US12160239B2
The present invention provides a fractional frequency divider, wherein the fractional frequency divider includes a plurality of registers, a counter, a control signal generator and a clock gating circuit. Regarding the plurality of registers, at least a portion of the registers are set to have values The counter is configured to sequentially generate a plurality of counter values, wherein the plurality of counter values correspond to the at least a portion of the registers, respectively, and the plurality of counter values are generated repeatedly The control signal generator is configured to generate a control signal based on the received counter value and the value of the corresponding register. The clock gating circuit is configured to refer to the control signal to mask or not mask an input clock signal to generate an output clock signal.
US12160236B2
The present application discloses a reference voltage circuit with temperature compensation, in which a voltage with a positive temperature coefficient is provided by a current source and an impedance device, and in the meanwhile, a voltage with a negative temperature coefficient is provided by a voltage source. Hereby, the reference voltage circuit according to the invention provides a reference voltage with temperature compensation at an output terminal.
US12160235B2
An optical keyswitch includes a keycap, a support mechanism, and a switch module. The support mechanism is disposed below the keycap and configured to support the keycap moving upward and downward, the support mechanism comprising a first frame and a second frame, the first frame having a sliding end. The switch module includes a circuit board, an emitter, and a receiver, the emitter and the receiver are electrically connected to the circuit board, and the emitter emitting an optical signal to the receiver. When the keycap is pressed, the first frame is driven by the keycap to slide substantially parallel to the circuit board and block the optical signal with the sliding end, so the switch module is triggered to generate a triggering signal.
US12160232B2
Switch drive circuits include galvanically isolated switch circuits with power transfer from the switch driver input side to the switch side. A switch drive circuit uses a single transformer to transfer control signals to a secondary side for control of the switch along with power to a secondary side circuit to drive the switch in response to the control signals. By detecting the control signal first before drawing current, the effects of leakage inductance in the transformer are reduced.
US12160229B2
A switch assembly for a radio frequency signal and corresponding radio frequency module and wireless device is disclosed. An example switch assembly comprises a first node coupled to an input of the switch assembly, a second node coupled to an output of the switch assembly, a first control node, and a common node; a first switch having a first plurality of transistors coupled between the first and second nodes, each transistor of the first plurality of transistors having a gate, a drain, and a source, each gate of the first plurality of transistors being coupled to the common node; a common resistor coupled between the first control node and the common node; and a second switch coupled between the first control node and the common node in parallel to the common resistor, the second switch configured to selectively bypass the common resistor.
US12160226B2
A first filter is a hybrid filter including an acoustic wave filter, a plurality of first inductors, and a plurality of first capacitors. A high frequency module further includes a metal electrode layer covering at least part of a resin layer and at least part of an outer peripheral surface of a mounting substrate. Among a plurality of inductors including the plurality of first inductors of the first filter and a plurality of second inductors of a second filter, at least one inductor (the second inductor) is a circuit element including a conductor pattern portion formed in the mounting substrate. The shortest distance between the outer peripheral surface of the mounting substrate and a signal terminal (a third signal terminal) connected to the circuit element is longer than the shortest distance between the outer peripheral surface of the mounting substrate and the circuit element.
US12160220B2
Acoustic resonators, filters, and methods. An acoustic resonator includes a substrate, piezoelectric plate, and a diaphragm comprising a portion of the piezoelectric plate spanning a cavity in a substrate. An interdigital transducer (IDT) on a front surface of the piezoelectric plate includes first and second sets of interleaved interdigital transducer (IDT) fingers extending from first and second busbars respectively. The interleaved IDT fingers are on the diaphragm. Overlapping portions of the interleaved IDT fingers define an aperture of the acoustic resonator. A first dielectric strip overlaps the IDT fingers in a first margin of the aperture and extends into a first gap between the first margin and the first busbar. A second dielectric strip overlaps the IDT fingers in a second margin of the aperture and extends into a second gap between the second margin and the second busbar.
US12160211B2
A reset signal is generated by a TIA circuit alone. In an embodiment, a transimpedance amplifier configured to convert a current signal into a voltage signal includes a transimpedance stage including an amplification stage constituted of a transistor with a grounded emitter, and a comparator configured to compare a collector voltage of the transistor with a reference voltage and output a reset signal.
US12160207B2
A power amplifier includes a first transistor, a second transistor, and a third transistor that are formed on a semiconductor substrate, and a bump that is electrically connected to an emitter of the first transistor and that is provided so as to, when the semiconductor substrate is viewed in plan, overlay a first disposition region where the first transistor is disposed, a second disposition region where the second transistor is disposed, and a third disposition region where the third transistor is disposed.
US12160206B2
The present invention provides an amplifier circuit, wherein the amplifier circuit includes an input terminal, a capacitor, an amplifier, a feedback circuit and an aliasing tone cancellation circuit. The input terminal is configured to receive a first input signal. The capacitor is coupled to the input terminal. The amplifier is configured to receive the input signal through the capacitor to generate an output signal. The feedback circuit is coupled between an input node and an output node of the amplifier, and is configured to generate a feedback signal according to the output signal, wherein the feedback circuit includes a storage block including a switched-capacitor. The aliasing tone cancellation circuit is coupled between the input terminal of the amplifier circuit and the input node of the amplifier, and configured to generate a signal to cancel or reduce an aliasing tone of the feedback signal according to the input signal.
US12160203B2
An amplifier circuit includes an amplifier having an amplifier input and an amplifier output. The amplifier circuit includes a transformer having a primary winding in series with the amplifier output and a secondary winding coupled to the amplifier input. The primary winding and the secondary winding are arranged such that a portion of a magnetic field generated by the primary winding couples to the secondary winding through a magnetically coupled feedback loop, thereby providing feedback from the amplifier output to the amplifier input. An output load arrangement is connected to the primary winding wherein the output arrangement includes a balun. The amplifier circuit may be implemented as an integrated circuit and where the primary and secondary windings are integrated in different metal layers of the integrated circuit or are otherwise arranged to effect a desired degree of magnetic coupling and feedback from the amplifier output to the amplifier input.
US12160186B2
This MEMS element comprising: a base; a movable portion; and an elastic portion, and a fixing portion; and a fixed portion body to which the elastic portion is fixed, wherein the elastic portion extends in a direction intersecting a moving direction of the movable portion, includes a central portion receiving a force of the movable portion, and one end and another end fixed to the fixed portion body, and includes thin portions respectively between the central portion and the one end and between the central portion and the other end, the thin portions being thinner than the central portion, the one end, and the other end.
US12160173B2
A circuit (100) for use in voltage supply for an electrical device, having a first input (111) configured for connecting with a first voltage source, a second input (121) configured for connecting with a second voltage source, and a common output (133) configured for connecting with an input of the electrical device, comprising a first voltage converter (110) with an input connected to or being the first input (111), and configured to provide DC voltage at a first voltage level (V1) at an output (113), further comprising a second voltage converter (120) with an input connected to or being the second input (121), and configured to provide DC voltage at a second voltage level (V2) at an output (123), wherein the second voltage converter (120) is configured not to operate when a voltage level present at its output (123) is higher than a stop threshold, and to operate when a voltage level present at its output (123) is lower than a start threshold, the stop threshold is equal to or higher than the second voltage level (V2) and lower than the first voltage level (V1), and the start threshold is equal to or lower than the second voltage level (V2).
US12160171B2
The present invention is a switching circuit driving method for power converters and its driving module. Such driving method and driving module can avoid the occurrence of valley jumping by replacing the original blanking time with a front blanking time or a back blanking time when a valley jumping occurs in the system, and avoid the noise problem caused by valley jumping.
US12160168B2
An adaptive electrical power distribution panel receives electrical power from at least an alternative power source other than a utility electric grid, and selectively outputs power to a plurality of branch circuits, appliances, or devices. An internal or remote controller monitors conditions. In response to the monitored conditions, the controller algorithmically divides the plurality of branch circuits, appliances, or devices into a first group to receive power from the alternative power source and a second group to not receive power from the alternative power source, and breaks electrical connections between the alternative power source and the second group. The monitored conditions may include operating parameters the grid; an instantaneous or average individual current flow; and a charge state of storage batteries. The division into groups may also be in response to stored information, such as a priority of, or history of current usage by, each branch circuit, appliance, or device.
US12160167B2
A short-circuit protection apparatus includes a first detection branch, a second detection branch, and a controller. The first detection branch includes a first sampling resistor and a first sampling capacitor that is connected in parallel to the first sampling resistor. A difference between an absolute value of a second sampling voltage and an absolute value of a first sampling voltage is a first difference. The controller obtains a comparison result between an absolute value of a first sampling voltage at two terminals of the first sampling resistor and an absolute value of a second sampling voltage at two terminals of the second sampling resistor, and if a difference between the absolute value of the second sampling voltage and the absolute value of the first sampling voltage is a second difference and the second difference is less than the first difference, controls the target circuit to stop working.
US12160161B1
Described herein are immersion-cooled axial flux electric motors and methods of operating thereof. An immersion-cooled axial flux electric motor comprises a rotor and an immersion-cooled stator. The rotor comprises a set of magnets and a magnet support plate extending perpendicular to the motor axis. The set of magnets is attached to the magnet support plate and distributed about on the motor axis. The immersion-cooled stator comprises a cooling-fluid inlet, a cooling-fluid outlet, a set of stator windings, and a stator-sealed space. The set of stator windings is positioned within the stator-sealed space proximate to the set of magnets such that during the operation of the motor magnetic flux between the set of stator windings and the set of magnets is aligned substantially parallel to the axis of rotation of the rotor. The cooling-fluid inlet and the cooling-fluid outlet are fluidically coupled to the stator-sealed space.
US12160159B2
A rotating electrical machine is disclosed, the machine comprising a stator comprising a stator core and stator end windings extending out of the stator core, a rotor arranged to rotate inside the stator, a rotor shaft, the rotor shaft having a hollow interior, a coolant circuit for circulating coolant through the machine, and a machine enclosure. The coolant circuit comprises an injection tube arranged to introduce coolant into the hollow interior of the rotor shaft. The rotor shaft is arranged such that coolant exits the hollow interior of the rotor shaft at each end of the machine and is propelled outwards towards the stator end windings. The machine enclosure comprises a passageway for supplying coolant to the injection tube. A coolant distribution channel may be provided for distributing coolant to other parts of the machine to allow the machine to be cooled at multiple locations using the same coolant circuit.
US12160158B2
An electric motor assembly includes a stator, a rotor, a motor housing, a rotatable shaft, a radial fan, and an air scoop. The motor housing at least partly houses the stator and rotor and presents an exterior motor surface. The rotatable shaft is associated with the rotor for rotational movement therewith, with the rotatable shaft extending along a rotational axis. The radial fan is mounted on the rotatable shaft exteriorly of the motor housing and is rotatable with the shaft to direct airflow in a radially outward direction. The air scoop extends radially outwardly relative to the radial fan and axially to receive radial airflow from the radial fan and turn the airflow axially to flow along the exterior motor surface. The air scoop includes spaced apart axially extending airflow vanes to guide the airflow as the airflow is turned axially.
US12160152B2
A VCM is disclosed, the VCM including a rotor including a bobbin arranged at an upper surface of a base formed with an opening, and a driving coil wound on the bobbin, a stator including a driving magnet opposite to the driving coil, and a yoke secured by the driving magnet at an inner surface of a lateral plate, and a tilting unit including a tilt magnet arranged at an outer surface of the lateral plate, a housing fixing the tilt magnet, and a tilt coil unit opposite to the tilt magnet.
US12160149B2
A conductive coil 12 for a yokeless axial flux electrical machine stator 1 with distributed windings and flux guides 30, a stator 1 comprising a plurality of such coils, a yokeless axial flux electrical machine 100 comprising the stator 1, and a method 500 of manufacturing a stator 1 are provided. The conductive coil 12 comprises a first active section 121 a and a second active section 121 b, each active section 121 a, 121 b extending in a generally radial direction substantially perpendicular to an axis of rotation of the electrical machine and comprising a plurality of winding turn portions 131a, 131 b stacked parallel to the axis of rotation such that a cross-section perpendicular to the radial direction of each active section 121a, 121 b is elongate with a major dimension parallel to the axis of rotation. The second active section 121 b is pitched apart in a circumferential direction and axially offset from the first active section 121 a.
US12160147B2
Disclosed is a stator assembly. By means of the process steps, such as unit body winding, multi-unit preparation, winding assembly and stator embedding, that are sequentially implemented, winding of a single unit body can be achieved by means of a single flat wire, winding of a stator winding can be completed merely by means of a bending process in a whole unit body structure.
US12160142B2
For the purpose of preventing damage to the frame when assembling the stator, improving the holding force for holding the stator, and making it possible to reduce the size of the rotating electrical machine body in the radial direction, the rotating electrical machine with integrated control device for vehicles integrates the rotating electrical machine main body and the control device arranged on the rear side of the rotating electrical machine main body and controlling the rotating electrical machine, the rotating electrical machine main body provides a first annular shape member located between the stator and the frame, a second annular shape member located between the and the first annular shape member, the stator is press-fitted into the frame via the first annular shape member and the second annular shape member.
US12160140B2
An electric motor/generator includes a stator, a rotor with a plurality of magnets and a rotor frame arranged to support the plurality of magnets in an outer rotor configuration so that the plurality of magnets are arranged to form an annular ring surrounding the stator. The electric motor/generator also includes a banding sleeve disposed on a circumferential portion of the rotor frame radially outwardly of the plurality of magnets. The banding sleeve may comprise a composite material such as a carbon fibre composite.
US12160135B2
Embodiments are generally directed to an emergency driver (10) and an intelligent module (20) for the emergency driver (10). An embodiment of the emergency driver (10) may include a digital communication interface (12), a DC power supply (14) and a controller (16). The digital communication interface (12) may be configured to receive an input signal (41) via a control bus (18). The DC power supply (14) may be configured to provide a DC output (45) to the control bus (18). The controller (16) may be coupled to the digital communication interface (12) and the DC power supply (14) and may be configured to control the emergency driver (10) to operate in a first operation mode. The input signal (41) received at the digital communication interface (12) may be a digital input signal when the emergency driver is operating in a first operation mode.
US12160132B2
The disclosure is directed to methods and systems for an energy storage system having a capacitor module configured to store energy as an electric field of the capacitor module, the capacitor module including a capacitor terminal, and a battery configured to store energy as a chemical form of the battery, the battery including a battery terminal, and the battery terminal including a cavity. The cavity of the battery terminal is configured to receive a portion of the capacitor terminal to mechanically couple the capacitor module to the battery and to electrically couple the capacitor module to the battery. The electrical coupling allows for energy to flow from the capacitor module to the battery via the terminal to provide voltage to the battery.
US12160127B2
A power equipment battery terminal fixing apparatus is disclosed and can include a housing including a frame and a connector biased away from the frame by a spring device. A battery case can be configured to slide into the frame of the housing along a sliding axis. The battery case can include a notch located at a bottom surface of the battery case and configured to receive the connector from the housing therein. The connector can include electrical contacts and alignment elements on a first side of the connector, and the spring device can be located at a second side of the connector opposite the first side of the connector. The alignment elements can prevent movement of the connector with respect to the battery case in a transverse and a vertical direction.
US12160121B2
A foreign object detection device for a wireless power transfer system for inductive power transfer from a primary part to a secondary part across an airgap, includes a sensor module with a multitude of detection cells. In order detect a foreign object near a detection cell, a stimulation signal is applied to a detection cell by means of a stimulation unit and the time response of the detection cell is measured with a measurement unit and compared to a reference time response of that detection cell that has been previously sensed by a control and signal processing unit.
US12160119B2
Prior art systems can achieve full-body motion capture without external cameras; however, these systems are often expensive, limit the user's movements to a specified area, require the user to wear a specialized full-body suit, have a high device count, may be fully wired and/or require an energy-intensive WiFi connection. These systems also often require a thorough calibration procedure before each use and can lose their calibration when moving to different areas. The presently disclosed technology is directed to systems and methods for providing full-body motion capture in non-controlled environments where using multiple known camera perspectives is not possible or practical. Specifically, the presently disclosed technology utilizes a wireless inductive charging system including a charging hub with an array of docking stations for selectively charging an array of battery-powered sensing devices, such as a set of trackers and a link.
US12160115B2
A period for performing pre-power-supply check prior to main power supply from a power supply device to a power reception device is provided and, a power-receiving-side controller is configured to: check a supplied electric power supplied from the power supply device to the power reception device, in a state where an effective value of an output voltage of a inverter circuit is fixed to a predetermined first voltage by the power-supply-side controller and an input voltage of the DC-DC converter is fixed to a predetermined second voltage by the power-receiving-side controller, in the pre-power-supply check, and cause, in response to the supplied electric power being equal to a predetermined electric power or more, the power supply device to start the main power supply.
US12160114B2
A terminal, includes: a coil disposed inside the terminal; a wireless charging module that is electrically connected to the coil, and includes a wireless charging transmitting circuit and a wireless charging receiving circuit that are electrically connected to the coil; a detection module electrically connected to the wireless charging module and a wired charging port of the terminal. When detecting that electric energy input to the wired charging port, the detection module sends a first electrical signal to the wireless charging module, and the wireless charging module initiates the wireless charging transmitting circuit based on the first electrical signal; when detecting that no electric energy is input to the wired charging port, the detection module sends a second electrical signal to the wireless charging module, and the wireless charging module initiates the wireless charging receiving circuit based on the second electrical signal.
US12160113B2
Provided is a power transmission device that has a simple structure and suppresses magnetic field leakage from a power transmission coil while suppressing excessive increase in the outer shape and the weight of the power transmission device. A power transmission device 1 includes: a power transmission portion 2 including a power transmission coil 20 and a housing 3 made of metal and having a peripheral wall 30 surrounding the power transmission portion 2. A shielding portion 5 protruding inward of the peripheral wall 30 is integrated with, of the peripheral wall 30, a top end 30t located on a power reception coil 90 placement side.
US12160106B2
A power supply system, a converter, and a circulating current suppression method of the converter. The power supply system includes at least two converters that are coupled between a direct current power supply and an alternating current grid. Each converter obtains target output reactive power when an output current of the converter starts to increase from an initial current, obtains a reactive power compensation parameter based on the three-phase output voltages. Further, each converter obtains compensated output reactive power of the converter based on the reactive power compensation parameter and adjusts actual output reactive power of the converter based on the target output reactive power and the compensated output reactive power, so that an absolute value of a difference between common-mode output voltages of any two of the at least two adjusted converters is less than a difference threshold.
US12160104B2
A method and system for predicting regional short-term energy power by taking weather into consideration includes: obtaining meteorological data of all moments in a set time in the future through a network; extracting respectively, from a historical database according to the obtained meteorological data, historical weather station meteorological data, historical network API meteorological data, and historical measured power generation power data within a set time period that meet meteorological conditions corresponding to all the moments; obtaining historical total error data; obtaining real-time error meteorological data; obtaining total error meteorological data; combining the obtained meteorological data of all the moments in the set time in the future with total error meteorological data of all the moments to obtain predicted meteorological data; obtaining predicted power data according to the predicted meteorological data; and optimizing an energy generation plan of a system according to the obtained predicted power data.
US12160087B1
A spark plug includes: a center electrode; a metal shell that holds the center electrode in an insulated manner; and a rod-like ground electrode electrically connected to the metal shell and having one end opposed to the center electrode. The metal shell includes a tubular distal end portion inside which the one end of the ground electrode is located. The distal end portion has a hole into which the other end of the ground electrode is inserted. A value obtained by dividing a surface area of a portion of the ground electrode, the portion being located on an inner circumferential side of the distal end portion, by a side surface area of a portion of the ground electrode, the portion being located inside the hole, is less than or equal to 13.1.
US12160079B2
Provided is a semiconductor laser element including: a resonator structure; and a first reflection film and a second reflection film provided on a non-emission end surface of the resonator structure and an emission end surface of the resonator structure, respectively. Reflectance R of the second reflection film at a gain wavelength satisfies the following relational expression: R1≤R≤R(Oc)×C where R1 is reflectance of the second reflection film when the resonator structure performs laser oscillation with power 1.4 times a minimum value of threshold power which is minimum power for the resonator structure to perform the laser oscillation, R(Oc) is reflectance of the external resonance mirror, and C is a ratio of light, which is reflected by the external resonance mirror and is incident in the resonator structure, to light which is reflected by the external resonance mirror.
US12160074B2
An in-wall power adapter adapted to receive a voltage is described. The in-wall power adapter may comprise a first plurality of contact elements comprising a first contact element adapted to receive a line voltage signal, a second contact element adapted to receive a neutral voltage, a third contact element adapted to receive a ground voltage, and a fourth contact element adapted to receive a communication signal; a recess adapted to receive a control module; a switch having a first terminal coupled to receive the line voltage; and a second plurality of contact elements associated with the recess and comprising a fifth contact element adapted to receive the communication signal.
US12160068B2
The present application provides a charging terminal applied in a charging socket and provides a charging socket, the charging terminal includes a main body, a first engagement part and a second engagement part; the first engagement part is configured to pluggably connect with a first mating terminal; and the second engagement part is configured to engage with a second mating terminal of an external charging device. In the charging terminal and the charging socket provided by the present application, when the charging terminal needs to be repaired due to damage, the first engagement part of the charging terminal may be detached from the first mating terminal to complete disassembly, and a first engagement part of an undamaged charging terminal is engaged and fixed in the first mating terminal, the process of which is simple in term of maintenance and reduces the maintenance cost.
US12160064B2
An electrical connection plug, an electrical connection device and an electric. The electrical connection plug includes a first fixing plate, a mounting base, an electrical connection assembly and a plurality of plug-in assemblies, the electrical connection assembly and the plurality of the plug-in assemblies are all connected to the mounting base, and the mounting base is in floating connection with the first fixing plate. The electrical connection device includes an electrical connection socket and the above electrical connection plug, the electrical connection assembly and the plurality of plug-in assemblies are all connected to the electrical connection socket. The electric vehicle includes a battery pack, a vehicle body and the above electrical connection device, the electrical connection plug is connected to the vehicle body, and the electrical connection socket is connected to the battery pack.
US12160061B2
A separable connector interface includes at least one electrically conductive element with a metal polymer composite deposited thereon. The metal polymer composite has conductive particles dispersed within a protective binder.
US12160058B2
Provided is a connector assembly capable of suppressing deformation and breakage of a connector that may occur when one of connectors displaces in a connector fitting state. The connector assembly is configured such that a first connector is fitted with a second connector, with one of the first connector and the second connector entering an inside of another, the first connector includes a projection portion that projects to a side on which the second connector is disposed in a fitting direction of the first connector and the second connector, the second connector includes a restriction portion that restricts displacement of the second connector in an intersecting direction intersecting the fitting direction, and, in a state where the first connector is fitted with the second connector, the restriction portion contacts the projection portion in the intersecting direction to restrict displacement of the second connector.
US12160051B2
A liquid crystal antenna is described. The liquid crystal antenna includes liquid crystal phase shifter units arranged in an array; a first feeding network line corresponding to an ith scanning line and extending along a first direction, and/or, a second feeding network line corresponding to an jth data line and extending along a second direction. The first feeding network line is provided between the ith scanning line and an (i+1)th scanning line, and a scanning line protrusion protrudes toward a side facing away from the first feeding network line corresponding to the ith scanning line. The second feeding network line is provided between the jth data line and a (j+1)th data line, and a data line protrusion protrudes toward a side facing away from the second feeding network line corresponding to the jth data line.
US12160040B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to improvement on isolation between antennas and provide an antenna, an antenna array comprising the antenna and a communication device comprising the antenna array. The antenna comprises an improved feeding network. The feeding network comprises: first and second ports each configured to transmit and/or receive a signal; first and second feed lines coupled in parallel between the first and second ports and formed into a continuous conductive loop; and first and second feeders each arranged to couple to a first node on the first feed line and to a radiating element of the antenna, and third and fourth feeders each arranged to couple to a second node on the second feed line and to the radiating element.
US12160036B1
A radome system includes an access panel having an upper end including an upper latch and a lower end including a lower latch. The radome system further includes a frame system including a first mounting frame positioned adjacent the upper end of the access panel and a second mounting frame positioned adjacent the lower end of the access panel. The upper end of the access panel is hindgedly connected to the first mounting frame and the lower end of the access panel is hingedly connected to the second mounting frame for hingedly connecting the access panel to the frame system. The first mounting frame includes an upper latch receiver for removably securing the upper end of the access panel to the first mounting frame, and the second mounting frame includes a lower latch receiver for removably securing the lower end of the access panel to the second mounting frame.
US12160028B2
This disclosure discloses implementations for high-bandwidth antenna in package (AiP) apparatuses. In an example, an AiP apparatus comprises: a first radiator, a second radiator, a first substrate, a second substrate, a first metal piece, and a first feeding path. The first radiator and the first feeding path are disposed on the first substrate, the second radiator is disposed on the second substrate, the first feeding path is configured to feed the first radiator, and the second radiator and the first radiator are connected using the first metal piece disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate.
US12160025B2
Methods and systems are provided for a redox flow battery system. In one example, the redox flow battery system has a first redox flow battery and a second redox flow battery, stacked above and in contact with the first redox flow battery along a vertical axis of the redox flow battery system. The second redox flow battery may be coupled to the first redox flow battery via nesting detents. Furthermore, operation of the first redox flow battery and the second redox flow battery may be adjustable according to a power demand.
US12160022B2
Provided is a secondary battery including an electrode assembly and an electrolyte enclosed in an exterior case. The electrode assembly includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. In the secondary battery, the electrode assembly includes current collecting tabs of the positive electrode and the negative electrode protruding from the same end face, and the current collecting tabs of the positive electrode and the negative electrode are positioned at different distances from a central axis along a direction.
US12160009B2
A battery cell includes an electrode assembly, a housing, a cover plate, and a support member. The housing includes a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate. At least a part of the first electrode plate is stacked with the second electrode plate. The housing is provided with an opening and an accommodation cavity configured to accommodate the electrode assembly. The housing includes a side plate. The cover plate is perpendicular to the side plate and configured to close the opening. At least a part of the support member is disposed between the side plate and the electrode assembly, and the support member is configured to support the electrode assembly so that a spacing between an end, facing the side plate, of the first electrode plate and the side plate in a first direction is greater than a preset value. The first direction being a direction perpendicular to the side plate.
US12160005B2
A device may include a metallic substrate and a plurality of nanorod arrays arranged on the substrate. The nanorod arrays may be made of porous metallic nanostructures and may appear black in color.
US12159998B2
A carbon electrode includes a substrate, and a conductive carbon layer disposed at an upper side of the substrate and having an sp2 bond and an sp3 bond. On an upper surface of the conductive carbon layer, the concentration ratio of oxygen to carbon is 0.07 or more. The ratio of a number of sp3 bonded carbon atoms to the sum of a number of sp2 bonded carbon atoms and the number of sp3 bonded carbon atoms is 0.35 or more.
US12159989B2
A power storage module includes: a plurality of power storage devices arranged in a first direction; and a separator provided between two adjacent power storage devices and insulating the two power storage devices from each other. The power storage device includes an exterior can that have an opening, a sealing plate that blocks the opening, and a joint part between the exterior can and the sealing plate. The separator includes a contact area that abuts a surface of the exterior can facing the first direction and a separation area that overlaps the joint part as viewed in the first direction and concaved with respect to the contact area in a direction away from the exterior can.
US12159985B2
A battery housing for a battery module is disclosed. The battery housing has a plurality of exterior walls surrounding a base forming an internal section which is configured to receive one or more battery cells. The internal section has a bottom surface. A heat sink is joined to the bottom surface of the battery housing by a plastic deformation of a portion of the housing. A cover encloses the internal section of the battery housing. A battery module and a method of installation of a heat sink in a battery housing are also disclosed.
US12159973B2
To improve durability of an all-solid-state battery, a method of manufacturing an all-solid-state battery includes: obtaining a stack having an anode active material layer, a cathode active material layer, a first solid electrolyte layer, and a second solid electrolyte layer, the first solid electrolyte layer and the second solid electrolyte layer being disposed between the anode active material layer and the cathode active material layer, the second solid electrolyte layer containing a sublimational filler; densifying the stack; and subliming the sublimational filler from the second solid electrolyte layer.
US12159966B2
A light emitting device including a first light emitter, a second light emitter, and a third light emitter, each including a first conductivity type semiconductor layer and a second conductivity type semiconductor layer. An adhesive layer includes a first adhesive portion disposed between the first light emitter, and the second light emitter, and a second adhesive portion disposed between the second light emitter and the third light emitter, in which the second light emitter is disposed between the first light emitter and the third light emitter, and the first adhesive portion and the second adhesive portion are optically transmitting and connect adjacent light emitters.
US12159954B2
A light detector according to one embodiment includes a substrate, a plurality of avalanche photodiodes, a well region, and a microlens array. The plurality of avalanche photodiodes are provided above the substrate. Each of the avalanche photodiodes is surrounded by a trench portion among a plurality of trench portions. The well region is provided between the trench portions that are adjacent to each other. The well region includes at least one of a transistor and a diode. The microlens array is provided to cover the avalanche photodiodes.
US12159922B2
A method includes forming a dummy gate over a substrate. A first gate spacer is formed on a sidewall of the dummy gate. The dummy gate is replaced with a gate structure. A top portion of the first spacer is removed. After the top portion of the first spacer is removed, a second spacer is over the first spacer. The second spacer has a stepped bottom surface with an upper step in contact with a top surface of the first spacer and a lower step lower than the top surface of the first spacer. A contact plug is formed contacting the gate structure and the second spacer.
US12159912B2
An integrated circuit includes a nanosheet transistor having a plurality of stacked channels, a gate electrode surrounding the stacked channels, a source/drain region, and a source/drain contact. The integrated circuit includes a first dielectric layer between the gate metal and the source/drain contact, a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer, and a cap metal on the first gate metal and on a hybrid fin structure. The second dielectric layer is on the hybrid fin structure between the cap metal and the source/drain contact.
US12159910B2
Structures with an isolation region and fabrication methods for a structure having an isolation region. The structure includes a semiconductor substrate, a first isolation region surrounding a portion of the semiconductor substrate, a device in the portion of the semiconductor substrate, and a second isolation region surrounding the first isolation region and the portion of the semiconductor substrate.
US12159899B2
A semiconductor device including a first oxide definition (OD) strip doped by a first-type dopant in a first doping region defining an active region of a first Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (MOS); a second OD strip doped by a second-type dopant in a second doping region and a third doping region, the second doping region defining an active region of a second MOS and the third doping region defining a body terminal of the first MOS, wherein the second OD is parallel to the first OD strip; and a first dummy OD strip, wherein a boundary between the second doping region and the third doping region is formed over the first dummy OD strip; wherein the first-type dopant is different from the second-type dopant.
US12159897B2
A display device includes a display panel and an optical sensing module. The display panel includes a pixel region having a plurality of pixels and including a first area and a second area, wherein the second area is greater than the first area in a transmittance. The optical sensing module is disposed corresponding to the second area of the pixel region of the display panel and has an aperture able to accept lights through the second area. The second area has a coverage with a width of not less than 0.43 millimeters. The aperture has a width, and the width of the aperture is less than the width of the coverage of the second area.
US12159892B2
[Problem] To provide an optical sensor which can read out faster and requires lower power consumption than conventional optical sensors while maintaining advantages and superiorities of conventional optical sensors in which a transfer switch is provided between a light receiving element (PD) and a floating diffusion (CFD). [Solution] A semiconductor junction of a light-receiving element is fully depleted and a potential curve of electrons has a negative slope toward the floating diffusion and connected to an uppermost position of an electronic potential well of the floating g diffusion keeping its negative slope state.
US12159885B2
A manufacturing method of a mini-LED backlight plate and the mini-LED backlight plate are provided. The manufacturing method of the mini-LED backlight plate includes: providing a substrate, defining at least one display region, defining at least one mark region with metal mark objects in a non-display region, covering a mask on the substrate, exposing the at least one mark region, adopting a hydrophilic material to form a layer of a thin film on the at least one mark region, removing the mask, coating a hydrophobic passivation coating layer on the substrate, exposing the metal mark objects, and aligning by an exposure machine accurately.
US12159883B2
An electronic device includes: a substrate; a gate electrode disposed on the substrate; a data line disposed on the substrate and extending along an extension direction; a power supply circuit disposed on the substrate; and a connecting member disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the gate electrode, wherein the connecting member includes a first part overlapped with the gate electrode and a second part not overlapped with the gate electrode, wherein in a top view, an outline of the connecting member includes a first curve segment, wherein a maximum width of the data line in a direction perpendicular to the extension direction is less than a maximum width of the power supply circuit in the direction.
US12159881B2
A manufacturing method of an electronic device is provided by the present disclosure. The method includes: providing a substrate including a non-discarding portion and a discarding portion adjacent to the non-discarding portion; forming a first test wiring extending through the non-discarding portion and the discarding portion; cutting the substrate on a target line, wherein the target line is aligned with a boundary between the non-discarding portion and the discarding portion; performing a first conducting test on the first test wiring; and determining the substrate to be in an off-target cutting state when a result of the first conducting test is a short circuit state, or determining the substrate to be in an on-target cutting state when the result of the first conducting test is an open circuit state.
US12159880B2
By applying an AC pulse to a gate of a transistor which easily deteriorates, a shift in threshold voltage of the transistor is suppressed. However, in a case where amorphous silicon is used for a semiconductor layer of a transistor, the occurrence of a shift in threshold voltage naturally becomes a problem for a transistor which constitutes a part of circuit that generates an AC pulse. A shift in threshold voltage of a transistor which easily deteriorates and a shift in threshold voltage of a turned-on transistor are suppressed by signal input to a gate electrode of the transistor which easily deteriorates through the turned-on transistor. In other words, a structure for applying an AC pulse to a gate electrode of a transistor which easily deteriorates through a transistor to a gate electrode of which a high potential (VDD) is applied, is included.
US12159876B2
The purpose of the present invention is to decrease the resistance of the drain and source in the TFT of the oxide semiconductor as well as to have stable Vd-Id characteristics of the TFT. The structure of the present invention is as follows: A display device having plural pixels including thin film transistors (TFT) having oxide semiconductor films comprising: a gate insulating film formed on the oxide semiconductor film, an aluminum oxide film formed on the gate insulating film, a gate electrode formed on the aluminum oxide film, a side spacer formed on both sides of the gate electrode, and an interlayer insulating film formed on the gate electrode, the side spacer, a drain and a source, wherein in a plan view, and in a direction from the drain to the source, a length of the gate electrode is shorter than a length of the aluminum oxide film.
US12159875B2
The power consumption of a shift register or a display device including the shift register is reduced. A clock signal is supplied to a shift register by a plurality of wirings, not by one wiring. Any one of the plurality of wirings supplies a clock signal in only part of the operation period of the shift register, not during the whole operation period of the shift register. Therefore, the capacity load caused with the supply of clock signals can be reduced, leading to reduction in power consumption of the shift register.
US12159873B2
A method includes: receiving a composite substrate including a first region and a second region, the composite substrate comprising a semiconductor substrate and an insulator layer over the semiconductor substrate; bonding a silicon layer to the composite substrate; depositing a capping layer over the silicon layer; forming a trench through the capping layer, the silicon layer and the insulator layer, the trench exposing a surface of the semiconductor substrate in the first region; growing an initial epitaxial layer in the trench; removing the capping layer to form an epitaxial layer from the silicon layer and the initial epitaxial layer; forming a transistor layer over the epitaxial layer, the transistor layer including a first transistor and a second transistor in the first region and the second region, respectively; and forming an interconnect layer over the transistor layer and electrically coupling the first transistor to the second transistor.
US12159864B2
Provided is a layout structure adapted for a signal format converter. The layout structure includes a first and a second capacitor array. The first capacitor array is disposed on one side of a reference axis, and includes multiple first capacitor units that form multiple first capacitors. The first capacitors respectively have multiple first capacitances. The second capacitor array is disposed on the other side of the reference axis, and includes multiple second capacitor units that form multiple second capacitors. The second capacitors respectively have multiple second capacitances. The first capacitors respectively correspond to the second capacitors. Each first capacitor and each corresponding second capacitor are symmetrical with respect to the reference axis, or each first capacitor and each corresponding second capacitor are separated from each other by the same distance. Each first capacitor and each corresponding second capacitor have the same capacitance.
US12159847B2
An integrated fan-out structure on a semiconductor die, method of making the same and method of testing the semiconductor die are disclosed. The semiconductor die includes a bond pad and a hole formed in the bond pad, a passivation layer formed over a portion of the bond pad, and a protective layer formed over the hole in the bond pad.
US12159839B2
In an embodiment, a device includes: a back-side redistribution structure including: a metallization pattern on a first dielectric layer; and a second dielectric layer on the metallization pattern; a through via extending through the first dielectric layer to contact the metallization pattern; an integrated circuit die adjacent the through via on the first dielectric layer; a molding compound on the first dielectric layer, the molding compound encapsulating the through via and the integrated circuit die; a conductive connector extending through the second dielectric layer to contact the metallization pattern, the conductive connector being electrically connected to the through via; and an intermetallic compound at the interface of the conductive connector and the metallization pattern, the intermetallic compound extending only partially into the metallization pattern.
US12159836B2
A semiconductor structure and a method for fabricating a semiconductor structure are provided. In the semiconductor structure, a side of a film layer structure facing away from a substrate is provided with a wiring layer, a side of the substrate facing away from the film layer structure is provided with a connecting hole extending to the wiring layer, and an insulating layer is arranged on a hole wall of the connecting hole. A barrier ring is arranged on the insulating layer, a center line of the barrier ring is arranged collinearly with a center line of the connecting hole, and diffusibility of the barrier ring is less than diffusibility of the wiring layer. A connecting post joined to the wiring layer is arranged in the connecting hole.
US12159833B2
A fan-out semiconductor package includes a frame substrate having a through hole therein, a semiconductor chip in the through hole, wherein the semiconductor chip includes a chip body, a chip pad on a surface of the chip body and a passivation layer on the chip body and on the chip pad, an encapsulation layer on side surfaces of the semiconductor chip within the through hole, and a guard ring on the passivation layer and on an edge portion of the chip body.
US12159827B2
A semiconductor device includes an active region over a substrate extending along a first lateral direction. The semiconductor device includes a number of first conductive structures operatively coupled to the active region. The first conductive structures extend along a second lateral direction. The semiconductor device includes a number of second conductive structures disposed above the plurality of first conductive structures. The second conductive structures extend along the first lateral direction. The semiconductor device includes a first capacitor having a first electrode and a second electrode. The first electrode includes one of the first conductive structures and the active region, and the second electrode includes a first one of the second conductive structures. Each of the active region and the first conductive structures is electrically coupled to a power rail structure configured to carry a supply voltage.
US12159806B2
A semiconductor device includes a first junction-gate field-effect transistor (JFET) having a first pinch-off voltage, and a second JFET having a second pinch-off voltage higher than the first pinch-off voltage. The first JFET includes a first top gate region disposed on a surface of a substrate, a first channel region surrounding the first top gate region, and a first bottom gate region disposed under the first channel region. The second JFET includes a second top gate region disposed on the surface and having a same depth with the first top gate region relative to the surface, a second channel region surrounding the second top gate region and disposed deeper than the first channel region relative to the surface, and a second bottom gate region disposed under the second channel region and being deeper than the first bottom gate region relative to the surface.
US12159803B2
In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a method that includes forming a shallow trench isolation (STI) structure that extends into a substrate. A masking layer is formed over the substrate and includes an opening overlying the STI structure. A first removal process removes portions of the STI structure underlying the opening of the STI structure. A second removal process laterally removes portions of the substrate below the STI structure. A third removal process removes portions of the substrate that directly underlie the opening of the masking layer. An insulator liner layer is formed within inner surfaces of the substrate as defined by the first, second, and third removal processes. Further, a fourth removal process removes portions of the insulator liner layer covering a lower surface of the substrate. A semiconductor material is then formed over the SOI substrate and on the insulator liner layer.
US12159801B2
A storage device includes a pair of supports each extending in an up-and-down direction and spaced apart in a first direction; a pair of attachments each attached to a side surface by a fixing member having a shaft part, the side surface being a surface of each of the pair of supports and facing the first direction; and a platform supported by the pair of attachments and on which an article is to be placed, wherein each of the pair of attachments has a hole through which the shaft part is disposed, and an area of the hole is larger than an area of a cross-section of the shaft part orthogonal to an axial direction of the shaft part to such an extent that the pair of attachments are rotatable along the side surfaces of the pair of supports.
US12159796B2
Devices, systems, and methods for integrating load locks into a factory interface footprint space. A factory interface for an electronic device manufacturing system can include an interior volume defined by a bottom, a top and a plurality of sides, a load lock disposed within the interior volume of the factory interface, and a factory interface robot disposed within the interior volume of the factory interface, wherein the factory interface robot is configured to transfer substrates between a set of substrate carriers and the load lock.
US12159795B2
An enclosure system includes walls including sidewalls and a bottom wall. The enclosure system further includes an enclosure lid configured to removably attach to one or more of the sidewalls. The walls and the enclosure lid at least partially enclose an interior volume of the enclosure system. The enclosure system further includes an upper window disposed in the enclosure lid. The upper window is configured for orientation verification of objects disposed in the interior volume. The enclosure system further includes a radio-frequency identification (RFID) holder coupled to a rear wall. The RFID holder is configured to secure an RFID component. The enclosure system further includes shelves disposed in the interior volume. Each of the shelves is configured to support a corresponding object of the objects.
US12159794B2
This disclosure provides a wafer processing method having the following steps: providing a wafer (10), an immersion device (100), a carrier (200), and a spray device (300); turning the wafer (10) from a horizontal manner to an upright manner; upright placing the wafer (10) into the immersion device (100) for immersion; taking the wafer (10) out from the immersion device (100) and placing that onto the carrier (200) horizontally; spraying a liquid on the wafer (10) by the spray device (300); rinsing the wafer (10); rotating the carrier (200) to dry the wafer (10). Multiple steps for processing the wafer (10) may be performed on the same carrier (200) to accelerate the process.
US12159792B2
A flip chip package unit and associated packaging method. The flip chip package unit may include an integrated circuit (“IC”) die having a plurality of metal pillars formed on its first surface and attached to a rewiring substrate with the first surface of the IC die facing to the rewiring substrate, an under-fill material filling gaps between the first surface of the IC die and the rewiring substrate, and a thermal conductive protection film covering or overlaying and directly contacting with the entire second die surface and a first portion of sidewalls of the IC die. The thermal conductive protection film may have good thermal conductivity, uneasy to fall off from the IC die and can provide physical protection, electromagnetic interference protection and effective heat dissipation path to the IC die.
US12159791B2
A method includes forming a package, which includes forming a plurality of redistribution lines over a carrier, and forming a thermal dissipation block over the carrier. The plurality of redistribution lines and the thermal dissipation block are formed by common processes. The thermal dissipation block has a first metal density, and the plurality of redistribution lines have a second metal density smaller than the first metal density. The method further includes forming a metal post over the carrier, placing a device die directly over the thermal dissipation block, and encapsulating the device die and the metal post in an encapsulant. The package is then de-bonded from the carrier.
US12159783B2
The collapsed pattern recovering method is a method for recovering a collapsed pattern which is a pattern formed on a front surface of a substrate, and the method includes a reactive gas supplying step which supplies to the front surface of the substrate a reactive gas that can react with a product existing on the front surface. The reactive gas supplying step includes a hydrogen fluoride vapor supplying step which supplies vapor that contains hydrogen fluoride to the front surface of the substrate. The collapsed pattern recovering method further includes a substrate heating step which heats the substrate in parallel with the hydrogen fluoride vapor supplying step.
US12159782B2
A cleaning apparatus for cleaning a substrate includes a lamp for emitting ultraviolet radiation in an irradiation region; a housing that houses the lamp; a water deflector spaced below the housing, the water deflector having a water inlet for receiving a supply of ozonated water and a water outlet for discharging ozonated water irradiated by the lamp into a substrate processing region beneath the water deflector, and defining a water flow path between the water inlet and the water outlet, the water flow path extending in the irradiation region; an upper reflector extending along and above the lamp; and a lower reflector extending along and below the water deflector, wherein the upper reflector and the lower reflector at least partially define the irradiation region and reflect ultraviolet radiation toward the water flow path, and wherein the lower reflector shields the substrate from ultraviolet radiation emitted by the lamp.
US12159781B2
A method for manufacturing a composite structure comprising a thin layer made of monocrystalline silicon carbide arranged on a carrier substrate made of silicon carbide, the method comprising: a) a step of providing a donor substrate made of monocrystalline silicon carbide, b) a step of ion implantation of light species into the donor substrate, to form a buried brittle plane delimiting the thin layer between the buried brittle plane and a free surface of the donor substrate, c) a succession of n steps of forming crystalline carrier layers, with n greater than or equal to 2; the n crystalline carrier layers being positioned on the front face of the donor substrate successively one on the other, and forming the carrier substrate; each formation step comprising: direct liquid injection chemical vapor deposition, at a temperature below 900° C., to form a carrier layer, the carrier layer being formed by an at least partially amorphous SiC matrix, and having a thickness of less than or equal to 200 microns; a crystallization heat treatment of the carrier layer, at a temperature of less than or equal to 1000° C., to form a crystalline carrier layer; d) a step of separation along the buried brittle plane, to form, on the one hand, a composite structure comprising the thin layer on the carrier substrate and, on the other hand, the rest of the donor substrate.
US12159778B2
A gas transfer system for transferring gas into an analytical instrument for isotope ratio analysis comprises a capillary for delivering sample and/or reference gas from a gas source, a first connector for connecting the capillary to the gas source, a second connector for connecting the capillary to the analytical instrument, a crimping device, wherein the internal surface of the capillary comprises a coating material to prevent or minimize adsorption of water to the surface. Also provided is a device for regulating gas flow in a gas inlet system of an analytical instrument, comprising a body member having an internal gas flow channel, and a clamping member for attachment to the body member such that when the clamping member is tightened onto the body member, the internal gas flow channel is adjustably and reversibly crimped, to adjust gas flow therethrough.
US12159777B2
The invention generally relates to two-dimensional mass spectrometry using ion micropacket detection. In certain aspects, the invention provides systems including a mass spectrometer having an ion trap and one or more detectors. The system includes a central processing unit (CPU), and storage coupled to the CPU for storing instructions that when executed by the CPU cause the system to: apply one or more scan functions to the ion trap that excite a precursor ion and eject a product ion from the ion trap; and determine a secular frequency of the product ion by detecting micropackets of the product ion as the micropackets are ejected from the ion trap.
US12159770B2
Provided is a plasma processing apparatus or system including a plasma chamber and an inductively coupled plasma source. A shielding device is disposed between the plasma chamber the inductively coupled plasma source. The shielding device includes a top annular portion, a bottom annular portion, and a plurality of thermal pads coupled to top annular portion and/or bottom annular portion with one or more retaining members. The one or more retaining members provide a compressive force to secure the one or more thermal pads against the outer surface of the dielectric wall. The plurality of thermal pads are configured to modulate a heat flux from the dielectric wall into the respective thermal pad. Methods of processing workpieces are also disclosed.
US12159766B2
A plasma generating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a pair of electrodes arranged in a dielectric discharge tube; an initial discharge induction coil module; and a main discharge induction coil module. The initial discharge induction coil module and the main discharge induction coil module are connected to an RF power source, and the RF power source provides RF power having different resonance frequencies to the initial discharge induction coil module and the main discharge induction coil module, respectively.
US12159764B2
A plug-in circuit breaker that includes a housing, an operating mechanism and a button mechanism which has a closing position and an opening position. The circuit breaker further includes a locking member and a linkage member arranged inside the housing. The linkage member is provided with an abutting protruding stand. The locking member is provided with a locking protruding stand. When the button mechanism is in the closing position, the abutting protruding stand of the linkage member extends out of the housing and is limited by the button mechanism at an extension position, so that it cannot retract into the housing. When the button mechanism is in the opening position, the linkage member retracts into the housing, the locking protruding stand of the locking member extends out of the housing, and the locking protruding stand of the locking member can be pushed back into the housing.
US12159758B2
Disclosed is an electrode leading-out method and packaging method for a tantalum electrolytic capacitor. The electrode leading-out method includes the following steps: S1, fabricating an insulating protective layer outside an electrode body of the tantalum electrolytic capacitor; S2, exposing a cathode leading-out part on a cathode pre-leading-out part, and exposing a tantalum core leading-out end in an area where a terminal of a tantalum core is located; S3, depositing a metal layer on each of the cathode leading-out part and the tantalum core leading-out end which are exposed; and S4, fabricating an outer electrode for mounting on each of the metal layer of the cathode leading-out part and the metal layer of the tantalum core leading-out end so as to respectively lead out a cathode and an anode.
US12159754B2
A method for preparing a large-area continuous flexible free-standing electrode is provided. The method includes: mixing a reduced graphene oxide, porous carbon particles and a solvent, and dispersing the resulting mixture to obtain a mixed slurry; coating the mixed slurry onto a hydrophobic substrate, and drying, to prepare the large-area continuous flexible free-standing electrode.
US12159751B2
A two-period inverter, including a series of permanent magnets with a spatial periodicity of λ0 or (2n+1)λ0 or 2nλ0 along a longitudinal axis Y and first moving apparatus arranged to modify along the axis Y, with respect to a reference position along the axis Y, the relative position of the first and second series, which move as one, with respect to the position of the third and fourth series, which move as one, by a distance (2n+1)λ0/2 or (2n−1)λ0/2, so that the inverter is placed in an offset position along the axis Y is discussed.
US12159743B2
The object of the present invention is to provide an alloy ribbon capable of having excellent adhesiveness between the alloy ribbons when a plurality of the alloy ribbons is stacked; and also, to provide a magnetic core using the alloy ribbon. The present invention is an alloy ribbon comprising metals scattered on at least one surface of the alloy ribbon, in which diameters of the scattered metals are 1 μm or more, and the scattered metals include Cu.
US12159739B2
A wireless power transmission apparatus is provided. The wireless power transmission apparatus includes a first coil including a first conductive wire area formed of an arrangement of conductive wires, and a first opening area surrounded by the first conductive wire area, a second coil including a second conductive wire area formed of an arrangement of conductive wires, and a second opening area surrounded by the second conductive wire area, a first overlapping area formed by overlapping a portion of the first conductive wire area with a portion of the second opening area, and a first shielding member disposed on at least a portion of the first overlapping area, wherein the first shielding member may be configured to at least partially block an electromagnetic field generated by the second coil interfering in the first conductive wire area.
US12159738B2
The subject matter described herein provides systems and techniques for the integration of TLVR technology in a vertical power VR module. A multiple-secondary TLVR topology using a controlled leakage inductance in the place of a separate compensation inductor, Lc, may be employed for the vertical power VR module. In addition, the capacitance inside the device to which the TLVR based vertical power VR module supplies power, rather than an output capacitance board, may be used in order to allow the module to be a single layer. Example structures that may include one or more primary windings and/or one or more secondary windings for each of possibly multiple linked phases of the TLVR based module are provided. The windings may be formed using traditional copper windings or printed circuit board (PCB) copper trace winding.
US12159731B2
ATF oil and corona-resistant enameled wire for electric vehicle motor and preparation method thereof
Provided is an ATF (Automatic Transmission Fluid) oil and corona-resistant enameled wire for electric vehicle motors, belonging to the insulating materials field. The ATF oil and corona-resistant enameled wire for electric vehicle motors comprises a copper conductor and an insulating layer, wherein said insulating layer from inside to outside is composed of ATF oil and corona-resistant protective film, corona-resistant PAI film, ATF oil and corona-resistant protective film, corona-resistant PAI film, ATF oil and corona-resistant protective film. The ATF oil and corona resistant enameled wire of this disclosure is suitable for the preparation of oil-cooled electric vehicle motor loose winding coil due to the advantages of good manufacturability, excellent ATF oil and corona resistance, and low manufacturing cost.
US12159730B2
A signal transmission cable includes a conductor, an insulator covering a periphery of the conductor, and a shield layer covering a periphery of the insulator. The shield layer includes a lateral winding shield portion composed of a plurality of metal wires being helically wrapped around the periphery of the insulator to cover the periphery of the insulator, and a batch plating portion composed of a hot dip plating, which is covering a periphery of the lateral winding shield portion. Where a diameter of the metal wire is d and a thickness of the batch plating portion from an outer surface of the metal wire is t, a formula t<0.5d is met over an entire cable circumference. When the signal transmission cable is bent in a U-shape within a range of a bending strain of 35% or less, no cracks occur in the batch plating portion.
US12159728B2
A method of producing a light water reactor fuel assembly may include: setting conditions at least concerning an operation cycle period and burnup; setting an initial enrichment of enriched uranium; calculating excess reactivity of a light water reactor core where light water reactor fuel assemblies including the enriched uranium are burned until an end stage of a final operation cycle; determining whether a condition where excess reactivity at an end of a first operation cycle in the burnup calculation step is close to a predetermined positive value is true or not; and returning to the setting of the initial enrichment, when it is determined at the determining that the situation is not true, or deciding an enrichment of the enriched uranium when it is determined that the situation is true.
US12159714B2
Medical devices coupled to a sensor, and systems including such devices, can generate data and analysis based on that data, which may be used to identify and/or address problems associated with the implanted medical device, including incorrect placement of the device, unanticipated degradation of the device, and undesired movement of the device. Also provided are medical devices coupled to a sensor, and devices and methods to address problems that have been identified with an implanted medical device.
US12159710B2
There is provided an apparatus (100) for implementing a clinical protocol. The apparatus (100) comprises one or more processors (102) configured to detect that a clinical protocol is to be implemented and identify which of a plurality of devices are required to implement the clinical protocol and one or more actions to perform in connection with the identified ones of the devices to implement the clinical protocol. The one or more processors (102) are configured to control a user interface (104) to output one or more notifications on the manner in which a user is to interact with one or more of the identified ones of the devices and/or control one or more of the identified ones of the devices to cause the one or more identified actions to be performed in connection with the identified ones of the devices to implement the clinical protocol.
US12159709B2
A computer-implemented method provides hospital staff with a single point of access to names and contact information for staff members across multiple departments, and providing the staff the ability to quickly determine what a patient is scheduled to receive from a department at any given time, and accurately identify which staff members of each department are assigned to a patient.
US12159707B2
Home health monitoring of patients via extension of healthcare system network into customer premises
Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing home health monitoring of patients via extension of healthcare system network into customer premises. In various embodiments, a computing system might receive, wirelessly from a data collector assigned to a patient, collected patient data obtained by a patient device(s) associated with the patient. The computing system and/or a management console might establish a network transport link between the computing system and a healthcare data system that is accessible by a healthcare provider(s), and might send the patient data over the network transport link to the healthcare data system. The management console might store the patient data in a portion of the healthcare data system that is allocated to information regarding the patient, wherein the network transport link is configured as a one-way link that prevents access to any data stored in the healthcare data system via the one-way link.
US12159695B2
The present teaching relates to medical record completion. In one example, a medical record of a patient is received. The medical record is associated with a plurality of components comprising a first component with a populated value and a second component with an unpopulated value. The unpopulated value of the second component is estimated based on the populated value of the first component in accordance with a first model. Information associated with the medical record and/or the patient is obtained. The values of the first and second components are validated based on the obtained information in accordance with a second model. The first and second models are dynamically updated based on data related to medical transactions of a plurality of patients.
US12159693B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for generating data defining molecules. In one aspect, there is provided a method performed by one or more computers, the method comprising: receiving, from a user, a request to generate data identifying candidate molecules satisfying one or more molecular criteria; generating a collection of candidate molecules that satisfy the one or more molecular criteria; generating, for each candidate molecule in the collection of candidate molecules, one or more molecular scores that characterize one or more properties of the candidate molecule; filtering the collection of candidate molecules, based on the molecular scores, to remove a plurality of candidate molecules from the collection of candidate molecules; and after filtering the collection of candidate molecules based on the molecular scores, providing a representation of the collection of candidate molecules to the user.
US12159685B2
A structure for in-memory processing includes memory banks arranged in columns and rows, each bank having bank input nodes, at least one bitline, and cells arranged in a column and connected to corresponding bank input nodes, respectively, and to the bitline(s). Each cell includes layer-specific memory elements, which are individually programmable to store layer-specific weight values and individually connectable (e.g., by switches) to the corresponding bank input node and the bitline(s). The initial memory banks in each row also include track-and-hold devices (THs) connected to the bank input nodes. For each iteration of in-memory processing, the outputs from one processing layer are feedback to pre-designated THs for use as inputs for the next processing layer, the appropriate layer-specific memory elements in the cells are connected to the corresponding bank input nodes and bitline(s), and output(s) for the next processing layer are generated.
US12159668B2
A magneto-optical memory interface includes: a memory cell structure having multiple allocated magnetic recording cells, a selection means configured to select an individual or a predetermined number of the multiple allocated magnetic recording cells of the memory structure, and configured for an electronic signal to be applicable thereto; and a light irradiation part configured to irradiate the predetermined number of the multiple allocated magnetic memory cells with an optical signal, wherein each of the magnetic recording cells is a magnetic recording cell whose sensitivity to changes in a magnetization state thereof increases in response to an irradiation light from the light irradiation part, and each of the magnetic recording cells is a magnetic recording cell whose magnetization state changes in response to an applied electrical signal resulting from selection by the selection means and the irradiation light from the light irradiation part.
US12159662B2
A semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a write transistor and a read transistor disposed over a substrate. The write transistor includes a write word line disposed on a plane that is substantially parallel to a surface of the substrate over the substrate, a write gate dielectric layer disposed over the write word line, a write channel layer disposed over the write gate dielectric layer, and a write bit line disposed over the substrate and extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to a surface of the substrate, and electrically connected to one end of the write channel layer. The read transistor includes a read channel layer disposed on the plane over the substrate, a read gate dielectric layer disposed over the read channel layer, and a read gate electrode layer disposed over the read gate dielectric layer and electrically connected to the other end of the write channel layer.
US12159660B2
A method of operating a memory device is provided, comprising determining a number of operations corresponding to a memory location during a first timing period; and scheduling an extra refresh operation for the memory location after the first timing period when the determined number of operations exceeds a predetermined threshold. A memory device is provided, comprising a memory including a memory location; and circuitry configured to: determine a number of operations corresponding to the memory location during a first timing period; and schedule an extra refresh operation for the memory location after the first timing period when the determined number of operations exceeds a predetermined threshold.
US12159656B2
The magnetic recording medium includes a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic powder, in which the magnetic layer includes an abrasive, the abrasive is a carbide, an average primary particle diameter of the abrasive is 10 nm or more and 100 nm or less, and in an electron microscope image of a surface of the magnetic layer, assuming that a total area occupied by the abrasive is 100%, a ratio of an area occupied by the abrasive present in an aggregated state having a maximum Feret diameter of 0.2 μm or more is 50% or more.
US12159641B2
An audio encoder for encoding audio input data has: a preprocessor for preprocessing the audio input data to obtain audio data to be coded; a coder processor for coding the audio data to be coded; and a controller for controlling the coder processor so that, depending on a first signal characteristic of a first frame of the audio data to be coded, a number of audio data items of the audio data to be coded by the coder processor for the first frame is reduced compared to a second signal characteristic of a second frame, and a first number of information units used for coding the reduced number of audio data items for the first frame is stronger enhanced compared to a second number of information units for the second frame.
US12159639B2
A gain adjustment apparatus for use in decoding of audio that has been encoded with separate gain and shape representations includes an accuracy meter configured to estimate an accuracy measure of the shape representation, and to determine a gain correction based on the estimated accuracy measure. An envelope adjuster further included in the apparatus is configured to adjust the gain representation based on the determined gain correction.
US12159633B2
Embodiments described herein provide for a voice biometrics system execute machine-learning architectures capable of passive, active, continuous, or static operations, or a combination thereof. Systems passively and/or continuously, in some cases in addition to actively and/or statically, enrolling speakers. The system may dynamically generate and update profiles corresponding to end-users who contact a call center. The system may determine a level of enrollment for the enrollee profiles that limits the types of functions that the user may access. The system may update the profiles as new contact events are received or based on certain temporal triggering conditions.
US12159613B2
An apparatus for operating a noise suppression unit of a vehicle includes a control unit. The control unit is configured to reduce interfering noise in or on the vehicle by generating at least one acoustic compensation signal. The control unit is also configured to determine noise information relating to expected interfering noise, including an expected level of interfering noise, at an upcoming vehicle position while the vehicle is traveling. The control unit is also configured to cause the noise suppression unit to be activated or to be in an energy-saving mode at the upcoming vehicle position, depending on the noise information obtained.
US12159608B2
A fret press system can install one or more frets in grooves of a substrate with a press connected to a caul. The fret may be positioned atop the groove prior to contacting the fret with a caul by operating the press. The fret may initially be forced into the groove with the caul with a first pressure before an incorrect fret position in the groove is detected with a sensor connected to the press. The caul can then be adjusting to correct the sensed incorrect fret position and subsequently used to finish installing the fret in the groove prior to a position of the fret in the groove being confirmed with the sensor.
US12159605B2
An unevenness correction data generation device suppressing the appearance of color unevenness when turning on R, G and B together includes a pattern generation unit causing red, green and blue images, in which display panel subpixels are turned on at the same gray level, to be displayed, a monochrome camera, a control unit generating first red, green and blue luminance correction data based on shooting data of the monochrome camera, a pattern generation unit causing the display panel to display a white image by causing red, green and blue images corrected with the respective luminance correction data to be displayed simultaneously, a color camera shooting the white image in color, and a control unit generating color correction data for correcting color unevenness based on shooting data of the color camera and generates unevenness correction data based on the red, green and blue luminance correction data and the color correction data.
US12159600B2
To reduce power consumption of a display device with the use of a simple structure and a simple operation. The display device includes an input device. Input of an image signal to a driver circuit is controlled in accordance with an image operation signal output from the input device. Specifically, input of image signals at the time when the input device is not operated is less frequent than that at the time when the input device is operated. Accordingly, display degradation (deterioration of display quality) caused when the display device is used can be prevented and power consumed when the display device is not used can be reduced.
US12159596B2
According to one embodiment, in a display device, a display substrate includes color filters of a plurality of colors arranged in a display area. The color filters are arranged in different colors alternately in a first direction and the same colors in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. A first separation substrate separates wavelength light from received backlight according to the arrangement of the colors in the first direction, and outputs the separated light to a second separation substrate. The second separation substrate separates wavelength light from the received light from the first separation substrate according to the color of each row in the second direction, and outputs the separated light to the display substrate.
US12159595B2
A display device comprises a display panel that displays an image; a backlight that illuminates the display panel by irradiating the display panel with light; a scene determiner that determines a scene of an input video image based on a lighting rate of the backlight; a parameter setter that sets a parameter related to a luminance value applied to a plurality of areas of the backlight based on the scene determined by the scene determiner; and a local dimming controller that controls local dimming of the backlight for each of the areas based on the set parameter.
US12159592B2
The present disclosure relates to a display device and a driving method thereof, wherein a refresh rate of pixels is controlled at a reference frame frequency in a normal driving mode, and the refresh rate of the pixels is controlled at a frequency lower than the reference frame frequency in a low speed driving mode. In the low speed driving mode, park data is transmitted to a data driving circuit during at least one vertical blank period.
US12159583B2
A display substrate and a display apparatus are provided, and the display substrate includes a pixel circuit with a light emitting module configured to emit light; a driving module configured to drive the light emitting module to emit light based on a driving voltage in a luminescence stage; a storage module configured to maintain and provide the driving voltage to the driving module in the luminescence stage; a first transistor, having a first electrode coupled to a position from which the driving module acquires the driving voltage; a second transistor, having a first electrode coupled to the first electrode of the first transistor, and a second electrode being not directly coupled to a signal source; and a voltage stabilizing capacitor, having a first electrode coupled to the second electrode of the second transistor, and a second electrode coupled to a constant voltage signal source.
US12159575B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a pixel circuit provided in each of a plurality of pixels, a plurality of flip-flop circuits provided in a shift register and a reset element provided in each of the flip-flop circuits, and the reset element is an n-channel type transistor, the pixel circuit includes a light emitting element, a light emitting power supply and a switch element, and the light emitting element is disconnected from the light emitting power supply while the light emitting power supply is rising.
US12159567B2
A gamma tap circuit includes: (i) a first gamma division circuit configured to generate a first gamma tap voltage by performing voltage division of an upper gamma tap voltage and a lower gamma tap voltage, in-sync with a first clock signal CK1 and a first complementary clock signal CK1b, which is 180° out-of-phase relative to CK1, (ii) a second gamma division circuit configured to generate a second gamma tap voltage by performing voltage division of the upper gamma tap voltage and the first gamma tap voltage, in-sync with a second clock signal CK2 and a second complementary clock signal CK2b, which is 180° out-of-phase relative to CK2, and (iii) a third gamma division circuit configured to generate a third gamma tap voltage by performing voltage division of the first gamma tap voltage and the lower gamma tap voltage, in response to CK2 and CK2b, which have a lower frequency relative to CK1 and CK1b.
US12159566B1
A display device suitable for augmented reality glasses or other display applications includes a three panels of ultra-dense micro-LED arrays integrated in a compact form factor. The panels each monochromatically generate red, green, and blue components of an image, and an optical element optically combines the image components to form an output image. Each panel includes a backplane with timing logic and CMOS pixel drivers for driving the micro-LED arrays. The backplanes may be interconnected in a master-slave configuration in which a master backplane receives image data from a host processor and sends image data directly or indirectly to the slave backplanes. The master backplane may furthermore output various timing signals to the slave backplanes to synchronize output of the image components.
US12159561B2
A method for controlling a display device of a vehicle is disclosed. The display device is configured to acquire data information sent by an external terminal by communicating with the external terminal. The method includes: acquiring a driving parameter collected by the vehicle; determining a target display mode and a target display content based on the driving parameter, wherein the target display mode comprises at least one of a projection display mode or a screen display mode; and displaying the target display content based on the target display mode. The method may also include determining a current driving scenario type of the vehicle or determining a target priority of the target display content.
US12159558B2
A display module includes a display panel, a plurality of functional layers disposed on the display panel, and an adhesive layer disposed between the plurality of functional layers or between one of the plurality of functional layers and the display panel. The adhesive layer has a storage modulus equal to or greater than about 0.02 megapascal (MPa) and equal to or smaller than about 0.045 MPa at a temperature of about 60 degrees Celsius (° C.) and has creep characteristics equal to or greater than about 10 percent (%) and equal to or smaller than about 30%.
US12159555B2
A smart device for the promotion of shelf products exhibited in consumer commercial settings may utilize sound, motion, light, and smell when a consumer is proximate a shelf. The smart may consist of a motion transmission system (T) installed in a box (1), a modular universal gripping system (32), an integrated electronic circuit board (35) on which control and command components are installed; an electronically controlled magnet lamp (24), a smell dispenser (28), an audio system (A) consisting of a loudspeaker (34) and an audio amplifier (37), a motion sensor (29), and communication means (C) for bidirectional transmission/reception of the commands for operation parameters. Operation parameters may be keyed to a consumer's characteristics, reports on the traffic in front of the shelf where the device is installed, and the number of interactions with the consumer. This information may be uploaded on the web platform and provided as a report.
US12159541B2
A system and method for deploying multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from a single landing site. The method includes: generating a hovering perimeter for a landing site, the hovering perimeter including a plurality of hovering points and a plurality of approach vectors, each hovering point having spatial coordinates and being uniquely associated with one of the plurality of approach vectors, wherein a flight path based on a first approach vector of the plurality of approach vectors does not overlap with a flight path based on a second approach vector of the plurality of approach vectors; and configuring a first UAV of a plurality of UAVs to: navigate to a first hovering point of the plurality of hovering points; hover at the first hovering point; and navigate from the first hovering point to the landing site when the first UAV is authorized to land at the landing site.
US12159535B1
A process can include obtaining a plurality of data points each associated with a respective edge device of a fleet of edge devices, each respective edge device associated with an edge site location or edge device asset group. The plurality of data points are stored to a fleet map data catalog and a filtering selection for viewing a filtered subset of the fleet map data catalog is received, indicating a selected geographic view area and selected edge device types from a plurality of edge device types. Data points corresponding to the filtered subset are obtained from the fleet map data catalog using the filtering selection. A fleet map GUI view is generated using the data points corresponding to the filtered subset, the fleet map GUI view comprising a converged geographic map of the selected geographic view area, with data points are rendered at corresponding locations within the converged geographic map.
US12159533B2
A method is provided for controlling a passage along a single-track roadway section, wherein confrontational meetings of vehicles moving in opposite directions of travel are avoided through speed adjustment and use of stopping facilities within the single-track roadway section. A system and a vehicle for carrying out the method are further provided.
US12159531B2
A system to reduce probability of a crash in an intersection is disclosed which includes one or more way-sensor systems, the one or more sensor systems adapted to provide position and velocity vector of an object approaching the intersection on an associated path, a processing unit including configured to: determine timing of the object with respect to a predefined zone of the intersection on the associated path, determine the current and future status of the associated traffic lights on the associated path of the object, predict timing of the object with respect to the predefined zone and future status of the associated traffic light, if timing prediction is within a predetermined threshold, modify the current status, wherein tgreen is extended, if timing prediction is outside of the predetermined threshold, modify the current status, wherein tgreen is reduced, and repeating above steps until the object has cleared the intersection.
US12159514B2
A gaming system configured to create electronic player sports wagering profiles for un-identified players, track each sports related wager made by each un-identified player, determine if any un-identified player has reached a sports related wager limit for a designated time period, and responsive to determining that an un-identified player has reached the sports related wager limit for the designated time period, initiate a sports wager limit resolution process.
US12159504B2
A method for checking value documents involves the steps of: irradiating, by an excitation device, a first side of the value document with excitation radiation for exciting luminescence of a luminescent substance on the value document, such that the first side is a back side of the value document, capturing luminescence radiation which was excited by excitation of the luminescent substance at a front side of the value document by at least a part of the excitation radiation after transmission through the substrate of the value document and exits the value document at least partly at the back side of the value document after transmission through the value document, by a capture device, and checking the value document in dependence on at least one property of the captured luminescence radiation by means of an evaluation device.
US12159503B2
Disclosed herein are financial article handling devices comprising an external aperture connected to a rotary table. The rotary table can contain two or more financial article handling units disposed on the rotary table, each of which can be configured to form an interface with the external aperture. The financial article handling devices can receive an indication from a first financial article handling unit that the first financial article handling unit is no longer functional, disconnect the first financial article handling unit from the external aperture, and articulate the rotary table such that a second financial article handling unit is in communication with the external aperture.
US12159491B2
A retightening notification apparatus include: a travel distance acquiring part that acquires a distance traveled after attachment, which is a distance that a vehicle traveled from when a wheel of a tire was attached to the vehicle by tightening a fastening component such as a nut or a bolt, to the present moment; and a notification control part that provides notification prompting retightening of the fastening component if the acquired distance traveled after attachment becomes equal to or greater than a retightening distance, which is determined in accordance with a state of use of the fastening component.
US12159485B2
An apparatus for generating an alert indicating an unreliability in a location of a landmark feature in a retinal image predicted by a machine learning algorithm, comprising: a receiver module which receives the predicted location; a probability indication determining module which uses the predicted location and a mixture model, which comprises a probability distribution of a landmark feature location and is based on determined locations of the landmark feature in retinal images having a plurality of retinal image classes, to determine, for each class, a respective probability indication indicating a probability that the retinal image belongs to the class; an outlier detector module which uses the probability indications to determine whether the retinal image is an outlier belonging to none of the classes; and an alert generator module which generates, when the retinal image belongs to none of the classes, an alert indicating unreliability of the predicted location.
US12159484B2
An imaging system includes: an acquisition unit acquiring an iris image captured by an iris imaging means for capturing an iris of a target person or a whole image captured by a whole imaging means for capturing the target person; an estimation unit estimating a three-dimensional position of a target person being included in the acquired whole image; a selection unit selecting a coordinate transformation matrix that transforms a three-dimensional position of the target person into two-dimensional coordinates; a transformation unit transforming coordinates of an eye of a target person being included in a whole image associated with the estimated three-dimensional position into two-dimensional coordinates, based on the selected coordinate transformation matrix; and a setting unit setting, based on the transformed coordinates of an eye of the target person, a parameter for capturing an iris of the target person by the iris imaging means.
US12159483B2
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for frequency filtering in image analysis for identity verification. The present invention is configured to receive, from a user input device, a request from a user to initiate identity verification for access privileges; receive a first image of a face of the user from the user input device in response to the request, wherein the first image is in a geometric domain; transform, using an image transformation algorithm, the first image from the geometric domain into a frequency domain; process, using a machine learning (ML) subsystem, the first image of the user; authenticate the user based on at least processing the first image; and automatically trigger one or more access privilege protocols in response to authenticating the user.
US12159465B2
A method for an end-to-end boundary lane detection system is described. The method includes gridding a red-green-blue (RGB) image captured by a camera sensor mounted on an ego vehicle into a plurality of image patches. The method also includes generating different image patch embeddings to provide correlations between the plurality of image patches and the RGB image. The method further includes encoding the different image patch embeddings into predetermined categories, grid offsets, and instance identifications. The method also includes generating lane boundary keypoints of the RGB image based on the encoding of the different image patch embeddings.
US12159461B2
An information acquisition support apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of notifications related to an event; an analysis unit that analyzes the plurality of notifications on the basis of an analysis criterion; and an event state generation unit that generates event state information obtained by integrating information indicated by the plurality of notifications on the basis of an analysis result of the plurality of notifications and an information integration criterion, and thereby, the information acquisition support apparatus supports rapid and accurate grasping of a state of a site where an event is occurring.
US12159454B2
This document discloses system, method, and computer program product embodiments for mitigating the addition of false object information to a track that provides a spatial description of an object, such as a track of radar data or lidar data. The system will analyze two or more frames captured in a relatively small time period and determine whether one or more parameters of an object detected in the frames remain consistent in a specified model. Models that the system may consider include a constant velocity model, a surface model, a constant speed rate model or a constant course rate model. If one or more parameters of the detected object are not consistent over the sequential frames in the specified model, the system may prune the track to exclude one or more of the sequential frames from the track.
US12159447B2
A computer-implemented method for training a classifier for classifying an input signal, the input signal comprising image data, the classifier comprising an embedding part configured to determine an embedding depending on the input signal inputted into the classifier and a classification part configured to determine a classification of the input signal depending on a the embedding. The method includes: providing a first training data set of training samples, each training sample comprising an input signal and a corresponding desired classification out of a plurality of classes, providing, in a knowledge graph, additional information associated with at least one of the target classifications, providing a knowledge graph embedding method of the knowledge graph, providing a knowledge graph embedding of the knowledge graph obtained by use of a knowledge graph embedding method, training the embedding part depending on the knowledge graph embedding and the first training data set.
US12159446B2
Systems and methods of detecting a vortex made by a travelling object is disclosed. Techniques include positioning a media collector to capture a visual media file of the vortex. In some configurations, a graphic recognition algorithm and vortex similarity engine are used to determine whether a visual media file captured by a media collector contains a vortex. In some configurations, a computer may trigger an alert if a travelling object vortex is not expected to be in the visual media file.
US12159445B2
The present invention relates to a method and a system for identifying an anomaly in a chest X-ray image in posteroanterior orientation based on neural networks, which comprises: receiving the image in a classification module with a plurality of convolutional neural networks, each trained to identify at least one specific graphic pattern associated with a pathology; obtaining, for each of the convolutional neural networks, a probability of detecting the specific graphic pattern; receiving in a fully connected neural network all the probabilities obtained; and determining whether the chest X-ray image contains an anomaly, based on the detection probabilities provided.
US12159437B2
Disclosed are a partitioning method, an encoder, a decoder and a computer storage medium. The method includes: determining location information of a point of a point cloud to be partitioned; when i is less than or equal to M−1, determining right-shift number Ni of ith LOD layer in the point cloud, M representing a preset maximum quantity of layers for LOD partitioning; for the ith LOD layer, shifting location information of the point rightwards by Ni-digit, performing storing in a preset storage area based on right-shifted location information; determining location information of a parent point corresponding to a current point in the ith LOD layer; according to determined location information of the parent point, searching the preset storage area for a neighbor point of the parent point; partitioning the current point into an (i+1)th LOD layer, or the neighbor point into the ith LOD layer.
US12159433B2
An apparatus and method to adjust item recommendations are disclosed herein. A first image attribute of a query image is compared to a second image attribute of each of a plurality of inventory images of a plurality of inventory items to identify the inventory items similar to the query image. Item recommendations comprising the identified inventory items in a first listing order are provided for display at a remote device. A second listing order of the identified inventory items is determined based on a user preference for a particular one of the identified inventory items. At least the second listing order is provided to the remote device for re-display of the item recommendations in accordance with the second listing order.
US12159421B2
A method of finding a set of corresponding points in images to be registered. According to the method, an input unit of the system receives a first user input, indicative of a reference point in an intraoperative image. A processing unit sets a reference area surrounding the reference point and converts the image data points in the reference area to a intraoperative point cloud. The input unit receives a second user input, indicative of a candidate point in a preoperative image. The processing unit sets a search area surrounding the reference point and converts the image data points in the reference area to a preoperative point cloud. By comparing geometric feature descriptors of the image data points, the processing unit finds a target point in the preoperative image corresponding to the reference point and defines the points as set of corresponding points.
US12159413B2
In implementations of systems for image inversion using multiple latent spaces, a computing device implements an inversion system to generate a segment map that segments an input digital image into a first image region and a second image region and assigns the first image region to a first latent space and the second image region to a second latent space that corresponds to a layer of a convolutional neural network. An inverted latent representation of the input digital image is computed using a binary mask for the second image region. The inversion system modifies the inverted latent representation of the input digital image using an edit direction vector that corresponds to a visual feature. An output digital image is generated that depicts a reconstruction of the input digital image having the visual feature based on the modified inverted latent representation of the input digital image.
US12159411B2
Provided is a machine learning device and method that enables machine learning of labeling, in which a plurality of labels are attached to volume data at one effort with excellent accuracy, using training data having label attachment mixed therein. A probability calculation unit (14) calculates a value (soft label) indicating a likelihood of labeling of a class Ci for each voxel of a second slice image by means of a learned teacher model (13a). A detection unit (15) detects “bronchus” and “blood vessel” for the voxels of the second slice image using a known method, such as a region expansion method and performs labeling of “bronchus” and “blood vessel”. A correction probability setting unit (16) replaces the soft label with a hard label of “bronchus” or “blood vessel” detected by the detection unit (15). A distillation unit (17) performs distillation of a student model (18a) from the teacher model (13a) using the soft label after correction by means of the correction probability setting unit (16). With this, the learned student model (18a) is obtained.
US12159410B2
Image segmentation method using neural network based on mumford-shah function and apparatus therefor
Disclosed is an image segmentation method including receiving an image to be segmented and segmenting the received image by using a neural network learned through a Mumford-Shah function-based loss function.
US12159408B2
An imaging system is described. The imaging system accesses first imaging data of a specimen using a first sensor device. The first imaging data comprising volumetric data. The imaging system accesses second imaging data of the specimen using a second sensor device. The second imaging data comprising surface data. The imaging system registers a common anatomical region of the specimen in the first imaging data and the second imaging data and generates a composite image based on the registered common anatomical region. The composite image indicates the volumetric data and the surface data of the specimen.
US12159406B2
Systems and methods for analyzing pathologies utilizing quantitative imaging are presented herein. Advantageously, the systems and methods of the present disclosure utilize a hierarchical analytics framework that identifies and quantify biological properties/analytes from imaging data and then identifies and characterizes one or more pathologies based on the quantified biological properties/analytes. This hierarchical approach of using imaging to examine underlying biology as an intermediary to assessing pathology provides many analytic and processing advantages over systems and methods that are configured to directly determine and characterize pathology from underlying imaging data.
US12159401B2
The estimator learning device contains an image acquisition unit that acquires stained images provided by photographing respectively in a plurality of wavebands a biomaterial sample that has been stained with a prescribed staining solution; a cell nucleus extraction unit that extracts a cell nucleus region present in the biomaterial sample in each of the stained images; a color information acquisition unit that calculates, for each of the stained images, an absorbance in each of the wavebands in the cell nucleus region; and an estimator learning unit that, based on a relationship between the absorbance in each of the wavebands and information associated with the biomaterial sample and relating to whether the cell nucleus present in the biomaterial sample is in a prescribed state, trains an estimator that estimates whether the cell nucleus is in the prescribed state from the absorbance in each of the wavebands.
US12159400B2
A real time assay monitoring system and method can be used to monitor reagent volume in assays for fluid replenishment control, monitor assays in real-time to obtain quality control information, monitor assays in real-time during development to detect saturation levels that can be used to shorten assay time, and provide assay results before the assay is complete, enabling reflex testing to begin automatically. The monitoring system can include a real time imaging system with a camera and lights to capture images of the assay. The captured images can then be used to monitor and control the quality of the staining process in an assay, provide early assay results, and/or to measure the on-site reagent volume within the assay.
US12159387B2
An inspection support apparatus includes: an image acquisition unit (11) that acquires an image obtained by photographing a concrete structure that is an inspection target; a damage region extraction unit (12) that extracts from the acquired image, a damage region (water leakage, free lime, etc.) appearing on a surface of the concrete structure; a causal part detection unit (17) that detects, in a case where the damage region is extracted, a causal part (a crack, a construction joint, a joint, a peeling part, etc.) causing damage from the image on the basis of a result of extraction of the damage region; and an output unit (19) that outputs the result of extraction of the damage region and a result of detection of the causal part.
US12159385B1
A method for monitoring and safety evaluation of a dam body defect of a check dam is provided, including steps of: obtaining multi-source remote sensing data, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) data, ground monitoring data and sensing images through a three-dimensional data network; identifying the sensing images through an R-CNN algorithm and a Fast R-CNN based on the UAV data and check dam body database to determine check dams having defects and types of defects, defect data and position data; performing classification statistics of the check dams having defects according to the types of defects; building a three-dimensional model of the dam body safety evaluation standards for check dams after classification according to the position data and the ground monitoring data; input the defect data in a check dam safety performance evaluation module to obtain simulation data; and completing the evaluation according to the simulation data and the three-dimensional model.
US12159376B2
Disclosed techniques include radiograph analysis based on Mach band effects. A dental radiographic image is obtained. A high contrast structure on the image is detected. The high contrast structure comprises a radiopaque structure. The structure is analyzed to identify a dental restoration. Contrast is evaluated for the presence of Mach band effects from the dental restoration. A boundary for the dental restoration is determined based on the analyzing and the evaluating. The image is colorized to display the dental restoration based on the boundary that was determined wherein the color for the dental restoration is represented as a darker color than originally on the image.
US12159370B2
A method and a system for processing an image and transform it into a high resolution and high-definition image using a computationally efficient image transformation procedure is provided. The transformation of the image comprises transforming a received intensity image into a layered distance field (DF) image including an ordered sequence of multiple layers. Each layer of the layered DF image includes a DF procedure defining DF values at all locations of the received intensity image and rules for mapping these DF values into intensity values of the layer. The intensity image is transformed iteratively until an error between the received intensity image and an intensity image reconstructed from the layered DF image by combining the intensities values of each level in their corresponding order is less than a threshold error value.
US12159348B2
First, an image processing apparatus obtains data of a captured image obtained by image capturing with an image capturing apparatus that captures an image of a surrounding of a reference point, and obtains distance information indicating a distance from the reference point to an object present in a vicinity of the reference point. Next, the image processing apparatus obtains first three-dimensional shape data corresponding to a shape of the object, based on the distance information. Then, the image processing apparatus obtains second three-dimensional shape data that corresponds to the surrounding of the reference point other than the object and that is formed of one or more flat planes or curved planes. Then, the image processing apparatus obtains third three-dimensional shape data in which the first three-dimensional shape data and the second three-dimensional shape data are integrated, and maps the captured image to the third three-dimensional shape data.
US12159343B2
Systems and techniques are provided for accelerated shadow ray traversal for a hierarchical structure for ray tracing. For instance, a process can include obtaining a hierarchical acceleration data structure, the hierarchical acceleration data structure including one or more primitives of a scene object. Two or more nodes included in a same level of the hierarchical acceleration data structure can be sorted into a sort order, the sort order based on a sorting parameter value determined for each respective node of the two or more nodes. The sorting parameter value can be associated with a probability of determining a ray-opaque primitive intersection for each respective node of the two or more nodes. An intersection between a shadow ray and an opaque primitive included in a node of the two or more nodes can be determined based on traversing the hierarchical acceleration data structure using the sort order.
US12159335B2
In some embodiments, a method for generating a composite image file based on multiple images of a physical product comprises: obtaining a plurality of images of a physical product; applying a plurality of data processing modules implemented in a data flow network to the plurality of images to cause the modules to process, in parallel, the plurality of images and to generate a data structure that captures a composite image file for the physical product; wherein the processing of the plurality of images by a data processing module of the plurality of data processing modules comprises: evaluating the plurality of images to determine a type of processing for the plurality of images, generating, based on the type of processing for the plurality of images, result data for the plurality of images, updating the data structure based on the result data, and transmitting the result data to one or more of the plurality of data processing modules.
US12159331B2
A method for reconstructing a target cardiac image is provided. The method may include: determining a quality index for each cardiac image of a plurality of cardiac images corresponding to one or more cardiac motion phases; determining a phase of interest base on the plurality of quality indexes; and obtaining the target cardiac image of the phase of interest.
US12159330B2
Upon receiving list-mode data by detecting radiation emitted from a radiation source positioned with a field of view of a medical imaging scanner, each photon included in the list-mode data can be classified according to one or more interaction properties, such as energy or number of crystals interacted with. Grouped pairs of photons can be generated based on the classifying, and a corresponding interaction-property-specific correction kernel (e.g., a corresponding interaction-property-specific point spread function correction kernel) can be selected for each group. Corresponding interaction-property-specific correction kernels can then be utilized to generate higher quality images.
US12159324B1
Disclosed are techniques for determining opt-out compliance to prevent user data exploitation. In an aspect, a user device scans an email account of a user of the user device to identify a list of commercial email domains from which the email account has received one or more emails, transmits an opt-out request to a commercial email domain on the list of commercial email domains, receives an opt-out response from the commercial entity, wherein the opt-out response comprises an email or a webform containing natural language text indicating a response to the opt-out request, applies a machine learning model to the opt-out response to classify, based on the natural language text indicating the response to the opt-out request, a type of the opt-out response as one of a plurality of types of opt-out responses, and displays a notification indicating the type of the opt-out response determined by the machine learning model.
US12159323B2
A vehicle monitoring apparatus includes a hardware processor functioning as an image acquisition unit, an abnormality information acquisition unit, a damage determination unit, and a damage reporting unit. The image acquisition unit serves to acquire a captured image including an image representation of an exterior of a vehicle body of a vehicle. The abnormality information acquisition unit serves to acquire vehicle-body abnormality information indicating an abnormality in the vehicle body. The damage determination unit serves to determine presence or absence of damage to the vehicle body on the basis of the captured image and the vehicle-body abnormality information. The damage reporting unit serves to report, to an information processing apparatus, a damage report including the captured image or an image generated on the basis of the captured image. The damage report is reported in accordance with on a result of the determination on the damage.
US12159322B2
A power management system including a management apparatus configured to assign divided computation processing constituting at least a part of predetermined computation processing to a distributed computing device placed in a facility, wherein the management apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive a message including an information element indicating a type of corresponding computation processing that the distributed computing device is capable of handling, and a controller configured to perform assignment processing to assign the divided computation processing to the distributed computing device based on the type of the corresponding computation processing.
US12159321B2
Apparatus, systems, methods, and related computer program products for managing demand-response programs and events. The systems disclosed include an energy management system in operation with an intelligent, network-connected thermostat located at a structure. The thermostat controls an HVAC system to cool the structure using a demand response event implementation profile over the demand response event period. The thermostat can also receive a requested change to the setpoint temperatures defined by the demand response event implementation profile and access a determination of an impact on energy shifting that would result if the requested change is incorporated into the demand response event implementation profile. This determination can be communicated to the energy consumer.
US12159318B2
Provided herein are systems, methods and computer readable media for facilitating transfer of promotions. A promotion and marketing service may allow for assignment of one or more promotions to a first provider or consumer. A method for transferring promotions may include assigning a promotion to a first user account. The promotion may be redeemable by a first user account to obtain a good, service, or experience. The method may also include receiving a request to transfer the promotion to at least one second user account, receiving a promotion reassignment trigger, and in response to receiving the promotion reassignment trigger, assigning the promotion to the second user account using a processor, wherein assignment of the promotion to the second user account enables the second user account to redeem the promotion to obtain the good, service, or experience.
US12159317B2
Methods and systems are described for generating a vehicle-to-vehicle traffic alert and updating a vehicle-usage profile. Various aspects include detecting, via one or more processors associated with a first vehicle, that an abnormal traffic condition exists in an operating environment of the first vehicle. An electronic message is generated and transmitted wirelessly, via a vehicle-mounted transceiver associated with the first vehicle, to alert a nearby vehicle of the abnormal traffic condition and to allow the nearby vehicle to avoid the abnormal traffic condition. The first vehicle receives telematics data regarding operation of the nearby vehicle after the nearby vehicle received the electronic message, and transmits the telematics data to a remote server for updating a vehicle-usage profile associated with the nearby vehicle.
US12159301B2
Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The method computer program products, and systems can include, for instance: examining user browsing data from a browser plugin of a client computer device, the client computing device being associated to the user; determining a current activity classification of the user in dependence on the examining user browsing data from the browser plugin of the client computer device; in response to the current activity classification satisfying a criterion, performing web crawling to obtain crowdsourced product review data of one or more product, the crowdsourced product review data comprising data from product reviews by multiple reviewers other than the user and including data from reviews from multiple product review sites; subjecting the crowdsourced product review data to natural language processing for extracting data tags associated to respective product reviews of the crowdsourced product review data; determining prompting data in dependence on the extracting data tags associated to respective product reviews of the crowdsourced product review data; and communicating the prompting data to the user, the prompting data guiding the user in the authoring of a product review of a certain product.
US12159299B2
A mobile terminal includes a touch screen display, a camera, a power button and an activation button for turning on the touch screen display. The mobile terminal has a first function and a second function to perform in response to user input and provides user settings for configuring at least one of the first and second functions such that the at least one of the first and second functions is performed along with turning on the touch screen display when pressing of the activation button is detected while the touch screen display is turned off. The mobile terminal is configured to perform the first and second functions depending upon length of pressing of the activation button in addition to turning on the touch screen display.
US12159296B2
An audience measurement computing system for monitoring a media presentation device in a monitored environment is described and includes a network interface, at least one processor, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions executable by the processor(s). The computing system is configured to obtain, via a cable connected to an input port of the media presentation device, a voltage signal generated by the media presentation device based on an operational state of the media presentation device; compare voltage indicated by the voltage signal to a threshold; based on the comparing, generate timestamped operational state data comprising a record indicative of when the media presentation device is in an on-state; obtain audience measurement data representing one or more media signals communicated to the media presentation device; and transmit, via the network interface over a network and to a central facility, the timestamped operational state data and the audience measurement data.
US12159282B2
The disclosure generally describes computer-implemented methods, software, and systems, including a method for placing a card into an alert state. An alert detection indication is received during an attempted data exchange using a permanent account number (PAN) associated with a card. The alert detection indication is received by an electronic controller embedded in the card and is received through an interface. The alert detection indication indicates that the PAN has an alert state identified for the PAN by an entity that issued the card. An operational mode of the card is modified into the alert state by the electronic controller and is based on receipt of the alert detection indication. An electronic display indicating that the card is in the alert state is displayed by the electronic controller.
US12159266B2
The invention to which this application relates is apparatus and a method for the monitoring of a guttering and/or roofing system. The invention provides monitoring apparatus at at least one portion of a guttering or roofing system to detect the height of material in the gutter at instants of time and determines the liquid component of said material therein. The data received can be used to determine a future maintenance schedule for said guttering system so as to prevent or minimise the risk of the guttering system flooding and/or alert when an immediate reaction is required in order to prevent flooding or leakage of liquid therefrom.
US12159262B1
Systems and methods to provide user-generated graphical user interfaces within a collaboration environment are described herein. Exemplary implementations may: manage environment state information maintaining a collaboration environment; manage template information defining templates for user-generated graphical user interfaces of the collaboration environment; obtain input information conveying user input into the templates to generate the user-generated graphical user interfaces; effectuate presentation of the user-generated graphical user interfaces based on the template information and the input information; and/or perform other operations.
US12159256B1
A system can be configured to receive and analyze an image captured by a customer at a delivery location to enable identification and verification of the delivery location upon arrival of a deliverer at the delivery location. The system can utilize algorithms trained to determine identifying features of the delivery location from the image and/or provide the image to the deliverer for manual verification. The system can provide the deliverer with the image and additional information specific to the delivery location based on one or more geofences associated with the delivery location. The image, the additional information and the manner of presentation can be configured to guide the deliverer to approved drop-off locations and ensure package placement for delivery to a customer.
US12159248B2
A presentation, organizational and analytical system comprises includes an information database component that allows project specific ability to organize data and observations. A computer system constructs visual overlays of spatially mapped features, quantitative and qualitative attributes and produces an analytical framework where the attributes of any spatial location change in response to changes in the features of a context.
US12159245B2
A method for predicting a day-ahead wind power of wind farms, comprising: constructing a raw data set based on a correlation between the to-be-predicted daily wind power, the numerical weather forecast meteorological feature and a historical daily wind power; obtaining a clustered data set and performing k-means clustering, obtaining a raw data set with cluster labels, and generating massive labeled scenes based on robust auxiliary classifier generative adversarial networks; determining the cluster label category of the to-be-predicted day based on the known historical daily wind power and numerical weather forecast meteorological feature, and screening out multiple scenes with high similarity to the to-be-predicted daily wind power based on the cluster label category; and obtaining the prediction results of the to-be-predicted daily wind power at a plurality of set times based on an average value, an upper limit value and a lower limit value of the to-be-predicted daily wind power.
US12159241B2
Devices and processing systems are configured to enable physiological event prediction based on blepharometric data analysis. For example, some embodiments provide methods and associated technology that enable retrospective analysis of blepharometric data driving subsequent hardware/software configuration, thereby to provide for personalized and/or generalized biomarker identification.
US12159234B2
A differential information extraction unit 81 receives input of a function and a provisional solution of the function, and calculates a first-order differential and a second-order differential in the provisional solution of the input function. An end condition determination unit 82 determines whether to continue updating of a solution in the function, based on the provisional solution. A number-of-updates decision unit 83 decides a number of updates of the provisional solution, based on the provisional solution, the first-order differential, and the second-order differential. A provisional solution updating unit 84 repeatedly performs a process of updating the provisional solution as many times as the decided number of updates based on the first-order differential and the second-order differential, and outputs the updated provisional solution as an optimum solution. The end condition determination unit 82 determines whether to continue the updating of the solution in the function, based on the updated provisional solution.
US12159233B2
Disclosed is a computer implemented method to identify relevant feedback. The method includes training, with a set of training data, a generative adversarial network (GAN), wherein the GAN includes a generator and a discriminator, and the set of training data is comprised of a plurality of feedback, each instance of feedback includes a value in a plurality of categories, the categories including a positivity value, and a validity value. The method also includes receiving, from a user, a new instance of feedback. The method further includes determining, by the discriminator, a first validity value and a first positivity value of the new instance of feedback. The method includes updating, in response to the first validity value being valid, and the first positivity value being negative, the GAN. The method further includes, displaying the new instance of feedback.
US12159228B2
An apparatus, method and computer program is described comprising: initialising parameters of a transmission system, wherein the transmission system comprises a transmitter, a channel and a receiver, wherein the transmitter includes a transmitter algorithm having at least some trainable weights and the receiver includes a receiver algorithm having at least some trainable weights; updating trainable parameters of the transmission system based on a loss function, wherein the trainable parameters include the trainable weights of the transmitter and the trainable weights of the receiver and wherein the loss function includes a penalty term; quantizing said trainable parameters, such that said weights can only take values within a codebook having a finite number of entries that is a subset of the possible values available during updating; and repeating the updating and quantizing until a first condition is reached.
US12159220B2
Electronic neural circuit including at least one pre-neuron having an output voltage VAout, and at least one post-neuron that are linked by at least one excitatory synapse having at least one switching input, wherein the excitatory synapse is supplied with power by the output VAout, and receives, on its switching input, a switching signal VAout_bar whose state is complementary to that of the output VAout.
US12159218B1
A single instruction multiple data (SIMD) processor is used to implement a dropout layer between a first layer and a second layer of a neural network. The SIMD processor can implement the dropout layer by setting one or more elements in an output tensor of the first layer to zero before providing it as an input tensor to the second layer. Setting of the one or more elements to zero is based on a dropout rate, and pseudo-random numbers generated by a random number generator in the SIMD processor.
US12159208B2
An agricultural data collection framework is provided in a system and method for tracking and managing livestock, and for analyzing animal conditions such as health, growth, nutrition, and behavior. The framework uses ultra-high frequency interrogation of RFID tags to collect individual animal data across multiple geographical locations, and incorporates artificial intelligence techniques to develop machine learning base models for statistical process controls around each animal for evaluating the animal condition. The framework provides a determination of normality at an individual animal basis or for a specific location, and generates alerts, predictions, and a targeted processing or application schedule for prioritizing and delivering resources when intervention is needed.
US12159202B2
Technologies for performing error correction in a quantum circuit of a quantum computing system are disclosed. A quantum error correction code (QECC) is selected. The QECC is associated with a codespace. The quantum computing system identifies, based on one or more properties of the QECC, one or more diagonal physical gates in the quantum circuit that induces a target logical gate and preserves the codespace. The quantum computing system configures the quantum computing circuit to implement a quantum error correction protocol using the QECC and at least one of the identified diagonal physical gates.
US12159191B2
Devices and systems for modifying feedback in response to a successful indicia decode are disclosed herein. An example device includes an imaging sensor configured to capture image data, and an indicia decoder communicatively coupled with the imaging sensor that is configured to decode an indicia from the image data. The example device further includes one or more processors configured to: determine an ambient lighting condition based on at least a portion of at least one image frame captured as part of the image data; determine, based on the ambient lighting condition, whether to cause the imaging device to output a first feedback response or a second feedback response in response to a successful indicia decode; and responsive to receiving a successful indicia decode indication from the indicia decoder, cause the imaging device to output the first feedback response or the second feedback response.
US12159182B2
An RFID mesh label configured to be integrally incorporated within a vulcanized tire and to further provide unique identifier(s) and/or other information about the vulcanized tire during and/or post-vulcanization, the RFID mesh label including a face layer configured to be positioned adjacent or flush to an outer surface of the vulcanized tire; an RFID layer positioned underneath the face layer, the RFID layer having an RFID device that is configured to provide unique identifier(s) and/or other information about the vulcanized tire upon being read with an RFID reader; and a mesh backing overlying the RFID layer and adapted to be integrally incorporated in a vulcanized tire after subjecting a green tire to a vulcanization process.
US12159181B1
A method includes capturing digital content; uploading the digital content; generating an identification tag; receiving a scan of the identification tag; identifying the digital content; generating formatted digital content; and causing the formatted digital content to be displayed. A non-transitory computer readable medium includes program instructions that when executed, cause a computer to: capture digital content; upload the digital content; generate an identification tag; receive a scan of the identification tag; identify the digital content; generate formatted digital content; and cause the formatted digital content to be displayed. A system includes a processor, a printer device; and a memory having stored thereon instructions that when executed cause the system to: capture digital content; upload the digital content; generate an identification tag; receive a scan of the identification tag; identify the digital content; generate formatted digital content; and cause the formatted digital content to be displayed.
US12159179B2
The present disclosure discloses a three-dimensional integration system of an RFID chip and a supercapacitor and a manufacturing method thereof. The three-dimensional integration system of an RFID chip and a supercapacitor includes: a silicon substrate (200); an RFID chip (201) disposed on a front surface of the silicon substrate (200); a supercapacitor disposed on a back surface of the silicon substrate (200) at a position corresponding to the RFID chip (201), but not in contact with the RFID chip (201); through silicon via structures penetrating the silicon substrate (200) and respectively disposed on two sides of the RFID chip (201); wherein the RFID chip (201) has a chip positive electrode (2021) and a chip negative electrode (2022) electrically connected with a capacitor contact positive electrode (2131) and a capacitor contact negative electrode (2132) of the supercapacitor through the through silicon via structures on the two sides respectively; and a packaging substrate (218) electrically connected to the capacitor contact positive electrode (2131) and the capacitor contact negative electrode (2132).
US12159176B2
A container orchestration platform manages a plurality of instances of resources including a first custom resource and a second custom resource. An API server of the container orchestration platform receives a request to delete an instance of the second custom resource; determines whether instance data associated with the instance of the second custom resource has a backreference identifying an instance of the first custom resource, the backreference indicating the instance of the first custom resource is dependent on the instance of the second custom resource; and in response to determining that the instance data has the backreference to the instance of the first custom resource, bypasses deletion of the instance of the second custom resource.
US12159171B2
A computing system may include at least one memory and at least one processor coupled to the at least one memory. The at least one processor may be configured to calculate a trace distribution associated with an execution path of an instruction set. The at least one processor may be further configured to assign a score to the instruction set based on the trace distribution associated with the execution path of the instruction set. The at least one processor may be further configured to control handling of an event associated with an execution of the instruction set based on the score.
US12159170B2
A multi-tenant service platform provides network services, such as content delivery, edge compute, and/or media streaming, on behalf of, or directly for, a given tenant. The service platform offers a policy layer enabling each tenant to specify levels of acceptable performance degradation that the platform may incur so that the platform can use electricity with desirable characteristics to service client requests associated with that tenant. Service nodes in the platform (e.g., edge servers) enforce the policy layer at the time of a service request. Preferably, the ‘quality’ of the electricity is a measurement of source of the energy, e.g., whether it is sourced from high-carbon fossil fuels (low-quality) or low-carbon renewables (high-quality). If the desired quality of electricity cannot be achieved, the node can resort to using less electricity to handle the request, which is achieved in a variety of ways.
US12159164B2
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for implementing a transactional timelock mechanism in a distributed ledger. The present invention is configured to receive, from a computing device, a transaction to be registered in a ledger record associated with a distributed ledger at a future time; retrieve a required amount of resources for the one or more validation nodes to register the transaction in the ledger record; submit a validation request for the transaction to a memory pool associated with the one or more validation nodes with a proposed amount of resources less than the required amount of resources; continuously monitor the transaction in the memory pool until the future time; and at the future time, automatically re-submit the validation request for the transaction to the memory pool with the required amount of resources.
US12159161B2
A parallel processing architecture includes a CPU, a task pool populated by the CPU, and a plurality of autonomous co-processing cells each having an agent configured to proactively interrogate the task pool to retrieve tasks appropriate for a particular so-processor. Each co-processor communicates with the task pool through a switching fabric, which facilitates connections for data transfer and arbitration between all system resources. Each so-processor notifies the task pool when a task or task thread is completed, whereupon the task pool notifies the CPU.
US12159159B1
The method and technique involves calculating workload usage models from multiple data sources for IoT backbone infrastructure platforms used in device-to-cloud communication. Based on these built models, the simulator uses virtual connected devices to predict machine size, number of machines, storage & network resource options required for the IoT backbone. Validated sets are then benchmarked data is then fed to a machine learning algorithm, which then recommends optimal outcomes for cloud based IoT backend platforms including machine sizes, number of machines, storage & network options and costs across various cloud providers like AWS, GCP & Azure.
US12159155B1
Devices and techniques are generally described for an edge computing system. In various examples, the edge computing system may comprise a host kernel comprising a kernel-based virtual machine hypervisor. In some examples, the edge computing system may comprise virtualization software effective to communicate with the kernel-based virtual machine hypervisor to execute guest virtual machines. In various further examples, the edge computing system may comprise an engine virtual machine with access to at least one hardware component. The edge computing system may further comprise a control plane virtual machine. The control plane virtual machine may include components effective to receive a first request and determine an application corresponding to the first request, and a virtual machine manager effective to control the virtualization software to generate a virtual machine, configured in accordance with a configuration specific for the virtual machine, for executing the application.
US12159151B2
The present disclosure describes systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods that intelligently sense digital user context across client devices applications utilizing a dynamic sensor graph framework and then utilize a persistent context store to generate flexible digital recommendations across digital applications. In one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems utilize triggers to select and activate one or more sensor graphs. These sensor graphs can include software sensors arranged according to an architecture of dependencies and subject to various constraints. The underlying architecture of dependencies and constraints in each sensor graph allows the disclosed systems to avoid race-conditions in persisting actionable user-context based signals, verify the validity of sensor output through the sensor graph, generate user-context based recommendations across multiple related applications, and accommodate a specific latency/refresh rate of context values.
US12159149B2
A gesture operation method includes a terminal device that starts an application. When a conflict exists between a gesture supported by the application and a default gesture of an operating system of the terminal device, the terminal device enables a standby gesture for the conflicted default gesture of the operating system such that a user can use different functions defined by the operating system and the application for the conflicted gesture.
US12159137B2
Methods and systems for providing improved and interactive product documentations are provided. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes providing a documentation page to a computing device. The documentation page may include an identifier of a data environment associated with the documentation page. A request may be received to display the data environment and data associated with the data environment may be retrieved from a database associated with the computing device. The data environment may be created based on the retrieved data and provided to the computing device for display.
US12159134B2
Methods, system, and non-transitory processor-readable storage medium for efficient software configuration management system in a continuous deployment environment are provided herein. An example method includes receiving, by a continuous deployment module, instructions to deploy a microservice application. A configuration manager creates a dictionary comprising a plurality of configuration map objects. The continuous deployment module deploys the microservice application in the software configuration management system, where the microservice application mounts at least one configuration map object from the plurality of configuration map objects.
US12159131B2
An in-vehicle information processing apparatus includes a client processing unit configured to be provided with a service and perform processing, the client processing unit receives, from a server processing unit configured to provide a service, a service providing message that includes identification information and version information of a service to be provided, determines whether or not the version information included in the received service providing message and version information of a service that the client processing unit desires to be provided match, and, if it is determined that the two types of version information do not match, the client processing unit examines whether or not it is possible to receive the service with different version information, and, if it is possible to receive the service with different version information based on an examination result, the client processing unit receives the service and performs processing.
US12159127B2
Systems and methods for detecting code duplication are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for detecting exact code snippet duplicates may include: (1) representing, by a code duplication detection computer program, each of a plurality of code snippets in a codebase as an abstract syntax trees; (2) featurizing, by the code duplication detection computer program, the abstract syntax trees into corpus feature vectors by converting the abstract syntax tree into vector representations; (3) generating, by the code duplication detection computer program, dense feature vectors from the corpus feature vectors using a dimension reduction technique; (4) identifying, by the code duplication detection computer program, exact duplicate code snippet matches by apply density-based clustering to the dense feature vectors; and (5) tagging, by the code duplication detection computer program, the exact duplicate code snippets.
US12159125B2
Disclosed is a page multiplexing method, a page multiplexing device, a storage medium and an electronic apparatus. After obtaining the page frame information of pages to be configured in a client to be developed, a component relational tree corresponding to the plurality of pages can be determined. The component relational tree is compared with a pre-constructed reference relational tree to determine a target tree structure composed of target components from the reference relational tree. Dependencies between target components in the reference relational tree match those in the component relational tree. The component code of the target component used by the developed client is queried to multiplex the component code. The component relational tree corresponding to pages to be developed can be compared with the reference relational tree corresponding to each page included in the developed client to determine the component code that can be multiplexed.
US12159119B2
A first set of text generation prompts may be determined based on an input document and a first text generation prompt template. The first set of text generation prompts may include an instruction to identify factual assertions in the input text. The prompts may be sent to a remote text generation modeling system, which may respond by identifying factual assertions in the input text. A second set of text generation prompts may be determined based on the factual assertions and a second text generation prompt template. The second set of text generation prompts may include an instruction to respond to the factual assertions. A response to the input text may be generated based on written responses provided by the remote text generation modeling system.
US12159117B2
A computer implemented method for the automated analysis or use of data is implemented by a voice assistant. The method comprises the steps of: (a) storing in a memory a structured, machine-readable representation of data that conforms to a machine-readable language (‘machine representation’); the machine representation including representations of user speech or text input to a human/machine interface; and (b) automatically processing the machine representations to analyse the user speech or text input.
US12159113B2
A method for diagnosing a medical condition through cognification of unstructured data is disclosed. The method may include receiving, at a server, an electronic medical record including notes pertaining to a patient. The method may also include generating cognified data using the notes, where the cognified data includes a health summary of the medical condition. The method may also include generating, based on the cognified data, a diagnosis of the medical condition of the patient, where the diagnosis at least identifies a type of the medical condition. The method may also include providing the diagnosis to a computing device for presentation on the computing device.
US12159107B2
A method for automatically identifying word repetition errors includes the following steps: after performing word segmentation on a large-scale training corpus, performing statistics to obtain two-tuple and three-tuple structures including repeated words in the training corpus, and repeated combination degrees, left contextual adjacent word information entropy and right contextual adjacent word information entropy in the training corpus; performing statistics and recording words containing repeated characters in a Chinese dictionary and establishing a repeated word library of the Chinese dictionary; judging the repeated words appearing in the text to be subjected to error checking based on the repeated words in the Chinese dictionary; and judging the repeated words appearing in the text to be subjected to error checking based on the repeated combination degrees, left contextual adjacent word information entropy and right contextual adjacent word information entropy obtained by performing statistics.
US12159101B1
Some embodiments improve the autonomy of a form-filling RPA robot by supplying it with a strategy ranking indicator identifying multiple alternative strategies for filling in a target form field, so that when one strategy fails, the RPA robot may fall back on an alternative strategy. The ranking indicator further ranks the respective form-filling strategies, enabling the RPA robot to choose among the available strategies according to their rank. Some embodiments prioritize higher-ranking strategies. The strategy ranking indicator is dynamically updated to promote successful form-filling strategies and/or demote failing ones, and is made available to other instances of the RPA robot.
US12159092B2
Implementations of the present disclosure provide coloring methods that sort and pre-color nodes of G0-linked networks in a multiple-patterning technology (MPT)-compliant layout design by coordinate. In one embodiment, a method includes identifying target networks in a circuit layout, each target network having two or more linked nodes representing circuit patterns, and each target network being presented in an imaginary X-Y coordinate plane, assigning a first feature to a first node in each target network, the first node is determined using a coordinate-based method, and assigning the first feature and a second feature to remaining nodes in each target network in an alternating manner so that any two immediately adjacent linked nodes in each target network have different features.
US12159088B2
In various embodiments, a gravity design application automatically generates a design for a structural system of a building. The gravity design application performs partitioning operation(s) based on an outline of a first floor included in a computer-aided design of the building to generate a set of segments. Subsequently, the gravity design application generates a set of segment designs based on the set of segments, constraint(s), and design objective(s). The set of segment designs includes at least one segment design for each of the segments included in the set of segments. The gravity design application determines a combination of floor designs from multiple sets of floor designs based the design objective(s), where each set of floor designs is associated with a different floor of the computer-aided design of the building. The gravity design application generates the design for the structural system of the building based on the combination of floor designs.
US12159085B2
Systems and methods for vocal guidance for playback devices are disclosed. A playback device can include a first wireless transceiver for communication via a first data network and a second wireless transceiver for communication via a second data network. The device includes one or more processors and is configured to maintain a library that includes one or more source device names and corresponding audio content, the audio content configured to be played back via an amplifier to indicate association of a particular source device with the playback device via the first data network. The device receives, via the second data network, information from one or more remote computing devices, and based on the information, updates the library by: (i) adding at least one new source device name and corresponding audio content; (ii) changing at least one source device name or its corresponding audio content; or both (i) and (ii).
US12159079B2
An electronic device according to various embodiments disclosed in this document may include wireless communication circuitry, a memory, and a processor operatively connected to the memory and the wireless communication circuitry. The processor may be configured to identify a location of a terminal in an area in which a plurality of display devices have been installed and select one of the plurality of display devices, receive content from the terminal through the wireless communication circuitry and convert a first form of the content into a second form of the content, the second form being supported in the selected one display device, and stream the content in the second form, to the selected one display device based on a User Datagram Protocol (UDP) protocol.
US12159077B2
A display control device is a device that controls four display devices provided in an automobile, and includes: four image generating units that generate four on-screen displays; a setting unit that sets a color display mode as a set display mode; and an image processing unit that unifies a color display mode of each of the four on-screen displays generated to the set display mode, and display each of the four on-screen displays that have been unified to the set display mode on a different one of the four display devices.
US12159068B2
An image forming apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive information regarding a size of an image, a setting value regarding N-in-one printing, and a post-processing position from an information processing apparatus, a determination unit configured to determine whether the received setting value regarding the N-in-one printing is a predetermined setting value, a change unit configured to, in a case where the determination unit determines that the received setting value regarding the N-in-one printing is the predetermined setting value, change the received post-processing position based on the received information regarding the size of the image, and an image forming unit configured to form the image received from the information processing apparatus on a recording medium.
US12159059B2
Methods, systems, and devices for commands to support adaptive memory systems are described. A memory system may be configured to receive a command to perform an operation on an address of a memory system, the command including an indication of a count of program/erase cycles associated with the address; determine whether the count of program/erase cycles associated with the address satisfies a threshold; adjust a trim parameter for operating the memory system based at least in part on determining that the indication of the count of program/erase cycles satisfies the threshold; and perform the operation associated with the command using the adjusted trim parameter.
US12159058B2
A method for operating a memory device includes receiving an input that includes a command signal, an address signal, and a data signal, transmitting the command signal or the address signal to a low speed buffer, and transmitting the data signal to a high speed buffer.
US12159054B2
Identifying recording disk defects in a data storage device such as a hard disk drive (HDD), for which disk defects are not previously identified, includes responsive to a first user data write request to a particular storage area of a disk medium, writing the user data to the particular storage area, reading the written user data from the particular storage area, and verifying the integrity of the user data read from the particular storage area. Upon passing, a second user data write request to the same particular storage area can be fulfilled without again reading and verifying. Upon failing, the particular storage area is marked as defective and the user data is written to a different storage area. This procedure can be repeated in response to each initial user write request to each storage area of each disk medium, foregoing the need for disk surface scanning during manufacturing.
US12159047B2
A cloud server component determines that a size of a first cloud storage element object is at least below a first threshold. In response to the first determination, a client-side component is requested to store additional data in the cloud storage element object including by having the client-side component update the first cloud storage element with an updated version that includes previously existing data of the first cloud storage element and the additional data. The first cloud storage element object is added to a set of one or more cloud storage element objects available for update. The client-side component is configured to generate an updated version of the first cloud storage element object that has a size that is greater than or equal to the first threshold.
US12159045B2
A memory apparatus embedded with a computing function and an operation method thereof are provided. The memory apparatus includes a memory array, a plurality of data flow controllers, a plurality of computation circuits, a data bus, and a control logic circuit. The memory array includes a plurality of block groups having a plurality of memory blocks. Each of the data flow controllers selects a transmission path of data of each memory block according to a corresponding one of the data flow control signals. In a computation mode, the computation circuit computes first data from the corresponding memory block. In a normal mode, second data is transmitted between the data bus and the corresponding memory block. The data flow controller transmits the first data from the corresponding memory block to the computation circuit according to the data flow control signal provided by the control logic circuit to compute the first data.
US12159044B2
Systems and methods disclosed herein improve on current technology for block-level data replication to cloud computing environments. A new system architecture deploys one or more replication tail proxies in a cloud computing environment, locally (at the cloud) tracks replicated data and determines which replicated data meet criteria for reconstructing a desired point-in-time in the cloud, and persists data blocks received at the replication tail proxy until they are processed as recovery points. The disclosed approach presents resiliency and performance advantages. First, the resiliency of block-level data replication to cloud is improved by deploying the replication tail proxy in the destination cloud. Second, a Recovery Time Objective (RTO) is reduced by enabling faster cloud deployment of virtual machines for disaster recovery, failover, and/or test purposes based on the replicated data.
US12159042B2
It is described an electronic device, comprising a secure element domain that further comprises: i) a physical memory region configured to store a plurality of data sets; and ii) a control device, coupled to the physical memory region, and configured to transfer at least one data set away from the physical memory region, wherein transferring the data set comprises at least one of: a) transferring the data set as a first data blob to a virtual memory region of the secure element domain; b) off-loading the data set as a second data blob to an external domain.
US12159040B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a semiconductor pillar including first and second memory cells electrically connected in series and formed on opposite sides of the semiconductor pillar, first word lines connected to the first memory cells, respectively, and second word lines connected to the second memory cells, respectively. A verify operation includes a channel clean operation for supplying a reference voltage to a semiconductor channel shared by the first and second memory cells followed by at least first and second sense operation for determining whether a threshold voltage of a target memory cell has reached first and second threshold voltage states, respectively, then a second channel clean operation for supplying the reference voltage to the semiconductor channel, and then at least a third sense operation for determining whether the threshold voltage of the target memory cell has reached a third threshold voltage state.
US12159036B2
This disclosure provides an access request processing method, a storage device, and a storage system. In embodiments of this disclosure, a first storage device receives an artificial intelligence (AI) model from a second storage device, wherein the AI model is obtained by the second storage device through training based on historical input output (IO) requests in historical running processes. The first storage device obtains a prediction result of the AI model based on an access request received by the first storage device.
US12159030B2
Techniques including receiving configuration information for a trigger control channel of the one or more trigger control channels, the configuration information defining a first one or more triggering events, receiving a first memory management command, store the first memory management command, detecting a first one or more triggering events, and triggering the stored first memory management command based on the detected first one or more triggering events.
US12159023B2
A system and method for allowing a user to manage transactions in an online credit card application. The system includes a back-end server operating the online application and including a processor for processing data and information, a communications interface communicatively coupled to the processor, and a memory device storing data and executable code. When the code is executed, the processor can link one or more external bank accounts to the online application, provide a list of transactions that were made using the credit card, and enable a user to group or categorize the transactions in the list by transaction type.
US12159002B2
A detection device includes: a sensor having a detection region; electrodes arrayed in a first direction and a second direction in the detection region; a detection circuit configured to generate detection values of the electrodes based on detection signals from the electrodes; and a processing circuit configured to generate spatial coordinates indicating a position of an object to be detected on or above the detection region. The spatial coordinates include first data indicating a position in the first direction, second data indicating a position in the second direction, and third data indicating a position in a third direction. The processing circuit acquires the first to third data based on the detection values and generates the spatial coordinates when at least one of the detection values is equal to or larger than a first threshold and smaller than a second threshold larger than the first threshold.
US12159001B2
A display device includes a first display area including a first pixel area; a second display area including a second pixel area and a transmissive area; a signal line, a common electrode, and a touch electrode that are disposed in the second display area. The common electrode includes an opening overlapping the transmissive area, and the common electrode is disposed between the signal line and the touch electrode to overlap the signal line.
US12158997B2
Disclosed is a computer mouse that may be changed in size and shape. According to an embodiment, the computer mouse includes a first driving unit moving a cover in the front and rear direction to perform an up-and-down operation, a second driving unit moving a plurality of buttons in the left and right direction to perform an open-and-close operation, a sub-button moving the cover backward to raise the cover and at the same time is drawn out to both sides of the body or is drawn into the body when the cover is moved forward, and a third driving unit causing the sub-button to appear and disappear. In addition, a computer mouse that is easy to carry is disclosed. According to an embodiment, the computer mouse includes a mouse body, and a cover member detachably coupled to the mouse body.
US12158991B2
Techniques and apparatuses are described that implement a smart-device-based radar system capable of performing gesture recognition using a space time neural network. The space time neural network employs machine learning to recognize a user's gesture based on complex radar data. The space time neural network is implemented using a multi-stage machine-learning architecture, which enables the radar system to conserve power and recognize the user's gesture in real time (e.g., as the gesture is performed). The space time neural network is also adaptable and can be expanded to recognize multiple types of gestures, such as a swipe gesture and a reach gesture, without significantly increasing size, computational requirements, or latency.
US12158988B2
A method is performed at an electronic device with one or more processors, a non-transitory memory, a display, and an extremity tracker. The method includes obtaining extremity tracking data via the extremity tracker. The method includes displaying a computer-generated representation of a trackpad that is spatially associated with a physical surface. The physical surface is viewable within the display along with a content manipulation region that is separate from the computer-generated representation of the trackpad. The method includes identifying a first location within the computer-generated representation of the trackpad based on the extremity tracking data. The method includes mapping the first location to a corresponding location within the content manipulation region. The method includes displaying an indicator indicative of the mapping. The indicator may overlap the corresponding location within the content manipulation region.
US12158987B2
User interaction concepts, principles and algorithms for gestures involving facial expressions, motion or orientation of body parts, eye gaze, tightening muscles, mental activity, and other user actions are disclosed. User interaction concepts, principles and algorithms for enabling hands-free and voice-free interaction with electronic devices are disclosed. Apparatuses, systems, computer implementable methods, and non-transient computer storage media storing instructions, implementing the disclosed concepts, principles and algorithms are disclosed. Gestures for systems using eye gaze and head tracking that can be used with augmented, mixed or virtual reality, mobile or desktop computing are disclosed. Use of periods of limited activity and consecutive user actions in orthogonal axes is disclosed. Generation of command signals based on start and end triggers is disclosed. Methods for coarse as well as fine modification of objects are disclosed.
US12158986B2
A method for determining a focal point depth of a user of a three-dimensional (“3D”) display device includes tracking a first gaze path of the user. The method also includes analyzing 3D data to identify one or more virtual objects along the first gaze path of the user. The method further includes when only one virtual object intersects the first gaze path of the user identifying a depth of the only one virtual object as the focal point depth of the user.
US12158984B1
An activity care zone system includes: an image output module including a plurality of image output devices disposed at predetermined positions in an indoor care zone to project images onto multiple surfaces of six surfaces that constitute the indoor care zone except for an open rear side, in which installation positions and irradiation angles of the image output devices are set such that a shadow of a user is not generated within a field of view of the user located at least in a central area of the bottom surface and facing a front surface; a sensing module installed in one area of the indoor care zone to sense a position and a motion of the user; and a control module configured to control such that the image output devices output synchronized images according to a sensing result of the sensing module and a pre-stored scenario.
US12158983B2
A text input method and apparatus, and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium are provided. In the text input method, in response to determining that a head-mounted display device is triggered for text input, the head-mounted display device displays a text input control in a target picture displayed by the head-mounted display device. The text input control may include a plurality of first child controls that correspond to characters, and each first child control displays corresponding characters respectively. Furthermore, in response to determining that a target first child control among the plurality of first child controls is triggered, the head-mounted display device determines target characters corresponding to the target first child control, determines a text to be inputted based on the target characters, and inputs the text to be inputted into a text input box displayed on the target picture.
US12158981B2
Systems and techniques for persistent calibration of an electronic device configured to implement an extended reality (XR) system involve estimating and validating visual-inertial odometry (VIO) calibration parameters during an active XR session of the electronic device. Validating the estimated VIO calibration parameters involves performing a strict calibration qualification of the estimated VIO calibration parameters using a thresholding module, machine learning module, or both. An initial calibration qualification is performed concurrently with the strict calibration qualification based on VIO performance. If the estimated VIO calibration parameters pass the strict calibration qualification and initial calibration qualification, they are stored for use to calibrate the device in future XR sessions. Persistent calibration of time alignment between the inertial management unit and the image sensor of the electronic device is also performed during active XR sessions upon detection of time alignment issues.
US12158973B1
Systems, devices, and methods are provided for stable pseudonymous identifiers. A system may obtain first data, and obtain a first cryptographic key from a cryptography service. The system may determine, based at least in part on the first data and the first cryptographic key, a first hash output of a hash function. The system may determine that a mapping table does not include a first record associated with the first hash output. The system may create, in the mapping table, a first record comprising the first hash output and a random value. The system may provide the random value as a stable pseudonymous identifier of the first data. If the first cryptographic key is subject to a key rotation, the pseudonymous identifier of the first data may remain constant even though the value of the key changes as a result of the key rotation.
US12158967B2
In some implementations, a system may receive a first request including a user internet protocol (IP) address associated with the first request, and a user e-mail address associated with an e-mail account of a user. The system may store the submission IP address in association with the first request. The system may transmit a confirmation e-mail message to the user e-mail address. The confirmation e-mail message may include image data associated with the first request. The system may receive, from an e-mail client associated with the user e-mail account, a second request to access the image data. The second request may include a confirmation IP address. The system may perform a comparison of the requesting and submission IP addresses and the submission IP address. The system may transmit, to the e-mail client, an image associated with the image data and based on the comparison.
US12158965B2
Provided is a design method for sharing a profile in a container environment, including: extracting a sensitive context defined as information related to system-based access control or a sandboxing policy and an insensitive context defined as information unrelated to security for a profile provided by a developer; extracting the sensitive context and the insensitive context for the profile provided by a host; fetching a max configuration for the sensitive and insensitive contexts from each image layer of the developer; and generating a final profile that is applied to deploy the container by merging the host profile with the max configuration fetched from the developer profile. Accordingly, it is possible to provide an optimal environment to developers and hosts by generating the final profile with a hierarchical model using the host profile and the developer profile.
US12158963B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to using machine-learning models to determine graduated levels of access to secured data for remote devices. In some embodiments, a computing platform may establish a connection with a mobile device. Subsequently, based on establishing the connection, the platform may identify initial device information, device features, and user information. The platform may input the identified information into an authentication model to compute a baseline authentication score and then may identify an initial level of access to secured resources for the mobile device. Thereafter, the platform may receive from the mobile device, AR/VR device information captured by the mobile device. The platform may input the AR/VR device information into the authentication model to compute an augmented authentication score. Based on the augmented score, the platform may identify an augmented level of access to secured resources for the mobile device.
US12158959B2
Systems and methods are provided for vulnerability proofing updates to an IHS. An update package is detected that includes configurations for one or more of the hardware components of the IHS. One or more catalogs are accessed that specify known vulnerabilities of hardware components. The updated configurations of the hardware component that are included in the update package are used to identify any hardware component configurations that have known vulnerabilities that are listed in the catalogs. If known vulnerabilities are identified in the updated configurations, further booting of the IHS may be disabled until the update package is modified to include no configurations with vulnerabilities identified in the catalogs.
US12158958B2
Embodiments identify vulnerabilities in, e.g., a web application. An embodiment first, searches a database to identify payload characteristics for a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request associated with a uniform resource locator (URL) of a web application. In turn, one or more payloads with characteristics corresponding to the identified payload characteristics are obtained. Next, the HTTP request with the obtained one or more payloads is sent to the URL. Then, one or more responses to the HTTP request sent with the obtained one or more payloads are observed to determine if the web application includes one or more vulnerabilities.
US12158952B2
Techniques for determining and displaying error messages including a cause of an error generated because two types are not members of the same nest are disclosed. The system detects, at runtime, an instruction in a first type that attempts to access a private member of a second type. The system evaluates one or more nestmate criteria to determine whether the first type and the second type are within a same nest. A nest host corresponding to the nest specifies each nest member of the nest, and each nest member specifies an association with the nest. Responsive to determining that a particular nestmate criterion is not met, the system determines that the first type and the second type are not within the same nest and records or displays data identifying the particular nestmate criterion that has not been met, and throws an access error.
US12158948B2
An image forming apparatus which is capable of effectively preventing leakage of confidential information from an application program while reducing effects on the performance of the image forming apparatus. The application program includes a plurality of control codes and a plurality of data. Each of the control codes is loaded so as to be executed. The control codes include encrypted control codes and unencrypted control codes. In a loading process, it is determined whether or not key information for use in decryption in a case where the control code to be loaded is encrypted has integrity, and it is determined whether or not the control codes including the control code to be loaded have integrity. When it is not determined that the control codes have integrity, the encrypted code to be loaded is not loaded or decrypted even if it is determined that the key information has integrity.
US12158944B2
A processing method implemented by a first device including receiving first data including a challenge datum; obtaining key data including an encrypted cryptographic key which is masked by executing a cryptographic masking function; receiving an unmasking key; determining the encrypted cryptographic key by executing a cryptographic unmasking function on the basis of the unmasking key; determining a decrypted cryptographic key by a decryption by executing a decryption algorithm with white-box implementation on the basis of the encrypted cryptographic key; determining an answer datum by a cryptographic operation by executing a predetermined cryptographic algorithm on the basis of the decrypted cryptographic key and the challenge datum; and sending the answer datum to authenticate the first device.
US12158943B2
An authentication method for a tag device includes exchanging authentication codes between the tag device and an authentication server to perform mutual authentication. A reader device acts as a communications bridge between the tag device and the authentication server. The reader device may observe mutual authentication between the tag device and the authentication server as an indicator that the tag device is authentic. A failure of mutual authentication indicates that the tag device is not authentic.
US12158930B2
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for implementing continuous authentication based on object location recognition. The present invention is configured to receive, from the computing device of a user, a request for primary authorized access; receive, via the augmented reality application, a real-time visual feed, wherein the real-time visual feed comprises one or more objects; determine one or more positional parameters associated with the one or more objects; determine that the one or more objects and the one or more positional parameters associated with the one or more objects meets one or more requirements for the primary authorized access; and transmit control signals configured to cause the computing device of the user to display a notification indicating that the user has been granted the primary authorized access.
US12158929B1
The present disclosure provides a method of watermarking digital media for subsequent decoding. The method includes receiving a secure content package comprising digital audiovisual content, source entity information, content annotations, and digital signatures. The package is validated using public-key cryptography. A content identifier is generated and embedded as a watermark into the digital audiovisual content. The watermark is configured to be machine readable and visually inconspicuous. A content database entry is recorded in a remote database, retrievable using the content identifier and comprising the content annotations and source information. The watermarked digital audiovisual content is stored and transmitted to the media source. The method may further include generating and storing content hashes for future authentication comparisons.
US12158927B2
Digital content distribution methods, systems and devices are provided. The digital content distribution utilizes a content distribution server for providing a user device access to digital content. In certain embodiments, the content distribution server: (a) receives a check-out request from a user device via a content access device; (b) provides metainfo to the user device via the content access device; (c) receives an open content command comprising an identifier of the digital content and an identifier for a user from the user device; (d) determines from the open content command whether the user device is authorized to view the digital content; and (e) provides a license response to the user device based on the user device being authorized to view the digital content, the license response comprising a license and the digital content.
US12158919B2
A method for automatically categorizing groups of users in a social network, and using the categories to propose matches between groups or users and groups includes accessing content shared within a group in a social network application, processing the shared content with at least one machine learning model to determine labels for the content, determining categories for the group based on the labels for the content, accessing matching criteria for a user of the social network application, generating a match between the user and the group based on the matching criteria for the user and the categories for the group, supplying data indicative of the match to a client device of the user, receiving a match acceptance from the client device, and in response to receiving the match acceptance, providing the user access to the group in the social network application.
US12158911B2
Described herein are techniques to enable limited access to a photos library by enabling application specific virtual photo libraries. When an application requests access to the photos library, the user can select an option to enable or configure a virtual photos library, and then select specific assets (e.g., photos, videos) within the photos library to be selected for inclusion into an application specific virtual photos library.
US12158899B2
An information processing method, an electronic device, and a storage medium are provided, which relate to the field of artificial intelligence technologies such as big data, knowledge graphs, deep learning and the like. The method includes: determining a first independence relationship according to a plurality of variables and values respectively corresponding to the plurality of variables, wherein the first independence relationship includes: at least two variables of the plurality of variables being relatively independent; determining a first adjustment scheme according to the plurality of variables and the first independence relationship; adjusting the first independence relationship according to the first adjustment scheme, to obtain a second independence relationship; and obtaining a causal relationship information processing result according to the second independence relationship.
US12158896B2
The present disclosure discloses a method, an apparatus, and a computer storage medium for cloud storage interval updating. The method includes determining a cloud storage interval to be updated in a cloud storage system; determining a target cloud storage interval in the cloud storage system; and replicating data in the cloud storage interval to be updated to the target cloud storage interval based on a content verification.
US12158895B2
Synchronous content sharing of media assets via an object data model propagated through a star network or a mesh network. Each user device updates a local object data model including information on the status of the media asset delivery, to achieve synchronization with the source data. Updates to the local object data model may be the result of direct connection between a user device and an application server via a network, or the result of indirect connections through peers in mesh networks, where the local object data model is shared through hops between peers in the mesh network if the direct connection is unavailable.
US12158894B2
The platforms, systems and methods provided herein may provide a data-driven workflow platform. The method comprises: mapping selected data objects to a data storage model of the data-driven workflow platform, where the selected data objects are stored in a data cloud configuration that is operatively coupled to the data-driven workflow platform; and displaying, on a graphical user interface (GUI), a flow for building a cloud application utilizing or managing the selected data objects. The interactive flow comprises at least one graphical element corresponding to a rule for automating an action triggered by a triggering event of the selected data objects.
US12158881B2
A method for automated entity field correction includes receiving multiple search request parameters at multiple text entry fields of a user interface of an application, the multiple search request parameters corresponding to at least one of a first and second search query types, generating uniform resource locator (URL) request parameters according to the received multiple search request parameters, and dynamically building a search query by comparing the URL request parameters to multiple search query templates in a configuration file, the multiple search query templates including at least a first search query corresponding to the first search query type and a second search query corresponding to the second search query type. The method includes transmitting the dynamically built search query to a search cluster of a database, obtaining a search query result from the search cluster, and displaying the obtained search query result on the user interface of the application.
US12158879B2
A computer-implemented method for efficient processing of pooled data shared by users of a cloud platform, the method includes the steps of uploading at least one dataset by a client device of a user to said cloud platform; calculating similarity scores indicating a degree of similarity between the current uploaded dataset and datasets previously uploaded by client devices of other users; and performing a procedure selected by a user on the cloud platform based on pooled data including the current dataset of the respective user and the datasets previously uploaded from client devices of other users stored in a database of the cloud platform having calculated similarity scores in relation to the current uploaded dataset of the respective user exceeding a configurable similarity score threshold, is provided.
US12158877B2
A distributed database processing system for a database composed of data records organized into tables which processes unique index atoms consistently and concurrently. Each attempt to insert a new key value into such a unique index atom in any given node is routed to a unique index atom chairman for processing. The chairman determines whether the request will be granted. If the request is not granted, the requesting unique index atom continues to try to submit the insert. If the request is granted, the requesting unique index atom modifies the content thereof and broadcasts a replicated given unique index atom all other nodes that contain the replicated unique index atom.
US12158868B2
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for improved per-frequency counting systems that record interactions between individuals and a group of providers while maintaining differential privacy. A protocol may be defined that specifies frequency bins to categorize identifiers corresponding to individuals. A provider may generate a plurality of private sketches, each corresponding to a plurality of frequencies defined in the protocol. Frequency data is determined for each identifier. Identifiers are encoded into the private sketches corresponding to the identifiers' associated frequency. The plurality of private sketches from each provider in the group of providers are combined to generate a deduplicated distribution across the group. In one implementation, the private sketches of each provider are sequentially merged until all sketches have been combined, from which the total distribution can be estimated.
US12158865B2
A method, a system, and computer program product for updating various database artifacts using design definitions. A design time definition is received for a database artifact stored in a database. Design time metadata is extracted from the design time definition. Runtime metadata is retrieved from the database, the runtime metadata corresponding to the database artifact. Differences are determined between the design time metadata and the runtime metadata. An update query is generated based on the differences between the design time metadata and the runtime metadata. The update query is executed to update the database artifact.
US12158864B1
Methods, computer systems, and computer-storage medium are provided for providing closed-loop intelligence. A selection of data is received, at a cloud service, from a database comprising data from a plurality of sources in a Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) format to build a data model. After a feature vector corresponding to the data model is extracted, a selection of an algorithm for a machine learning model to apply to the data model is received. A portion of the selection of data is utilized for training data and test data and the machine learning model is applied to the training data. Once the model is trained, the trained machine learning model can be saved at the cloud service, where it may be accessed by others.
US12158860B2
A file system and a related method are presented. The file system includes a data storage including a plurality of data blocks; a merge index including a plurality of namespace entries, wherein the plurality of namespace entries include a plurality of blockmap entries and a plurality of local reference entries; a deduplication database including a plurality of deduplication indices and a plurality of global reference entries for a plurality of datasets; and an indexing system configured to generate the plurality of namespace entries and the plurality of global reference entries.
US12158858B2
Disclosed are a resource allocation method and device for a PCIe card. The method includes: allocation types of the PCIe card is divided according to the number of lanes of the PCIe card, and the allocation types and corresponding voltage intervals are numbered; a voltage of the PCIe card is detected in response to the PCIe card being connected to a mainboard; the voltage is compared with the voltage intervals and it is judged in which voltage interval of the numbered corresponding voltage intervals the voltage is located; and the mainboard invokes the PCIe allocation type corresponding to the voltage interval for allocation.
US12158851B2
The disclosure provides a read/write control method and device for a DDR (Double Data Rate) dynamic random access memory, and a system. The device includes a read control signal generating unit and a read memory controller, and the read control signal generating unit is in signal connection with the read memory controller; the read control signal generating unit is configured for determining a minimum frame period from a plurality of received signal sources, generating a read control signal based on a delay time, and providing the read control signal to the read memory controller; and the read memory controller is configured for controlling the reading of video frames from the DDR dynamic random access memory according to the read control signal.
US12158843B2
The present technology includes a storage device including a memory device including a first storage region and a second storage region and a memory controller configured to, in response to a write request in the first storage region from an external host, acquire data stored the first region based on a fail prediction information provided from the memory device and to perform a write operation corresponding to the write request, wherein the first storage region and the second storage region are allocated according to logical addresses of data to be stored in by requests of the external host.
US12158833B2
A processor may automatically select a cloud service provider. A processor may receive one or more parameters associated with an entity and a cloud service dataset associated with a provider. A processor may generate a digital twin of the entity using the one or more parameters. A processor may simulate the digital twin of the entity and the cloud service dataset. A processor may identify, responsive to simulating the digital twin of the entity and the cloud service dataset, one or more predicted conditions of cloud service dataset on the entity. A processor may select the provider based, at least in part, on the one or more predicted conditions.
US12158829B1
The present invention generally relates to systems and methods for detecting and/or isolating any causes of defective and/or partially defective IoT device or individual sensor device(s). In embodiments the present invention generally relates to fixing, replacing, and/or troubleshooting IoT devices and/or individual sensor device(s) that are defective and/or partially defective.
US12158828B1
A technology is described for correlating application performance to external event types. An example method may include obtaining electronic content from a content server associated with an electronic content provider and extracting a potential reference to an external event from the electronic content, where the external event may impact performance of an application hosted on a computing resources. The reference may be identified as being associated with an external event type using a categorization technique that associates the reference in the electronic content to one or more external event types, and an external event log may be generated to include event data for the external event type to allow correlation of the external event type to performance of the application hosted on the computing resources.
US12158827B2
A memory controller includes a command queue, an arbiter, and a controller. The controller is responsive to a repair signal for migrating data from a failing region of a memory to a buffer, generating at least one command to perform a post-package repair operation of the failing region, and migrating the data from the buffer to a substitute region of the memory. The controller migrates the data to and from the buffer by providing migration read requests and migration write requests, respectively, to the command queue. The arbiter uses the plurality of arbitration rules for both the read migration requests and the write migration requests, and the read access requests and the write access requests.
US12158814B2
A system and related method operate solid-states storage memory. The system performs a first tuning process that has a first set of tuning options, on a first portion of solid-states storage memory. The system identifies one or more second portions of solid-states storage memory, within the first portion of solid-states storage memory that fail readability after the first tuning process. The system performs a second tuning process that has a differing second set of tuning options, on each of the one or more second portions of solid-states storage memory.
US12158813B2
An information handling system may include a processor and a management controller electrically coupled to the processor and configured to provide out-of-band management facilities for management of the information handling system, the management controller further configured to in response to one or more heartbeat synchronization signals received from a software service of the information handling system, wherein each of the one or more heartbeat synchronization signals is associated with an item of software stored on the information handling system, determine if any critical software is missing from the information handling system, and for each item of missing critical software, cause a service operating system of the information handling system to stage installation of a restore image of such item.
US12158809B2
Disclosed is an electronic device including a memory module that includes at least one dynamic random access memory, and a processor configured to access the memory module, determine a corrected error count associated with an address of a corrected error in response to the corrected error being detected when data are read from the memory module, read an error log associated with the corrected error, determine a risk level of the corrected error based on the error log, and schedule a post package repair (PPR) for the address of the corrected error in response to the risk level of the corrected error being high.
US12158807B2
A computer-implemented method for expanding a set of matched nodes in a partially-matched graph can include obtaining, by a computing system, a partially-matched graph having a matching set, the partially-matched graph including one or more edges and a plurality of nodes, the one or more edges having a matching label. The method can include obtaining at least two unmatched nodes. The method can include determining an alternating path from a first unmatched node of the at least two unmatched nodes to a second unmatched node of the at least two unmatched nodes, the alternating path including at least one edge of the one or more edges. The method can include inverting the matching label of the at least one edge of the alternating path such that the at least two unmatched nodes are included in the matching set of the partially-matched graph.
US12158803B2
An information handling system includes multiple components and multiple zones, with each zone including a portion of a total number of the components. The information handling system also includes a processor programmed to determine that a communication failure has occurred with one of the components of the information handling system, identify a zone of the multiple zones that includes the one of the components; and instruct the zone to switch to a default mode.
US12158802B2
Systems and methods for are provided for predicting impending failure of a database and preemptively initiating mitigating failover actions, for example by shedding connections or redirecting connection requests to an alternate database that can fulfill resources being requested. In an example embodiment, to detect a slow or unstable database, connection wait times are monitored over a rolling window of time intervals, a quantity of intervals in which at least one excessive wait time event occurred are counted during the time window, and if the quantity exceeds a threshold, the database is deemed unavailable, thereby triggering connection adjustments.
US12158800B2
A flash memory controller to be used in a storage device and coupled to a flash memory device of the storage device through a specific communication interface. The flash memory controller sends a debug injection command signal to the flash memory device through the specific communication interface to configure an operation of a debug circuit of the flash memory device to make the debug circuit automatically generate debug information of an access operation of the debug injection command signal sent from the flash memory controller, transmit the generated debug information from the flash memory device to the flash memory controller via the I/O control circuit and the specific communication interface, without controlling a memory cell array of flash memory device generating errors.
US12158787B2
Power distribution systems and methods in which a power distribution unit (PDU) is provided with residual current monitoring at multiple outlets of an outlet module in a PDU. A residual current monitoring circuit of the PDU includes at least one current sensor associated with the outlets of the PDU to detect residual current for each of the outlets. The methods of residual current detection in a PDU having multiple power outlets includes detecting current leakage at each outlet as a difference between supplied current and return current for each outlet.
US12158757B1
Provided is a robotic refuse container system, including: a first robotic refuse container, including: a chassis; a set of wheels; a rechargeable battery; a processor; a refuse container; a plurality of sensors; and a medium storing instructions that when executed by the processor effectuates operations including: collecting sensor data; determining a movement path of the first robotic refuse container from a first location to a second location; and pairing the first robotic refuse container with an application of a communication device; and the application of the communication device, configured to: receive at least one input designating at least a schedule, an instruction to navigate the first robotic refuse container to a particular location, and a second movement path of the first robotic refuse container; and display a status; wherein the first robotic refuse container remains parked at the first location until receiving an instruction to execute a particular action.
US12158755B2
An authorization system includes a controller of an external computing device communicatively connected to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The controller obtains a mission kit that includes software for controlling a piece of equipment configured to be assembled on the UAV. The controller receives a license that is associated with a user and determines, based on the license, whether the piece of equipment is authorized for operation on the UAV as controlled by the user. Responsive to determining that the piece of equipment is authorized, the controller initiates transmission of at least some of the software of the mission kit to the UAV for installation by the UAV to allow the user to operate the piece of equipment.
US12158746B2
A method for maintaining, commissioning and checking systems in warehouses, where a service technician has sight of the system in question and, by way of a mobile computer, makes wireless contact with the controller of the system in order to take control thereof, where taking control by the mobile computer is permitted by a central controller only if the service technician can have sight contact with the corresponding system, for which purpose localization services of a local radio network are used for the determination of the position and/or of the orientation of the mobile computer of the service technician.
US12158744B2
According to one embodiment, an analysis device performs an analysis related to a plurality of tasks of a manufacturing process. The analysis device receives an image when each of the plurality of tasks is performed. The analysis device receives the images from an imaging device acquiring the images. The analysis device receives a detection signal from a tool used in at least one of the plurality of tasks. The detection signal is detected by the tool. The analysis device refers to end determination data for determining an end of each of the plurality of tasks. The analysis device determines the end of each of the plurality of tasks based on the images, the detection signal, and the end determination data.
US12158743B2
A method for establishing communication between a control node and a machine in a machine tool system includes notifying the control node of an identifier of the machine. The machine includes a numerical control (NC). The method further includes the steps of retrieving a machine configuration file including machine attributes at the control node based on the identifier; determining a data structure of a data signal transferring information in the machine tool system by interpreting the machine configuration file; and acknowledging from the control node to the machine that communication has been established.
US12158741B2
The present disclosure provides a self-adaptive test method for an intelligent prediction algorithm of analog measured values. Firstly, an event recording sequence, an analog measurement point ID and an analog measurement point alarm value are read from a time sequence event record table, an analog measurement point table and an alarm threshold table. Next, operation records of a normal operation state of a unit within a statistical cycle are acquired to form historical statistics of measured values of the analog measurement point based on switching value signals. Then, simulated measured values of the analog measurement point with time scales are calculated based on the historical statistics, the analog measurement point alarm value and an analog measurement point current measured value. Finally, sensitivity is calculated; and an alarm is sent to remind a technician to adjust the algorithm when the sensitivity is greater than a threshold.
US12158735B2
A method includes determining, by a processing device, whether a first process recipe including a set of Pareto efficient parameters is to be selected from a set of process recipes, wherein the set of Pareto efficient parameters fail to satisfy each target property of a set of target properties for processing the component, in response to determining that a first process recipe is not to be selected from a set of process recipes for processing the component, selecting, by the processing device from the set of process recipes, a second process recipe including a set of parameters satisfying each target property of the set of target properties, and causing, by the processing device, the component to be processed by a process tool using the second process recipe.
US12158734B2
Methods for ascertaining a control strategy for a technical system using a Bayesian optimization method. The control strategy is created based on model parameters of a control model and is executable. The method includes providing a quality function whose shape corresponds to a regression function and that evaluates a quality of a controlling of the technical system based on model parameters; carrying out a Bayesian optimization method based on the quality function in order to iteratively ascertain a model parameter set having model parameters within a model parameter domain that indicates the permissible value ranges for the model parameters; and determining the model parameter domain for at least one of the model parameters as a function of an associated maximum a posteriori estimated value of the quality function.
US12158724B2
An electrophotographic member includes an electro-conductive substrate, and an elastic layer as a surface layer, the elastic layer constituted by a single-layer, wherein the elastic layer includes a first resin, a second resin and an anion, the first resin is a crosslinked urethane resin, and the crosslinked urethane resin is a resin having a specific cationic structure in the molecule, the second resin is at least one of a crosslinked acrylic resin having an ether bond and a crosslinked epoxy resin having an ether bond, and in a first area of the elastic layer, the first are being from an outer surface of the elastic layer to a depth of 0.1 μm, the first resin and the second resin form an interpenetrating polymer network structure.
US12158722B2
A cartridge includes a drum unit and a development unit. The drum unit includes a photosensitive drum, a frame, a transfer roller, and a cleaning member. The development unit includes a development roller, and a memory. The cleaning member is configured to come into contact with the photosensitive drum at a region between a development nip portion and a transfer nip portion in a circumferential direction of the photosensitive drum and at an end portion of the photosensitive drum in a direction of the rotational axis. The frame has an exposing hole through which the memory is exposed from the frame, and a recessed portion that is adjacent to the exposing hole in the direction of the rotational axis, and stores foreign matters removed from the photosensitive drum by the cleaning member.
US12158707B2
Particulate deposition rate on a photolithographic mask, particularly of tin (Sn) particles produced within an EUV light source, is reduced by producing turbulence within a radiation source chamber of the EUV light source. Turbulence can be produced by changing the temperature, pressure, and/or gas flow rate within the radiation source chamber. The turbulence reduces the number of particles exiting the EUV light source which could be deposited on the photomask.
US12158702B2
Provided is an exposure device capable of improving exposure accuracy while ensuring throughput. The exposure device 100 includes: a reflective liquid-crystal modulating device 21, 22; a light source device 10 uniformly illuminating the reflective liquid-crystal modulating device 21, 22 with power-stabilized pulsed laser light in a ultraviolet wavelength band; a projection optical system 30 forming an image of reflected light modulated by the reflective liquid-crystal modulating device 21, 22; and a stage 40 supporting a target on which exposure is performed by a pattern imaged by the projection optical system 30.
US12158687B2
A system includes primary and secondary devices (e.g., camera controllers that drive voice coil motors) each having respective outputs and a communication link. The primary device includes first and second hardware timers, each of which expires at a time derived from a periodic control loop trigger. At first timer expiration, the primary transmits first updated values to the secondary. At second timer expiration, primary device hardware picks up and applies second updated values to the primary device outputs. In response to receiving the first updated values from the primary device, the secondary device applies the received first updated values to its outputs. The primary/secondary device combination provide a sufficient number of total outputs that they could not individually provide and further synchronize the outputs with small skew through the timers, which are programmable to also accommodate processing of inputs (e.g., from voice coil motor sensors) to compute the outputs.
US12158682B2
According to one embodiment, a viewing angle control element includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and an electrolyte layer. The first substrate includes a first transparent substrate, a first light-shielding portion and a second light-shielding portion provided between the first transparent substrate and the electrolyte layer, a first transparent insulating layer provided between the first light-shielding portion and the second light-shielding portion, and a first transparent electrode. The first transparent electrode includes a first electrode portion overlapping the first light-shielding portion, a second electrode portion overlapping the second light-shielding portion, and an opening portion overlapping the first transparent insulating layer.
US12158667B2
The liquid crystal display panel disclosed in the present application includes a first substrate; a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the first substrate includes a common electrode; the second substrate includes a plurality of first regions defined at intervals in a row direction, a plurality of second regions defined at intervals in a column direction, and a plurality of pixel regions defined by intersection of the plurality of the first regions and the plurality of the second regions; the first regions and/or the second regions are provided with opposite electrodes, so that the liquid crystal molecules located in the first regions and/or the second regions are in a stationary state, thereby improving response times of liquid crystal molecules.
US12158662B2
Provided is a barrier film for a wavelength conversion sheet that, when applied to a wavelength conversion sheet, can suppress in-plane uneven brightness of the wavelength conversion sheet. A barrier film for a wavelength conversion sheet, the barrier film including a first base material film, a second base material film, a barrier layer, a primer layer, and an adhesive layer positioned between the first base material film and the second base material film, wherein the barrier film satisfies the following condition 1:
US12158653B2
The application discloses a color filter substrate, a display panel and a display device. The color filter substrate includes a base substrate, a light-shielding portion and a plurality of light-filtering portions. The plurality of light-shielding portions are arranged on the base substrate at intervals, the light-filtering portion is arranged between the plurality of light-shielding portions, the light-filtering portion includes a first light-filtering portion and at least two second light-filtering portions, the first light-filtering portion is arranged between the two second light-filtering portions, the first light-filtering portion includes a color resist material and a high-refractive material, and the at least two second light-filtering portions includes a transparent material.
US12158650B2
A protective film, a method for fabricating the same, and a display device are provided. The protective film is configured to be applied to a self-luminous display panel. The protective film includes a quantum dot color conversion layer, a first base substrate, a polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer, and a second base substrate. Scattering of liquid crystal monomers in the polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer does not affect brightness of light in a front view direction, and can improve intensity of an emitted light, thereby effectively improving luminous efficiency of a display panel and user experiences.
US12158647B2
A pre-assembly functional element with electrically controllable optical properties, includes a multilayer film, which includes, in this order, a first protective film, a first carrier film, a first flat electrode, an active layer, a second flat electrode, a second carrier film, and a second protective film, wherein the first protective film and the second protective film are in each case independently selected from a PVB film, an EVA film, or a TPU film. The functional element also includes one or more sealing films that are attached to the multilayer film.
US12158645B2
A Thermal Transparency Control Device (TTCD), comprising: an inner layer of Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal (PDLC) capable of changing an arrangement of liquid crystals comprised therein, in response to a change in a level of voltage supplied to the PDLC, so that the inner layer becomes more transparent as the voltage increases, thereby enabling more thermal radiation to pass through the inner layer; the inner layer placed between two outer layers of material wherein at least part of each of the two outer layers enables thermal radiation passage therethrough and wherein each of the two outer layers comprises an electrical interface that is in contact with the inner layer.
US12158641B2
A backlight module, including: a surface light source; a first light guide plate laminated with the surface light source in a thickness direction, wherein the first light guide plate is on a light-exiting side of the surface light source, and a side of the first light guide plate proximal to the surface light source comprises a plurality of first networks; and a first light source on a side surface of the first light guide plate, in which an orthographic projection of the first light source onto a plane, where a light-exiting surface of the surface light source is located, does not overlap with that of the first light guide plate onto the plane.
US12158638B2
Systems and methods for providing enhanced image quality across a wide and extended range of foci encompass vision treatment techniques and ophthalmic lenses such as contact lenses and intraocular lenses (IOLs). Exemplary IOL optics can include an aspheric refractive profile imposed on a first or second lens surface, and a diffractive profile imposed on a first or second lens surface. The aspheric refractive profile can focus light toward a far focus. The diffractive profile can include a central zone that distributes a first percentage of light toward a far focus and a second percentage of light toward an intermediate focus. The diffractive profile can also include a peripheral zone, surrounding the central zone, which distributes a third percentage of light toward the far focus and a fourth percentage of light toward the intermediate focus.
US12158632B2
A camera module is provided. The camera module includes a lens module; a carrier coupled to the lens module, and configured to rotate using an optical axis as a rotation axis; a housing configured to accommodate and support the carrier; and a guide unit disposed between the carrier and the housing, wherein the guide unit includes a ball member that is configured to perform a rolling movement between the carrier and the housing, and a first substrate connected to the lens module, wherein at least a portion of the first substrate is configured to bend as the carrier is rotated.
US12158619B2
An optical fiber connection component is provided with: a glass plate that has a plurality of first through-holes; a resin ferule that has a plurality of second through-holes respectively coaxial to the first through-holes and that is fixed to the glass plate; and a plurality of optical fibers that is arranged on a surface of the resin ferrule. One or more glass fibers disposed within each of the plurality of optical fibers, a surface of each of the glass fibers being covered with a resin coating, and a portion of each of the glass fibers being exposed from a tip of each of the optical fibers. The exposed portion of each of the glass fibers is held in a corresponding one of the first through-holes and a corresponding one of the second through-holes.
US12158615B2
A fiber-optic splice having a first fiber-optic cable including a first metal tube, the first metal tube including a first metal material, a splice tube including a second metal material, wherein the splice tube is arranged around the first metal tube, or wherein the first metal tube is arranged around the splice tube, thereby forming a first overlap section between the splice tube and the first metal tube, and a first coating including a third metal material, the third metal material being different from the first metal material and the second metal material, the first coating being arranged at an inner surface of the splice tube or at an outer surface of the splice tube in the first overlap section, and wherein the inner surface of the splice tube or the inner surface of the first metal tube includes a first radial deformation providing contact between the splice tube and the first metal tube via the first coating in the overlap section, so that a hydrogen tight seal is achieved between the first metal tube and the splice tube.
US12158614B2
The present disclosure provides a MEMS -based variable optical attenuator (VOA) array, sequentially including an optical fiber array, a micro-lens array, and a MEMS-based micro-reflector array to form a VOA array having several optical attenuation units. The MEMS-based micro-reflectors can change the propagation direction of a beam, causing a misalignment coupling loss to the beam and thereby achieving optical attenuation, with a broad range of dynamic attenuation, low polarization dependent loss and wavelength dependent loss, good repeatability, short response time (at the millisecond level), etc. Arrayed device elements are used as assembly units of the present disclosure, and the assembly of arrayed elements facilitates tuning in batches. Accordingly, automation levels are improved, and the production costs are reduced.
US12158609B2
A semiconductor optical device includes a substrate containing silicon and including terraces, a waveguide, and a diffraction grating in different regions in plan view; and a semiconductor device formed of a III-V compound semiconductor and having an optical gain, the semiconductor device being joined to the diffraction grating and the terraces and being in contact with an upper surface of the substrate. The waveguide is optically coupled to the diffraction grating in a direction in which the waveguide extends. The terraces are located on both sides of the waveguide and the diffraction grating in a direction crossing the direction in which the waveguide extends. The substrate has a groove between each of the terraces and the waveguide. The diffraction grating is continuously connected to the terraces in the direction crossing the direction in which the waveguide extends.
US12158608B2
A cutting jig includes a fixing member for inserting a distal end portion of an optical fiber, and an inclination cutting unit movable with respect to the fixing member for cutting the distal end portion. The distal end portion is defined into a proximal end portion and a free end portion. The inclination cutting unit includes a one end edge of a closing plate and a blade portion incapable of relative movement to each other. The inclination cutting unit can perform a first movement and a second movement that is a greater movement amount than the first movement. The one end edge is brought into contact with the free end portion based on the first movement, and the free end portion moves to be inclined with respect to an extension line EL. A blade edge is brought into contact with the free end portion based on the second movement.
US12158600B2
A polarizing plate and an optical display apparatus including the same are provided. The polarizing plate includes: a polarizer; and a first retardation layer and a second retardation layer sequentially stacked on a lower surface of the polarizer. The first retardation layer has an in-plane retardation (Re) of 200 nm to 250 nm at a wavelength of 550 nm; the second retardation layer has an in-plane retardation (Re) of 80 nm to 140 nm at a wavelength of 550 nm; and the polarizing plate has a total transmittance difference of 2% or more between total transmittance at a wavelength of 450 nm and total transmittance at a wavelength of 420 nm.
US12158597B2
A system includes a first group of optic lenses within a focusing unit positioned along the propagation direction of a collimated laser beam, the first group of optic lenses separated by a predetermined fixed distance. The first group of optic lenses in conjunction cause the collimated beam to form as an annular beam as it passes through the first group of optic lenses. An axicon lens located distal from the first group of optic lenses along the propagation direction, the axicon lens operable to bifurcate the annular beam into two deflected collimated beam sections, and the axicon lens having a focus that causes the two deflected collimated beam sections to merge at a distance distal from the axicon lens to create an interference pattern region.
US12158594B2
Embodiments provide an optical imaging system, which includes a first aberration compensation lens group, a polarizer, an optical imaging module, and a display, where the display, the first aberration compensation lens group, the polarizer, and the optical imaging module are sequentially arranged. The display is configured to emit non-polarized light. The first aberration compensation lens group is configured to perform aberration compensation on the non-polarized light emitted by the display. The polarizer is configured to transmit polarized light in non-polarized light that is obtained after the aberration compensation and that is emitted by the first aberration compensation lens group. The optical imaging module is configured to: fold an optical path, and emit the polarized light. The embodiments of this application are applied to an optical imaging process.
US12158588B2
An image display device includes an observation optical system configured to guide light toward the eyes of an observer, a casing supporting the observation optical system so as to be movable along a predetermined path, a first heat dissipation part and a second heat dissipation part that are provided in the casing, positioned in opposite directions along the path with respect to the observation optical system, and configured to dissipate heat generated in the casing. A heat transfer part connects the first heat dissipation part and the second heat dissipation part so as to transfer heat between them.
US12158579B2
A head-up display apparatus configured to project an image on a windshield to display a virtual image to a driver includes an image display unit including a light source and a display element and configured to form the image. A display device is configured to project and reflect image light onto the windshield to display the virtual image in front of the windshield. A driver's viewpoint detector is configured to detect a viewpoint of the driver; and a movement mechanism is configured to move a position of the virtual image based on information of the viewpoint of the driver detected by the driver's viewpoint detector. The driver's viewpoint detector detects the viewpoint of the driver by irradiating the face of the driver with the interior light or light of the light source of the image display unit as illumination light at night.
US12158572B2
The technology generally relates to a binocular having two tubes, which are connected by a hinged bridge pivotable about a hinge axis for adjusting the interpupillary distance. In each tube a beam path is formed with a first optical axis of an objective lens, with a second optical axis of an eyepiece and with a prism erecting system. The first optical axis of the objective lens and the second optical axis of the eyepiece are offset parallel to each other by a distance, and the first optical axis of the objective lens and the second optical axis of the eyepiece lie in a common plane. Outer sides of the two tubes in a section of their longitudinal extent parallel to the optical axis which overlaps with a longitudinal extent of the prism erecting system have a waist with respect to a direction perpendicular to the plane.
US12158568B2
Provided are: a zoom lens including, in order from an object side, a first lens group having positive refractive power, a second lens group having negative refractive power, an Intermediate group having one or more lens groups and having positive refractive power as a whole, a lens group having negative refractive power, and a rear group having one or more lens groups, wherein the intermediate group includes at least two lens surfaces each of which is a cemented surface and is a diverging surface, a space between adjacent lens groups changes in zooming, the lens group moves on an optical axis in focusing, and the zoom lens satisfies the predetermined conditional expression; and an imaging apparatus including the zoom lens.
US12158554B1
The present invention belongs to the field of deep navigation, and in particular to a high-precision modeling method and system of three-dimensional velocity field for precise navigation of deep oil and gas. The present invention includes: extracting wave impedance characteristics based on standardized well logging data to obtain a wave impedance curve; acquiring a velocity vector of each location at current depth, to obtain a one-dimensional velocity curve; based on the one-dimensional velocity curve, training a velocity value prediction model based on wave impedance at the current depth; performing wave impedance inversion based on the wave impedance curve at the current depth to obtain a wave impedance inversion data volume; and based on the wave impedance inversion data volume, through the velocity value prediction model based on wave impedance at the current depth, acquiring a three-dimensional high-accuracy velocity volume.
US12158551B2
A method of manufacturing a radiation imaging apparatus includes electrically connecting a first surface of a flexible insulating layer to a conductive portion of a circuit substrate, covering an exposed portion of the conductive portion with a protection layer, and separating the flexible insulating layer from a substrate in contact with a second surface of the flexible insulating layer. The circuit substrate includes an integrated circuit mounted on the circuit substrate. The flexible insulating layer includes, on the first surface, a plurality of pixels arranged in a two-dimensional matrix to convert radiation into an electrical signal. The second surface of the flexible insulating layer is opposite to the first surface of the flexible insulating layer. The flexible insulating layer is separated from the substrate by irradiating the second surface with light transmitting through the substrate.
US12158535B2
A positioning method and a communication device are provided, which relate to the field of communication technologies. The method includes: determining first information. The first information includes at least one of the following: direction information of a target beam, energy change information of the target beam, LOS path indication information, and beam identification information. The first information is used to determine positioning information of the first device. The LOS path indication information is used to indicate whether the target beam is an LOS path. The beam identification information is identification information of the target beam.
US12158534B2
A vehicle communication device includes: a position specification unit that configured to specifies coordinates of latitude and longitude of a subject vehicle as position information; a receiving unit that receives the communication frame transmitted from a surrounding terminal device, the communication frame including, in a region other than the data main part, low decimal place latitude/longitude coordinates that are low decimal place part of coordinates of latitude and longitude of the surrounding terminal device and that are not encrypted; and a surrounding terminal device position estimating unit that estimates coordinates of latitude and longitude of the position of the surrounding terminal device based on the coordinates of latitude and longitude of the subject vehicle and the low decimal place latitude/longitude coordinates of the surrounding terminal device.
US12158526B2
A vehicular tracking system and a method are provided. The system includes: a sensor configured to emit a sensor beam toward a vehicle to be tracked; an information calculator configured to calculate, through the sensor, sensor beam emission information and movement information of the vehicle to be tracked; and a tracking setter configured to receive the movement information and the emission information from the information calculator and set, through the movement information and the emission information, a tracking gate for the vehicle to be tracked.
US12158525B2
Systems and methods for generating ground-level terrain elevation models, preparing vector street data to assist in generating such models, and finding approximate elevation of any point using such terrain models are provided. Lidar data can be analyzed, and Lidar elevation values at roadway/street intersections can be used to determine a model of the ground-level elevation in an area or region. Outliers can be removed. The ground-level elevation at any point in the mapped area can be determined using elevation levels for nearby roadway intersections.
US12158524B2
A method for determining a scan pattern according to which a sensor equipped with a scanner scans a field of regard (FOR) is presented. The method comprises obtaining, by processing hardware, a plurality of objective functions, each of the objective functions specifying a cost for a respective property of the scan pattern, expressed in terms of one or more operational parameters of the scanner. The method further includes applying, by the processing hardware, an optimization scheme to the plurality of objective functions to generate the scan pattern. The method further includes scanning the FOR according to the generated scan pattern.
US12158523B2
A detector for use in detecting reflected or scattered light pulses for a lidar system includes a primary lens, a secondary lens, and a photodiode array. The primary lens is configured to collect and focus the light pulses, the secondary lens is configured to receive and further focus the light pulses from the primary lens, and the photodiode array is configured to receive and sense the light pulses from the secondary lens. At least one of the primary lens or the secondary lens are configured using liquid crystal polymer (LCP).
US12158521B2
A radar sensor for motor vehicles. The radar sensor includes an antenna arrangement having multiple antenna elements linearly arranged at uniform distances along a connecting line, the distance between each two adjacent antenna elements being equal to half of the mean wavelength λ of the emitted radar signal, and the arrangement including at least one triple of adjacent antenna elements, in which the two antenna elements located on the outside in the triple, on the one hand, and the interposed antenna element, on the other hand, originate in opposite directions from the connecting line. The antenna arrangement includes at least one pair of antenna elements which originate in opposite directions from the connecting line and whose distance from one another is an integer multiple of the wavelength λ, so that one of these antenna elements has a negative amplitude taper in relation to the antenna elements of the triple.
US12158520B2
The present technology relates to a signal processing device, a signal processing method, a program, and an information processing device capable of reducing processing of folding correction of velocity measured by a radar. The signal processing device includes a measurement unit that measures, on the basis of an output signal from a radar, a distance and relative velocity of a reflector that reflects a transmission signal from the radar, and a correction unit that performs folding correction of measured velocity of the reflector on the basis of correlation between a measured distance and measured velocity of the reflector at a certain measurement time, and a measured distance and measured velocity of the reflector at a time before the measurement time. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a system that senses an object around a vehicle.
US12158516B2
Provided is a control device which includes a radar device that executes a first mode of detecting at least any one of a relative speed and a relative distance with respect to an object in a first area and a second mode of detecting at least any one of a relative speed and a relative distance with respect to an object in a second area in a field wider than that of the first area; and a controller which switches a mode that is executed by the radar device to any one of the first mode and the second mode.
US12158512B2
A method of performing personalized neuromodulation on a subject is provided. The method includes acquiring functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data of a brain of the subject. The method also includes calculating functional connectivity of the brain between a voxel in a subcortical region of the brain and a voxel in a cortical region of the brain, based on the fMRI data. The method also includes identifying a target location in the brain to be targeted by neuromodulation based on the calculated functional connectivity.
US12158502B1
A method for protecting, controlling, and monitoring electrical medium range switchgear comprising use of a Rogowski coil embedded in the outside of a cylinder or bottle of a switchgear and surrounding the Mains providing voltage and current and a capacitive or similar voltage divider, also surrounding the Mains and extending around the cylinder or bottle, and providing analog signals from those devices to an integrated circuit for conversion to digital signals, and then transmitting as output the digital signals to a data accumulator where the same are optionally time stamped and compared to one another, to a standard or to themselves at a different time.
US12158489B2
A system for real-time continuous and remote monitoring of the progressive degradation of insulators installed in Electric Power Transmission Networks, namely in Very High Voltage electric Lines (VHVL), which can be applied at lower voltage levels (High and Medium Voltage). The principle of operation is based on the identification of the occurrence of leakage currents in the insulators by registering the current intensities, the periods of the occurrences, and local measurements of temperature and relative humidity.
US12158488B2
A computer-implemented iterative method for reconstructing the topology of a cable network, includes the steps of: obtaining a measured time reflectogram Rm from a signal previously injected into the cable network, initially simulating a plurality of cable network hypotheses (Hi,j), and then iteratively executing the following steps: obtaining, for each simulated cable network hypothesis (Hi,j), an associated simulated time reflectogram Rm, evaluating, for each simulated cable network hypothesis (Hi,j), an error criterion E(Ri,j-Rm) between the measured time reflectogram Rm and the simulated time reflectogram Rm, applying, to the simulated cable networks, an optimization algorithm having the function of producing a plurality of modified cable networks having, overall, a reduced error criterion E(Ri,j-Rm), replacing the simulated cable networks from the previous iteration with the modified cable networks for the following iteration.
US12158482B2
A probe card assembly includes a circuit board, a substrate, and at least one passive component. The substrate is disposed opposite and connected to the circuit board. The circuit board has a first opening facing the substrate and/or the substrate has a second opening facing the circuit board. The at least one passive component is disposed between the circuit board and the substrate and is at least partially accommodated in at least one of the first opening and the second opening.
US12158455B2
A separation column (6), an injector (4) that injects a sample into a mobile phase flowing through a flow path (16) leading to the separation column (6), at least one detector (8;10) that is fluidly connected downstream of the separation column (6), and generates a plurality of detector signals different from each other derived from a component in a sample separated by the separation column (6), a fraction collector (12) for fractionating and collecting a portion containing a component separated by the separation column (6) in an eluate from the separation column (6) into an individual collection container, and a controller (14) that detects a component peak in a plurality of chromatograms based on each of a plurality of the detector signals and controls operation of the fraction collector (12) based on a result of the detection are included. The controller (14) includes a fractionating collection part (26) configured to execute fractionating collection in which a portion detected as a component peak only in one chromatogram of a plurality of the chromatograms and a portion detected as a component peak in all of a plurality of the chromatograms are collected separately in collection containers different from each other.
US12158453B2
The present invention relates to a computer-implemented method for controlling preparation of a liquid mixture comprising an acid and its conjugate base or a base and its conjugate acid. The method comprises obtaining (S11) a composition for the liquid mixture to be prepared and determining (S12) a plurality of settings for controlling a preparation of the liquid mixture in one or more automated processes. The plurality of settings are provided (S13) to one or more control systems of the one or more automated processes. The present invention also relates to a buffer tool configured to perform the computer-implemented method, a buffer management system comprising the buffer tool, and a computer readable storage medium (25), having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed in a buffer tool, causes execution of the computer-implemented method.
US12158452B2
A liquid chromatograph has a long-life flow passage switching valve with reduced abrasion caused by sliding of flow passage end portions of a stator and flow passage end portions of a rotor seal. The flow passage switching valve includes: a stator; and a rotor seal connected with a rotor configured to rotate and slide on a circumference with respect to the stator. The stator has stator flow passages that open to the rotor seal. The rotor seal has a rotor seal flow passage for coupling two or more of the stator flow passages. A flow passage end portion that is positioned at a tip end in a sliding direction of the rotor seal flow passage is positioned in a direction opposite to the sliding direction of the stator flow passage end portion to be connected to the rotor seal flow passage, at least at the start of sliding.
US12158443B2
This gas sensor element is provided with a solid electrolyte body having oxygen ion conductivity, a measurement electrode that is disposed on the solid electrolyte body and is exposed to a gas to be measured, and a reference electrode that is disposed on the solid electrolyte body and is exposed to a reference gas. The gas sensor element detects a specific gas included in the gas to be measured. The gas sensor element is provided with a contact layer formed so as to cover at least part of the measurement electrode. The contact layer includes rhodium and at least one precious metal other than rhodium. Additionally, the rhodium content in the contact layer relative to the total amount of precious metals included in the contact layer is at least 30 mol % and less than 100 mol %.
US12158441B2
A rain detection device for sensing rain drops on a surface includes at least one sensor unit and at least one evaluation unit. The sensor unit includes at least one capacitive sensor element. The sensor element is configured such that a capacitance characteristic of the sensor element changes based on an object contacting the surface. The evaluation unit is configured to detect rain drops on the surface based on a differential signal of the sensor element. The evaluation unit is configured to detect a rain drop on the surface based on a symmetry characteristic of the differential signal with respect to a zero point.
US12158431B1
A colorimetric method for detecting copper in a liquid hydrocarbon, preferably, a liquid hydrocarbon fuel, in particular an aviation fuel. A test kit for use in administering the test method is also described.
US12158430B2
A disposable indicator component for use in a system for measuring analyte concentration in a bodily fluid includes an indicator zone comprising at least one colorimetric analyte sensing element, and a coupler for coupling the indicator component to a component having at least one spectrophotometer contained within a housing.
US12158423B2
Disclosed is an apparatus, such as an acoustic for parallel profiling cell-matrix adhesion at single-cell level via the introduction of localized and uniform acoustic streaming into an open chamber microfluidic device. The adherent cells within the open chamber can be detached by the streaming-induced Stokes drag force, thereby allowing an accurate determination of the relevant forces and kinetics. The current device and method includes the digital regulation of acoustic streaming from a low level to high levels, and a large number of adherent cells can be ruptured from the substrate, and the particular adhesive forces and kinetics can be determined by the applied power. The acoustic device and the associated detachment technique can characterize the adhesion dynamics and kinetics of cells, such as mammalian cells and bacterial cells. And because fibronectin mimics cells and/or cell matrices, the acoustic device and the corresponding method has broad application in determining the force(s) required to detach cells from other types of cells and/or cell matrices.
US12158414B2
In accordance with a method for calibrating structurally identical spectrometers for constituent analysis, a multiplicity of samples are provided and concentrations of one constituent in the individual samples are measured using a reference measuring method. Spectra of the individual samples are measured using one spectrometer selected from the structurally identical spectrometers to determine a preliminary regression model. At least one spectrum is selected from the measured spectra and/or a mean value spectrum formed from the measured spectra. A multiplicity of error spectra are generated using a mathematical model of the structurally identical spectrometers. The individual error spectra are added in each case to the individual selected spectra to obtain simulated spectra. As a result, a resultant regression model is determined in which amplitude values of the measured spectra and selected simulated spectra form the independent variables and in which the reference measurement values form the dependent variable.
US12158413B2
The present invention relates to a food analysis apparatus including a cooking chamber provided in a cooking appliance, a measuring unit mounted in the cooking chamber and configured to irradiate food placed in a cooking region inside the cooking chamber with light and then sense spectral characteristics of reflected light, and an analyzing unit configured to analyze the spectral characteristics transmitted from the measuring unit to detect molecular information of the food.
US12158411B2
Multicolor analysis is enabled while suppressing increase in size. An optical measurement apparatus according to an embodiment is provided with: an excitation light source (101 to 103) that emits excitation light; a waveguide optical system (111, 112, 113, 114, 115) that guides the excitation light to a predetermined position along a predetermined light path; a fluorescence detection system (140) that detects fluorescence radiated from a particle by excitation of the particle present at the predetermined position by the excitation light; and a first scattered-light detection system (130) that detects first scattered light generated by scattering of the excitation light by the particle present at the predetermined position; wherein the waveguide optical system includes a separation optical system (115) that separates the fluorescence and the first scattered light among the light emitted in a predetermined direction from the predetermined position on the flow channel, the fluorescence detection system detects the fluorescence separated by the separation optical system, and the first scattered-light detection system detects the first scattered light separated by the separation optical system.
US12158408B2
A method for automated cleaning of a filter basket in a bioreactor includes determining permeability of the filter basket. A control unit controls a suction unit for suctioning a residual liquid from the liquid tank, a liquid metering unit for dispensing a liquid having a predetermined liquid volume into the filter basket controls the suction unit to empty the liquid tank by suctioning a filtered liquid volume, measures the volume of the suctioned liquid volume, and sending a first measurement signal to the control unit. The control unit determines a permeability quotient from the volume of the extracted filtered liquid volume to the volume of the dispensed predetermined liquid volume and compares the permeability quotient with a permeability threshold. The control unit then controls a cleaning unit to perform a cleaning process of the filter basket if the permeability quotient is below the permeability threshold.
US12158393B2
This application relates to a leak detector device (100) for detecting an internal leak in a fluid path. The leak detector comprises a housing (110) with a flow passage (120) extending through the housing (110), one or more pairs of temperature sensors (130, 140) for detecting a temperature difference between an outside of the housing (110) and the flow passage (120), one temperature sensor of each pair being arranged towards an outer surface of the housing (110) and the other temperature sensor of the pair being arranged towards an innersurface of the housing (110) that faces the flow passage (120), and an array of electrically conductive wires (150, 160) that extend across the flow passage (120). The array of electrically conductive wires (150, 160) comprises one or more positive polarity wires and one or more negative polarity wires. The application further relates to a corresponding method of leak detection.
US12158391B2
Disclosed is a turbine vane thermal barrier coating working condition simulation experiment test system, including: a working state simulation device, a service environment simulation device and a detection device. The working state simulation device is provided on one side of the turbine vane thermal barrier coating to be tested, is connected to the turbine vane thermal barrier coating to be tested, and is configured to simulate a high-speed rotation working state of the turbine vane thermal barrier coating to be tested. The service environment simulation device is provided on the other side of the turbine vane thermal barrier coating to be tested. The detection device is configured to detect damage generated when the turbine vane thermal barrier coating to be tested rotates at a high speed in the service environment.
US12158390B2
A method for operating a control unit for an exhaust gas sensor, in particular for a broadband lambda sensor for an internal combustion engine, in particular, of a motor vehicle, or for another sensor device. The control unit is designed to electrically activate the exhaust gas sensor. The control unit is, in particular, implemented in the form of an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC). The method includes: specifying a measuring sequence and/or a starting point in time, in particular, for an operation of the control unit and/or of the exhaust gas sensor, with the aid of a computing device.
US12158380B2
An apparatus includes a battery having a battery monitoring unit (BMU) and an outer casing, and a resistance measuring device coupled to the outer casing. The battery monitoring unit and the resistance measuring device monitoring a change in surface temperature on the casing of the battery during a charging or discharging of the battery, compare the change in surface temperature with an expected change in surface temperature during the charging or discharging of the battery, and determine that a swelling of the battery has occurred when the change in surface temperature is less than the expected change in the surface temperature.
US12158378B2
A calculation processing unit of a sticking-type core body thermometer includes a correction value acquisition unit and a core body temperature acquisition unit. The correction value acquisition unit obtains a first correction value used to correct a first temperature, in accordance with a first differential value between a reference temperature set in advance according to a maximum limit body temperature and the first temperature on a sticking surface side of a first thermal resistor, and obtains a second correction value that is a correction value used to correct the first temperature, in accordance with a second differential value between the first temperature and a second temperature on a back surface side of the first thermal resistor. The core body temperature acquisition unit obtains a core body temperature by correcting the first temperature by using the first correction value and the second correction value.
US12158375B2
An electronic device includes an outer case, a circuit substrate, a thermopile sensor chip, a filter structure, and a waterproof structure. The outer case has an opening. The circuit substrate is disposed inside the outer case. The thermopile sensor chip is disposed on the circuit substrate. The filter structure is disposed above the thermopile sensor chip. The waterproof structure is surroundingly connected between the filter structure and the outer case, wherein the waterproof structure has a through hole for exposing the filter structure and communicated with the opening of the outer case.
US12158365B2
A physical quantity detection device for reducing an influence of a sound wave generated in a turbocharger and suppressing a decrease in detection accuracy of a physical quantity including a flow rate of gas. The device detects a physical quantity of air from an intake passage of an engine equipped with a turbocharger. The physical device includes a sub-passage that takes in part of air flowing from an upstream to a downstream side of the intake passage along a first direction, and a flow rate detection unit that detects a flow rate of the air taken in the sub-passage. The sub-passage includes an inlet that opens toward the upstream side in the first direction, an outlet that opens toward the downstream side in the first direction, and an attenuation chamber that attenuates a sound wave propagating from the turbocharger to an inside of the outlet.
US12158361B2
A transformer-based anomaly detection apparatus includes: an encoder unit including n encoding blocks having a pyramid structure, and extracting respective multi-scale feature maps having the pyramid structure through respective encoding blocks; a spatio-temporal transformer unit having n spatio-temporal transformers, and generating each multi-scale spatio-temporal attention map in which a temporal feature and a spatial feature for the feature map extracted from each encoding block are emphasized through each spatio-temporal transformer; and a decoder unit including n decoders having a reverse pyramid structure, and generating a prediction frame by using outputs of the multi-scale spatio-temporal attention map and a previous layer decoder through n decoders, and an abnormal event is detected by using the prediction frame.
US12158360B2
Disclosed in the present invention are a capillary channel environmental sensor and a preparation method therefor. The capillary channel environmental sensor comprises a transfer cavity and at least one capillary channel. The cross sectional area of the transfer cavity is greater than the cross sectional area of the capillary channel, and one end of the capillary channel is connected with the transfer cavity; an elastic transfer diaphragm is provided between the transfer cavity and an external measurement environment. A positioned droplet is provided in the interior of the capillary channel, the positioned droplet is in tight contact with the inner walls of the capillary channel and the positioned droplet is in tight contact with a transfer medium. By means of the transfer cavity and the capillary channel that are connected to one another, because the cross sectional area of the transfer cavity is larger than the cross sectional area of the capillary channel, differences in volume between the transfer cavity and the capillary channel are used to transform a small displacement in a region of large volume into a large displacement in a region of small volume. Because the positioned droplet is provided in the capillary channel, and the capillary channel environmental sensor comprises a magnetic sensing element, the magnetic sensing element causes, on the basis of movement of the positioned droplet, the change in displacement through an intermediate variable to provide high-sensitivity and low-power detection.
US12158359B2
A method for managing communications within a network comprising utility meters, each associated and connected to at least one utility management center through at least one intermediate data concentrator. A message is sent by a utility meter to the destination data concentrator. This message includes metering data measurement reported by said utility meter, its utility meter identifier, the destination data concentrator identifier and the management center identifier. Then, on the basis of several metering data measurements, a metering counter differential consumption value is calculated by difference of two metering counter consumption indexes measured by the utility meter within a time period interval. Then, a report containing at least the metering counter differential consumption value is sent from the destination data concentrator towards the utility management center to which said utility meter is associated.
US12158356B2
A management device includes processing circuitry configured to receive a plurality of inputs of road map data, refer to the road map data and generate a first polygon representing a lane region, generate, for a spatial mesh divided into a predetermined size, a second polygon representing a spatial index, and determine in which spatial mesh of a plurality of spatial meshes the first polygon exists, and in accordance with a result of the determination, and store data on the first polygon and data on the second polygon in a road coordinate database in association with each other.
US12158344B2
The described positional awareness techniques employing visual-inertial sensory data gathering and analysis hardware with reference to specific example implementations implement improvements in the use of sensors, techniques and hardware design that can enable specific embodiments to provide positional awareness to machines with improved speed and accuracy.
US12158333B1
A system and methods for track inspection are discussed herein. A pair of cameras of a track profile sensor assembly can be positioned with a pair of lenses oriented toward a track. The track profile sensor assembly can be enclosed within a weather-resistant structure. An inertial measurement unit of the track profile sensor assembly can detect motion data associated with a locomotive. A geospatial position and orientation circuit can determine a current location of the locomotive. The pair of cameras can capture images of the track. A track geometry evaluator can determine a current track profile based on the captured images, the motion data associated with the locomotive, and the current location.
US12158332B2
A method of evaluating a thickness of a film on a substrate includes detecting atomic force responses of the film to exposure of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. The use of atomic force microscopy to evaluate thicknesses of thin films avoids underlayer noise commonly encountered when optical metrology techniques are utilized to evaluate film thicknesses. Such underlayer noise adversely impacts the accuracy of the thickness evaluation.
US12158323B2
Disclosed herein is underwear facilitating comfortable carrying of a concealed firearm. The underwear includes a number of pouches strategically located adjacent carrying locations of the firearm, where the pouches may selectively contain a removeable pad. The underwear includes a pouch at each side of the users hips and a pouch at the groin area. Each pouch includes a top opening having a closure mechanism. The user may place a pad within the pouch adjacent the carrying location of the firearm. The underwear includes an outer fabric layer configured to prevent wear-out due to contact with the firearm or holster and inner fabric layer configured for skin contact. Removable pads may be provided in different shapes, thicknesses, levels of firmness, etc. Shapes may correspond to body anatomy or firearm/holster shape. The pads may be removed from the pouches so that the underwear may be worn while not carrying the firearm.
US12158319B1
A system to advance human performance in sighting, tracking, recognizing, and reacting to (collectively “engaging”) moving and stationary objects, for example, advancing skill in engaging targets with a firearm. The system provides conditioning using non-ballistic firearm engagement. Components include software and hardware that provide target and non-target image stimuli that can be manually or automatically generated as stationary or moving stimuli and trainee engagement using a firearm adapted with a transmitter for non-ballistic target engagement. The system includes a database including a plurality of training scenarios, each training scenario including a sequence of stimuli, the sequence of stimuli including targets for the trainee to sight, track, and recognize; a display for the presentation of the sequence of stimuli; and a data processor generating the presentation of the sequence of stimuli on the display, providing an operator interface, and providing performance reporting.
US12158316B2
A trigger assembly apparatus includes spherical portion(s) and spherical bearing(s), rounded sear, stabilizing catch, and complimentary shield. In an exemplary embodiment, the spherical portion(s) and spherical bearing(s) respond to non-linear movement. Further, the interaction of the spherical portion(s) and spherical bearing(s) results in the mobility of the trigger in relation to the 6 degrees of freedom thereby resulting in the firearm being generally unaffected by side to side movement of the trigger during activation. The trigger assembly may also include but is not limited to a rounded sear, stabilizing catch, and complimentary shield. The rounded portion of the sear engages the hammer stop notch at a single point further resulting in the firearm being generally unaffected by side to side movement of the trigger. Additionally the stabilizing catch and shield helps facilitate the proper reset of the trigger assembly.
US12158312B2
A method for the production of a heat sink composed of metal, preferably composed of a solid metal block, in particular composed of aluminium. The heat sink has a plurality of fluid lines for conducting cooling fluid which are separated from one another by heat sink ribs arranged between them, which are arranged next to one another and which run in a parallel manner. It is characterized in that the fluid lines are formed by grooves which are milled into the metal.
US12158308B2
A heat dissipation device is provided and includes: a first vapor chamber filled with a first working fluid therein and used for contacting at least one heat source; at least one heat transfer structure disposed on a side of the first vapor chamber; and a second vapor chamber filled with a second working fluid therein and connected to the first vapor chamber via the heat transfer structure, where the first working fluid absorbs heat of the heat source and then vaporizes, and the vaporized first working fluid transfers the heat to the second working fluid via the heat transfer structure.
US12158303B2
A method for obtaining one or more air products, wherein an air separation system having a rectification column system is used, in which pressurized air is processed in an adjustable total air volume, wherein the total air volume is set to a first value during a first operating period and set to a second value that is different from the first value during a second operating period, and wherein the setting of the total air volume is changed from the first value to the second value in a third operating period from a first time to a second time. The second operating period is after the first operating period, the third operating period is between the first operating period and the second operating period. In the third operating period, a setting of a volume of a fluid, is changed from a third time up to a fourth time.
US12158298B2
An ice making device includes a restriction mechanism for restricting an ice detection lever from moving to a lower side than a restriction position. The restriction mechanism includes a restriction member, a wire spring attached to the restriction member, an opening part and a protruded part provided in the frame. A restriction part of the restriction member is capable of moving between a first rotation position and a second rotation position. When the restriction member is located at the first rotation position, the protruded part elastically deforms the wire spring and urges the restriction member to the first rotation position and, when the restriction member is located at the second rotation position, the protruded part elastically deforms the wire spring and urges the restriction member to the second rotation position. When the restriction member is located at the second rotation position, the restriction part is disposed at the restriction position.
US12158292B2
A cooling system drains oil from low side heat exchangers to vessels and then uses compressed refrigerant to push the oil in the vessels back towards a compressor. Generally, the cooling system can operate in any number and combination of three different modes of operation: a normal mode, an oil drain mode, and an oil return mode. During the normal mode, a primary refrigerant is cycled to cool one or more secondary refrigerants. As the primary refrigerant is cycled, oil from a compressor may mix with the primary refrigerant and become stuck in a low side heat exchanger. During the oil drain mode, the oil in the low side heat exchanger is allowed to drain into a vessel. During the oil return mode, compressed refrigerant is directed to the vessel to push the oil in the vessel back towards a compressor.
US12158277B2
A dehumidifier includes a machine body including a case. The case includes an air inlet, an air outlet, and an air duct communicating the air inlet and the air outlet. The dehumidifier further includes an axial flow fan arranged in the air duct. An air outlet direction of the axial flow fan is configured to face the air outlet. The dehumidifier also includes a compressor arranged inside the case and side by side with the axial flow fan.
US12158271B2
A premixer injector in a gas turbine engine includes an inlet end, an outlet end, a first wall and a second wall between the inlet end and the outlet end. The first wall has a plurality of apertures circumferentially separated around the first wall and axially separated along the first wall. Each aperture passes through the first wall. A premixer duct is defined by an interior of the first wall. The second wall at least partially surrounds the first wall. A secondary duct is defined between the first wall and the second wall.
US12158265B2
In one embodiment, a burner for use in synthesis gas production includes multiple burner units each configured to deliver fuel and oxygen to a combustion chamber, each burner unit including an inner outlet pipe configured to deliver fuel and an outer outlet pipe configured to deliver oxygen, the outer outlet pipe concentrically surrounding the inner outlet pipe.
US12158250B2
Organic light-emitting diodes as well as luminaires with such organic light-emitting diodes are specified. The luminaires may in particular be the following apparatuses, or the luminaires are part of existing apparatuses: alarm, shower cubicle, shower head, solar protection, rain protection, lamp, bed, signaling light, changing cubicle, vision protection, housing, emergency lighting, mirror, slabs, ceiling lights, radiator cladding, blinds, noise protection, umbrella, warning light.
US12158249B1
A flashlight assembly that includes a tubular main body portion, a tail portion that is removable from the tubular main body portion, a battery assembly, and an alignment system. The main body portion and tail portion cooperate to define a battery assembly interior. The tail portion includes a first charging opening that communicates the battery assembly interior with the exterior of the tail portion. The battery assembly is positioned in the battery assembly interior and includes a battery housing defining a battery housing interior, a rechargeable battery cell disposed in the battery housing interior, and at least a first charging receptacle associated with the battery housing. The alignment system includes one of a first protrusion or a first recess associated with the battery housing and the other of the first protrusion or the first recess associated with the battery assembly interior. The first protrusion is received in the first recess and the first charging receptacle is aligned with the first charging opening.
US12158244B2
A device for filling pressurized gas tanks, including a fluid transfer circuit having an upstream end connected to a plurality of sources of pressurized fluid and a downstream end having at least one dispenser intended to be connected to a tank to be filled, the sources being connected in parallel, each source has a fluid outlet connected to a respective outlet valve, the transfer lines being connected in parallel to the at least one dispenser and each having a respective transfer valve, the transfer lines and the transfer valves being dimensioned so as to transfer a maximum transfer gas flow which is smaller than the maximum filling gas flow, the sum of a plurality of maximum transfer gas flows provided by a plurality of outlet valves and a plurality of transfer lines being greater than or equal to the maximum filling gas flow.
US12158240B2
The invention relates to a method for opening a valve assembly for a fuel tank, comprising a pilot valve (V1) and at least one additional valve (V2), in particular for use in a fuel cell-operated vehicle, having the steps of applying (30) an amplification voltage (S1) in order to open the pilot valve (V1) in an opening phase (P1) of the pilot valve (V1), deactivating (32) the amplification voltage (S1) in order to terminate the opening phase (P1) of the pilot valve (V1), applying (34) a pull-in voltage (S2) in a pull-in phase (P2) of the pilot valve (V1) in order to hold the pilot valve (V1) open, and activating and deactivating (36) the pull-in voltage (S2) in an alternating manner in order to hold the pilot valve (V1) open and in order to open the at least one other valve (V2) and hold same open in a readjustment phase (P3) such that the hold-open energy required on average for holding the pilot valve (V1) open and the opening energy and/or hold-open energy required on average for the at least one other valve (V2) is provided.
US12158231B2
A coupling for connecting vacuum-insulated piping is disclosed. The coupling facilitates the detection of unwanted fluid ingress into the low pressure insulating outer portion of the vacuum-insulated piping and the detection of a leak from the central portion of the vacuum-insulated piping that is used to carry cold fluids. This is achieved by providing a first leak path from the central portion of the vacuum-insulated piping to a sensor outlet and a second leak path from the outer portion of the vacuum-insulated piping to the sensor outlet. One sensor may be used to detect unwanted fluid ingress into the low pressure insulating outer portion and also detect a leak from the central portion of the vacuum-insulated piping.
US12158230B2
A method of assembling a pipe hanger includes inserting a threaded rod through a suspension member; placing a lock tab washer on the threaded rod, the lock tab washer defining an edge tab, a nut tab, and a wing extending from the nut tab; threading a nut on the threaded rod, the nut defining a circumferential side defining a first face and a second face, the lock tab washer oriented between the suspension member and the nut; folding the edge tab over a side edge of the suspension member; folding the nut tab over the first face of the circumferential side of the nut; and folding the wing over the second face of the circumferential side of the nut.
US12158225B2
A swivel joint including a flange assembly and an inner joint that is configured to rotate with respect to the flange assembly. The flange assembly may include a first flange and a second flange that is secured to the first flange. The inner joint may have a main body and a radial extension extending outward from the main body with the radial extension positioned between the first flange and the second flange. A first thrust bearing may be positioned between the radial extension and the first flange, and a second thrust bearing may be positioned between the radial extension and the second flange. A first seal and a second seal may each be positioned between the flange assembly and the inner joint. A leak indicator may be positioned between the first seal and the second seal. The first and second thrust bearings may be caged bearings.
US12158210B2
A piston seal assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a seal formed of a nickel-based superalloy; a component in contact with the seal and defining a seal-counterface; and a coating on the seal at the seal-counterface, wherein the coating is a nanostructured, self-lubricating coating material.
US12158190B2
A hyperdamping inclusion under constraint with large, broadband frequency damping properties is disclosed. The inclusion includes materials under near-buckling constraint such that fundamental eigenfrequency vanishes at near-buckling.
US12158181B2
In one example, a bearing or transmission has an outer race that extends circumferentially about a central axis. An inner race is disposed within the outer race and extends circumferentially about the central axis so as to be coaxial with the outer race. A plurality of load-bearing rolling elements are disposed between the inner race and the outer race, and are spaced circumferentially from one another so as to not contact one another. A plurality of separator rolling elements are disposed within the outer race. Each separator rolling element is disposed between a respective pair of the load-bearing rolling elements such that the separator rolling element is in rolling contact with the load-bearing rolling elements of the respective pair. The load-bearing and separator rolling elements form a contiguous ring.
US12158177B2
A sliding positioning structure includes a seat, a first fastening body and a second fastening body. The first fastening body is movably assembled at the seat. The second fastening body is provided at the seat, and is for longitudinally fastening, latitudinally fastening or rotationally fastening to a first object. Accordingly, the seat can be quickly assembled with the first object by using the second fastening body, and be coupled with or removed from a second object by using the first fastening body, thereby accomplishing coupling or disengagement of two objects and achieving effects of repeated and quickly coupling and disengagement.
US12158175B1
A lockable connecting ring includes a first assembly and a second assembly connected to the first assembly. Two opposite ends of a rod body of the first assembly have a male linking portion and a female lockable portion, respectively. Two opposite ends of a rod body of the second assembly have a male lockable portion and a female linking portion, respectively. The male linking portion is pivotally connected to the female linking portion, and the female lockable portion is detachably connected to the male lockable portion by screwing. When the threaded connection of the lockable connecting ring is unlocked, the lockable connecting ring could be rotated along the pivotal connection to form an opening for allowing the rope to fit around the lockable connecting ring. Then, the female lockable portion is connected to the male lockable portion by screwing again to close the lockable connecting ring, which is convenient for use.
US12158174B2
A cover fastener includes a resilient fastener body. The fastener body has a base with a front leg and a back leg. A fastener arm is connected to the base. The fastener arm has a front end with a finger, a back lever end and a fulcrum element having a pivot between the front end and the back lever end. The fulcrum element connects the fastener arm to the base at the pivot so that the fastener arm pivots on the fulcrum element relative to the base at the pivot. A plurality of fasteners is secured to a cover by sewing to provide a cover and system for fastening a cover.
US12158173B2
The present application discloses a clamping component, it includes a first pressing block provided with a first perforation hole and a first clamping slot, a second pressing block provided with a second perforation hole and a second clamping slot, a fastener assembly and an elastic part. The clamping component may quickly clamp a guide rail and is suitable for different specifications of the guide rail, and the universality is high. The present application discloses a guide rail racking, including a fixing frame and the above clamping component mounted on the fixing frame. The guide rail racking is beneficial to rapid installation of the guide rail, time-saving and labor-saving. The present application discloses a solar panel racking assembly, including the above guide rail racking and a guide rail mounted on the guide rail racking. The solar panel racking assembly may be quickly assembled on site, and it is time-saving and labor-saving.
US12158171B2
A hook includes a hook seat, a rivet, and a fixing bolt. A rivet cap and a rivet post are provided on the rivet. The rivet post includes a rivet rod and a rivet seat. A diameter of the rivet seat is greater than a diameter of the rivet rod. A first step is formed between the rivet rod and the rivet seat. A first cut surface and a second cut surface are provided on both sides of the rivet rod, respectively. The rivet and fixing bolt are matched with each other and fixed to the hook seat. The first step abuts against one side of the hook seat. An end face of the fixing bolt abuts against the other side of the hook seat to lock the hook seat between the fixing bolt and the first step.
US12158170B2
A fitting part for tool-free fastening in a bore in a panel includes a radially outwardly expandable expansion sleeve for insertion into the bore and a fitting housing, which is mounted in the expansion sleeve so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation between a starting rotary position and a final rotary position, has a lever arm which is arranged outside the expansion sleeve and has a latching device, and has an expansion contour which is arranged inside the expansion sleeve and, upon rotation of the fitting housing in the expansion direction of rotation from the starting rotary position to the final rotary position, expands the expansion sleeve radially outwards.
US12158164B2
A low solidity diffuser vane includes a vane body having a shroud side, a hub side, and a sculpted leading edge connecting the shroud side to the hub side.
US12158157B2
An electric submersible pump (ESP) assembly. The ESP assembly comprises a centrifugal pump, an electric motor mechanically coupled by a drive shaft to the centrifugal pump, wherein the electric motor comprises a stator and a rotor, a bearing, wherein the bearing is disposed inside the electric motor, and a magnetic shield disposed in the electric motor between bearing and the rotor and stator.
US12158155B2
An estimation device for estimating a process gas condition in a system for pumping gas from a vacuum chamber into which the gas is injected to perform a treatment process by a vacuum pump attached to the vacuum chamber through a vacuum valve, comprises: a computer having a processor and a memory, wherein the computer estimates a first process gas condition including an injected gas type and a gas flow rate based on correlation data between a valve body opening degree of the vacuum valve and an effective exhaust speed of the system regarding a predetermined gas type and a chamber pressure of the vacuum chamber.
US12158152B2
Provided is a vacuum pump suitable for preventing the backflow of a particle from the vacuum pump toward a vacuum chamber. The vacuum pump includes a turbomolecular pump portion exhausting gas molecules by a rotor blade and a stator blade, and a thread groove pump portion provided downstream of the turbomolecular pump portion and exhausting the gas molecules by a thread groove flow path formed by a cylindrical rotary component (cylindrical portion) and a cylindrical stator component (thread groove pump portion stator) provided on an outer periphery of the cylindrical rotary component, wherein a bounce back prevention means for preventing a particle from bouncing from the thread groove pump portion back toward the turbomolecular pump portion is provided downstream of the turbomolecular pump portion.
US12158145B2
A static scroll and a scroll compressor are provided. The static scroll has a scroll body, a partition, and a protrusion of a closed annular shape. The scroll body has a working fluid inlet and a working fluid outlet, and defines a working fluid flow groove having an open end. The partition is disposed in the working fluid flow groove to divide the working fluid flow groove into a working fluid entry cavity and a working fluid compression cavity. The working fluid entry cavity connects the working fluid inlet with the working fluid compression cavity, and the working fluid outlet is in communication with the working fluid compression cavity. The protrusion is disposed on the scroll body and surrounds the open end of the working fluid flow groove.
US12158140B2
Provided a household electric appliance with a high/low-pressure function, and the household electric appliance with a high/low-pressure function includes a high/low-pressure forming apparatus, where the high/low-pressure forming apparatus includes a movement apparatus, a pressure forming rod, a pressure forming body, a pressure forming shell and a valve, and the valve includes a pressure suction valve and a pressurization valve. A pressure-resistant shell, a build-in groove, a sealing apparatus and a pressure-resistant build-in door are disposed on a device on a high-pressure compartment or a low-pressure compartment of the household electric appliance. The high-pressure compartment or the low-pressure compartment of the household electric appliance with the high/low-pressure function is integrally provided with or coupled with the high/low-pressure forming apparatus through a high/low-pressure control valve and a pipe.
US12158139B2
Disclosed are a pump body assembly and a fluid machine. The pump body assembly includes a rotation shaft and a piston provided with a sliding hole, at least a portion of the rotation shaft penetrates into the sliding hole, during rotation of the piston with the rotation shaft, and the sliding hole is in sliding fit with the rotation shaft, the piston is provided with a piston communication passage communicated with the sliding hole. The pump body assembly can solve the problem that the piston impedes a flow of oil liquid during use of a rotary cylinder compressor.
US12158137B1
The present disclosure provides a coil pipe device, a liquid cooling system, and a wind turbine. The coil pipe device is used to support a hose, and is arranged between a first platform and a second platform spaced apart. The first platform is rotatable relative to the second platform. The coil pipe device includes a first support, a second support, and a cantilever support assembly, and the first support is fixed on the first platform; the second support is fixed on the second platform. The two ends of the cantilever support assembly are rotatably connected to the first support and the second support respectively, and the cantilever support assembly extends spirally. The cantilever support assembly can be twisted spirally with the rotation of the first platform relative to the second platform.
US12158133B2
A submerged hydroelectric generator system includes a peg stock. The peg stock is defined between a first end and an oppositely defined second end. The first end is positioned in a manner to allow fluid entering the first end of the peg stock will flow towards the second end of the peg stock. An intake valve is placed at the first end of the peg stock to allow water to flow into the first end of the peg stock. One or more generators are mounted on the peg stock. The generators are designed to generate power from energy generated by the water flowing through the peg stock. An outlet valve is installed on the second end of the peg stock to release water from the peg stock as water enters the peg stock.
US12158132B2
An ignition circuit and a method of operating an igniter (preferably a traveling spark igniter) in an internal combustion engine, including a high pressure engine. A high voltage is applied to electrodes of the igniter, sufficient to cause breakdown to occur between the electrodes, resulting in a high current electrical discharge in the igniter, over a surface of an isolator between the electrodes, and formation of a plasma kernel in a fuel-air mixture adjacent said surface. Following breakdown, a sequence of one or more lower voltage and lower current pulses is applied to said electrodes, with a low “simmer” current being sustained through the plasma between pulses, preventing total plasma recombination and allowing the plasma kernel to move toward a free end of the electrodes with each pulse.
US12158128B1
An electronically controlled fuel injector includes an injection valve; a control valve fluidly connected between a pressurized fuel supply passage and a control chamber for controlling operation of the injection valve, the control valve movable between a non-injection position and an injection position; the injection valve configured to inject fuel with the control valve in the injection position; and a control member chamber including an orifice that fluidly connects the control member chamber with a low pressure return line of a fuel supply system. The control chamber is fluidly coupled with a pressure communication passage such that the control chamber is fluidly coupled with the low pressure return line through the orifice in the control member chamber when the control valve is in the injection position. The pressure communication passage includes a two-way, variable flow rate valve.
US12158113B2
A turbomachinery engine includes a fan assembly, a low-pressure turbine, and a gearbox. The fan assembly includes a plurality of fan blades. The low-pressure turbine includes 3-5 rotating stages. The low-pressure turbine includes an area ratio equal to the annular exit area of an aft-most rotating stage of the low-pressure turbine divided by the annular exit area of a forward-most rotating stage of the low-pressure turbine. In some instances, the area ratio is within a range of 3.1-5.1.
US12158106B2
A heat exchanger which may be used in an engine, such as a vehicle engine for an aircraft or orbital launch vehicle is provided. The heat exchanger may be configured as generally drum-shaped with a multitude of spiral sections, each containing numerous small diameter tubes. The spiral sections may spiral inside one another. The heat exchanger may include a support structure with a plurality of mutually axially spaced hoop supports, and may incorporate an intermediate header. The heat exchanger may incorporate recycling of methanol or other antifreeze used to prevent blocking of the heat exchanger due to frost or ice formation.
US12158103B1
A turbo-compounded engine includes a piston engine connected to drive a propulsor. An outlet of the piston engine is operable to connect products of combustion from the piston engine to pass over a turbine. The turbine is connected to drive a turbine shaft also providing rotation to the propulsor. An outlet of the turbine is connected into an exhaust duct configured to exhaust the products of combustion. The exhaust duct is provided with an exhaust duct outer wall defining an exhaust chamber, and a further cooling air outer wall is positioned outwardly of the exhaust duct. Struts connect a cooling chamber between the cooling air outer wall and the exhaust duct outer wall into a center bullet. The center bullet has a downstream end for directing the cooling air into the exhaust chamber at a location upstream of a downstream end of the exhaust duct outer wall.
US12158100B2
A vehicle includes an engine, a turbocharger that supercharges intake air to the engine, an exhaust passage connected to the engine, a turbine of the turbocharger being disposed in the exhaust passage, a bypass passage that bypasses the turbine and is connected to the exhaust passage, a waste gate valve that opens and closes the bypass passage; and an abnormality determination device configured to include a determination unit configured to determine an abnormality of the waste gate valve when an operation state of the engine is a supercharging state.
US12158098B1
A thermal management system of a ship composite energy power system and a control method thereof are provided, including a thermal management circuit, which includes a seawater heat exchange circuit, an internal combustion engine thermal management circuit, a hydrogen fuel cell thermal management circuit, and a power battery and accessories thermal management circuit. It provides a thermal management control strategy for composite energy of internal combustion engine, fuel cell, and power battery; the various circuits can be independently adjusted; the heat dissipation effect is obvious, and the temperature of each cooling circuit can be better controlled; the energy utilization rate can be improved; the heat can be transferred to the other subsystems, and the heat dissipation area can be enlarged; and the fuel cell circuit can be elevated to the temperature by the heat exchanger and the electric heater, and it can reach the target working temperature more quickly.
US12158093B2
A method for estimating a heat generation distribution in a honeycomb structure includes: a first step of allowing a predetermined minute current to flow between electrode layers A1 and B1 to energize a honeycomb structure, and measuring surface potentials at multiple points; a second step of allowing a predetermined minute current to flow between electrode layers A2 and B2 to energize the honeycomb structure, and measuring surface potentials at multiple points; a third step of quantifying, based on the measured surface potentials at the multiple points, at least one of resistances at the multiple points in the honeycomb structure, resistance ratios for energization paths, voltage sharing ratios, and surface potentials of the electrode layers A1, A2, B1 and B2; and a step of estimating a heat generation distribution in the honeycomb structure based on the values quantified in the third step.
US12158075B2
An air turbine starter for starting an engine, comprising a housing having an interior surface defining an interior, at least one turbine member rotatably mounted within the interior about a rotational axis, and having a plurality of circumferentially spaced blades, and a containment structure radially overlying and circumferentially surrounding the at least one turbine member extending between an outer surface and an inner surface to define a radial direction.
US12158074B2
Data characterizing an image and/or a video of a predetermined region of a turbine engine is received. The turbine engine includes a blades configured to move relative to the predetermined region. A first blade of the blades is located in the predetermined region during a first time duration. Data characterizing inspection parameters from a turning tool device, including a motor and a motor controller, and turbine engine information are received. The motor controller is configured to rotate the plurality of blades of the turbine via the motor. The first blade is identified based on the inspection parameters including an initial configuration of the turning tool device and the first time duration, an annotated image and/or an annotated video is generated, at least a portion of the turbine engine information and the identity of the first blade is annotated onto the received image and/or the received video.
US12158058B2
A hazardous waste repository includes a drillhole formed from a terranean surface into a subterranean formation. The drillhole includes an entry at the terranean surface and an access portion that extends from the entry toward a storage portion within the subterranean formation. The hazardous waste repository further includes a plurality of hazardous waste canisters emplaced within the storage portion of the drillhole, each of the hazardous waste canisters enclosing hazardous waste; and a granular material installed in a volume of the drillhole between a casing and the plurality of canisters and between adjacent canisters of the plurality of canisters. The granular material is configured to support at least a portion of a weight of each of the plurality of canisters.
US12158056B2
Provided is a clutch assembly, a SSSV, and a method for operating an SSSV. The clutch assembly, in one aspect, includes an output coupler housing, an input shaft, and an electromagnet coupled to the input shaft. In at least one aspect, the electromagnet is configured to magnetize the input shaft when the electromagnet is energized. The clutch assembly, in one aspect, further includes one or more grooves located in the input shaft and one or more engagement members located in the inner surface of the central opening of the output coupler housing.
US12158049B1
A protective member at least partially surrounds a desired length of pipe (such as a conventional landing string) and protects “umbilical” control line(s) or bundles, including pipe and umbilical line(s) installed within risers of subsea installations. At least one robust protective shell member is installed around at least a portion of a pipe string and forms at least one elongated channel. At least one umbilical control line is disposed within the elongated channel and is shielded against damage from inadvertent or unwanted abrasion, impact or other forces.
US12158045B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to counterbalance systems for catwalk systems, and related methods. A counterbalance system pulls a trough of a catwalk system while actuating the catwalk system. A catwalk system includes a chassis, a main arm pivotably coupled to the chassis, a trough pivotably coupled to the chassis and having one or more rollers, a V-door ramp pivotably coupled to the chassis, and a counterbalance system coupled to the trough at a coupling point. The counterbalance system includes a first sheave suspended from the V-door ramp, a second sheave suspended from the first sheave, and a counterbalance rope wound at least partially about the first sheave and the second sheave. A first end of the counterbalance rope is coupled to the trough at the coupling point.
US12158041B1
A window board-up assembly comprises a mounting device including a bracket, a suction cup configured to attach the framing bracket to a smooth surface, such as a glass window of a building, and a suction cup actuator handle for creating suction pressure between the glass window and the suction cup. The mounting device is configured to securely hold a framing member for attachment of a blocking member to board-up the window.
US12158040B1
Compound fenestration assembly mull joints, compound fenestration assemblies using those mull joints, and methods of making and using the same are described herein. The mull joints in compound fenestration assemblies as described herein use universal joining strips to form both sides of a mull joint, as well as other universal components such as, e.g., corner gussets, locator plates, end plugs, seal members, etc. that may be used as needed to form mull joints as required in a compound fenestration assembly.
US12158032B2
The door guiding device 5 for a push-in type door comprises a plurality of guiding rails 10 extending horizontally along a back-and-forth direction while being apart up-and-down from each other and being fixed to the lateral wall 1b of the receiver body 1; a plurality of sliders 20 each supported by the plurality of guiding rails 10 slidably to the front and rear direction; in interlocking frame 30 extending vertically (vertical frame) and being linked with the plurality of the sliders; and a hinge mechanism 50 disposed to the slider or the interlocking frame 30 for supporting the door 2 rotatably about the rotational axis line. One end of a turnbuckle 60 (support member) is linked with the slider 20 and another end is linked with the interlocking frame 30. A position of the forward-inclined door 2 by a deadweight is corrected to a vertical standing position by the turnbuckle 60.
US12158025B2
An opening and closing device is provided, including a fixing device and a limiting device. The fixing device includes a fixing portion and a fixing member, and the limiting device includes a driving device, a limiting portion, and a limiting member. The fixing member may rotate to be engaged with the fixing portion. The driving device is disposed on a first shell. The limiting portion is disposed on an inner side of the first shell. The limiting member is disposed on an inner side of a second shell. When the first shell approaches the second shell, the limiting member end portion may be engaged with the limiting portion. The driving device may be subjected to an external force to release the engagement between the fixing member and the fixing portion and the engagement between the limiting member end portion and the limiting portion.
US12158023B2
An electronic lock with a latch assembly, an interior assembly, and an exterior assembly. The latch assembly includes a bolt movable between an extended position and a retracted position. The assembly includes an internal spring actuating mechanism. The assembly also includes a touch keypad subassembly configured to detect touches to at least a portion of its surface.
US12158022B2
A gap caulking device and a caulking method are provided, wherein the gap caulking device includes long plates, short plates, a dial plate, a three-way joint, a tensioner and a limit rod, and a closed quadrilateral structure with an adjustable angle is formed by two long plates hinged to each other and two short plates hinged to each other, a dial plate and a pointer are respectively provided on the two short plates, damping rods hinged on the two short plates to each other and a three-way joint matched with the two long plates are passed through by a limit rod to achieve connection limiting, and a shape memory alloy wire is connected to the three-way joint by a tensioner and is parallel to the limit rod. The problem is overcome that the original traditional wedge-shaped material that gaps rely on has a single filling function.
US12157990B2
A shovel includes an undercarriage, an upper slewing structure which is rotatably mounted on the undercarriage, a boom attached to the upper slewing structure, an arm attached to a tip end of the boom, an auxiliary attachment attached to a tip end of the arm, a main pump configured to supply a hydraulic oil to the auxiliary attachment and other hydraulic actuators, and a controller. The controller performs a setting related to a flow rate of the main pump at a time of a combined operation in which the auxiliary attachment and the other hydraulic actuators are operated simultaneously.
US12157984B2
A multi-modal screw propelled excavation system for small body sample collection includes a craft having screw-shaped wheels to traverse the surface of the target body. When the craft is ready to collect a sample, the craft opens a door to an excavation bin on a bottom face of the craft, and uses the screw-shaped wheels to churn up regolith which is captured by closing the door.
US12157976B2
Described are oil and water-resistant compositions and methods of making and using such compositions. The compositions can be used to prepare oil and water-resistant articles of manufacturing. Oil and water-resistant compositions can include a fiber, a polysaccharide, an acid, and water; wherein the composition is water and oil resistant when compressed and heated. Other oil and water-resistant compositions can include a fiber, a blocking agent such as a fatty acid, a metal salt of a fatty acid, or combinations thereof, and water, wherein the composition is water and oil resistant when compressed and heated.
US12157973B2
An apparatus for processing a suspension including organic material and liquid, including a housing including an inlet and an outlet; a container arranged within the housing; a screw including a screw shaft and flights arranged within the container; a space defined between the screw and the container, through which the suspension is longitudinally transportable by a rotation of the screw. Further, the container includes a longitudinally extending first part and a longitudinally extending second part; the first part including a beveled edge the second part including a sharp edge whereby an anti-rotation tooth is generated on the inner surface of the container. A method for processing the suspension is also provided.
US12157968B2
A dryer includes a drum including a drum body, a front cover having a drum inlet, and a rear cover, a fixing panel spaced apart from the rear cover, a stator fixed to the fixing panel, a rotor configured to rotate relative to the stator, a housing that is fixed to the fixing panel, a first shaft fixed to the rotor and located in the housing, a second shaft located in the housing and fixed to the rear cover, and interlocking gears rotatably located in the housing and configured to transmit a rotational force of a driving gear defined at the first shaft to a driven gear defined at the second shaft. The first shaft and the second shaft are configured to rotate about a common rotation axis passing through the driving gear shaft and the first shaft hole.
US12157966B2
A control method for a washing machine includes: a mode change step in which the configuration of a coupler is moved by operating a solenoid module in such a way that a drive shaft for spinning a pulsator and a dewatering shaft for spinning a washing tub are axially coupled or decoupled; and a mode check step in which a drive motor for rotating the drive shaft is operated and the load of current outputted to the drive motor is sensed, the mode check step comprising a coupler setting step in which, if the load of current outputted to the drive motor does not satisfy a set load value, the solenoid module is operated to reposition the coupler.
US12157965B2
A combination washing and drying machine including a chassis defining a chassis interior and a chassis opening, a tub located within the chassis interior and defining a access opening, a drying air circuit, a wash liquid circuit, a closure selectively movable relative to the chassis between an opened position, where the access opening is accessible, and a closed position, where the access opening is inaccessible, a fluid seal, and a thermal seal. The fluid seal configured to seal the tub relative to the closure when the closure is in the closed position. The thermal seal configured to seal the closure relative to the chassis when in the closed position.
US12157962B2
A sewing machine includes a feed dog partially protruding out up and down from a throat plate to feed a workpiece, a sewing needle configured to perform stitch points on the workpiece by moving up and down, and a shuttle configured to capture an upper thread passed through the sewing needle below the throat plate to be entwined with a lower thread. The feed dog includes a top plate having teeth formed on an upper surface thereof, and a support portion to which a feed operation relative to the top plate is input. The top plate includes an insertion hole that the sewing needle penetrates up and down, and a pair of wall portions extending in an up-and-down direction respectively on one side and another side in a feed direction of the workpiece relative to the insertion hole on a lower surface side of the top plate.
US12157952B2
A method of controlling chemical concentration in electrolyte includes measuring the chemical concentration in the electrolyte in a tank, wherein an end of an exhaust pipe is connected to a top of the tank; determining, by a valve moved along a top surface of the tank, a vapor flux through the exhaust pipe based on the measured chemical concentration; rotating, by using a motor connected to a ball screw connected to the valve, the ball screw to move a gate of the valve based on the determined vapor flux; electroplating, using the electrolyte provided by the tank, wafers respectively in a plurality of electroplating cells that are connected to the tank; and recycling the electrolyte to the tank.
US12157947B2
Disclosed herein are methods and systems that relate to electrochemically producing hydrogen gas by maintaining a steady-state pH differential of greater than 1 between an anode electrolyte and a cathode electrolyte in a hydrogen-gas generating electrochemical cell.
US12157937B2
Provided herein is a duplex stainless steel seamless pipe and a method for manufacturing the same. The duplex stainless steel seamless pipe has a composition comprising, in mass %, C: 0.005 to 0.08%, Si: 0.01 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.01 to 10.0%, Cr: 20 to 35%, Ni: 1 to 15%, Mo: 0.5 to 6.0%, N: 0.150 to less than 0.400%, and one, two or more selected from Ti: 0.0001 to 0.3%, Al: 0.0001 to 0.3%, V: 0.005 to 1.5%, Nb: 0.005 to less than 1.5%, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities. The duplex stainless steel seamless pipe contains N, Ti, Al, V, and Nb so as to satisfy the following formula (1). The duplex stainless steel seamless pipe has an axial tensile yield strength of 757 MPa or more, and a ratio of 0.85 to 1.15 as a fraction of axial compressive yield strength to axial tensile yield strength. 0.150>N−(1.58Ti+2.70Al+1.58V+1.44Nb) (1), wherein N, Ti, Al, V, and Nb represent the content of each element in mass %.
US12157935B2
The present invention concerns an iron-based powder composition comprising, in addition to an iron-based powder, a minor amount of a machinability enhancing additive, said additive comprising at least halloysite. The invention further concerns the use of the machinability enhancing additive and a method for producing an iron-based sintered component for easy machining.
US12157934B2
A medical device that is at least partially formed of a metal alloy that includes at least 15 awt. % rhenium, and a medical device that is partially or fully formed of such metal alloy.
US12157930B2
A method for purifying lutetium includes providing a solid composition comprising ytterbium and lutetium and subliming or distilling ytterbium from the solid composition at a temperature of about 1196° C. to about 3000° C. to leave a lutetium composition comprising a higher weight percentage of lutetium than was present in the solid composition.
US12157928B2
A process is described for recovering a non-ferrous metal from a first solid residue comprising iron. In this process, the first solid residue is mixed with a second solid residue including sulphur, thereby obtaining a particulate mixture. The particulate mixture is subjected to a roasting step at a temperature of at least 650° C. to obtain a roasted mixture, and the roasted mixture is subjected to leaching in a liquid at a pH of at least 5.5 to obtain a solution enriched with the non-ferrous metal.
US12157920B1
The present invention provides methods for using drain fluid obtained from medical procedures to assess diagnostic biomarkers indicative of disease obtained from drain fluid. In some embodiments, the diagnostics biomarkers are cell-free nucleic acids. In some embodiments, the disease is cancer. In some embodiments, a library of cfDNA is prepared and/or sequenced. In some embodiments, the methods comprise extracting nucleic acid from surgical drain fluid; conducting a size selection procedure to isolate cell-free nucleic acid from the surgical drain fluid; and detecting the cell-free nucleic acid.
US12157916B2
The present disclosure provides methods of identifying unreliable biological samples that may be mislabeled or contaminated, by determining the heteroplasmy and homoplasmy of mitochondrial DNA present in the biological samples.
US12157906B2
The invention relates to a process for producing a fermentation broth by culturing a microorganism.
US12157900B2
The present disclosure provides a medium and a method for inducing differentiation into functional cerebral cortical cells, wherein the medium comprises a neural medium and a nutritional supplement and the nutritional supplement is selected from a group consisting of SU5402, BIBF1120, IBMX and glucose. The method describes that specific factors such as an inhibitor of FGF signaling pathway, an inhibitor of VEGF signaling pathway and/or an activator of cAMP are added at specific time points during the induced differentiation process to accelerate the differentiation and maturation of the neural cells. Said method can produce stable and healthy neural cells with major functions at about 7 to 14 days after the initiation of the induced differentiation starting from human neural progenitor cells, with reduced manufacturing cost and shortened production time.
US12157896B2
The invention relates to genes which may be utilized to induce resistance to soybean cyst nematode (SCN). More specifically the present disclosure provides genes that, when inactivated or overexpressed in a plant, particularly, a soybean plant, can confer upon the plant resistance to SCN. Methods of using these genes to obtain plants, particularly, soybean plants, that are resistant to SCN are also provided.
US12157892B2
The disclosure provides plant, plant parts, plant cells, seed and grain containing a targeted genetic modification that inserts an inverted repeat sequence into a gene. The disclosure further provides hybrid plants that contain the inverted repeat sequence in a single allele of the gene. Further provided are methods for decreasing expression of a gene encoding a polypeptide of interest in a hybrid plant by crossing a plant comprising the targeted genetic modification with a plant not comprising the genetic modification to produce a hybrid plant that contains the inverted repeat sequence in a single allele of the gene.
US12157890B2
The present embodiments provide methods, compounds, and compositions useful for inhibiting MALAT1 expression, which may be useful for treating, preventing, or ameliorating a cancer associated with MALAT1.
US12157888B2
Methods of using B2 or Alu nucleic acids, or antisense oligonucleotides that modulate the EZH2/B2 or EZH2/Alu interaction and have the capacity to alter cleavage of B2 and Alu RNA, for increasing or decreasing cell and organismal viability.
US12157885B2
A method of screening is provided including providing a combination of a plurality of proliferating cell types wherein each proliferating cell type has a unique associated barcode within its genome that is different from other proliferating cell types of the plurality and wherein each proliferating cell type includes an exogenous gene that when expressed produces an associated phenotype to the proliferating cell type which alters proliferation of the cell type, introducing a perturbation to one or more of the plurality of proliferating cell types, inducing expression of one or more of the exogenous genes, determining the relative number of unique associated barcodes after a period of proliferation, and comparing the relative number of unique associated barcodes to a control relative number of unique associated barcodes to indicate the effect of the perturbation on the one or more of the plurality of proliferating cell types.
US12157880B2
A novel method of growing fungi is disclosed which uses an engineered artificial media and produces high density filamentous fungi biomats that can be harvested with a minimum of processing and from which fungal products such as antibiotics, proteins, and lipids can be isolated, the method resulting in lowered fungus cultivation costs for energy usage, oxygenation, water usage and waste stream production.
US12157875B2
A scaffolding material for culturing a cell, the scaffolding material for culturing a cell containing a synthetic resin, and having a nitrogen content of the synthetic resin of 0.1% by mass or more and 10% by mass or less. According to the scaffolding material for cell culture, the scaffolding material can have suitable hydrophilicity and strength, high fixation of cells after seeding, and highly efficient cell proliferation.
US12157868B2
The invention relates to solidification of liquid nonionic surfactants with a binder, carrier, or both binder and carrier to form a solidified surfactant composition. In particular, the invention relates to solidification of liquid nonionic surfactants utilizing drying device(s), wherein the feed composition contains at least one liquid nonionic surfactant and the binder, carrier, or binder and carrier to form a solidified surfactant composition. The solidified surfactant compositions can be useful in various cleaning compositions.
US12157865B2
Separation methods comprising: separating hydrogen sulfide from natural gas liquids (NGL) in a stripping column. Wherein the following are fluidly connected to the stripping column: a first condensate input line, a second condensate input line, a condensate stripper feed line, a feed drum, an overhead gas product line, a bottoms product NGL line, a slip stream NGL line, a reboiler return line, and an external stripping gas line. And feeding, to the stripping column in a stripping gas feed line fluidly connected to the stripping column, a portion of the slip stream NGL line in combination with the external stripping gas line.
US12157862B2
An alcohol-containing feed is transformed by the use of only two distinct conversion process steps into products, of which one product is a kerosene that is a fully formulated aviation turbine fuel (jet fuel) comprising of mostly n-alkanes, isoalkanes, cycloalkanes, and aromatics. The first conversion step is acid-catalyzed conversion and the second conversion step is hydrotreating. The kerosene product is within the compositional limits for aviation turbine fuel containing synthesized material and it requires no blending to be fully formulated. Specifically the product contains sufficient aromatics to be within the prescribed range of aromatics (8-26.5 vol % or or 8-25 vol %.) for aviation turbine fuel containing synthesized material.
US12157860B2
Systems and methods are provided for increasing the yield of products generated during co-processing of biomass oil in a fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) system. The systems and methods can allow for increased yield by reducing or minimizing formation of carbon oxides, gas phase products, and/or coke yields during the co-processing. This can be achieved by adding a hydrogen-rich co-feed to the co-processing environment. Examples of hydrogen-rich co-feeds include high hydrogen content vacuum gas oil co-feed, high hydrogen content distillate co-feed, and/or high hydrogen content naphtha co-feed. Additionally or alternately, various types of fractions that contain a sufficient amount of hydrogen donor compounds can be used to reduce or minimize carbon oxide formation.
US12157852B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a novel anthraquinone compound, and to provide: a dichroic dye constituted of the novel anthraquinone compound; a liquid crystal composition which contains the dichroic dye; and preferably a dimming element having excellent contrast and light resistance and containing said composition. The present invention discloses an anthraquinone compound represented by formula A below (wherein R1 represents a C3-16 branched alkyl group, and R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-8 straight-chain or branched alkyl group, or a C1-8 straight-chain or branched alkoxy group). In addition, the present invention discloses a liquid crystal composition including the anthraquinone compound and a liquid crystal material, and a dimming element containing said composition.
US12157842B2
Photocurable adhesive compositions are provided herein, which have a balance of fast curing properties and strength development and retention over time after exposure to accelerated ageing conditions.
US12157840B2
The present invention refers to a process for the production of hot melt adhesives having a low emission of monomeric isocyanates upon heating wherein in a first step a polyurethane prepolymer is generated which is subsequently reacted with a chain extender. Further, the present invention refers to hot melt adhesives obtained by the inventive process.
US12157837B2
An adhesive composition for forming an adhesive layer to be in contact with a resin on a surface of a metal, including: a low molecular weight organic compound having two or more nitrogen atoms in one molecule; and at least one metal ion selected from the group consisting of a trivalent aluminum ion and a trivalent chromium ion, wherein the resin is a curable resin, and the adhesive composition is an aqueous solution having a pH of 12 or less and has a concentration of the low molecular weight organic compound of 0.01 to 150 g/L and a molar concentration of the at least one metal ion of 0.005 to 100 mmol/L. The adhesive composition can improve adhesion between surfaces of multiple metals and a resin.
US12157831B1
The present disclosure generally relates to an energy curable composition, and more particularly to unique and novel uses of the composition such as one or two or more of the following a performance additives, clear coat, composite material, resin, top coat, improved holdout coating, a sealant coat, combinations of the same.
US12157822B2
The present disclosure describes methods for reducing the content of minerals, metals, ions, and/or other undesirable contaminants in vegetable oil, such as corn oil, obtained from fermentation of ground vegetable material. In one aspect, the methods herein produce distiller's corn oil having low amounts of minerals, metals, ions, and/or other contaminants rendering the corn oil more suitable for various further uses, such as biofuel production, with little to no additional refining.
US12157821B2
Described herein are tires comprising a rubber composition based on at least an elastomer and a hydrocarbon resin, wherein the hydrocarbon resin is based on a cyclic monomer selected from the group consisting of a distillation cut from a petroleum refinery stream, and/or C4, C5 or C6 cyclic olefins and mixtures thereof, and wherein the hydrocarbon resin has a number average molecular weight (Mn) of between 150 and 800 g/mol, and a content of aromatic protons (H Ar, expressed in mol %), a glass transition temperature (Tg, expressed in ° C.), and a number average molecular weight (Mn, expressed in g/mol) that are represented by (1) H Ar≤6 mol %, (2) Tg≥95−2.2*(H Ar), (3) Tg≥125−(0.08*Mn).
US12157817B2
The present technology provides a carboxylic acid-modified nitrile-based copolymer latex including a carboxylic acid-modified nitrile-based copolymer including a conjugated diene-based monomer-derived unit, an ethylenic unsaturated nitrile-based monomer-derived unit, and an ethylenic unsaturated acid monomer-derived unit, wherein the carboxylic acid-modified nitrile-based copolymer latex satisfies General Formulas 1 and General Formula 2.
US12157814B2
The present invention provides a resin composition containing a urethane resin (A), an acrylic resin (B), and water (C), in which the acrylic resin (B) is a polymer of a polymerizable compound containing a (meth)acrylic compound (b-1) having a hydroxy group and has a glass transition temperature of 40° C. or higher. The present invention also provides a synthetic leather having at least a base (i), an adhesive layer (ii), and a skin layer (iii), in which the skin layer (iii) is formed from the resin composition. The polymerizable compound as the raw material of the acrylic resin (B) preferably contains, in addition to (b-1), a polymerizable compound (b-2) in which a hydrogen bond term (δH) in Hansen solubility parameters is 2.2 MPa0.5 or more.
US12157784B2
The present invention concerns a two-part curable composition comprising: ⋅ a first part (component A) comprising at least 51% by weight based on the total weight of the first part, of one or more cyanoacrylate monomer(s), provided that at least one of the cyanoacrylate monomer(s) is a cyanoacrylate monomer comprising a group —X—O—Rb wherein X is a linear or branched alkylene radical optionally interrupted with one or several oxygen atom(s), and Rb is an alkyl group; ⋅ a second part (component B) comprising: at least one Michael acceptor M selected from the group consisting of (meth)acrylic monomers, (meth)acrylic functionalized oligomers, (meth)acrylic functionalized resins, and mixtures thereof, provided that at least one of the Michael acceptor(s) M comprises at least one group of formula —O(CHRa—CH2O)n— where n ranges from 1 to 10 (Michael acceptor M1), and Ra represents CH3 or H; and a nucleophilic initiator.
US12157776B2
Provided herein are anti-PAPP-A antibodies. Also provided are methods of using such antibodies to treat PAPP-A associated disorders such as kidney disease.
US12157758B2
A bispecific antibody format providing ease of isolation is provided, comprising immunoglobulin heavy chain variable domains that are differentially modified in the CH3 domain, wherein the differential modifications are non-immunogenic or substantially non-immunogenic with respect to the CH3 modifications, and at least one of the modifications results in a differential affinity for the bispecific antibody for an affinity reagent such as Protein A, and the bispecific antibody is isolable from a disrupted cell, from medium, or from a mixture of antibodies based on its affinity for Protein A.
US12157748B2
Provided are organometallic compounds. Also provided are formulations comprising these organometallic compounds. Further provided are OLEDs and related consumer products that utilize these organometallic compounds.
US12157745B2
A compound represented by following formula I: according to the present disclosure. The disclosed compound is useful in the treatment of many disease states related to cell proliferation. In particular, new pyran derivatives are provided along with processes for preparations and methods for pharmaceutical applications, for example, as anticancer agents. The compound was found to have antiproliferative effects against multiple cancer cell lines and showed low toxicity to normal fibroblasts. The disclosed compound also exhibited anticancer properties by inducing caspase-mediated cell death mechanisms and arresting cancer cell progression. Further, the compound represented by Formula I targets multiple key proteins/enzymes, including thioredoxin reductase, glutathione reductase, transferrin receptors, inisitol-3-phosphate synthase, cystolic aminopeptidase, and transketolase, which are over-expressed in tumor cells.
US12157732B2
The present invention provides compounds inhibiting eIF4E activity, and compositions and methods of using thereof.
US12157731B2
The present invention provides compounds inhibiting eIF4E activity, and compositions and methods of using thereof.
US12157730B2
The present invention relates to a 6-(isooxazolidin-2-yl)-N-phenylpyrimidin-4-amine derivative, and a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating cancer comprising the compound as an effective component. The compound exhibits high inhibitory activity against an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) variant, or wild-type or variants of one or more of ERBB2 and ERBB4, and thus may be usefully used in the treatment of cancers in which same are expressed. In particular, the compound exhibits excellent inhibitory activity on proliferation of lung cancer cell lines, and thus can be usefully used in the treatment of lung cancer.
US12157729B2
The present disclosure encompasses solid state forms of Belumosudil, in embodiments crystalline polymorphs of Belumosudil or salts thereof, processes for preparation thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof.
US12157721B2
Herein is provided a novel process for the preparation of methyl 6-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-5-[4-[(3S)-1-(3-fluoropropyl)pyrrolidin-3-yl]oxyphenyl]-8,9-dihydro-7H-benzo[7]annulene-2-carboxylate by a Suzuki coupling of compound (3), wherein LG represents a leaving group, with an organoboron reagent: Compound (3) is obtained by activation of compound (4) with a leaving group LG, and compound (4) is obtained by alpha-arylation of methyl 5-oxo-6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-5H-benzo[7]annulene-2-carboxylate with 1-LG′-2,4-dichlorobenzene, wherein LG′ represents a leaving group:
US12157711B2
The invention provides a process for the preparation of 1234yf comprising (a) contacting 1,1,2,3,3,3-hexafluoropropene (1216) with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst to produce 1,1,2,3,3,3-hexafluoropropane (236ea); (b) dehydrofluorinating 236ea to produce 1,2,3,3,3-pentafluoropropene (1225ye); (c) contacting 1225ye with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst to produce 1,2,3,3,3-pentafluoropropane (245eb); and (d) dehydrofluorinating 245eb to produce 1234yf.
US12157706B2
In various embodiments, a process is described for the preparation of a concrete mixture in a Ready-mix or for an installation. A quantity of amorphous silica is added with an average particle size in the range of from about 1 to about 55 nanometers and/or wherein the surface area of the particles of the amorphous silica is in the range of from about 50 to about 900 m2/g. The amorphous silica may be added in colloidal form or otherwise, and is added at a particular stage to ensure efficacy.
US12157700B2
An adduct of a polyetheramine and an epoxy-containing compound is used as an agent for reducing drying shrinkage and/or drying cracking in a mineral binder composition.
US12157697B2
Devised is a glass which has high heat resistance and a low thermal expansion coefficient, and is excellent in productivity. A glass of the present invention includes as a glass composition, in terms of mol %, 55% to 80% of SiO2, 12% to 30% of Al2O3, 0% to 3% of B2O3, 0% to 1% of Li2O+Na2O+K2O, and 5% to 35% of MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO, and has a thermal expansion coefficient within a temperature range of from 30° C. to 380° C. of less than 40×10−7/° C.
US12157694B2
The invention relates to a method for producing an optical element from glass, wherein a portion of glass or a glass blank is blank-pressed, in particular on both sides, to form the optical element, wherein the optical element is then placed on a transport element and passes through a cooling path with the transport element, without the optical surface of the optical element being touched.
US12157687B2
Novel iron-phosphate nanoparticles have been synthesized here. These are less than 12 nanometers in dimension. They are deemed useful for remediation of heavy metals and radionuclides and can be applied to insitu remediation of contaminated soils and contaminated waters.
US12157686B2
Systems and methods for sanitizing pool and spa water are provided. An electrolytic chlorinator is provided which includes a combined flow, temperature, and salt concentration sensor. The electrolytic chlorinator could include an acid tank for in-situ cleaning of the electrolytic chlorinator or acidification of pool/spa water where needed. A delayed polarity reversal technique is provided for de-scaling and managing passivation of the blades of an electrolytic chlorinator. The electrolytic chlorinator could include a sacrificial anode for protecting components of the chlorinator as well as other pool/spa components. The electrolytic chlorinator could include an integral, electrically-controlled acid generator, a brine tank for periodically superchlorinating and/or shocking pool/spa water, and/or a plurality of chemical tanks/feeds for periodically injecting chemicals into the chlorinator. A combined ultraviolet (UV)/Ozone and salt (electrolytic) chlorine generator is provided, as well as: filters having integral UV sanitizers; reflective linings for UV sanitization systems; means for injecting bubbles into pool/spa water; and a system for acquiring and analyzing samples of pool/spa water using an unmanned aircraft (drone).
US12157685B2
Disclosed techniques include liquid purification with pressure vessels. Access to a set of at least two pressure vessels is obtained. The pressure vessels are interconnected using piping and computer-controlled switching valves. A first pressure vessel of the set is filled with a liquid. A second pressure vessel of the set is filled with a pressurized gas. The pressurized gas is sharp interface immiscible with the liquid. Switching valves are controlled to enable the pressurized gas in the second pressure vessel to force the liquid from the first pressure vessel into a purification chamber. Additional switching valves are controlled to enable a third pressure vessel to fill with liquid while a fourth pressure vessel is filled with purification chamber retentate. The liquid is prepurified prior to filling the first pressure vessel. The prepurifying is enabled by compressed air. The purification chamber includes a reverse osmosis chamber.
US12157683B2
A composite material for floating on a contaminated water source, including: A) a polymeric structure having a network of interconnected porous channels; and B) a carbonous material dispersed within the polymeric structure, the carbonous material has a functionalized surface. The composite material has a density of less than 1 g/cm3, and the contaminated water source contains a low-boiling-point contaminant. The polymeric structure draws contaminated water from the contaminated water source into the polymeric structure via capillary action, and the functionalized surface removes the low-boiling point contaminant from the contaminated water. A method of purifying water using the composite material as mentioned herein and a kit for harvesting purified water including the composite material as mentioned herein.
US12157676B2
A method for preparing a zinc manganate anode material is disclosed. The method includes the following steps: (1) preparing a solution A containing a manganese ion and a solution B containing zinc alkali; (2) dispersing an adsorption carrier into the solution B; (3) using an alkali solution as a base solution and adding the solution A, the solution B and an oxidant solution to the base solution while stirring; (4) conducting a solid-liquid separation of the materials after reaction to obtain a solid; and (5) washing, drying and calcining the solid to obtain a zinc manganate anode material.
US12157673B2
To provide hollow silica particles having a dense silica shell layer. A method for producing hollow silica particles, which comprises: adjusting the pH of an oil-in-water emulsion containing an aqueous phase, an oil phase and a surfactant to at most 3.0 and adding a first silica material to the oil-in-water emulsion, adding a second silica material to the emulsion having the first silica material added, at its pH of at least 8, in the presence of alkali metal ions, to obtain a hollow silica precursor dispersion, and obtaining a hollow silica precursor from the hollow silica precursor dispersion and obtaining hollow silica particles from the hollow silica precursor.
US12157658B2
A control device is for a mobile machine that is provided in a mobile machine configured to automatically move. The control device includes a target object information acquisition unit that acquires a detection result of a direction of a target object; a region setting unit that sets a prohibited region through which a trajectory of the mobile machine is prohibited from passing, from the direction of the target object; a trajectory setting unit that sets a trajectory from the mobile machine to a target position where the mobile machine is in a predetermined position and direction with respect to the target object such that the trajectory does not pass through the prohibited region; and a movement control unit that moves the mobile machine based on the trajectory.
US12157652B2
A printing device includes a recording portion performing recording on a medium; a discharge tray loading the medium recorded; a first detector configured to detect the medium of a first load capacity loaded on the discharge tray; a second detector configured to detect the medium of a second load capacity smaller than the first load capacity loaded on the discharge tray; a mounting portion on which an optional device is mounted; and a controller controlling the recording by the recording portion, in which the optional device mounted on the mounting portion is positioned above the discharge tray, the first detector and the second detector are positioned below the optional device mounted on the mounting portion, and when the first detector detects the medium of the first load capacity in a non-mounted case in which the optional device is not mounted, the controller executes full load processing.
US12157651B2
A feeder device for feeding mailpieces to a postal sorting conveyor has an unstacker head designed to put the mailpieces in series and on edge on the sorting conveyor, an unstacker plate designed to unstack the mailpieces one-by-one towards the unstacker head, and a mailpiece feed conveyor designed to convey the mailpieces in a stack and on edge against the unstacker plate. The unstacker plate has a stationary portion that extends from the unstacker head, and a moving portion that extends the stationary portion, said moving portion being mounted to pivot from the stationary portion between a first position in which the stationary portion and the moving portion are aligned with each other, and a second position in which the stationary portion and the moving portion are angularly offset relative to each other.
US12157648B2
The invention relates to a winding apparatus for winding a material web traveling in a direction of travel, having at least one blade for cutting the material web in a web direction into a plurality of partial material webs, and having a folding apparatus for folding the edges of the partial material webs. To furnish a winding apparatus that enables a material web with folded edges to be wound with as little wrinkling as possible, a folding element is furnished for each edge of the partial material webs. The at least one blade may be moved transversely to the direction of travel using a first oscillating apparatus. Using a second oscillating apparatus, the folding elements for the left-hand edges of the partial material webs, as viewed in the direction of travel, may be moved transversely to the direction of travel. Using a third oscillating apparatus, the folding elements for the right-hand edges of the partial material webs, as viewed in the direction of travel, may be moved transversely to the direction of travel. The first oscillating apparatus, second oscillating apparatus and third oscillating apparatus may be controlled by a control unit in such a manner that the folded edges of the partial material webs may be wound at an offset to one another.
US12157640B2
A positioning method for positioning a first device and a second device separated from the first device is described. The second device is moved so as to approach the first device, a first mark on the first device and a second mark on the second device are imaged, and information is output based on the imaging the first mark and the second mark.
US12157635B2
A robot includes: an identifying component, configured to, when detecting positioning reference objects on both sides of the robot during movement of the robot, obtain distance information between the identifying component and the positioning reference object on each side, respectively, and send the distance information to the robot processor, a positioning component, configured to obtain first location information when the identifying component identifies the positioning reference objects, and send the first location information to the robot processor; and a robot processor, configured to determine middle position information between the positioning reference objects based on the distance information to the positioning reference object on each side and the first location information; determine a motion control parameter based on the middle position information and the first location information; and control, based on the motion control parameter, the robot to move along a middle position between the positioning reference objects.
US12157628B1
Systems and methods for purging smoke and other gasses from containers are provided. First portions of a coupling device are fixed to the containers and each define a first inner passageway. A second portion of the coupling device is configured for selective securement to any of the first portions to create a fluid passageway from an interior of the container, through the coupling device, to an ambient environment outside of the container. An airflow device may be fluidly connected to said second portion by ductwork.
US12157617B2
A spout (1, 401, 601) having a plastic spout body which comprises an attachment portion (10, 410, 610) having a vertical first plane of symmetry (M1) with a vertical first sealing wall (11, 411, 611) and an opposed vertical second sealing wall (12, 412, 612), and with a transverse wall (20), which is integrally connected to an upper edge of the first sealing wall and to an upper edge of the second sealing wall, wherein the first sealing wall and the second sealing wall each depend from said transverse wall and each have a bottom edge (114, 115, 541, 515, 714, 715) remote from the upper edge. Each sealing wall is, seen in a bottom view of the attachment portion, composed of a first rectilinear portion (111, 121, 511, 521, 711, 721), a central curved portion (113, 123, 513, 523, 713, 723), and a second rectilinear portion (112, 122, 512, 522, 712, 722). The spout body has a tubular neck (30) having a bore (31) that adjoins an opening (21) in the transverse wall. The attachment portion further comprises curved stabilizing ribs (15, 16, 151, 161, 152, 162) extending between associated connection points to the opposed rectilinear portions of the sealing walls.
US12157611B2
A container for holding a food product. The container can comprise a flange comprising a central panel. An opening can extend in the central panel. The container further can comprise a sidewall comprising at least a panel foldably connected to the central panel and a denesting feature extending outwardly from the sidewall. The denesting feature can be for engaging a nested container positioned below the container in a stacked arrangement and for forming a denesting gap between the flange and the nested container.
US12157604B2
A portable container and container assembly provides a durable, functional and simple carry-all solution for dry and wet provisions, goods and gear. Exemplary features of various embodiments include one or more of an overmolded pad on the bottom of the container, a removable handle incorporating a releasable retaining structure, a lid that seals within the container cavity and is flush with the outer periphery of the container sidewall and/or has a cellular internal reinforcing structure, a skirt extending around the sidewall that is integral with handle mounts for the handle and/or provides a connection point for external components, and a drop-in tray with a collapsible handle.
US12157597B2
A form-fill-seal system includes a tube feeding system, an end seal carriage, and a computing device. The tube feeding system feeds a tube of flexible material at a first velocity. The computing device controls the end seal carriage to cause an increase in a velocity of the end seal carriage to substantially the first velocity, a start of a dwell time of the end seal mechanism on the tube of flexible material while the velocity of the end seal carriage is at substantially the first velocity, and an increase in the velocity of the end seal carriage to a second velocity during the dwell time. The end seal mechanism cuts a package from the tube during the dwell time. The increase in the velocity of the end seal carriage to the second velocity results in an increased distance of the package from the tube.
US12157586B2
A thrust generator is provided for producing thrust to move a spacecraft. The thrust generator includes a housing having a first end and an opposing second end. The first end is associated with a mount for coupling to the spacecraft. The housing further defines a central axis extending through the first end and the second end. The second end defines an annular propulsion outlet. At least one nozzle is positioned proximate the second end. The thrust generator is selectively operable in a first mode in which the thrust generator uses propellant to electrostatically generate thrust via the annular propulsion outlet, and a second mode in which the thrust generator uses propellant to gas-dynamically generate thrust via the at least one nozzle.
US12157584B2
Pointing interfaces that can be used to assemble/disassemble instruments/payloads from a spacecraft/host are disclosed. The disclosed interfaces provide structural, communications, power, and fluid connections (for thermal control). Such interfaces also provide active and passive vibration isolation capability for precision pointing. They can further act as an interface to the launch vehicle for secondary delivery of the instrument/payload to the spacecraft.
US12157576B2
A shock load attenuation device is provided. The shock load attenuation device includes a crushable material; a first compartment in the crushable material surrounding a first line; and a second compartment in the crushable material surrounding a second line. In response to the first line being acted upon by a first force and the second line being acted upon by a second force, a first loop in the first line is configured to slide along the second line and a first loop in the second line is configured to slide along the first line, crushing the crushable material.
US12157566B2
According to one aspect of the present disclosure, an apparatus for shortening a wingspan of an aircraft is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a first track affixed to a fixed wing of the aircraft. A first roller assembly is affixed to a wingtip of the aircraft, with the first roller assembly moveably captured within the first track. A second track is also affixed to the fixed wing. A second roller assembly is affixed to the wingtip and is moveably captured within the second track. A wingtip actuation assembly is configured to translate the first roller assembly within the first track and the second roller assembly within the second track to move the wingtip between an extended position and a stowed position under the fixed wing.
US12157563B2
A detachable connection between a pitch control unit arm and a pitch horn of a blade holder in a tail rotor head of a tail rotor of a rotary wing aircraft includes a pin connecting the pitch horn, attached to a blade holder, with the pitch control unit arm of a pitch control unit, by protruding through an arm through hole and at another edge through a pitch horn through hole. By this arrangement, material wear is reduced and maintenance intervals can be reduced. This is reached because the pin is designed as a sliding pin projecting between pitch horn and pitch control unit arm, which is running in the course of its length through a spherical bearing in form of a ball with a central ball through hole.
US12157537B2
The invention relates to a method of operating an electronic device associated with a related bicycle component and comprising a processor and a wake unit, the method comprising the following steps executable by the processor of the electronic device: operating alternately in standby mode and in running mode, switching from the standby mode to the running mode upon receiving a wake signal from the wake unit at predetermined wake conditions, and before switching from the running mode to the standby mode, modifying the configuration of the wake unit by updating the predetermined wake conditions, such that the subsequent wake signal is sent to the processor at updated wake conditions.
US12157535B2
To provide a frictional drive unit that can arrange drive rollers with high density and facilitate an attachment operation of the drive rollers, a frictional drive unit 2 includes a pair of drive disks 4, a plurality of drive rollers 5 rotatably supported by an outer circumferential portion of each drive disk, a pair of actuators 8 configured to independently rotate the pair of drive disks, and an annular main wheel 7 arranged between the pair of drive disks and coming into contact with the drive rollers. Each drive roller includes a roller shaft 41 and a round roller body 42 provided on an intermediate portion of the roller shaft. Each drive disk includes plural pairs of bearing grooves 45 each receiving both ends of the roller shaft of each drive roller. Each bearing grooves open toward the main wheel.
US12157534B2
A footpad for a self-balancing vehicle comprising a low durometer elastomeric material body for enhanced ride comfort and a support structure comprising at least one stiffer reinforcing member having at least a portion embedded in the elastomeric material body and in close proximity to the elastomeric material body edges for improved footpad response and fixation integrity.
US12157532B2
Various systems and methods associated with protecting a rider of an electric bicycle from hazards while riding their bicycle are described. In some embodiments, the systems and methods enhance the safety of the rider in response current detected conditions surrounding the rider, such as conditions associated with the route or path traveled by the rider, other vehicles within the route or path traveled by the rider, potential hazards within the route or path traveled by the rider, environmental conditions through which the rider is traveling, and so on.
US12157530B2
Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods associated with locking a micromobility transit vehicle to a stationary object. A multimodal transportation system may include a docking station including a securement point, and a micromobility transit vehicle securable to the securement point of the docking station. The micromobility transit vehicle may include a storage basket and a lock cable including a first end coupled to the storage basket and a second end. The second end of the lock cable may be securable to the securement point of the docking station to lock the micromobility transit vehicle to the docking station. The storage basket may include a pin lock. The pin lock may engage a locking pin of the lock cable to lock the micromobility transit vehicle via the lock cable.
US12157522B2
An actuator for rear-axle steering system of a motor vehicle comprises a threaded spindle (2) which is surrounded by planets (21), each provided with a corresponding profiling (8), wherein the planets (21) are guided in a driven cage (13) and, via further profiling (25), contact a nut (4) that surrounds areas of the planets (21) provided with said profiling (8) and is supported with respect to the cage (13) by rolling bearings (14), and wherein the cage (13) is mounted in a housing (20) by means of further rolling bearings (30, 31, 32, 33) and is non-rotatably connected to an output-side component (12, 34) of a further transmission (10, 11, 12).
US12157518B2
An energy storage underbody is provided for a motor car body-in-white in which a vehicle floor is laterally delimited by side sills and is reinforced by side members and/or cross members, and in which an energy storage device is disposed on the underside of the vehicle floor. In order to obtain an energy storage device of particularly simple construction and a particularly economical, stiffened underbody, the energy storage underbody has at least one housing of the energy storage device, the housing being non-loadbearing in terms of the body-in-white, and has at least one additional side member or cross member disposed on the topside of the vehicle floor to reinforce the underbody.
US12157511B2
A folding utility cart accessory device includes a frame having a pair of vertical supports and an upper horizontal member extending between an upper end of each vertical support. A pair of support arms are attached to the frame. A first pair of fasteners are attached to a lower horizontal member that extends between each vertical support. A second pair of fasteners are attached to a lower end of each vertical support. The first pair of fasteners are configured to removably secure to an upper horizontal member of a folding utility cart frame. The second pair of fasteners are configured to removably secure to a vertical member of a folding utility cart frame. In this way, the frame can be removably secured to either the front end or rear end of a folding utility cart to provide additional storage options.
US12157509B2
A method is provided for operating a railway network having a number of trains, the method comprises operating a scheduling machine that is in communication with the railway network over a data communication system, to receive time separated state data defining states of the railway network at respective times. The scheduling machine accesses a model of the railway network that is stored in an electronic data source. The model defines locations in the railway network that allows for passing of trains and paths for journeys of each of the trains. The method includes operating the scheduling machine to apply the state data to the model to determine, at each of the respective times, controls associated with each trains' path for each of the trains. The scheduling machine is operated to determine the controls by optimizing an objective function for the trains, such as minimizing total travel time of the trains, taking into account the locations in the network, positions of the trains and paths of each of the trains. The controls are transmitted, via the data communication system, to control movement of the trains, for example by operation of railway network switches (points) and signal lights, through the railway network based on the controls.
US12157507B2
A method for controlling the deformation of a wheel includes obtaining, for multiple predefined angular positions on the wheel, a parameter characterizing an angular velocity of the wheel when the wheel is in contact with the running surface at each predefined angular position while the wheel is rolling on a running surface, and calculating a radius value of the wheel for each predefined angular position using the parameter characterizing the angular velocity obtained for that angular position.
US12157502B2
The present disclosure provides a system and a method for parking an autonomous ego-vehicle in a dynamic environment of a parking area. The method includes collecting measurements of a state of the dynamic environment, a state of one or multiple stationary vehicles and one or multiple obstacle vehicles moving in the parking area. The method further includes executing a path planner configured to produce a trajectory based on the state of the dynamic environment and executing an environment predictor configured to predict a path and a mode of motion for each of the obstacle vehicles. The method further includes determining a safety constraint for each of the obstacle vehicles based on the path and the mode of motion for each of the obstacle vehicles and parking the autonomous ego-vehicle based on the trajectory for parking and the safety constraint for each of the obstacle vehicles.
US12157497B2
Vehicles and related systems and methods are provided for controlling a vehicle in an autonomous operating mode. One method involves identifying a stationary object outside a current lane of travel based at least in part on sensor data captured onboard the vehicle, determining an estimated location for the stationary object based at least in part on the sensor data and a location of the vehicle and providing the estimated location to a remote system. The remote system updates lane preference information corresponding to the estimated location for the stationary object when the stationary object satisfies one or more avoidance criteria. The method continues by determining a trajectory for a vehicle to change lanes based at least in part on the updated lane preference information and autonomously operating one or more actuators onboard the vehicle in accordance with the trajectory.
US12157495B2
In one embodiment, an exemplary method includes the operations of receiving, at a profiling application, a record file recorded by the ADV for a driving scenario in an area, and a high definition map matching the area; extracting planning messages and perception messages from the record file; and aligning the planning message and the perception messages based on their timestamps. The method further includes calculating an individual performance score for each planning cycle of the ADV for the driving scenario based on the planning messages; calculating a weight for each planning cycle based on the perception messages and the high definition map; and then calculating a weighted score for the driving scenario based on individual performance scores and their corresponding weights.
US12157488B2
An onboard display device is installed in a vehicle configured to enable autonomous driving. The onboard display device includes an information acquisition section and a display control section. In a case in which the vehicle attempts to merge from a traveling lane into a merging destination lane during autonomous driving, the information acquisition section acquires information regarding a point at which the attempt will be aborted, before the vehicle arrives at the point. The display control section displays the information regarding the point that is acquired by the information acquisition section, before the arrival at the point, at a display portion that is provided within a vehicle cabin of the vehicle.
