectrometry analysis step, performing mass spectrometry detection at least on daughter ions obtained from dissociation of the second isolates; in the second sample separation step, the second sample separation device operates in a filter mode, and screens out and releases ions having ion mobility within a specified range from received second isolates. The mass spectrometry analysis method can improve the dynamic range of mass spectrometry analysis.
US12027356B2
Apparatus is provided and an IDA method is modified to detect and separately dissociate alkali-metal adducts of a compound. An ion source device ionizes one or more compounds of a sample, producing an ion beam. A mass filter selects a mass range of precursor ions from the ion beam, a mass analyzer measures intensities and m/z values of the precursor ions, and one or more of the precursor ions are selected for a peak list. For each pair of precursor ions of the peak list, if an m/z difference between the pair corresponds to an m/z difference between an alkali metal ion and another alkali metal ion or a proton, an ExD device is used to dissociate one precursor ion or both precursor ions of the pair using the processor. A CID device is used to dissociate all other precursor ions of the peak list.
US12027352B2
A plasma vapor deposition (PVD) chamber used for depositing material includes an apparatus for influencing ion trajectories during deposition on a substrate. The apparatus includes at least one annular support assembly configured to be externally attached to and positioned below a substrate support pedestal and a magnetic field generator affixed to the annular support assembly and configured to radiate magnetic fields on a top surface of the substrate. The magnetic field generator may include a plurality of symmetrically spaced discrete permanent magnets or may use one or more electromagnets to generate the magnetic fields.
US12027344B2
A film forming apparatus includes a vacuum-evacuable processing chamber, a lower electrode for mounting thereon a target substrate, an upper electrode disposed to face the lower electrode, a gas supply unit, a voltage application unit and a switching unit. The gas supply unit supplies a film forming source gas to be formed into plasma to a processing space between the upper and the lower electrode. The voltage application unit applies to the upper electrode a voltage outputted from at least one of a high frequency power supply and a DC power supply included therein. The switching unit selectively switches the voltage to be applied to the upper electrode among a high frequency voltage outputted from the high frequency power supply, a DC voltage outputted from the DC power supply, and a superimposed voltage in which the DC voltage is superimposed with the high frequency voltage.
US12027342B2
A charged particle beam device is provided in which axis adjustment as a superimposing lens is facilitated by aligning an axis of an electrostatic lens resulting from a deceleration electric field with an axis of a magnetic field lens. The charged particle beam device includes: an electron source; an objective lens that focuses a probe electron beam from the electron source on a sample; a first beam tube and a second beam tube through each of which the probe electron beam passes; a deceleration electrode arranged between the first beam tube and a sample; a first voltage source that forms a deceleration electric field for the probe electron beam between the first beam tube and the deceleration electrode by applying a first potential to the first beam tube; and a first moving mechanism that moves a position of the first beam tube.
US12027333B2
A DC relay capable of extinguishing arc and resisting short-circuit current includes two stationary contact leading-out terminals, a push rod component, a straight sheet type movable spring mounted on the push rod component and two permanent magnets. Two permanent magnets are respectively arranged on two sides in the width direction of the movable spring. Each permanent magnet connects one L-shaped yoke clip, which has one end connected to the magnet, and the other end at a position outside the two ends in the length direction of the movable spring. Upper magnetizers are mounted above the position. The lower magnetizers are mounted under the position. The upper and lower magnetizers can approach or come into contact with each other through the through holes in the movable spring. At least two independent magnetically conductive loops are formed in the width direction of the movable spring by the upper and lower magnetizers.
US12027331B2
A relay includes a fixed contact, a movable contact, a return member of the movable contact, and a case that covers the fixed contact, the movable contact, and the return member. The case is made of a material having transparency or translucency. The relay RS further includes a tray portion that is disposed above the return member and below the fixed contact and holds a fusing residue generated by separation/approach of the movable contact from/to the fixed contact. The relay further includes a cap that covers a portion of a terminal connected to the fixed contact, the portion being exposed from the case. When the cap is attached to the case, at least a portion of the case is exposed without being covered with the cap.
US12027321B2
In production of an electrode for an aluminum electrolytic capacitor, a hydrated film is formed onto an aluminum electrode including a porous layer by immersing the aluminum electrode into a first hydration treatment liquid having a temperature of 80° C. or more in a first hydration treatment step (ST1) and thereafter the aluminum electrode is heated in an atmosphere having a temperature of 150° C. or more and 350° C. or less in a dehydration step (ST2). Subsequently, a hydrated film is formed onto the aluminum electrode by immersing the aluminum electrode into a second hydration treatment liquid having a temperature of 80° C. or more in a second hydration treatment step (ST3) and thereafter chemical formation of the aluminum electrode is performed at 400 V or more and further 600 V or more in a chemical formation step.
US12027317B2
A dielectric composition includes dielectric particles and first segregations. The dielectric particles each include a perovskite compound represented by ABO3 as a main component. The first segregations each include Ba, Ti, Si, Ni, and O.
US12027305B2
An openable toroidal current transformer is intended to close over at least one electrical conductor in which an electrical current to be measured circulates. The current transformer includes a magnetic circuit, and an electrically conducting coil wound around the magnetic circuit and electrically insulated from the magnetic circuit. The coil comprises a single winding or several distinct windings coupled in series. The magnetic circuit comprises a set of wires of magnetic material assembled in the form of a strand, allowing having uniform flexibility in all directions for the magnetic circuit.
US12027301B2
A composite coil device includes a winding shaft portion, a first conductor portion, and a second conductor portion. The winding shaft portion at least partly includes a magnetic body and axially includes a first section and a second section. The first conductor portion is wound continuously in the first section and the second section. The second conductor portion is wound in the second section.
US12027296B2
An inductor component includes a core having an annular shape; an insulating member that covers a portion of the core; a coil wound around the core and the insulating member; and a buffer member that is elastic. The core has a first face, a second face that crosses the first face, and a third face that faces the second face and crosses the first face. The insulating member is provided to cover the first face, a portion of the second face, and a portion of the third face. The core and the insulating member are bonded to each other with the buffer member interposed therebetween.
US12027295B2
A system for mounting a filter component to a circuit hoard. The system comprises a filter component housing dimensioned to house a filter component. The system further comprises a mount between the filter component housing and the circuit hoard, the mount configured to couple the filter component housing to the circuit board.
US12027293B2
This invention provides methods for fabricating a hard or soft magnet with tailorable magnetic and crystallographic orientations. Methods are disclosed to individually tailor three-dimensional voxels for selected crystallographic orientations and, independently, selected magnetic orientations with location specificity throughout a magnet. Some variations provide a method of making a magnet, comprising: providing a feedstock composition containing magnetic or magnetically susceptible materials; exposing the feedstock composition to an energy source for melting, thereby generating a first melt layer; solidifying the first melt layer in the presence of an externally applied magnetic field, thereby generating a magnetic metal layer containing a plurality of individual voxels; optionally repeating to generate a plurality of solid layers; and recovering a magnet comprising the magnetic metal layer(s), wherein the externally applied magnetic field has a magnetic-field orientation that is selected to control a magnetic axis and a crystallographic texture within the magnetic metal layer(s).
US12027292B2
A transient voltage protection device includes: an element body; a cavity portion provided in the element body; a pair of internal electrodes disposed in the element body; and a pair of external electrodes connected to the pair of internal electrodes. The pair of internal electrodes extend along a first direction and face each other in a second direction intersecting the first direction. The cavity portion includes a gap region located between the pair of internal electrodes in the second direction. A tip portion of at least one of the pair of internal electrodes is in contact with only the element body.
US12027283B2
A batching system for producing special cables includes a motor, a loading plate, wire pulling rollers, a transmission steel pipe and a batching motor; the transmission steel pipe is rotatably connected to an upper end surface of the loading plate by a bracket; the motor is fixedly arranged on a side wall of a mounting bracket; the wire pulling rollers are rotatably connected to an upper end surface of the loading plate; the system further includes: a wiring mechanism, a replacing mechanism and a driving mechanism; the wiring mechanism is coaxially and fixedly connected with an outer end surface of the transmission steel pipe; the replacing mechanism is sleeved on the outer end surface of the transmission steel pipe; the driving mechanism is fixedly mounted on a lower end surface of the loading plate; a winding mechanism for winding wires is coaxially and fixedly arranged on the transmission steel pipe.
US12027282B2
An arrangement includes an insulator sleeve, a mounting sheath, an end piece of the insulator sleeve is received in a receptacle opening of the mounting sheath, and a holding pin penetrating the insulator sleeve and fixing the mounting sheath on the insulator sleeve in a non-displaceable manner in a length direction of the insulator sleeve.
US12027280B2
An optical resonator device (100) with crossed cavities, in particular being configured for optically trapping atoms, comprises a first linear optical resonator (10) extending between first resonator mirrors (11A, 11B) along a first resonator light path (12) and supporting a first resonator mode, a second linear optical resonator (20) extending between second resonator mirrors (21A, 21B) along a second resonator light path (22) and supporting a second resonator mode, wherein the first and second resonator light paths (12, 22) span a main resonator plane, and a carrier device carrying the first and second resonator mirrors (11A, 11B, 21A, 21B), wherein the first and second resonator mirrors (11, 21) are arranged such that the first and second resonator modes cross each other for providing an optical lattice trap (1) in the main resonator plane. The carrier device comprises a monolithic spacer body (30) being made of an ultra-low-expansion material and comprising first carrier surfaces (31) accommodating the first resonator mirrors (11A, 11B) and second carrier surfaces (32) accommodating the second resonator mirrors (21A, 21B), wherein the first resonator light path (12) extends through a first spacer body bore (33) in the spacer body (30) between the first carrier surfaces (31), and the second resonator light path (22) extends through a second spacer body bore (34) in the spacer body (30) between the second carrier surfaces (32). Furthermore, an atom trapping method for creating a two-dimensional arrangement of atoms and an atom trap apparatus, like an optical atomic clock, a quantum simulation and/or a quantum computing device are described.
US12027277B1
An active learning system can analyze a dataset of users with self-reported symptoms and associated data from wearable devices to train a baseline machine learning model to predict symptoms of a chronic health condition based on wearable device data. For example, symptoms can be predicted in terms of lost physical activity, increased sleep requirements, and changes in resting heart rate. Using the baseline model, the active learning system can train and refine individual user-specific models to predict the onset of chronic health condition symptoms over time. These models can be used to predict symptoms for inclusion in a log of symptoms for the target user (which may be used by a healthcare provider to personalize treatment for the target user) or to provide interventions to the user (for example, warning of a predicted severe symptom day). In some implementations individual chronic health condition models are maintained and updated using active learning techniques.
US12027272B2
The present disclosure provides a system for predicting diabetic retinopathy progression. The system includes an image-capturing module and a processing unit. The image-capturing module is configured to capture a first fundus image of a user at a first time and a second fundus image of the user at a second time different from the first time. The processing unit is configured to receive the first fundus image and the second fundus image, compare the first fundus image and the second fundus image and indicate a difference between the first fundus image and the second fundus image. The processing unit is also configured to provide a prediction in a diabetic retinopathy progression of the user based on the difference. A method for predicting diabetic retinopathy progression is also provided in the present disclosure.
US12027261B2
According to one or more aspects of the present disclosure a wearable oral device is provided. The wearable oral device may include a mouthpiece; a bone conduction component; and a processing device. The processing device may detect one or more user interactions by a first user with the wearable oral device; and perform one or more operations in view of the one or more user interactions. The one or more user interactions may include a user interaction by the first user with the mouthpiece. The one or more operations may include presenting a content item via the bone conduction component of the wearable oral device. The content item may include audio content. In some embodiments, the content item comprises a voice message from a second user.
US12027257B2
A beacon-based metrics system may track events associated with a user device located within a medical facility, determine that the user device detects a beacon emitted by a beacon generator located within the medical facility, and identify information included in the beacon. The beacon-based metrics system may generate medical facility metrics data representative of the tracked events by identifying a set of tracked events that occur during a time period in which the user device detects the beacon and associating the information included in the beacon with the set of tracked events.
US12027255B2
A system for predicting microsatellite instability and a construction method thereof, a terminal device and a medium are provided. Target image information, pathological specimen information and clinical data information of a user to be predicted are acquired by an acquisition module in the system for predicting microsatellite instability; a radiomics signature is generated according to the target image information, and a pathomics signature is generated according to the pathological specimen information, by a signature generation module, based on a pre-trained MSI-H/dMMR multi-omics signature model; and MSI-H/dMMR prediction results are generated according to the radiomics signature, the pathomics signature and the clinical data information, by a prediction generation module, based on a pre-trained MSI-H/dMMR prediction model.
US12027244B2
Healthcare transaction validation systems and methods are presented. Healthcare transactions associated with a stakeholder are compiled into a chain of healthcare transaction blocks. The chain can be considered a chronicle of person's healthcare path through life. When a transaction is conducted, the corresponding healthcare parameters (e.g., inputs, outputs, clinical evidence, outcomes, etc.) are sent to one or more validation devices. The devices establish a validity of the transaction and generate a new block via a proof-of-work principle. Once the new block has been calculated it can be appended to the stakeholder's health care blockchain.
US12027243B2
Technologies for determining healthcare relationships include a healthcare insight computing device communicatively coupled to multiple patient data providers. The healthcare insight computing device is configured to determine one or more relationships between received data and previously received patient data associated with one or more patients. The healthcare insight computing device is further configured to correlate the ingested data as a function of the determined relationships and enrich the correlated patient data to form a new data element. Additionally, the healthcare insight computing device is configured to transmit the new data element to a raw data cluster such that visual representations of the data elements of the raw data cluster and the relationships there between can be displayed. Additional embodiments are described herein.
US12027235B1
Presented herein are systems and methods for predicting which amino acid sites of a target proteins of interest will be binding sites—for example, locations and/or identifications of particular amino acid sites—that are amenable or likely to participate in binding interactions with other ligands, such as other proteins. These binding site predictions may, for example, be generated for target proteins that are implicated in disease and, accordingly, be targets for potential new biologic drugs. Binding site prediction technologies described herein may thus be used to guide design and/or testing of new and/or custom biologic drugs, either experimentally or in-silico. In this manner, binding site prediction technologies of the present disclosure can facilitate design and/or testing of new biologic drugs, leading to new and improved candidates and/or improving, among other things, developmental efficiency, success rates of clinical trials, and time to market.
US12027210B2
A system includes a memory device and a processing device operatively coupled to the memory device. The processing device is to receive a programming command with respect to a set of memory cells coupled to one or more wordlines of the memory device. The processing device is further to determine a value of a metric reflecting reliability of a subset of the set of memory cells. The processing device is further to determine a delay based on the value of the metric. The processing device is further to perform a programming operation with respect to the subset of memory cells. The programming operation includes the delay between a first pass of the programming operation and a second pass of the programming operation.
US12027194B2
A semiconductor memory device and a memory system are provided. The semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array, a normal refresh row address generator, a hammer refresh row address generator, a refresh selection signal generator, and a selector. The normal and hammer refresh row address generators generates a normal refresh row address and a hammer refresh row address, respectively, in response to a refresh counting control signal. The refresh selection signal generator sequentially generates normal and hammer refresh selection signals in response to the refresh counting control signal. The selector selects the normal refresh row address or the hammer refresh row address in response to the normal and hammer refresh selection signals. A normal refresh operation and a hammer refresh operation are sequentially performed on a memory cell array block among plural memory cell array blocks in response to the refresh row address.
US12027192B2
Methods, systems, and devices for a sensing scheme that extracts the full or nearly full remnant polarization charge difference between two logic states of a ferroelectric memory cell or cells is described. The scheme employs a charge mirror to extract the full charge difference between the two states of a selected memory cell. The charge mirror may transfer the memory cell polarization charge to an amplification capacitor. The signal on the amplification capacitor may then be compared with a reference voltage to detect the logic state of the memory cell.
US12027190B1
A first layer that includes a metal seed layer, a refractive seed or a refractive dopant is formed on a dielectric substrate. A peg of a near-field transducer is formed on the first layer such that a first surface of the peg is formed on and is in contact with the metal seed. An adhesive layer is formed over the peg using atomic layer deposition. The adhesive layer includes alumina and is 4 nm or less in thickness. A silicon dioxide overcoat is deposited over the adhesive layer. The alumina bonds the silicon dioxide to the peg.
US12027189B2
According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a magnetic disk, a magnetic head including a write head which writes data to the magnetic disk, a read head which reads data from the magnetic disk, a first heater which adjusts a flying height of the write head, a second heater which adjusts a flying height of the read head and a controller which controls powers supplied to the first heater and the second heat, and controls a power value of the power supplied to the first heater according to a ratio between an electric resistance value of the first heater and an electric resistance value of the second heater.
US12027186B2
A noncontact communication device includes a processor, and a transmission and reception device that applies a magnetic field to a noncontact storage medium mounted in a magnetic tape cartridge to induce power in the noncontact storage medium and is coupled to the noncontact storage medium by electromagnetic induction to perform transmission and reception of information with the noncontact storage medium. The noncontact storage medium has a measurement circuit that measures the power, and transmits power information regarding the power measured by the measurement circuit to the noncontact communication device. The transmission and reception device receives the power information, and the processor is configured to execute support processing of supporting the transmission and reception based on the power information received by the transmission and reception device.
US12027181B2
The present disclosure generally relate to tape assembly implementations for magnetic recording devices, such as tape embedded drives (TEDs). In one or more embodiments, a first reel and a second reel are mounted at stationary positions. One or more of the first reel and/or the second reel includes a hub mounted to a spindle, and a single flange extending relative to the hub. In one or more embodiments, one or more of a first reel and/or a second reel each includes a flangeless hub mounted to a spindle.
US12027173B2
A method and apparatus for authenticating a user based on an utterance input includes obtaining an input audio signal based on the utterance input of the user; obtaining, from the input audio signal, at least one audio signal of an utterance section and at least one audio signal of a non-utterance section; generating environment information indicating an environment in which the utterance input is received, based on the at least one audio signal of the non-utterance section; obtaining a result of a comparison between the generated environment information and registration environment information indicating an environment in which a registration utterance input corresponding to a previously registered registration audio signal corresponding to the user is received; adjusting an authentication criterion for authenticating the user based on the result of the comparison; and authenticating the user based on the adjusted authentication criterion and the input audio signal.
US12027166B2
Systems and processes for operating a digital assistant are provided. An example process for performing a task includes, at an electronic device having one or more processors and memory, receiving a spoken input including a request, receiving an image input including a plurality of objects, selecting a reference resolution module of a plurality of reference resolution modules based on the request and the image input, determining, with the selected reference resolution module, whether the request references a first object of the plurality of objects based on at least the spoken input, and in accordance with a determination that the request references the first object of the plurality of objects, determining a response to the request including information about the first object.
US12027148B2
A soundproof material may comprise, in order: a first electrically conductive ferromagnetic layer, a charged insulator layer, and a second electrically conductive ferromagnetic layer. A charged site at the charged insulator layer may be electrically insulated from the first electrically conductive ferromagnetic layer and/or the second electrically conductive ferromagnetic layer. When a sound causes vibration of any among the first electrically conductive ferromagnetic layer, the charged insulator layer, and/or the second electrically conductive ferromagnetic layer, this causes alteration of a magnetic field at the first electrically conductive ferromagnetic layer and/or the second electrically conductive ferromagnetic layer, soundproofing being carried out when acoustic energy of the sound wave is lost as thermal energy.
US12027142B2
A harmonica including at least a comb including a plurality of chambers, a first plate including a plurality of blow reeds, a second plate including a plurality of draw reeds, the harmonica wherein each chamber of the plurality of chambers includes at least one material projection, each material projection being configured to reduce the oscillatory space of a draw reed, and in that it includes at least one additional plate arranged above the first plate and including a plurality of additional material projections, each additional material projection of the plurality of additional material projections being configured to reduce the oscillatory space of a blow reed.
US12027141B2
This disclosure provides methods, devices, and systems for data synchronization. The present implementations more specifically relate to adjusting a rate at which display updates are output to a digital display based on an activity level associated with the digital display. For example, digital displays that render images with relatively little motion or user engagement may be associated with lower activity levels, whereas digital displays that render images with more significant motion or user engagement may be associated with higher activity levels. In some aspects, an adaptive display interface may dynamically increase the rate at which display frames are output to a display when the activity level increases and may dynamically decrease the rate at which display frames are output to the display when the activity level decreases.
US12027138B2
A shooting control method and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: within a first duration of each working cycle of a capturing process, adjusting a luminance value of a first screen area of the electronic device from a target luminance value to a preset luminance value that is less than the target luminance value, and controlling an under-screen camera of the electronic device to capture an image, where each working cycle includes a first duration and a second duration; and within the second duration after each first duration in the capturing process, controlling the under-screen camera of the electronic device to stop capturing an image, and adjusting the luminance value of the first screen area from the preset luminance value to the target luminance value.
US12027137B2
A display apparatus is provided, which includes a display panel and a display controller. The display controller calculates an image average brightness of each image in a video signal from a host. When an absolute difference between a first image average brightness of a current image and a second image average brightness of a previous image is smaller than a predetermined value, the display controller activates a timer to obtain a timer value. When the timer value reaches a first duration, the display controller reduces brightness of each pixel in the current image by a first ratio. When the timer value reaches a second duration, the display controller reduces the brightness of each pixel in the current image by a second ratio. The second duration is longer than the first duration, and the second ratio is higher than the first ratio.
US12027134B2
A display panel (20), a display device and a debugging method thereof are provided. The display panel (20) includes: a base substrate (1), including a display region (A) and a non-display region (B) surrounding the display region (A), the non-display region (B) including a binding region (C) located on one side of the display region (A); and a plurality of sub-pixels (2), located in the display region (A). Areas of pixel aperture regions of the plurality of sub-pixels (2) tend to increase in a direction from the binding region (C) to the display region (A).
US12027128B2
A display module and a display device are provided. In the display module, a liquid crystal display panel has a plurality of display subareas. A color backlight module has a plurality of backlight subareas in a one-to-one correspondence to the plurality of display subareas. A driving apparatus may sequentially drive liquid crystal molecules in the display subareas to turn over, and after driving the liquid crystal molecules in each display subarea to turn over, drive a light-emitting element of one color included in each backlight source in one corresponding backlight subarea to emit light.
US12027125B2
A display device according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a substrate including a display area and a non-display area enclosing the display area; a plurality of pixels disposed in the display area; and a gate driving unit disposed in the non-display area on both sides of the display area and including a plurality of stages. The plurality of stages includes a plurality of normal output stages and a plurality of dummy stages which does not output a signal. The plurality of dummy stages may be connected to a gate low voltage line.
US12027114B2
The present disclosure provides a pixel driving circuit, a driving method thereof, and a display device. In the pixel driving circuit, a first terminal of a first storage sub-circuit is connected to a control terminal; a power control sub-circuit is connected to a light-emitting control signal line, a first power line and a first terminal of the driving sub-circuit; a compensation sub-circuit is connected to a first gate line, a control terminal and a first terminal of the driving sub-circuit; a data writing-in sub-circuit is connected to a second terminal of the first storage sub-circuit; a first reset sub-circuit is connected to a reset signal line, a first power line and the control terminal of the driving sub-circuit; a first control sub-circuit is connected to the first gate line, an initialization signal line and the second terminal of the driving sub-circuit.
US12027109B2
A display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of display areas, the display areas including scan lines, data lines, and pixels connected to the scan lines and the data lines; a first source driving circuit connected to the data lines of a first display area from among the display areas; a second source driving circuit connected to the data lines of a second display area from among the display areas; a first scan driving circuit configured to receive a first clock signal from the first source driving circuit and to output first scan signals to a first group of scan lines from among the scan lines based on the first clock signal; and a second scan driving circuit configured to receive a second clock signal from the second source driving circuit and to output second scan signals to a second group of scan lines.
US12027100B2
In example implementations, an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes an output device, a radar, a memory, and a processor in communication with the output device, the radar, and the memory. The radar is to collect position data of a user relative to the apparatus. The memory is to store a threshold. The processor is to determine if the position data of the user exceeds the threshold and to adjust a setting of the output device in response to the position data of the user determined to exceed the threshold.
US12027086B2
A driving circuit of a display panel includes: a first driving control circuit configured to, in a first display state, provide a signal of an OFF signal terminal to a starting node of a first light emitting signal driver according to a control signal of an ON level provided by a control signal terminal; the first light emitting signal driver configured to, in the first display state, control a light emitting signal output terminal to provide an OFF-level signal to a light emitting control terminal of a pixel driving circuit in a first display region according to the signal of the OFF signal terminal; and a second light emitting signal driver configured to, in the first display state, control a light emitting signal output terminal to provide a light emitting signal to a light emitting control terminal of a pixel driving circuit in a second display region.
US12027084B2
The present application provides a display panel including a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a third conductive layer. The present application reduces an overlap area between test signal lines and data lines to further reduce a capacitance therebetween to prevent an issue of color mixture of a screen image during a lighting test.
US12027083B2
The present disclosure provides a method for detecting a display device. The method includes: sending a first instruction to a display device to enable all display sub-screens of the display device display a first test picture; judging whether all the display sub-screens meet the display standard or not according to a display condition of the first test picture; in response to that at least one display sub-screen does not meet the display standard, performing a first reset operation on the display sub-screen, and enabling the display sub-screen subjected to the first reset operation to display the first test picture again; judging whether the display sub-screen displaying the first test picture again meets the display standard or not; and in response to that the display sub-screen displaying the first test picture again does not meet the display standard, replacing the display sub-screen by using a standby display sub-screen.
US12027077B2
A flooring panel sample module and method of manufacturing the same. The module provides superior construction integrity without relying on the unpredictable performance of glue.
US12027071B2
A foot-braking simulation device for a simulator includes a mechanical braking module configured for supplying a linear effort value in response to a press on a brake pedal; an electromagnetic friction module configured for supplying a friction force value in response to the press on brake pedal; and a software calculation module configured for combining the values obtained from the mechanical braking and electromagnetic friction modules to calculate a control value, and generate variable force feedback on the brake pedal as a function of the control value.
US12027069B2
Systems and methods for automated content generation and delivery are provided herein. The system can include a memory that can include a content item library. The content library can include a hierarchical data structure having levels and a plurality of data packets, each of which data packets is linked with at least a portion of the hierarchical data structure. The system can include at least one server that can identify and deliver an item within a first content domain to a user device, evaluate a response to the delivered item, generate a scalar estimated skill level with a unidimensional evaluation engine, select and present a next item based on the estimated skill level, and upon completion of an assessment, generate a vector estimated skill level with a multidimensional evaluation engine.
US12027063B2
A passive constraint device is disclosed which attaches to a laparoscopic instrument to kinematically constrain the user from over-gripping the instrument and to train the user in proper handling of the instrument. Passive constraint devices include three degrees of freedom adjustment of a palm rest and clamps to the laparoscopic instrument. An active constraint device is disclosed which attaches to a laparoscopic instrument to dynamically constrain a user from over-gripping the instrument and provide resistive feedback to a user to train the user in proper handling of the instrument. Active constraint devices include a finger guard that, in one embodiment, is elastic and, in other embodiments, is solid but connects to finger loops of a laparoscopic instrument via elastic connectors. Methods of use include a method for training surgical residents in the proper handling of laparoscopic instruments using passive and active constraint devices during residency training.
US12027062B2
A communication skill evaluation system including: an audio input device; a measurement device; an utterance period detection unit that, based on the audio information input by the audio input device, detects an utterance period and a participant who spoke in each utterance period; a participatory role assignment unit that assigns a participatory role to each participant in accordance with whether or not each participant spoke in each utterance pair composed of two utterances obtained in chronological order from each utterance period; a feature quantity extraction unit that, based on the measurement results by the measurement device, extracts a non-verbal feature quantity for each participant, relating to the non-verbal action at the end of the utterance in each utterance period; and an estimation unit that estimates communication skill for each participant based on a combination, in each utterance period, of the participatory role and the non-verbal feature quantity.
US12027057B2
A device for flight data prediction includes a memory, a communication interface, and one or more processors. The memory is configured to store a departure airport map. The communication interface is configured to receive location data for a plurality of aircraft expected to arrive at or depart from a departure airport during a particular time range. The one or more processors are configured to predict, based on the location data and the departure airport map, a taxi duration or a fuel usage of a first aircraft of the plurality of aircraft. The one or more processors are also configured to generate an output based on the taxi duration or the fuel usage.
US12027050B2
A method of identifying a hazard includes receiving control parameter data from a first sensor attached to a vehicle, wherein the control parameter data is associated with a behavior of an occupant of the vehicle. The method further includes comparing the control parameter data with a performance distribution of the occupant to determine whether the control parameter indicates abnormal behavior. The method further includes identifying, in response to a determination that the control parameter indicates abnormal behavior, sensor data to be collected from a second sensor attached to the vehicle. The method further includes generating log data based on the collected sensor data. The method further includes transmitting the log data to an external device.
US12027043B2
Systems, devices, products, apparatuses, and/or methods, for detecting a missing traffic face, including: obtaining sensor data that includes a plurality of images associated with a geographic location including a roadway and associated with a plurality of image capture locations in the geographic location, determining in a subset of images of the plurality of images, a plurality of image areas associated with at least one predicted traffic face, determining a plurality of rays that project through 3-D spaces of the geographic location associated with the plurality of image areas from a subset of image capture locations of the plurality of image capture locations associated with the subset of images, and identifying at least one location of a traffic face in the geographic location based on a sum of unit vectors of the plurality of rays that project through the 3-D spaces of the geographic location at the at least one location of the traffic face.
US12027032B1
A sensitive area activity monitoring system is provided. A non-intrusive sensor that does not provide image, video, or audio data is used to capture data in a sensitive area that is associated with an activity. The sensor data is logged and provided to a downstream service tasked with personalizing the service based upon the logged data.
US12027027B2
In an example method, a mobile device obtains sample data generated by one or more sensors over a period of time, where the one or more sensors are worn by a user. The mobile device determines that the user has fallen based on the sample data, and determines, based on the sample data, a severity of an injury suffered by the user. The mobile device generates one or more notifications based on the determination that the user has fallen and the determined severity of the injury.
US12027025B2
A method for a secured purchase process. The method may include encoding a device with a unique identification code related to a specific item, attaching the device to the item by a locking mechanism included in the device, receiving, by a receiver included in the device, a signal upon a completion of a payment transaction related to the unique identification code, enabling an unlocking movement of the locking mechanism upon receipt of the signal, and unlocking the locking mechanism to enable releasing the device from the item.
US12027022B2
A method of playing a card game between a dealer and a player includes dealing first, third, fifth, seventh and ninth cards to the player. Second, fourth, sixth, eighth and tenth card are dealt to the dealer. A determination is made whether the first or second card has a higher value for a first point, whether the third or the fourth card has a higher value for a second point, whether the first, third and fifth combination of cards or the second, fourth and sixth combination of cards has a higher three-card stud poker hand for a third point, whether the seventh or eighth card has a higher value for a fourth point, and whether the first, third, fifth, seventh and ninth combination of cards or the second, fourth, sixth, eighth and tenth combination of cards has a higher five-card stud poker hand for a fifth point.
US12027012B2
Systems and methods enable one or more players to play a wagering game having virtual cards. A game system includes a game server configured to connect to at least one mobile gaming device over a network. The game server includes a processor configured to provide a wagering game having virtual cards to a player using the gaming device. Each wagering game is played by players at a virtual table who are dealt virtual cards to form a hand, and the hand satisfying a winning criterion is determined to be a winning hand. The game system also includes a database that may be implemented as a non-relational database configured to be connected to the game server. The database is configured to store a state of the hands of each table as a plurality of document-oriented datasets. The mobile gaming device may automatically re-authenticate to the game server after a disconnection.
US12027000B2
A system and method for determining the presence of an individual at a particular spot within a location preferably based on the strength of signals received from beacons assigned to the particular spot by a software application (“App”) running on an electronic device of the individual. In one embodiment, certain presence calculations are performed by the App. In another embodiment, the App forwards information regarding the received beacon signals to an electronic identification and location tracking system and the presence calculations are performed by the system.
US12026995B2
A method for fault detection is adapted for a vehicle display fault detection system. The vehicle display fault detection system includes a vehicle system and a display system. The method for fault detection includes following steps: detecting whether a first state of the display system is abnormal or not; when the first state is abnormal, the display system is configured to generate a fault detection signal; classifying to generate a control signal according to the fault detection signal; and adjusting the first state of the display system to a second state.
US12026985B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method and an apparatus for processing diagnosis data, a diagnosis device and a server. The method includes: dividing diagnosis data into at least two types of data; respectively encapsulating the at least two types of data into at least two pieces of interface data according to interface data formats; and sending the at least two pieces of interface data to a server respectively through different interfaces, to cause the server to respectively store the at least two pieces of interface data in different cloud databases. In the embodiments of the present invention, diagnosis data is divided into at least two types of data. The at least two types of data are respectively encapsulated into at least two pieces of interface data. The at least two pieces of interface data are sent to the server respectively through different interfaces. In this way, a problem of easily causing loss of a diagnosis history record due to a limited local storage capacity of an automobile diagnosis device can be avoided.
US12026982B2
Systems and methods for handwriting recognition using language modeling facilitate improved results by using a trained language model to improve results from a handwriting recognition machine learning model. The language model may be a character-based language model trained on a dataset pertinent to field values on which the handwriting recognition model is to be used. A loss prediction module may be trained with the handwriting recognition model and/or the language model and used to determine whether a prediction from the handwriting recognition model should be refined by passing the prediction through the trained language model.
US12026978B2
A system and method are disclosed for generating a teleconference space for two or more communication devices using a computer coupled with a database and comprising a processor and memory. The computer generates a teleconference space and transmits requests to join the teleconference space to the two or more communication devices. The computer stores in memory identification information for each of the two or more communication devices. Each of the two or more communication devices stores audiovisual data pertaining to one or more users associated with each of the two or more communication devices. Each communication device converts the audiovisual data into facial expressions data, generates emotions data from the facial expressions data, generates attention data from the emotions data, and transmits the attention data from the communication device to the computer. The computer displays the attention data.
US12026973B2
An electronic device includes a light emitting assembly, a fingerprint chip, and a plurality of color filters. The light emitting assembly is disposed between encapsulation glass and a glass substrate of a display of the electronic device; the fingerprint chip is provided with a plurality of filter sub-regions that are spaced apart from each other; and the plurality of color filters are disposed between the display and the plurality of filter sub-regions respectively.
US12026967B2
Systems, devices, methods, and instructions for travel document validation, including receiving data for one or more travel documents, generating a set of features for artificial intelligence model training, validating, and testing, upon receiving data for a plurality of travel documents, data from a first subset of travel documents is used to train an artificial intelligence model, a second subset of travel documents is used to validate the artificial intelligence model, and a third subset of travel documents is used to test the artificial intelligence model.
US12026964B2
The disclosure provides a plant blooming period broadcast method and system, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method comprises: receiving an image, and identifying a plant in the image to obtain the species of the plant; using a plant variety identification model corresponding to the species of the plant to identify the specific variety and blooming state of the plant; obtaining the photographing time and photographing position of the image, and determining the blooming period of the plant according to the photographing time and the blooming state; and marking the photographing position on a blooming period broadcast map as a viewing place of the plant, and correspondingly displaying the specific variety and blooming period of the plant.
US12026955B2
In various examples, live perception from sensors of an ego-machine may be leveraged to detect objects and assign the objects to bounded regions (e.g., lanes or a roadway) in an environment of the ego-machine in real-time or near real-time. For example, a deep neural network (DNN) may be trained to compute outputs—such as output segmentation masks—that may correspond to a combination of object classification and lane identifiers. The output masks may be post-processed to determine object to lane assignments that assign detected objects to lanes in order to aid an autonomous or semi-autonomous machine in a surrounding environment.
US12026952B2
A system and method are provided for observing conditions in an environment around a transportation vehicle and adjusting operation of the transportation vehicle in response to the observed conditions. The temperatures of features in the environment can be determined to compensate for varying conditions in the environment in operating the transportation vehicle.
US12026947B2
Methods and apparatus to measure brand exposure in media streams are disclosed. Example apparatus disclosed herein are to determine a first histogram based on at least one of luminance components or chrominance components of a first frame of video, and determine a second histogram based on at least one of luminance components or chrominance components of a second frame of the video. Disclosed example apparatus are also to detect a transition in the video based on the first histogram and the second histogram, and responsive to the detection of the transition in the video. Disclosed example apparatus are further to process a region of interest within at least one of the first frame or the second frame to detect a logo in the region of interest.
US12026944B2
The present invention relates to the technical field of precision farming. The present invention provides a method, a computer system and a computer program product with which a digital cultivation map for a field is created, said cultivation map comprising multiple zones, with at least one feature of at least one zone matched to at least one value of a machine working parameter that has been obtained from an image of the field.
US12026938B2
Example neural architecture search methods and image processing methods and apparatuses in the field of computer vision in the field of artificial intelligence are provided. The example neural architecture search method includes determining search space and a plurality of construction units, superimposing the plurality of construction units to obtain a search network, adjusting, in the search space, network architectures of the construction units in the search network, to obtain optimized construction units, and establishing a target neural network based on the optimized construction units. In each construction unit, some channels of an output feature map of each node are processed by using a to-be-selected operation to obtain a processed feature map, and the processed feature map and a remaining feature map are stitched and then input to a next node.
US12026931B2
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: acquire positional information indicating a position of a portion of an article; acquire condition information indicating a condition of the portion of the article; and store the positional information and the condition information in association with each other.
US12026920B2
Disclosed are a point cloud encoding and decoding method, an encoder and a decoder. The method comprises: acquiring geometric information and attribute information of an input point cloud; determining a maximum allowable value of a sampling period when the input point cloud is subjected to level-of-detail (LOD) division; determining a preset value of the sampling period on the basis of the maximum allowable value of the sampling period; processing the input point cloud according to the preset value of the sampling period and the geometric information, so as to obtain at least one refinement layer and at least one detail layer; and encoding the attribute information by using the at least one refinement layer and the at least one detail layer, so as to generate a code stream, and writing the preset value of the sampling period into the code stream.
US12026916B2
A stereo camera calibration method includes: controlling a stereo camera assembly to capture a sequence of stereo image pairs; simultaneously with each capture in the sequence, activating a rangefinder; responsive to each capture in the sequence, updating calibration data for point cloud generation by: detecting matching features in the stereo image pair, and updating a first portion of the calibration data based on the matched features; updating an alignment of the rangefinder relative to the stereo camera assembly, based on the updated first portion of the calibration data, and a detected position of a beam of the rangefinder in a first image of the stereo image pair; and updating a second portion of the calibration data based on the detected position of the beam of the rangefinder in the first image of the stereo image pair, the updated rangefinder alignment, and a depth measurement captured by the rangefinder.
US12026913B2
Automatically validating the calibration of an visual sensor network includes acquiring image data from visual sensors that have partially overlapping fields of view, extracting a representation of an environment in which the visual sensors are disposed, calculating one or more geometric relationships between the visual sensors, comparing the calculated one or more geometric relationships with previously obtained calibration information of the visual sensors, and verifying a current calibration of the visual sensors based on the comparison.
US12026902B2
A method and a system for monitoring a spatial area in a personnel interlock are provided. Image data are acquired which represent a plurality of depth images of the spatial area which have been acquired simultaneously and from different positions in the area of the personnel interlock, in each case by a respective 3D image sensor arranged at the corresponding position. For each of the depth images, an associated characteristic depth image value is calculated. A total image value is obtained by combining the characteristic depth image values of the various depth images in accordance with a predetermined monotonic combination rule. An estimation result for the probability that more than one person is present in the spatial area is then determined.
US12026898B2
A method for image fusion may include obtaining a first image including a plurality of first pixels and a second image including a plurality of second pixels. Each of the plurality of second pixels may correspond to one of the plurality of first pixels. The method may further include classifying the plurality of first pixels into different categories which at least includes a first category and a second category. The method may further include fusing the first image with the second image based on a fusion operation between each of the plurality of first pixels and its corresponding second pixel to generate a fused image. The fusion operation associated with a first pixel belonging to the first category and the fusion operation associated with a first pixel belonging to the second category are performed according to different fusion rules.
US12026893B1
A method implements image background removal. The method includes receiving an image and processing the image using a first color distance threshold to generate a first alpha mask. The method further includes processing the first alpha mask using a cartesian edge threshold and a second color distance threshold to generate a second alpha mask. The method further includes presenting the image combined with the second alpha mask in a combined image.
US12026885B2
A computer-implemented method and system for automated segmentation of anatomical structures of a biological object, include acquiring an MRI image of the object constructed from a set of slices of the object, dividing the set of slices into overlapping groups of consecutive slices, and feeding each overlapping group of consecutive slices as input into a neural network for outputting a labelled map for each inputted slice. For each slice belonging to several overlapping groups, determining for each voxel a final label from specific labels assigned to the voxel by the neural network when considering the labelled maps outputted for the considered slice and assigning to each voxel the final label previously determined for the considered voxel and outputting a final segmentation map of final labels assigned to the voxels of the considered slice. A final 3D segmented image of the object is created from previously obtained final segmentation maps.
US12026875B2
The method includes receiving a plurality of digital images each depicting a tissue sample; splitting each of the received images into a plurality of tiles; automatically generating tile pairs, each tile pair having assigned a label being indicative of the degree of similarity of two tissue patterns depicted in the two tiles of the pair, wherein the degree of similarity is computed as a function of the spatial proximity of the two tiles in the pair, wherein the distance positively correlates with dissimilarity; and training a machine learning module—MLM—using the labeled tile pairs as training data to generate a trained MLM, the trained MLM being configured for performing an image analysis of digital histopathology images.
US12026873B2
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a computer program stored in a computer readable storage medium is disclosed. The computer program includes instructions for causing one or more processors to estimate bone age from a bone image, and the instructions include: estimating a RUS score for each of one or more partial bone images using a partial bone RUS score estimation model comprising one or more layers, and wherein the one or more partial bone images are generated from a whole bone image; and estimating bone age corresponding to the whole bone image using one or more RUS scores estimated for each of the one or more partial bone images, in which the partial bone RUS score estimation model is trained by using a labeled partial bone image as training data, and is trained by adjusting feature values calculated from the one or more layers.
US12026871B2
A method for identifying a wellbore condition includes capturing a first image of cuttings on or downstream from a shale shaker using a first camera. A size, shape, texture, or combination thereof of the cuttings in the first image may be determined. A wellbore condition may be identified based on the size, shape, texture, or combination thereof of the cuttings in the first image.
US12026870B2
A manufacturing management device 100 includes an acquisition unit 121 that acquires unique information of a product from a captured image of the product captured in a manufacturing step included in a manufacturing process of the product, and acquires operation information representing an operation of a person who performs a manufacturing work on the product in the manufacturing step, and an association unit 122 that sores the acquired unique information of the product and the acquired operation information in association with each other.
US12026866B2
Provided are a method and an apparatus for rechecking a defective product. The method includes: a display terminal receives sent image information of at least one detection image corresponding to the defective product (S110). The image information includes: an ID of the at least one detection image, and defect information corresponding to the at least one detection image. The defect information includes: a defect type of a defect in the at least one detection image, and defect coordinates of the defect in the at least one detection image. The display terminal displays the at least one detection image that is pre-stored corresponding to the defective product and marks the defect information corresponding to the at least one detection image according to the image information (S120).
US12026862B2
At least some embodiments of the present disclosure directs to a method for processing an input image having an embedded element, comprising the steps of: computing one or more histograms of the input image; identifying a range of interest in one of the one or more histograms; and determining, by the processor, a threshold based on the range of interest. In some embodiments, a computing device processes the input image using the threshold to generate an output image.
US12026842B1
The headband-mounted dual camera system is worn on the head of a client. The headband-mounted dual camera system forms a communication link between the client and a personal data device. The headband-mounted dual camera system captures images from the environment surrounding the client. The headband-mounted dual camera system transmits the captured images over the communication link. The headband-mounted dual camera system comprises a head mount and a control circuit. The control circuit mounts on the head mount.
US12026836B2
A method and apparatus for simulating clothes receive a user setting for an area in which shirring is to be expressed in a two-dimensional (2D) pattern of clothes modeled with a mesh including a plurality of polygons, obtain a first line and a second line parallel to the first line from the area based on the user setting, generate inner lines that are perpendicular to at least one of the first line and the second line of the area between the first line and the second line and that have regular intervals, align polygons included in the area of the 2D pattern based on the inner lines, and perform a draping simulation of three-dimensional (3D) clothes corresponding to the 2D pattern in which the shirring is expressed by the aligned polygons.
US12026826B2
An information processing apparatus includes at least one memory storing instructions and at least one processor that, upon execution of the instructions, is configured to operate as an instruction acquisition unit configured to acquire an instruction with respect to a virtual object in a mixed reality space from a user who is one of a plurality of users in the mixed reality space, a mode determination unit configured to determine, based on the acquired instruction, a display mode of the virtual object for another user in the mixed reality space, a viewpoint determination unit configured to determine, based on the determined display mode, a viewpoint with respect to the virtual object in the mixed reality space, and an image generation unit configured to generate an image of the mixed reality space including the virtual object viewed from the determined viewpoint.
US12026816B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a memory and at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to determine at least one image including a first face corresponding to a designated face, among one or more images stored in the memory, obtain first values of a plurality of attributes related to the first face, compare, for each attribute, the first values of the plurality of attributes related to the first face with second values of a plurality of attributes corresponding to graphic objects constituting an avatar, the graphic objects being stored in the memory, identify whether at least one first attribute exists among the plurality of attributes related to the first face, the at least one first attribute having a first value among the first values, a difference between the first value and a second value of the at least one first attribute being equal to or greater than a threshold, the second value being included the second values, and based on identifying that at least one first attribute exists among the plurality of attributes related to the first face, update the avatar, based on the first value of the at least one first attribute.
US12026815B2
In one embodiment, a method includes displaying one or more objects on a display device and receiving a user input corresponding to a movement along the display device. The method further includes determining a motion of each of the one or more objects on the display device. The determined motion corresponds to the user input and includes: a first motion that includes a translation of each of the objects along a particular path across at least a portion of the display device and a second motion that includes a decaying oscillatory motion of each of the objects where an amplitude of the decaying oscillatory motion decreases with time. The method also includes applying the determined motion to the one or more objects displayed on the display device.
US12026803B2
A system is configured to obtain multiple images (83) of a plant and store a plurality of the multiple images of the plant with a grow protocol (71) for growing the plant. Each of the images is associated with a different capture moment. The system is further configured to select the grow protocol separately from the plant and render the plurality of images upon selection of the grow protocol. Each of the images is rendered along with one or more desired and/or measured conditions (74-76) of a growth stage (84). The growth stage corresponds to a capture moment of the respective image. The grow protocol comprises a plurality of growth stages and the one or more desired and/or measured conditions are included in the grow protocol.
US12026802B2
An augmented reality (AR) effect system can improve application of AR effects by sharing resources between AR effects. The AR effect system can employ manifests for AR effects that define which resources are required to render each AR effect. The AR effect system can organize rendering operations used by selected AR effects into a pipeline and can use the manifests of the AR effects to determine when each resource will be needed. Based on this pipeline, the AR effect system can create a cache order defining a resource schedule which specifies, when a resource is freed, conditions for whether to save the resource to a local cache or unload the resource. As rendering of the video with the AR effects progresses, the resource schedule can control whether resources not currently being used to render an AR effect should be unloaded or cached for fast access for future render operations.
US12026777B2
Systems and methods for transforming an electronic portfolio. A system includes an electronic crossing platform that receives data defining trade orders of the electronic portfolio during an initial time period; compares portions of the data to determine an imbalance of the trade orders remaining after the initial time period and receives, during a final time period, a final trade order from a fund agent device to offset the remaining imbalance. The platform receives, after the final time period, a benchmark value of the electronic portfolio from a fund device; compares the final trade order with the remaining imbalance to determine an adjustment value; converts the benchmark value to a final value by applying the adjustment value to the benchmark value; and transforms the electronic portfolio into the transformed portfolio by creating paired buy and sell orders among the trade orders received during the initial time period at the final value.
US12026771B1
A system includes a computing system associated with a financial institution and communicatively coupled with one or more automated teller machines (ATMs), where the computing system is configured to authenticate an account holder via an ATM of the one or more ATMs based on identification information of the account holder, identify an event associated with the account holder, determine a message relating to the event to be displayed to the account holder based on the event, and display the message to the account holder via the ATM where the message being displayed is based on the account holder accessing the ATM within a threshold time period associated with the event.
US12026769B2
A front-end image acquisition component acquires photographs and/or videos of the exterior of a vehicle traveling on a path between a first predefined location and a second predefined location. In one aspect, an image acquisition system comprises a first camera support structure, a second camera support structure, an image processor, and a memory. Cameras are affixed to each of the camera support structures for acquiring image data of a subject vehicle. Image data is controlled by the image processor and the memory. In another aspect, an image acquisition system comprises a first camera tower, a second camera tower, a camera boom. Cameras are affixed to each of the camera towers. In another aspect, a method of identifying features of the exterior of a vehicle includes acquiring a series of images from a front-end component, accessing previously acquired images and associated metadata stored in a database, executing machine learning algorithms using the previously acquired information to identify at least one exterior vehicle feature, and executing machine learning algorithms using the presently acquired series of images to identify at least one exterior feature of the vehicle.
US12026768B2
Provided herein are methods whereby item provider services can define unique offerings, including categories of products, individual products, and information requests, and link them to a trigger, enabling the item provider service promote the offerings to the end users. A trigger can include any unique and specially formatted media entity that, in conjunction with software on a mobile device, can be detected using sensors to initiate a workflow. Triggers may include, for example, specially formatted images, videos, audio signals, QR codes, GPS locations, Bluetooth beacons, or similar mobile-detectable entities, among others. Triggers may be defined and associated with an offering.
US12026763B2
Methods and systems for an augmented reality conversion system. In one aspect, A augmented reality conversion system includes a computing device including a memory storage device, the memory storage device storing instructions that, when executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to generate and display a furnishing planner, receive inputs to select a furnishing product and one or more customizations for the furnishing product, and generate and display a machine-readable code which when scanned by an augmented reality device allows the augmented reality device to display the selected furnishing product with the one or more customizations in an augmented reality viewer.
US12026755B2
Techniques for resource allocation with content creators are described that overcome the challenges of conventional techniques by supporting customized digital content generation and resource allocation specified by content creators of digital content. In one example, a content provider system, based on user input received via a control, specifies the portions of a resource allocation to be shared. A first portion is configured to be shared with a content creator of digital content, the digital content including service access data configured to access a digital service. A second portion is also configured to be shared with a client device that utilizes the service access data to access the digital service. Digital content is generated based on the specified portions and is transmitted. Upon access by the client device to the digital service, an indication of receipt of the first portion of the resource allocation is displayed by the content provider system.
US12026743B2
This disclosure provides aspects and embodiments of methods, services, and platforms for prompting users with a zero account balance to send a callback message to a contact informing the contact that the user cannot call them and asking the contact to call the user. This disclosure further provides location determining platforms and rewards platforms for users.
US12026741B2
Allocating bids for providing content within a segmented campaign is controlled to ensure that an event rate associated with the provided content meets or exceeds a threshold rate. A campaign-level event rate, associated with the provided content, is estimated and provided as a feedback signal. This feedback signal is employed to dynamically update bid allocations for each of the segments, which in turn varies the number or rate of provided impressions and events. Such feedback enables the control of the campaign-level rate and ensures that the campaign-level rate meets or exceeds the rate threshold. To control these rates, the number of total impressions, as well as the number of associated events, is temporally sampled across the campaign segments. Based on the number of impressions and events, the campaign-level event rate is estimated and employed as the feedback signal. Updating the bid allocations may be based on the Beta Distribution.
US12026740B1
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for tracking content across multiple content outlets. Content items, characterized by first metadata, and content slots, characterized by second metadata, can be received. Third metadata for digital content slots can be generated. Fourth metadata can be received. A recommended content item package can be provided based on a comparison between a combination of the first metadata, the second metadata, and the third metadata and the fourth metadata. The recommended content item package can include a content file and a metadata file. A performance and a measurement of the recommended content item package can be determined by executing the metadata file to track the content file across one or more of the content slots and the potential digital content slots. The performance and the measurement can be provided.
US12026737B2
A management server includes: a reception section that receives, from a second user terminal, a rental request for use of a battery; and an incentive management section that, when a first battery or a second battery is rented to a second user, gives an incentive, according to return of the battery from the second user, wherein the incentive management section gives a first incentive to the second user when the second user returns the first battery to a first user, and gives a second incentive to the second user when the second user returns the second battery to the first user or when the second user returns the first battery to a place of return that is different from the first user, and the first incentive is an incentive having a higher value than the second incentive.
US12026730B2
A transaction information aggregation system includes raw transaction and enriched transaction databases. The raw transaction database comprises transaction information for a plurality of transactions, including for each transaction an account holder identifier and at least one transaction parameter. The enriched transaction database comprises an indexed transaction record for each of the plurality of transactions, each record including a plurality of search terms associated with each of the at least one transaction parameter. A transaction information processing server is in data communication with the raw transaction and enriched transaction databases and is configured to receive raw transaction information for a new transaction, parse the raw transaction information to determine, associate search terms with a characteristic for each of the at least one transaction parameter, and establish a new indexed transaction record in the enriched transaction database for the new transaction, the new indexed transaction record including the additional searchable terms.
US12026718B1
Anomalies can be detected and related mitigation actions can be executed. For example, a computing device receives, from a first source, first data associated with a first process of a payment service in support of transactions of a first plurality of users. The computing device generates first aggregated metrics based on the first data. The computing device determines, by using the first aggregated metrics as first input to a machine learning engine, an anomaly associated with the execution of the first process. The computing device determines, based on the anomaly and a history of anomalies associated with the execution of the first process, an indication of an outage associated with the first process. The computing device causes an execution of a mitigation action based on the indication of the outage. The execution of the mitigation action is in support of transactions of a second plurality of users.
US12026709B2
Example embodiments of systems, methods, and computer-accessible mediums for transaction authorization are provided. An exemplary system can comprise a card including an input device and a display device in data communication with a server. The server can generate an authorization passcode upon an initiation of a transaction session, and the card can receive an entered passcode through the input device, display the entered passcode on the display device, and transmit the entered passcode to the server for comparison to the authorization passcode. Upon a determination that the entered passcode is a match for the authorization passcode, the server can transmit a match notification indicating the transaction session is valid, and upon a determination that the entered passcode is a mismatch for the authorization passcode, the server can transmit a mismatch notification terminating the transaction session.
US12026703B2
The invention provides a blockchain-implemented control method and corresponding system(s). The invention may control access to an internet-enabled resource such as an IoT device that is provided with computing capabilities enabling it to communicate with other computer-based resources and interact with a distributed ledger such as a blockchain. In one embodiment, the invention provides a method for controlling the use of an internet-enabled resource comprising providing a first blockchain transaction comprising at least one output which is redeemable only by provision of at least: i) a secret value selected by a user; and ii) a signature associated with a resource provider; sending use-related information to the resource; generating a second blockchain transaction requesting at least the secret value; and modifying the second blockchain transaction to include the secret value.
US12026700B2
Method for the secure execution of programs (smart contracts) implemented between a first wallet node (WN) (WN1) and a second wallet node (WN2), at least the second WN being implemented in an enclave of a processor, and the WNs being capable of executing programs designated in the messages that reach them, the method comprising the following steps: a) sending by WN1 to WN2 of a pre-message; b1) in response to this pre-message, execution in the enclave of a first program (WNRoT); b2) generation by the enclave of a certificate of authenticity of said first program and of the integrity of its execution; b3) sending said certificate to WN1; c) verification by WN1 of said certificate; d) in the event of successful verification, sending by WN1 to WN2 of a message intended to trigger the execution of a given program in WN2, and e) execution of said program in WN2.
US12026699B2
Systems and methods for secure digital asset transactions. An offline system includes a custodian computer, digital asset accounts accessible by the custodian computer and a centralized ledger maintained by the custodian computer. The custodian computer is in communication with public ledger computers of a public ledger, and receives transaction data associated with digital assets from among entity computers. Each account is prefunded with digital asset funds. The custodian computer monitors a transaction parameter of the transaction data and, in accordance with the monitoring, generates a transfer instruction indicating transfer of funds between the first and second accounts, updates the centralized ledger responsive to the transfer instruction, and transfers the funds between the first and second accounts, responsive to the transfer instruction. The transfer instruction remains offline and is not transferred to the public ledger.
US12026698B2
Electronic transfers of value may be secured via verification of locations of parties, and/or progressive trust building, while maintaining privacy of sensitive personal information of parties via separate communications by parties with a payment network server. Locations may be fixed geolocations, proximities, and/or positions relative to markers/beacons that are in motion. Transfers may be made from party to party, party to place and place to party, and/or party to a virtual point-of-sale at a place. Transferred items may be electronic funds in fiat and/or crypto currencies, Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs)/data associated NFTs, electronic data, and/or securities/financial instruments, for example. Transactions may be multiparty and may comprise multiple exchanges of value.
US12026697B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods, and computer program products for onboarding digital content to a platform designed specifically for seamless creation and user-friendly management of non-fungible tokens. The invention allows for users with zero knowledge of decentralized protocols to leverage the benefits of such technologies by providing a system for uploading existing digital content, automating the creation of one or more non-fungible tokens, managing permissioned access to the non-fungible tokens, and facilitating the ownership verification of the non-fungible tokens.
US12026695B2
A transaction system and process includes providing financial transactions based on a single card. The transaction system and process further including providing prepaid wireless service based on the single card and providing long-distance service based on the single card.
US12026691B2
Methods and systems associated with facilitating transactions based on proximity between devices, the methods and systems including ranking distances between a first device and a plurality of other devices based on wireless signal strengths; presenting a representation of a first user of the first device on one of the first device or a second device based on the ranking when the distance between the first device and the second device satisfies a threshold; causing server(s) of a payment service system (PSS) to identify user accounts of the first user and/or a second user of the second device based on selection of the representation and a user identifier in a wireless signal transmitted by a transceiver of one of the devices; processing a transaction using stored payment data associated with the user account(s); and presenting an indication of the transaction on at least one of the devices.
US12026684B2
An apparatus for transferring virtual resources comprises a processor associated with a server. The processor is configured to conduct an interaction between a first user and an entity to transfer a physical object and a non-fungible token (NFT) to the first user, wherein the NFT is associated with the physical object. The processor is further configured to receive the NFT for storage in a first digital folder and to receive a request to establish an interaction session between a first avatar in a virtual environment and a second avatar associated with a second user. The processor is further configured to authorize the interaction session in response to authenticating the NFT and to conduct the interaction. The interaction includes initiating a transfer of the physical object from the first user to the second user and transmitting the NFT to a second digital folder associated with the second user.
US12026672B2
A computing device for organizing a collaborative workspace for a user implements providing, using a display of the computing device, an interactive user interface associated with the collaborative workspace in which the user may work on a shared task in a coordinated fashion with other users; identifying, based on one or more factors, one or more activities specific to the user from within the collaborative workspace; assigning the identified one or more activities to a catch-up list associated with the user; displaying, within the interactive user interface, the catch-up list; detecting that at least one of the one or more activities has been addressed from within the collaborative workspace or the catch-up list; and updating, based on the detection, the collaborative workspace and the catch-up list.
US12026671B2
Systems and methods for generating an agenda for a group meeting are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: manage environment state information maintaining a collaboration environment, the collaboration environment being configured to facilitate interaction by users with the collaboration environment; obtain user input information conveying user input to initiate individual group meetings with individual groups of users; responsive to obtaining the user input information: identify the individual groups of users corresponding to the individual group meetings, and/or identify the work unit records corresponding to the individual group meetings; generate agenda information defining individual agendas for the individual group meetings, the individual agendas including individual sets of agenda items, an individual agenda item corresponding to an individual work unit record; and/or perform other operations.
US12026665B2
A method for identifying an inventory item is provided. The method includes using first one or more sensors to produce first one or more outputs indicative of an inventory item, using second one or more sensors to produce second one or more outputs indicative of the inventory item, generating, based on the first one or more outputs and independent of the second one or more outputs, a first confidence level of the inventory item being a first inventory item, generating, based on the second one or more outputs and independent of the first one or more outputs, a second confidence level of the inventory item being a second inventory item, and identifying, based on the first confidence level and the second confidence level, the inventory item as one of the first inventory item or the second inventory item.
US12026661B2
Systems and methods are provided for automatic inventory tracking such that items placed into a container/bin are automatically tracked and wherein the container/bin is moveable. The system including automatic tracking of items removed from the container/bin and automatic tracking of the container/bin. The system may further include audio/visual indications when an asset tag is validated.
US12026660B2
A secured container is can be configured to accept deliveries of goods, parcels or other items ordered by a user. The container is secured such that a delivery may be made whist the delivery location is unattended whilst ensuring the delivery is safe. The secured container may be accessed by autonomous vehicles such as drones or quadcopters or other flying platforms.
US12026657B2
A system for handling hazmat products in a fulfillment center. The system includes a conveyance and packing equipment assembly that facilitates physical acquisition and consolidation of inventory items into a container, a labeling applicator that automatically applies hazmat labels, a scan tunnel, and a server. The server includes computing hardware of a processor, a memory, an input/output engine, a database, and a hazmat handling engine. The input/output engine is configured to receive a customer order and communicate between the server and the conveyance and packing equipment assembly, the labeling applicator, and the scan tunnel. The hazmat handling engine determines customer orders with exceptions requiring specialized handling. The hazmat handling engine marks determined customer orders with exceptions and forwards the remaining orders for allocation and cartonization. The labeling applicator automatically applies one or more hazmat labels to the packaged container containing hazmat items based on compliance labeling criteria.
US12026655B2
Embodiments of systems and approaches for managing post-harvest crop quality and pests are described. Such a system may include a plurality of edge devices each comprising sensor components and collectively forming a mesh network, for measuring the local physical environment within stored crops and, for example, transmitting the measurements to a service from within the crop storage area. In certain embodiments, such a system may be used to manage post-harvest crops and storage areas—for example, approaches are described for determining fumigation treatment duration, determining phosphine dosage, determining heat treatment duration, and determining safe storage time for crops.
US12026647B2
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for scheduling tasks to field professionals include a memory configured to store historical data associated with past demand for field professionals, a network interface, and at least one processor connectable to the network interface. The at least one processor is configured to access the memory and to: receive a set of requests reflecting a current demand for on-site services; predict imminent demand for on-site services based on the historical data; generate a schedule for a set of field professionals based on the current demand for on-site services; and reserve in the schedule availability based on the predicted imminent demand for on-site services.
US12026638B2
A software solution for managing, sorting and ranking lists of tasks and integrating task and time management, such that tasks can be automatically or manually assigned to specified time blocks. Users can monitor the relationship between volume of tasks and available time in which to complete them. The solution and method can be applied to individual task lists as well as to the management of time across multiple projects and can be employed either by individuals or by collaborative groups. The solution and method employ multiple filters, sorts and handling rules to embody users' personal planning preferences. It can be used to manage task lists both with and without employing a scheduling component. The solution can interoperate with existing computer- and web-based calendar software and can use third-party calendar clients to display its output and to accept input from users.
US12026627B2
A computer vision (CV) training system, includes: a supervised learning system to estimate a supervision output from one or more input images according to a target CV application, and to determine a supervised loss according to the supervision output and a ground-truth of the supervision output; an unsupervised learning system to determine an unsupervised loss according to the supervision output and the one or more input images; a weakly supervised learning system to determine a weakly supervised loss according to the supervision output and a weak label corresponding to the one or more input images; and a joint optimizer to concurrently optimize the supervised loss, the unsupervised loss, and the weakly supervised loss.
US12026622B2
Embodiments of the present invention train multiple Perception models to predict contextual metadata (tags) with respect to target content items. By extracting context from content items, and generating associations among the Perception models, individual Perceptions trigger one another based on the extracted context to generate a more robust set of contextual metadata. A Perception Identifier predicts core tags that make coarse distinctions among content items at relatively higher levels of abstraction, while also triggering other Perception models to predict additional perception tags at lower levels of abstraction. A Dense Classifier identifies sub-content items at various levels of abstraction, and facilitates the iterative generation of additional dense tags across integrated Perceptions. Class-specific thresholds are generated with respect to individual classes of each Perception to address the inherent sampling bias that results from the varying number and quality of training samples (across different classes of content items) available to train each Perception.
US12026619B1
Disclosed are systems and methods to perform neural architecture search (“NAS”) that automatically optimizes for the number of channels to allocate to each layer of a deep neural network. Some implementations include a pairwise slimming that includes a global optimization step. Likewise, in some implementations, a bias toward a region of interest may be applied to channel path selection during training.
US12026615B2
Systems and methods for training photonic neural networks in accordance with embodiments of the invention are illustrated. One embodiment includes a method for training a set of one or more optical interference units (OIUs) of a photonic artificial neural network (ANN), wherein the method includes calculating a loss for an original input to the photonic ANN, computing an adjoint input based on the calculated loss, measuring intensities for a set of one or more phase shifters in the set of OIUs when the computed adjoint input and the original input are interfered with each other within the set of OIUs, computing a gradient from the measured intensities, and tuning phase shifters of the OIU based on the computed gradient.
US12026614B2
A method of interpreting tabular data includes receiving, at a deep tabular data learning network (TabNet) executing on data processing hardware, a set of features. For each of multiple sequential processing steps, the method also includes: selecting, using a sparse mask of the TabNet, a subset of relevant features of the set of features; processing using a feature transformer of the TabNet, the subset of relevant features to generate a decision step output and information for a next processing step in the multiple sequential processing steps; and providing the information to the next processing step. The method also includes determining a final decision output by aggregating the decision step outputs generated for the multiple sequential processing steps.
US12026607B1
A neural network accelerator executes instructions to: load a first weight data element of an array of weight data elements from a memory into a systolic array; extract, from the instructions, information indicating a first number of input data elements to be obtained from a first address of the memory and a second number of input data elements to be skipped between adjacent input data elements to be obtained, the first address being based on first coordinates of the first weight data element, and the first and second numbers being based on a stride of a convolution operation; based on the information, obtain first input data elements from the first address of the memory; and control the systolic array to perform first computations based on the first weight data element and the first input data elements to generate first output data elements of an output data array.
US12026605B2
A circuit structure includes a first ferroelectric field effect transistor (FeFET) having a first gate electrode, a first source electrode, and a first drain electrode and a second FeFET having a second gate electrode, a second source electrode, and a second drain electrode. The first gate electrode is connected to a wordline, and the first source electrode and the second source electrode are connected to a bitline. The first drain electrode is connected to the second gate electrode and the second drain electrode is connected to a bias line. A weight synapse structure is constructed by combining two circuit structures. A plurality of weight synapse structures are incorporated into a crossbar array.
US12026603B2
A system for incorporating predictive health data into a mission timeline receives a predictive health event, identifies a time frame for the event, and incorporates the event into a mission timeline. The event may define a probability window with weighted probabilities overlaid onto the mission timeline. The event may define an uncorrected outcome. The uncorrected outcome is rendered onto the mission timeline at a point when the uncorrected outcome will likely occur if no remedial action is taken.
US12026600B2
Systems and methods for target region evaluation and feature point evaluation are provided. The methods may include obtaining an image including a target region and extracting a plurality of feature points associated with the target region. The methods may further include, for each of the plurality of feature points, determining a sub-region including the feature point. The methods may further include performing a first grouping operation on the plurality of feature points to generate a plurality of first groups of sub-regions according to a first rule, and determining, based on the plurality of first groups of sub-regions, a confidence level associated with the target region using a plurality of trained models for processing the plurality of first groups of sub-regions, respectively. Each of the plurality of trained models may be associated with a set of model parameters. At least two sets of model parameters may be different.
US12026597B2
An example method can include tracking, by a network device, a plurality of attributes associated with a plurality of unique client device identifiers stored in a tracking table; deriving, by the network device, a training data set based on the plurality of attributes; and generating, by the network device, a plurality of clusters by inputting the derived training data set to an unsupervised machine learning mechanism. The example method can include receiving, by the network device, a labeling of the plurality of unique client device identifiers in the tracking table based at least on the plurality of clusters; generating, by the network device, a plurality of classifiers by inputting the labelled tracking table to a supervised machine learning mechanism; and classifying, by the network device, a new unique client device identifier in the tracking table based at least on the plurality of classifiers.
US12026594B2
An electronic device is described. The electronic device includes a signal input, a user interface, a signal processing circuit, and an artificial intelligence circuit. The user interface is configured to detect a first user input, wherein the first user input is associated with an automatic setting of processing parameters of the signal processing circuit. The artificial intelligence circuit is configured to automatically adapt the processing parameters of the signal processing circuit based on the first user input, thereby obtaining a first set of processing parameters. The user interface is configured to detect a second user input, wherein the second user input is associated with an adjustment of the processing parameters of the signal processing circuit. The user interface is configured to adapt the processing parameters of the signal processing circuit based on the second user input, thereby obtaining a second set of processing parameters. The artificial intelligence circuit is configured to adapt the first set of processing parameters based on the first set of processing parameters and the second set of processing parameters, thereby obtaining an adapted set of processing parameters. Further, a method of setting processing parameters of an electronic device is described.
US12026585B1
A tensor network decoder accounts for correlated noise between qubits of a two-dimensional code. The tensor network decoder is generated using a graphical noise model for a quantum device that is used (or to be used) to implement the two-dimensional code. For example, an input graphical noise model, such as a hypergraph, may be used to generate a tensor network decoder. Whereas other decoders assume noise is independent and identically distributed (e.g. iid noise), a tensor network decoder accounts for correlated noise not considered in such decoders that assume iid noise.
US12026582B2
A crowd-sourced fake identification (ID) reporting system is provided. A central host communicates with a plurality of scanning devices over the internet. Each scanning device having an electronic visual display coupled to an ID scanner configured to scan an ID and obtain the information from the ID's barcode and/or magnetic strip. The plurality of scanning devices are configured to connect to the fake ID reporting software of the one or more internet-connected central servers and the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). A number of users each having a scanning device of the plurality of scanning devices; and, wherein the scanning device is configured to determine if an ID has been previously scanned by a scanning device of the plurality of scanning devices, to make a determination and provide the results of the validity of the ID. If the ID has not been previously scanned the system makes a determination of the validity of the ID by comparing the ID's data pattern to valid ID patterns in a data repository. The scanning device has a real-time DMV button configured to facilitate a real-time validation of the scanned ID with the DMV.
US12026577B2
Systems and methods for user identification (ID) document verification are provided. An exemplary method includes receiving, by a client device, an image of an ID document. Based on the image of the ID document, a determination is made whether the ID document includes a near-field communications (NFC) chip that stores an ID photo associated with the ID document. Based on this determination of whether the ID document includes an NFC chip, the ID document is verified by selectively using at least one of NFC chip authentication and optical authentication, to obtain a verification result.
US12026575B2
A computer system and method for identifying and monitoring animals in a confined space. A tracking apparatus is provided in proximity to the confined space that defines a plurality of separate individual tracking regions for the confined space. Each of a plurality of animals to be disposed in the confined space is associated respectively with a detection component operable to identify and detect a temperature of an animal it is associated with when detected by the tracking apparatus. Data is received in a computer monitor system from a detection component when detected by the tracking apparatus in the confined space wherein the received data includes motion and temperature data relating to an animal when located in the confined space. The tracking apparatus detects multiple animals simultaneously located in an individual tracking region. Utilizing the received data associated with an animal in the confined space, an animal's motion and temperature data is correlated to an individual tracking region an animal is located within.
US12026567B2
A circuit for a passive radio-identification tag operating in a UHF band is described, configured for a radio communication with a reader that emits a reading signal. The circuit is produced as a single chip, comprising one or more transducers for measuring a strain, a first sub-circuit configured for the acquisition of the transducer measurement, and a second sub-circuit configured for the radio transmission of the acquired measurement to the reader.
US12026564B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet of perforated paper; an input unit configured to receive first information and second information; and a processor configured to display an alarm display without performing sheet-passing of the sheet of perforated paper. The first information is information concerning the sheet of perforated paper on which an image is to be formed by the image forming unit and the second information is information concerning whether to perform automatic double-sided printing on the sheet of perforated paper or not. The processor is configured to display the alarm display in a case where the automatic double-sided printing is instructed and it is determined that the sheet of perforated paper has a cut-off portion.
US12026561B2
The present technology addresses a need in the art for an automated and scalable mechanism to authorize a containerized process. An aspect of the present technology deals with authorizing an unprivileged process by a privileged process without embedding credentials or network access at the time of validation. The present technology provides the possibility for the privileged process to continuously (dynamically) validate the authenticity of the unprivileged process by performing a plurality of operations to ensure the unprivileged process has maintained its authenticity while having access to sensitive information.
US12026558B2
Systems and methods for integration of applications are provided. A request for data associated with a second application is received from a first application. The data associated with the second application is generated using one or more process extension APIs. The one or more process extension APIs generate the data using one or more native APIs of the second application. The data is transmitted to the first application.
US12026557B2
Method and system for a utilizing a proxy service to generate a composed information handling system
In general, the invention relates to providing computer implemented services using information handling systems. One or more embodiments of the invention includes identifying a hardware resource requirement in a composition request for a composed information handling system, wherein the hardware resource requirement specifies a hardware resource with data transformation functionality (DTF), identifying a hardware resource that does not have the DTF, connecting the hardware resource to a DTF container, wherein the DTF container implements the DTF and emulates the hardware resource with DTF, and initiating composition of the composed information handling system using the DTF container, wherein the DTF container satisfies the hardware resource requirement.
US12026551B2
A scalable Internet of Things (IoT) system may include multiple instances of an IoT manager, each instance respectively configured to connect to a respective edge system of multiple edge systems. The IoT system may further include a containerized system configured to allow any instance of the IoT manager to deploy data pipelines to any edge system of the multiple edge systems in delta communications. Any instance of the IoT manager may send a change message to any edge system via a publish/subscribe notification method. In some examples, a centralized IoT manager may form a secure communication with an edge system, synchronize an object model with an edge object model for the edge system, and maintain the edge system using delta change communications. The IoT system may facilitate any instance of the IoT manager to subscribe a communication channel with an associated edge system for receiving update notification.
US12026547B2
A method and a system for arranging business process, a computing device, and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: receiving an application module and a business process rule that are transmitted by a user terminal, wherein the application module is configured to indicate a processing logic in a link in a business process, and wherein the business process rule is configured to indicate a processing rule of the application module; determining a target edge device corresponding to the application module; and transmitting the application module and the business process rule to the target edge device for the target edge device to execute the application module according to the business process rule.
US12026546B2
A system and method that provides fine grained parallelization to serial pipelines and serial data processing with one or more threading and synchronization models whereby data object or packet processing is orchestrated by a parser identifying the various layers of the input data object and dispatching worker threads to perform the processing of the various layers of the data object, wherein the worker threads may execute in parallel.
US12026542B2
A system for optimizing deployment of a machine learning workload is provided. A computer device receives information pertaining to a machine learning workload to be processed for a client device. The computer device determines a machine learning model for the workload and a processing location for the workload based, at least in part, on the information. The computer device generates a request to process the workload at the determined processing location utilizing the determined machine learning model.
US12026531B2
Provided are methods and systems which transform a general purpose computer into a secure and dedicated remote work station by enabling the computer to be booted using an operating system stored on a connected portable storage device and by executing the operating system from volatile memory in a secure and efficient manner.
US12026530B2
Methods and apparatus directed to utilizing an automated messaging system to initiate and/or adapt a dialog with at least one user, where the dialog occurs via user interface input and output devices of at least one computing device of the user. In some of those implementations, the automated messaging system identifies at least one task associated with the user and initiates the dialog with the user based on identifying the task. The automated messaging system may initiate the dialog to provide the user with additional information related to the task and/or to determine, based on user input provided during the dialog, values for one or more parameters of the task. In some implementations, the automated messaging system may further initiate performance of the task utilizing parameters determined during the dialog.
US12026529B2
Example embodiments described herein relate to an interactive interface system to maintain a user support profile, wherein the user support profile comprises a plurality of media content that includes user support content, receive a message request from a client device wherein the message request includes an identification of the user support profile and corresponding message content that includes a natural language request, convert the natural language request to a query term, perform a query upon the plurality of media content associated with the user support profile based on the query term, identify relevant media content based on the query, and cause display of the relevant media content within a chat interface at the client device. The interfaces generated and displayed by the interactive interface system therefore enable a user to access user support without having to navigate to a separate interface.
US12026514B1
Disclosed herein are memory device, method for managing a storage system. In an aspect, a memory device comprises an address register to store addresses and a processor coupled to the address register. The processor is configured to receive a first multi-plane program operation command of a set of multi-plane program operation commands. The processor is further configured to latch a first address of the first multi-plane program operation command into the address register. In addition, the processor is further configured to receive a read operation command that includes a second address and refrain from latching the second address into the address register.
US12026501B2
A device configured to identify automated process instructions for a first network device. The automated process instructions include instructions for performing a series of actions on the first network device. The device is further configured to identify a first time instance for executing the automated process instructions that is before a time interval associated with a system update for the first network device, to identify a second time instance corresponding with a start time of the time interval associated with the system update for the first network device, and to identify a third time instance corresponding with an end time of the time interval associated with the system update for the first network device. The device is further configured to execute the machine-executable code at the first time instance, to pause the execution of the machine-executable code at a breakpoint at the second time instance, and to resume execution of the machine-executable code after the breakpoint at the third time instance after the system update is complete.
US12026499B2
A device and a method for controlling OTA update of a vehicle, to automatically set an optimal current consumption regardless of a vehicle model and an option for each vehicle model, includes a sensor configured for measuring a current consumption of a battery provided in the vehicle, and a controller that sets an initial current consumption to the vehicle, determines whether the OTA update is possible based on the initial current consumption and an expected over the air (OTA) update time, and determines an optimal current consumption based on the initial current consumption and an average current consumption during the OTA update.
US12026498B2
A control system comprises a mobile object control unit for controlling a mobile object; and an update control unit for controlling receiving an update program of the mobile object control unit by means of wireless communication and controlling instructing to update a control program of the mobile object control unit, wherein when a power switch of the mobile object is turned off during receiving the update program, the update control unit is for: continuing receiving the update program, provided that receiving the update program is predicted to be completed within a predetermined time; and stopping receiving the update program if receiving the update program is predicted not to be completed within the predetermined time.
US12026491B2
Systems and methods for providing a pattern-based cloud architecture facilitating deployment of pattern-based cloud applications are presented. The pattern-based cloud architecture comprises a base layer having one or more bases, a landing zone layer comprising one or more landing zones within each base, and an application pattern layer comprising one or more application patters for each landing zone. Each base provides base services and/or parameters common to all landing zones associated with such base. Each landing zone adds services and/or parameters specific to such landing zone, while inheriting those of the associated base. Application patterns define the requirements and capability of cloud-based applications that can be run within each associated landing zone.
US12026490B2
Provided are a method for obtaining vehicle diagnosis software, a server and a diagnosis device. In the method, the diagnosis device sends an acquisition request of target diagnosis software to the server based on a target vehicle, where the acquisition request includes a vehicle identification code; the server determines whether the target vehicle has an authorization qualification of the target diagnosis software based on the acquisition request, to obtain a determination result; the server performs an operation based on the determination result. Only the target vehicle with the authorization qualification can download the software, realizing the flexible configuration of the diagnosis device and configuring the diagnosis device based on user's actual requirement to complete the vehicle diagnosis, and reducing waste of resources.
US12026479B2
A Unit Element (UE) has a digital X input and a digital W input, and comprises groups of NAND gates generating complementary outputs which are coupled to differential charge transfer lines through respective charge transfer capacitor Cu. The number of bits in the X input determines the number of NAND gates in a NAND-group and the number of bits in the W input determines the number of NAND groups. Each NAND-group receives one bit of the W input applied to all of the NAND gates of the NAND-group, and each unit element having the bits of X applied to each associated NAND gate input of each unit element. The NAND gate outputs are coupled through a charge transfer capacitor Cu to charge transfer lines. Multiple Unit Elements may be placed in parallel to sum and scale the charges from the charge transfer lines, the charges coupled to an analog to digital converter which forms the dot product output.
US12026466B1
A method for entity relations extraction including applying entity markers to a set of sentences included in a data bag to generate a token sequence for a subset of the set of sentences, the token sequence including a beginning position mark and an ending position mark of a corresponding sentence, as well as a front position mark and a rear position mark of at least one entity included in each of the subset of the set of sentences; using the generated token sequences of the set of sentences with a pre-trained language representation model to generate a sentence feature vector for each sentence included in the data bag; aggregating, in a data encoding module, the sentence feature vectors of the set of sentences into a bag encoding vector; and classifying data entity relations of the set of sentences included in the data bag through decoding and inferencing the bag encoding vector.
US12026465B2
There is disclosed a method and system for classifying a word as an obscene word, the method comprising, at a training phrase: acquiring a first word, the first word corresponding to a given obscene word; generating a first set of misspelled words, the first set of misspelled words comprising a plurality of misspelled variations of the first word; generating a training pairs, the training pairs comprising: a set of positive training pairs comprising the first word paired with each misspelled variations of the first word; training a machine learning algorithm, the training comprising: determining, for each training pairs, a set of features representative of a property of the training pairs; generating an inferred function based on the set of features, the inferred function being configured to assign, in use, an indecency score, the decency score being indicative of a likelihood of the word being obscene.
US12026464B2
An improved system and method for address entry are provided for a user to enter a plurality of addresses into a recipient field associated with an electronic communication. According to embodiments described herein, a first user input is received. The first user input is indicative of a first recipient for an electronic communication, where the first recipient includes a first name and a last name. A second user input is received in addition to the first recipient while the electronic communication is currently addressed to the first recipient. The second user input is indicative of a portion of a second recipient for the electronic communication. An auto-complete list of one or more suggested recipients that correspond to the second user input is displayed while the electronic communication is currently addressed to the first recipient. The one or more suggested recipients do not include the first recipient.
US12026460B2
To make it possible to generate dialogue data for generating a question sentence to deeply delve conversation at a low cost. For each of a plurality of pieces of data each including a set of a first utterance sentence that is a sentence uttered by a first user, a second utterance sentence that is a sentence uttered by a second user and is a response to the first utterance sentence, and a third utterance sentence that is a sentence uttered by the first user and is a response to the second utterance sentence, a dialogue data generation unit 110 generates a set of the first utterance sentence of the data and the second utterance sentence of the data as dialogue data when the second utterance sentence of the data is a question sentence using an interrogative.
US12026456B2
Systems and methods for using optical character recognition (OCR) with voice recognition commands are provided. Some embodiments include receiving a user interface that includes a text field, capturing an image of at least a portion of the user interface, and performing OCR on the image to identify the text field and a word in the user interface. Some embodiments include mapping a coordinate of the word in the text field, receiving a voice command that includes the word, and navigating, by the computing device, a cursor to the coordinate to execute the voice command.
US12026454B2
A method can be performed by a browser. The method can include presenting at least a portion of a resource address; presenting a rendered webpage in a browser content window, the rendered webpage being associated with the resource address; presenting an annotation area, the annotation area being outside the browser content window; receiving, in association with a user account, an annotation in the annotation area; and storing the annotation in association with the user account and the resource address.
US12026450B2
A method for adding dimensions to a visual representation is disclosed. In one embodiment, such a method obtains a data set containing data in a plurality of rows and columns (i.e., dimensions). The method divides the dimensions into a plurality of groups and determines a coordinate system for each group. For each row in the data set, the method determines data points for each group in the corresponding coordinate system. The method then connects the data points for each row with lines to create a visual representation for the data set. In certain embodiments, each group in the data set utilizes a two-dimensional coordinate system. In other embodiments, each group in the data set utilizes a three-dimensional coordinate system. In yet other embodiments, a mix of two-dimensional coordinate systems and three-dimensional coordinate systems are used. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed.
US12026447B2
A text editor juxtaposes non-adjacent lines of a textual work to be shown as adjacent, later restoring the lines to original position. The text editor presents lines of words as separate columnized syllables, with stressed syllables presented visually different than unstressed syllables, to visualize the lines' rhythm. The lines may later be restored to original format. The text editor allows certain conditions in the text, such as rhyme and consonance, to be detected and visually indicated according to visual indication definitions, and then later restored to original format. A content wizard provides an easy starting point for a new textual work. A textual work uses blank lines and varying indentation levels to distinguish different stanza types. The text editor includes a rhyming engine which offers both perfect and imperfect rhyme options in a hierarchical output fashion based on similarity of consonant sounds.
US12026443B2
A non-transitory computer readable recording medium includes simulation data input into a computing device executing a simulation of a semiconductor device, wherein the simulation data includes part shape information describing shape and terminal information of the semiconductor device, logical model information describing operation and connection information of an element in the semiconductor device, and functional block information describing positional information of a functional block in the semiconductor device, and the computing device causes the part shape information, the logical model information, and the functional block information to correspond to each other to execute the simulation of the semiconductor device.
US12026441B2
A multi-disciplinary optimization (MDO) framework and workflow facilitates analysis and optimization of set of designs of a pressure-controlling component. The MDO workflow generally enables design workflow integration and automation, which can improve engineering efficiency, and enables automated optimization within the workflow automation, which facilitates performance and reliability improvement for product development. The MDO workflow enables the integration of computer-aided design (CAD), finite element analysis (FEA), digital manufacturing simulation (DMS), and optimization packages to facilitate testing and optimization of a set of pressure-controlling component designs. As such, the MDO framework and workflow improve the efficiency of the design process by providing a scalable solution for automating aspects of the design process for a set of designs of a pressure-controlling component, which may represent a product family or a set of competing alternative designs.
US12026439B2
A simulation method, implemented by computer, simulates the optical power of a laminated glass of given shape liable to be obtained by laminating at least two glass sheets and at least one lamination interlayer, the laminated glass being liable to have an edge, a first main face, and a second main face. The method is suitable for determining a minimum value of optical quality index which a combination of glass sheets must satisfy so as to form a laminated glass of given shape with a given optical quality constraint.
US12026433B2
A data processing method and apparatus, and a readable medium and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: collecting a facial image of a user by means of a terminal, and taking the collected facial image as a first facial image, displaying the first facial image in a user display area of a terminal screen; where the terminal screen displays a target object, collecting a sound signal of the user, and taking the collected sound signal as a target sound signal; and if the sound intensity of the target sound signal is within a first intensity range, switching a display state of the target object, and switching the first facial image in the user display area to a second facial image, wherein the second facial image is obtained on the basis of the first facial image.
US12026431B2
A control device is configured to (i) define configuration data corresponding to a zone scene of a media playback system, the configuration data including an identification of at least a first zone player and a second zone player, (ii) cause a remote computing device to (a) receive the configuration data via a wide area network and (b) store the configuration data, (iii) while the first zone player and a third zone player are playing back first audio content in synchrony, display a selectable indication that, when selected, causes the zone scene to be invoked, and (iv) in response to receiving an input indicative of a selection of the selectable indication, cause the remote computing device to invoke the zone scene at the media playback system such that the first zone player and the second zone player play back second audio content in synchrony without the third zone player.
US12026429B2
Method and systems are provided for displaying a control representation in a playback zone representation provided on a playback zones view interface. The playback zones view interface allows a user to view and navigate between playback zones in a media playback system, and the control representation in the playback zone representation is selectable to allow the user to control playback of media content in the corresponding playback zone from the playback zones view interface without having to navigate to a particular playback control interface corresponding to the playback zone.
US12026426B2
A display device including a display panel including a substrate and a pixel array layer disposed on a first surface of the substrate, a sound generation device disposed on a second surface of the substrate opposite to the first surface of the substrate, and a circuit board disposed on the second surface of the substrate, in which the circuit board includes a first hole overlapping the sound generation device.
US12026423B1
A consumables dispenser can include a housing configured to receive a consumables product to be dispensed, a transceiver mounted on the housing and configured to receive selected multimedia data files from a content management system via a multimedia caching server that is in wireless communication with the content management system, and a display screen coupled to the housing and connected to the transceiver. The display screen can be configured to display the selected multimedia data files to a user of the consumables dispensers. The consumables dispenser can further include a sensor configured to detect presence or absence of the user of the consumables dispensers. Display of the selected multimedia data files on the display screen can be enabled upon detection of the user's presence and disabled upon detection of the user's absence.
US12026419B2
A display control method includes: acquiring a standard time; synchronizing an internal time referred to in processing by one display device with the standard time; detecting a reference time, which is the internal time when an image represented by an input image signal satisfies a predetermined condition; outputting the reference time to another display device of a plurality of display devices; acquiring a reference time detected in the another display device; and delaying a vertical synchronization signal by a time period from the reference time of the one display device to the reference time of the another display device, when the reference time of the another display device is later than the reference time of the one display device.
US12026418B1
A collective display and intelligent layout system and processes are disclosed for automatically updating and collectively synchronizing multiple device screens as a single collective graphical output image. The collective display and intelligent layout system and processes perform automatic intelligent layout and alignment of the multiple device screens to form an intended layout for the collective graphical output image. The collective display and intelligent layout system and processes automatically updates the single graphics output in real-time to account for added and removed device screens.
US12026417B2
An information presentation system includes a controller that controls a device included in a production line, a terminal including a display and a camera that captures an image of the device, and a server that communicates with the controller and the terminal. The camera has an image capture range including a view field of the display. The controller transmits a light emission command to the device, the light emission command causing a light emitter included in the device to emit light in a predetermined light emission pattern. The terminal displays information regarding the device in association with a display position in a display area of the display, the display position corresponding to a position of a partial image representing the light emission pattern in a captured image of the camera.
US12026413B1
In one example, a system can receive an order from a client device. The system can also receive data about a set of print queues at a set of printers via a network. The system can then determine a set of queue times corresponding to the set of print queues. Each respective queue time can be determined based on a corresponding print queue. The system can generate an estimated wait time for the order based on the set of queue times. The system can then transmit the estimated wait time to the client device for display in a graphical user interface to a user associated with the order.
US12026412B2
Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided to facilitate connections between devices, such as a printer and a cloud-based server, and to implement an adaptive application framework. In the context of an apparatus, a printer is provided comprising communications circuitry configured to facilitate communications with a network; and processing circuitry configured to transmit a connection request to the network; receive requested connection parameters from the network; transmit printer connection parameters to the network; and establish a first secure connection between the printer and the network. The printer comprising processing circuitry further configured to receive requested connection parameters comprising at least a signed security certificate and a DNS name for a server on the network and to verify the signed security certificate and the DNS name for the server. The printer comprising processing circuitry further configured to transmit printer connection parameters comprising at least a signed security certificate for the printer.
US12026403B1
A method for performing configuration management of a memory device in predetermined communications architecture with aid of electronic fuse (eFuse) data preparation, associated apparatus and computer-readable medium are provided. The method may include: utilizing a memory controller to receive a first command from a host device through a transmission interface circuit of the memory controller; utilizing the memory controller to execute at least one procedure regarding MP initialization of the memory device, for example, operations of a first procedure among the at least one procedure may include obtaining eFuse information from an eFuse circuit, preparing protected eFuse data according to the eFuse information, and storing the protected eFuse data into a non-volatile (NV) memory; and utilizing the memory controller to send a first response to the host device through the transmission interface circuit, wherein the first response is sent to the host device in response to the first command.
US12026399B2
A semiconductor apparatus includes a substrate, a first die, and a second die. The substrate includes first and second byte pads of a first channel and first and second byte pad of a second channel. First byte pads of the first die are respectively coupled to the first byte pads of the first channel, and second byte pads of the first die are respectively coupled to the second byte pads of the first channel. The second die, as disposed, is rotated by 180° with respect to the first die. First byte pads of the second die are respectively coupled to the second byte pads of the second channel, and second byte pads of the second die are respectively coupled to the first byte pads of the second channel.
US12026398B2
A memory system may include a storage medium including a buffer region and a main region; and a controller configured to, when performing a flush operation, move normal data from the buffer region to the main region and maintain pinned data in the buffer region, wherein the pinned data is data which is determined by a host device to be maintained in the buffer region irrespective of the flush operation.
US12026385B2
A processing device access a command to program data to a page in a block of a memory device. The processing device determines whether the page is a last remaining open page in the block. The processing device accesses a list that indicates enablement of a function to apply read level offsets to one or more open blocks in the memory device. The processing device determines the list includes an entry that matches to the block. The entry indicates enablement of the function to apply read level offsets to the block. The processing device disables the function based on determining the page is a last remaining open page in the block. The processing device adds the command to a prioritized queue of commands. The memory device executes commands from the prioritized queue in an order based on a priority level assigned to each command.
US12026375B2
This information processing device includes: an analysis unit that parses a program assigned to a task which is periodically executed; and an output unit. The analysis unit classifies each of at least one variable used to execute the task into a first group in which a process of reading a value from a memory is performed first and a second group in which a process of writing a value in the memory is performed first. The analysis unit determines that the necessity for a soft error measure for a variable belonging to the first group is greater than the necessity for a soft error measure for a variable belonging to the second group. The output unit outputs a determination result. Thus, a variable that requires a soft error measure can be identified.
US12026369B2
A flash memory physical interface in a host device may be configured based on a selection signal indicating whether a flash memory system is a first type or a second type. Based on the selection signal, either a first differential memory data signal input of driver circuitry or a second differential memory data signal input of the driver circuitry may be coupled to a differential data input of the flash memory system. Based on the selection signal, a differential data output of the flash memory system may be coupled to either a first differential memory data signal output of receiver circuitry or a second differential memory data signal output of the receiver circuitry.
US12026361B2
A computing system that can operate to implement an interactive graphic design system that enables users to preview and resolve input actions that cause conflict with predefined constraints.
US12026354B2
Some aspects of the disclosure provide a method for video generation. The method includes displaying, in response to an audio input operation in an audio input interface provided by a terminal device, a keyword selection interface based on a first audio that is obtained from the audio input operation. The keyword selection interface includes at least a recommended keyword that is obtained by performing a speech recognition on the first audio. The method further includes determining, in response to an editing operation on the at least the recommended keyword in the keyword selection interface, at least a target keyword, and displaying, in response to a video synthesis operation in the keyword selection interface, a video display interface, the video display interface includes a synthetic video from a video clip, and the video clip matches the target keyword.
US12026350B2
A configuration system uses multiple depth cameras to create a volumetric capture space around an electronically controllable industrial machine or system, referred to as a target system. The output of the cameras is processed to create a live 3D model of everything within the space. A remote operator can then navigate within this 3D model, for example from a desktop application, in order to view the target system from various perspectives in a live 3D telepresence. In addition to the live 3D model, a configuration system generates a 3D user interface for programming and configuring machines or target systems within the space in a spatially coherent way. Local operators can interact with the target system using mobile phones which track the target system in augmented reality. Any number of local operators can interact with a remote operator to simultaneously program and configure the target system.
US12026347B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and mobile terminals for displaying multiple application windows. One example method includes determining a window width and a window height of a first application window in a current placement direction. If a value relationship between the window width and the window height is that the window width is greater than the window height, loading a landscape display resource of the first application in the current placement direction. If a value relationship between the window width and the window height is that the window width is less than the window height, loading a portrait display resource of the first application in the current placement direction.
US12026342B2
An electronic device can include a housing, a back cover, a structural member, and a sensing circuit. The housing can at least partially define an internal volume of the electronic device and the back cover can define at least a portion of the internal volume and be connected to the housing. The structural member can be disposed against the back cover and at least partially within the internal volume, the structural member including an electronic component. The sensing circuit can be disposed in the internal volume and electrically coupled to the electronic component. The sensing circuit can detect an amount of charge of the electronic component as part of a user proximity sensor of the electronic device.
US12026336B2
Disclosed are a touch display panel and a display device, comprising touch wires. The touch wires comprises first sub-parts arranged along the first direction; the first sub-part comprises a first wiring sub-part arranged along the first direction and a first connecting sub-part connecting adjacent first wiring sub-parts. The widths of the two first connecting sub-parts connected to one first wiring sub-part are different, and/or the widths of the two first connecting sub-parts connected between two adjacent first wiring sub-parts are different.
US12026334B2
A touch panel display driver includes a source driver circuit, a touch detection circuit, a selector circuit, a register a plurality of source terminals, a plurality of touch detection terminals, and a plurality of selection terminals. The selector circuit electrically connects the source driver circuit to each of the source terminals, electrically connects the touch detection circuit to each of the touch detection terminals, and electrically connects each of the selection terminals to the source driver circuit or the touch detection circuit.
US12026317B2
An electronic device includes air input sensors that gather air input from a user's fingers, a stylus, or other object in a volume of air near the electronic device. The air input sensors include ultrasonic transducers that emit ultrasonic signals towards the volume of air and that detect the ultrasonic signals after the signals reflect from the external object. Using time-of-flight measurement techniques, control circuitry tracks the movement of the external object in the volume of air near the electronic device. A display provides visual feedback of the air input, such as shadows that preview where the input will be directed to on the display. The volume of air where input is detected is divided into multiple input zones that trigger different actions from the electronic device. The ultrasonic transducers include acoustic lenses.
US12026316B2
The present invention provides a tactile feedback device that detects a user operation based on touch without erroneous detection, providing stable tactile feedback. This device includes: an operated section that receives a user operation based on touch; a touch detection section for detecting touch on the operated section; a load detection section that detects a load on the operated section due to touch; a vibration actuator that generates vibration and outputs the vibration to the operated section; and a driving control section that drives, in response to the detection of touch and detection of load, the vibration actuator to vibrate the operated section, feeding back tactile sensation to a user, wherein the load detection section stops detection of a load during vibration.
US12026299B2
An adaptive VR system is provided, which includes a headset and a handle, the headset comprises a headset camera, a control end, and an electromagnetic receiving module, and the control end comprises a control end database and a data selection module; the handle comprises a handle camera and an electromagnetic transmitting module; the headset camera is configured to acquire an external environment image in a headset coordinate system; the handle camera is configured to acquire an external environment image in a handle coordinate system; the control end database is configured to store the external environment image of the handle coordinate system; the data selection module is configured to determine a tracking mode used for tracking the handle, the tracking mode comprising optical tracking; and the electromagnetic receiving module is connected to the data selection module.
US12026295B2
Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to pictograms as digitally recognizable tangible controls. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a user system can include a processing component and a memory component. The memory component can include instructions of a pictogram digitization module. The user system can capture, via a camera component, an image containing a pictogram that is a digitally recognizable tangible manifestation of a digital control. The user system can determine, via the pictogram digitization module, the digital control associated with the pictogram. The user system can implement, via the pictogram digitization module, the digital control. The digital control can include a digital content, an action, or a context. The user system can create, via the pictogram digitization module, a digital interface that includes the digital control. In some embodiments, the pictogram includes a formal pictogram. In other embodiments, the pictogram includes an informal pictogram.
US12026288B2
A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided for using confidential computing to execute code on sensitive data in an encrypted area of an apparatus limiting access to data and code to only their respective owners. Methods may include: generating an outer enclave and at least one inner enclave within the outer enclave; providing an outer enclave key and an inner enclave key to a service provider; providing an inner enclave key to a data provider; receiving, from the data provider, a data retrieval location; processing data from the respective retrieval location at the data provider inner enclave using data provider code to generate data provider processed data; providing the data provider processed data to the service provider inner enclave; and processing the data provider processed data with service provider code to generate resultant data; decrypting the resultant data in the outer enclave.
US12026287B2
This document describes systems and techniques for improving the integrity and protecting the security of information in content selection and distribution. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, by a first server of a secure multi-party computation (MFC) system from an application on a user device, a request for a digital component. The request is parsed into distinct sub-requests. Each sub-request is transmitted to a different server. A set of candidate selection values is received from a separate server. The first server performs, in collaboration with one or more second servers of the MFC system, a selection process to generate a selection result for a winning digital component, including merging, the first set of candidate selection values and a set of cached selection values to create a final set of candidate selection values and sorting the final set according to the values of the candidate selection values.
US12026282B2
The disclosure relates to a method for processing data recorded by a motor vehicle. In a first step, at least one set of parameters for a temporal and spatial obfuscation of the recorded data is received. An item of data recorded by a motor vehicle is additionally received. A temporal and spatial obfuscation is then applied to the received item of data using the at least one received set of parameters. The obfuscated item of data is finally forwarded for further processing. The obfuscation may take place within the motor vehicle or in a back end connected to the motor vehicle.
US12026281B2
The present invention relates to a method for creating avatars from an initial sensitive data set stored in a database of a computer system, the initial data comprising attributes relating to a plurality of individuals, the method comprising: a) choosing a number {k} of nearest neighbors to be used from all the individuals in the initial data set, b) identifying, for attributes relating to a given individual, the k nearest neighbors from among the other individuals in the data set, c) generating, for at least one attribute relating to said individual, a new attribute value from quantities which are characteristic of the attribute in the identified k nearest neighbors and weighted by a coefficient, and d) creating avatar data comprising the new attribute value(s), so as to ensure the sensitive data relating to the individual are non-identifiable.
US12026278B2
A system for securely storing personal information and memories of a user, such as through a software application, is disclosed. In particular, the system may utilize the application to transition the personal information and memories from cloud storage to cold storage and/or to an air-gapped data storage system. The personal information and memories of the user may be secured by the system using blockchain technology, multi-factor authentication, and/or other security technologies. The system may ensure that the information is highly secured until the user has passed and a next of kin of the user and/or other intended recipient of the user's information successfully authenticates with the system, such as by presenting a valid death certificate and/or acceptable credential. If the intended recipient of the data successfully provides a valid death certificate and/or credential, the intended recipient may be provided with access to the data associated with the user.
US12026277B2
An electronic device includes a communication module, a processor, and a memory storing instructions, and the processor executes instructions to implement operations including: receiving a request to update first user information from an external electronic device through the communication module, identifying a processing order of the update of the first user information for the plurality of service servers, based on the stored relationship information, and transmit the request for processing the first user information to at least a first service server from among the plurality of service servers through the communication module, based on the identified processing order.
US12026275B2
In a method for electronic data card enhancements, at least one electronic data card may be requested containing data within a plurality of data elements. At least one value adding feature may be determined applicable to the data. Additionally, the at least one value adding feature may be applied to the data, and the at least one electronic data card may be presented containing data and the applied at least one value adding feature of the data.
US12026274B2
A method includes receiving a permission request from a user to perform an operation in a computer environment. Data elements of operations previously performed by a plurality of users are received. A set of operation types are generated by identifying data elements of operations previously performed by other users of the plurality of users having operation types performed by the user. The data elements in the set are mapped into a graph database. Permission messages are generated with a correct response identified from a data attribute from a specific operation type previously performed by the user, and wrong responses identified from the specific operation type previously performed by the other users. An accumulated probability based on the permission respond message is computed using the graph database. The user is tagged based on the accumulated probability as a permissioned user for performing the operation, or a non-permissioned violator user.
US12026271B2
A processor of a medical device configured to communicate with a remote server can be programmed to protect the medical device from exposure to unauthorized or malicious software. A system or method to implement this form of protection can include, for example, at least one processor on the medical device, a control software module that controls the operation of the medical device and is executable on the processor, a data management module that manages data flow to and from the control software module from sources external to the medical device, and an agent module that has access to a limited number of designated memory locations in the medical device. In addition, a hemodialysis apparatus can be configured to operate in conjunction with an apparatus for providing purified water from a source such as a municipal water supply or a well. A system for controlling delivery of purified water to the hemodialysis apparatus can comprise a therapy controller of the hemodialysis apparatus configured to communicate with a controller of a water purification device, and a user interface controller of the hemodialysis apparatus configured to communicate with the therapy controller, and to send data to and receive data from a user interface.
US12026269B2
Image processing device security is provided herein. A method can include assembling, by a first system comprising a processor using a first virtual machine enabled via the first system, raw input data captured by an image capture device from an input image, resulting in assembled input data; generating, by the first system using a second virtual machine that is enabled via the first system and distinct from the first virtual machine, an output image from the assembled input data; reading, by the first system in response to the generating, the output image; and preventing, by the first system, a second system, distinct from the first system, from accessing the output image in response to the reading resulting in execution of unauthorized instructions at the first system.
US12026249B2
Methods, media and systems for screening content for malicious content in a web browser are disclosed. Document object model (DOM) elements are retrieved from the content displayed in the web browser. A link to visit a web site included in the DOM elements is identified. The identified link is compared to a list of permitted sources. Information is scanned to determine whether the information matches records of content transmitted by a primary source among the permitted sources. An alert is generated after determining a mismatch between the information in the DOM elements and records of content transmitted by the primary source.
US12026248B2
A system and method for identifying device attributes based on string field conventions. A method includes applying at least one machine learning model to an application data set extracted based on a string indicated in a field of device data corresponding to a device, wherein each of the at least one machine learning model is trained based on a training data set including a plurality of second strings and a plurality of device attribute labels, wherein each device attribute label corresponds to a respective second string of the plurality of second strings, wherein each of the at least one machine learning model is configured to output a predicted device attribute for the device based on the first string; and identifying, based on the output of the at least one machine learning model, a device attribute of the device.
US12026245B2
Methods and devices are disclosed. A method, performed in a user application, of creating a trusted bond between a hearing device and the user application is disclosed, wherein the method comprises obtaining first authentication material; transmitting a first authentication request comprising a first authentication type identifier and first authentication data to the hearing device; receiving an authentication response comprising an authentication key identifier; storing an authentication key and the authentication key identifier, wherein the authentication key is based on the first authentication material; and connecting the user application to the hearing device using the authentication key and the authentication key identifier.
US12026234B2
The present disclosure relates to computer-implemented systems and methods for training and using generative adversarial networks. In one implementation, a system for training a generative adversarial network may include at least one processor that may provide a first plurality of images including representations of a feature-of-interest and indicators of locations of the feature-of-interest and use the first plurality and indicators to train an object detection network. Further, the processor(s) may provide a second plurality of images including representations of the feature-of-interest, and apply the trained object detection network to the second plurality to produce a plurality of detections of the feature-of-interest. Additionally, the processor(s) may provide manually set verifications of true positives and false positives with respect to the plurality of detections, use the verifications to train a generative adversarial network, and retrain the generative adversarial network using at least one further set of images, further detections, and further manually set verifications.
US12026231B2
Provided is a method of creating a local database for local optimization of an object detector based on a deep neural network. The method includes performing preprocessing on an image extracted from real-time collected or pre-collected images from an edge device, modeling a static background image based on the image received through the pre-processing unit and calculating a difference image between a current input image and a background model to model a dynamic foreground image, detecting an object image from the image based on a training model, and creating a local database based on the background image, the foreground image synthesized with the background image, and the object image synthesized with the background image.
US12026229B2
A method is provided. The method includes generating a set of candidate training data based on a simulated environment and a first set of environmental parameters. The method also includes training a machine learning model based on the set of candidate training data. The method further includes obtaining a set of segmentations based on the machine learning model and a set of test data. The method further includes determining whether a mean intersection-over-union (MIOU) of the set of segmentations has increased by more than a threshold change. The method further includes generating a next set of candidate training data based on the simulated environment and a second set of environmental parameters for the simulated environment, in response to determining that the MIOU has increased by more than the threshold MIOU amount.
US12026223B2
A method and a computer system for preflighting a graphics artwork file. The method includes storing rules corresponding to an object, a set of recognition inputs for identifying the object, and a graphics artwork file to be preflighted. An image is rendered from the graphics artwork file and machine vision identifies a representation of the object in the rendered image, a characteristic of the object, and a value for the characteristic. The identified characteristic value is checked against corresponding values embodied in the rules, and an output of the checking step is provided. The system comprises at least one computer processor, an input, an output, and a plurality of computer memory modules for storing the rules, the recognition inputs, the artwork file, and instructions for performing the rendering, the machine vision, and the checking method.
US12026220B2
Techniques for an iterative singular spectrum analysis are provided. In one technique, a first analysis, of time series data, is performed that results in a first reconstructed version of the time series data. The first analysis, of the time series data and a portion of the first reconstructed version, is then performed that results in a second reconstructed version of the time series data. Based on a termination condition, it is determined whether to perform the first analysis relative to a portion of a third reconstructed version of the time series data. A second analysis, of the time series data and a portion of a fourth reconstructed version of the time series data, is performed that results in a fifth reconstructed version of the time series data. The second analysis is different than the first analysis. A difference between the time series data and the fifth reconstructed version data is computed.
US12026216B2
A method and system for a website building system (WBS) integrating at least one third party application includes detecting the presence of a spider associated with a search engine; parsing the output of said least one third party application to determine non-text components according to a request from said search engine spider, said non-text components having encoded or interleaved text, extracting said encoded or interleaved text from said non-text components; creating a search engine friendly page containing said extracted text; and providing said search engine friendly page to said spider.
US12026214B2
Certain aspects of the technology disclosed herein involve managing a connection between users of a first profile class and users of a second profile class based on proximity. Location data from a first mobile device is used to determine that a first user of a first class is within a first proximity of a property. The property has at least one parameter identified in a user profile of the first user of the first class. Location data from a second mobile device is used to determine that a second user of a second class is within a second proximity of the property. A notification is transmitted to the first mobile device identifying the property, and at least the second user of the second class. A message is received from the first mobile device indicating selection of the second user. The first mobile device connects with the second mobile device.
US12026212B2
Systems and methods to generate creator page recommendations for content creators within a membership platform based on classification of content creators are described herein. Exemplary implementations may: obtain new creator information; obtain existing creator information; classify individual existing content creators into modality classes and/or genre classes based on the existing creator information; classify individual new content creators into the modality classes and/or the genre classes based on the new creator information; generate relationship information establishing relationships between the new content creators and the existing content creators; generate one or more creator page recommendations based on the relationship information; effectuate presentation of the one or more creator page recommendations; and/or perform other operations.
US12026206B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media for creating custom system generated hyperlinks for predefined search queries at an external website. The system stores, in a data storage device, a set of custom URL templates, the custom URL templates defining required data fields to concatenate as parameters for a website link. The system obtains user information about a user where the information includes at least a first name and last name of the user. The system retrieves from the data storage device the set of custom URL templates. The system generates multiple website links based on the retrieved custom URL templates, where the generated website link includes a domain name of a website, and concatenated fields that are parameter specific to the website. The system then displays, via a user interface, a representation of the generated website links for selection by a user.
US12026196B2
An audio file associated with a user voice query may be received at a user device. The audio file may be compared to a plurality of references, such as cache entries, corresponding to a plurality of other voice queries. Based on a determination that the voice query corresponds to one of the references, an operation associated with the voice query may be executed. An indication may be received that the operation was not an intended operation associated with the voice query. Based on receiving this indication, the incorrectly identified operation, associated reference, e.g., voice query, may be disabled for the user or the device. However, the cache entry may remain enabled for one or more of a plurality of other devices.
US12026191B2
A system (100) for processing biology-related data comprises one or more processors (110) coupled to one or more storage devices (120). The system (100) is configured to receive biology-related image-based search data (103) and configured to generate a first high-dimensional representation of the biology-related image-based search data (103) by a trained visual recognition machine-learning algorithm executed by the one or more processors (110). The first high-dimensional representation comprises at least 3 entries each having a different value. Further, the system (100) is configured to obtain a plurality of second high-dimensional representations (105) of a plurality of biology-related image-based input data sets or of a plurality of biology-related language-based input data sets. Additionally, the system (100) is configured to compare the first high-dimensional representation with each second high-dimensional representation (105) of the plurality of second high-dimensional representations by the one or more processors (110).
US12026183B2
Generating a compliance framework. The compliance framework facilitates an organization's compliance with multiple authority documents by providing efficient methodologies and refinements to existing technologies, such as providing hierarchical fidelity to the original authority document; separating auditable citations from their context (e.g., prepositions and or informational citations); asset focused citations; SNED and Live values, among others.
US12026182B2
An apparatus comprises a processing device configured to select a first data field of a first type that is associated with a second data field of a second type in a document, to determine an embedding of terms of unstructured text data in the first data field and to identify a subset of paired data fields from an unstructured text database based at least in part on metrics characterizing similarity between (i) the embedding of terms in the first data field and (ii) embeddings of terms in data fields of the first type in the paired data fields. The processing device is further configured to determine syntactic differences between the unstructured text data in the first data field and the identified subset of paired data fields, and to provide recommendations for unstructured text data to fill the second data field in the document based on the syntactic differences.
US12026180B2
An online system leverages stored interactions with items made by users after the online system received queries to determine display of items satisfying the query. For example, the online system trains a model to predict a likelihood of a user performing an interaction with an item displayed after a query was received. As different items receive different amounts of interaction from users, limited historical interaction with certain items may limit accuracy of the model. The online system generates embeddings for previously received queries and uses measures of similarity between embeddings for queries to generate clusters of queries. Previous interactions with queries in a cluster are combined, with the combined data being used for determining display of items in response to a query.
US12026172B2
An apparatus includes a memory and a processor. The processor receives a request to validate target data against source data. The processor identifies a disagreement between an element of source data and a corresponding element of target data. The disagreement indicates that the ordered set of alphanumeric characters representing the source element is different from the ordered set of alphanumeric characters representing the target element. In response to identifying the disagreement, the processor determines that the source element does not match the target element, where the source element includes a first value stored according to a first format, and the target element includes a second value stored according to a second format. In response, the processor extracts an element of the source data corresponding to the source element, transforms this element from the first format to the second format, and loads it into the target data.
US12026164B1
Systems and techniques are provided for processing streaming data. For example, a process can include obtaining, by an edge device, a plurality of data streams corresponding to objects, activities, or events registered in an edge environment associated with the edge device. One or more machine learning networks implemented on the edge device can generate a plurality of features and/or embeddings corresponding to each respective data stream of the plurality of data streams. The edge device can determine a subset of salient content from the plurality of data streams, based on analyzing the plurality of features and/or embeddings generated for each respective data stream. The edge device can generate index information corresponding to the determined subset of salient content. The subset of salient content and the generated index information can be stored locally at the edge device for search and retrieval based on local queries received at the edge device.
US12026156B2
Systems, methods, and related technologies for classification are described. Network traffic from a network may be accessed and an entity may be selected. One or more values associated with one or more properties associated with the entity may be determined. The one or more values may be accessed from the network traffic. A search query based on the one or more values associated with the one or more properties associated with the entity is determined and performed. A search query result is received and the search query result comprises a plurality of webpages. Data from a webpage of the plurality of webpages is accessed. A classification result of the entity is determined, by a processing device, based on the data from the webpage of the plurality of webpages. The classification result is stored.
US12026153B2
Systems, methods, and devices for tracking a series of changes to database data are disclosed. A method includes executing a transaction to modify data in a micro-partition of a table of a database by generating a new micro-partition that embodies the transaction. The method includes associating transaction data with the new micro-partition, wherein the transaction data comprises a timestamp when the transaction was fully executed, and further includes associating modification data with the new micro-partition that comprises an indication of one or more rows of the table that were modified by the transaction. The method includes joining the transaction data with the modification data to generate joined data and querying the joined data to determine a listing of intermediate modifications made to the table between a first timestamp and a second timestamp.
US12026142B2
A method for processing data, applied in an electronic device, obtains dimensions of a target data set by dimensionality reduction processing, and creates a search index based on the target data set. A denominator d of a noise ratio is set. An unlabeled data point P is selected from the target data set, and neighbors of the data point P are searched for according to the search index to obtain a neighbor data set. A number of data in the neighbor data set of a type which is different from type of the data point P is calculated, the calculated number is set to be a numerator c of the noise ratio. The noise ratio A=c/d is calculated, and if greater than a preset noise ratio, the data point P is labeled as noise data. The present disclosure shortens the time of processing training data.
US12026141B2
Data storage system conflict management techniques are described. In one example, data is sent by client devices to both a repository system and a search index system of a data storage system. Each of the client devices maintains, locally, records of changes to data of the repository system, e.g., through use of an invertible Bloom lookup table. The records are used as a basis by the client devices to send reports to an arbiter system and used to detect conflicts When detected, a conflict request is communicated to client devices involved in the conflict as well as to the repository system and responses used to generate a correction that is communicated to update the repository system and search index system.
US12026135B1
A data management system includes a computing device. The computing device includes one or more processors to execute instructions stored in memory of the computing device. The instructions, when executed by the computer device, cause the computing device to receive an indication that multiple data elements are ready for evaluation, as well as determine whether metadata registration for the multiple data elements is valid. The instructions also cause the computing device to determine a data quality of the multiple data elements by evaluating multiple data elements based on multiple data quality dimensions including at least two of: validity, completeness, uniqueness, accuracy, consistency, and timeliness. The instructions also cause the computing device to provide an indication of the data quality of the multiple data elements via a graphical user interface (GUI) generated via a centralized data mart.
US12026134B2
Embodiments of the system in includes data set analytics to identify one or more dataset utilized by a workflow. The data set analytics identifies upstream data sets referenced by the data sets utilized by the workflow. The set of all data sets relevant to the workflow are considered applicable data sets, and are analyzed. The data set analytics determines a usage pattern of each of the applicable data sets by the workflow, and identifies one or more data quality assertions for each of the applicable of data sets based on the usage pattern. The data set analytics further perform a quality evaluation of the applicable data sets by applying data quality assertions to the applicable data sets used by the workflow.
US12026128B2
An online document system can allow users to participate in collaborative negotiation of documents stored with in the online document system. To facilitate negotiations between multiple entities (each potentially including multiple users with different roles in the negotiation), the online document system includes a permissions system that allows per-clause control over user's access to propose and approve changes to a negotiated document. Similarly, the user interfaces for viewing a negotiated document provided by the online document system to users can depend on the role of that user in editing the document and the current stage of the negotiation of the document. Finally, the online document system can track agreement between sides in a negotiation on a per-clause basis and can otherwise help facilitate the negotiation of the document.
US12026125B2
In an example of an embodiment of the invention, data is replaced by a digest of the data to decrease storage requirements. When the format of the data is not known, a repeating pattern is identified within stored data comprising a plurality of data files, each data file comprising at least a header section and a data section. At least one occurrence of the repeating pattern is identified as a header section of a respective data file, and a data section of the respective data file is identified based, at least in part, on a location of the at least one occurrence of the repeating pattern. The identified data section of the respective data file is backed up. Systems are also disclosed.
US12026116B2
Examples described herein include a system comprising: a processing unit package comprising: at least one core and at least one offload processing device communicatively coupled inline between the at least one core and a network interface controller, the at least one offload processing device configurable to perform packet processing. In some examples, the at least one offload processing device is to allow mapping of packet processing pipeline stages of networking applications among software running on the at least one core and the at least one offload processing device to permit flexible entry, exit, and re-entry points among the at least one core and the at least one offload processing device.
US12026111B2
A low pin count (LPC) bus serial interrupt system includes: an interrupt direction signal generator configured to determine a current interrupt direction signal according to whether a host currently sends a first interrupt signal to an external device; and a level-shifter configured to convert a voltage level of a signal exchanged between the host and the external device according to the current interrupt direction signal.
US12026107B2
A command control system is provided which is configured to optimally set an output timing of a RAS command and an output timing of a CAS command for access requests different from each other. The command control system is configured to, when an output timing of a second RAS command is set in a first cycle time period which is a cycle starting from the reference time point, determine whether or not the second RAS command is output to a storage device in the first cycle time period in accordance with whether or not an output timing of a first CAS command is set in a second cycle time period constituted by a prescribed number of the cycles subsequent to the reference time point.
US12026103B1
A resource request is received by a peripheral device from host processing logic. The resource request includes a requested resource size. The peripheral device allocates resource of the peripheral device in response to the resource request. A resource response is sent by the peripheral device to the host processing logic. The resource response includes a location of the allocated resource.
US12026101B2
A method of operating a host device includes monitoring execution of a command sequence corresponding to a specific situation, determining whether working file set information for the command sequence is present in a database, transferring a logical address corresponding to the working file set information to a device driver driving a storage device when the working file set information is present in the database, requesting map information corresponding to the logical address from the storage device, receiving the map information from the storage device, and storing the map information in a buffer memory.
US12026091B2
A technique includes allocating, by a memory manager, a first region of a memory. The allocation includes selecting a logically contiguous first lane of the memory. The first lane is associated with a first identifier. The allocation further includes selecting a logically contiguous second lane of the memory. The second lane is a child of the first lane, and the second lane is orthogonal to the first lane. The second lane is associated with a second identifier. The technique includes, responsive to a request to access the first region, managing, by the memory manager, the access to the first region based on the first identifier and the second identifier.
US12026090B2
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for performing Telecom Day 0 tasks as concrete examples of the general model-based, event-driven, policy-controlled platform that generates a customized DevOp automation plan from a generic template, which describes a single platform-based workflow for automating related DevOps tasks end-to-end (e.g., across stages and teams) and top-to-bottom (e.g., across all layers—application, infrastructure and network) for an efficient, seamless, transparent and scalable process. The single, platform-based process commences with a submission that is the onboarding of a new or updated code-package or a composition of objects as a service (higher-level object). The single, platform-based process ends with the registration of the application in a catalog or returns the submission to the submitter for re-working. These capabilities automate continuous delivery, enabling agile development with a consistent developer experience.
US12026088B2
An approach for assisting software developers to fill the data gap and reproducing client application issue using reported reproducing steps is disclosed. The approach involves constructing service request/response sequence (from the developer's side based on the limited data) from customer's reproducing steps and developer's running inspection result and perform UI-service mapping, redirecting service call to data simulator which replay the service request and response, and adjusting service response with multiple data sources and policies. Lastly, the approach can transform the issue to an automatic test script with the service response in a mockup function (e.g., can be used to extend test data and enhance test cases).
US12026085B1
Disclosed are systems and methods for debugging program code using a computing system. The disclosed method includes designating a control point in a software application subject to a debugging procedure, and then executing the program code for the software application as a guest application executing within a virtual machine. Upon detection of a virtualization event, the hardware processor transfers program control to a hypervisor which then determines whether the virtualization event corresponds to the designated control point based on an execution state of the guest application. If so, the virtualization event handler may generate a debugging event that is used by a debugger.
US12026082B2
Systems and methods for providing an automated quality assurance framework for infrastructure as code (“IaC”) implementations are provided. Pull requests with proposed change to existing IaC source code (“changed code”) are received from user devices, each associated with either a service enablement team member or an applications development team member. Team specific versions of the quality assurance framework are automatically triggered for the changed code which require successful passage through multiple modules in a successive manner before automatically being merged into the existing IaC source code.
US12026075B2
A power supply health check system for checking a health state of an under-test power supply is provided. The under-test power supply supplies power to a main board which has a voltage signal during operation. The health check system includes a detecting module, a deep learning model, and a processing unit. The detecting module is electrically connected to the main board to detect the voltage signal and convert the voltage signal into a digital signal. The deep learning model is established by using frequency-domain voltage data of a plurality of healthy power. The processing unit is configured to: collect the digital signal and store the digital signal as under-test time-domain voltage data; convert the under-test time-domain voltage data into under-test frequency-domain voltage data; and calculate, based on the under-test frequency-domain voltage data and the deep learning model, a health indicator for determining the health state of the under-test power supply.
US12026071B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method for storage management, an electronic device, and a computer program product. According to an example implementation of the present disclosure, a method for storage management is provided, which comprises receiving an access request for target metadata from a user at a node among a plurality of nodes included in a data protection system, wherein the access request includes an identification of the target metadata; based on the identification, acquiring target access information corresponding to the identification from a set of access information for the user, wherein the target access information records information related to access to the target metadata; and if the target access information is acquired, determining the target metadata based on the target access information.
US12026065B1
A method for managing network attached storage (NAS) assets includes obtaining, by a backup manager, a backup request for backing up the NAS assets, in response to the backup request: determining a number of streams available to be performed in parallel by a set of backup agents, assigning a pre-backup operation to a first stream of the streams to obtain a set of slices for a first NAS asset of the NAS assets, initiating a first slice distribution of the set of slices to the set of backup agents based on the number of streams, assigning a second pre-backup operation to a second stream of the streams to obtain a second set of slices for a second NAS asset of the NAS assets, and storing the set of slices and the second set of slices in a backup storage system.
US12026061B1
Restoring a cloud-based storage system to a selected state, including: generating, over a period of time, one or more snapshot states of a cloud-based storage system, wherein each of the one or more snapshot states describes a respective configuration of the cloud-based storage system at a respective point in time within the period of time; providing, to a computing process, one or more selectable states corresponding to the one or more snapshot states of the cloud-based storage system; and transitioning, in response to a selection of a particular snapshot state from among the one or more snapshot states, the configuration of the cloud-based storage system from a current state to the particular snapshot state.
US12026059B2
A method for managing a block-based backup (BBB) includes: obtaining file system metadata, in which the file system metadata is for a file system on a production host; obtaining application metadata from the production host on which an application is executing; identifying assets in the file system metadata based on the application metadata to generate identified assets; generating a virtual file system for the application using the identified assets, in which the virtual file system does not include assets that are not part of the identified assets; receiving a request from the application to access a selected asset, in which the selected asset is one of the identified assets; and providing, using the file system metadata, access to the application for the selected asset in the BBB.
US12026050B2
A double data rate dual-in-line memory module (DDR DIMM), a memory system and an operation method thereof using a data buffer for error correction are disclosed. In an example, the DDR DIMM includes a first channel including a first group of DRAM chips and a first data buffer corresponding to the first group of DRAM chips; wherein: the first data buffer is configured to obtain all write data signals input to the first channel, encode write data of all the write data signals to generate a first ECC, and send the first ECC and the write data to the first group of DRAM chips in a write operation. The disclosure can realize excellent error detection and error correction within the memory module and can greatly reduce bit error rate of the entire memory module.
US12026045B2
An example method of propagating fault domain topology information in a distributed container orchestration system includes: receiving, at control plane software executing in a data center, the fault domain topology, which includes tags for a protection group and fault domains for remote sites in communication with the data center; deploying, by a master server of the distributed container orchestration system that executes in the data center, a node pool comprising virtual machines (VMs) executing in servers of the remote sites, the VMs being nodes of the distributed container orchestration system in which containers execute; determining, by a controller of the master server, relationships among the VMs, the servers, the protection group, and the fault domains based on state of resources maintained by the master server; and providing, by the controller, labels to the servers for associating the tags of the protection group and the fault domains to the VMs.
US12026035B2
A computing system for adjusting voltage regulation including a main processing module, a secondary processing module that executes requested computation tasks, and a voltage regulation module connected to the secondary processing module that regulates its output voltage according to a regulation law depending on at least one regulation parameter. The system also includes a first digital bus that transfers requested computation tasks from the main processing module to the secondary processing module and transfers results of the requested computation tasks from the secondary processing module to the main processing module. The system also includes a second digital bus that transfers regulation parameters from the main processing module to the voltage regulation module.
US12026026B2
An electronic device includes a heat generating body including a first heat dissipation member on a first surface, a battery including a second heat dissipation member on a second surface, a third heat dissipation member in contact with a support body, and a fourth heat dissipation member. The fourth heat dissipation member is sandwiched between the first heat dissipation member and the third heat dissipation member in a state in which at least a portion of the fourth heat dissipation member is in contact with the first surface via the first heat dissipation member, and an other portion of the fourth heat dissipation member is in contact with the second surface of the battery via the second heat dissipation member.
US12026020B2
Dust mitigation techniques are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first component coupled in a movable relationship with a second component. The first component or the second component includes a recess accessible through an aperture. The apparatus also includes a brush disposed at the aperture and comprising fibers configured to prevent intrusion of dust into the recess. The apparatus also includes a vibration device configured to deliver a vibrational stimulus to the brush, wherein the vibration device activates a dust collection mode in response to a first movement of the first component relative to the second component and activates a dust shedding mode in response to a second movement of the first component relative to the second component.
US12026019B2
A portable information handling system having a portable housing with first and second housing portions rotationally coupled by a hinge having an adjustable torque and a sensor disposed at a front corner of a housing portion reduces torque provided by the hinge when in a closed position and an indication is sensed of an end user opening the housing portions. Reducing torque of the hinge that resists housing rotation from the closed position aids an end user in a single handed rotation of the housing to an open position by allowing the weight of the housing to be sufficient to hold the housing in place on a support surface while the housing rotates open.
US12026015B2
This display device comprises: a housing; a roller; a display panel; a module cover that has a plurality of segments sequentially arranged in the vertical direction of the display panel from the rear side of the display panel, and winds or unwinds from the roller together with the display panel; a foldable link that is located on the rear side of the display panel, and has one side pivotably connected to the housing and the other side pivotably connected to the upper side of the module cover so as to keep the display panel and the module cover erect while unwinding the same from the roller; a speaker assembly that is installed inside the housing and has a curved surface corresponding to the curvature of the roller and spaced apart from the outer circumferential surface of the roller; and a buffering member that is fixed to the curved surface of the speaker assembly between the curved surface of the speaker assembly and the outer circumferential surface of the roller.
US12026012B2
A head-mounted device includes a first housing, two second housings, a lacing assembly and a tightness adjustment mechanism. The lacing assembly comprises a first head band and a second head band, and one end of the first head band and one end of the second head band are overlapped and connected to form an overlapping portion. A ratchet pawl mechanism of the tightness adjustment mechanism has a ratchet pawl mechanism, and the tightness adjustment mechanism is matched with the overlapping portion through the ratchet pawl mechanism to adjust a length of the overlapping portion. The present disclosure provides a tightness adjustment mechanism, which can adjust the tightness of the first head band and the second head band by adjusting the length of the overlapping portion of the ratchet pawl mechanism.
US12026009B2
Quadrature clock generation circuits and techniques are disclosed. An example quadrature clock generator includes an in-phase (I) clock generation circuit to generate an I clock signal based on a reference clock signal, the I clock signal and the reference clock signal each having a first frequency, a quadrature phase (Q) clock generation circuit to generate a Q clock signal based on the reference clock signal, a rise time control signal, and a fall time control signal, the Q clock signal having the first frequency, and a control circuit to generate the rise time control signal and the fall time control signal based on the I clock signal and the Q clock signal.
US12026003B2
Proposed is an operation apparatus for a vehicle, the apparatus includes a panel with an opening, an operation module capable of moving, through the opening, between a first position and a second position spaced apart from each other in a front-back direction, a first rotary link and a second rotary link, each configured to be rotatably provided at a rear of the operation module and to be paired with each other, a drive source configured to provide a driving force for rotating the first rotary link and the second rotary link, and a cam mechanism configured to connect the first rotary link and the second rotary link to the operation module, to induce an angular motion in which the first rotary link and the second rotary link are rotated in opposite directions, and to move the operation module to the first position or the second position.
US12025997B2
A pressure regulator device for use within a pressure-regulated fluid storage and dispensing vessel primarily in low flow, low delivery pressure applications. Regulator stiction challenges have been solved with an improved poppet assembly using different poppet element configurations as well as an improved bellows structure in the pressure-sensing assembly that provides more flexibility during contraction and expansion of the diaphragm elements.
US12025993B2
An example method involves determining an expected demand level for a first type of a plurality of types of transport tasks for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the first type of transport tasks associated with a first payload type. Each of the UAVs is physically reconfigurable between at least a first and a second configuration corresponding to the first payload type and a second payload type, respectively. The method also involves determining based on the expected demand level for the first type of transport tasks, (i) a first number of UAVs having the first configuration and (ii) a second number of UAVs having the second configuration. The method further involves, at or near a time corresponding to the expected demand level, providing one or more UAVs to perform the transport tasks, including at least the first number of UAVs.
US12025989B2
A traveling vehicle system includes a plurality of traveling vehicles, a controller that controls the plurality of transport vehicles, a traveling region of the traveling vehicles having a plurality of blocking sections each of which undergoes exclusive control to prohibit another traveling vehicle from moving thereinto. The traveling vehicle makes a request to the controller for occupation permissions regarding a plurality of blocking sections to be occupied by the traveling vehicle and are designated by instructions. The controller then determines, among the plurality of blocking sections for which the traveling vehicle makes a request for occupation permissions, one or more of the blocking sections that are able to allow permissions consecutively from an end thereof to be primarily occupied, based on the traveling direction of the traveling vehicle, and the controller grants the traveling vehicle the permissions for one or more blocking sections determined to allow the permissions.
US12025987B2
Described herein are systems and methods for operating a mobile robot in an environment according to a coverage path generated using an environment map. The path includes a set of linear path segments connected by a number of turns therebetween, and the path minimizes or reduces the number of turns that the robot makes as it traverses the environment. An exemplary system includes at least one controller that partitions the environment map into regions with respective orientations based on the region's dimensional information and neighboring regions' properties, decomposes the regions into parallel ranks, and generates a coverage path using the ranks. One or more mobile robots can accomplish designated missions such as cleaning in the environment when moving along their respectively identified path.
US12025985B2
Apparatus and methods for controlling a path of an autonomous mobile device based upon defining a series of origination positions and destination positions, each destination position correlating with position coordinates. A current position of an autonomous vehicle is determined via location automation such as real time communication systems and an approved pathway is generated to guide the autonomous vehicle. The position coordinates may be a set of values that accurately define a position in two dimensional 2D or three-dimensional (3D) space. Position coordinates may include cartesian coordinates.
US12025965B2
A system, a device, a method, a communication protocol, and/or the like, for energy management in a fragment, heterogeneous, electrical grid. The grid may include multiple types of power generation systems, electrical energy storage systems, electrical loads, and efficiently managing these systems may require elements that will bridge the technology gap of these systems, as well as provide best-effort power generation and consumption in order to stabilize the grid. These techniques are especially important in differentiated electric energy networks, such as micro-grids, island grids, virtual power plants, and/or the like.
US12025958B2
A control method includes acquiring time information including a wake-up set time; acquiring a sleep state of a sleeper who is stimulated by a stimulation device; determining a change of the sleep state; causing the stimulation device to start increasing a stimulus which urges the sleeper to awake at a control start time as time before the wake-up set time by a predetermined time period; and controlling a change amount of the stimulus based on the change of the sleep state with the stimulus.
US12025957B2
A method for controlling an electronic watch that includes a first pointing hand, a first motor configured to move the first pointing hand, a second pointing hand, a second motor configured to move the second pointing hand, and a pressure sensor configured to measure a pressure, the method including, when start of diving is detected based on a pressure measured by the pressure sensor, controlling the first motor and the second motor, and indicating with the first pointing hand and the second pointing hand a water depth based on the pressure and a diving time period.
US12025954B2
A display mechanism for n moonphases for a timepiece, where n≥3, includes a first wheel and pinion having a night-time background and a portion of lunar background and a second wheel and pinion superposed on the first, the second having a night-time background and moonphase profiles, with the first and second pivoting about one axis. The first wheel and pinion is driven at a constant velocity, and that the second can be driven in rotation at the same velocity and direction as the first during a moonphase display period during which a portion of lunar background of the first and a moonphase profile of the second corresponding to the moonphase to be displayed are superposed, revealing the moonphase. The second wheel and pinion is offset from the first by a repositioning angle during a transitional period between the current and following display periods, revealing the following moonphase.
US12025949B2
A sheet cooling apparatus includes: a fixing device that fixes a toner image on a sheet; an ejection section that ejects the sheet on which the toner image has been fixed; a stacking section that stacks the sheet ejected by the ejection section; an air blowing device that blows air; a first air blowing path that guides the air from the air blowing device so that the air passes through the ejection section; and a second air blowing path that guides the air so as to suppress inflow of the air into the stacking section in a state where the first air blowing path is blocked by the sheet ejected by the ejection section.
US12025947B1
A toner container according to one example embodiment includes a latch catch projecting upward on a top of a body of the toner container. The latch catch is spaced from a second longitudinal end of the body and positioned closer to the second longitudinal end of the body than to a first longitudinal end of the body. The latch catch includes a first contact surface that faces toward the second longitudinal end of the body for contacting a first corresponding surface of a latch in an image forming device to restrain the toner container along a longitudinal dimension of the toner container in a direction from the first longitudinal end of the body toward the second longitudinal end of the body when the toner container is in an installed position in the image forming device.
US12025942B2
An image forming apparatus is configured to perform image forming processing. The image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum, a main motor configured to generate a driving force, a drum clutch having a transmission state in which the driving force is transmitted to the photosensitive drum and a disconnected state in which the driving force is not transmitted to the photosensitive drum, a sheet sensor configured to detect a rear edge of a sheet upstream of the photosensitive drum in a sheet conveying direction, and a controller. In a case where a start command for subsequent image forming processing is not received after the sheet sensor detects a rear edge of a last sheet in image forming processing performed based on received print data, the controller executes drum clutch disconnection processing, and then executes main motor rotation stop processing.
US12025939B2
An image forming apparatus includes a sheet conveyance passage, an image forming apparatus, a sheet discharge unit, an apparatus body, a sheet discharge port, a pair of sheet pressing members, a discharge tray, and an overhang portion. The image forming unit includes an image carrying member. The sheet discharge unit is disposed above the image forming unit. The sheet discharge port is provided in the sheet discharge unit and has an upper edge and a lower edge. The pair of sheet pressing members press the sheet passing through the sheet discharge port. The overhang portion protrudes from the upper edge of the sheet discharge port in the sheet discharge direction beyond the lower edge. The overhang portion is disposed such that the straight line passing through the distal end of the overhang portion and the lower edge of the sheet discharge port passes above the image carrying member.
US12025928B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, an image bearing member, a transfer member, a voltage applying portion, a detecting portion, and a controller capable of executing an operation in an adjustment mode in which a chart on which a plurality of test images are transferred by stepwise changing a test voltage applied to the transfer member by the applying portion is formed on a recording material and then a transfer voltage applied to the transfer member by the voltage applying portion during transfer of the toner image is adjusted. The controller is capable of changing a change width per level of the test voltage applied during formation of the chart[[,]] on the basis of a detection result of the detecting portion when the voltage is applied to the transfer member when the recording material on which the chart is formed is in the transfer portion.
US12025924B2
Provided is a method of determining, out of a plurality of shot regions of a substrate, a set of sample shot regions in each of which a position of a mark is to be actually measured. The method includes setting an initial arrangement of the set of sample shot regions, and adding, to the set of sample shot regions, a shot region, among the shot regions other than the sample shot regions in the initial arrangement, in which a value indicating uncertainty of an estimate of a measurement value of a position of a mark obtained using an estimation model exceeds a predetermined threshold value.
US12025923B2
A method includes shooting a primary droplet and a satellite droplet from a droplet generator along a common initial direction; applying a force to the primary droplet and the satellite droplet, wherein after applying the force, the primary droplet has a first deflection toward a first direction different than the common initial direction, and the satellite droplet has a second deflection toward a second direction different than the common initial direction, wherein the second deflection of the satellite droplet is greater than the first deflection of the primary droplet; and generating an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light using an excitation laser hitting the primary droplet with the first deflection.
US12025922B2
An apparatus for reducing hydrogen permeation of a mask is provided when generating extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation. The apparatus includes a mask stage configured to hold the mask, a hydrogen dispensing nozzle configured to eject hydrogen below the mask, and a trajectory correcting assembly. The trajectory correcting assembly includes a correcting nozzle and a gas flow detector. The correcting nozzle is configured to dispense at least one flow adjusting gas to adjust a trajectory of the hydrogen away from the mask to reduce hydrogen permeation at an edge of the mask. The gas flow detector is configured to measure a variation of an airflow of the hydrogen adjusted by the at least one flow adjusting gas.
US12025913B2
A method of making a bonded polymeric assembly by transfer printing comprises contacting a stamp with a solid-phase ink comprising a photoresist to form an inked stamp, where the solid-phase ink is reversibly bound to the stamp. The inked stamp is aligned with an object comprising the photoresist and is stamped onto the object. The stamp is then removed, thereby transferring the solid-phase ink onto the object. The solid-phase ink is thermally joined with the object. Thus, a bonded polymeric assembly comprising a bonded joint between the solid-phase ink and the object is formed.
US12025905B2
A camera platform track provides running surfaces for independent movement of two or more camera platforms, improves strength to weight ratio, improves torsional rigidity, restricts camera platforms from wandering during filming, and improves traction. The camera platform track includes top running surfaces for a first camera platform, and one or more lower running surfaces for additional camera platforms, allowing desired versatility in filming. The camera platform tracks include a box base and an I-beam reaching up from the base to provide strength and torsional rigidity without excessive weight. The running surface lateral spacing may vary from camera platform wheel spacing providing centering to reduce or eliminate wandering, and may include grooves to improve traction. wandering, and may include grooves to improve traction.
US12025894B2
Provided is a display device. The display device comprises: a substrate including a display area having a plurality of pixels and a non-display area, a plurality of data lines connected to each of the plurality of pixels and extending in a first direction, a plurality of first gate lines connected to each of the plurality of pixels and extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, a plurality of second gate lines extending along the first direction from one end of the display area to a line contact portion contacting each of the plurality of first gate lines, and a plurality of off voltage lines extending in a direction opposite to the first direction from the other end of the display area opposite to one end of the display area to a periphery of the line contact portion and insulated from the plurality of second gate lines.
US12025886B2
The disclosure relates to a display panel, a method of manufacturing a display panel, and a display device. The display panel includes a first polarizer, an array substrate and a color film substrate that are sequentially stacked. The array substrate includes a binding region. A first sealing adhesive is filled between the binding region and the first polarizer, covers an end of a flexible circuit board away from a mainboard, and covers the binding region, which avoids using a decorative member, reduces a wide frame of a fourth side of the display panel, and increases a real frameless display effect.
US12025876B2
A display panel and a display device are provided and relates to the display technology field. The display panel includes a temperature detection module, a timing control module, and a power management module. The timing control module identifies a real-time temperature of the display panel according to different combination signals outputted by the temperature detection module and controls the power management module to generate and output a corresponding common voltage according to the real-time temperature. The common voltage can follow a minimum flicker common voltage in real time.
US12025875B2
A common electrode for a display, which is originally provided in a liquid crystal display element, is also used as one (drive electrode) of a pair of electrodes for a touch sensor, and the other (detection-electrode-for-the-sensor) of the pair of electrodes is newly formed. An existing common drive signal as a drive signal for display is used in common for a drive signal for the touch sensor. A capacitance is formed between the common electrode and the detection-electrode-for-the-sensor, and touch detection is performed by utilizing a change of this capacitance caused by a finger touch of a user. Thus, a display device with a touch sensor is also applicable to a mobile device in which electric potential of the user is inconstant in many cases. The newly-provided electrode is only the detection-electrode-for-the-sensor, and it is unnecessary to newly prepare a drive signal for the touch sensor.
US12025873B2
A spliced panel is disclosed. At least two display panels are spliced to each other. Each of the at least two display panels includes a bending part and a non-bending part. The bending part is bent from a side of the non-bending part to a back surface of the at least two display panels. The non-bending part is configured to display an image. In the at least two display panels spliced to each other, the bending part of one of the at least two display panels is correspondingly spliced to the bending part of another of the at least two display panels to form a support structure. A light-emitting diode (LED) substrate is disposed on the support structure.
US12025859B1
Optical apparatuses for enhancing scotopic vision. The optical apparatuses include a lens. In some instances, the optical apparatuses include a frame. The lens has an optical power adapted to focus light specifically under scotopic vision conditions in a user's eye. In some examples, the optical apparatuses include a spectral filter adapted to allow transmission of selected wavelengths of light through the spectral filter.
US12025858B2
A contact lens fluid delivery device having a liquid reservoir connected to a channel with a flow regulator is described. Other eye hydration and variable dioptric power contact lenses are described herein. Also described are implantable liquid delivery apparatuses having a liquid storage reservoir connected to a channel with a flow regulator. These devices and apparatuses are useful for specific, targeted delivery of therapeutic liquids within a subject. In some embodiments, the devices incorporate actuation chambers which provide a driving force releasing the fluid into the targeted area e.g., the eye. The actuation chambers described herein can contain phase change materials or osmotic chambers or a combination thereof to drive the release of fluid.
US12025856B1
A vented eyeglass frame is provided having a front frame extending laterally from a first end to a second end and for connecting to a temple at each of the first end and the second end. The front frame has first and second lens openings, with each lens opening being defined by a respective opening boundary at least partially circumscribing the corresponding lens opening. A bridge is defined between the first and second lens openings, and outer vents are provided at each end adjacent the corresponding lens openings. Inner vents are then provided at the bridge adjacent the lens openings. The lens opening boundaries each have a lens channel for at least partially enveloping a lens located at the respective lens opening, and each vent is defined by a gap in the corresponding lens opening.
US12025850B2
The present embodiment relates to a camera module comprising a first lens driving device and a second lens driving device, wherein a first lateral surface of the first lens driving device faces a second lateral surface of the second lens driving device, a first housing comprises a first lateral part corresponding to the first lateral surface of the first lens driving device and a second lateral part disposed at the opposite side of the first lateral part, a first magnet comprises a first magnet unit disposed in the first lateral part and a second magnet unit disposed in the second lateral part, each of the first magnet unit and the second magnet unit comprises an inner surface facing a first coil, an outer surface disposed at an opposite side of the inner surface, and both lateral surfaces connecting the inner surface and the outer surface, and the distance between the both lateral surfaces of the first magnet unit is shorter than the distance between the both lateral surfaces of the second magnet unit.
US12025847B2
A device may provide, to a user device, a first message instructing a technician to move fiber cables and may receive a first signal based on the technician moving the fiber cables and a rest signal based on the technician stopping movement of the fiber cables. The device may calculate a distance, an average peak signal, and a baseline signal based on the first signal and the rest signal and may calculate a data collection window based on the distance, the average peak signal, and the baseline signal. The device may provide, to the user device, a second message instructing the technician to move one fiber cable at a time and may receive second signals based on the technician moving one fiber cable at a time. The device may provide, for display to the user device, the data collection window and indications of the second signals.
US12025842B2
An optical module includes: a circuit board with a recess; a laser box disposed in the recess and electrically connected to the circuit board; a fiber ribbon, wherein one end of the fiber ribbon is connected to the laser box; and a silicon photonic chip electrically connected to the circuit board and to the other end of the fiber ribbon. The laser box includes: a flat base disposed in the recess, with one end of the flat base being coupled to the fiber ribbon; a conductive substrate disposed at the other end of the flat base and electrically connected to the circuit board; a laser chip attached on the conductive substrate; and an upper cover including a top plate and side plates, so that the upper cover caps/is covered on the flat base. A fitting between the flat base and the upper cover facilitates assembly of the conductive substrate and the laser chip in the laser box.
US12025830B2
An integrated mode converter and multiplexer (/demultiplexer) combines a multimode interference coupler, at least one phase-shifter and a symmetrical Y-junction. The dispersion of the multimode interference coupler is engineered through subwavelength structures in order to achieve a very wide bandwidth. Several phase-shifter topologies for further bandwidth enhancement are disclosed, as well as architectures for multiplexing a greater number of optical modes.
US12025829B2
A resin composition for coating an optical fiber comprises: a base resin containing a photopolymerizable compound and a photopolymerization initiator; and hydrophobic inorganic oxide particles, wherein the photopolymerizable compound comprises urethane (meth)acrylate and aliphatic epoxy (meth)acrylate, and the content of the aliphatic epoxy (meth)acrylate is 1.0% by mass or more and 45% by mass or less based on the total amount of the photopolymerizable compound.
US12025824B2
The application relates to a light guide film, a production method thereof and a light guide device. An upper surface of the light guide film is a light exit surface and a lower surface is a light incident surface; the lower surface of the light guide film is smooth and is used for being connected with the substrate; a plurality of hollow ultrastructures are disposed in the light guide film, the hollow ultrastructure close to the lower surface of the light guide film is a conduction reflecting surface, and a gap between every two adjacent ultrastructures is a light exit gap.
US12025820B2
Provided is a transmissive liquid crystal diffraction element that can diffract different polarized light components in the same direction and has high diffraction efficiency with respect to unpolarized light. The transmissive liquid crystal diffraction element includes first to fourth optically-anisotropic layers each of which has a liquid crystal alignment pattern in which a direction of an optical axis changes while continuously rotating in at least one in-plane direction, in which the optical axis in each of the first to the fourth optically-anisotropic layers is twisted in a thickness direction, rotation directions of the optical axes in the liquid crystal alignment patterns and twisted directions of the optical axes in the thickness direction are opposite to each other in the first optically-anisotropic layer and the second optically-anisotropic layer, rotation directions of the optical axes in the liquid crystal alignment patterns and twisted directions of the optical axes in the thickness direction are opposite to each other in the third optically-anisotropic layer and the fourth optically-anisotropic layer, single periods of the liquid crystal alignment patterns are the same in the first optically-anisotropic layer and the second optically-anisotropic layer, single periods of the liquid crystal alignment patterns are the same in the third optically-anisotropic layer and the fourth optically-anisotropic layer, and the single periods of the liquid crystal alignment patterns are different in the first optically-anisotropic layer and the third optically-anisotropic layer.
US12025812B2
Multi-wavelength light is directed to an optic including a substrate and metasurface optical components deposited on a surface of the substrate. The metasurface optical components comprise a pattern of silicon dielectric resonators with nonperiodic gap distances between adjacent dielectric resonators. Incident light directed to the metasurface optical components is scattered and phase-shifted by the configuration of the gap distances and the widths and thicknesses of the dielectric resonators. Each dielectric resonator has a rectangular cross-section such that a first phase shift is imparted for a transverse-electric (TE) component of the incident light and a second phase shift is imparted for a transverse-magnetic (TM) component of the incident light.
US12025811B2
A system including an optical path length extender (OPLE) having two light paths having different path lengths, such that light entering the OPLE with a first polarization is directed through a first light path, and light entering the OPLE with a second polarization is directed through a second light path through the OPLE. The OPLE includes a first polarization sensitive reflective element at a first angle to the light entering the OPLE and a second angled polarization sensitive reflective element at a second angle to the light entering the OPLE, the second angled polarization sensitive reflective element intersecting the first polarization sensitive reflective element.
US12025793B1
Disclosed is a wavefront correction system based on a Runge-Kutta (RUN) optimization algorithm. The system includes a wavefront corrector, an image sensor, a lens, a computer control module, an image collection card, a digital-to-analog (D/A) converter, and a high-voltage amplifier. A performance index function representing a wavefront distortion correction degree is used as an optimization algorithm objective function, a RUN algorithm is used as a closed-loop correction system control algorithm, and the wavefront corrector is used as a wavefront distortion correction system device. The RUN algorithm controls the wavefront corrector to correct a wavefront aberration. During each iteration, a voltage control signal obtained through the algorithm is amplified and applied to the wavefront corrector, such that a mirror shape of the wavefront corrector is changed, and a corresponding corrected wavefront is generated.
US12025792B2
A sleeve for absorbing moisture from lenses is revealed. A sleeve body is divided into an upper space and a lower space for mounting a lens by a partition. A mounting cavity in which a moisture absorption material is disposed is in the upper space. An upper cover with a moisture detecting unit is fastened on an open end of the mounting cavity. The lower space provides a stretchable space to have a tight fit on the lens with different sizes. The moisture absorption range of the moisture absorption material extends to the periphery of the lens through air channels so that the moisture absorption material absorbs moisture from the lens through gaps of a lens end, a focus ring, and an iris ring of the lens for keeping the lens dry. The moisture detecting unit allows users to replace or treat the moisture absorption material in time.
